Rest

 Matthew 11:28

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

Rest is an essential part of our life. Don't feel guilty for getting the rest you need!

Faith...

 Matthew 9:27-29

27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.

28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.

29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

Faith the size of a mustard seed can move mighty mountains!!!!!!! May we have Faith like this!

Matthew 9:38

38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

If we can't go out into the mission field, we can Pray for those who have and those who will in the future or send money!!! 

Matthew 8:14-15

14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.

15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.

When you or your loved one has a physical condition. Trust God and have faith. He healed Peter's mother-in-law by just touching her. He is ABLE!!

God will take care of us!

 Matthew 6:25 "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?"

God also goes on in the next verse to say "Are ye not much better than they?" He was referring to the fowls of the air. I would suggest you read down through the rest of chapter 6 of Matthew. God is telling us not to worry about where are food or clothing is going to come from. He has it all under control!

"Importance of forgiveness...."

 Matthew 6:14 "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:"

God shows us in the above scripture how important it is to forgive others whether they ask for forgiveness or not.

 Matthew 5:44.......

"But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;"

I feel like we all could do better in this area of our lives. To those who don't treat us right, may we PRAY PRAY for them and treat them GOOD. In times when somebody has treated you unfairly or said some hurtful things to you it is really hard to forgive. But the Bible tells us to forgive, love and Pray for them!!!!!!!!😊

Matthew 5:48..... 

"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."

I'll just leave this Scripture right here! 

"Blessed"

 In my Devotions today I was reading in the book of Matthew.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit,............" Matthew 5:3

 "Blessed are they that mourn,............." Matthew 5:4

God has given us His blessing to mourn in time of death.

 "Blessed are the meek,............." Matthew 5:5

 "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness,......" Matthew 5:6 

May we hunger and thirst for more of Jesus.

"Blessed are the merciful,..........." Matthew 5:7

"Blessed are the pure in heart,..........." Matthew 5:8

 "Blessed are the peacemakers,..........." Matthew 5:9

May we have peace with all men! 

 "Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake...." Matthew 5:10 

Let us Pray for the persecuted. 

"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake." Matthew 5:11

During times of others treating you ill let us Pray and love on them!

Blessings that God has given us! 

 "For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house." Micah 7:6

Lord help me to be the daughter, granddaughter, great granddaughter, niece, great niece, great great niece, cousin, sister, wife, daughter in law, granddaughter in law, great granddaughter in law, sister in law, cousin in law, niece in law, great niece in law, great great niece in law and aunt you would want me to be. And other titles I may have forget or failed to mention. Lord help me to do my best to prevent this from happening in my own families lives!

"The LORD is slow to anger,.........." Nahum 1:3

It still amazes me how many times the Bible says that the Lord is slow to anger. May we be more like Jesus!

"The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him." Nahum 1:7

Lean on Jesus during the difficult times of your life!!!!😊

Trust

 "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thing own understanding." Proverbs 3:5

In the night hours when you can't sleep I challenge you to say this Scripture verse to yourself. The Lord has been teaching me to trust in Him and not lean on my own fears or worries about the future.

"Let us be more like Jesus!"

In my Devotions this morning I was reading in Jonah. 

Jonah 1:3 says "But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD,......................."

That spoke to me and made me think-Oh, Lord help me to never run from your presence.

Also in Jonah chapter 4 it talks about what our God is.........He is gracious, merciful, slow to anger and of a great kindness. We should strive to be more like God!!!!!

Your reminder today...

 

 Just Breathe! Take one day at a time! God will help you! Take your burdens to our Heavenly Father! 

Our success is how we handle the difficult situations. May we show Christ love through the hard times in our lives.

 

 The book I read tonight is Love, Live and Enjoy Life by Dr. Dollar. The chapter I read tonight was about showing Christian love to our Church family and guest. Showing Christ unconditional love! I think everybody should read this book! It has helped me a lot!!!!!!

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Happy and Loving Christian People

 I was listening to a youtube video on the Scriptures in 1 Peter 3. It got me wondering what the whole chapter meant so I went and read it.

"For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that speak no guile:" 1 Peter 3:10

As Christian's we should love the life God has given us. It may have taken me awhile to get to this but God is helping me!

"But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;" 1 Peter 3:14

We should be happy people. We get to serve Jesus and we have hope of Heaven someday!

These two verses really spoke to me this morning in my Devotions!

Through a valley.

 When you are walking through a valley and their is no end in sight. Pray Pray. Trust Trust in God! He is your only hope! My friend there is some stuff in life that you will probably never understand but we have HOPE that our Heavenly Father will bring us through it! DON'T give up! I promise you, God will bring you through this whether it be a hours, days, months or years! DON'T lose hope!

I encourage you to listen to this song below...

 My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

Don't be...

discouraged my friend! God knows exactly what your going through and He has every detail planned out better than you could ever dream! I've had circumstances in my life that God controlled and they turned out exactly had He wanted them to and not me. Moral of the story is they turned out so much better than I could have ever done. Leave it in God's hands and He will take care of everything perfectly. Trust Him my friend!!!!!!💚

Proverbs 3:7 KJV...

 "Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil."

"The Lord met with me this morning...............

 This morning in my Devotions I was reading in Lamentations 3 verses...

24... "The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him."

So thankful we can have hope in Jesus!

25... "The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him."

Lord teach me to have more patience.

26... "It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD"

Another good one about patience. Hoping and waiting patiently for what the Lord hath for me.

28... "He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him." 

Thank the Lord that we are never alone. He is always with us! Lord help us to silently come to him and listen to what He would have for us! 

"Hope in Jesus..."

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Psalm 16:9

“Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; my flesh also will rest in hope.”

To read some more encouraging Scriptures.....Hope.

Jeremiah...

48:7...

"For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together."

Moab was trusting in their own works and treasures.

As I was reading this in my Devotions today. My thoughts were something like this...Lord help me to fully surrender my thoughts and treasures to you. Help me not to dwell on my own thoughts and desires.

"Love"

                                                            Love Is Willing to Change

We Had to Change for God

God Makes Adjustments for Us

Follow God's Example

Love Is Not Rude

Love Is Not Selfish

Love Is Not Easily Provoked

A Loveless Home Equals a Loveless Society

Love Disciplines

Love Has Manners

Your Children Are That Way Because of You

Pray for Your Children

These words are from the book Love, Live, and Enjoy Life by Dr. Creflo A. Dollar. I believe I got it from Dollar Tree in North Carolina. It is definitely a book you want to read. 
 

"..What can an encouraging word do...

 You could be helping somebody who's having a bad day, received bad news, lost a loved one, going through something difficult and your encouraging text, card, post or phone call can change their whole day to something positive. If you ever feel pressured to do one of those things please do it. Your words mean something to someone! 💛

"Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong."

"Let all your things be done with charity."

I Corinthians 16:13-14

Soft Words.......

 "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger." Proverbs 15:1

Kind words go along ways. 

Ecclesiastes 3:11......

"He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end."  

God has made each and everything in this world beautiful including you. Be thankful for the body he has given you! 💗

"WORDS"

You never know what your words can do to one person. I had some really nice words spoken to me today that I can't get out of my mind but also have some words that weren't necessarily friendly that won't get out of mind too. I'm choosing to try and forget the negative one and keep the positive ones! 😊 Choose your own perspective (I'm preaching to myself here as well). 

 

"Hardened Necks"

 "Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words." Jeremiah 19:15

This verse of Scripture was in my Devotions this evening. 

Lord helps us that we would never do that! May we obey God's Word!

Keeping Encouraged

 During these difficult days we need to keep encouraged in the Lord! Prayer changes things!  Listening to Church services online helps! Reading God’s Word helps!