Don’t Give Up

Don’t give up. Don’t give up.
Put that dream back together.
Put it back together,
and do what you know to do,
and it will come out all right.

Don’t lay it down.
If you lay it down,
I don’t have anybody else to pick it up,
says the Lord.

You’ve got to do the job.
I gave it to you to do.
Don’t transfer it to somebody else.
You do it.

Gifts

The gift of wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, discernment. 1 Cor.12:7-10

All the gifts of the Holy Spirits are meant to be used. The more we use them, the more they are going mature. Your faith grows because you have witnessed with your own eyes how He works through this gifts. How very much the Lord wants to see us set free, so that we may love and serve Him in a more powerful way!

As we read in Isaiah 6:8, “Whom shall I send? Who will be our messenger?” And I say, “Here I am, Lord , use me.” Yes, only that simple answer, will change our lives. Ready to be used. God bless you.

Security

The poor widow in Luke 21:1-4 who gave her 2 coins, do you know why she was so special in Lord Jesus’ eyes? Because she has given all she had. And her generosity made Jesus smile with delight.

The difference wasn’t how much she gave but how much (or how little) she had left over. She has given all her security. She knew that she depended on Him for her very “livelihood”: her life, her health, her family, her food, her shelter, her talents, all that she was and all that she had. This is demonstrated her trust in her heavenly Father.

Simply give Him as much as you can. Lord Jesus loves a cheerful giver. Give and you will be given!!!

Quality

God may be asking you to cast your net far wider. Expanding our expectations like this is another way that God wants to help us touch heaven. He wants to give us a new way of thinking–something as deep as it is board! The best way to avoid limiting the Holy Spirit is to make sure you are devoting part of your prayer to listening to Him. Don’t fill up all your time with talking–no matter how noble your intentions are. Try your best to sit quietly in His presence. If you let Him do some talking, you’ll find your heart and mind expanding day after day!

Father God, come to me and broaden my vision a little more each day, so that I can cooperate with your vast, surprising, and awesome grace.

God bless you.

Overcoming Fear

How do we deal with nagging fear? How do we go beyond it and learn to apply our faith and live the abundant life Jesus said he came to give us? The best way: take our cues not from what we see and hear around us but from what we find by looking within:

We cannot live in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a hope. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening. To use our own voice. To see our own light. Each of us is called to live our own authentic life.

If we allow the events and expectations of our world to determine how we live, we will never discover the life for which God created us.
But if we trust in our ability to hear God’s voice speaking to us, we can rise above the fears that threaten our peace. We can answer His call in our own unique way that makes a difference for the world and let’s the light of Christ shine out.

Just do it!

Happy Thanksgiving

If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will enter his house and dine with him, and he with me. (Revelation 3:20)

He encourages us to do nothing more than open the door. That’s a lot easier than a call to discipleship or a call to go out on mission. There’s no real sacrifice yet, no dying to self. Just open the door. Why? Because Jesus wants to be with us. All of that other stuff will come in His timing, but for now, just open the door.

This Thanksgiving Day, let’s open our home and our hearts for Jesus. And He will be our special guest brings all his power, wisdom, honor and blessings. Isn’t that awesome?

HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY, to all God’s beloved children. God bless you abundantly.

Whoever Loses His Life…

Whoever loses his life will save it. (Luke 17:33)

Have you ever missed the airplane, the bus, lost your job due to downsizing, or felt forgotten by someone close to you? It doesn’t good to be left out. Imagine, then, what it must feel like to be left out of Jesus’Second Coming. None of us wants that! We don’t want to miss it, so we have to be in a state of constant readiness. God bless you.

Let Him

The only favorite place for Jesus is in our hearts. We are the living Bible. We never know that you are the only person that someone has ever read. Be the light in this dark lonely world!!!

God always be with you, friends.

Out of Competition

“Never act out of rivalry or conceit.” —Philippians 2:3

The Lord commands us to never act out of rivalry (competition), because it seems related to conceit, that is, pride.

However, in our culture we live, breathe, and eat competition. For instance, from grades and sports to dates and scholarships, school is highly competitive. Work and entertainment are based on competition. The campaign prior to the election is another clear example. Even family life is shot through with sibling rivalry.

The Lord, however, commands us not to compete. “Rather, let all parties think humbly of others as superior to themselves, each of you looking to others’ interests rather than to his own” (Phil 2:3-4). If we took these words to heart, our whole lives and even the world would change. This is exactly what Jesus wants.

Live one verse of the Bible and change the world, as you let God change you.

Remedy for Pride and Envy

Pride was the first sin committed. Pride is the greatest of sins because it is the summit of self-love and is directly opposed to submission to God. It is, therefore, the sin most hated by God, and the one He punishes most severely.

Remedies for pride: to practice humility. Anger is the daughter of offended pride that cannot bear contradiction, and of selfishness that seeks its own comfort and convenience.

Envy proceeds from pride. We desire to be superior to the one we envy, so we are grieved over any good qualities he/ she has and belittle them; we rejoice when some misfortune befalls him/ her.

Remedies for envy, there is nothing more difficult to cure than envy, nothing that causes the soul more suffering, vexation and torment of mind. It gnaws at the heart like a worm. But fervent prayer, humility and brotherhood/sisterhood love will help a lot.