New Year, New Attitude

God created us to grow and keep on maturing, never reaching perfection but approaching excellence. This year is a new canvas for us to paint our finest work that we can. There are no limitation placed on us, only the one that we set for ourselves. We are our greatest critic. This year is a year of stepping out of our own way. Make a promise to yourself that you will listen only to the Word of God for counsel, never to any negative, whether from our self or others. The scripture says that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. That is all we need to know, God strengthens us to take on any task that presents itself. I pray that we will prosper and have excellent health. We belong to God and He says He will never leave us or forsakes us. What greater promise can any one give to another, Christ gave it to us and He sealed it with His blood. Take this year and make it work for you in the...

Glorify God Even When The Situation is Uncomfortable

Sometimes the Lord allows us to be in growth producing situations and these situations may feel uncomfortable but they will produce results if we count it towards the glory of God. The Lord knows what we need to get us pass the level we are at but we ourselves don’t. He knows what the process is and how it will all develop. He doesn’t tell us of His plan most of the time because we are weak and He wants to develop trust in us for Himself.   Its like walking blindfolded through a room filled with priceless artifacts. We need a guide who knows the way to our destination, in our case our Lord Jesus is our guide. He knows how to get us to higher levels of faith and without this growth we become stagnant and ultimately useless in the kingdom of God. We have to constantly grow and mature so that we can resist our enemy the devil. He will never stop his attack on us but we have a Savior who will never stop protecting us. His Holy Spirit will continuously be by our side through our journey. He knows all the tricks and traps of the enemy and He knows how to help us escape them. God also has the challenges that He allows us to pass through, Psalm 23. You will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death but the Lord said that we need not fear any evil because He is with us. These challenges are designed to make us stronger because they stretch us and force us...

When You Need Help?

The Lord provides ample opportunities for us to receive help but many time we are too proud to receive it. We say things like “we are OK”, “things couldn’t be any better”, knowing honestly that things aren’t good. Could it be that the Lord was sending that person to help but our attitude turned them off? The Lord takes care of our needs but sometimes He wants to teach us humility by bringing that help through an unfamiliar source. We have to remain open to God’s movement in our lives. He is far wiser and He abounds with unsearchable His actions. He is past finding out or figuring out. God is a mystery in all that He does but when we are open to His movement, He familiarizes Himself with us. God will become a close friend and because of our reading and studying, we will understand through His Holy Spirit what He will do and what He will not. God makes Himself a friend to those who want Him as a friend. Sometimes we have to humble our egos and ask Him for help. Its not a bother to Him. He says to knock and seek and we will find and the door will be open. He says that He will not give us a serpent if we ask for a fish. God will come through for us but He will not deny His nature and cause more harm with what He allows. He will always be right on time because there are no emergencies with God. He will always find the best help for us, all we...

Taking Christ with us in the challenging situations

Many of times we go through challenging situations, where we don’t know how we are going to make it through. At those times many of us leave the Lord out of these situations and try to go it alone, thinking that we can find the answer on our own. That is a lie from the enemy of our souls. Those times are the perfect times for God to show us that He enjoys working for us, especially on things that we think is impossible. God is right there with us because He says that He will never leave us or forsake us and He always keeps His word.  We do the same thing with our close friends. We think that when we are facing our challenges, we will be bothering them if we ask for help, that is what friends are for. That is the time that we need to go to our Father Who Art In Heaven and tell Him what our challenge is. He wants us to tell Him even though He already knows. He wants us to depend on Him in the good times and the bad times. Our Lord is a friend and He will never criticize us when we come to Him. He will listen to our prayer and if we draw closer to Him through His word and prayer, He will answer our prayers. When we draw near to Him, He draws near to us. His word is true in all situations. You just have to trust Him. Sometimes He will answer you while you are reading or He will bring back a...

How do you tell Jesus that you love Him?

That is very simple, when you keep His words in your heart. How do you keep His words in your heart? When you study His word and talk them back to Him in prayer. When we fall in love with someone, we try to learn as much about that person as we can find out. We want to know their favorite color, their shoe size, their clothing size, their favorite type of food, just about every detail that we can find. We take our time to write that information down so that we can go back and refresh our minds. Sometimes we tell the person back the information just to show them that we were paying attention. Many times when we go to the store we buy the person little presents and cards and other things that they told us that they liked. Our minds are totally on that person as often as possible. That is the same way were are to be with our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. We are to study Him and pay attention to His likes and dislikes, we are to do what His word says. Christ is not a task master or ungrateful in His reception of our love. He knows when we genuinely like Him. He knows when we show interest in Him by dedicating our time to getting to know Him. He appreciates the attention that we put on Him. When we show love to one another, He feel that love. When we are kind to others, He feels that kindness. When we naturally love with our action, He gets all...

Jesus The Friend Above All Friends

We live in a time where depression and lack of close friendships are at an epidemic level. We have been hurt so many times that, allowing someone into our lives is the last thing on our minds. The thought is, if we don’t already have the friendship, its too late. That is the plan of the enemy. The enemy plans to corner us in a little box and see us die of loneliness. I once heard a wise person said that the way to get pass depression is to go out and serve someone who has no way of returning the favor. Friends are what growing and maturing is made of. We get disappointed by them but they bring us much happiness and release. Much of our time is been consumed by the unimportant things in life and less by the presence of important people. At this point in our maturity as believers, we need to search for significance because only significant things last. Having a relationship with Jesus Christ is very significant. The only challenge we have is getting to know Him. He has left us a road map and a love letter, one to find Him and the other to keep us as we search for Him. Jesus is madly in love with us and He has it all written down for us to read. His love is unconditional and absolutely real. The more we learn to trust His word and His direction for our life, is the more He draws closer to us. He will fill the void in our lives. He will be a true...