Thank you Heavenly Father. You heard my petition. You have answered my plea.May your name be glorified and be praised.
Know what you want and reach out eagerly for it.
God brings us a song so that we may know joy. He enters our hearts so that we may know how to love. God brings us his word so that we may know how to live our lives. He brings us his peace so that we may be strong. God helps to make the world a more loving place.
So much can change from one day to the next, but the one thing that always remains the same is God. Stay focused on Him. In God We Trust.
Tenacity is essential for accomplishment in anything you do. Without drive, determination and a strong-willed attitude, one's level of success at many endeavors will be limited in scope.
Christ the man died long ago, but Christ the idea of love, still exists, not in any church, rather in the mind of humans.
GOD IS MY PROVIDER I BRAG DIFFERENT, THROUGH HIM ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
The point at which things happen is a decision. In stead of focusing on yourself, focus on how you can help someone else.
There is no difference between ancient and modern paganism. Christianity has five gods: three that band together against one who apparently has managed to stand his ground for millennia, and a mother of god who is worshiped at the same level as the other members of the quadrinity
Help when you can. Give what you have. Do what you must. Be who you ought to be.
God is not Christian.God is not Muslim.God is not Buddhist.God is love.
Give of yourself to others and others will give of themselves to you.
When you love, you forgive; when you forgive, you love.
Love hopes. Love helps. Love heals. Love hears.
The most valuable real estate in the universe is inside your soul.
Before you look for dirt in people, look for treasure.
Be like the sun; bear with those in the dark, but keep shining your light.
Practicing what you preach is the world’s most eloquent sermon.
The cleanest feet in the universe are positive thoughts walking through your mind.
If Noah waited for signs of rain to build an ark, he would have been swept away by the flood.
You are as the sun; the world is your stage; even without an audience, shine.
Christ is our all. He is everything to the Christian. He fills all, is in all, and He is our life (Colossians 3:4, 11). It is in Him that all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden (Colossians 2:3). He is the author and finisher of our salvation, the one who starts it, works it out, and completes it (Hebrews 12:2). This is as the Father wanted it. He places His people in the hands of the Son, having joined them to the Son in a super-natural union, so the Son, by His perfect life of obedience, and perfect act of self-sacrifice upon the cross, can bring about their full and complete salvation.
Due to the monstrous activity of a handful of extremists, the majority of the human society has been conditioned to believe that the term 'musalman' is somehow synonymous with terrorism. But the reality is, the term 'musalman' refers to someone with 'musallam iman,' that means, a pure conscience. Thus any individual whose conscience is pure and clear, is a musalman or muslim, regardless of socio-religious background. Likewise, any human being who loves his or her neighbor is a Christian. Hence, scriptures can't define your religion, only your actions with other people do.
So many people concentrate on knowing who a good preacher or a bad preacher is and so many people concentrate on knowing what the word of God is! The former is good but the latter is noble. The latter is the best answer to the former. The real duty of man is never to know man but to know God through Christ Jesus! Knowing the word of God is the true way to knowing God!
The name of the Lord Jesus, and His Word is powerful as the two edged sword that can cut through the face of the earth and bring man to subjection to His Kingdom which is pregnant to be established. The pains of labour is being felt and will intensify in the years to come and the moment will come for us to meet our Bridegroom Christ Himself.
Every journey has a beginning. The starting point of prayer is God. Like a father who waits to hear every detail of your life, He waits for you. You don’t need to get dressed up and go to church to reverently pray. The God of the universe invites you to come as you are. You can endure anything when you are at God’s side. He is the transformer. He turns sorrow to joy. He turns bitter to sweet.
Our repentance should begin with the fact that we have no longer taken the Word of God seriously and have not come to repentance. We dared to use our own standards and were satisfied when we lived up to them. We are like the Pharisees.Outwardly we participate in Christian activities, perhaps even enthusiastically...And we think that this is enough. We use our own yardstick.But God will measure our lives according to His standards, and we shall have no excuse when we appear before His judgment seat, for He has clearly proclaimed His standards in His Word.
How quick we are to reject what others tell us! How fast we are to cast the blame on others, saying they always criticize us and find fault with us, they are not satisfied with anything we do, they do not understand us.But if we cannot accept anything others tell us, we are proud. The humble want to hear what others tell them. They have the courage to hear the truth about themselves and to admit that they need to change. Whether it is a small matter or a big matter, they say, "Yes, it is true. I need to turn over a new leaf.
Our objections - whether they be theological or psychological - usually have but one root: It is pride that makes us reject the message of repentance.For repentance means humbling ourselves before God and man, changing our ways and making amends. In doing so, we admit that our former ways were wrong, and that is humbling.No other sin is so firmly ingrained in our hears as pride, especially in the hearts of those who acknowledge Jesus as their Savior.
People say, "How can God let that happen? How can God remain silent about all the wicked things that happen on earth, about all the terrible crimes that are committed?" And here again self-righteousness makes us blind and deaf.We no longer perceive how God speaks in judgment through wars and all the other troubles in the world. Yes, He is speaking powerfully. Such judgments are His last attempt to win us back in love.
Self-justification - that is, claiming one's innocence and thus in the final analysis blaming God - is an inheritance we have received from Adam and Eve. Even the worst criminals have this urge to exonerate themselves.They claim innocence in the face of the most heinous crimes. Prison chaplains write that there is no place like prison to find so many self-righteous people, maintaining that they are actually innocent. They think they have been imprisoned unjustly. We human beings have an excuse for everything and thus we see no reason why we should repent and turn from our ways. If we think we are in the right, that we have good reason to justify ourselves and say that we are not guilty, why should we repent?
Only penitent sinners, who are granted forgiveness, are set on fire with love for Jesus. So I can testify how impoverished a life without daily repentance is. Heaven does not draw near. The radiance of joy is missing. There is no adoration or songs of praise. Love for Jesus is not burning in one's heart. There is no power in one's ministry, and it bears no fruit.
Thus the penitent are actually sincere, truthful and realistic. They sorrow for their sins before it it too late, unlike others who neglect to do so and will be sorry for their sins for all eternity. They are grieved over their sins now, so that they can turn over a new leaf and begin to lead a new and different life.
To be spiritually alive is to live in repentance. Spiritually dead are those Christians who never weep over their sins or who have long ceased to do so. Dead - in God's eyes - are those Christians who can no longer rejoice over God's forgiveness. Whenever this joy is missing, even if we may call ourselves committed Christians, there is something wrong in our lives.
Only those who are alive can bring life to others. The spiritually dead are unable to generate life, because there is no life in them. They cannot be a testimony to others by their deeds. They are simply dead. Whoever does not live in repentance belongs to the spiritually dead, who cannot bring anyone to life. But the penitent are full of life, divine life; and they can bring others to life. Whenever someone repents, he scarcely needs to say a word. He doesn't need to preach at others. Rather, when he lies prostrate before God and man and confesses with a broken and contrite heart, "I have sinned; I am guilty," his words have the power of life. They can open the hardest hearts and bring to life the spiritually dead.
Sinners with broken and contrite hearts have but one desire. Filled with thanksgiving, they want to love Him who loved them so much. They are so overwhelmed that He has borne their sins and carried them away. When we receive forgiveness, our hearts are so filled with joy that we cannot help but love Him with a lavish love. We cannot help but give our lives to Him who gave His life for us and set us free from the prison of sin. We cannot stop thanking Him, and so we do everything possible to bring Him joy and to bestow our gifts upon Him, serving Him with all our talents and strength. And this is what heaven is all about: centering upon Jesus and loving Him above all else.
This sin weighs heavily upon the Body of Christ and will call down the judgment of God. In Germany there is an even greater sin weighing upon us Christians and that is the crime our nation has committed against Israel, God's chosen people.Six million Jews were killed; because of this the wrath of God is upon us. As Christians we are especially to blame. For when the terrible crime occurred and millions of Jews were tortured with inhuman cruelty and killed at the hands of German people, the Church in our country remained silent.The Christians did not stand up as the Danes did and protest the injustice. With the exception of a number of individuals the church members were not driven by the desire to help the Jews at all costs. Nor did they ring the church bells the night the synagogues were burnt down.The Church gave no reaction - an indication that she was dead. Because we were silent, we heaped guilt upon ourselves, and we were struck by the judgment that later descended upon our nation.Our churches were destroyed. Germans were killed by the thousands in bombings. Refugees thronged the streets, and the Iron Curtain divided our country.
By our everyday actions, by our unwillingness to admit our mistakes and sins, we Christians have declared God dead - perhaps without even realizing it. For is we no longer want to humble ourselves before God and man, acknowledging our sins, if we no longer want to repent, we do not need a living Savior.
The spirit of contrition and repentance has by and large become foreign to us. Repentance implies a turning to God. Instead of repenting, however, we demand that God adjust to our modern concepts.Because the spirit of contrition and repentance is missing, church services , evangelizations and other Christian meetings often lack power and cannot move the listeners to tears of contrition. How very much we, the members of the Body of Christ, have hardened our hearts!We no longer want to see sin for what it is. When God is dishonoured and blasphemed and His commandments are abandoned, we do not regard it as such. Nor do we see that when God Himself is declared dead in His Church and His commandments are no longer regarded as binding, these are the signs of the times that Jesus said we should watch for.
The increasing lawlessness and the fact that love has grown cold - signs that Jesus specifically named for the end times (Matthew 24:12) - are put aside by the Church as being of no great importance, although the unprecedented facts and examples are alarming. We need to call to mind certain trends in the past years.The soaring crime rate. The glorification of brutality and perverse forms of sex. The increase in drugs, which have already claimed millions of addicts. The alarming growth of involvement in occult activities, and in spiritism and even satanic cults.And all this is taking place in "Christian" nations, yes, mainly in these countries, and even in their churches. Who takes this as a challenge to pray, fast and repent?
We are apathetic and indifferent towards our sins, and we are usually not disturbed by them at all. We are more likely to weep over what is done to us, or over difficult leadings. We weep over our sorrows, troubles and disappointments. Each one of us does so, for this is our human nature.But not everyone comes to the point of true contrition and repentance and weeps over his sins. Such reactions are foreign to human nature. The human heart has a way of thinking that it is always in the right and has no need to weep over its sins. By nature, we are self-confident and impenitent. We blame others or even accuse God when we do not understand His ways.
Awe-inspiring God.Amazing God.Awesome God.Almighty God.
Use your special gifts to fulfil your divine purpose.
Your special spiritual gifts and talents are your calling.
It is easier to move mountains using God's hands.
Walking on water requires feet of faith.
Don't try moving mountains God ordained you to climb.
When you are at your lowest God is getting ready to take you to your highest.
Every adversity is the fuel for the soul. The greatest self-realization occurs during the greatest adversity.
Blessed is the person who desired to read the Holy Scriptures. It’s brings great reward to those who believe, trust and obey the Holy instructions.
When you encounter unexpected situation, don’t panic. Close our eyes, take a deep breath and pray. It will relief you of any anxiety.
Encouragement is a fire of flame. It refreshes the soul and revives the spirit.
Gracious words refresh, restore and revive the soul.
The precious promise of God’s word is light unto our path.
Believe in God, the Creator of all possibilities.
We can still find joy in the midst of the storm.
Failure is a sign post, directing the right road for life’s journey.
All that we are and will be, praise be to God.
The greatest riches are the gift of life, strength and wisdom.
To every complex challenge, there exist a define solution.
Don’t be discouraged by life’s difficulties. With hope and determination, you can triumph over any difficulties.
Always look heavenward in any situation.Trust God to grant you the needed grace and strength to overcome the situation.
We are capable beyond measure. Go all out and be the great person, you are destiny to be.
If you stay determined, the obstacles cannot stop your progress. You will triumph over every mountain.
Keep trusting God. He will lead you in every step of the journey.
You are never late in the pursuit of the dreams. Once you recognised your dreams and visions. You must reach out passionately to fulfill them.
The manifestation of physical victory was first won spiritually. Prayer is our greatest weapon!
Life’s challenges are inevitable. We have to prepare mentally by renewing our mind with inspiration daily to be able to cope when the situation arise.
We have been blessed with the privilege to live life. May we live to the fullness.
God bless my soul.
Pursue your God-given goals.
The Lord seeks to establish status quo before His return. He is gathering His sheep, His birds, His people under His wings, under His authority, His Kingship, the only authority and Kingship of our Lord God and Master, as in the times of Abraham, Moses, Isaac and Jacob.
Men ought to read the Bible and hear God speak.
The priceless gifts (life, love, joy, goodness, family, nature) are freely given by the Creator.
Every citizen must pray for its nation.
The more we abide in Christ, the more His grace and power transform us into His image.
May the power of the Holy Spirit give us the grace, strength and wisdom.
I'm not a rich man but I won't agree to be on its opposite;I'm blessed, I 'm an able man though I don't have those material richness I've learned to live in contentment by loving and valuing everything I have. I'm happy and thankful even though problems always seems to break me.I still manage to strive and overcome them, knowing that God is always with me.
When you spend time in the presence of God, you will experience everlasting peace and joy.
It is impossible for light to bow before darkness.
If you are too good to look after God’s trash, you are not good enough to look after God’s treasure.
If you point to paradise, all the shortsighted will see is your finger.
Light cannot enter a dark room without illumining it.
In the moment of decision, may you hear the voice of the Creator saying, ‘This is right road, travel on it.
The Lord is supreme.The Lord is strong.
God determines the path of every man.
A joyful soul, a grateful spirit full of love and light!
You shall not be afraid of the adversary. God will be your strong fortress.
Our greatest quest in life should be to live in the light!
Every nation must have prayerful men and women to intercede for the country’s well-being.
Path of life, path of light!
We are all vessels of good honour.
All men are guilty of the wrong they have done.
Love thy soul, manifest thy light
We wait expectantly for what we hope for.
You can survive the storm. Your soul is stronger than the storm.
The pursuit of dreams is supernatural endeavours.
You have great talents. Aim for God best for your life.
The birth of a child is a sacred phenomenon.
As I witness the dead of beloved ones, it makes be become more conscious that life indeed has an end.
Love endures every circumstance; Love never loses hope, never loses faith and never gives up.
If have the gift of prophesy, all wisdom and knowledge and have no love, I have failed to manifest my true soul.
No one can foretell the details in a day, we can only hope.
God is building a mighty army to vanquish the forces of darkness. These soldiers of the light are initially conceived and nurtured in the wombs of women. As such, an obvious strategy for the devil would be to sabotage the womb to cut down the size of this godly army.
May you follow the path of light.
I admire successful men and women who endured and overcome unusual circumstances to fulfill their dreams.
Grace abounds for everyday life.
We are capable of great works through the mighty power of the Holy Spirit.
God can use you. You must be willing to follow His leading.
Walking on water is safer than sailing in a leaking boat.
Stay strong. Focus on the ultimate goal.
Every victory won was first won spiritually!
Believe in yourself, you can do great things!
The quest for learning is the quest for self-discovery.
Life gives us many test. We must graciously take each test!
Everlasting light, everlasting glory.
This moment is spectacular!
How passionate have on embrace life?
Inherent within your soul is a greater light, recognize and radiate it.
When you walk through the darkness, God shall be your light!.
There is light within your soul. Let it shine.
Illuminate the wonderful light within you.
Trust in the Lord brings much hope, joy and peace.
You have to fight great battles to guard your mind, extraordinary battles to protect your heart, and remarkable battles to defend your soul.
Private prayers are the catalyst for public miracles.
Light in your soul kindles the light in your world.
If we had a penny for each time God smiled at us, we would all be billionaires.
Each time a star twinkles, God is winking at the universe.
The soul’s steps are greater than the heart’s leaps.
Seek grace and manna daily.
Keep the faith. Allow Christ full reign in your life.
Elohim is my salvation, my strength and my song.
Trust in God, the dependence on supernatural powers!
Never be afraid to travel on a new path.
The greatest privileges:You are saved.You are a child of Most High God.You are co-heirs with Christ.You share in Christ suffering, life adversities.You share in Christ glory, strength of will and survival of life's difficulties.
Daily seek the divine presence of God.
Abundant grace, mighty power of God.
Be brave to share your story! Each of our stories, have a golden treasure for a specific need.
All things are made beautiful at a timely hour.
May the Lord grant you, your every desire.
May God bless your journey on earth!
We all need role models in different seasons, people we look to who bring encouragement for the journey. Every role model but One will fail. If we get up-close we will see that each one is imperfect, except the One perfect lamb who was crucified for our sins. He was the scapegoat. He was the rejected One.
You are a great genius. Seek to fulfil it.
Within you lies your strength.
We are grateful for a happy marriage and a glorious future. Four years of a happy marriage! Happy Anniversary my dearest husband, Jeremiah Nii Mama Akita! I love you with all my heart, soul and body.
I've been dealing with physical pain these past few days and here is one of the things it has made me realize: a lot of times we find ourselves in situations, and the mindset that got you into the situation cannot be the mindset that frees you from the situation. Whether it is physical pain or emotional pain - you've got to see yourself beyond the pain. See yourself healthy and healed in the midst of the pain. By His Stripes...
My hope fuels my determination to overcome any difficulty.
At the sixes and sevens of our mindlead us oh Lord in Thy mightIn the moment to decide on our planslead us oh Lord with Thy planin the middle of uncountable decisionslead us oh Lord with Thy decisionour heart desires, our mind hopesLead us oh Lord, lead us oh LordTo the abode of satisfaction, lead us!In the insatiable desires of lifeLead us oh Lord with Thy lightPeace we want, fulfillment we desireLead us oh Lord with Thy powerIn the unending trials and temptations of lifeLead us oh Lord with Thy lightour heart desires, our mind hopesLead us oh Lord, lead us oh lordTo the abode of satisfaction, lead us!
Seek the blessings each day brings.
A day of birth is a glorious event.
As we plant in tears, we shall harvest with joy.
What a glorious day!
May you have faith to pursue your heavenly visions.
May bless your journey on earth!
No human being should be maltreated under any circumstances. We are all wonderful creation of God. May we affectionately love one another.
You shall not be afraid to hear bad news. God will strengthen you.
You are strong enough to overcome the situation!
Let men position you in the den, God will make you a Daniel in the den. Let men position you to face Goliath, God will make you a David. Let men subject you to undue pressure, torture and pain, blindfold you and lead you into the dungeon, God will make you a Samson there! Let men sell you into indentured servitude, God will make you Joseph. Let men build a death trap for you, God shall turn it into the days of Mordecai and Haman and you shall only see with your eyes the destruction of evil conspirators who would never repent! Let all odds be against you, God will make you Job. And when though fear grips your heart because of the storm you see, God will empower you and make you more than Peter. Stay hopeful! Trust in God!
July 22, 2009At times I still feel lost, but I also feel the comfort of my Lord through the physical pain and the mental challenges. I know He’s there. I can feel Him in the sun beaming down on my brown skin. It feels like love and comfort. It feels like He’s holding me when I suffer and I’m not alone.
Feel fee to be a usin' anythin' in the house, an' if there be anythin' thet ya be needin', make a list. I go to town most saturdays fer supplies, an' I can be a pickin' it up then. When ya feel more yerself like, ya might want to come along an' do yer own choosin'.
The paths that lead to the crossroads of life; otherwise known as "transition”, seem the longest, and darkest. This is a result of the tension present between struggle and grace. The more you resist, the more anxiety and stress you will encounter. Whereas, when you let go of the expectation of where you should be, or want to be, and accept the current situation, event, or circumstance, to merely exist, you will experience God’s sufficient Grace.
When satan sees a baby, however, he doesn’t see a fragile, sweet, gurgling child; he sees a potential grown-up who is bought by the blood of the lamb and filled with the power of the Holy Ghost, a servant of God and a soldier of the cross, a great threat to his kingdom.
Every life has a purpose. The longest life has many stories to tell of the opportunities to witness God's hand. The shortest life holds the eternal treasure of impacting lives as a testimony of God's creation because of a precious heartbeat.
I was born in atheist country and raised in a Muslim family.All I can say that "Life with out God and Jesus, is a dark worthless lost life. Life with God and Jesus is a bright-light and joyful life!when I lived in Albania under the communist regime I was lost.when i come to USA found god and and my self!With God all thinks are possible!Amen!
Waiting exposes our idols and throws a wrench into our coping mechanisms. It brings us to the end of what we can control and forces us to cry out to God. God doesn't waste our waiting. He uses it to conform us to the image of his Son.
One thing I learned going through a storm and that is, you can Praise God in the dark! If God makes light to shine out of darkness, well bless God, I can call forth light into my situation. I am the light of God. Praising Him is not determined by day or night. In whatever state I find myself in, I will continue to acknowledge Him. Then and only then, He will direct my path.