Author: melanie

Psalm 36:7 How precious is your steadfast love, O God… Psalm 86:5 For You, O Lord, are kind & forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You. Psalm 100:5 For the LORD is good, & His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations. Psalm 103:8 The LORD is compassionate & gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. Ephesians 2:4 God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us. 1 John 4:19 We love because He first loved us. Deut 31:6 Be strong & courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, & the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Mic 7:7 As for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.—The absolute most important thing we can do is spend time with Jesus! The most important things we can say “I love you Jesus”; “I need you Jesus”! The most important things we must believe “Jesus loves me”;  “He promises to NEVER leave me or forsake me”. He really is the way, the truth & life! Love Mel

Prov 29:18 Where there is no VISION, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the law. Matt 7:24 Therefore everyone who HEARS these words of Mine & acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. John 13:17 If you KNOW these things, you will be blessed if you DO them. James 1:25 The one who LOOKS intently into the perfect law of freedom, & continues to DO so–not being a forgetful HEARER, but an effective DOER–he will be blessed in what he does! —The things we see, the things we hear & the things we do are for Him, become the very foundation for our wisdom in this life! Becoming an effective DOER is the thing that brings the blessings into our life! Don’t ever ever give up, because He is waiting patiently on us, we only need to start seeing, hearing & doing for Him! Love Mel

Psalm 74:17 You have established all the boundaries of the earth; You have made summer & winter. Exodus 23:31 I will fix your boundary from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, & from the wilderness to the River Euphrates; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, & you will drive them out before you. Acts 17:26 He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times & the boundaries of their habitation. Deut 32:8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, When He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel. —If God establishes boundaries, then why don’t we do a better job of establishing boundaries in our own lives? Believe it or not, but sometimes the correct answer to some things is NO! There are several excuses to this one response, the complainers in life can’t say NO, the controllers in life can’t hear NO, the Non-responders can’t say yes & the avoiders can’t hear yes! Boundaries are essential to our health! They give balance to life! Sometimes life is like a tug-of-war! How do we stay focused on the important things of God? Jesus struggled & always slipped away to the Father for His strength, Therefore how much more do we need His help! Love Mel

James 4:7 Submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, & he will flee from you. Ephesians 6:10-12 A final word: Be strong in the Lord & in His mighty power. Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers & authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, & against evil spirits in the heavenly places. Romans 8:37 In all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 1 Corinthians 15:57 Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. — Be Strong in the Lord, Put On, Submit, Stand Firm, in Him, who gives us the victory! Did you notice the word “GIVES”! How awesome, He GIVES us the victory over our enemy! For we are more than conquerors thru Christ who strengthens us! Love Mel

Psalm 34:14 Depart from evil, do good; seek peace, & pursue it. 3 John 1:11 Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God. Rom 12:9 Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. 1Thes 5:21 Test all things. Hold fast to what is good. Job 28:28 Unto man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; & to depart from evil is understanding. —Pursue Peace! Love Sincerely! Detest Evil & Depart from It! Cling to what is Good! How hard is this? Test ALL Things! Hold fast to Good! Departing from Evil is understanding! God wants us to hate evil! Probably because He knows what the end there really looks like! To find His Love is Good! It is He who can help us overcome what is evil! But He wants us to hate evil! And to HOLD to what is Good! God is good, & His Love is Steadfast! So if we choose to Hold God, Then we will have the Love that we so desire in this world & all the help to protect us from all evil! Love Mel