Greetings!
Today, I am feeling the old hymns. There is something about singing those old songs that is so comforting. I think for me it's because they remind me of my parents. We always had music or singing in our home. My mother sang when she was happy and she sang when she was sad. My father was on the men's choir at church, so I always heard him singing. I think that's why it's my "go to" when I'm going through. I get comfort from hearing those words. One of my favorite hymns is Christ the Solid Rock. The hymn says, "On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand." That is what I love about those old hymns...they speak truth. This song says that if you are hoping on anything other than God you are wasting your time.
Rock in the Bible is a symbol of strength. That is so fitting for our God. He is our strength. We can lean on Him and know that He can take the weight. He is not like man. He is not going to get tired. We can go to Him as many times as we need to and He will always be there. The Bible says in Psalms 27:5, "For in the day of trouble He shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. No matter what is going on...God will cover us and make sure that we are victorious.
We can't make it in this world without God. Whether we accept Him or not. The word says that He made the world and everything in it. That means that even if we never accept Him as Lord, He is still the One who wakes us up each day. That's how awesome God is...He will never force us to love Him and will keep loving us anyway.
Until next time...
Be blessed
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Sunday, November 13, 2016
The Place Where Hope Lives...
Greetings!
This morning the message is hope...
We can rest assured that nothing happens without God allowing it to happen, and if He allows it....we have everything we need to get through it. God doesn't wait until a calamity happens to begin working. No....He has already worked it out in our favor. Our job is to keep trusting Him.
The crazy thing is that when we are going through our issue, circumstance, problem...we forget how many times God has worked it out for us before. It can be hard to hold onto hope when everything seems to being going wrong, but God has promised us and He never goes back on His word. I trust Him because I know His record. He has been there through every trial, and every test. He has been there when things were good and when things were not so good. I KNOW Him and I KNOW He loves His children.
The thing I think we forget most of the time is that God does not punish us for the wrongs we have done. We are forgiven, and the word says that He remembers our sins no more (Hebrews 8:12; 10:17). Jesus died to free us from our sins (1 Peter 2:24), but God does chasten those He loves (Hebrews 12:6). That's different. Correction is not the same as punishment. Chastening is to get us to a place where we are more like His Son, Jesus Christ...a place of holiness, love, joy and peace.
That place is where God is. The place where hope lives. It is where we receive His goodness and His grace. It is where mercy is brand new every morning. It is where we can rest from all of our struggles. We can't get through this life without having some hurts and disappointments, times of struggle and pain. That's how we grow in faith. But we can know that whatever happens our hope can rest in the One who holds the world in His hands.
Until next time...
Be blessed
This morning the message is hope...
We can rest assured that nothing happens without God allowing it to happen, and if He allows it....we have everything we need to get through it. God doesn't wait until a calamity happens to begin working. No....He has already worked it out in our favor. Our job is to keep trusting Him.
The crazy thing is that when we are going through our issue, circumstance, problem...we forget how many times God has worked it out for us before. It can be hard to hold onto hope when everything seems to being going wrong, but God has promised us and He never goes back on His word. I trust Him because I know His record. He has been there through every trial, and every test. He has been there when things were good and when things were not so good. I KNOW Him and I KNOW He loves His children.
The thing I think we forget most of the time is that God does not punish us for the wrongs we have done. We are forgiven, and the word says that He remembers our sins no more (Hebrews 8:12; 10:17). Jesus died to free us from our sins (1 Peter 2:24), but God does chasten those He loves (Hebrews 12:6). That's different. Correction is not the same as punishment. Chastening is to get us to a place where we are more like His Son, Jesus Christ...a place of holiness, love, joy and peace.
That place is where God is. The place where hope lives. It is where we receive His goodness and His grace. It is where mercy is brand new every morning. It is where we can rest from all of our struggles. We can't get through this life without having some hurts and disappointments, times of struggle and pain. That's how we grow in faith. But we can know that whatever happens our hope can rest in the One who holds the world in His hands.
Until next time...
Be blessed
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Standing...
Greetings!
No weapon formed against me shall prosper.
Singing that in my Fred Hammond voice. That is my theme song for this season. The enemy is stepping up his game, and so am I. God's word says that I am more than a conqueror and I am determined to live like I believe that. I feel like God is on the verge of doing something great in my life and I am not going to be timid or afraid. The enemy knows it too that's why he is coming so hard after me. I know it because...one, he is attacking me and my family, and two, he is trying to make me doubt what God has shown me.
I know that God has given me a purpose, and the enemy is doing everything possible to make me think that it will never happen. But I know him to be a liar, so I'm not listening. I know that I need to step up my prayer life and dig deeper into God's word because that is where my power comes from...that is where my victory comes from, and that is where my healing comes from.
Right now, is one of the scariest times of my life, but I know my God is with me, so fear has no place in my life. The Bible says that I am fearfully and wonderfully made, and nothing can come against me without God's permission. I also know that if God allows it...He knows I can take it, and in the end, He will work it all out for my good. I am standing on His word. I am standing on His name. And I am standing on His promise.
Because I trust Him, and I know He loves me.
Until next time...
Be blessed
No weapon formed against me shall prosper.
Singing that in my Fred Hammond voice. That is my theme song for this season. The enemy is stepping up his game, and so am I. God's word says that I am more than a conqueror and I am determined to live like I believe that. I feel like God is on the verge of doing something great in my life and I am not going to be timid or afraid. The enemy knows it too that's why he is coming so hard after me. I know it because...one, he is attacking me and my family, and two, he is trying to make me doubt what God has shown me.
I know that God has given me a purpose, and the enemy is doing everything possible to make me think that it will never happen. But I know him to be a liar, so I'm not listening. I know that I need to step up my prayer life and dig deeper into God's word because that is where my power comes from...that is where my victory comes from, and that is where my healing comes from.
Right now, is one of the scariest times of my life, but I know my God is with me, so fear has no place in my life. The Bible says that I am fearfully and wonderfully made, and nothing can come against me without God's permission. I also know that if God allows it...He knows I can take it, and in the end, He will work it all out for my good. I am standing on His word. I am standing on His name. And I am standing on His promise.
Because I trust Him, and I know He loves me.
Until next time...
Be blessed
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