BE BLESSED!

"I AM Too blessed to be stressed!"

The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance between your knees and the floor.
The one who kneels to the Lord can stand up to anything.

Love and peace be with you forever!

Beautiful Promise - 3

Greetings!

Here are more beautiful promises from our Creator and Father in Heaven!

Spoken to you and me... then, now and forever!

Isaiah 43:1-2

But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, 

And He who formed you, O Israel: 

"Fear not, for I have redeemed you; 

I have called you by your name; You are Mine. 

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; 

And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. 

When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.

Have a blessed day!! 

Where Has the Spirit Placed You?

But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all. 

  1 C O R I N T H I A N S   1 2 : 7          

  
By Henry T. Blackaby and Richard Blackaby 
  
The moment you are born again you receive the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the gift. God doesn’t give you some thing, He gives you Himself. The Holy Spirit is God. As He lives out His life through you, you have almighty God dwelling within you, carrying out His purposes. The Spirit will manifest Himself through your life, not for your good alone, but for the benefit of those around you. 
  
The Spirit will lead you to a church body where He can minister through you to each person in that body. God does not add you to a church body so you can be an observer. The Spirit has an assignment for you within the body, and He will equip you by His presence for this work. 
  
In the Old Testament, God gave specific assignments to His servants and then placed His Spirit upon them to enable them to accomplish their work. In the New Testament, God placed each member as a vital part of a living body.  He placed His Spirit within each believer and manifested Himself through the believer to encourage and equip every other member of the body.  What an exciting commission from God!  Today the Holy Spirit equips believers because He has given each of His servants a task. 
  
How is the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life benefiting those around you?  God has equipped you with exactly what is needed for your edification of the body in which He has placed you.  If you allow the Holy Spirit to work freely within you, others will be blessed as a result.

Slipping Away

Here is another poem by a beautiful child of God, Kathleen Higham

Slipping Away

When I was young, I crawled

Then with help, I walked

Along the way, words came

And amazingly, I talked.

Somewhere I began to run

The years passed frantically by

Losing myself in the race

Till I stopped, wondered why?

Where did the time go?

My life is slipping away

Everything has become a blur

A blink turns into a day.

Having never mastered patience

Waiting anxiously for tomorrow

But, one day I dreaded it

When to me came much sorrow.

Now every second spins the hand

The clock that won’t be still

Time is slipping, slipping away

For life has lost its thrill.

Then quietly I call to Him

My God who sifts the sand

Growing old, it matters not

Each moment He has planned.

I find that I am running again

Running to Him, I sigh

Time is certainly slipping away

But it doesn’t matter why.

Every second spins the hand

And this weary heart can see

My God who sifts the sand

Never slipped away from me.

Kathleen Higham

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God makes such wonderful, beautiful promises to us!

Here is one of God's plans for us and how available he is to us!

Jeremiah 29:11-14

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.   Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me and I will listen to you.    You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.    I will be found by you, declares the Lord.

Have a blessed day!

Wonderful Benefits!

This verse jumped out at me and I had to share it!

Such wonderful benefits God gives to those who are faithful to him!

Psalm 103; 1-5

Praise the Lord, O my soul;

all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

Praise the Lord, O my soul,

and forget not all his benefits - 

who forgives all your sins

and heals all your diseases, 

who redeems your life from the pit

and crowns you with love and 

compassion,

who satisfies your desires with good things 

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Have a blessed day!!

Beautiful Promise - 1

God makes such wonderful, beautiful promises to us!

Here is one of God's peace for us, which transcends all understanding!

Philippians 4:4-7 

"Rejoice in the Lord always.  I will say it again:  Rejoice!   Let you gentleness be evident to all.  The Lord is near.  Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Jesus Christ."