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.

Strongs numers H2896

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?

 

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.

No condemnation Romans 8

Romans 8 is one of the most loved chapters in all of Scripture. Why? Because this chapter spells out all that God is for us! 

Paul begins and ends this passage with statements about the absolute security of those who are in Christ. 

First, Rom 8:1 say: “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” (ESV)

No condemnation - at all

Last, Paul writes that in Rom 8:28-29:

“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Nothing will ever be able to separate us from God's love for us in Christ.

In between, we find this passage in Rom 8:32 

“For God has proved his love by giving us his greatest treasure, the gift of his Son. And since God freely offered him up as the sacrifice for us all, he certainly won’t withhold from us anything else he has to give.”

The unthinkable is affirmed by Paul: God did dit spare Jesus. God handed over his Son to death. Nothing greater or harder has ever happened. Or ever will. God has done the hardest thing to give us everlasting happiness.

Whenever you doubt God, whenever you feel far from Him, whenever you have gone astray, whenever you feel alone, whenever you face an impossibility, please read through Rom 8. 

You will soon be comforted by the fact that God is for you!

How to pray powerful prayers

 What is a powerful prayer?

I was texting a friend, asking how they are doing. The friend said they are doing fine. Someone sent them a voice vote with a powerful prayer. Happy that my friend was okay, I wondered what makes prayer powerful.

I want to pray powerful prayers. 

I'm thinking about what makes for powerful prayer? Maybe praying loudly with passion? Or quoting Bible verses? Maybe only preachers can pray powerful prayers.

Well, I decided to search for an answer in God's manual. The Bible. There must be a lot of powerful prayers in there. I mean even Jesus' prayers were recorded in the Bible. 

To my frustration, I could not find one instance where somebody's prayer is described as powerful.

The interesting thing was that in James there was a reference to powerful prayer - the prayer of a righteous person is powerful!

That's just it, if you want to pray powerful prayers, you must be righteous.

And how do you become righteous (in right standing with God)? You accept Jesus Christ as your Saviour and Lord, and your prayers will be powerful.