Stop sinning or something worse will happen to you

 John 5:14 “Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See you are well again.  Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.”  Stop sinning or something worse will happen to you!! This reminds me of quitting drinking.   I would quit after something bad happened.  Then I would stop being fearful of drinking and decide I could try it again hoping that this time it wouldn’t end badly.    It always just got worse.   Hopefully my last bad experience is going to be enough to last me    for my life time.   What I have is today.   Today,  I will choose to stop sinning.   Yet, that is impossible.   I will try my best to stop sinning and fill myself with the love of Jesus.   I will try my best to be a God pleaser not a man pleaser.   Today, let’s do our best to  live James 4:7&8. “Submit yourselves, then to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and He will come near to you.”   God loves us each so much that He takes the time to discipline us.   If we keep going down the wrong path, our consequences keep increasing.

Our spouse is our team mate notbour enemy

 Genesis 1:18 “The Lord God said,”It is not good for the man to be alone.  I will make a helper suitable for him.”  …24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.”   God makes a husband and wife to be on the same team!!! One flesh!! Husband’s are to cherish their wives and wives are to respect their husbands (Ephesians 5)    I am thinking of the Muslim culture….as I understand it, they are allowed to beat their wives treating them more as property than as a gift from God. If you are beating up or hurting your spouse in any way, you are hurting half of yourself.  If you are blessed with a spouse, he or she is your #1 team mate next to Jesus.   Often when people are stressed they take it out on the ones they trust the most, they hurt their teammate.  Remember if you are tempted to hurt your beloved in anyway, you are actually hurting yourself.  Be encouraged today to treat your spouse as your number one team mate next to Jesus.  Help each other, no matter how you “ feel”.  Choose love!!😇    The destruction of our country is largely because of the destruction of our families.   Do what you can today in your own family to love each other through the powerful gift of Jesus.  Choose love!  Choose to be on the same team!!

Be still, Trust God

 Psalm 46:10 “ Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”    Be still and know that He is God!!!  TRUST Him today in all things!!! His way , His timing, His best plan for you and the ones you love!!

Prosperity can be prideful

 Daniel 11:28 “The king of the North will return to his own country with great wealth, but his heart will be set against the holy covenant.”   I have been guilty of forgetting, all my prosperities come from the Lord.   When I forget it is He that gave me the talents and circumstances I become full of pride.  There is nothing pleasant about being around a prideful person. Today, if God has blessed you beyond all measure; instead of saying, “look at me” say “ Look at all God has blessed me with, how can I be the best steward of it all?”  Prosperity is so much more than finances.  Be inspired to be thankful for everything He has provided you and the things in His infinite wisdom has not. 😇🙏❤️

His Peace or our anxiety

 John 14:25 “All this I have spoken while with you.  26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.  27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.  I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”   We have the Holy Spirit living in us guiding us moment by moment.   We can listen and walk in His Peace or we can harden our hearts and walk in our anxieties.   Which will you do today?

Team work!!

 Psalm 121:1. “ I lift my eyes to the hills-where does my help come from?  2 My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. 3He will not let your foot slip-He who watches over you will not slumber.”   Have you ever been on a team?   Together the team purpose is to work toward the common goal using everyone’s unique talents for the team goal.  Having a good teammate is fantastic!!!  Marriage is this a true “team”.  Many of us are single, yet we are never “team-less”.    The Lord is with us always He is always on our team!!! May we each TRUST in our ever present, omnipotent Team mate today and always!!!😇🙏❤️

Worldly or Wordly

 Joel 2:12 “Even now”, declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.”   13.Rend  your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for He is compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and He relents from sending calamity.”   Repent and return!!! Have you been seeking your will and not God’s?   Seeking worldly pleasures over WORDLY is so easy for me to do.      What are your goals for today?  Do they line up with the Word of God?   Be inspired to seek Him first!!