What kind of qualifications does a person have to have for us to love them? Real love is loving the exceptions. I thank God for loving us when we were the exception and continues to love us when we don’t meet the qualifications.
Happy Valentine’s Day
Be informed about what could affect you at any time. It is a fast growing epidemic that needs to be stopped. Being informed and praying are the best ways to help stop it.
22-24“Simpletons! How long will you wallow in ignorance?
Cynics! How long will you feed your cynicism?
Idiots! How long will you refuse to learn?
About face! I can revise your life.
Look, I’m ready to pour out my spirit on you;
I’m ready to tell you all I know.
As it is, I’ve called, but you’ve turned a deaf ear;
I’ve reached out to you, but you’ve ignored me.
Is He asking to be your friend?
Is He asking to grow deeper in your relationship with Him?
Why won’t we move?
Why do we just go through the motions?
Do we think we are good enough and good people make it to heaven?
Why don’t we want more of God all the time?
We should never get to the point of not wanting more because we will always have room to improve.
What will it take?
What is stopping you?
Will it be worth it?
What blessings are we giving up because we refuse to be obedient to Christ?
Would it be better to bow out of obedience or to fall on our face in humiliation or out of desperation?
Do we want to bow out of adoration or devastation?
We will bow! We can bow now and be blessed or we will bow in disgrace.
10 so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
While the Israelites were en route to the Red Sea, they spoke against God and against Moses. Numbers 21:4-5
God sent snakes and some died. Others went to Moses and rebuked and asked that the snakes would be taken away. Numbers 21:6-7
Moses prayed and God gave instructions to overcome the snakes bites. He did not take the snakes away. Numbers 21:8-9
In Revelation 3:7-13, the message to the Church in Philadelphia and Revelation 3:14-22, the message to the Church in Laodicea are powerful stories of being an over comer and the benefits that are in store for those that endure.
May 2014 be a year of overcoming.
Two great videos for a positive outlook and encouragement. Both are worth watching.
Christmas is a time of gift giving. We buy gifts for those we love whether they deserve them or not. They don’t do specific things to earn them. We just want to make them feel good and want them to know we love them. God offered Christ as a gift to everyone that would believe. He offered His Son freely that we could feel good about who we are and to know that we are loved. It is a gift we don’t deserve. We can do nothing to make ourselves worthy of God’s gift. He wants to give us His Son so that we can benefit from all that He has to offer.
We cannot benefit from the gift’s rewards unless we accept it, open it, and use it as it is intended. We can only feel the love when we have a relationship with the giver and can accept the gift honestly and resolve the things that have kept us at a distance. Christ wants to keep giving and giving. Once Christ is a part of our life and we continue to give Him all our broken pieces, He continues to give to us like we could never have imagined.