Saturday... He is pleased with you...

Saturday... He is pleased with you and me. He really is.

Revelation 4:11 (NLT) says, "You are worthy, O Lord our God..." Now we know He is worthy. He is God! "You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power." Yes, yes yes!

The verse continues, "For you created all things..." And that means you and me. He took great care in His creation of us and He doesn't make junk. "For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased."

Now step back and think about that. He created you and He did what pleased Him. He didn't have to create you. He wasn't told that He had to create you. No, He did it because it pleased Him to do it.

Oh, I know we have messed up His creation but He still would have created you. He also did everything in His power to enhance you, to redeem you, to lead you, to guide you because He created you.

Oh, God, may we really know at the beginning of this new year how much we matter to you. You have given us another year to live, to explore, to fulfill Your purpose in creating us. May we hook in to Your power and Your might and Your glory. May this year be the year that we strive to live out the potential that You see in us, Your creation. May we give ourselves over to You in a new way.

The Amplified Bible says, "For You created all things, and because of Your will they exist, and were created and brought into being." Oh God, may we really see that, and may we really live that through you glory, Your honor, and Your power. May it be so! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Tuesday... Each one of us see and describe what we are going through differently but...

Tuesday... Each one of us see and describe what we are going through differently but... We each one have our own way of explaining what we are going through, don't we? Some of us are maximisers, other are minimizers and neither one is better. We each one are different and we see what we are facing differently but no matter what it is and how you see it and describe it, God can handle it! Now the writer of Psalm 46 shows the extremes. In verse 1 he states the basic reality and then he moves on into our fears and he maximizes them to make sure we really understand. Here is what Psalm 46:1-3 (NLT) says, "God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea. Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge!" So what do you fear? The Amplified Bible says verse 1 this way, "God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable], a very presen...

Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

Wednesday... It didn't just happen.

Psalm 16;10 (NLT), "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." Wednesday... It didn't just happen. We are headed into a weekend of deep emotion. One that we really really love was killed and it didn't just happen. David in Psalm 16:10 (NLT) writes of this happening. He says about God, "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." We read over in the Gospels at the beginning of the New Testament in the Bible of the life of God's Son who came to earth to be our sacrifice so that our soul would not be left among the dead. Jesus came so that we wouldn't have to be buried at death and just left there. But he also shares that Jesus who was going to be killed as a sacrifice for our sins would not have to rot in a grave. David many generations before foretold this and that is what happened. Now that had to be a God thing. We can guess a lot about our future and we d...

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