Abundantly Blessed

Greetings!

When I think about my relationship with God one of the first things that comes to mind is how blessed I am that He loves me. It still blows my mind that He not only waited for me, He sent His Son to save me. How awesome is that? We spend so much time running from God that we miss how blessed being in His presence really is. I often wish I had given my life to Him sooner so that I would have more time loving Him...

Just think about it. Before we give our lives to Christ, most of us spend an enormous amount of time trying to find happiness. We play hard, we work hard, and we live hard (although we don't know it at the time). And for a while, we feel that we are having a good time. But it is the kind of life that is dependent on everything working perfectly all the time. That almost never happens.

Here is what I know, in Christ, we are abundantly blessed. In 2 Corinthians 9:8 says, "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work." With Christ, we don't have to worry about things making us happy or making us feel good because everything we need is found in Him. God will supply our every need. He actually will give us more than what we need. His word says that He will give us exceedingly abundantly above all we can ask or think (Eph. 3:20). How's that for abundantly blessed?

God loves us abundantly and that is worth far more than having any material thing. No amount of money will buy the kind of joy that brings...

Until next time...

Be blessed

Joy and Happiness

Greetings!

I want to start this post by asking one simple question...

Are you happy?

I know I said I wanted to ask one question, but that one question is just begging for a  couple of follow-up questions. First, if you answered no...why not? Second, if you answered yes, what are you doing to share that happiness?

  

As I was contemplating what "happy" really meant, it made me wonder why being happy is so important. We work really hard at finding happiness. We want the life that they show on television, right? The kind of life where the guy always gets the girl and all of our problems get worked out by the end of the show. That would be nice, but that's not reality. 

What I found is that happiness can be fleeting, because it's dependent on something external. Something has to happen for us to be happy. We have to get the promotion, the new job, the mate we have always wanted....something. On the other hand, joy is something different. You can be going through the toughest storm of your life and still have joy. I know that can be confusing. Being happy and joyful sound the same, right? The difference is that joy comes from the inside. It is what happens when we give our lives to Christ. The Bible says that in the Lord we have the "fullness of joy." It is not dependent on anyone doing anything. We get it by staying connected to the Father. This kind of joy is given to us through the Holy Spirit that dwells within all of God's people. It is part of our inheritance. When we gave our lives to Christ, we automatically received the joy of the Lord.

There is nothing wrong with being happy. If you want to be happy...do something about it. Life is too short and God has been too good to live miserably. But, if you want the kind of joy that the world cannot give...the kind that strengthens, the kind that transforms, the kind that comforts, the kind that is everlasting...only God can give you that. Just ask...

Until next time...

Be blessed

A New Day

Greetings!

Happy New Year!!!

I know...I know. I'm a little late. But I couldn't let January get out of here without telling you how blessed and excited I am about 2018. I just know God is going to do something amazing for His people this year. Maybe you have been sitting on a dream or just letting life idly pass you by...this is the year to stop waiting and claim your inheritance!

This is the year to dream bigger than we have ever dreamed before. Go to places we have never been, and try things we have never tried. God is going to put super to someone's natural this year. Will it be you? The things we have been believing God for...keep believing. We can't afford to let any opportunities pass us by. We have to look for God in everything.

Remind God of His word and speak His word back to Him. God wants to bless us, but He needs us to believe we should be blessed. We have the favor of God and yet most of us are not walking in that favor. We are still letting our fears take control and the enemy is laughing his head off. I mean I can really picture him just sitting there laughing at us biting our nails. NOT THIS TIME! We will not let our dreams drift away.

This is a new day, and we owe it to ourselves to at least try. God wouldn't have given us gifts if He didn't want us to use them, right? It's time for us to get to work. God is just waiting to open doors for us...

Until next time...

Be blessed