Category: Relationships

There Is A Purpose For Everything

Three reason why we go through things:

  • God’s plan is bigger than ours. Others are watching us.
  •  Discipline – God may be teaching us something.
  • Consequence – We may have done something to get ourselves in a situation.

i.e. The Israelites spent 40 years in the wilderness for doubting God. This is probably an example for all of the reasons.

Three characteristics of deliverance from your situation:

  • It comes in God’s time. His time is always the right time. It may be when you finally “get” it or it may be when all the pieces have fallen where God wanted them.
  • It may come through others. It may be their support, their prayer, or whatever God was wanting to teach someone else.
  • It may come simply through Jesus Christ Himself. He hears our cries. He may have just wanted to hear from us.

Where Is Christ As You Put Away Your Christmas Decorations?

Now that most of us have all our Christmas decorations packed back in boxes and maybe find ourselves putting away those few pieces that we left behind, let’s make sure we don’t leave Christ behind. Make sure you don’t put Him away in a box. Be sure to keep Him in the front and center of your life so that 2013 can be all that it is meant to be. Christ will give you a 2013 that will bring Him glory and you betterment no matter what your year holds. May God Be With You and Bless you as you begin another year with Him.

Are You Still Celebrating?

Hopefully you have celebrated the birth of Christ in the last couple months. If not, you have that opportunity everyday to celebrate. If you don’t have that reason to celebrate, today is the day of salvation. You can have that opportunity to celebrate by accepting Him as your Savior today.

If you have been celebrating, don’t stop now. Keep celebrating. Christ gives us so much to celebrate that everyday has something in it that we can praise Him for. Look for that reason to celebrate. May God Bless You each day during 2013.

Persecution and Problems

No one said it was easy to follow Christ. He tells us in this world we will have troubles. We have troubles whether we walk with Him or not. The difference is the amount of troubles and whether we go through them alone or with Him.

We will be persecuted. We will think differently than the world thinks. We may be called names or laughed at. Consider it joy because we are living for the Lord and we will receive our reward. Look at what Christ went through. We should be just like Him and forgive them for they know not what they do. They are not yet understanding God’s perspective. Until they do, they will not see things the same and therefore may do things and say things that may be inappropriate. We should forgive and pray for them.

They are not perfect and we are not perfect. They may still need to accept Jesus as their Savior but they are loved just the same. Allow God to deal with others and let’s do our best when God deals with us.