I love the work that Mother Teresa did. She had such a heart to love, help and make a difference in peoples lives. She didn't care if she was known, wealthy, given an award, or her deeds known.....she genuinely wanted to make a difference. That is how I try to live my life. I want to make a difference in peoples lives. Love them, help them, and make them understand they are purpose filled.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Saturday, January 12, 2013
PURPOSEFUL AND NOT KNOWING IT
In order to understand why we do what we do, we need to see that most of us operate from deficit motivation, trying to obtain something we believe will meet our personal needs. When the desired goals are not reached, we are motivated to protect ourselves from the painful feelings of insignificance and insecurity. Alcoholism, compulsive spending, overeating, excuse making, drugs, lustful compulsions, many psychosomatic aliments, some forms of schizophrenia and a host of other behaviors often are designed to anesthetize or compensate for the emotional pains of feeling worthless.
Many will search high and low, in and out of relationships, pursuing money, power, fame, trying to fill the void that belongs to God. Until we realize who we are in God and allow God to lead us on His intended journey, their will be that void in our lives that leave us with that .....there must be more feeling.
When we only seek to satisfy ourselves and our flesh, we will eventually feel that worthless feeling. God and God alone can give us that meaningful, purposeful feeling.
If you don't already know God's will for your life and plan, seek it out this year. Listen to the voice of God and he will direct you and open up to you, your purpose.
*Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
The enemy can't stop God's will for your life. The only one who can is You. If you allow the enemy to discourage you, distract you, move you from God's plan.
*“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himf restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.” (1 Peter 5:8-10)
God will place people in your life to instruct and counsel you in purpose.
And the world passes away and disappears, and with it the forbidden cravings (the passionate desires, the lust) of it; but he who does the will of God and carries out His purposes in his life abides (remains) forever.1 John 2: 17
Where there is no counsel, purposes are frustrated, but with many counselors they are accomplished. Proverbs 15: 22
Many plans are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand.Proverbs 19: 21
Purposes and plans are established by counsel; and [only] with good advice make or carry on war. Proverbs 20: 18
Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]. Ephesians 3: 20
But for this very purpose have I let you live, that I might show you My power, and that My name may be declared throughout all the earth. Exodus 9: 16
The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought and planned, so shall it come to pass, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand. Isaiah 14: 24
O LORD, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, for You have done wonderful things, even purposes planned of old [and fulfilled] in faithfulness and truth.Isaiah 25: 1
For I have come down from heaven not to do My own will and purpose but to do the will and purpose of Him Who sent Me. John 6: 38
I will cry to God Most High, Who performs on my behalf and rewards me [Who brings to pass His purposes for me and surely completes them]! Psalm 57: 2
To everything there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven.Ecclesiastes 3: 1
I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time [appointed] for every matter and purpose and for every work. Ecclesiastes 3: 17
Let your eyes look right on [with fixed purpose], and let your gaze be straight before you. Proverbs 4: 25
The thoughts and purposes of the [consistently] righteous are honest and reliable, but the counsels and designs of the wicked are treacherous. Proverbs 12: 5
Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people). Ephesians 5: 15
I the Lord have called You [the Messiah] for a righteous purpose and in righteousness; I will take You by the hand and will keep You; I will give You for a covenant to the people [Israel], for a light to the nations [Gentiles].Isaiah 42: 6
Declaring the end and the result from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure and purpose. Isaiah 46: 10
Accordingly God also, in His desire to show more convincingly and beyond doubt to those who were to inherit the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose and plan, intervened (mediated) with an oath.
Hebrews 6: 17
Hebrews 6: 17
The Lord has made everything [to accommodate itself and contribute] to its own end and His own purpose--even the wicked [are fitted for their role] for the day of calamity and evil. Proverbs 16: 4
For He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will [because it pleased Him and was His kind intent]. Ephesians 1: 5
When he arrived and saw what grace (favor) God was bestowing upon them, he was full of joy; and he continuously exhorted (warned, urged, and encouraged) them all to cleave unto and remain faithful to and devoted to the Lord with [resolute and steady] purpose of heart. Acts 11: 23
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
DANIEL'S FAST INFO
Daniel's Fast List
http://pinterest.com/hayleymcroft/daniel-fast-recipes/
http://www.ultimatedanielfast.com/
http://www.vega-licious.com/health-nutrition/daniel-fast-recipes-and-things-you-need-to-know/
http://www.caringcarrot.com/
http://www.allnationschurch.org/recipes.pdf
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Daniel-Fast-Recipes-Ideas/125080687558994
http://danielfast.wordpress.com/daniel-fast-food-list/
Please make sure to READ THE LABEL when purchasing packaged, canned or bottled foods. They should be sugar-free and chemical-free. Keep this in mind as you review this list of acceptable foods.
Foods to include in your diet during the Daniel Fast
All fruits. These can be fresh, frozen, dried, juiced or canned. Fruits include but are not limited to apples, apricots, bananas, blackberries, blueberries, boysenberries, cantaloupe, cherries, cranberries, figs, grapefruit, grapes, guava, honeydew melon, kiwi, lemons, limes, mangoes, nectarines, oranges, papayas, peaches, pears, pineapples, plums, prunes, raisins, raspberries, strawberries, tangelos, tangerines, watermelon
All vegetables. These can be fresh, frozen, dried, juiced or canned. Vegetables include but are not limited to artichokes, asparagus, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, chili peppers, collard greens, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic, ginger root, kale, leeks, lettuce, mushrooms, mustard greens, okra, onions, parsley, potatoes, radishes, rutabagas, scallions, spinach, sprouts, squashes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, turnips, watercress, yams, zucchini, veggie burgers are an option if you are not allergic to soy.
All whole grains, including but not limited to whole wheat, brown rice, millet, quinoa, oats, barley, grits, whole wheat pasta, whole wheat tortillas, rice cakes and popcorn.
All nuts and seeds, including but not limited to sunflower seeds, cashews, peanuts, sesame. Also nut butters including peanut butter.
All legumes. These can be canned or dried. Legumes include but are not limited to dried beans, pinto beans, split peas, lentils, black eyed peas, kidney beans, black beans, cannellini beans, white beans.
All quality oils including but not limited to olive, canola, grape seed, peanut, and sesame.
Beverages: spring water, distilled water or other pure waters.
Other: tofu, soy products, vinegar, seasonings, salt, herbs and spices.
Foods to avoid on the Daniel Fast
All meat and animal products including but not limited to beef, lamb, pork, poultry, and fish.
All dairy products including but not limited to milk, cheese, cream, butter, and eggs.
All sweetenersincluding but not limited to sugar, raw sugar, honey, syrups, molasses, and cane juice.
All leavened bread including Ezekiel Bread (it contains yeast and honey) and baked goods.
All refined and processed food products including but not limited to artificial flavorings, food additives, chemicals, white rice, white flour, and foods that contain artificial preservatives.
All deep fried foods including but not limited to potato chips, French fries, corn chips.
All solid fats including shortening, margarine, lard and foods high in fat.
Beverages including but not limited to coffee, tea, herbal teas, carbonated beverages, energy drinks, and alcohol.
http://pinterest.com/hayleymcroft/daniel-fast-recipes/
http://www.ultimatedanielfast.com/
http://www.vega-licious.com/health-nutrition/daniel-fast-recipes-and-things-you-need-to-know/
http://www.caringcarrot.com/
http://www.allnationschurch.org/recipes.pdf
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Daniel-Fast-Recipes-Ideas/125080687558994
http://danielfast.wordpress.com/daniel-fast-food-list/
WHATS IN A NAME?
Song - I know that you are for me By: Kari Jobe
WHAT'S IN A NAME? Well in the bible it was very important. How you named your baby was you calling their future.
The enemy will try to get you to label yourself with failure, divorce, loss, tragedy, poor, unloveable.....
But God has not defined you by your name or past. God does not require you to deny or ignore your past, but He will never define you by it.
Your Heavenly Father's name for you in 2013 is....
*Chosen - John 15:19 (NIV)
*Mine - Psalm 50:10-12
*Beloved - Deuteronomy 33:12
*Sought After - Isaiah 62:12
*Friend - James 2:23
Prayer:
Lord what labels or titles have I put on myself that don't belong? What do you call me? What names have you called me to rise up to? Show me Lord that I may walk boldly in them.
WHAT'S IN A NAME? Well in the bible it was very important. How you named your baby was you calling their future.
The enemy will try to get you to label yourself with failure, divorce, loss, tragedy, poor, unloveable.....
But God has not defined you by your name or past. God does not require you to deny or ignore your past, but He will never define you by it.
Your Heavenly Father's name for you in 2013 is....
*Chosen - John 15:19 (NIV)
*Mine - Psalm 50:10-12
*Beloved - Deuteronomy 33:12
*Sought After - Isaiah 62:12
*Friend - James 2:23
Prayer:
Lord what labels or titles have I put on myself that don't belong? What do you call me? What names have you called me to rise up to? Show me Lord that I may walk boldly in them.
CELEBRATE!!!
Ever been to a Super Bowl Party? There is food, yelling, laughing, cheers, singing, and dancing! When their team is winning they celebrate in a big way. They hold nothing back of their excitement.
As a Christian, we have every reason to celebrate! What Jesus accomplished on the cross is far more important than any game that we have been to. Although he sat on the sidelines for 3 days, he returned from the grave to erase any doubt of his true assignment. He, once and for all conquered death, hell and the grave. He gave a way of escape from a life and death of destruction. He paved a way for us to have life and more abundantly with him. Once and for all Christ won our eternal salvation and defeated death, but he not only saved us from death, but he invaded our self centered hearts, freeing us from ourselves.
So we owe Christ our worship and praise daily. It's our privilege to celebrate Christ's victory with songs of praise, expressions of joy and prayers of gratitude. His expression of love toward us, truly is to be celebrated.
This is why we sing, dance, shout, and give daily worship to the one who is always to be celebrated.....Jesus.
Friday, January 4, 2013
GOD KEEPS HIS PEOPLE EVEN IN FAMINE AND TROUBLE TIMES
God Keeps His People
(Gen 28:15) I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."
(Exo 19:4-5) 'You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. {5} Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine,
(Deu 33:27) The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, 'Destroy him!'
(Josh 1:7-9) Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. {8} Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. {9} Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."
(Psa 37:23-24) If the LORD delights in a man's way, he makes his steps firm; {24} though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
(Psa 41:1-4) For the director of music. A psalm of David. Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the LORD delivers him in times of trouble. {2} The LORD will protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the land and not surrender him to the desire of his foes. {3} The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his bed of illness. {4} I said, "O LORD, have mercy on me; heal me, for I have sinned against you."
(Psa 66:8-9) Praise our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard; {9} he has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping.
(Psa 73:26) My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
(Psa 91:9-12) If you make the Most High your dwelling-- even the LORD, who is my refuge-- {10} then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. {11} For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; {12} they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
(Psa 94:17-19) Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death. {18} When I said, "My foot is slipping," your love, O LORD, supported me. {19} When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.
(Psa 138:6-8) Though the LORD is on high, he looks upon the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar. {7} Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes, with your right hand you save me. {8} The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever-- do not abandon the works of your hands.
(Isa 40:28-31) Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. {29} He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. {30} Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; {31} but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
(Isa 41:10) So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
(Isa 46:4) Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
(Isa 63:9) In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
(John 15:16-17) You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. {17} This is my command: Love each other.
(John 17:9-11) I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. {10} All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. {11} I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name--the name you gave me--so that they may be one as we are one.
(Rom 8:28-39) And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. {29} For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. {30} And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. {31} What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? {32} He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? {33} Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. {34} Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. {35} Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? {36} As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." {37} No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. {38} For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, {39} neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(1 Cor 10:12-13) So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! {13} No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
(2 Cor 1:20-22) For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God. {21} Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, {22} set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
(2 Cor 5:5) Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
(Eph 3:20-21) Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, {21} to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
(Phil 1:6) being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
(Phil 2:12-13) Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed--not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence--continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, {13} for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
(Col 1:21-23) Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. {22} But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation-- {23} if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the Gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
(1 Th 5:23-24) May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. {24} The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.
(2 Th 3:3) But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
(2 Tim 4:18) The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
(1 Pet 1:3-5) Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, {4} and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you, {5} who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
(1 John 4:4) You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
(Jude 1:1-2) Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ: {2} Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.
(Jude 1:24-25) To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy-- {25} to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.
(Exo 19:4-5) 'You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. {5} Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine,
(Deu 33:27) The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, 'Destroy him!'
(Josh 1:7-9) Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. {8} Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. {9} Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."
(Psa 37:23-24) If the LORD delights in a man's way, he makes his steps firm; {24} though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
(Psa 41:1-4) For the director of music. A psalm of David. Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the LORD delivers him in times of trouble. {2} The LORD will protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the land and not surrender him to the desire of his foes. {3} The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his bed of illness. {4} I said, "O LORD, have mercy on me; heal me, for I have sinned against you."
(Psa 66:8-9) Praise our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard; {9} he has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping.
(Psa 73:26) My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
(Psa 91:9-12) If you make the Most High your dwelling-- even the LORD, who is my refuge-- {10} then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. {11} For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; {12} they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
(Psa 94:17-19) Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death. {18} When I said, "My foot is slipping," your love, O LORD, supported me. {19} When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.
(Psa 138:6-8) Though the LORD is on high, he looks upon the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar. {7} Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes, with your right hand you save me. {8} The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever-- do not abandon the works of your hands.
(Isa 40:28-31) Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. {29} He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. {30} Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; {31} but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
(Isa 41:10) So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
(Isa 46:4) Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
(Isa 63:9) In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
(John 15:16-17) You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. {17} This is my command: Love each other.
(John 17:9-11) I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. {10} All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. {11} I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name--the name you gave me--so that they may be one as we are one.
(Rom 8:28-39) And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. {29} For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. {30} And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. {31} What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? {32} He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? {33} Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. {34} Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. {35} Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? {36} As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." {37} No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. {38} For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, {39} neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(1 Cor 10:12-13) So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! {13} No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
(2 Cor 1:20-22) For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God. {21} Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, {22} set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
(2 Cor 5:5) Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
(Eph 3:20-21) Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, {21} to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
(Phil 1:6) being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
(Phil 2:12-13) Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed--not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence--continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, {13} for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
(Col 1:21-23) Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. {22} But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation-- {23} if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the Gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
(1 Th 5:23-24) May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. {24} The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.
(2 Th 3:3) But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
(2 Tim 4:18) The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
(1 Pet 1:3-5) Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, {4} and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you, {5} who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
(1 John 4:4) You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
(Jude 1:1-2) Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ: {2} Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.
(Jude 1:24-25) To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy-- {25} to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
GOD LOVES NOBODIES
*This is a chapter in the book "The Prayer of Jabez Devotional" by: Bruce Wilkinson
I encourage you, if you haven't already got this book, to get it. It is a life changing book.
26Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you.27Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful.
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Have you noticed that Jesus was unusually attracted to people who had emptiness in their lives? And not just sometimes, but often. Losers and loners, the sick and the lame, the weak and the hungry---these were the ones He came for and whose need He met. These were the ones He chose as His disciples.
When you think about it, you realize that Jabez shouldn't have made it. Into the recor books, I mean. He began life as one of Israel's certified nobodies. No fortune. No social standing. No special talents. No promising future.
You'd expect the mention of Jabes, then to be dust in the back pages of Jewish history, along with Ezer, Koz and Anub (and his other kin mentioned only in passing in 1 Chronicles). Yet we see that Jabez's life ended up with significance, fulfillment, and honor.
The truth is, God loves nobodies!
Have you ever heard of Agnes Bojaxhiu? She never went to college, married, or owned a car. Instead, she spent her life caring for the starving, the sick and the dying on the streets of Calcutta, always insisting that her vocation was not social work, but "to belong to Jesus."
You know Mother Teresa, Nobel Prize winner and founder of the Missionaries of Charity. Her stooped frame and wrinkled, joyful face became one of the twentieth century's most recognizable symbols of faith in action. Today, the order she founded cares annually for five hundred thousand hungry-families and ninety thousand lepers worldwide.
Yet a few years before she died, a journalist asked her, "What will happen, Mother Teresa, when you are not longer with us?" Her answer: "I believe that if God finds a person even more useless than me, He will do even greater thing through her."
Perhaps you feel uniquely unworthy of any kind of special blessing. You go through you days feeling vulnerable and weak (although you've probably learned to face it pretty well). And you go to bed wondering, Will I ever get it together?
Let me gently clear up your confusion. The answer to that question is ..."No". (Same answer for every human, by the way). But God has big plans for "Useless" servants.
Take a moment to grasp this amazing truth: Jesus is attracted to you! He loves to be needed by people like you and me who are absolutely convinced of our inadequacies, people who know that without His unmerited generosity toward us, we would be and have nothing.
Have you been letting an exaggerated sense of your own inabilities or status keep you from the blessed life? You can change and leave that prideful trap behind. The very fact that you are so keenly aware of your weaknesses and limitations makes you a most promising candidate for God's best.
From the dawn of time, your Father has known you and loved you. He's not waiting for you to get it together. He's waiting for you to come to Him with open, empty hands.
My Jabez Journal: "Lord, thank you that You have big plans for a nobody like me! Now I beg you to pour Your extraordinary favor on me today. Bring to my mind the "small thing" you want to bless in my life".
We can do no great things; only small things with great love.
~Mother Teresa
If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.
~Betty Reese
These are the people that have been overlooked by many but God is wanting save and use these people to reach other people in 2013: ALL PEOPLE FROM EVERY CULTURE, EVERY WALK OF LIFE, EVERY PROBLEM, ISSUE, AND ADDICTION YOU CAN THINK OF.
*HOMELESS
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