JOY

On Christ The Solid Rock I Stand!
Amazing, wonderful joy is ahead for us though we are being purified like gold. Our tests and trials show our faith is genuine and true. Genuine faith is far more precious than gold, or anything else on this earth. When our faith does not waver through these trials, it brings us praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. We love the Lord, and trust Him, even though we have never seen Him. We rejoice with the glorious, inexpressible joy He put in us.

Holy Spirit Fire

Diane Angel Jones
‎"So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves." Gal. 5:16 What has the most influence in your life? Who guides your steps? What determines the values you live? Who's voice & who's words are the most important for you? Especially when making day-to-day decisions? If the answer is not the Holy Spirit, then you are going to find yourself repeatedly facing your own failures & sins. The Holy Spirit must guide our lives, or we are left to fail by our own weaknesses...

Comfort

So many say easily I feel your pain, but to truly feel and understand what someone is going through, and then take the time to comfort them with the comfort we have received from the Lord is what we are called to do. Blessings to you and yours.
2 Corinthians 1:3-5 God Offers Comfort to All
All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ.

Army of the Lord

We believ­ers have the tremen­dous priv­i­lege of being part of the Lord’s army, 2 Tim­o­thy 2:3–4 , those who will not only rejoice in God’s final man­i­fest vic­tory at the return of Christ, but those who are also expe­ri­enc­ing present vic­to­ries in the pro­gres­sive advance­ment of God’s king­dom on earth today. What a glo­ri­ous joy it is to be a ser­vant and a sol­dier in the Lord’s army, espe­cially when we have been assured of cer­tain victory! (Rebecca Brogan; Image: Army of the Lord Advancing)

Absolute Jesus

Jesus... First thought in the morning. Last thought at night. No thing else matters! "Things", (distractions, fiery darts) are purposed to get in the way of constant communication with the one "thing" that really matters. Jesus... Absolute love, peace, joy... completeness!
(Image: Rebecca Brogan’s Most Holy Place)

Only God

To Him That Sit's On The Throne

And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They sang: “Blessing and honor and glory and power belong to the one sitting on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever.” Revelation 5:13 NLT

I Am Your God!

I have cared for you since you were born.
Yes, I carried you before you were born.
I will be your God throughout your lifetime—
until your hair is white with age.
I made you, and I will care for you.
I will carry you along and save you.
Isaiah 46:3-4

HATE

We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous. So don’t be surprised, dear brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

If we love our Christian brothers and sisters, it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead. 1 John 3:12-14

Christ, the Eternal Word

Christ, the Eternal Word

In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God.

God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.
The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.
John 1:1-5

Lord Have Mercy

James 2:12-13 So whatever you say or whatever you do, remember that you will be judged by the law that sets you free. There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.

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No Thing

Romans 8:30-32
Having chosen us, he called us to come to him. And having called us, he gave us right standing with himself. And having given us right standing, he gave us his glory.

Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love

What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else?

Love Like Jesus

Psalm 59:16-17 NLT
But as for me, I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress. O my Strength, to you I sing praises, for you, O God, are my refuge, the God who shows me unfailing love.

Shipwrecked

The only survivor of a Shipwreck who was washed up on a small uninhabited island prayed fervently for God to rescue him and every day he scanned the horizon for help but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect himself from the elements and store his few possessions. One day, after scavenging for food he arrived home to find his little hut in flames and soon there was nothing left. The worst had happened and everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief, grief and anger. “God, how could you do this to me?” He cried!!!!!.

Early the next day he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching the island. It had come to rescue him. “How did you know I was here?” Asked the weary man.”We saw your smoke signal”, they replied. Hmmm, What would have happened if this hut had not gotten burnt? Where would his“rescue miracle smoke” have come from? Its easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but we shouldn’t lose hope, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering.

Remember this the next time your “hut”seems to be burning to the ground. It just may be a smoke signal that summons the grace of God because he is faithful. No matter how 2012 has been, never forget: God is too faithful to fail, hold on and keep the faith. God is in Charge, hold on to Him, He is in total control of your life. Cheerup!!!!!!

You Alone Lord

Order and discipline must be sought and found in our morning prayer. Early prayer eliminates wasted time & the temptation to give in to our weakness and lack of discipline in our thinking, our work, and our dealings with other people. Ordering and scheduling our time is most secure when it comes from prayer.

God's Glory

Peace of God

Many obstacles stand in the way of our daily meditation on scripture, prayer, and intercession. Reading God's word as our guide leads to spiritual transformation. There are two kinds of peace in this secret satisfaction no unconverted person can have — peace with God, and peace in your heart. When you have this peace with God you are complete.

The Great Longing

A Christian Longing, For, The New Apostles, Of the New Times - hubpages.com

The world, indeed, waits for the signs, for dramatic, miraculous workings, as signs of God's Presence but these are always the manifestations of a Spirit that is already there, already present and working, and not the manifestations of a Spirit that is coming. We must once again recognize that the world of man, the world of society are first and foremost renewed in the secret chambers of the human heart, of the human soul. And it is in these changes of the heart, that the activities of the Spirit are the most palpable.

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