Lean not on your own understanding!

GOD tells us not to lean on our own understanding, but to trust in HIM with all our hearts.  This means that we need to take everything to GOD first.  And if it is GOD's will then let it be done and if not, then let GOD be the leader of our lives. 

We cannot know what tomorrow will bring and we cannot change what tomorrow will bring.  Only GOD knows what tomorrow will bring and only GOD is in charge.

Let us not boast about what we will do tomorrow but rather let us start to say, "IF it is GOd's will, then I will do this or that".   GOD has an eternal plan for us and that plan leads to a life eternal in Heaven with our dear FATHER. 

Prayer:  Heavenly FATHER GOD, I pray in Jesus name that YOU will take charge of my life and teach me to always take all my plans to YOU for YOUR divine approval.  Let me not do anything without asking YOU FATHER to lead my life.  YOUR way is perfect and I humbly ask FATHER that YOU take over my life and lead me to YOUR perfect way.  I pray all of this in the Holy Name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay wondrously GOD blessed today.  

Happy Mother's Day

Today is Mother's Day and we wish all our mothers a truly beautiful day.  May GOD Bless you all richly throughout the day and indeed throughout the coming year.

Prayer: Heavenly FATHER GOD, today we pray a blessing on all the mothers reading this blog.   FATHER we ask that you bless them and their families and that YOUR immense peace fills their hearts.  We ask all of this in the Holy Name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay Wondrously GOD blessed today.  

Christ lives in me!

Christ lives in me and you.  We die to ourselves when we accept Christ as our Redeemer.  We can no longer live for ourselves but we need to honour our Saviour and let Him come and live in us.

GOD gave us the Way, the Truth and the Life through the death of HIS beloved Son Jesus Christ.  That whoever believes in Him shall not die but shall have life everlasting.  This is the fulfilment of promise made by GOD to lead us to Salvation.

In order to have Jesus come and live in us, we need to clean our houses.  That is to say we need to forgive those who sin against us and we need to ask GOD to forgive our sins.  We need to draw close to GOD through prayer and by reading HIS word daily.  We need to love our neighbours as ourselves.

Prayer: Heavenly FATHER GOD, I thank YOU that YOU sent YOUR Son Jesus Christ to live in me.  I humbly ask that YOU forgive my sins as I forgive all those who have sinned against me.  I pray FATHER that YOU would show me where I can glorify YOUR Holy Name.  I pray all of this in the Holy Name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay GOD blessed today. 

The Ascension!

Jesus ascended into Heaven and He now sits at the right hand of GOD our FATHER.  Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.  No one goes to the FATHER except through Him. (John 14:6)

At the end of days, Jesus will be our judge and He will separate us, the goats from the sheep (Matthew 25:31-46).

Today we celebrate the 40 days after Easter, when Jesus ascended into Heaven.  It is a truly Holy Day, and it fulfilled so many of GOD's promises to us.  GOD sent HIS only begotten Son so that we might be saved from our sins and have eternal life with HIM.

So today let us celebrate this momentous occasion.  The ascension of our Lord and Saviour into Heaven where He now sits!

Prayer:  Heavenly FATHER GOD, I thank YOU for today and for the celebration of the risen CHRIST YOUR Son.  I thank YOU FATHER that YOU sent YOUR Son to save me.  I humbly pray FATHER that as I forgive those who sin against me, YOU would forgive my sins.  I pray FATHER that I may eternal life with YOU.  I pray all this in the Name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay awesomely GOD blessed today.  

Forgiveness!

King David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.  They had a child and the child died.  David had not only committed adultery, he had coveted his neighbour's possession, then he committed murder when he sent Uriah, Bathsheba's husband into the front line of battle to be killed so that he, King David, could have Bathsheba and her child.

Yet in this petition, David falls on his knees to our GOD and asks for forgiveness.  GOD loved King David and promised to make his descendents more numerous than the grains of sand on earth.  

How gracious and awesome is our GOD.  HE promises to blot out our transgressions no matter what they are as long as we do the following:

Truly repent.  Fall on our knees and with sincere hearts ask GOD to forgive us.  Forgive those who have sinned against us.  

Today let us draw close and have a relationship with GOD.  GOD will read our hearts and then if we are truly repentant and sincere, GOD will remove our sins as far as East is from West.  

What amazing grace we have in our GOD.  Our FATHER in Heaven.

Prayer: Heavenly Gracious FATHER in Heaven, I thank YOU for YOUR enormous grace and for YOUR loving kindness to me.  I thank YOU that YOU sent YOUR Son, Jesus Christ to be the sacrificial lamb and to remove my sins with HIS blood shed for me on the cross.  I humbly ask that YOU forgive my sins as I forgive those who sin against me. 

I thank YOU FATHER, for YOUR divine intervention and forgiveness,  in the Holy Name of my Lord and Saviour, my Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Amen.

Stay wondrously, graciously GOD blessed today.  

Belief in Jesus Christ the way to salvation

For GOD so loved the world, that HE sent HIS only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. " John 3;16.  John goes on to say in verse 18, that whoever believes in Jesus Christ is not condemned. But whoever does not believe in Jesus Christ as our Messiah and Saviour and the only Son of our GOD, our CREATOR, is condemned.

Drawing upon these two statements, it is very clear that in order to get to GOD and a life everlasting, we absolutely need to believe and accept Jesus Christ as our Saviour and as the SON of GOD.

When we pray to GOD we need to acknowledge this bond.  Therefore we need to ask everything from GOD in the name of HIS Son Jesus Christ.

Prayer: Heavenly FATHER GOD, I thank YOU today that I can pray to YOU and that YOU hear my prayers.   I acknowledge my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  I acknowledge that He is YOUR one and only SON and that He died on the cross and rose again and sits at YOUR right Hand and that He came to this earth to die for my sins.  I humbly ask that YOU forgive my sins as I forgive all those who sin against me.  I ask all of this in the Name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay wondrously GOD blessed today. 

Prayer!

GOD tells us that the people who are called by HIS name should humble themselves, pray and seek HIS face.  We should turn from our wicked ways, then HE will hear us from Heaven and HE will forgive us our sins and HE will heal our land.

This is not just the Country we live in GOD is talking about, it is the home we live in and the land we live on.  

Therefore today, let us turn to face our AMAZING Gracious GOD.  Let us humble ourselves.  Let us get down on our knees and pray.  Let us in true humility, ask GOD to forgive our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.  And then we KNOW that GOD will hear our prayers.  HE will forgive our sins and HE will heal our land and us.

GRACIOUS GOD.  GRACIOUS FATHER.

Prayer: Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent FATHER GOD.  I thank YOU that YOU that YOU have given me this wonderful opportunity to heal myself and my land.  I forgive those who sin against me.  I very humbly ask FATHER, that YOU forgive my sins.  I ask FATHER that you heal me and heal my land.  I pray this in the Name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen. 

Stay gloriously GOD blessed today!

Pray and know that GOD hears our prayers!

GOD hears our prayers.  If our prayers are in line with HIS will, HE will answer them.  When our prayers are not answered, we need to question ourselves and not GOD.

Are we praying for the right things?
Are we praying for the right reasons?
Do we know GOD and what HE wants for our lives?
Have we asked GOD to forgive us and have we forgiven those who have sinned against us?

These questions are indeed extremely soul searching. 

When we walk in our own ways and when we move away from GOD it is far more likely that our prayers will go unanswered.

When we ask GOD to help us, we must be willing to submit to HIS divine will.  In order to know GOD's will for our lives, we need to be in a relationship with GOD.  We need to trust GOD implicitly.  We need to read HIS word.  We need to pray continually and for the right things.  We need to ask GOD for forgiveness for our sins.  

And lastly we need to remember that GOD only wants the very best for each one of us.  So when we are praying for the right motives and for the right things, we know and we can have confidence that GOD will not only hear our prayers, but that they are answered. 

Prayer: Heavenly FATHER GOD, I want to be in a relationship with YOU.  I humbly ask that YOU forgive my sins as I forgive all those who have sinned against me.  I want to know YOUR will for my life FATHER.    

I trust FATHER that YOU will hear my prayers and that YOU will answer them.  I ask this in the name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Stay wondrously GOD blessed today.  

Rejoice - Pray without ceasing!

We are to pray without ceasing and we are to rejoice in the Lord.  We need to give thanks to our gracious GOD.  For GOD loves us and HE wants to hear our prayers, and our thanks and all about our lives.  HE is interested in us and HE wants a relationship with us.

Today draw close to this awesome Creator GOD and rejoice loudly and pray without ceasing!

Prayer: Heavenly FATHER GOD, I thank YOU that YOU are gracious and kind and loving and forgiving.  Forgive my sins as I forgive those who sin against you.  I love YOU FATHER GOD.  I pray all of this in the Holy name of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay awesomely GOD blessed today.

Blessed!

We, as Christians are Blessed!  We have GOD's grace and we have forgiveness for our sins.  We live on this wonderful earth and we are made in the image of our FATHER GOD.

GOD calls us all HIS children.  We therefore need to honour our FATHER and love our FATHER and serve HIM.  We need to put HIM above all else.  We need to read HIS word to know HIS will for our lives.

Today let us call ourselves truly blessed and let us pray together in the way Jesus taught us.
Matthew 6: 9-13

Prayer:

              9 “This, then, is how you should pray:

“‘Our FATHER in Heaven,
   hallowed be Your name,
              10    Your kingdom come,
   Your will be done,
      on earth as it is in heaven.
            11    Give us today our daily bread.
            12    And forgive us our debts,
       as we also have forgiven our debtors.
           13    And lead us not into temptation,
      but deliver us from the evil one.

For Thine is the Kingdom, the power and the glory,

Forever and ever.  Amen. 

Stay wondrously GOD blessed today!

Trust in God!

GOD will be with us wherever we go!  Our GOD is an awesome, wonderful GOD.  HE tells us, no rather HE commands us to not be afraid! Of anything!  HE tells us to be strong and courageous because HE is with us.

There is no greater gift in life than to know that we are never ever alone.  We have to face nothing on our own.  We have the CREATOR of the universe on our side.  And not only on our side, but with us.

What a blessing we have!

Prayer: Heavenly FATHER GOD,  I thank YOU today that YOU are always with me.  I thank YOU that I am never alone.  I praise YOUR HOLY NAME and humbly ask FATHER that YOU never leave me.  I pray this in the Holy Name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay truly GOD blessed today!