1.31.14

Exodus 12:42 On this night The Lord kept his promise to bring his people out of the land of Egypt. So this night belongs to him, and it must be commemorated every year by all the Israelites, from generation to generation. 

My Thoughts

God always keeps His promises! Always! The question is do we always stop and take time to realize just that ?God has done and give. Him the credit?  I know I don't....I need to take time to commemorate all that God does in my life. I know that I have thanked God on occasion for Robby's job which provides us with so much. But I have never picked up his check in Friday and looked up to Heaven and said, "Thank you God!"  I know that in big moments, like Madison finally getting home safe from the snow storm on Tuesday after hours upon hours in traffic, climbing over a concrete median, riding with strangers , and a neighbor then picking her up at a gas station...after prayers going up all day from me and her dad, and from my friends and their friends....I thanked God! But there are so many times I just go about, too often taking the credit myself instead of giving God the credit. I must do better...all victory, no matter how small it may seem in our day, belongs to God.

1.30.14

Psalm 25:8 The Lord is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray.

My Thoughts
To me these words were so comforting today. To know that God will get me back in the right path. I just have to call after Him. He will not trick me, He will not lie to me, He will not lead me down the wrong path. He will do what is right, always! He will show me the way back to Him! Wow!

1.29.14

Exodus 9:20-21 Some of Pharaoh's officials were afraid because of what The Lord had said. They quickly brought their servants and livestock in from the fields. But those who paid no attention to the word of The Lord left theirs out in the open. 

Then The Lord said to Moses, "Lift your had toward the sky so hail may fall on the people, the livestock and the plants throughout the land of Egypt."

My Thoughts
How often have I been in a bad situation because I didn't know God's word, didn't listen to the Holy Spirit...or just did what I wanted in spit of what I knew that God says. Our lives are so much safer....easier...less stressful when we listen to God.... When we stop and talk to the Holy Spirit then listen our lives are better.

1.27.14

Exodus 3:21 And I (God) will cause the Egyptians to look favorably upon you. They will give you gifts when you go so you will not leave empty-handed. 

My Thoughts

Colossians 3:23 Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. When I read about the Israelites leaving Egypt loaded down I thought if this verse. Later we learn that every Israelite, man, woman and child was loaded down with treasure, yet they did not even stumble under the weight of it. See that worked hard,as if they were working for The Lord eaten as slaves and God made sure that they were rewarded. 

Each job that we do in our lives can be made successful, even if it doesn't feel so at the time, if we work as of we are working for God. God always blesses our hi set efforts when we keep our eyes on Him! Any time we wonder if someone is noticing our efforts, or that we think that nobody is noticing...we need to stop and remember that God sees and He cares. Take a second to commit that effort we are making to Him. We need to do our best. Putting the story of the Israelites in our hearts...and know that God sees and His blessings are far beyond anything man can provide! 

1.26.14

Matthew 16:15-17 Then Jesus asked them, "But who do you say I am?" 
Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the Living God." 
Jesus replied, "You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in Heaven has revealed this to you. You didn't learn this from a human being.

My Thoughts
Simon Peter was blessed simply because he believed, not what man had said, but that God had told him. I wonder how often we miss God's blessings because we believe what man has said about God instead of believing what God tells us about Himself? This verse really stood out to me when I stopped and looked back at my own walk with God. I spent years wanting to understand God more, all the time waiting on some preacher or teacher to tell me what I needed to know. Once I picked up God's word for myself, let God teach me about Him, my life started to change in amazing ways. I began to experience God's blessings everywhere I looked.

We can surround ourselves with believers who help us grow. We can listen and learn from our pastors and our teachers. But we must never overlook what God says about Himself. When we get into God's word God makes sure we understand. If we seek wisdom, God will make sure that wisdom finds us. God will reveal Himself to is. We can't seek what the preacher says, or our teachers say, we can lean from them and grow with them.  But when we seek we must seek what God says. I know in my life that has made all the difference.

1.24.11

Psalm 19:10b-11 The laws of The Lord are true; each one is fair. They are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold. They are sweeter than honey, even dripping from the cone.

My Thoughts

We lose out on so much in life when we miss this, when we search the world for truth overlooking God's word. The world is so busy busy...striving to have it all, yet missing out in so much. We just keep looking in the wrong places. I wish that I had only knew this sooner in my life. The more I learn God's word the better my life becomes. What God teaches us only makes our life richer. The more I follow  God's will for. Y life the better my life gets! I have so many earthly habits to break, things I have done all my life...but the more I read God's word and put those words in my heart the better I get at following God's law...the better my life becomes. Each day I am filled with more joy! more peace! more love! more of everything that is good in life???all because I am learning how to live under the protection of God. What a blessing that God gives us instructions... God gives us truth. He loves us so! 

1.23.14

Matthew 14:29-30 "Yes come,"Jesus said.

So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and begin to sink. "Save me lord he shouted. 

My Thoughts
Peter was walking on water, actually walking in water until, until he thought about what was around him instead of thinking about what Jesus said he could do. How much do we thin we can't do? 2 Timothy 1:7 says this "7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline."  How often do we say, "I can't." When God says we can. We can't believe what the world says about us, or what people say about us, OR what we tell ourselves...we must believe what God says about us. Then all things are possible...God says so!