Smile

Smile, for the Lord is good and His love endures forever!

Bless The Lord

Bless The Lord (Jeff Deyo)

For Your beauty
For Your goodness
And Your wisdom.. Awesome God
Praise the Lord oh my soul, Praise the Lord

For Your power,
For Your honor,
And Your splendor... Mighty God
Praise the Lord oh my soul, Praise the Lord

And I will worship You
I will bless Your name forever
I will worship You
Bless the Lord oh my soul, Bless the Lord

For Your Kindness
For Your Favor
For Your Mercy.. Gracious One
Thank the Lord oh my Soul, Thank the Lord

For Your fire
For Your testing
And Your Spirit.. Holy One
Thank the Lord oh my Soul, Thank the Lord

For Your Suffering
For Your Anguish
And Your sorrow.. humble King,
Bless the Lord oh my soul, Bless the Lord

For Your Victory
For Your Triumph
And You'll soon come and reign over all

And I will worship You
I will bless Your name forever
I will worship You
Bless the Lord oh my Soul, Bless the Lord

Corrie Ten Boom Quotes

"Let God's promises shine on your problems." ~Corrie Ten Boom

"If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest." ~Corrie Ten Boom

"Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden."
~Corrie Ten Boom

"Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty."
~Corrie Ten Boom

"There is no pit so deep, that God's love is not deeper still."
~Corrie Ten Boom

"In darkness God's truth shines most clear."

~Corrie Ten Boom

Pointing to the Cross

The entire Bible points to one thing, the cross. The cross, where the Son of God sacrificed Himself by taking on our sin and giving us His life instead. The cross, where God's love was shone as Jesus paid the ultimate price so we could be free. From Genesis to Revelation, and everything in the middle, it all points to the Cross of Jesus Christ. Thank you God for the Cross!

Arise from the Dead

Ephesians 5:14 (NASB)
¹⁴ For this reason it says,

“Awake, sleeper,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine on you.”

Come Awake, David Crowder* Band

Come awake
From sleep, arise
You were dead
You’ve come alive
Wake up wake up
Open your eyes
Climb from your grave
Into the light
Bring us back to life

Awaken from your sleep, rise up from the ashes and follow the Lord. In your despair turn to God and He will lift you up. Come alive and awaken to what the Lord has from you. Arise from your slumber, awake.

In It, Not of It

1 John 2:15-17 ^"15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. ¹⁷ The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever."

Even though sin and corruption rains all around us let it become you. Even though we are in it doesn't mean we are it. If your eyes are focused on the world than the love of the Father cannot be and is not in you. You must love not the world, but focus on the Father, for from Him come all good things.

James 4:4
^"4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God."

If you love the world than you are rejecting God. And in doing that you are making yourself an enemy of God. Don't follow the way of the world or look to the things of it, but look to God in all times of your life.

James 4:7-8
^"7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. ⁸ Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded."

Confess to God that you have sinned, ask for His forgiveness in truth and it will be given. After you have been forgiven, make your life pure and pleasing to God. (Stop sinning) Give it all to God and quit living to lives. (One in church and one out) Go to God and He'll come to you.

2 Timothy 3:1-5
^"1 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. ² For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, ³ unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, ⁴ treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, ⁵ holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these."

Hard times are coming, so if you don't change now than you will be swept away. Let God make into a pillar that cannot be shaken, so that through Christ you will not fall.

2 Timothy 3:12-17

^"12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. ¹³ But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. ¹⁴ You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, ¹⁵ and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶ All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; ¹⁷ so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work."

Find your strength in God. Read His Word and talk to Him in pray. Praise His holy name. Be trained in the was of righteousness and live a life that is pleasing to God. Become a pillar in Christ and LIVE FOR GOD!

Friendship/relationship/collision

To miss someone is to love someone. God has blessed us with relationship so that He can prove His love to us. A relationship is a collision. It's when two different people collide for better or for worse. When one is gone they still have a relationship/collision, it's just that through absence, God's love becomes evident in the collision. God loves us enough to give us friendships/relationships/collisions that last forever.
Thank you Lord for blessing me with so many relationships with people, and please help me to treasure the love that you have proven to me.