Peace!

GOD gives us HIS peace.  Jesus told us not to worry for tomorrow will take care of itself.

So today, let us cast our troubles on GOD.  Let us put GOD in the driving seat of our lives.  Let GOD take control.  After all, GOD created the whole world and HE knows the ending.  We are the people HE created. 

Through this, remember that GOD loves us and wants the very best for each one of us.  However, if we surrender to HIS perfect plan and stop trying to direct our own lives, we can have perfect peace.  Reach out for this today!

Prayer: Heavenly FATHER, I thank YOU for YOUR grace and I humbly ask that YOU give me YOUR peace.  I pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay peacefully GOD blessed today!

The word became flesh!

In the beginning, GOD spoke the entire universe into existence.  GOD said "let there be light" and there was light.  

In the book of John, John says "in the beginning was the word".  And now in verse 14 he tells us that the "word became flesh and dwelt among us".  Not only did Jesus live amongst us, He made His home here on earth and John tells us that he has seen the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the FATHER, full of grace and truth.

As children of GOD, this is so comforting.  GOD actually sent HIS Son to live on earth in exactly the same way that we live.  With the same trials and tribulations.  However, there is one difference.  Jesus came full of grace and truth and He came to save us from our sins.  Not only to save us from our sins, but to die so that we can have eternal life with Him and His FATHER  in Heaven.

Accept this grace and truth and let us make our eternal home in heaven.  Let us furnish it with love and forgiveness. Let us drape it in kindness and compassion.  Let us paint the walls with positivity and let us hang the gospels on the walls. 

Let us carpet it with goodness and kindness and then let us invite all whom we meet to join us. 

Prayer:  Heavenly FATHER, I thank YOU that I can make my eternal life with YOU.  I accept Jesus as my Lord and Saviour.  Forgive my sins as I forgive all those who sin against me.  FATHER show me how to serve YOU well.  I pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay eternally GOD blessed today!

Nothing can separate us from the love of Jesus!

GOD sent HIS Son to die for our sins.  Jesus, although completely innocent, died for you and me so that we can have eternal life in Heaven.

Just as Paul wrote in Romans, we should all believe that nothing can separate us from the love of Jesus, should we choose to accept it.

Neither angels nor demons, nor height nor depth can take that love away from us.  

So what do we need to do to accept this almighty love?  We need to repent of our sins.  We need to forgive each other and then claim Jesus as our Lord and Saviour.

Prayer:  Heavenly FATHER, I thank YOU for YOUR grace and love.  I accept the love and sacrifice made for me by Jesus Christ.  I accept Jesus as my Lord and Saviour.  I pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay lovingly GOD blessed today!

Jesus calms the storm!

When we have Jesus in our life, we do not have to worry about the storms.  We have someone who was there right in the beginning and spoke the sea and indeed, the universe into existence. 

Our Saviour, Jesus, walks on water.  He calms the sea and He can tell the fig tree to wither and die and it will obey Him.

There is nothing in this world that our Saviour cannot control.  What He will not do is control us.  He wants us to come to Him and put Him in control and the only way that we can do that is to let go of control ourselves.

Today, let us put the steering wheel back in Jesus' hands and let us submit to His power over the universe.

Prayer: Heavenly FATHER, I thank YOU that I have Jesus in my life.  I want to give Jesus and YOU control over my whole life and I submit my life to YOU.  I pray this in Jesus Name.  Amen.

Stay wondrously GOD blessed today!

GOD is listening to us!

The perfect prayer is always according to GOD's will and not our own.  When we pray, we need to always say to GOD, "according to YOUR will, FATHER!"

If our will was done on earth, this earth would be in an even bigger mess than it is already.  How often have we thought we needed something from GOD or asked for something, only later to discover that it was just as well that we really did not get that?

Take for instance young people praying that the first love would love them forever.  And then when we are older and wiser, we meet that first love and think how extremely lucky we were that that person did not love us.

So let us always pray for things to be according to GOD's plan and in line with HIS will for our lives.  

Prayer: ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that YOU are always listening but I thank YOU that YOU do not grant me what will hurt me and what is not good for my purpose on earth.  I pray FATHER, that my prayers are always according to YOUR will.  I pray this in the Name of Jesus Christ.  My Lord and Saviour.  Amen.

Stay attentively GOD blessed today!

GOD's purpose for our lives

Not only were we all created by GOD. we were created for GOD.  This then is our purpose, to do HIS works on earth.  There is no other reason for us to be born.

Most of us on earth search for the reason that we were put on earth.  As children of GOD, the Bible is a very clear road map, not only on where we come from, but where we are going.  

Students of history always say that they love history as it shows us the mistakes we made and the glorious things we achieved.  Exactly the same is true of the Bible.  It shows us our ancestry and our lineage.  It shows the achievements of people who came before us and it shows us the sins and mistakes that we should avoid.  It also gives us a simple set of rules to live by.  It tells of great examples of good lives that we can follow and emulate.  It also tells us of the people whom we should avoid following.  It tells us about the great love of GOD for us all.

If we today are seeking our purpose in life, we need only refer to the Bible to find it. 

Prayer: ABBA FATHER, thank YOU that I can read YOUR word freely and see where I came from.  Thank YOU for showing me the end too.  I pray that I may be used by YOU for YOUR glory today.  I pray this in the Holy Name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay awesomely, purposefully GOD blessed today!

GOD is with us!

Just contemplate this .... GOD never leaves us.  We may leave HIM but HE never leaves us.

GOD wants to hear from us.  HE wants a relationship with each one of us, no matter who we are or what we have done.  

Let us therefore be strong and courageous in our lives.  Let us not be afraid.  Let us not be dismayed.  GOD is with us and when GOD is with us, we can accomplish anything!

Prayer: Heavenly FATHER, I thank YOU that YOU are always with me.  I thank YOU that I never have to be afraid because I can take YOUR hand and lean on YOU.  FATHER I thank YOU for YOUR grace and mercy in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour.  Amen.

Stay truly GOD blessed today!

GOD is our hope!

When we hope in GOD, we give GOD the room in our lives to fill us with joy and peace.  When we trust in GOD, then our hope overflows by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Today let us hope that GOD will guide our paths towards the infilling of the Holy Spirit.  Let us ask GOD to be with us in everything we think, say and do.  But most of all let us shine the light of Jesus on the earth today.

Prayer:  Heavenly FATHER, I thank YOU for YOUR hope.  I thank YOU for the opportunity to serve YOU and to shine YOUR light on earth.  But most of all, FATHER, I thank YOU for YOUR grace in the forgiveness of my sins. 

I pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay hopefully GOD blessed today!

GOD gives and we receive!

GOD created everything.  GOD gives us everything.  HE gives us our bodies, our minds, our souls.  HE breathes life into us.  So in order to have anything to be able to give, we have first received this from GOD.

Therefore before we can forgive anyone, we have to know forgiveness.  We have to understand what that means and we get that from GOD.  

Today let us go down on our bended knees and ask GOD to forgive us and then, we we have received our forgiveness, let us forgive those who have sinned against us.

Prayer: Heavenly FATHER, I thank YOU that YOU created everything and created everything so perfectly.  I give YOU all the glory and all the honour.  Today FATHER, I humbly ask that YOU forgive my sins.  I forgive all those who have sinned against me.  

I pray this in the Holy Name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay generously, graciously GOD blessed today!

Forgiveness!

We need to confess our sins.  Then we are promised that GOD, who is faithful, will forgive us and purify us from all the unrighteousness.

This is such a glorious gift that we have.  All we need to do is to confess our sins.  But it means more.  When we confess our sins, our sins have convicted our conscience and they have become burdens to us and to our way of life.

However, once we confess them, we have acknowledged them and we know that we have sinned.  This caused a cleansing of our souls.  It does not mean that we can simply say "LORD forgive my sins and not mean it and not be sorry".  For GOD, who created us can read our hearts and if there is no remorse for the things we have done, GOD knows and we will certainly  not be forgiven.

The rider to this is that when we are forgiven, we are more likely to forgive those who have sinned against us because through the forgiveness we have received, we begin to understand the anxiety and burdens of those who sin against us.  

Today let us beg our FATHER to forgive us and then let us forgive those who sin against us.

Prayer: Heavenly FATHER GOD, I thank YOU for YOUR mercy and YOUR grace. Forgive my sins as I forgive all those who sin against me.  I am so sorry that I keep sinning FATHER and please help me to live a life which is in line with YOUR perfect plan.  I pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour, Amen.

Stay graciously GOD blessed today!

Forgiveness!

As children of GOD we are called on to be kind and compassionate to one another and to forgive each other as Christ forgave those who crucified Him.

Today let us contemplate all those whom we have perceived to have wronged us and let us consciously forgive them as we ask GOD to forgive our sins.  Let us clear the slate and love each other and be kind and compassionate to all the people we come across.

Prayer: Heavenly FATHER, I thank YOU that I can forgive those who have sinned against me as YOU forgive me.  FATHER I pray today that YOU forgive my sins.  Show me how to be more kind and more compassionate to those whom I meet.  I pray this in the Holy Name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay compassionately GOD blessed today!