Firstly, I want to announce that tomorrow is our first Reality Thursday!!!!
And Friday is Our first Fiction Friday!!!!.
We hope to continue this way unless God tells us otherwise.
Today, we just want to encourage you and let you know that God loves you.
There is a need to remember that God wants to be your best friend. He wants to be your number one cheerleader like he was for job. He wants to be proud of you. He is rooting for you. He has faith that the good in you will overcome your many flaws.
However, you need to make a choice. Will you continually decide to say..." well, I still have to enjoy life."
The enjoyment you know puts you in spiritual bondages untold. You need to let your heart and mind be focused on things above, and not things below. Where your heart is, your treasure is there too.
You cannot focus on God and "Life's enjoyment" at the same time. You focus on Enjoying God, and the God of peace will preserve you from all evil.
Love,
MaryA.
AMEN!!
ReplyDelete''Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal'' Mathew 6:19-20
Hymn Lyrics:
There's a mansion awaiting God's people, I' m told,
Which the saviour had gone to prepare,
There the walls are of jasper, the streets are of gold,
I am laying my treasure up there.
What does it means to lay my treasure up there?
1. Guarding my heart daily in the light of God's word.
2. Cheerfully sowing and giving my time, energy, money and resources into the business of the Lord (Church).
3. Following Jesus daily and helping others to find Jesus and follow Him also
4. Feeding and cherishing my soul more than bodily and artificial adornments
5. Dying daily to self and living daily for God' glory
6. Helping the poor, widow, orphans and the needy
7. Visiting the sick, the prisoners and encouraging those that are discouraged
8. Esteeming and bringing out the best in others
9. Showing mercy/compassion on others and praying for friends and enemies
10. Above all, following peace with all men and living Holy Life
MORE GRACE UPON THE GREAT EVANGELIST TO CONTINUE WITH THE GOOD WORK