What's in Your Hand??

What is that in your hand: This reflects a precious principle regarding how God uses people – God used what Moses had in his hand. Moses’ years of tending sheep were not useless. Those years had put into Moses hand things he could use for God’s glory. God didn’t use the scepter that was in Moses’ royal hand when he lived in Egypt, but He did use the simple shepherd’s staff.

-Enduring Word

Boldly Do The Right Thing

Oswald Chambers, the author of the Christian classic devotional text, My Utmost for His Highest, advised, "Never support an experience which does not have God as its source, and faith in God as it's result." These words serve as a powerful reminder that, as Christians, we are called to walk with God and obey His commandments. But, we live in a world that presents us with countless temptations to stray far from God's path. We Christians, when confronted with sin, have clear instructions: Walk-or better yet run---in the opposite direction. 

Today, take every step of your journey with God as your traveling companion. Read His Word and follow His commandments. Support only those activities that further God's kingdom and your spiritual growth. Be an example of righteous living to your friends, to your neighbors, and to your children. Then, reap the blessings that God has promised to all those who live according to His will and His Word. 

Cross Your Heart

Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to be My disciple, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever is bent on saying his life shall lose it and whoever lose his life for My sake shall find it. 

Matthew 16:24-Twenty-five

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Forgiveness & Spiritual Growth

Are you the kind of person who has a tough time forgiving and forgetting? If so, welcome to the club/ Most of us find it difficult to forgive the people who have hurt us. And that's too bad because life would be much simpler if we could forgive people "once and for all" and be done with it. Yet forgiveness is seldom that easy. Usually, the decision to forgive people is straightforward,but the process of forgiving is more difficult. Forgiveness is a journey that requires effort, time, perseverance, and prayer. 

If there exists even one person who you have not forgiven (and that includes yourself), obey God's commandment: forgive that person today. And remember that bitterness, anger, and regret are not part of God's plan for your life. Forgiveness is. 

If you sincerely wish to forgive someone, pray for that person. And then pray for yourself by asking God to heal your heart. Don't expect forgiveness to be easy or quick, but rest assured: with God as your partner, you can forgive.....and you will. 

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Cast Your Crown At His Feet

When we humble ourselves when we are willing to cast our crowns at His feet.  The removal of our crown states that,  there is no title, no amount of material wealth or power, there is nothing on this earth that is more important than Jesus. We remove our crowns to honor our King.  A King who is king over all things on earth and in heaven. Removing our crown symbolizes the position of God in our heart and in  our mind. We are reminded of our status as children in His sight. 
With a crown or without one we know that God is enough. No matter what may comes against us we know who reigns true over our life.

God Has No Favorites

Acts 10:34 tells us that God has no favorites and that He is impartial. If we want to love as God loves, then we must not show partiality either.

This does not mean that we cannot have special friends or that we cannot be involved more with certain people than others. It does mean that we cannot treat some people one way and other people differently. We cannot be kind to those who are who are good friends with us, and not care how we treat those who are of no interest or importance to us. 

I know many people with whom I am not interested in having deep personal relationships because it would not be fruitful for either of us, This does not mean these people are bad; it just means a casual relationship between us is better than a close relationship.

All of us need certain things from our close friends, and not all people are able to give it to us. God has what I called "divine connections" for all of us--people who are just right for us.

God has given me several people like that in my life, and I appreciate them very much. But He has also taught me to treat all people with respect, to make them feel valued, to listen to them when they are talking to me, and to not judge them in a critical way.

Our love walk with God is readily seen by how we treat people who cannot do us any good. If we truly want to love as God loves, we will treat everyone impartially with equal honor and respect.

-Joyce Meyer