Saved from the toilet

 Psalm 91:1 “He who dwells in the shadow of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.”….4 He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. …..9 If you make the Most High your dwelling- even the Lord, who is my refuge-10 then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. 11 For  He will command His angels concerning you to gaurd you in all your ways.”      He will gaurd you in all your ways!!! Today,  my phone almost went into the toilet.  Immediately, I said, “Thank you God,  for letting my phone not go in the toilet!”  The I realized there are many times that God has helped me not go in the toilet.   Many times we can’t see,  in the moment,  His divine protection.  He takes away something that we really wanted. We don’t get the promotion.  We don’t get the house or the spouse.    We get stuck in a traffic or a long line.  Sometimes His divine protection is a divine detour.  Today, rest in whatever your divine detour is.  Rest in the shelter of the Most High!!

Assurance of Faith

 Hebrews 10:22 “ let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.”

Today,  may you seek God with a pure heart and full assurance of faith.  Do not feel guilty and shameful, walk in the cleansing and renewal of Jesus Christ.   What  a beautiful gift this is, complete restoration, complete health. and  wellness it is  the “powerful gift of Jesus”!!!

Are yoj being disciplined?

 Proverbs 15:9 “The Lord detests the way of the wicked but He loves those who pursue righteousness. 10 Stern discipline awaits him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die……31 He who listens to life giving rebuke will be home among the wise.”

I am going through a season of discipline.  God is calling me to be more careful with my thoughts and actions.   Worldly desires have started to take the place of Holy desires.   My pride has been telling God what I want instead of my humility telling me to want what God wants for me.    I am thankful for a recent rebuke of one of my most treasured friends.      When I was a child I recieved a lot of discipline from “the belt”.   So it’s hard for me to recognize discipline that is not a physical pain but a correction pain.    I am praising God today that He has gotten my attention!!! Now may I pursue His direction with the same intensity I have pursued my own way.🙏.   Are you suffering consequences?   Maybe God is trying to get your attention too.   What is He calling you to do?

If I perish, I perish

 Are you facing something tough? I’m sure Esther felt exactly that.  Her response was courageous.    She decided to pray and fast and asked others to do the same, after a time of prayer and fasting she planned to act!! And if she was to perish, she’d perish!!   Are you facing a giant in your own life maybe that giant is there pacifically for a reason so that you can grow and grow closer to God be bold and courageous!   Do what you know God is telling you to do!   Don’t look back 

Give your testimony?

 Ephesians 2:4 “ But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions-it is by grace you have been saved.”  Yesterday,  I ran into a man at Walmart and somehow we ended up talking about Faith.  I told him,  how thankful I am for the forgiveness of my sins through the powerful gift of Jesus Christ.   He said, “I don’t know about the bad thing that you think you did in your past that you need forgiveness  for, but that should not condemn you.   I smiled and said “Sure, I have bad things in my past but right here right now I still struggle with sin. It’s the human condition. We all struggle with sin every day; the greed, the lust, the envy… It’s a human condition but through Jesus Christ, we keep laying it down and pressing forward to the high calling of God.  It is not by our acts we are saved.  It is by his single act of dying on the cross for us that we are saved, When we believe Jesus paid the penalty of all our sin on the cross rose again from the dead its the beginning of our true health and wellness.  My attempt at witnessing didn’t seem to produce much fruit. That’ll be up to the Holy Spirit.   I’m thankful  God gave me this random opportunity to give my testimony.

If you have a chance to share your testimony today, will you?

He is always watching over us

 Psalm 121:1 “ I lift my eyes up to the hills- where does my help come from?  2 My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of Heaven and Earth.     3 He will not let your foot slip- he who watches over you will not slumber: 4 indeed, He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. ….7 The Lord will keep you from all harm- He will watch over your life; 8 The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forever more.”  

What a wonderful comfort to know God is watching over us.   Sometimes everything blows up.  We each have many cares in this world.  He has over come the world and He watches over us!!!     May you take great comfort today in knowing Our Lord is watching over you and the ones 

You love now and forever more!

Walk as Jesus walked

 1 John 2:6 “Whoever claims to live in Him, must walk as Jesus did.”

How did Jesus walk?    He followed God.  He did the will of God, even to death.   There was no malice in His heart.   He had a clear mind.  His focus was embracing the Love of God and Love of man.   The love He embraced for man was pure,  never lustful never self seeking; a love based in purity of heart.  He truly did everything  He could save His fellow man.   He shows this with His painful death and powerful resurrection.  He continues to lift each of us up moment by moment; out of our worry, shame, guilt  and propensity to sin, into His divine alliance.    Why do we reject this love and seek the cares of this world?   That is our sinful nature.   Today let’s keep turning from things that cause us worry and fear and be thankful for the many blessing we have in the powerful gift of Jesus.   Let’s do our best today to walk as Jesus walked,  remembering He is with us always, even to the end of the age.  Walk as Jesus walked today!!