BE STRONG AND TAKE HEART

 

 

Psalm 31:23-24 NLT Love the Lord, all you godly ones! For the Lord protects those who are loyal to Him, but He harshly punishes the arrogant. So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the Lord!

 

We must ask the Holy Spirit to receive God’s glorious love in full measure. This will dramatically increase our love for Him. The world is full of dangers, so it is wise to hold tightly to His hand. Listen – through His Spirit and His Word – while He talks us through tough times. Pour out your heart to Him, remembering that He is our refuge and strength. As we stay in dialogue with Him, He helps us to handle whatever is before us. 

We must take care to live in Him, and let Him live in us. We cannot produce any fruit when we are severed from the Vine of God. Nor can we be fruitful apart from Him. 

 

Prayer

 

Heavenly Father, I ask You to fill me with love in full measure in the name of Jesus Christ. The world is full of danger, so I tighty hold onto Your hand and I will listen to You through Your Holy Spirit. I will pour out my heart to You remembering You are my refuge and strength. As I stay in dialogue with You, You will help me to handle whatever is before me. I ask You to make me strong in my times of troubles and help me to be bold and courageous as I put my love, trust, and faith in You forever in the name of Jesus Name I come. Amen 

CONFIDENCE IN CHRIST

 

 

Isaiah 41:10 NLT Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with My victorious right hand.

 

God has shown me how He wants me to be confident in Him. I must depend upon His resources and not on my own resources. It's through the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit of God which strengthens me and this enables me to cope. I need to get my own relationship right with God first and foremost. He is the only One who can give me the constant assurance I need that He is always with me. So, I do not need to be afraid. I need to seek His company through prayer and reading His Word. This helps me to understand how He wants me to grow. One thing for certain if I have a relationship with God, He will be my constant companion. In obedience to His will I will allow Him to do whatever He wants to do in your life.

 

Prayer

 

Heavenly Father, You are teaching me to be confident in You and I will not be afraid. I am learning daily to lean upon You, and draw my strength and resources from You.  I ask You to keep me deep rooted and grounded in Jesus Christ. I know for certain He is my constant companion, and I will allow Him to do whatever He want's t to do in my life in the precious name of Jesus Christ. May my relationship with Him be built upon the Rock and Foundation of Jesus Christ. I commit and commend this prayer to You in the precious name of Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen 

MOVE FORWARD

 

Hebrews 6:1 NLT So let us stop over the basic treachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understandng. Surely we don’t need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds and placing our faith in God.

 

To move forward with God and become more mature in faith, we need a deep understanding of who Jesus Christ is? The Bible helps us to see we need to rely, depend, and lean upon the Holy Spirit of God. He reveals God’s character, nature, personality to us. When we are hurting or wanting to run away or even feel like hitting someone, the best thing we can do is call out to Jesus immediately, and begin to talk things through with Him. He is available at all times. He sits and waits for all of His children to come to Him. Nothing is too hard or difficult that He cannot solve. His love is always the same, it never alters or changes. He accepts and loves His children for who they are, not what someone else wants them to be. He does not want any of us to live on feelings and emotions. He wants us to live effectively for Him to glorify and honour Him and this is a choice we make. 

 

Prayer 

 

Gracious God, let me stop going over the same old ground again and again. Let me go on instead to other things and help my faith to become mature in my understanding of God's Word and become a strong Christian. I do not need to be foolish about trying to be saved by being good, or about the necessity of faith, I place my trust and faith in God completely in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen 

HOLY SPIRIT TEACH ME

 

1 Timothy 4:1 NLT Now the Holy Spirit tells clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons.

 

The Holy Spirit teaches us how to have confidence in Christ Jesus. He also states that nothing will harm or hurt believers without the Lord’s permission. He teaches those who believe in Jesus Christ, to trust Him, have confidence in Him, and to rely upon Him. Reading and meditating on Scripture builds up our faith. At all times we need to focus our eyes upon God and not upon the situations around us. However, we do need to ask for God’s wisdom, instructions, and guidance to help us to know how to walk in His ways. We most certainly need to search for the principles of God, which are written for us in the Bible.

 

Prayer

 

Holy Spirit, You teach me how to have the confidence and faith in Jesus Christ. You will not allow anything to hurt me as I stand upon Your Word. I trust in the Word of God. What has been written about me cannot be changed. I stand upon God’s Word and promises and take His promises deep into my heart, mind, body, soul, and spirit. I pray my faith will be increased daily, as I continue to meditate upon God’s promises. I will constantly focus upon God and not on my own understanding, or circumstances. I pray I am filled full with God’s wisdom, instuctions, and guidance, to help me accomplish all He has planned for my life. I submit, surrender, relinquish and yeild everything in my life to the Holy Spirit of God, in the precious name of Jesus Christ. Amen

TRUST IN THE LORD

 

 

Proverbs 3:5 NLT Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depemd on your own understanding.

 

Loyalty and kindness are important character quailities. Both involves actions as well as attitudes. A loyal person acts responsibily. A kind person works for justice for others. Thoughts and words are not enough – our life reveals whether we are truly loyal and kind. Do your actions measure up to your attitudes?

 

Prayer

 

Father God, in the past You have told me to tell many a troubled soul to put their trust in You. I have encouraged those who are weak or failing, or lie crushed upon the ground or are tempted to despair. At times where trouble strikes, I have felt faint and broken.

I must remember to trust and have confidence in You. I believe in God through Jesus Christ and in the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit of God; to take care for those who are good. I praise and thank You with all my heart You are a great and wonderful God who is worthy to be praised, adored and loved  forever in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen 

Disciplined By God

Proverbs 3:11-12 NLT My child, don’t reject the Lord’s discipline , and don’t be upset when He corrects you. For the Lord corrects those He loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.

 

Discipline means “to teach and to train.” Discipline sounds negative to many people because some discipliniarians are not loving. God however is the source of all love. He doesn’t punish because He enjoys inflicting pain but because He is deeply concerned about our devleopment. He knows that in order to become morally strong and good, we must learn the difference between right and wrong. His loving disipline enables us to do that.

 

Prayer

 

Holy Spirit, please help me walk in submission and obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ. Do not allow me to be undiciplined or be unruly, but help me to walk a godly and holy life with Jesus Christ. I ask You to set me free from everything that hinders Your plans for me. Only you are worthy to be praised, adorned, and loved, and I will not worship anyone other than You. I ask this prayer in Jesus’ precious and holy name.  Amen

  

Come and Join me In God's Word - God‘s Presence Is With Me

Psalm 16:11 TLB You have let experience the joys of life and the exquisite pleasures of Your own eternal presence.

 

God is showing me more and more that I am to walk in the coming ‘New Year’, knowing His presence will be with me always. I am about to begin a new adventure with Him. After waiting two and a half years His promises are about to come to pass. He is taking me into the promised land where His blessings await me (Genesis 12:1-4 TLB). I have never doubted His promises would not come to pass, but He has taught me the joys of patience and obedience waiting on Him to work out all the consequences of His plans for my life without me giving Him a helping hand. This is something we must learn. God does not get things wrong. If He says He is about to do something and it’s in accordance with His will, then although we are unable at times to see what He is doing, this is where faith comes in. I have learnt now to take my hands of everything and walk one step at a time with Him.

 

Prayer

 

Father, I want to thank You for Your peaceful Presence in my life regardless of my feelings. I whisper Your Name in loving tenderness. Your peace which lives continually in my spirit, will gradually work it’s way through my entire being. Father, I need not be anxious about the plans You have made for my life, You will guide and lead me in the way I should go. I will allow You to show me the next steps I am to take. I know You will never lead me into anything I am not ready for. I ask You Lord, for Your guidance In both my plans for next year and in the steps I need to take to get there. May God richly bless me as I surrender, submit, relinquish, and yield my will and ways in the almighty name of Jesus Christ and in the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit of God. I commit and commend this prayer to Him. Amen