Eph 3:16-20 I pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources He will empower you with inner strength through His Spirit. Then Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust in Him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high and how deep His love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Eph 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. —Prayer is important to God, this one thing helps our roots grow down into God’s Love & makes us stronger. How deep is God’s Love? The answer is “always deeper still”! We will never fully understand His great love, but we can surly try to find out! Pray, pray & pray some more! Jesus did!! Love Mel
2 Peter 3:8 To The Lord a Day is as 1000 Years
2 Peter 3:8 With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, & a thousand years are like a day. Psalm 90:4 For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night. —What is quick in our minds is not the same in our Lords mind! God’s view of time really looks nothing like ours, For He says 1000 years is as a day! Maybe that is why we should Prov 3:5 … lean not on your own understanding; Isaiah 55:8-9 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways & My thoughts than your thoughts. — Have you ever noticed that the center of PRIDE is “I”! This one thing is the one thing that gets in the way of our trusting of God! No matter what is going on, our God wants our attention! —Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near; let the wicked forsake his way, & the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion on him, & to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.” — He abundantly pardons! Now that is awesome! Love Mel
The Friend of God
We believe in the Bible, we believe in God, we believe in Jesus, & we believe in the Holy Spirit! So how much time do we spend with each? God does not have favorites but He does have those He is intimate with. Do you want to be one of them? God is eternal, infinite & sovereign. God is omniscient, omnipresent & omnipotent. God is the same yesterday, today & tomorrow. He spoke the universe into being. God is holy, just, & righteous. God is love! God is gracious, merciful & good. God is all knowing, all powerful & our creator! Yet some people were called His friend! You can be His friend too. How do you become His friend? Seems to me that we would be looking to spend Time with Him all the time! Go for walks with Him. Sit & relax with Him – sometimes no talking😁. Listen to what He might say. So much treasure! Yet so few hunters. You will get the relationship you build with God. Love Mel
Deuteronomy 6:5 You Shall Love The Lord With All Your Heart, Mind and Strength
Deut 6:5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart & with all your soul & with all your strength. Matt 22:37-38 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart & with all your soul & with all your mind.’ This is the first & greatest commandment. Luke 10:27 Love the Lord your God with all your heart & with all your soul & with all your strength & with all your mind’ & ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. —Loving God out of obligation is religion, but to love Him from our heart, now that is real!! God’s love draws us to Him & when we go willingly, it is there we find the most complete love that fills our souls! It is a binding love! When we see His love, His mercy & His grace, we will be like a magnet to a metal! It can even be overwhelming at times! Love Mel
Deuteronomy 5:8-9 Keep God First
Deuteronomy 5:8-9 says, You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind, or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea. You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. —The key to both this life & the one to come is keeping God First! Examine the things that occupy your time, money, thoughts & attention the most! Here is where you will find out if there is anything that has taken that first place! When we put Him first, that is where we will find the real abundant life! This is the place of the real deal, not the fake deal satan offers! Life with God offers peace in the storms of life His peace has a joy that most never ever really know! I would like to remind us, that all that we have really belongs to God! That is our time, our talent, & our treasures! —Matt 6:19-21 Jesus said, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth & rust destroy & where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys & where thieves do not break in & steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” — We need to examine where our heart is! What is the IT that you love that comes before God! Is there something that you know God wants you to give up, but you continue to chose IT over God! This is KEY! If we focus on God, He will help us OVERCOME! Love Mel
