Month: November 2023

Recipe for triumphant life! Isaiah 35:4 (ESV) Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not!”
Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come & save you. Psalm 118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? 
Psalm 145:19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry & saves them. — In this world there is so much misplaced fear! We must remember fear is False Evidence Appearing Real! — Psalm 11:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever! — You can be sure that there is no fear of God in this world, because it would look so different if there was! Those who fear God hate what He hates & runs from it! We must know that to fear Him is our willingness to obey Him! When He says don’t do IT! Then don’t! He knows things that we don’t & we must learn to trust Him! Our eternity depends on IT! Love Mel

STICK-TO-ITIVENESS is the quality of continuing to try hard to do something difficult: — In this world doing what our God requires is difficult! But when we come to the end of our rope & we tie our knot with Him we will find that He alone is the one that fills that void on the inside of each of us! And don’t forget what He says in Phil 4:13 “I can do all things thru Him who strengthens me. “ John 15:4 Abide in me, & I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. Matt 12:33 Make a tree good & its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad & its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. — What will you be known for? Examine your fruit making sure it is good! To abide means To endure without yielding to temptation of this world or the enemy! The key is to stay close to the savior! Love Mel

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be in the boat with Jesus? —Matt 7:23-27 When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. & behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but He was asleep. & they went & woke Him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” & He said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then He rose & rebuked the winds & the sea, & there was a great calm. & the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds & sea obey Him?” — One thing to remember is He is truly in control! Have Faith!! Love Mel

Psalm 18:19 (ESV)He brought me out into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me. Psalm 41:11 By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not ..triumph over me. Psalm 37:23 The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey. — Delight in Hebrew means “to be soft or pliable”! Our God loves it when we are willing to be pliable in His hands! — Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the Lord; & He will give you the desires of your heart.— When we finally learn to trust completely in Him then we find the desires of the heart! Love Mel

Let Gods WORD be our guide! —Rev 3:7-13 To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens & no one will shut, who shuts & no one opens. I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, & yet you have kept my word & have not denied my name. …….. Because you have kept my word about patient endurance I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, & I will write on him the name of my God, & the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, & my own new name. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.— in need of Gods help, He really likes us to keep His WORD! And As you can see keeping Gods WORD is key to overcoming the trials ahead! Love Mel