Exchange money for a Heavenly Currency

 

Heavenly currency

Have you ever travelled to a foreign country? It requires a great deal of preparation, planning, and careful consideration. It is also exciting and a wonderful experience to look forward to. When you do travel, you must exchange your local currency for the currency of the foreign country. If you don’t, you won't be able to afford essentials or purchase daily necessities.

The same principle applies to us as children of God travelling through this life to our final destination, heaven. We must exchange our earthly wealth for heavenly currency. The wisest way to exchange your earthly money for heavenly currency is to use it here on earth for God`s work.

 

Scripture

Luk 12:33,34  Sell the things you have and give that money to those who need it. This is the only way you can keep your riches from being lost. You will be storing treasure in heaven that lasts forever. Thieves can't steal that treasure, and moths can't destroy it. Your heart will be where your treasure is. ERV

 

Luk 14:13,14  But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just. ESV

 

Mat 25:40  And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. ESV

 

 

Prayer

Heavenly Father, help me to exchange my earthly riches for heavenly currency by serving you with my money and possessions. Amen

 

 

To do

Ask God to show you good soil to sow finances into, or one person you can bless with food or clothing.

 

 

 

He is the God of so be it

 

The God of Amen

What is in a name? If it is God`s name, there are vast promises for His children. God`s name can mean many things for He has many names. Names that address the needs his children might have. Like the Lord our healer or our Saviour.

But have you ever heard of God as God-Amen or the God of Truth? Amen means `so be it`, when translated from the original language.

In Isaiah 65:16 it reads:

He who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth. And he who swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from My eyes.  

Here He is called ` Elohē'âmēn,  the God of Amen, ` the God who keeps his promises. We read the same in 2 Corinthians 1:20, that Jesus Christ is the Yes and Amen to all God promises. In him is the `so be it ' already fulfilled. In Revelation 3:14 Jesus is called the Amen -  the faithful and true witness.

As His child, you can rest assured that every promise of God is already `yes and so be it `in Jesus. Think about His promises, Jesus paid for every one of them so that you can have it all, not only a few.  Maryna @In Tune

God's resolution

Did you know that God made a resolution regarding you?

This resolution God made is to be good to you. 

We read in Luke 2:14 were the angels said; Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. 

Against the backdrop of negative news or maybe fear of uncertainty for what the future holds. I want to bring hope to you. Remember that God is on your side, He is good and he wants to be good to you.

David says in Psalm 34:8 Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!  And in Psalm 23:6 he says: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.

I pray that in all the days of your life God's goodness will follow you.

When we look at the word 'good' in the Strongs numers we see it means,

טוֹב ṭôb tobe

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; 

(be in) favour, fine, glad, good  , graciously,  

pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, 

(be) well ([-favoured]).

The King is coming

Royal events attract the attention of millions around the world. It is estimated some 4 billion people watched the funeral of her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II – more than twice the population of the world when she was born. 

How different was another royal occasion, when Jesus rode into Jerusalem to the acclamation of the crowds calling on him as God’s kingdom? 

Riding into the city of Jerusalem on the back of the foal of a donkey, he was fulfilling a prophecy about the Messiah made by Zechariah some 500 years before (Zechariah 9:9). 

The disciples rejoiced and praised God with a loud voice: 

'Hosanna! Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!’

Luk 19:38 / John 12:13 NKJV 

The crowds were singing one of the festival psalms for the Passover Feast (Psalm 118:26). It’s a song of victory, a hymn of praise to the one God who never loses his battles and establishes his kingdom. 

This King, however, was not riding a warrior horse, there was no royal or presidential motorcade with armed security. 

And Jerusalem failed to recognize the One who had visited it. 

Will you recognize Jesus on the day He visits you?

God's love for you

 

Can you relate to this?
The small child standing in front of you – conflict in their eyes of wanting to please you and doing their own thing.

Any person who is a parent or works with children will know that there are days when children are more lovable than others - that is if we see them through the lens of do's and don't s. Our expectations and their response determine if we are pleased with them or not.

And although the do's and the don't s are part of raising a child, the relationship with the child far outweighs the short-term mistakes and wrong behaviour.

God looks at us in the same way. We are His workmanship. The people He has created and our relationship with Him far outweigh the short-term mistakes and wrong behaviour. He sees us through the lens of love - because HE IS LOVE. He showed us mercy and grace even when we were dead in our sins. Because He loved us, He saved us and will always want to save us!

Just as relationship far outweighs behaviour, God's grace, mercy and love far outweigh our sin.

Don't you want to come to Him today just as you are, not based on do's and don't s, but because He loves you and wants a relationship with you?

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace, you have been saved.
Ephesians 2:4‭-‬5 ESV

 

Love - Four letter word

 

A four-letter word that comes alive through actions. LOVE. 

Our belief in God hinges on God's love - "For God so loved the world that He gave..." Can you see that action word right there? God loves, so He gave... 

Paul writes in 1 Cor 13:7 Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail. 1 Corinthians 13:7 GNT 

We see so much action locked up in these words:

*For us to love, is to create a safe place of shelter, physically and emotionally. 

*For us to love, is to carry and bear all things that we normally don't want to or feel like doing, no matter what comes. 

*For us to love, is to never stops believing the best for others, even if current circumstances look grim. 

*For us to love is to never take failure as defeat, but to learn from it, build on it and move forward. 

*For us to love, is to never give up, never look back, but to keep on going to the end, to remain steadfast, to keep on hoping. 

Whenever you feel like everything is too much, whenever you feel like giving up on someone or something, whenever you feel like it is not worth it, remember Love didn't give up on you and found you worthy! 

Trust in the God of love to perfect your love!

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Know it all

 

Know-it-all to seek-it-all 

Have you ever met a know-it-all person? Someone who, doesn't matter what you say, always knows better? How does that make you feel? 

Paul writes to the Corinthians these words: 

"If anyone thinks of himself as a know-it-all, he still has a lot to learn. But if a person passionately loves God, he will possess the knowledge of God." 1 Corinthians 8:2‭-‬3 TPT 

Many times when I met a know-it-all person, I kind of agree with Paul - they still have a lot to learn. And it all starts with a change in heart attitude. The good news is that God is a generous God when it comes to wisdom and He is the fountain of understanding. 

Proverbs 2:6 in the Passion translation says: "Wisdom is a gift from a generous God, and every word he speaks is full of revelation and becomes a fountain of understanding within you." 

Do you need wisdom for a specific situation in your life? Ask God, read His word and pray about it... and you will find that that fountain of understanding will well up inside of you! 

Let's move over from know-it-all people to seek-it-all people.

Seek wisdom from God. Ask and He will give  - seek and you will find, it is a promise.