The only way to ensure a perfect day

I'm watching early morning sunbeams flit through lace curtains, 

this perfect morning glow and the delicate frill hit my gaze straight in front of me. 

A reaffirmation of my thoughts, The Father is so good. Sometimes it takes little beauties or simple pleasures to remind us just how good. 

This morning, my BIBLE open to precious passages of promise, Hillsong music playing softly in my ears, my spirit feels full.

Coffee in hand to quell morning chill that has been seeping its way into the house all night.

The best way to start a day, is full of the Father, feeding on His faithfulness, nothing will keep you all day like the bread of heaven. Have you tried it ? I highly recommend at least a chapter of His words of life, they rejuvenate you like no other. 

> A lesson I have learned as of late, mornings spent in communion with my Father I never regret, and I can promise, you wont either. Sure it would be easier to stay abed, or get a massive jump start on the day, but I never feel quite right, when I skip this time like something is missing. 

Jesus said it like this, all who are thirsty come to the water and be filled, its the filling I miss, and the day never seems to go well, I'm fighting for time at every turn, no decision goes well. 

I wont lie, life's hard to grip at most times, it crashes over itself with a fury that takes captives, never once counting the casualties taken at its hand. is life mean ? uncaring?  I'm not sure, I seem to feel its just life. The way to get through, not just trudging, through the darkness, and sadness, and questions, through the miscellaneous usualness of life, and the screaming desires for more. It all falls to naught in the light of His glory and grace. His countenance falls upon me in these times smiling, why should I shun that kind of love, the love that says no matter what or who I am, I am the apple of His eye.
We have a wonderful Father who knows just what your going to need that day, if you'll face something hard, or need wisdom, He's so faithful that he'll give us in advance if we listen to Him the Word that will encourage inspire or hold us up under pressure. This is how He works and moves in our life. We give Him the opportunity to speak to us in huge ways when we set our eyes on His Word. That times never waisted. 

I'm grateful for early morning mistiness, for piercing sunlight and green still on the trees,

but even more I'm grateful for the training that comes between the pages of an ancient and living word. start with a verse, a chapter what ever He leads. But do I implore you follow, you'll be so happy you did. 

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Begin again

Dearest reader,
I hope the first weeks of this shiny new year hasn't ill treated you.
I hope your resolutions have not been dashed upon the crags of doubt. and shattered into listless feelings of self doubt, and hopeless despondency.
My own first few weeks of this year have been crazy;
Its funny how little a word seems, and yet can be massive in its meanings with many deep levels and surface faces, to every eye and mind that sees and imagines.
In truth these first weeks has been fraught with trouble, persistent and buggarly. Layer upon layer of gross hardship, enough to cast a shadow of despondency over any living soul.
Enough to throw a hopeful fresh attitude into the far reaches of a cold desolate world, where hope and faith cannot tread. A place icy cold and crystal'd with dark shadows.
 Have you ever been depressed ? Then you might have an idea of what I'm trying to describe.  hopelessness is a huge part of that slippery slope into depression.
Perhaps your new year hasn't treated you all that well either. Perhaps your fighting hopelessness, right out of the gates.

If after the bells have signaled: the gun fired heralding the start of a new race, straight out of the gates you tripped and fell, or were facing so many bigger stronger adversaries that you just gave up. I want to encourage you anew. We don't need a new year, a january 1 to begin again, every day is a new day, cleche I know but its true none the less. The past is gone even if it was yesterday, or even recently, its gone forever. and the new beginning to focus on is now. We all stumble and we all need a hand.
Jesus said I make all things new, he has sealed forever new beginnings for us. In Him is newness of life.
Living in the past is another factor of that slope of defeat. if you live where you were, how can you see where you are going ? All around you will be ghostly shadows of sadness and grief. Because lets face it when your living in the past your constant companions are the bad choices or wrong doings either what you have done or has been done to you; not the happy smiles and blessings.
Somehow when we live in the dark past we begin to feel it in who we are, we almost become as shadowy and lustrous as those dead memories. And we draw into ourselves because we feel that the world has done us some injustice or soon will as "karma" for the wrongs we have committed to others.
Apart from the fact that I do not believe in karma, I want you to realize right now that no matter what it looks like. There are beautiful things around the corner because we are loved with an everlasting Love. And when we yield to that Love we find ourselves overwhelmed with gratefulness for blessings we couldn't have dreamt of. One of those blessings is the newness of life that we receive in christ, when we rely on his scarifies to make all things new in our mortal lives, then we are inviting the power of the ages to do a work in everything we are facing or struggling with. New beginnings are as easy as every day receiving His love for us, He has already forgiven our mistakes and short comings, we forgive ourselves and thank Him for his forgiveness and move on with the path we are on.
 How do we know he loved us ?
He said in his word in this we know what love is, in that He laid down his life for us.
He also said no greater love has a man then to lay down his life for his friends.
Friends God gave his only son the son that He loved for you and I, so we could be blessed and live lives of unimaginable grander for him and in him.
Make every day a new day and free yourselves from the shackles of self doubt and frustration, by seeing yourself new in him.

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A King and Priest ?

Why is it that as humans when we face an impossibility: When trouble comes and we are hard pressed on all sides. By people and doubt and by very real looking circumstances.
We let slip the one thing that would ensure us complete and total victory ?
 The one thing that is essential to life.
 The one thing that is needful.
Humans are a most pitiable race,
 we have this ability to forget things very easily when something bigger takes predominance in our senses.
For instance say you have some pain somewhere in your body, and thats grating on you its annoying, and you just cant get it off your mind. Now say you hurt yourself somewhere else really bad, if that new hurt is greater than your old pain, whats happened to it ? Its most likely all but forgotten.
I've had this happen to me countless times. Your worried about something, your struggling and striving to find some way or some answer,  and everything else slips. Its as if your minds can only hold one important thing at a time.
We forget things easily when were sidetracked with something much grander. In a good or bad way.
We forget to enjoy each and every day, we forget to look people in the eye and get ourselves off our minds for more than a second. We forget to trust the creator of the universe because the mountain seems too high to climb even by the one who created mountains. And can pluck those mountain up like a pebble and toss them to where He wills. And with His help so can we.

I wont lie life's been tough lately, for a lot of people and around here too. It just is that way living on this planet.
But those of us who know better should not let trouble sway our spirit.
The Bible says we are not mere men, we are spirit born spirit led beings with dual citizenship.
One foot in the heavenly kingdom which was born within us when we were born again, and one foot in "reality"
A place that is less real than the unseen kingdom within us. We look at natural things and believe just because we see, we say we know because we can touch and feel that thing our physical senses say its real.
But what if I told you we are living in a dream, a dream where nightmares exist, where sadness and trouble don't just live under your bed. But dominate a lot of your life trying to back you into a corner by making you believe that they are tangible creatures and not just shadows of something weak and small.

When you have a nightmare, what do you do ? you wake up, heart beating wildly breath coming is gasps, every fiber of your sweat drenched boys feeling like you just fought a battle that only existed in your mind.
Its the same for us in what I will call the dream reality. What we see is real, there are real troubles and real decisions, we face foes and battles that we must take part in.
But don't get hung up on that battle. You have already been ensured a win, because you are being enabled by Him who already won. We must remember not to illuminate the trouble, making it the dominating thought of our mind. We must wake up from the dream we have been living in.
Instead illuminate the WORD Gods, Word and what it says about you the born again new creation, who has been crowned a King and Priest of this realms of dreams.
All is smoke and shadow, and the truth is we are already made crowned a winner in this life, it came as a gift from someone who sacrificed all He had to get you that crown.
So, begin to live like you are a king. Because you are. Begin to set aside time in the WORD.
The one thing that is needful. Learn your rights of heavenly citizenship, by immersing ourselves with the word and with positive things in order for the trouble that seems so huge to shrink.

the BIBLE says in
 Proverbs 4:20-22
My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words.

 Do not let them out of your sight,
keep them within your heart;
for they are life to those who find them
and health to one’s whole body.

Whats it saying ? Attend to the words of the father, listen to them give your attention to Him and nothing else concerning that situation. For therein is life, in God there is life. 

Jesus removed the curse from your life, He has made all things new.

 I want to encourage you today to keep your eyes and heart on something far more greater than any problem. keep your eyes on Jesus, on His words and precious promises to you. Let him show you just how tiny and insignificant those troubles are, waves don't seem very big in a bathtub. He's greater than and storm raging. 

Don't compromise the only thing that your life needs to be successful, by forgetting to look at Him, and not around in distress. If you do that long enough, one day you will look and the shadows will be gone because they have been overtaken by the light of Gods Love and you'll not struggle with that problem any more. Something Far greater has become more important to you.

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Sunday Psalms

                      

I listen carefully to what God the Lord is saying,

for he speaks peace to his faithful people.

But let them not return to their foolish ways.

 Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,

so our land will be filled with his glory.

                                                                                ~

Unfailing love and truth have met together.

Righteousness and peace have kissed!

 Truth springs up from the earth,

and righteousness smiles down from heaven.

Yes, the Lord pours down his blessings.

Our land will yield its bountiful harvest.

 Righteousness goes as a herald before him,

preparing the way for his steps.

Psalm 85 verse 8-13

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The Passing of the Year

Old Year! upon the Stage of Time
     You stand to bow your last adieu;
A moment, and the prompter's chime
     Will ring the curtain down on you.
Your mien is sad, your step is slow;
     You falter as a Sage in pain;
Yet turn, Old Year, before you go,
     And face your audience again.
Excerpt from The passing of the year, by Robert W Service


Here we are again at the end of a year, it seems that it were only yesterday that I wrote a farewell to 2011 and 2012 was new and fresh and exciting.

I feel it needless to say that this year flew by at a rapid and unnecessary speed. But what can one do ?
The end of the year is strange, how it holds so many emotions, in the space of a crammed week or two.
Christmas and new years, and for me, my birthday smack in the middle of that.
Turning twenty doesn't feel any different than turning nineteen, or any age before that. One can be ten and be twenty inside, every one makes a big deal about birthdays, but my family has never been too overly happy when they come around. And I am quite happy about that.  Age is truly nothing, its the character and maturity that counts, and I hope I'm not too adult or too childlike but a happy mixture of both when the occasion calls for it. But enough about me.
What does the year of our Lord two thousand and thirteen hold ?
Is it just me or does anyone else feel that it sounds a bit science fiction ?
What it holds is any ones guess, for every human on the planet.  For me and my family it would be useless to try and guess. Mostly because I wouldn't what to under expect the immense possibilities, that are just waiting ahead, how embarrassing would it be to find myself facing something so great and above my wildest dreams and say,
Oh I'm sorry I just didn't expect you to be so Grand.
I hope that made sense, what I'm trying to say is I'm keeping my expectations open, and great expectations they are.
Why do I have such great expectations ? Well its only because I know Whose holding the story of my life and my families. Who wrote it with His blood, and planned it before the foundations of the world.
Sure I shall jot down a few things I want to accomplish in the up coming year, or if your reading this in Australia, in the new year. :)))
But I know with a confidant as-surety that though these things may not get accomplished in my own human weakness, if I commit these to my Lord He will give me the super to my natural, and I will be able to do all things through Him.
Also my ideas of grander are so tainted and tarnished compared to what he has is store, how can I not be excited ?
I hope this day finds you dear reader, happy with the past year, and excited about the new one ahead.
But if not, as such is the case for many, I pray that God will give you peace, and happiness.
He really does if you place your Hope, confidant expectation of good in Him.
And may the new year be filled with Good surprises all through to the next.
Farewell year, you have been good, and I hope your next of kin will be better and better.
I shall remember you fondly.

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The CURE for Anxiety

I thought I would share a few verses from Matthew chapter six today, these verses speak to me when I am feeling down or anxious about life. I hope they bless you as much as they have been speaking to me these past months.

25 For this reason I tell you, don't, or stop being worried about your life, as to what you should eat or what you will drink; nor for the body what you should put on. doesn't life consist of more than food, and the body more than clothing ? 26 Look at the birds of the air, they don't need to plant, or harvest or put away in barns because your heavenly Father feeds them. And you are far more valuable to Him than they are. 27 Can all your worries add a single moment to your life ? Of course not. 28 And why worry about your clothes ? Look at the lilies and how they grow. They don't work to make their clothing, 29 yet Solomon in all his glory was not dresses as beautifully as they are. 30 And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow, wont He more surely care for you ? You have so little faith ! 31 So don't worry about having enough food, or drink or clothing. 32 Why be like those who do not trust in God and are deeply concerned about these things ? Your heavenly Father already knows ALL YOUR NEEDS, 33 But seek the kingdom of God, and His righteousness and ALL these things will be provided for you. 34 So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. 

I love the last verses, about Gods Kingdom, which isn't only in heaven. But here on earth within each saved heart. He loves us so much that when we seek him, spending tome looking at his face, and him looking at ours, He provides us with everything we need. Because He is. He said His name is I AM
He says
Do you need healing ? I AM
Do you need financed ? I AM
Do you need peace ? I AM
Do you need protection I AM
He is everything we need, be bold enough to ask Him for what it is you are worried about.

little weeds

With all this warm weather suddenly upon us, I have found myself out in the little patches of "garden" or flower beds, weeding the soft dirt for new growth soon to come. I love weeding there's something about clearing the earth for those tiny shoots, like promises and on faith we believe they will grow.
As I was weeding today and clearing away the dry old growth from last season, I in between singing snippets of songs from the phantom of the opera, began to think of the weeds that can grow and take form in our own human lives. I was astounded to find these old dead weeds still far rooted into the earth, more-so than the new growth. How true this is with the weeds that spring up seemingly over night, and can take deep roots into our sub-conscience and hearts. What do weeds do ? They spread like wildfire and choke out the good growth. What are weeds in our lives ? well selfishness and bitterness are a weed hate and anger more-so, fear is a strong seed that grows deep and tall and often I have found these latter named weeds grow from this main plant. I like to describe these weeds as the opposite of  the fruit of the spirit
the main plant being  Love, that grows from knowing how much God loves you,
                  and from that grows Joy
                  and when you are Joyful you have peace
                  and when you have these you can be Patient
                  Kind and Good, Faithful and Gentile and Self Controlled.
I believe that the weeds come when we don't believe God loves us, and we begin to fear, fear that no matter what we do we we will never be good enough. Fear that God has turned His back on us. It is such a shame that we as human beings often times believe this, deception and find it easier to, than most anything else. But truthfully nothing could be farther from the truth, our Father Loves us with an undefinable Love, one that far reaches human understanding or belief.
What shall we do with the weeds in our life ? Simply throw them away. We must not waist our meager time on this earth with being choked and entangled with these weeds, because when we do pluck these from our lives we have the freedom to breath and see the Son as He is smiling on us through Grace.
When we are free from these weeds we can finally grow to our full potential and blossom into the beautiful  person God has intended us to be.

Hope Mondays

Hope, its that small nudging that says don't give up, its the paintbrush that colors your dreams daily and renews your faith yet again to keep trying to reach that yet unattained goal. It says there is nothing impossible there is no dream too small, too big, too old or too ridicules that can't be breathed to life, don't give up on your dreams, your goals see yourself accomplishing that task set your hope to work for you. If you dream impossible dreams ones that seem impossible to ever come to pass then good for you, when you close your eyes at night and you see your self accomplishing that dream then you have hope for that thing, keep seeing it in every way you can, that dream is closer to taking form than you might imagine. 
 Keep hoping ! 

Hope Mondays

This time of year makes me think of all the real reason we have to hope,
 I love this time of year, but it saddens me how many forget the real reason we celebrate. Jesus came to this world as the gift of all gifts, he came to give us the ultimate gift, His life, laid down for you and me so we could live in him for ever. He is the reason we have hope, his gift is the life we receive through him and the victory we have through His finished work at the cross. We now live in victory over every thing that tries to bring us down, we have hope because He is everything you need, let me say it this way everything you need He is. do you need healing He says  I AM, do you need victory He says I AM, do you need to be made whole he says I AM, do you need unconditional love He says I AM.
 Everything you ever have needed or will ever need He is, trust him. He is the end from the beginning, the beginning from the end, He is the first the last He is present there with you and He is far into the future, He can and will give you the help you need. Keep your hope in Him, because why would you hope in anything else when He is the most qualified to care for you.
I pray you are having a blessed day
Keep hoping.

One Small Child

                         One small child in the land of a thousand
                      One small dream of a savior tonight
               One small hand reaching out to the star light
           One small savior of life.
                                                                One small child, song written by David Meece. 


That tiny life that came, willingly given by His Father to a lost and dying world.In human flesh he came that concealed his wondrous glory, A tiny child. He came into this world as any other child does, but came for a purpose no other could understand, he had a destiny no other has had, and fulfilled that destiny no matter the pain for you, and me.

The hands that would be pierced, tiny and soft held by his mother, did she know the importance of this
 life she was entrusted with ? The face she kissed, as she held her child close did she know the pain He would endure ?

His purpose ? To bring life, everlasting life to you and me, that is what we celebrate at christmas.
Its not just the birthday of a child, but the birth of grace, pure love in the flesh that looked across the echoes of time and all the world all that ever was or would ever be, and came to a humble people in a humble form to be our propitiation for all sins ever committed for all time.
 Unmitigated love, that is what we celebrate at christmas, the pure love of a Father and the pure love and willingness of a Son.
So as we celebrate christmas this year, as we get caught up in the fun this season brings, remember the true and only gift that has ever really has mattered, Jesus the love that came down at christmas and the gift he has given to you and me.

For unto us a child is born,
 unto us a son is given
and his name will be called 
Wonderful Councilor, 
Mighty God , 
Everlasting Father, 
Prince of Peace. 
ISAIAH 9:6 

Happy christmas to all my blogging friends, may this christmas be the most wondrous one for you and your families, as we remember the wonderful gift we gave been given through His coming, His death, and HIs rising to life again.

Hope Mondays.

Hello all, we find our selves at the beginning of another week, another monday another chance to start off fresh. Heres part two of last weeks hope mondays if you haven't read part one I suggest you do you can read it Here. Last week we read verses three through seven today lets pick up all the way at verse eighteen
 v18 Day by day the Lord takes care of the blameless, or those who are perfect and they will receive a reward that lasts forever.
v19 They will survive in hard times they will have more than enough and be satisfied
v23 The steps of the godly are directed by the Lord, He delights in every detail of there lives
v 24 Though they stumble they will not fall for the Lord holds them by the hand.
How beautiful are these four verses ?
Our heavenly father takes care of His children those who are perfect and blameless, and we don't have to worry about being perfect in every thing we do, if we make a mistake we are free,  because our Father sees us through His perfect Son and His perfect completed work at the cross. We are forgiven for all time and everything we have ever done or will ever do, all we have to ever do is receive the free gift of Jesus blood washing away your and my sins, and receive a relationship with the Father. Because of this He takes care of us all our lives each and every day. I love that not once a week or sometimes once a week no, day by day. When we need Him He continually renews us and takes care of us like a Good Father would.
Have you ever felt insignificant to God, like He's to big and you are so unworthy to come to Him, do you feel like He's to busy to care ? STOP feeling that way right now ! Our father sees you just like He sees His Son perfect and blameless., and He delights in every detail of your lives WOW every detail, even down to what clothes you wear, what car you drive, your dreams, He delights in you! every part of you, take comfort in that, you are on the forefront of His mind. The next verse says He holds you by the hand, how encouraging He loves us so much, the greatness is to much to count.
v39 The Lord saves the righteous, He is there fortress in times of trouble.
v40 The lord helps them rescuing them from the wicked, He saves them and they find shelter in HIm.
What a great and mighty God we have, focus on Him delight in Him, trust Him and He will save, protect, love, sustain, carry, be our father, and our joy. Focus on Jesus read His word He loves you so much, take that love meditate on it , your life will never be the same I promise you.
Renew your hope by looking at Jesus and our Father, receive these promises there for you, let Him be your hope forevermore. You will lack no good thing ever.

Hope Mondays.

Psalm 37 Part 1.

I love love love psalm 37, its so packed full of beautiful promises, today I'm only going to pick out those that will give your and my hope a boost.

v3.
Trust in the Lord and do good.
then you will live safely in the land and prosper.

v4. Take delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.

v5. Commit every thing you do to the lord and He will help you.

v7. be still in the presence of the Lord trust and wait patiently for Him to act.

I was reading the first verse the other morning during my devotions time, and I was wondering how do we do good ? Its not hard to trust in the creator of the universe but how do we do good ? I asked the lord to help me understand and as I re read the first verse the words jumped of the page at me, trust in the Lord and do good, we can only be good by trusting in the Lord and His finished work that He completed at the cross and feed securely on His faithfulness. The next verse says to take delight in the Lord, well How do we do this ? The dictionary defines delight as a high degree of pleasure and joy, the word pleasure means an enjoyable emotion as that arising from gratification of good.
We take joy in the Lord knowing He has gratified us us through gracious pleasing. He is our gratifier through what Jesus did for us at the cross and we are joyful and thankful, thats the natural reaction when someone does something good for us, we take pleasure in that person we are thankful, we praise him and he gives us our hearts desires.
 I love verse five and seven. Our Father always has our good in mind, He doesn't send all the bad in our lives He sends the good, when we place everything in our hearts our dreams our plans our desire in His hands and trust in His strength and not our own, He makes us succeed, and when we wait on Him he will act in our lives on our behalf's.
Take today and enjoy the lords love for you, it doesn't matter what you see on the outside His love is strong enough to cary you through.
He loves you.
Keep hoping.

Hope Mondays.

Sometimes we despair when we find our selves in the valleys of life

 but I want to challenge you today to rejoice when it gets dark and hard 

rejoice because, you have no need of light unless you have shadow.

                            You can only see how brightly Gods light can shine in your life when you have darkness

                 that surounds you.We live in a world that is dark, but we have no fear because our Father in           

Heaven in all his Love shields us from that darkness. What ever you are facing today don't despair don't lose Hope God IS WITH YOU, He loves you and is always with you. 

let that light of Gods word and his love fill up those dark times, and rejoice because your father 

has your every need in mind and can take your cares and carry you through. 

Keep hoping.                 

Finding rest in the unexpected troubles of life.

I have noticed a common issue through out my life and the life many other people. Unexpected troubles, that come to ruin a day, these happen to us all these said troubles can come in the form of the car that wont start, or that pet that got sick of your freshly cleaned carpet, problems that seemingly come out of nowhere screaming at you reminding you how un simple life can be. My point is trials come in many shapes and sizes, colors and dare I say faces and can range in size from small to grossly huge. It is so easy to be disturbed by unexpected issues that come out and blind-sight us demanding a reaction. how we deal with these problems is so important, we can let these issues ruin our day our year or even our life. We get so caught up in them up in them we gripe and complain and bemoan our "lot in life'' this happens to every one of us, anyone living can say they face unexpected problems they weren't ready to deal with, thats ok  no one pens in there schedule when issues will come up, its impossible to know. So if all humans are tied together with the common thread of unexpected problems, it is how we deal with them that make us different. What can we do then to not react wrongly when we are staring face to face with a problem ? I introduce to you the answer, THE ONE THING THAT IS NEEDFUL
the Bible in Hebrews 12:1-2
Let us lay aside every weight that so easily besets or ensnares us. looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.
Lets look at the weight mentioned in this verse, I believe the writher was meaning those troubles that can so easily beset us the word weight literally means to add heaviness to, to what ? your life your moments your dreams. these weights ensnare, catch and entangle in a snare, or besets us to attack from all sides, harass and hem in surround or cover us. I would say unexpected troubles can and do all these things. but what does it say to do to them ? lay them aside, how ? By doing what it says in the next verse look to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. Do the one thing that is needful in every ones life, look to Jesus, spend time with Him and in his word. The more you and I do this the these unexpected issues that seem huge at the moment wont seem so next time. Do the one thing needful and watch those problems grow less and less irritating

Hope Mondays.

God gave us his words written down for us, to give us hope. In the living word of God one can be refreshed and renewed. in Romans 15:4 the word says.
for whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the scriptures we might have Hope.
God will not force us to read his word, he is a loving and gracious father who gives each of us free will, we must choose to keep our selves caught up in the living words of our father. Think about that, LIVING WORD.  Gods words are alive with power, alive to change your situation. And these words are more alive to us today than they were for even Jesus disciples, because we have the holy spirit in the earth today teaching us the mysteries that we have not been able to understand, making our father's words come alive  in new ways. The bible is full of hope remember to read it every day, not because you have to but because the words of God will fill you with hope and faith. You will begin to change  your hope and faith will be filled every day never running out and when your hope and faith are continually full things and situations in your life will change. Dive into the word and refresh yourself and your hope today.

keep your hope in Him.

Hope Mondays.

Fresh hope.
At some point or another in all our lives, we have made the decision to place our hope in someone other than God. Perhaps it was a promise made to you from television commercial, or a coworker or friend, a politician who promised the world, a family member or even your self. Almost always we wind up getting hurt, our hope is weakened, or we lose it all together. When we lose hope or our earnest expectation, we lose all of the feelings that there is something better out there, that our time is coming, there is nothing to look forward to no goal to be pursued. Life becomes meaningless and boring, and all together sad. When we lose hope we lose the dreams and desires God has placed in our hearts. But we cant give up hope we need to place it in the right person and that is always God. In psalm 71:5 David wrote, Oh Lord you are my hope. David knew that placing your hope in anyone else will only be a waste. Our hope should be in God and the promises He has said are our, its only in Him will we find true hope. If your hope has been weakened by trust in others that can not make your God given dreams a reality, take heart DO NOT GIVE UP !!! God is on your side. let Him strengthen your hope today.
Keep hoping in Him.

Hope mondays.

When you keep all the cares of this world piled up on your shoulders, its a heavy load to carry. If you think about those cares and meditate on them, pretty soon all your going to see is the problems in your life. You can't be vary hopeful when your expectancy is in all the issues you may be facing, I can tell you you wont be able to move past any problem if you focus on the problem alone. God can do nothing for you if your expectancy in not in Him, and you can't expect God to do something for you if you think you have to figure out all your problems alone. Stop thinking you can do it all, our heavenly Father is there just waiting for us to give Him the problem in our lives so He can make a beautiful miracle out of them for us. Give your cares to God, roll them on Him He is so much stronger than any one of us, and He knows exactly how to take care of you and all those problems that have tried to take up residence in your life. And then hope in God, the best way to build up hope is to make a list of all the Lord has done for you, read those things every day, thank him for them over and over, also read his words they are filled with Love and grace and his promises to you. He will not break His words to you, but you have to know what it is He has promised you to be able to keep hoping in him. Break free from all those worries, breath a sigh of relief. God is still on the throne, He loves you, you don't have to be alone in any situation.

Keep your hope in him.

Hope Mondays.

You may have had an overabundance of unfair things happen in your life, but remember God is still by your side. do your best to forget those setbacks and move forward expecting God will bring you through. He has said He would make you the head and not the tail, He loves you and never leaves you. We should trust that He will take care of us, just like any good father would.

1 John 5:4-15 

For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this through our faith. And who can win this battle against this world ? Only those who believe that Jesus is the son of God. 

And jesus Christ was revealed as Gods son by His baptism in water and by His shedding His blood on the cross-- not only by water, but by water and blood. And the spirit, who is truth, confirms it with his testimony. So we have these three witnesses - the spirit, the water, and the blood and all these three agree.

Since we believe human testimony, surly we can believe the greater  testimony that comes from God. And God has testified about his son. All who believe in the son of God know in their hearts that this testimony is true. Those who don't believe this are actually calling God a liar because they don't believe that God has testified about his son. And this is what God has testified; He has given us eternal life, and this life is in His son. Whoever has the son has life, whoever does not have the son does not have life. I have written this to you who believe in the name of the son of God , so that you may know you have eternal life. And we are confident He hears us when we ask for anything that pleases Him. And since we know he hears us when we make our requests , we also know that He will give us what we ask for. 

we have God on our side so we can overcome this world, keep hoping in God he's the best person to have hope in, we have already overcome everything that tries  to steals our lives. Draw strength from that and never stop hoping !!! 

Hope mondays.

Sometimes hope is hard to keep a firm grip on, it can be easily swayed by emotions and circumstances. Our hope is easily weak if we have not firmly planted it and grown deep roots in the word's of God. Hope can not be called upon if it has not already been cultivated and grown. If you haven't planted the seeds of hope you would be silly to expect a harvest. If hope is not in God it becomes only wishful thinking, it will weaken into a mere glimmer of the the picture that once was. We must move out of that place of doubt and weak hope if we want to see all the wonderful things God has planned for us. We must dig into the words of life, let them refresh and renew, spend time dreaming and seeing ourselves in that place we want to be. We need to live a life of expectancy, we need to believe that what the Lord said He would do He will do.

Romans  8:24-37.
For in this Hope we are saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all.
Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. In the same way, the spirit helps us in out weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the spirit, because the spirit intercedes for Gods people in accordance with the will of God.
And we know that all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to his propose. For those whom God fore-knew he also predestined them to be conformed the image of his son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified he also glorified.
What then, shall we say in response to these things ? If God is for us, then who can be against us ?
He who did not spare his own son, but gave him up for us all- how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things ? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen ? It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns ? no one. Christ Jesus who died-more than that, who was raised to life- is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of christ ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or dander or sword ? No, in all these things we are more than conquerers through him that loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth nor any else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.



As always keep hoping in Him.

Hope Mondays.

 

The blueprint on my heart,The vision that is good, The picture I see when I day dream for my future is my Hope...

its easy to think that dreams are nonsensical, but they are so important, when you dream you paint a picture, and pictures on the inside of you are building hope. don't ever stop dreaming.