Good Morning Christian Peeps! We only live once. During the down days, if you choose to keep in mind that you probably have more chances than others, more things to be thankful for than others, and more time to live on this Earth than others, you'd be reminded that your life is indeed very precious. Be Blessed!
Good Morning Christian Peeps! "I looked out my window and what did I see, a lovely ray of sunshine as bright as could be. I thanked the Lord for sending it my way, and for letting me have another day. He wrapped his arms around me and offered me his love. He said whatever you need my child, I can send it from above. I smiled and relaxed cause I knew all would be well. What a great way to start the day, now others I must tell." tr
Good Morning Christian Peeps! We must learn to really live life. So many times we go through the motions and wonder why we are not happy with our life. It's because we are afraid to live! We are afraid to take chances because long ago someone told us we shouldn't. We are afraid to step out and be something because someone told us we couldn't. Well, what does God say we can do? He is the one who created us and placed all of those wonderful gifts inside us! What does He say? Have we consulted him lately or do we choose to listen to our friends who may not even know all the wonderful things that we know God has placed in us! Take a chance today. Ask God what He would like to see us do for him. He will show us how to live a more fulfilled and abundant life! Be Blessed!
I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
Douglas MacArthur
Good Morning Christian Peeps! Never think that God’s delays are God’s denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius. Georges-Louis Leclere De Buffon We must take a look around us at the wonderful things that came out of patience. We now have technology that makes our life much easier but I dare say it did not come at the drop of a hat. Electricity was born through shear will and patience. I bet some of us would have given up on it long before it took shape. We now have cures for diseases that have taken years to develop. Why then do we think that our life should develop quickly? Just because things are done quickly doesn't mean it's necessarily better. Sometimes there are way more mistakes made by trying to be quick than by taking our time. God has his own time. Look at how slowly nature develops and changes right under our noses. Our lives are the same. God has a plan. The bet thing we can do is get out of his way. Slow down today! Stop and literally smell the roses, they will be gone before we know it. Be Blessed!
Good Morning Christian Peeps! Here is another scripture that proves just how much God cares for us. Psalm 113:5-9 says: Who can be compared with the Lord our God, who is enthroned on high? Far below him are the heavens and the earth. He stoops to look, and he lifts the poor from the dirt and the needy from the garbage dump. He sets them among princes, even the princes of his own people! He gives the barren woman a home, so that she becomes a happy mother. In God's eyes, a person's value has no relationship to his or her wealth or position on the social ladder. Most of the people that were annointed and used of God started at a low status. God cares about who we are, how we feel and he sees our heart. So in case you wondered today if anyone cares for you.......God does! Be Blessed!
Good Morning Christian Peeps! I think we forget sometimes that wherever we are God is There! I remember as a child when my Mom or Grandmother would say "watch out, God sees you!" It was meant to be a warning and it did make me pause and think about what I was doing, if God was watching. But now, it is a comfort to know that no matter where I am, there he is! Just like yesterday's peeps... he is constantly watching over us. Always loving us and trying to protect us although that part is tricky since he seems to care for us sometimes more than we care for ourselves. We only need to acknowledge he is there to reap the benefits of his presence. Today "when you are feeling all alone, breathe in and out and you will know.... God is There!"
Be Blessed!
Good Afternoon Christian Peeps! The Lord is our keeper! He promises in Psalms 121 that he will watch over us always! 5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
So in case anyone today was wondering if the Lord had their back....wonder no more! He does! Be Blessed!
Good Morning Christian Peeps! How long can we wait until what God has promised us will come through? Well, Moses and the children of Israel waited 40 years before they saw their promise. Davis was anointed King at a small age but had to wait for years until he could move into that role. And Sarah! Let's not forget that Sarah had to wait a long time before she saw the promise of a baby. We all have a promise from God. We all want our promise to happen yesterday. But the reality is, God knows the right time when this should all take place... and yes patience is the name of the game. We should all pray for the faith of Abraham.... he trusted God so much that he actually took a big ole knife, took his son Isaac and was going to sacrifice him as God had asked... He went all the way through the motions... God let him get the knife in the air before he stopped him! Can we have that much faith that we will go to the edge of the cliff and trust that if we jumped that God would catch us? I pray for that much faith today! I know in my heart that God will prevail..no matter what the Devil tries to tell me, I know my God is faithful! Be Blessed!
Good Morning Christian Peeps! "I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business." So many times we expect more of ourselves then even the people around us and our Savior who created us. We want so desperately to be strong and perfect and never make a mistake. But God says in our weakness He is made strong. It's okay to not be perfect and it's okay to be weak. For it's at that moment when we realize that we need help that God can take over and lead. Who is leading us today? Be Blessed
Good Morning Christian Peeps! In John 10:14 Jesus said "I know my sheep and my sheep know me." Sheep know their shepherds' voice and they will not follow anyone but him. But the main subject here is, Do we know our Shepherd? Do we know and recognize him, do we know his voice and when he is speaking to us? If we don't have a relationship with our Shepherd then we won't be able to follow him. We won't be able to hear his voice when he speaks to us and tries to lead us. We need to get to know our Shepherd today, so that he can lead us away from danger. When we know him, we can hear him and he can hear us. Be Blessed!
“I know my sheep and my sheep know me.” (John 10:14)
Good Morning Christian Peeps! When is the last time we evaluated our relationship with ourselves? If we don't have a good relationship with ourselves than we can't possibly have relationships with others. Without loving ourselves, we can't love others. If we don't respect ourselves, we can't respect others. If we don't like spending time with ourselves than how can we like spending time with others. It starts at home first. We can learn to love ourselves and respect ourselves and spend time with ourselves. Through Christ, all things are possible. We can achieve a good relationship with ourselves and thus have great relationships outside ourselves. We can ask God today to help us to love ourselves! Be Blessed!
Good Morning Christian Peeps! If we have ever taken a trip we know that at some point we must consult a map, whether it be the atlas book or now map quest on the Internet. We have to decide what we will take on our trip. Decide how long we are going to stay and approximately how much money we will need to spend on this trip. There is lots of planning involved when taking any trip and if it is not prepared for properly then it can be very frustrating. What if two people are involved in the planning of this trip? And they have very different ideas about how this trip should go? One might want to go to an island while the other just wants to go skiing. This could pose a big problem! They might not take a trip at all if they can't come together and decide. Well, that's how it is sometimes in our christian journey. We have one trip in mind while our father has already planned the ultimate trip for our lives. But we spend so much time fighting him on the details that we don't really get to go anywhere. Because we can't surrender our will we end up stuck in the same place. God has already planned where we need to go. He knows exactly what he has placed in our lives that will accomplish what he has chosen for us. But he has a hard time executing it when we block him at every turn. We think we know what is best for us, when in actuality we can't possibly know. Today is the day to surrender our will to his. Let's let him take us on the ultimate trip of our lives. Let's finally arrive where he has been wanting to take us! Be Blessed!
Good Morning Christian Peeps! There is an old hymnal that keeps coming to my mind. It simply says, "Lord, I Can't Even Walk Without You Holding My Hand." Sometimes we feel like we just can't go on. That life's burden is just too hard to bear. Well, it's at that moment that we need to grab a hold of a lifeline. And Jesus is our lifeline. He can hold our hand and hold us up through the rough patches. He doesn't promise there won't be hard times but He promises that He will be there and walk through them with us. We all know the poem, "Foot prints in the sand". When we see one set of footprints that is when He is carrying us. Realize that God is carrying us today. Let Him bear the weight of our burdens. Lean on Him! Be Blessed!
Good Morning Christian Peeps! We can't always get it right! We have to be patient with ourselves. We need to forgive ourselves and love ourselves. We need to encourage ourselves. David in the Bible encouraged himself. Sometimes we don't have a lot of encouragement around us...so we have to be strong and encourage ourselves. This too shall pass...tomorrow is a different day.... so take it easy today..... It's all good! Be Blessed!
"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew."
Saint Francis de Sales
Good Morning Christian Peeps! What burdens are we carrying around this morning. The Lord said in Matthew 11:28-30 ...Come to me!...all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest! So why are we still carrying those heavy burdens? They have weighted us down long enough. Why are we still trying to walk with with our burdens still hanging on us? All we have to do is give them to the Lord and He will give us rest...peace....He will take care of the burden. Someone this morning is feeling their burden heavier than normal. The Lord is saying to you this morning....Come To Me!! Give them to me!! And I will give you rest! Rest in Him this morning! Be Blessed!
-- “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest
Good Morning Christian Peeps! If people behave in such a way that you find it almost impossible to accept that they actually did it, then you can say that their behaviour was beyond belief. Realizing that God can do things that are impossible for us to believe is where we need to be in order to see miracles occur. We must take believing to a whole new realm to experience the amazing. Believe in the amazing today! What do we have to lose? Nothing! We have everything to gain! Be Blessed!
Good Morning Christian Peeps! "When your sense of worth exceeds your conditions, conditions will shift to match your vision!" Alan Cohen. We must first believe that something is possible before it can be possible! Shift our perceptions to what we want them to be and everything around us will begin to shift to that belief. We will stay where we are if we believe that where we are is the only possibility. We must believe in where we want to be before we can get there! So Believe! Be Blessed!
Good Morning Christian Peeps! Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. Ralph Waldo Emerson This is so true, forget the moments that are forgettable and remember the moments that are memorable! Make true memories today. If we focus on each moment, we are less likely to have blunders than we are great actions! Be Blessed!
Good Morning Christian Peeps! I just love how when you want to know what God thinks about a certain subject, you can just go to the word and it is there. I Corinthians chapter 13 is my favorite scripture. It tells us just what love looks like and acts like. I guess the best part of the whole verse is "Love never fails".... what a powerful statement. Love hopes all things....believes all things....endures all things....love is kind!....love does not envy....is not puffed up.....is not rude....rejoices in the truth.... Love is amazing! Be Blessed!
......Love suffers long [and] is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails...... I Corinthians 13:
Good Morning Christian Peeps! "You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within and allowing that goodness to emerge." Eckert Tolle, A New Earth, Awakening To Your Life's Purpose We all are ultimately seeking to be good but what we have to understand is that the goodness is already there. We were given that goodness when we were born but during our growth layers of other things covered that goodness. Now is the time to uncover the goodness within. To let it emerge and shine as who we are. Let it affect others and spread throughout our lives! Be Blessed!
