Hi ..
Good Morning from India.
The Bible says in
Ephesians 5: "1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God."
Let's be Imitators of Jesus Christ our Lord this day in all we do.
Let's be a "Candle in the dark"
Matthew 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
14"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."
Don't ever think that because there is so.. much of darkness around you a little light cannot make much difference!
Because even one candle can be seen a mile
away when it's dark...
A little light sure can make a BIG difference
because when we imitate Christ, it's His light we will reflect!!
We are sinners saved by grace and walking toward perfection.
There are times we will fail, falter, fall in this spiritual walk but let's choose to rise up, repent and keep walking.
God can use the least for His glory.
"Failure is not falling down but staying down."
God can use the weakest of us to display His splendor.
God can pick up the fallen, the condemned, the accused, the ones considered the "Worst" in the eyes of the world and cleanse them. and make them "Worthy" of His service.
We are running a race but let us not feel sad or upset when someone overtakes us. Let's run the race marked out for us with perseverance to complete it and set our minds on winning the prize from our Abba Father's hands. He is the one who will reward us.
Hebrews 12 :1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
In this race let's choose to be a source of blessing to people we meet (not just our fellow pilgrims). Let's do what God's called us to do faithfully. What ever our calling is~ to encourage, inspire, edify, teach, preach, exhort, pray, intercede, love, bless, be hospitable, or whatever we are to be or do, lets do it!!
When we stumble or have problem moving ahead, let's not feel bad to reach out for help. We all need it sometimes!!
If fellow runners don't stop by when we call, laugh at our struggle let that not discourage us. Let's call out to Jesus Christ your Lord, He'll send help. He is the one who will exactly know and feel what we go through.
ISAIAH 42:3
"A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;"
It's when we are weak the enemy strikes so let's call out to God who is our strength and refuge. Let's resist the devil and then He will flee.
Let's stop by to help a fellow pilgrim who has fallen or has stumbled or is discouraged and encourage and pray for those who want to give up. To those struggling in darkness, let's be the "Light", a 'Helping hand".
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS!
Someone once said.....
"An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching."
Isn't this so....true...?
No wonder we are called to preach the Gospel at all times & we got to use words if necessary,
ABBA FATHER...
MAY I NEVER BE THE SAME AS I WAS YESTERDAY,
MAY I CONTINUE TO GROW AND LEARN EVERYDAY AND
LET THE HOLY SPIRIT TEACH ME, MAY I BE PLIABLE AND YOU O LORD SHAPE ME AND MOLD ME AS TO HOW YOU WANTS ME TO BE,NOT THE WAY THE WORLD WANTS ME.
I AM THE CLAY, YOU ARE THE POTTER.
I TRULY WANT MY HEART TO BE LIKE YOURS O LORD.
LORD YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING! KEEP YOURSELF WRAPPED
AROUND ME TIGHT FATHER GOD AND NEVER LEAVE ME,
I GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO GO IN EVERY ROOM OF MY HOUSE (MY BODY, HEART AND MIND)AND CLEAN IN YOUR LOVING WAY MY SWEET LORD,SO THAT I NEVER REMAIN SAME,SO THAT I AM LESS OF ME AND MORE OF YOU.
I THANK YOU FOR EVERY NEW THING YOU ARE DOING IN MY LIFE THAT
I SEE AND THAT I DO NOT SEE.
ANOINTING! SIGNS AND WONDERS! HEALINGS!
GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS COMING THAT WILL BLOW MY MIND.
I AM GOING TO GRAB IT , BELIEVE IT, STAND IN IT!
IN JESUS (YESHUA'S) NAME.
AMEN !!
YSIC
Julia