Saturday, March 30, 2013

lets keep things simple

 

I’m extremely grateful that Christ is ever present with me. That I always know that the Holy Spirit is with me, and I can talk to Him whenever, worship Him whenever, see Him working constantly….

I just want more of Jesus, and the great thing is, I can have more of Him! Because He is always with me, whispering to me, wooing me, I just tend to block Him out unfortunately more than I want to.

“Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake  you.” Hebrews 13:5

Monday, March 18, 2013

be encouraged

 

This morning Ive been spending time with Jesus, and through some things that I’ve been reading…I just want to share them on here. So this will just be random and sporatic. I’m not going to put my own thoughts in them, I’m just going to quote them and hope and pray that the words minister to you like they do to me.

 

“..that there be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If on member suffers, all suffer together, if one member is honored, all rejoice together.” 1 Corinthians 12:25-26

“Diversity leads to disunity when the members compete with one another, but diversity leads to unity when the members care for one another.” Warren Wiersbe

“Diversity does not suggest inferiority.” Warren Wiersbe

“Love is patient and kind, love does not envy or boast, it is not arrogant or rude, it does not insist on its own way, it is no irritable or resentful…Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends…”
1 Corinthians 13:4-8

“Love is enduring and what it produces will endure.” Warren Wiersbe

“…strive to excel in building up the church.” 1 Corinthians 14:12

“…let all things be done for building up.” 1 Corinthians 14:26

“For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory. So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.” 1 Corinthians 15:39-42

“It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is a spiritual body.” 1 Corinthians 15:43-44

“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.”
1 Corinthians 15:58

“Let all that you do be done in love.” 1 Corinthians 16:14

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Sing It Out

 

“And I’m falling on my knees, offering all of me, Jesus your all this heart is longing for…”

Sometimes, I sing so that I can believe. So that my heart can look to Jesus and say that He is all I need, and that He is all that I am longing for, because when I’m not singing, when I’m not praying, when I’m not reading His word…my heart is longing for other things. And sometimes even in those things that keep me focused on Him, my heart still longs for other things apart from Him. which I don’t think are a bad thing, our desires and longings become a bad thing when we start longing for them more than we long for Jesus.

So i sing, to remind my heart, that Jesus is my ultimate longing over all these other things my heart is looking for in the meantime. Because my heart is an idol factory, constantly looking for something to idolize, to long for, to place in a high position in my mind…but when I sing….I can’t help but look to Jesus. When I pray, I can’t help but look to Jesus. when I read, I can’t help but look to Jesus. when I put others before myself, I can’t help but look to Jesus.

I want my heart to always be longing after Jesus, more than all the other things my heart longs for. because Jesus is the One who will ALWAYS bring satisfaction and worth. His love, is like no other. His grace, we cannot comprehend, but we live in it!
Thank You Jesus!
I love You.

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.”
1 Corinthians 10:24

Monday, March 4, 2013

Gratefulness

 

Sometimes (unfortunately, not always!), I can’t help but be so extremely grateful for the Love of God, and for the sacrifice of Christ and for the power of the Holy Spirit. And for all He has done in me, through me over the years, andwhere He has my life in the current moment, because it is pretty incredible…and so many other things.

I love when I can feel my heart smiling, and this happens quite often i must say. It’s good to just sit and think about all Christ has done, all you’ve been blessed with, and just to say Thank You, and not make the thoughts turn to your own downfalls, your faults, your unworthiness…but to keep your thoughts on all that Christ is and has done and can do! That is a grateful heart, a heart that looks at Christ’s doings, and not our own. That is a heart seeking Christ, a heart full of love, a heart of faith, a faithful heart, a generous heart…fix your eyes on Christ. Any chance you can get. and be grateful.

and smile lots. because you have an eternity of things to smile about.

 

“No place I would rather be
No place I would rather be
than here in Your love
here in Your love.”

 

VERSE OF THE DAY:
”Therefore be imitators of God as beloved children. And walk in love as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”
Ephesians 5:1-2