The Son of Man!

Jesus died for you and me!  He yielded up His spirit and then he died.  But that is not where this story ends.  That is the beginning of our salvation.  Jesus rose from the death on the third day and He ascended into Heaven where He sits at the right hand of GOD our FATHER.  Jesus will judge us through His righteousness one day.

The enormous sacrifice that Jesus made in coming to earth as a lowly carpenter and serving us as a living sacrifice to save us from our sins should make us all eternally grateful.  So this Easter, let us say 'thank You FATHER, thank You Jesus and thank You Holy Spirit."

Thank You for your enormous sacrifice and your enormous grace and the enormous gift of salvation.

Prayer: Heavenly FATHER, I thank You that You love me so much.  I too, FATHER love you and Jesus and the Holy Spirit.  I thank You for my salvation.  This Easter, I forgive all those who have sinned against me and I promise to love them as You love me.  I humbly ask FATHER that You forgive me of all my sins this Easter as I celebrate the crucifiction of Your dearly beloved Son.  I pray all this in His Holy name, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay humble and God blessed this Easter!

Jesus lives in you and me!

God raised Jesus up from the dead and the Spirit of Jesus lives in each one of us when we accept Jesus as our redeemer.

In order to accept Jesus we need to repent of our sins, we need to become new and we need to ask God to send the Holy Spirit to live in us. 

We also need to forgive those who sin against us.  

To have the Holy Spirit fill us,  we need to have a deep relationship with God and we can do this by reading the Bible daily, by praying to God about everything, and by sharing the "good news" with people.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, as I come to You today, I would pray that you will forgive me of my sins.  I forgive all those who  have sinned against me.  I want a deep meaningful relationship with You and I want to know that the Holy Spirit is living in me.  I pray all this in the name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Amen.

Stay God blessed today!

The LORD is faithful!

God is faithful!  He strengthens us.  Consider these words carefully.  Through His faithfulness He protects us from the evil one.

Let us dwell and meditate on these today as we go about our daily lives. 

We live in a world where faithfulness is enormously scarce.  So few people are faithful.  Not only are people not faithful to their relationships, they are not faithful to their bosses, their colleagues, their friends, their team mates.  This unfaithfulness allows a foothold for evil to enter our lives.  We start to lie and cheat and even steal and murder.  However if we remain faithful it is easy to follow the good path.

God is faithful!  To each and every one of us.  Let us shine the light of Jesus on this world today and show that we are faithful.  Where we have not been faithful, let us pray to God for forgiveness for each and every instance where we have sinned,  and let us also forgive those who have not been faithful to us.

Prayer: O Faithful Heavenly Father, I thank You that You are always constantly faithful to me.  I ask that You forgive me for each and every instance where I have been unfaithful and allowed the evil one to gain a foothold in my life.  Today Father I ask that You keep me faithful.  I forgive all those who have been unfaithful to me.  I pray all of this in the Holy name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay awesomely God Blessed and faithful today. 

A work in progress

We are works in progress when we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour.  The Holy Spirit comes to live in each one of us and God works in us through this.

Every day we need to exercise our faith and grow our faith.   We need to draw really close to our loving Father in Heaven.  We need to read His word daily and pray to Him continually.  We need to talk about Him and to Him.  We need to ask God to forgive us when we sin and we need to forgive those who sin against us.  We need to become more "Christ Like!"

Prayer: Heavenly Father, I thank You that You sent Your Holy Spirit to live in me.  I thank You for Your enormous Grace.  Today, Father, I pray that You grow Your good works in me.  Make me a better person, day by day.  I pray this in the Holy name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay very God Blessed today!

God can do anything!

Just like the Hymn "How Great Thou Art!" says,

"O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder

Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made

I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder

Thy power throughout the universe displayed"

This Hymn is my all time favourite.  It just says it all!

Today let us be truly grateful for all that God has done for us.  Let us look around us and see the wondrous creation He has given us to live on and the beautiful people that He has surrounded us with. 

Let us tell God today that we are truly grateful and that we love Him above all else.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, I thank You for this magnificent world that You created for me to live on.  I thank You for the beautiful people who surround me.  I thank You for my wonderful family and I thank You Father for Your enormous grace.  I pray and thank You in the Holy Name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay wondrously blessed today.   

Nothing is too hard for God!

God spoke the universe into creation.  God spoke the earth and sun and the moon and all the stars into creation.  He calls the stars out and calls them by name. (Isaiah 40:26).  

God numbers the hairs on our heads.  He loves us this much.  

Therefore in times of trouble, He is the first person we need to go to.  We need to take everything to God in prayer.  In humble submission, we need to pray and ask God to help us.

Begin now and talk to God.  Tell Him all our problems and our fears and remember that we also need to let Him know when we are happy and joyful and we need to give thanks for these times too.

Let us read His word daily and walk in His ways. 

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, I thank You that You are HUGE.  I thank You that You can name the stars and that You know me intimately.  I thank You Father that You are on my side.  I pray all this in the name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen.  

Stay truly God blessed today!

The peace of God!

God gives us His peace.  This is a peace which transcends all understanding.  So why?

God created the universe.  He created us.  He can do ANYTHING!  When Joshua was fighting for the land of Canaan, he asked God to make the sun stand still and it did... for a whole day. (Joshua 10:13).  And when King Hezekiah asked for a sign God made the shadow of the sun go backwards. (2 Kings 20:1 - 11).  The shadow went back ten steps.

So with a God like this on our side, what in Heaven or on earth are we afraid of?  

Our God is all powerful, all mighty and He is omniscient.

Let us obey God and give up worrying, for who by worrying can add a single hour to his life. (luke 12:25-31).

Pray to God and He will give you His peace.  And God promises you that if you give it up to Him, the peace which descends upon you will transcend your understanding.  You will be at peace.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, I thank You today that You are always with me.  I thank You that I can rely on You.  I thank You that You are able to do anything and everything.  Father today, I humbly ask that You take all this worry away from my mind and let me sleep peacefully.  I ask this in the name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Have a peaceful God blessed day!

Hope in Jesus!

Through the love of God for us, He gave us His Son Jesus to save us from our sins.  The prophet Isaiah talks about the Saviour. (Isaiah 53:5).  So it was for many generations that in the Bible we were promised redemption from our sinful ways through the eternal love of  God.

Therefore we know that God always keeps His promises and that we always have hope.

Let us never forget that God is always on our side.  He always keeps His promises to us and He is there for us.

We are to read the teachings of God for us to realize that God keeps His promises to us!

Prayer: Heavenly Holy Father, I thank You that my hope is in You.  I thank You for Your everlasting grace and mercy.  I thank You that I can count on You Father.  I pray today that You forgive my sins as I forgive those who sin against me.

I pray all this in the name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay very God blessed today, you are worthy!

Dwell in the Shelter of God!

God is our Most High.  When we dwell in Him, we have His shadow over us.  The way to dwell in God is simple.  We need to follow his commandments, build a relationship with Him and pray to him.  Daily.  

Today let us make a real effort to do this.  Let us pick up our Bibles and spend quiet time with God.  Talk to a friend about God.  Pray to God and ask Him to spread His mighty arms over our lives.

Prayer:  Almight God Our Father in Heaven.  Today I pray that Your will be done on earth.  I ask Father that You spread Your mighty arms over my life and protect me from the worry of this world.  I pray that Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven today. 

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

Stay truly God blessed and protected today!

Jesus despised and rejected for our sins

Nothing is more pure or good than God.  Yet He sent His Son and we despised Him and rejected Him.  We watched as He was nailed to a cross and we watched while He hung and died for our sins.

Greater love has no man than to die for another!

As we approach Easter, let us dwell on our part in crucifying Jesus.  Every time we disobey God, we crucify Jesus again.

Let's start today and beg God to forgive our sins.  Let us pray to God and thank Him for His enormous grace.  Let us praise Him and worship Him for His eternal love for each one of us.

Prayer: Heavenly Gracious Father, I thank You that You love me so much that You sent Your wonderful Son to die for my sins.  Thank You Father for Your sacrifice to save me from my sinful ways.  I pray today that You forgive me Father as I forgive those who sin against me.  I pray this in the Holy name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay truly God Blessed today.

Our God is faithful

God promises us that if we love Him and keep His commandments, He is faithful to us for a thousand generations!

The fact is that God knows that we are sinners and that we fall short of His Glory.  But He has put in place a safety net.  His Son Jesus Christ.  Through Jesus Christ we can redeem ourselves.  

When we sin, (and we all know when we have sinned), we need to repent.  We need to make amends with God for our sins.  We need to beg God to forgive us and we need to do our very best not to sin again.  It is not a "get our jail free" card.  

God reads our hearts.  He sees right into our beings and He knows if we intend to do the exact same thing again.  Therefore once we have repented, we are to reform and be "born again" by the blood of Jesus spent for us.  Then we are redeemed.  

When we love God truly, we do not want to sin.   We want to please God and God knows this.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your immense grace and Your patience with me.  I pray Father that you forgive me for sinning.  I forgive those who sin against me.  I love You Abba Father.  I pray all this in the Holy name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay God Blessed today.