Hi world wide family! I pray that you all are well and safe, prosperous and blessed, joyous and in peace, saved and sanctified and protected by the Lord Jesus Christ and His army of angels, the Heavenly host. I pray that you are basking in your personal relationship with the One and Only God Who created the entire universe and yet desires to spend every moment with YOU personally. I pray this in Jesus Name and thank You Lord…..Life doesn’t get any better than this!
For clarification ultimate prosperity to me means having a personal relationship with the Lord. Of course I know that Jehovah Jireh, the Lord our Provider does provide all of our needs and He also blesses us exceedingly abundantly above all that we could ask or imagine as He says in His Word. But to me He is my blessing. I have had excessive material wealth and intermediate wealth and times in life with no material wealth. I now live a simple life with the Lord and feel like I am wealthier than ever!
See, I can write more frequently now that I am having a break from Bible College. I am going to try to write to you as the Lord puts ideas in my heart because time is of the essence and I am here at such a time as this to bring my Lord glory and precious souls, so I need to be busy about my Father’s business.
It is my heart’s desire that anything that I share may help anyone that may need help at the time that they happen to read one of my blogs. When this does happen, you need to know that it is not just a coincidence that you read the blog at that time. As the saying goes; there are no coincidences with God. He directs our paths. [ This includes our internet paths : ) ] He is Jehovah Roi-the Lord our Shepherd.
If I ever make any mistakes such as quoting a Scripture incorrectly or anything else; please forgive in advance. (I am so not perfect of course.) Also know that the Holy Spirit will bring it to my attention and when He does I will publicly apologize to all of you and make a correction.
However if I ever share anything that is from the Lord and it is Truth and it brings conviction which would then lead to transformation; that would actually be desired. The Lord has called us to be ‘Peace Makers’, not ‘Peace Keepers’. He has called us to obey Him and be transformed by the renewing of our minds and not be conformed to this world…… This is such a great way to live!
ROMANS 12:2..” And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”
I had some thoughts from the Lord today that I wanted to share with you. What we go through in this life is for the purpose of allowing us to be a shining light of HOPE to others who will go through the same thing.
* We arise from pain to praise through perseverance, prevailing and pushing through using God’s principles for living.
* We arise from brokenness to blessings through believing the Bible and belonging to the Lord.
* We arise from weariness and waxing and waning to winning through worshipping our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
* We arise from being a victim to VICTORY through valiantly and victoriously overcoming as we heed His voice.
JOHN 10:27..” My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” … (He knows me, He knows you. Please hear His voice and follow Him.)
If you are going through something painful in your life right now you are not alone, the Lord is always with you and the pain will not last forever. You will survive, revive and then thrive.
PSALM 30:5..”For His anger lasts only a moment, but His favor lasts a lifetime! Weeping may last through the night but joy comes with the morning!
If you have hit rock bottom; remember you can only go UP from here. If you have made some bad choices, we all have. It’s what you do now that matters.
1 CORINTHIANS 10:13..” No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation, He will also provide the way of escape, that you may endure it.” (Let’s be wise and take the way of escape He provides.)
In the future I will share some personal testimonies of a life time of the Lord saving me from myself and circumstances and other people and restoring me and using me to bring Him glory. It is all about Him!
Until we talk again, I pray that the Lord blesses you and keeps you and makes His face shine upon you and is gracious to you and the Lord turns His face toward you and gives you peace. ( prayer from Numbers 6:24-26) Peace from Jehovah Shalom.