"Remember the Best, Forget the Rest " by Rick Warren

“I thank my God every time I remember you.” (Philippians 1:3 NIV)

What do you remember about people — the good experiences or the bad experiences?  The apostle Paul said, “I like to remember the good things about people, focus on the good times we’ve had, and remember the positive experiences.”

When Paul said this, he had not had an easy time in Philippi. Acts 16 tells us that when he went to Philippi he was illegally arrested, whipped, humiliated, and thrown into prison before finally being asked to leave town. Yet he says, “I thank my God every time I remember you” (Philippians 1:3 NIV).

Paul could have dwelt on the negative. He could have remembered the painful memories. He chose not to remember the painful things; instead, he focused on the things he could be grateful for.

Maybe you have been hurt in the past by a parent or a partner, and you’re still holding on to that hurt. As a result, you can’t enjoy being around them today. You’re still focusing on the negative. 

Be grateful for the good in people. Pleasant memories are a choice. I can choose what I’m going to remember about the past.

I’m not saying that you deny the hurts you’ve had or that you excuse the weaknesses in other people. That is psychologically unhealthy. But focus on the good, and choose to emphasize the strengths.

I hear wives say, “He’s a good man, but ...” Anytime you hear “but,” it means the emphasis is on the negative and not the positive. Be grateful for what you’ve got! Mr. Perfect does not exist! I’ve heard the same thing from husbands, but Mrs. Perfect does not exist, either!

If you want to enjoy others, you’ve got to focus on their strengths and not their weaknesses. With some people, it takes a lot of creativity. But you can find something good in everybody.

Talk It Over

What are the painful memories that have kept you from showing love fully to someone?
What will you pray today so that you can let go of those memories and move on with your life?
What about that person can you be grateful for?

Showing Gentleness

Colossians 3:12 NLT

"Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience."

Gently tap objects as you walk through your house. You can tap a window, a hardwood floor, a countertop, a glass vase or the front door. Discuss why you need to be gentle when you tap items around the house. Concentrate on how fragile items can break and hard items can hurt your hands.

GOING DEEPER
Sometimes your actions are what you use to "tap" the people around us. It's important to remember that you can hurt others with your behavior, just as you can be hurt by what others do. Because you are fragile, God wants you to be gentle with others. Philippians 4:5 says, "Let your gentleness be evident to all." Your actions are evidence of your gentleness, and when you make an effort to be gentle with others, you show God's character to the world.

TALKING TO GOD
Thank God for the people in your life who show you gentleness. Ask God to help you find ways to show His gentleness to others.

TALKING TO EACH OTHER
- What is one thing you do that shows gentleness to others?
- How difficult or easy is it to show gentleness to others?
- How have others modeled gentleness to you?
- What can you do this week to show gentleness to someone?
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Settle Your Destiny! By Rick Warren

                           “For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death. Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.” (Hebrews 2:14-15 NLT)

One of the things Jesus came to Earth to do is take away your fear of death. How? By dying on the cross and being resurrected to show that there is life after death. The Bible says in Hebrews 2:14-15, “For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death. Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying” (NLT).

God wants to break the fear of dying in your life. Instead of looking to your pain here on Earth, God wants you to look to him and the hope of Heaven. And, he wants you to help those who are dying to do the same.  

“So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever” (2 Corinthians 4:18).

When someone is dying, you need to encourage him to do what David did: “Death laid a trap in my path. But in my distress I cried out to the LORD” (Psalm 18:5b-6a). Have you ever done that? You can’t offer to other people what you haven’t received yourself. If you haven’t settled the issue of your salvation, you’re gambling with your eternity.

If you were to die today, are you absolutely certain that you would go to Heaven? If you’re not sure or answer “no,” you need to settle the issue right now so that you can be assured of life after death and point your friends to the hope of Heaven.

Pray this prayer today: “Dear God, you are God, and I’m not. You sent Jesus to be my Savior, so I must need to be saved. I need you to forgive the things I’ve done wrong in life. I need you to give me a fresh start in life. I need you to help me know my purpose. I want to begin a relationship with you. I ask you to come into my life. I want to learn to trust you. I want to learn to love you. I want to learn to love other people the way you want me to. So I ask you today with humility and honesty and sincerity to please save me as I put my trust in you. I pray this prayer in Jesus’ name. Amen.”
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Defiling your conscience?

Hebrews 12:15 NLT

"Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many."
Filthiness of concience can be caused by bitterness or wrath.  Anytime the de il succeeds in making your heart to be bitter and vengeful, he has succeeded in hardening you to the word of God. A man that cannot forgive cannot be unclean. When a container is full of chaff, it is not possible for it to accommodate seeds (Word of God). The word of God is pregnant with the power of God. If only you can take this word and be ready to recieve it with open hands and heart, then you willwalk in this world as a profitable person. ( culled  from seedsof destiny by Paul Eneche)
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Crushed for our healing!

"Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you, anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord."
James 5:14 NLT
Why does the Bible talk about anointing the sick with oil? Is there something magical about the holy anointing oil? No, my friend. When we anoint our sick bodies with oil, we are simply releasing our faith in Jesus’ finished work. He was crushed for our iniquities so that we can be made whole.

Before anointing oil can be made, olive fruit must be crushed in a press. Likewise, before healing can be dispensed to us, Jesus had to be crushed. His crushing began at Gethsemane, which means “oil press”, and continued at the scourging post, ending only with His death at the cross.

Beloved, whenever you use the yoke-destroying anointing oil (Isaiah 10:27), see Jesus crushed for your healing. See the agony that He endured in order for His healing grace to be righteously bestowed upon you. As you meditate on His finished work, you’ll receive the benefits of His complete and perfect work!
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" Five Things To Do in the Middle of the Storm" by Rick Warren

“But when [Peter] saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink. ‘Save me, Lord!’ he shouted.”
(Matthew 14:30 NIV)

When you’re going through a storm, God is not distant or uninvolved. He is “I Am,” and he is working in your life for your good. But he also has some things he wants you to do. Here are five things God wants you to do if you feel you’re sinking in a storm.

Have courage, because Jesus is with you.

Don’t ever argue with a fear. Just tell it where to go! Tell it to go talk to Jesus.

TAKE A RISK IN FAITH

Don’t ask God to bless what you’re doing. Do what God is blessing. Ask him what he wants you to do, and then be willing to get out of the boat in an instant.

Stay focused on Jesus.

The moment you take your eyes off the Lord, you’re going under. Matthew 14:30 says, “But when [Peter] saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink. ‘Save me, Lord!’ he shouted” (NIV). When you focus on the wind and the waves — your circumstances — you’re going to sink, just like Peter. If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed; if you look within, you’ll be depressed; if you look at Christ, you’ll be at rest.

DON'T DOUBT

You don’t need great faith to make it through the storm in your life. You just need faith in the right person.

PRAISE GOD

Even in the storm, even when you feel like you’re sinking, even when you’re scared to death — praise him all the time. Thank God in the middle of the storm.

What storm is scaring you right now? What storm is sinking you right now? Why do you think God is letting you go through this storm?

He’s letting you go through this storm for the same reasons he sent the disciples into the storm — to say, “I’m all you need. I can handle anything. I will come to you in the ninth hour. And I’ll come walking on the very thing that scares you the most. I’m not asking you to come to me. I’m going to come to you. You need to stop being afraid, and you need to totally trust me in faith.”

TALK IT OVER

How have you grown spiritually and in your understanding of God because of the storms in your life?
What can you do to limit the distractions that keep you from focusing on God?
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Be Encouraged

Psalms 13:1 NLT
"O  lord , how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way?"

My Spirit: I’m full of doubts

What are the most serious obstacles to your faith? Materialism? Busyness? Evolutionary science? Pleasures?

How about stamina? When God makes you wait and wait and wait some more for his providence, does that grind down your confidence? Have you had some long stretches of poverty or illness or unemployment? David said, “How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?” (Psalm 13:1).

As God sees it, faith is like a muscle that needs a good workout to get stronger. Yeah--no pain, no gain. What often keeps us from developing the faith stamina we need is memory loss--we forget all the times that God did answer our prayers, when God did come through for us, when he did just what he said he would.

Waiting is okay. God is always on time. David answered his own question later in the same psalm: “I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me” (Psalm 13:5,6).
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BECOMING

Colossians 3:10 NLT
"Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him."
When a baby is born, it is first an infant then grows to be called a child, toddler, pre teen, teen, young adult, adult and then an old person. For each stage of growth of a child a nature is seen which testifies to that specific stage. If a child is a teen and still has the nature of an infant, it becomes a deformity. So for a child of God not to be deformed he/she must put on the nature that will identify he/she as a child of  God. This you can do by studying the word of God, meditating on it and living by it -(Joshua 1:8 NLT "Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.")
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Is Jesus in your job?

Welcome to the month of perfection!
“Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.” (Matthew 6:33 NLT)
                       If you want your life to turn from emptiness to overflowing, you have to give Jesus complete access to your life, including your career.Luke 5:3 says, “Jesus got into one of the boats, the one that belonged to Simon, and asked him to push off a little from the land. Then Jesus sat down and continued to teach the people from the boat” (NCV).The disciples had worked all night and caught nothing. Then Jesus stepped into their boat and told them to cast their nets again. When they did, they caught so many fish that the nets began to break! It’s the same lake, the same boat, the same nets, the same fishermen, and the same fish. The only thing that was different between nothing and fullness was Jesus is in the boat.
Here’s the starting point: You’ve got to get Jesus in your boat.First, what’s your boat? It’s how you make a living. Simon’s business was his boat because he was a fisherman. The boat represents your career, your profession, your job, just like it represented Simon Peter’s entire livelihood.What does it mean to have Jesus in your boat?It means you dedicate your career to God. We’re not talking about salvation here. You may have Jesus in your life, but have you given him control of your career. You’ve trusted him for salvation and you go to church on the weekends and praise God. But when you go back to work during the week, you put Jesus on the shelf, and he’s nowhere to be found in your job.When Simon Peter gave his job to Jesus for the Lord’s use, he was blessed with incredible results. But don’t miss the sequence. We sometimes think, “God, make me really successful in business, and then I’ll serve you with the success.” Wrong! It’s the exact opposite. First, Peter let Jesus use his job for his ministry platform. Then Jesus blessed Peter’s job with enormous success. That’s the order.The Bible says in Matthew 6:33, “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need” (NLT).Whatever you want God to bless, put him first. You want God to bless your time? You give him the first part of every day. You want God to bless your money? You give him the first 10 percent of your income, no matter how small it is. You want God to bless your job? You give him control, no matter how successful you are.

Talk It Over:-
.What would it look like if you gave control of your job to Jesus?
.What are your fears or concerns about making God the center of your career?
.How do you want God to bless you in your career? What do you think he wants you to do first?
I read this write up by Rick Warren and it really spoke to me and I decided to share it with my blessed readers.
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Work for the Lord

Colossians 3:23 NLT

"Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people."
This amazing! The word of God says at whatever you do not at somethings you do or only at your pastoral work or church work but AT WHATEVER you do. This means that whether you are a teacher, bricklayer, carpenter, stay at home parent, lawyer, whatever it is you are doing decide that God is your invisible boss. When you choose to live in obedience to Colossians 3:23, you please God and when you please God you are bound to be blessed because you have called him your God therefore he will call you his child and then you will partake ofvthe blessings prepared for the children of God. Alleluia!
What decision do you think you can make now concerning your life and job as a child of God?
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Godly Contentment!

1 Timothy 6:6-16 NLT

"Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content. But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. But you, Timothy, are a man of God; so run from all these evil things. Pursue righteousness and a godly life, along with faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have declared so well before many witnesses. And I charge you before God, who gives life to all, and before Christ Jesus, who gave a good testimony before Pontius Pilate, that you obey this command without wavering. Then no one can find fault with you from now until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. For, At just the right time Christ will be revealed from heaven by the blessed and only almighty God, the King of all kings and Lord of all lords. He alone can never die, and he lives in light so brilliant that no human can approach him. No human eye has ever seen him, nor ever will. All honor and power to him forever! Amen."
Being content in every circumstance you find yourself in is a gift of God and wr can not achieve this by our own power or strength but by God’s abundant grace.  Being focused on Christ the author and finisher of our faith ensures that we are at peace at all times.
There are times you look at others that are maybe not Christains and they seem to get all the good stuff but we seemingly obedient children of God are lacking. God says we should cast all our cares on him that he cares for us (1Peter 5:7) , when you care for someone you take care of that person.  Just as we would take care of our loved ones as humans imagine how much care God can give us, so be content  because God got our back.
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True to right living?

Matthew 15:1-6 NLT

Some Pharisees and teachers of religious law now arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus. They asked him, “Why do your disciples disobey our age-old tradition? For they ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat.” Jesus replied, “And why do you, by your traditions, violate the direct commandments of God?  For instance, God says, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.’  But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, ‘Sorry, I can’t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.’  In this way, you say they don’t need to honor their parents. And so you cancel the word of God for the sake of your own tradition.
Sometimes we forfeit what is right for what is the norm and justify it by saying everyone does it . God never gives excuses why he can't heal us or transform our situations for the better. We should always be ready to do the right thing , the one that pleases God even when it seems hard and that is why we need wisdom which is the principal thing (Proverbs 4:7) and also understanding to guide us on the right path.
Do the right thing at the right time and you can't go wrong with God's help.
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Work of Art by God

“You made my whole being; you formed me in my mother’s body. I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well.” (Psalm 139:13-14 NCV)

God has a hand in how we are made and a reason why we are made the way we are. You need to believe that you are wonderfully and beautifully made to be able to love yourself. When you love yourself, you take care of yourself and then you will be able to love others as you love yourself in obedience to the greatest commandment "love your neighbor as yourself". Exercising and eating right is a spiritual exercise that says "yes Lord thank you for my body and i will use it well" because God gave us our bodies to use to do his work and he gave us the ones that suits us for the ministry he created us to occupy.

Love your body, appreciate God for your body by caring for it, it is right.

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SAFETY NET

Good morning,
29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare; But whoso putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be safe.
Your safety is of the Lord not of man . Man can disappoint you any day but God is faithful and steadfast.  He makes a promise and keeps it unlike most men who makes a promise and next thing you hear will be stories.  We are all guilty of doing that at one time or the other. Because God knows our frailty,  he says woe unto the one who puts his trust in the arm of flesh!. Trust in God for peace in your home, marriage,  businesses ect because he is the storm stiller. His presence in the boat of the apostles stilled every raging storm internally and externally ( Matthew 8:23-26 ), he is ready to do that for us too if we trust in him.
Prayer: Lord Jesus still every storm raging in any area of my life in Jesus name.  Amen.
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Joseph Prince write up

Some people brought to Him a paralyzed man on a mat. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Be encouraged, My child! Your sins are forgiven.”

Matthew 9:2, NLT

Your Sins Are Forgiven!

Many of us are familiar with the Gospel account of how four good friends, undeterred by the crowds blocking their way, broke through the roof of the house Jesus was in and lowered their paralyzed friend on his mat, right in front of Jesus.

When Jesus saw the sick man, He said, “Be encouraged, My child! Your sins are forgiven.” These bold, gracious words scandalized some legalistic scribes there, but they penetrated and restored the soul of the poor paralytic. For years, he had probably believed that he was paralyzed because of his sins. Jesus then said to the man, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!” (Matthew 9:6). And the paralytic man leaped to his feet!

I want you to pay attention to this: Before the man could receive healing from the Lord, he needed to be assured that his sins were forgiven. Why? Because receiving becomes easy when you know and believe that you’ve been forgiven of your sins and are free to enjoy all the good that God has for you!

Beloved, know that your sins are forgiven because you believe in Jesus. Begin to thank the Lord for His grace. Rejoice in the fact that you are completely forgiven and receive the healing and provision you need from Him! 

Be revived by this message my dear blessed one.

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Why Should I Trust God with My Pain? by Rick Warren

“I am suffering here in prison. But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until the day of his return.” (2 Timothy 1:12 NLT)

When you’ve got something that is very precious to you, whether it’s rare, expensive, or an heirloom, and you don’t want it to be stolen, broken, or burned up, you take it to the bank and entrust it to the protection of a safety deposit box.

Even more than a locked box in your bank, whatever you entrust to God, he’s going to take care of. You can count on it. He has a track record. Other people may not have a consistent track record of taking care of things for you. But whatever you entrust to God, he will take care of it.

So, what do you need to entrust to God today? I’ll tell you what it is — it’s whatever you’re worrying about. Whatever you’re worrying about, you need to entrust it to the safety deposit box of God’s love.

Worry is practical atheism, because it’s acting like you don’t have a Father in Heaven who loves you and who can be trusted, like you’re a spiritual orphan. Worry is unbelief; it’s saying you don’t believe the 6,000 promises God made in the Bible.

The most difficult time for you to put stuff in God’s safety deposit box is when you’re in pain. When you are suffering, you don’t want to trust even God. You want to pull it back and hold it to yourself.

Paul knew this, but he also knew that when you’re in pain, that’s when you need to trust God the most. He said, “I am suffering here in prison. But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until the day of his return” (2 Timothy 1:12 NLT).

I talk to people sometimes who say, “I’m afraid to give my life to Jesus Christ because I’m afraid I won’t be able to keep the commitment.”

Let me just be honest with you: You can’t keep your commitment. You will mess up! Fortunately your salvation isn’t based on your keeping the commitment. It’s based on Christ keeping his promise and taking care of what you’ve committed to him.

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Spiritual Thirst

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How to Satisfy Your Spiritual Thirst
by Rick Warren

“Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.” (John 4:13-14 NLT)

If you feel unsatisfied with your life and you want to live a fulfilled, meaningful life, you need to stop looking for satisfaction somewhere besides Jesus.

We’re always looking around, trying to find something to make our lives happy and significant. We think, “If I could just wear this kind of clothes, then I’ll be cool. If I could just have plastic surgery and get this fixed, then life would be grand. If I could just get this job, I’ll be satisfied.”

The Bible says in Jeremiah 2:13, “My people have done two evils: They have turned away from me, the spring of living water. And they have dug their own wells, which are broken wells that cannot hold water” (NCV).

Not only have we rejected God and not looked to him to meet all our needs and satisfy our lives; we’re also trying to meet our needs on our own. These wells we’ve dug called a career or good looks or a golf game aren’t going to hold water.

In John 4:13-14, Jesus says, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life” (NLT).

Sin is addictive. It only makes you thirstier! If you don’t believe that, ask anybody who’s looked at pornography — once is not enough. If you are addicted to prescription medication, one pill is not enough. If you have a problem with anger, you’re not going to get angry just once. Sin creates greater thirst for satisfaction.

But Jesus offers living water that will permanently satisfy your thirst.

If you feel unsatisfied with your life, that’s called spiritual thirst. And the only one who can quench that thirst is the one who said, “I thirst.” Jesus thirsted on the cross so you don’t have to thirst. He paid for what you don’t have to pay for. He became thirsty so you never have to be thirsty again.

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GRACE!

Good morning
By Rick Warren
“God had Christ, who was sinless, take our sin so that we might receive God’s approval through him.” (2 Corinthians 5:21 GW)

If you were to Google this question, “Who has saved more human lives in history than anybody else?” you would find a name you probably never heard of. When Norman Borlaug died in 2009 at the age of 95, the world hardly noticed, even though he’s one of only seven people to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Congressional Gold Medal, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Who was Norman Borlaug? He was an agricultural scientist who invented high yield, drought and disease-resistant crops that in the 20th century saved more than 1 billion people from starvation. Before Norman Borlaug, many countries like China, India, and Pakistan had famines every single year. Now those countries export food because of the crops that Borlaug developed.

Borlaug was a Christian and a lifelong member of an evangelical Lutheran church. In fact, his faith was the driving force for all of his scientific efforts. When he received the Nobel Prize, he quoted from the book of Isaiah as his motivation for what he had done. Borlaug was a truly great man, a real hero. But if you had asked him, “Were you the savior of the world?” he’d say, “no.”

Even someone like Norman Borlaug needs a Savior.

That’s why “God had Christ, who was sinless, take our sin so that we might receive God’s approval through him” (2 Corinthians 5:21 GW).

It’s the great exchange, friends. God takes all the junk in your life, all your pettiness, all your ego, all your anger, all your jealousy and gossip, all the thoughts and actions and words that you’ve ever said that were unkind, and he puts them on himself so you don’t have to pay the penalty for your sins. The perfection of Jesus covers you so you can enter God’s perfect place called Heaven.

What a deal! That’s called grace, and it’s the only way you’ll ever get into Heaven — by accepting God’s gift of grace in his Son, Jesus Christ.
This is wonderful!
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WAIT!

Genesis 15:1-6 NLT

"Some time later, the lord spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, “Do not be afraid, Abram, for I will protect you, and your reward will be great.” But Abram replied, “O Sovereign lord , what good are all your blessings when I don’t even have a son? Since you’ve given me no children, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth. You have given me no descendants of my own, so one of my servants will be my heir.” Then the lord said to him, “No, your servant will not be your heir, for you will have a son of your own who will be your heir.” Then the lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!” And Abram believed the lord , and the lord counted him as righteous because of his faith."

Despite his advanced age, Abraham believed God and was called righteous (v.6). Yet he waited 25 years from the time of the initial promise for Isaac to be born (17:1,17). Waiting for God’s promises to be fulfilled is part of trusting Him. No matter how long the delay, we must wait for Him. As the writer of Hebrews reminds us, “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful” (Heb. 10:23).

Not so in haste, my heart!
Have faith in God, and wait;
Although He seems to linger long,
He never comes too late.
—Torrey
Habakkuk2:3-" For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry."
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Content!

   Hebrews 13:5-8 NLT

"Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” So we can say with confidence, “The lord is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?” Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and follow the example of their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."
        God is always present in our own lives when a heartbreaking tragedy occurs, such as the death of someone we love. We have no completely satisfactory answer to life’s painful problems. We do know, however, that the Lord is present with us, for He said He would never leave us (Heb. 13:5). Jesus’ name “Immanuel” literally means “God with us” (Matt. 1:23).

Even though suffering baffles our minds, we can trust God to be near and to work out His purposes.

God’s unseen presence comforts me,
I know He’s always near;
And when life’s storms besiege our soul,
He says, “My child, I’m here.”
—D. De Haan
Hold on to this promise in the book of Hebrews through various storms of life!
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"It is well"

Good morning!
Isaiah 3:10 "Say ye to the righteous, it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings"
      This is a verse i have been thinking on and wondering about the real context of the verse. This verse has always been quoted  "Say ye ------- it is well-------" instead of "--------it shall be well-------". When you consider all that is happening in the church and in the world and what the word of God says which is always the truth there is a tendency that doubt will begin to creep into the lives of Christians because the meaning of the verse gets changed when it is quoted as "is" not "shall".
   This verse when quoted appropriately is clearly telling us that even despite all things, rough edges and issues all round, in your family, your job or businesses  etc, things will still work out for the children of God who believe him totally! This is confirmed in Proverbs 10:11a "The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life"
All being well for a child of God is not a life of no storms but a life of calm in the midst of the storms!
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April!

What does a new month mean to you? Does it mean new opportunities, new strength or energy? To me it means new opportunities to do things right , to please God and commit my life afresh to him. It is a time to check our priorities and our way of life, check what is important to us. It is also a time to review our relationship with God and check if positive changes has happened in the past months in our lives. It is also a time to check our attitudes so far towards situations and people.
There are so many things we can input into the new month but we should choose the one that will ensure that God is tightly knitted into us and this entails a life of obedience to God's word to ensure a successful life, Joshua 1:8 and Isaiah 1:19 "if ye be willing and obedient,  ye shall eat the good of the land"
Happy New Month!!!!!
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Living for Christ?

2 Corinthians 4:8 ERV"We have troubles all around us, but we are not defeated. We often don’t know what to do, but we don’t give up."

                     Sometimes we are overwhelmed by situations that we come across in life , it can be in marriage , child rearing, businesses, ministries and also careers. We tend to focus on the problems surrounding us forgetting that we have God who is in control of everything. When you focus on your problem instead of Christ the enemy the devil reminds you of all the reasons why you should give up and doubt God but he has assured us that he will be there for us at all times         2Corinthians 4:9 ERV "We are persecuted, but God does not leave us. We are hurt sometimes, but we are not destroyed." God's promise to be with us in crisis is permanent when we accept him as our personal Lord and Savior because all these problems and issues are like sandpaper to wood thereby performing what is written in 2 Corinthians 4:17 ERV "We have small troubles for a while now, but these troubles are helping us gain an eternal glory. That eternal glory is much greater than our troubles."
                               The problems are never permanent but our God is permanent so we need to focus on him to help us go through situation that are not really encouraging- 2 Corinthians 4:18 ERV "So we think about what we cannot see, not what we see. What we see lasts only a short time, and what we cannot see will last forever."
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Procrastination

Ephesians 5:15-16- "See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil"
Many reasons can cause procrastination and these include such common reasons like lack of proper perspective and poorntime management,  perfectionism,  fear of failure and lack of self confidence.
This trait called procastination affects all facets of life adversely,  it can cause failure in your education, marriage , loss of jobs , loss of opportunities to make right decisions concerning your life or choice of employment. It can also cause loss of opportunity to evangelise to someone.
Once i carried someone in my car who didn't recognise as someone I had carried many months before and I almost lost opportunity to speak to her as we began to discuss frivolities because it was pleasurable to do so then but the Holy Spirit helped me and I was able to get on track and evangelise to her and that is when she recalled we had met before and she declared she was highly pleased to hear the word, I was filled with joy and since then I haven't seen her again. I am glad I didn't procrastinate.
There are many results of procastination and one of them is feeling uncomfortable about putting off essential or urgent tasks, it also causes decreased productivity in academics, family life and business,  thereby living in disobedience to God's word in Colossians 3:23 " And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;" Procastination can also lead to eternal damnation in hell if you put off your salvation. Think about it dear ones.
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Offence

Mathew24:10- And then many will be offended and repelled and will begin to distrust and desert and will stumble and fall away and betray one another and pursue one another with hatred.
Rudeness, quick tempers, and holding grudges seem to be very common today. We all look for reasons to hold onto anger and bitterness justifying it and forgetting that God said we should forgive seventy times seventy and as children of God we live our lives according to the directions of the word of God. Offence is a bait by the devil to ensare Christains and usually succeeds when we take our eyes away from our Lord Jesus Christ, it also affects our growth in our relationship with God. It takes us far away from his blessings.
Offence in us creates room for other wrong seeds of the devil  like hatred to be implanted  in us causing deterioration in our spiritual lives. Refuse to be entrapped by the devil because his entrapment leads to destruction and death.
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Unconditional love!

Ephesians 1:4 ( ERV)-In Christ, he chose us before the world was made. He chose us in love to be his holy people—people who could stand before him without any fault.
We must get comfortable with the fact that God loves us unconditionally.  W e can not do any thing to destroy that love because he gave his son Jesus Christ to die for us while we were yet sinners to reconcile us to himself.
As long as we think his love is conditional, we strive to earn it by proving we are worth of love therefore when we make mistakes we feel we have lost his love and this is not so.
If your child misbehaves, does he or she cease to be your child ? No! You are sad or upset and will correct  the child  and is ready to forgive the child  even before he or she shows remorse because the wrong does not make he or she not be your child anymore the same applies to a born again child of God.
Believe this as a child of God.
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God's thoughts

Jer 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
God thinks good for and plans good for you, commit your life to him and he will order your steps into good and marvelous things.
Happy Sunday.
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LOVE

Treat everyone you meet with dignity.” (1 Peter 2:17 MSG)
Loving like Jesus means you must value others the way Jesus values you.You are a child of the king. God created you, and Christ gave his life for you. The Bible says in 1 Peter 1:19, “The ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver. It was the precious blood of Christ” (NLT). How much are you worth? Look at the cross. Jesus was willing to die for you. God was willing to give his Son for you. That’s how valuable you are.Jesus wants you to give that kind of value to everybody else — even the people you can’t stand. Christ says, “I love them this much (arms spread wide on the cross). So I expect you, my child, to love these people the same way I love them because I died for them, not just you. Treat them the same way I treat them. Value them the way I value them.”
The Bible says, “Treat everyone you meet with dignity” (1 Peter 2:17 MSG).How do you do that? One way you treat others with dignity is by looking at them, giving them your attention, and listening to them.One of my favorite verses in the Bible is Mark 10:21. Jesus was walking down the street, and a young entrepreneur came up to him and asked him a question. Jesus’ response was that he “looked at him and loved him” (NIV). He looked, and he loved. You can’t love without looking!When your waitress serves you or the grocery store cashier tries to speak with you and you don’t give them your attention, you’re not being very loving. Love looks, and love listens.Think of and even write down the name of someone you know who has low self esteem. Then, determine this week to show acceptance to that person and affirm his or her value to you and to God. When everybody else treats that person like an outcast or like she doesn’t matter, you can make her feel like she matters, because she does. She matters to God, so she should matter to you.

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Nothing is useless!

…God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen…to bring to nothing the things that are.
1 Corinthians 1:27–28

God Uses What Man Deems Useless
There was once an old donkey that decided to go somewhere deserted to spend its last days. It found a suitable place, laid down and died after a few days. God looked down at the donkey and said, “I can’t use this donkey.”

Along came the vultures and foxes, picking off chunks of flesh from the donkey. It was a sorry sight. God looked down at the donkey and said, “I still can’t use this donkey.” Then, the ants and other critters of the wilderness came, and cleared up what the vultures and foxes had left behind. The donkey was now just a skeleton, but God still couldn’t use it.

Days and weeks passed, the burning sun scorching the bones of the donkey till they were totally dry and white. God looked down at what was left of the donkey and said, “Now I can use the donkey!”

Then along came Samson with his seven locks dancing in the wind. The man looked around for a weapon to wield against his enemies, and found…just an old dried up jawbone of a donkey. And with the seemingly useless and worthless jawbone, he slew a thousand men (Judges 15:11–17).

My friend, God uses what the world deems useless and past its shelf life to accomplish amazing feats. That’s just His style. So if people have written you off, called you “useless” or treated you as insignificant, get ready! God can and is about to use you to do the impossible. He’ll transform and empower you to do what you and your critics never dreamed possible!
As long as you are created by God you are useful!
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"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night."Psalm 1:1–2

Run With God’s CounselIn today’s scripture, we see the psalmist describing the habits of a man that cause him to be blessed by the Lord. Notice how the blessed man “walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.”This means that the blessed man doesn’t depend on the advice of “experts” who are independent of and don’t honor God. Neither does he follow those who plot the downfall of others in order to prosper. And he doesn’t participate in cynical coffee shop talk! The man who does these things then is someone who doesn’t trust the Lord but fallible man and self. And he doesn’t meditate on God’s ways, but the ways of the world.Beloved, don’t choose this path. Choose instead to trust wholeheartedlyin Jesus by meditating day and night on His Word and His ways. And it will be a matter of time before you experience His blessings and success in all that you do!
Take this to heart because when meditate on God's word day and night, we soon begin to fulfil the desires of the Spirit and not of the flesh.
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Job’s Restoration Verse: Job 42

    Job’s spectacular turnaround isn’t just a reward for righteousness but also a joyous act of God’s generosity. The fact that God owes us nothing has never deterred him from giving us everything, freely and graciously (cf. 2Co 9:7). Notice that Job’s restoration comes only after he forgives his friends and prays for them. As Jesus says, “Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you” (Lk 6:37–38).

Pastor and author Gordon MacDonald notes that in the first forty chapters of the book of Job, this man faced a sample of nearly every imaginable kind of suffering. On a few occasions he appeared to bend under the weight of the stress, but he never broke. Given every reason to doubt himself and to revise his view of God, he stayed the course.

Every person who desires to live generously will want to acquaint himself with the journey of Job. His is a message from ancient times of a man with a soul that was bigger than the circumstances. Satan certainly got his answer: Job feared God in comfortable times and in chaotic times. No contest!

As this amazing book concludes, a couple of points stand out as worth pondering. Notice that God never told Job why all this was happening to him … All of Job’s anguish finds its roots in a strange conversation in which Job’s character was impugned. One would like to hear God say to Job, “Now that this is all over, let me tell you what it was all about.” But Job was left, apparently, to live out his days continuing to trust in God…

More significantly, Job regained his prosperity … (see Job 42:10). What does this tell us? First, that prosperity is not always a coincidence nor merely the result of hard work. In this case at least, God showered prosperity upon a man because the man had demonstrated his faithfulness.

Second, the prosperity came not simply because Job had endured the suffering but because he prayed for his friends … Job had no reason to pray grace upon these “friends” of his. They’d done little more than add to his misery during his dark days. Still Job, through his prayer, wished for their best and prayed that God would act kindly toward them …

Two important lessons to keep in mind: First, everything we own may be attributed to Providence as much as to hard work; remember, there are others who work hard without gaining material prosperity. Second, we must never forget that a grace-filled heart does more to trigger God’s kindness than all the more visible things a person can do.

Think About It

•              How do you think this story would have ended had Job not prayed for his friends?

•              How is the story of Job tied not just to the topic of suffering but also to the idea of prosperity?

•              What life lessons can you take away from the story of Job?

Pray About It

Lord, Samuel reminds me that prayer is important when he says to the people, “As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by failing to pray for you” (1Sa 12:23). Remind me, Lord, that my prayers on behalf of others are my duty as well as my privilege.

(This devotion is from the NIV Stewardship Study Bible by Zondervan. Used with permission.)

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NO TO WORRY!

                                  Philipians 4:6-"Do not be anxious about anything,  but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known to God"
        Sometimes it is so difficult not to be anxious about life situations and  circumstances but God  is saying we shoild not be anxious. Perfect love casteth away fear! God loves us and we need to love him in order for fear to be far from our hearts.
When you look unto Christ the author and finisher of our faith then we have no cause to worry because he has told us not to lean on our own understanding but to trust in the Lord (Proverbs3:5). A child that trusts in his/her father will run to him when she senses something is going wrong, the child will not continue to fret but will believe the father will be able to solve it. If we can depend on our earthly parents wholeheartedly then we should depend on our heavenly Father more because he created the earthly.
Look unto Christ at all times and believe his promise that we should prosper even as our soul prospers and it is written that every good  and perfect thing is from the Lord ( James1:17). Trust God that has good things planned for us and worry not .
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Your Life Is Shaped By Your Thoughts (by Rick Warren)

               Continue with me in this series and remain blessed as you read

“Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.” Romans 12:2a (NLT)

                  You cannot become all God created you to be until you understand the five factors that influence your identity. The first two are chemistry (how you are made) and connections (your relationships). You are a product of the way God created you and of the relationships in your life.

Your identity is also influenced by your circumstances and your consciousness.

Circumstances are the things that happen to you and around you — none of which you control. You are a product of the trauma, troubles, suffering, shame, shock, pressures, and pain that have shaped your life. Perhaps even abuse has affected your identity. If you’ve ever had a series of failures or a catastrophe, it has left an indelible mark on who you are.

Consciousness is how you talk to yourself. You know what? If you talked to your friends the way you talk to yourself, you probably wouldn’t be friends anymore, because our thoughts are filled with the lies we’ve heard from other people that we’ve let simmer and fester. When we repeat other people’s thoughts in our head, they go deeper and deeper in our consciousness, and they begin to shape our identity.

Proverbs 4:23 says, “Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts” (LB). Your thoughts don’t have to be true to hurt you; you just have to believe them. If you tell yourself your marriage won’t last, then it won’t. If you’re afraid you can’t do something, then you won’t. Your thoughts run your life!

Your circumstances may be out of your control, but God is in control of everything. Your thoughts shape who you are, but you can change the way you think. Your circumstances and consciousness have shaped who you are, but the way you respond to your circumstances and the thoughts you choose to believe will shape the rest of your life.

Talk It Over

• What is your natural response to a difficult situation or circumstance? Do you run away or face it? Do you worry or trust God?
• How do you need to change the way you think?
• Who or what around you influences your thoughts in a negative way?      

How Well Do You Love? by Rick Warren

              “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31 (NIV) Yesterday we talked about the first of five factors that influence your identity. We have all been made wonderfully complex and full of flaws, but until we embrace who we are — including our flaws — we cannot make the changes in our lives that will bring about true transformation.
The second factor that influences your identity is your connections. Your connections give your life purpose, meaning, and identity. If you grew up with dysfunctional relationships, then you question your purpose and struggle with identity.Jesus said that the most important thing we should do is love God and love other people (Mark 12:30-31).
Life is not about your accomplishments or acquisitions, your popularity or prestige. It’s about how well you love.There are three problems that keep us from loving fully as God intended:
We’re all imperfect. 
There are no perfect relationships because there are no perfect people.
Sin disconnects us.
 Adam and Eve had the first broken relationship and disconnected themselves from God and from each other. We’ve been excusing ourselves and accusing the people we love ever since.The more disconnected we are, the more fearful we become. We crave intimacy, but we fear vulnerability. We crave acceptance, but we fear rejection.You may not have had a say in the hand you were dealt in life. But God sent his son as your Savior to transform your cards into a winning hand.
No matter what connections you’ve made in life, you will be held responsible for what you do with your connections today.Will you let God affect your connections? Will you trust him for your future in spite of a difficult past? Will you nurture, protect, and build relationships so that God is more fully glorified in your life?Resolve today to build healthy and not hurtful relationships with God’s help.

Talk It Over
In what relationships do you need to invest more time or more of Christ’s love?
How are you doing with “loving your neighbor as yourself”?
How about with your difficult relatives, co-workers, or in a broken relationship?

Please ponder on this writeup by Rick Warren.
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The Healing Power of Confessionby Rick Warren

                       “Before I confessed my sins, my bones felt limp, and I groaned all day long.”Psalm 32:3 (CEV). It’s not just swallowing too much food that’ll torpedo your health in 2014. Swallowing your sin can have even more disastrous results.One of the healthiest choices you can make for 2014 is to receive the forgiveness of God. Many people start the New Year carrying around a stinky garbage sack of sin. Carrying around that sack won’t just make you ineffective for serving Jesus; it’ll ruin your health, too.The Bible teaches in Psalm 32:3-5: “Before I confessed my sins, my bones felt limp,and I groaned all day long. Night and day your hand weighed heavily on me, and my strength was gone as in the summer heat. So I confessed my sins and told them all to you. I said, ‘I’ll tell the LORD each one of my sins.’ Then you forgave me and took away my guilt” (CEV).
In fact an October 2013 study by scientists at Princeton University and the University of Waterloo scientifically verified what David said centuries earlier: Feelings of being physically “weighed down” by guilt are real.God has given us a foolproof method for relief from those soul and body-destroying feelings of guilt: repentance. How do you do that?Make a moral inventory.
 Psalm 138:23-24 says, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test my thoughts. Point out anything you find in me that makes you sad, and lead me along the path of everlasting life” (LB). In other words, you start by grabbing a pencil and paper and asking God to bring to mind your sin. Take your time. Don’t rush it. Be specific.Accept the blame. The greatest holdup to healing is you. Don’t rationalize it. Don’t minimize it. You may not own 100 percent of the blame, but accept the 10 percent of the blame that’s yours.Ask for forgiveness. Believe that God will forgive you. Ask him to forgive you based on what he promises in the Bible (1 John 1:9). Don’t beg. Don’t bargain. Just believe that God is able and willing to forgive you.Don’t put yourself at risk of spiritual heart disease. God wants to use you in 2014. Come clean about your sin. Start over.Then see what God can do through you in 2014.

Talk It Over
Make a list of sins you’ve never confessed to God.
Accept the blame for your failures, and ask the Lord for forgiveness for each sin on your list.
What keeps you from confessing your sins from God?
Are there some sins you struggle with confessing more than others? Why?

These questions you answer to yourself and the cleansing you need shall take place. Enjoy holiday if you are Nigeria today.
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The power of the WORD!

                    He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.Psalm 107:20
Meditating On God’s Word Brings Healing. A man who had been suffering pain in his upper back for almost two years. One day, after reading Joseph Prince teaching about meditating on God’s Word, decided to run with it. So on his way home from work that day, he decided to just meditate on Psalm 23:1, speaking it to himself over and over again—“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”He said that he must have muttered the verse at least 50 times as he pondered on Jesus being a good shepherd to him—how kind Jesus is to provide for him, lead him, tend lovingly to his needs and heal him.The effect? “Every breath seemed to just release deeper and deeper waves of healing throughout my entire being and I started to notice the pain in my back just dissipate,” he shared happily. “And by the time I got home, all the pain was gone!”Beloved, if you need healing in your body today, I encourage you to prioritize God’s Word. Meditate on it. Speak it and declare it over yourself. By His Word, God heals and delivers His people from every kind of destruction!
       I had a similar experience and therefore could identify with this situation in Joseph Prince teaching. I had an ailment of swelling and pains from my waist, knee and ankles which was identified as erethema nodossuma of which had no cure. I held unto the word of God that he has nailed my sickness and diseases to the cross and spoke it continuosly and faithfully and my healing was made possible with no drugs or any other thing.
    I challenge to speak God's word in faith to your situation and experience God's mighty hand in action.
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Offer Your Body to God by Rick WarreN

This is a wonderful writeup, may you be blessed by it.

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God — this is your true and proper worship.” Romans 12:1 (NIV)

        For change to happen in any area of your life, whether it’s financial, vocational, educational, mental, or relational, you have to begin with the physical.

Why? Because your body affects your behavior. Your muscles affect your moods and your motivation. Your physiology can actually affect your psychology.

Romans 12:1 says, “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God — this is your true and proper worship” (NIV).

The problem with a living sacrifice is that it can choose to crawl off the altar. We do this all the time. We offer ourselves to God, and then we take ourselves back. This is not a once-for-all offer. You’ve got to do it four, five, or maybe 10 times a day!

So what is your "true and proper worship"? There are three things you can do with your body that the Bible says are acts of worship:

1. Cleanse your body. The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 7:1, “Let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.” You cleanse your body by controlling what you allow in your mind through what you watch and listen to and in your body by what you eat and drink.

2. Care for your body. Ephesians 5:29 says, “No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church” (NLT). Keeping your body in shape is an act of worship to God.

3. Control your body. “Each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable.” 1 Thessalonians 4:4 (NIV). Control your body so that it doesn’t control you. There is no reason to say, “I couldn’t help myself!”

No matter what kind of change you want to make in your life, it will require energy. To have the energy to meet your goals, change has to start with your body.

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God Sees What You Can Become By His Grace by Joseph Prince

 For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. Hebrews 10:14, NASB

 When God was with Moses on Mount Sinai, the Israelites became impatient and asked Aaron, whom Moses had left in-charge, to make them other gods to worship. And without so much as a word of protest, Aaron crafted a calf from the gold that the people had given him, so that they could worship it. While this abomination was happening, God was telling Moses that Aaron would be His very first high priest: “Call for your brother, Aaron, and his sons…Set them apart from the rest of the people of Israel so they may minister to me and be my priests” (Exodus 28:1).

Didn’t God know what was happening down below? Of course He knew, but He did not see Aaron as he was then. He saw what Aaron would become by His grace—His undeserved, unmerited favor. God saw Aaron representing the people before Him as high priest of the nation, and entering the Holy Place on the Day of Atonement.

My friend, as with Aaron, God knows all about your challenges and weaknesses. If a mistake you’ve made keeps coming back to haunt you, or if you have a weakness that keeps cropping up, don’t focus on it and get frustrated. Look through God’s eyes and see as He sees you by His grace.

To your heavenly Father, you are righteous in Christ, perfected and sanctified for all time by His finished work (2 Corinthians 5:21). Once you realize that this is how your Father sees you, you’ll begin to manifest it in your actions. Then, like Aaron, you will be able to rise above what you are now, and be the champion that God already sees you as through His grace! 

I was blessed by this writeup and would love you all to be blessed too.

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Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord-Genesis 6:8

This a wonderful piece by Joseph Prince. Enjoy it

Rest Finds Grace

The first time the word “grace” appears in the Bible is in the story of Noah—“Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord” (Genesis 6:8). Noah’s name means “rest,” so the verse is showing us here that “Rest found grace in the eyes of the Lord.”

My friend, the enemy gets you off-track by getting you out of rest. How does he do this? By getting you into self-effort, where you trust in your own abilities to solve your problem. He wants you running around frantically looking for a solution, feeling anxious and troubled. But God wants you restful, trusting in Him and allowing Him to lead you to victory. Look at Jesus in the Gospels. No one was more restful than Him, yet no one was more effective than He was! Jesus rested in the love of His Father and only did what He saw His Father doing—there was no self-effort.

Beloved, stop striving through your own efforts and rest in the Lord’s love for you. Rest by trusting in His finished work. That’s how you allow Him to direct you with divine wisdom to His divine solutions. That’s how you allow His grace to abound in your life. His grace will stop that addiction. His grace will drive out that disease. His grace will fill your areas of lack and lead you to abundance and victory!

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NEW YEAR!!!!Welcome back blessed and highly favored readers.

  Psalm 150:6 "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord". We thank God that we are all partakers of this new year 2014.

     Many of us had great success and many of us had failures in one way or the other in 2013 but thank God it is all in the past and we are alive today to say Happy New Year to each other. As Paul said forgetting the past and pushing ahead is very important for us to succeed as children of God or else the enemy would weigh us down with regrets and depression preventing us from fulfilling our purpose of being alive in 2014.
 I will praise the Lord because i am alive as you should do too because it pleases God and it is a commandment- Let all that has breath praise the Lord.

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