Do not be silent!
Witness that the LORD is King!
Show your love for Him!
Each Friday, Kaitlin, over at Five Minute Friday, sends a prompt that we can use to write for 5 minutes and then post on the FMF Link-up. I often choose to write a haiku and this one came very easily. I hope you enjoy it. Come join us! Marie
For God has not given us a spirit of fear but one of power, love, and a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7
Perhaps ‘fear not’ is repeated so often (365 times in the NIV) because we need constant reassurance that God is always near and we can depend on His love! We can lean on His strength and count on His help. He is always near!
Think about His love… Think about His grace…
Abba, Father, show us Your Presence in every part of our lives. Take away any fear, worry, or anxiety and replace it with strength, love, and self-control. Hold us close and give us comfort.
Blessings and grace to you and yours!
Marie
GOD is striding ahead of you. He walks proudly, with importance in His step, carrying the banner that identifies me as part of His family. He’s covering every second, every nuance of this day. Psalm 139
He’s right there with you. Not just ahead but in front, back, sides, up and down. In my mind, my heart, my soul. He has all of me. He’s covering every second, every nuance of this day. Isaiah 41:10
He won’t let you down. He keeps all of His promises, faithfully. He never fails us. Psalm 145:13
Don’t be intimidated. There are bullies and controllers everywhere, including our inner minds! Stop listening to them. Only God is worth consistently listening to! Deuteronomy 13:6
Don’t worry! Just stop letting whatever is bothering you have such control. God is in control. He has it all covered. Matthew 19:26
Does Jesus Care?/God Will Take Care Of You – Mark Lowry
Blessings to you and yours!
Marie
Bible verses from BibleGateway.com Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Have you ever considered that God has fallen in love with you…?
He sends you flowers every spring and snowflakes to blanket the ground in clean, white purity.
He sends you sunshine every morning and a universe of stars each night.
Whenever you want to talk, He listens carefully. He doesn’t interupt.
He chose you before time began. He gave you special gifts. He made you uniquely, you!
God didn’t promise sunshine without rain, days without pain, laughter without sorrow, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, light for the way… (Unknown author)
Blessings to you and yours!
Marie
God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son. (John 3:16 NIV)
Love is large and incredibly patient. Love is gentle and consistently kind to all. It refuses to be jealous when blessing comes to someone else. Love does not brag about one’s achievements nor inflate its own importance. Love does not traffic in shame and disrespect, nor selfishly seek its own honor. Love is not easily irritated or quick to take offense. Love joyfully celebrates honesty and finds no delight in what is wrong. Love is a safe place of shelter, for it never stops believing the best for others. Love never takes failure as defeat, for it never gives up. Love never stops loving. It extends beyond the gift of prophecy, which eventually fades away. It is more enduring than tongues, which will one day fall silent. Love remains long after words of knowledge are forgotten. (1 Corinthians 13:4-8 TPT)
How prepared are we to give our absolute loyalty and obedience in all we think, do, and say to God? That’s what loving Him means.
To love God with our whole mind we have to know Him. To know Him we have to know His Word. Yes, we certainly should read it but there is more to it than that. We need to study it, pray it, memorize it, ponder it, and live it.
To love Him with our whole being we have to make a conscious choice to make
every action we take, every choice we make, every word we speak, acceptable to God. David, in Psalm 19 wrote these words, and they often come to my mind when difficult choices happen: Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
And then, we must love Him with all our strength which means using our time, talents, and resources for Him. You might be thinking that doesn’t make sense but it takes physical and mental power to ensure that everything we are given by Him is being used for Him.
I hope you’ll find some time today, every day, to love on Him!
Blessings to you and yours!
Marie
This post is in response to week 8 of Deb Wolf’s 52 Week Devotional Journal For Women.
A Satisfied Spirit 
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