Lets make Him proud!

Nature. . .Creation. . .God's Gift
You can name the universe and everything in at anything you want but do you realize that God can hold it all in His one hand?  He says in the bible that he knows our going out and coming in.  He knows our thoughts and actions before we think them and do them.  God loves us so much, after all he gave His Son for us!   He wants us all to make the right decisions but sadly most often we make bad ones.  He has given us free will, and I say lets use that wisely!  Lets make God proud, because even though other human beings (even ourselves at times) let us down, we can always count on God to bring us back up!

God Bless
~J.~

Short note on prayer. . .

"Every action in heaven starts from a prayer on earth."

That is a quote I heard somewhere, and it's so true!  There is a battle in heaven between Heaven's Angels and Hell's Demons.  How many times do you pray every day?  Most people including me do not pray very often in a day.  But think about it, what if every day we spent an hour in prayer.  Do you realize how much stuff could be accomplished in heaven?  How much God could work in the lives in our friends and family?  He can accomplish a lot!

"Prayer is not getting man's will done in heaven, but getting God's will done on earth. It is not overcoming God's reluctance but laying hold of God's willingness."
Richard C. Trench

So today, what about praying for a bit?  Lets see how God works in your life and the lives around you.

God Bless,
~J.~

Fall in love. . .

Elijah, was a man of God.  He went through so much!  Telling King Ahab there would be a famine and drought, while Ahab worshiped Baal (the god of rain and reproduction). Then he trusted God and went to hide and was fed by ravens and drank from the brook.  But Elijah's works are not the things that astonish me.  The thing that astonishes me is his FAITH, it is so strong he trusts God with everything including his life.  God listened to Elijah, he talked to Elijah, I feel sometimes he probably walked (in a sense) with Elijah.  Elijah was in love with God.  Now at the end of his journey Elijah got to go into heaven in a chariot that went up in a whirlwind.  Elijah's life is a model for us.  We should fall in love with God and trust him with our own lives.  So this Valentines day are you going to fall in love with our Christ? I am!  God is worthy of everything I give him, but I'm not  worthy of everything He has given me. 

God Bless you

~J~

S & S

This is the time for sickness!  I can't go anywhere without hearing someone is down with a cold and fever or maybe aches and sneezing.  This is also a time for spiritual sickness, sin.  We are being hit with germs both human and spiritual, some bad some good.  As we run around places, we take Vitamin-C as a boost that helps to block those germs.  But is there something to help block bad spiritual germs?  The ones that seem to shimmy their way into the tightest part of our lives and hold us down?  Yes, there is!  It's called the Bible.  It is our spiritual vitamin-C, the more we read the easier it is to block those germs.  The ultimate Vitamin-C is Christ Jesus.  If we accept him into our lives then we are free of sin forever.  Now that doesn't mean we won't be hit by those germs it just means we are wiped clean of sin.  God no longer sees us as a follower of his enemy but a follower of his Son.  Which is a whole lot better in my eyes and God's :)  But we still have to arm ourselves with the bible, because it is the thing that will keep us healthy. 

~J.~

Daughters & Wives

As women we are called to be followers.  We are followers of our husbands and fathers but also above all Christ.  In 1Peter 3:1-6 he talks about following our husbands.  Like Sarah, wife of Abraham did, she called him her Master.  We are called, not only to be daughters of Abraham but to be daughters of Sarah!  We are to be submissive to the men in our lives.  We came from Adam, not the other way around.  God wanted a mate for him, thus he made us.  And also remember we are the ones who led Adam to the fruit.  We have an influence in our men's life, but is it good or bad?  It is our choice.  We can be his spiritual follower and be there for him, or we can be pushy and try to be the leader.  God has set the men above us for a purpose, but he has given us our freedoms within that area.  Lets use them wisely. 

~J.~

Paying the Price

Well I went couponing for the first time today and all I can say is I'm excited :)  I got some pretty good buys.  But it got me thinking, whenever I got something for a lower price I got so excited.  And I wonder if that is how God feels, when we as His children easily and smoothly surrender to Him without raising a ruckus or not trusting in Him fully it seems like he got a good price if you know what I mean.  Can you imagine how much Jesus trully paid for us?  Okay just think about this. . .
We lust
We covet
We murder
We lie
We worship other idols
We turn away from God
We cuss
We surround ourselves in earthly things!

Now imagine this. . .you have a son.  The doctors tell you he is the only one you will ever have no other children.  And he is the perfect child.  You are proud of him because by twelve he is already learning college courses.  When he gets older he doesn't devote himself to girls or lustful thinking he devotes himself to you.  Wherever he goes you know he is safe.  That most people love him and care about him.    Then one morning you see him for breakfast and by afternoon he is dead.  Men have whipped him till he had no skin on his back.  They pushed thorns into his head making his hair fill with blood.  They have put nails in his hands and feet and nailed him to a tree.  Then all you can see is how your perfect son got piled with all the sins of the world.  Do you realize that it wasn't just Jesus who went through pain (and it was REALLY REALLY REALLY horrible pain) God did too.  Jesus came from God, he's part of him, so whatever pain Jesus was feeling God was feeling to.  So after we've already made God go through pain thousands and millions of times before shouldn't we let him have a little relief?  Try tonight surrendering your whole self and nothing but it, and see what God asks you to do!  The results are amazing!  Give him a good deal because we aren't worth it but he is paying every penny anyway!!!!