GOD our ever present help!

 Dear Christ followers, we are never ever alone, no matter how dark and gloomy things appear to be in our lives.

GOD is with us.  Jesus lives in us.  The Holy Spirit comforts us.  All we need to do is to call on the Mighty Name of Jesus.

Sometimes when the trials and tribulations of this life seem to hold us down and we feel like we are drowing, it is good to remember to fall on our knees and to worship our FATHER.

Our FATHER loves us, yes, each and every one of us.  HIS Mighty arms are ever reaching out to us.  All we have to do is to look up from whence cometh our help.  Our help cometh from the LORD. (Psalm 121).

And when we worship and praise our FATHER, His Mighty peace comes over us.  A peace so mighty that it transcends all understanding. (Philippians 4:6).

The great and merciful love of our FATHER quiets us in the storms of this world. 

If this is how you are feeling today, get down on your knees and cry out to our Wonderful FATHER in Heaven.  YOU will know that GOD is near to you.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that YOU are my ever present help in times of trouble.  I thank YOU for Jesus Christ who lives and reigns in me.  I thank YOU for the Holy Spirit who comforts me.  I thank YOU in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay amazingly Jesus Blessed today!

The good news of GOD's Grace!

 Dear Christ followers, it is simply no use being a hearer of the Word and not a doer of the Word.

The world today is in really bad shape, and we are the "workers" of Jesus Christ here on earth need to tell people the good news of the Grace of GOD.

We need to tell people that Jesus came to this earth as the Son of GOD.  He added humanity to His Deity and lived a sinless life to be THE  pure "Lamb of GOD" in order to be punished for all our sins, past present and future.

Jesus was crucified on the Cross of Calvary, but HE conquered death and rose so that you and I might have eternal life in Heaven with our FATHER.

We cannot earn our way into Heaven, but that does not mean that we will not answer to GOD.  We will give an account of our lives to GOD.

Will we be able to tell our FATHER that we spread the Gospel?

If not, then today make a concerted effort to tell someone that you love them in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Talk to someone about Jesus.  Tell them of the awesome Grace of GOD.  Spread the Gospel.  It is the right thing to do.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, today I humbly pray that YOU show me where I can spread the Gospel.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay obediently Jesus Blessed today!

The LORD delivers the righteous!

 Sometimes in life we feel as if our spirits are being crushed within us.  The causes may be many or just few.  Whatever causes this feeling, it is good to remember that our FATHER will never leave us nor forsake us.

We are HIS children and HE loves each one of us unconditionally.

This is not to say that we will not become heavy hearted, or even broken hearted but we will be delivered by our FATHER who loves us.

Today, whatever it is that you are facing, take it to the LORD in prayer.  Ask the LORD to give you relief from the burden of whatever it is that you are facing.  You may be astounded at the inner peace your receive when you tell our FATHER that you are at the end of yourself and you need HIM to rescue you.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, today I have come to the end of myself and I humbly ask that YOU rescue me from this untenable situation that I find myself in.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay faithfully Jesus Blessed today!

The True VINE!

Jesus is the True Vine.  When we accept Jesus as our Saviour, we are "grafted into the VINE".  Being in the Vine, we should know that our FATHER will continually prune us and refine us so that we conform to the true Vine, Jesus Christ.

We will face trials and we will face tribulations.  But we are not to conform to this world.

As we grow in our faith, the things of this world will grow strangely dim.

This is what our FATHER desires.  That we set our mind on eternity with HIM rather than on the earthly things around us.

We are not guaranteed that once we are bondservants of Jesus our lives will be easier.  In fact, very often our lives may even become harder as GOD shapes and molds us to be more and more like Jesus.

Think about Job.  He lost absolutely every material possession and all of his family.  But he never lost his faith.

This is what we need to concentrate on and we need to ask GOD daily to make us more and more like Jesus.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU for YOUR grace and favour.  FATHER make me more and more like Jesus each and every day.  This I humbly pray in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay humbly Jesus Blessed today!

Righteousness through Jesus Christ alone!

 Dear Christ followers, we can only have salvation through our faith in Jesus.  There is nothing else to be done.  No amount of good works can get us into Heaven.

That first moment we believe in Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, that Jesus came to this earth, lived as a man, sinless and died on that Cross of Calvary, taking all our punishment for our sins, past, present and future, we are saved.

But from that belief, we need to grow in our faith.  Through our faith, GOD will give us good works to do.  Good works are the result of our faith and still will not get us into Heaven.

The Holy Spirit living in us will convict us to do the good works.  The more faith we have, the stronger our bond with our FATHER becomes and the more HE can trust us to not only recognise the works HE has prepared for us to do, but to actually know the Will of our FATHER.

We need to learn about our FATHER through daily and continuous prayer and by reading the Word and by fellowshipping with other like minded people.

Righteousness only comes through Jesus Christ!

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, today I thank YOU for my faith in Jesus Christ.  I humbly pray that YOU help me to grow my faith daily.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay amazingly Jesus Blessed today!  

To Jesus be the glory forever and ever!

 

Dear Christ Followers, we serve a magnificent, great, powerful, Holy, Righteous CREATOR GOD.

There is nothing that our FATHER cannot do.  

Once we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and our Saviour, The Holy Spirit comes to live in us and work in us.

Here in this Doxology Paul reminds us that our FATHER can do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or rthat we think.

But we need to give GOD the Glory for all that HE does for us and all that we owe to HIM.

Today, whatever crisis or trials you are facing, remember that the FATHER who has complete control of your life if you give it to HIM, can do anything.

Therefore, pray "Thy Will FATHER and not my will" today and give GOD the Glory!

Let our FATHER take control of your life today, in Glory!

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, to YOU be the Power, the Glory, the Majesty and to YOU I humbly ask that YOUR Will for my life be done and not my will.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and my Saviour.  Amen.

Stay obediently Jesus Blessed today!

 

Do not worry!

Our FATHER loves us so much and so dearly, that HE sent HIS only begotten Son to die for us.

Our FATHER loves us so much that HE created the earth and the universe and it can sustain all life, including ours.

Our FATHER has a new Heaven and a new earth planned for us in the eternity.

Jesus knows what we need.  Jesus loves us so much that HE died to save us from our sins.  He is more than able to supply all our needs if we will but trust HIM.  Remember Jesus walking on the water on the sea of Galilee and Peter stepping out of the boat, in faith.  When Peter lost faith, he started sinking.  Jesus reached out His hand and took Peter back into the boat. All we need is faith.  Jesus is capable as our FATHER to do anything. 

In this Book of the Bible, Peter tells us that we should cast all our anxiety on GOD and do this in faith. We are to do this in the sure knowledge that our FATHER can do anything.

Today, if you are anxious about anything at all, cast this anxiety on our FATHER and then trust that HE is able to resolve our anxiety through our faith in HIS abilities. 

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, give me the strength of faith to cast all of my anxiety upon YOU.   I humbly pray that in faith, YOU are able to release me from the burdens of this anxiety.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay faithfully Jesus Blessed today!

Give thanks to the LORD!

 Apart from giving thanks to the LORD, dear Christ followers, we are called to make known HIS deeds among the people.

So how often do we do this?

I think the answer is almost never.

If we are not ashamed of the Gospel, then why do we find it so hard to share the wondrous things our LORD does in our lives day to day?

Imagine spending our lives not giving thanks to GOD and then getting to Jesus for HIM only to say to us: "I never knew you".?  This would be terrrible.

What we need to do is to find opportunities to share our faith with others.

This can be tricky today, but we simply have to rise above ourselves and think of Jesus.

Our purpose on earth is to give glory and thanksgiving to our FATHER in Heaven.

Let us purpose ourselves to do this at each and every opportunity.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, today I give thanks to YOU for all that I am and all that I have.  FATHER through YOUR Holy Spirit dwelling in me, give me opportunities to share the Gospel with people on earth.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay obediently Jesus Blessed today!

No condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus!

 In Jesus Christ, we are set free from our sin.  We are no longer condemned through the righteousness of Jesus.

True believers who have repented and now have the Holy Spirit living in them, can rest assured that they are no longer facing condemnation.

But can we go on sinning?

As Paul writes, certainly not.  It is does not mean that we will not sin because we are sinful, but it does mean that we will sin less.

The more we grow in our faith in Jesus through the daily washing of the Word, through prayer and fellowship and getting to know the nature and character, of GOD, the less we will sin.  

As we sin less, so the Holy Spirit indwells us more and more.

Should we sin, the Holy Spirit convicts us immediately and calls us to repentance.

So today, let us ensure that we are growing our faith day by day.

Prayer: ABBA FATHER, today I thank YOU that I am no longer walking according to the flesh but rather daily washing myself in the Spirit.

FATHER, I humbly pray that YOU fill me anew daily with the Holy Spirit and convict me when I sin.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay amazingly Jesus Blessed today!

Always Giving thanks to our FATHER

 We are so blessed to have a CREATOR FATHER.  Our FATHER truly loves each and every one of us and HE wants none to perish or to go to hell.

Let us remember everything that our FATHER has done for us and has given us.

Our FATHER gave us the earth, the sun, the moon, the stars.  HE gave us the grass, the hills, the plains, the trees, the flowers, the animals and all the things we find in the sea.

Yet how often do we look at all this and just say "Thank YOU DEAREST ABBA FATHER"?

Our FATHER gave us life, and HE gave us our families, our friends, the people whom we work with.  How often do we say "THANK YOU ABBA FATHER"?

Our FATHER gave us food to eat and water to drink.  HE provides the oxygen which sustains us, the magnetic fields that keep us on the earth.  How often do we say "THANK YOU ABBA FATHER?

Today let's get down on our knees in total attitudes of gratitudes and thank our FATHER.

While we are down there, let us ask our FATHER to forgive us for our sinful, selfish, take it for granted attitudes.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU for all that YOU have given me.  I am so grateful for the air that I breathe and the life YOU have given me to live on this wonderful created earth.  I am so grateful for the heavens and all that lives on the earth.  FATHER I am so grateful for my family and my friends.  

FATHER forgive me for taking all this for granted.  Forgive me ABBA FATHER for my sinful, selfish, ungrateful ways.  I pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay gratefully Jesus Blessed today!

Every good and perfect gift is from GOD!

 Dear Christ followers, how very blessed we are to be children of GOD.

Daily we need to be truly grateful for all the blessings we have received during the day.

Did we wake up?  That is a good gift from GOD.  

Did the sun shine today?  That is a good gift from GOD.

As a gentle reminder of how grateful we should be to GOD, what if tomorrow you awoke with only the things that you thanked GOD for today?

I do not remember who wrote this but it is a stark reminder to come before our Heavenly FATHER each and every day with a total attitude of gratifude for all the blessings already received even before we woke up.

Today let us count our many blessings and thank our Graciour, Good, Holy, Righteous, Merciful and Just FATHER in Heaven.  As James says above.  Every good and perfect gift is from GOD.

Our FATHER gives us amazing gifts and in GOD there is no variation.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, thank YOU thank YOU and again I say, Thank YOU for all the good and perfect gifts that I receive minute by minute on earth.

I thank YOU in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay amazingly Jesus Blessed today