Daily reading

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Today I put it all in God’s hands

I have come to the point in my life that I realise that I keep on asking the Lord to take care of this, that and the other.  Before long I go and collect it back from the Lord and see if I can just fix it.  The harder I try to fix it the bigger the mess.

I was talking to one of my friends and she said, “I see you sitting with your hands in your hair, you feel that you are worthless and that no one really cares about you.”  She also said “that is a lie from the devil, you are worthy and most of all you are loved.  God said that He has called you by your name and that you are His. Isaiah 43:1”  I burst out in tears.

So today I have committed so much into the LORD’s Hands because I just cannot do it on my own any more, I keep on messing things up.

In the meantime I need to relax and learn to take care of myself. 

Father, Abba Father, give me the grace to allow the oil I pour on others, to be poured on me.  In Jesus name I pray.  Amen

Pleasure

            Colossians 4: 2 (TLB)

            ² Don’t be weary in prayer; keep at it; watch for God’s answer, and remember to be thankful when they come.

I think of my own three beautiful adult children and two beautiful little granddaughters and two stepchildren.  God has blessed my life with beautiful children and they are truly a blessing to me.  It pleases me when I see them; the children have turned out to be God fearing children. 

I treasure the thoughts and I devote my time in prayer and I am watchful and I am always thankful for the grace God has put into my life.

I keep praying for my family, friends and loved ones – never forgetting that the Lord Jesus loves me first.

Prayer

Abba Father as I pray and thank you for the pleasure of being a mom and grandma, thank You for the blessings You bestow on me with my children.  Thank You for answered prayers, they are blessed and You are keeping them safe.  In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen

Teach me how to live

Psalm 27: 11 ‘Teach me your way, O LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.’

I was thinking that each person’s live is almost like a garden.  In the beginning when we are born its clear and there aren’t many plants in this garden.  As babies we are nurtured and we learn about love, comfort, happiness, kindness, compassion, a sense of being important and cared for.  As we grow up we start learning and in the learning we become the people we are today.  Some of us are positive as we were taught to stay positive and look on the bright side of live and some of us are negative because that is how we were taught. 

As I view life right now I need the LORD to teach me to live.  I want to follow in HIS ways, I want to become more like Jesus and less like me.

People can be disappointing but God knows that and that is why He instructs us to lean on HIM, follow HIM, and trust in HIM.

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, please will You teach me to live and help me to follow You in a straight path, my life isn’t as simple as I thought.  I ask this in Jesus Name.  Amen

God has not given us a spirit of fear.

2 Timothy 1: 7 (NLV)

⁷ For God did not give us a spirit of fear.  He gave us a spirit of power and of love and of a good mind.

Many people do suffer with ‘fear’ and it is created out of an experience or a feeling.  Today I want to encourage you, do not fear.  Something I have learned over the years is to face my fears.  I will stand up and be scared inside of me but I won’t let other people see that I am fearful.

The minute I face my fears, I believe God is faithful and will be there with you, His spirit of power is with you and me and that gives way to love and a good mind. 

We all experience difficult times and because we do not understand or know the outcome we sometimes give into fear.  May the Lord God touch your live and lift the spirit of fear off of you. 

Prayer:  Dear Father God, please will you teach each one of us that we do not have to fear, because You have given us a spirit of power and of love and of a good mind.  We are your children and we can call on you in our hour of need.  In the name of Jesus, Amen

Mr. and Mrs. Un-forgiveness

Ephesians 4:30-32 (MSG)

³⁰ Don’t grieve God. Don’t break his heart. His Holy Spirit, moving and breathing in you, is the most intimate part of your life, making you fit for himself. Don’t take such a gift for granted.

^31-32 Make a clean break with all cutting, backbiting, profane talk. Be gentle with one another, sensitive. Forgive one another as quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you.

         Now do you agree with me, ‘Don’t grieve God?  Don’t break his heart.’  Of course you do, I don’t want to break my God’s heart, and I definitely don’t want to grieve my God.  ‘His Holy Spirit, moving and breathing in you, is the most intimate part of your life, making you fit for himself.’  Did you see that God’s Holy Spirit is moving, breathing in my life?  Yes we have the Spirit of God Himself living within us.

         Let us practice gentleness towards each other, be sensitive and forgive each other quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave us.

         Ridding our lives of Bitterness and its mate un-forgiveness.

Thought for the day:

Learn to be sensitive and forgive each other quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave us.

Prayer:  Abba Father, humbly we pray help us through the Holy Spirit to become sensitive and to forgive each other quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave each of us.  Amen

Style, do you have a style?

² Those who follow the right path fear the Lord;
    those who take the wrong path despise him.  Proverbs 14:2 (NLT)

Some people have style, they just seem to look stunning in whatever they dress and others really need a tutor in helping them get a better look.

Proverbs is reminding us that we should follow the right path fear the LORD.  Each morning when I wake up the first thought that comes to mind, is Good morning Abba Father.  Thank you for today.  

Later on I sit down with my bible and read my daily scriptures and then I pray.  I think I want to cloth myself each day with the LORD Jesus Christ.  I also feel that I need to cloth myself in putting the full armour of God on.

My style is plain I am at home and cleaning house, doing washing and ironing.  Cooking meals for the family and just being here.  When I get the opportunity I sit down and write my thoughts for the day.  I try and focus on the Word of God and I strive towards becoming right with the LORD.

I confess ‘I am the righteousness of God in Christ’ every day.  Well, do I have style?  I am sure I have style a different kind of style to people that live in the world.  My style is clothing myself in the Blood of Jesus, clothing myself with the Lord Jesus and wearing the armour of God.

Though for today:

Follow the right path fear the LORD

Prayer:

Humbly LORD I submit myself into Your hands today, I do want to follow the right path fear YOU LORD.  Help me and draw me back into YOUR presence.  I pray in the name of Jesus Christ.  Amen