For Everything There Is A Season

If you are anything like me, there are times I wonder about God's timing. It never seems to match my own and that can get me very frustrated.

My frustration, is of my own making of course and I am so thankful I have a Savior who understands what I am feeling and why.

Often times, I run across a little devotional to help set me on the upright path and yes, I have grown, and my maturity level dealing with God's timing has changed from a baby to a toddler who still has s need for encouragement from her heavenly Father like this little devotional below.

Word's noted, Lord, and thank you for caring not only for me but also for any and all who will read this.

God Bless.

For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. (NLT) -Ecclesiastes 3:1

Sometime's bad things happen to good people. But how do you make peace with this thought, especially when you are fighting back anger, hurt, betrayal, or loneliness? It's important to realize God has perfect timing, even when we can't understand it. Without placing your faith in His timing, you leave room for resentment, despair, and rebellion. When you can't see the work God is doing through tragedy, remain faithful in knowing God's timing is perfect.

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Quote Of The Day To Stenghten You

The Father. He is so good for you and to you.

Let us all take this quote to heart and run as fast as we can to His loving arms.  And lest we forget all that He has done for us.

He is not mad but loves us so.

Thank you, Heavenly Father. And now may we live in the light of knowing just how good He is.

God Bless.

Quote of the Day -Joyce Meyer “Why wouldn’t we run to God. He’s sooo good. God’s not mad at anybody. He just wants to help us be the best that we can be.” 

– Joyce Meyer

Quote Of The Day To Encourage You

Amen. Wisdom is something I feel everyone doesn't have enough of or if we think we do, we fail to live by what we know is right because compromise is so kuch easier to do.

The word says to in all thing's get wisdom. It has a purpose and more powerful than what we give it credit for.

If we wonder if we did the right thing's at any given time, well then, just remember the words of this quote and relax in the knowledge we were lead by the spirit.

Often times, we are led by the mind which limits what God can do for us and I for one am tired of living a mediocre life because I have allowed my head to rule over my heart.

Forgive me, Lord and like Solmon, may my heart and life reflect the goodness of Your  wisdom today and in the day's to come.

God Bless.

Quote of the Day -Joyce Meyer “Wisdom is doing now what you are going to be happy with later on” 

– Joyce Meyer

Thankfulness Is A Funny Thing

As we finish up Thanksgiving, may it is time to give once last look at thankfulness and who truly deserves our gratitude.

And I couldnt think of a better way to put  into words what my heart is trying to say about this subject than this little devotional say's on this subject.

May it speak to your heart as it has done to mine.

God Bless.

Thankfulness is a funny thing. It seems so easy on the surface. It’s something we teach children to do. And yet, we still struggle with the concept living a life of gratitude. And not just to each other. The person who we struggle being grateful to the most is easily the person we should be the most grateful to, God. 1 Chronicles 16:34-35 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. Cry out, “Save us, O God of our salvation! Gather and rescue us from among the nations, so we can thank your holy name and rejoice and praise you.” Living a life of gratitude has to start with God. He’s the one who created us. Gave us breath. Sustains us now. How can we not be grateful?

7 Day's Of Thanksgiving Devotional

Accept One Another

If you know me, I have a rejection problem. And I seem to have lived some of these things written below and my confidence has taken a major hit because if it.

But I am growing. Growing in my identity of who I am. I AM a child of the living God and no matter what I have been through in life, He love's me.

And I am determined to take my hurts in life, share it, and pray no one else has to live it.

I might not have it right; I might not do it right; but I must do it not for myself but for the glory God. For He is worthy and when I glorify Him, just maybe, my life would be so full of who He is that it would radiate to others and even my shadow will stand at attention with His glory. Yes, dreaming big here but it will be so worth it!

God Bless.

Scripture Reading: Romans 15:1-13 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. - Romans 15:7

Have you ever felt rejected when you wanted to belong? It can be very hurtful. God made us to be in relationship with one another. That’s why the Heidelberg Catechism’s answer to “What is your only comfort in life and in death?” is so powerful: “That I am not my own, but belong—body and soul, in life and in death—to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.” We desire acceptance and relationship. It’s comforting to know Christ has accepted us.

And by accepting one another as Christ did, we honor God. But how well do we do at accepting one another? How well do we mirror Christ’s love and acceptance? We know that we are called to become more like Jesus. But so often we build walls instead of breaking them down. And that’s not Christlike. God’s Word leaves no room for superiority thinking. Believers are called to be accepting of one another with the standard set by Christ himself, realizing that there are the weak and the strong, the strugglers and the achievers. In our churches and our relationships, we’ve got to make sure that people experience acceptance. We show this by including them and accepting them as they are. Accepting includes making others feel they belong. Those who confess “I belong to Jesus” know that they have been accepted by Christ. Will you accept them too?

Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for accepting us as sisters and brothers. We’re so glad to belong to you. Help us to welcome others into the same relationship, to your glory.

Amen.

George Vink

Look What Has Come To The World

Truth on this Thanksgiving day!

We need more truth, light, love, and Christian action in this world.

We are on borrowed time. God has given as a reprieve and a window to get oursleves together and share the hope we have within us.

So on this Thanksgiving day, not only should we give thanks but begin to change our thinking as to what and who has come to the world and His reason why.

Then rejoice and be thankful for He is not dead and His movement is not dead!

God Bless.

"Look What Has Come to the World!"

Carl F. H. Henry stated, “The early Christians did not exclaim, ‘What has the world come to?’ Rather they proclaimed, 'Look what has come to the world!’”

This is a fundamentally different way of thinking and acting as a Christian. Instead of focusing so much on the negative, we are called to focus on the glory of the gospel and how Christ is still moving in the world today. Focusing on the good will make us much more influential in culture. Christians have become known more for what they are against than what they are for. This is a problem, because we are not influential as Christians when we preach against the bad in culture.

We are influential when we preach the good in Christ. Scripture calls us to focus on what is true, lovely, noble, and of good report (Phil. 4:8 NKJV). Psalm 33:5 tells us, “The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.” It’s important we realize that even though we encounter much pain and evil in our time on earth, it’s just as important to recognize the earth is also full of the love, mercy, and goodness of God. Some people only see the bad, and that can be incredibly disheartening. While the early Christians challenged problems in the church, their consistent message was, “The gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world” (Col. 1:6). And this gospel is still growing and bearing fruit all over the world today.

Christians lose influence in our culture when we get sidetracked by secondary issues. When, and only when, we get back to the goodness, hope, joy, and love in the gospel and how God is using that gospel in the lives of people all around us will we have a powerful antidote for the deepest pains of our culture.

-Author Unknown

Thankful For Your Spouse

Although this devotional I saved a while back ago, I came acrossed it and being the week of thanksgiving, and being married and my husband works his butt off, there are times I feel as if he doesn't get enough credit.

So, I want to change that. I have the best husband and I want eveyone to know it. And it is my hope through this little devotional, that everyone will see their spouse in a diffent way and begin a spouse appreciation revolution.

And that revolution begins with me here and now....I am sooooooooo thankful for my spouse.

God Bless.

For the past five days we have been reminded of God’s goodness and all we can be thankful for as believers in the Body of Christ. We cannot help but grow tremendously thankful for all the blessings He has gifted to us. Today we offer up thanks to the Lord for our Spouse.

The Lord saw that man was lonely and established a partnership by providing a partner, a woman, a wife. The two would leave father and mother to join as one. What a gift from God, marriage! What a challenge and heart break some may also feel. For a little while, look for the blessing through the happy and heart break, and allow the Holy Spirit to illuminate all the ways your spouse has blessed your life, is blessing your life, or you believe will bless your life. Better yet, allow God to reveal to you how HE was blessing your life through that of your spouse.

Likely, many a memory comes to mind. A memento to commit to memory and offer up thanks to the Lord for His goodness. If a marriage was absolved or lost due to passing, be encouraged to seek the silver lining. Was there at least one thing (there must be several if we allow the heart to be softened and the mind to be opened) the Lord was able to bless you by, as a result of your unity?

Give thanks to the Lord for your spouse, present or lost, and pray for them, ask God to help them. Ask God to help you be a spouse that draws them closer to, and in a deeper relationship with, Jesus. Today, be encouraged to share with your spouse why you are thankful to God for them.

-Author Unknown