Monday, November 29, 2010

Seek His Will....Let God Battle for You...

My encouragement for you this week is to seek the will of God and stay in the will of God. God will be all that you need and more than what you can ask for. His will is the key to the peace that we all need and hope for.

We must continue to seek the will of God. The will of God is what's good for all of us. The will of God is what we need in our lives daily. The will of God is our road to peace, happiness, and success. Let us take the story of Asa. Asa was a king who was blessed by God because he looked towards the will of God. Asa was outnumbered by 700,000 when he went to warfare. Did he fret? No. Immediately he got down on his his knees and called to the Lord. He knew who God was and what God was capable of in his time of distress. God will instruct you from that point on. His will is what separates us from victory and defeat. God DOESN'T KNOW FAILURE!!! GOD AND FAILURE WILL NEVER BE MENTIONED IN THE SAME BREATH!!! Are we like Asa? Do we forget God in our time of distress? Do we remain just as confident as Asa? Do we try and take on the battle ourselves? How often does that work? I will say this repeatedly from now on: Don't take the battle out of the Lord's hand. He knows what to do. He has the strategy to win this battle for you and the next battle for you. But you must stay in the will of the Lord. You must remain in his will to even know to give this battle to God. I know it seems simple but ask yourself: in my last problem," Did I try to fix it first?" Give it to God. Give it to the one who knows the solution for our troubles. Jesus is the unique solution to all of our problems. He is the unique solution to all the troubles which may cause us worry. If you don't know the benefits of being a true child of God..make the decision today to give your life and all that you have to him...You will never have to fight a battle on your own again...Be Blessed...

Monday, November 22, 2010

Give Yourself to Another

My encouragement to you during this week of thanksgiving is to show love to one another. Be compassionate. Give the best of yourself to others around.

This message is very simple. This week I implore you to give yourself and time to someone. Be compassionate to those who may need you at this very hour. It is through our compassion where will we touch others the most. Not pity, but compassion. We must take the time to love each other the way that Christ loved us. Through all of our mes and self-inflicted wounds, he never treated us in this manner. Love one another in this same regard saints...Be Blessed...

Monday, November 15, 2010

Try Again...

My encouragement for you this week is to Try Again. God says try again. Push passed the painful memories of your failure and hold on to your ambition of success and deliverance. God can change your circumstances. God will use you even in your circumstances now. Believe in his faithfulness to you.

This message is so simple but yet so difficult for us. We must continue to keep trying no matter how hard it seems. You can't fail forever. I know sometimes that we are afraid of reliving a memory of the failure we experienced the 1st time. We get so nervous that we kind of half way try the second time or we develop the " I give up" frame of mind mind because it feels like we are constantly getting pushed back when we try to move forward. Try again. I know it is hard. I know that we are having problems dealing with our disappointment too. Try again. God has chosen you for a reason. God will direct your steps along the way. Your situation is working out too when you are turning it over to God. Not out of desperation but out of choice. God will save you always from the things that afflict you. Proverbs 24:16 " Though a righteous man falls seven times,he will get up." Never doubt that if you are walking with the father that you can't get back up. You can get right back up. Try again. Try with God in the mix. Invite him in the midst of your troubles. You can succeed. God is faithful to you. You WILL succeed...Be Blessed..

Monday, November 8, 2010

Rest on His Promises...

My encouragement to you this week is to just depend on God. The power and grace of God knows no boundaries. He will take whatever you have and turn it into everything you need. He will be whatever you need him to be.

My message to you this week is to always depend on God. God will be exactly whatever you need him to be in your times of goodness and in your times of sorrow. I promise you this. He is a faithful God who has always got our best interests in mind. You may be going through a hard time at this point in your life but don't think that God has abandoned you. Depend on him even when it's hard. There is no boundary to his love and there is no limit of his grace. There is much comfort in the Lord but we must seek it. We must seek that comfort out. When we are with the Lord, expect your situation to change. It may not happen at that minute, in that week, or in that month but you can EXPECT that situation to change. God does not delight in out suffering. God wants us to be happy. There is no good father who wants their child to suffer. God is the good father. Keep your COURAGE. At all costs, do not let your circumstances defeat you because our God doesn't know anything about defeat or failure. He will provide everything we need victorious in our times of trouble. Lean on him. It's OK. I know some of us hate leaning on our friends to hard in fear of disappointment but your friends don't compare to God. You will never be disappointed. You will never be brought to shame for your faith. If you don't have a relationship with God to know this comfort, do not delay. Invite God into your life and let him work for you. Trust in him. If you do have God in your life, today is the day to put your faith to work...no regrets...Be Blessed...