Knock, knock

 

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Revelation 3:20 (NIV)
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with Me.

Have you ever noticed that on most of the pictures where Jesus is standing at the door and knocking, there isn't a door knob on the outside? I never paid attention to that before. Although He is perfectly capable of coming in without that door knob, He wants us to open it for Him!! From the inside!! Let Him in!!! Open your heart, your life, your home to Him!!!

 

 

Hope you are all doing well.  Sorry I haven’t been writing lately.  To catch up on what’s been going on you can check out my other blog for the latest.  Hope everyone has a blessed New Year!! 

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His Will

Yesterday was my first day back to work.  That morning, as I was having uneasy feelings about leaving Maddie at daycare, not seeing her or my husband much, I opened up my email and found the verse of the day from Bible Gateway.  It made me feel so much better about this decision and that it is God’s will!!

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18  (GW)

¹⁶ Always be joyful. ¹⁷ Never stop praying. ¹⁸ Whatever happens, give thanks, because it is God’s will in Christ Jesus that you do this.
 
I have always loved this verse and I know that it is talking about how always being joyful, always praying in whatever happens is God’s will but… I took it as in this new journey of me going back to work, I am to be joyful for this opportunity, to never stop praying and always seeking Him when I feel weak, when I feel like I can’t do this.  Thanking Him that when I wasn’t looking for a job, a job came to me and it was one that I already knew!  This is God’s will for me!

It gave me such peace and it really came at the perfect time.  He is amazing like that isn’t He?  Always knowing when we need that extra ‘hug’ from Him, showing us that He is there and that He will always be there in no matter what we do!!!
and as an added update, Maddie did really well her first day eating lunch at school, at daycare and with her daddy yesterday!  So proud of her!!  No tears at all!!!

Here she is eating her first ever lunch at school. 



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~His love~

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The other morning I woke up and had a song playing in my head.  It’s a song that someone sang on The Voice and on American Idol the other day.
The part that was in my head was..

‘I just prayed to a God I don’t believe in…
I’m falling to pieces…’

Now these are not in order, but they spoke to me.

I do believe in God. 
I do pray to Him.

But what I heard Him saying was, and this hurts, ‘but do you really believe in Me?  Really trust Me to take care of the things you pray about?  That is why you feel like you are falling to pieces, because when you pray, you don’t really believe I can do it!’


Wow… that hurt!  That really got my attention.  I can pray for others, believe that He will help them but when it comes to myself… for some reason I don’t always believe.

I don’t know if it is because I feel like I am unworthy, or that my requests are so petty.  For small aches and pains, little family arguments… it’s not like I have a severe problem. 

I have to remember though that to Him, big or small, all requests are the same.

22b But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.”

²³ “‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.”

²⁴ Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” ~ Mark 9: 22b-24

Sometimes I wonder… ‘who am I to be troubling Him?’ I believe, but wonder why He would take the time for my petty things, but for our Father to keep track of our tears.. to have known us before we were born… that He calls us His children… that shows us how much He loves us!  Do we not love our own children?  Do we not want to help them with their problems, big or small?  That’s exactly how He feels about us! 

You keep track of all my sorrows.
You have collected all my tears in your bottle.
You have recorded each one in Your book. ~Psalm 56:8

"I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as My prophet to the nations." ~Jeremiah 1:5

 

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,21 to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21

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Who are you?

When you give yourself to Christ, when you believe, truly believe in Him, believe that Jesus is God’s Son.  That He was sent here to die on the cross for our sins, then you are born again too!  You are washed clean of your past.  All you have to do is believe, repent, and give yourself to Him!

This is from my study bible and I just thought that I would share it with you all…

Our True Identity in Christ

• Romans 3:24… We are justified (declared “not guilty” of our sins).
• Romans 8:1… No condemnation waits for us.
• Romans 8:2…. We are set free from the law of sin that leads to death.
• 1 Corinthians 1:2…We are sanctified (made holy) and made acceptable in Jesus Christ
• 1 Corinthians 1:30…We are righteous and Holy in Christ
• 1 Corinthians 15:22… We will be made alive at the resurrection
• 2 Corinthians 5:17… We are new creations.
• 2 Corinthians 5:21 We receive God’s righteousness
• Galatians 3:28… We are one in Christ with all other believers.
• Ephesians 1:3… we are blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ
• Ephesians 1:4… We are holy and blameless.
• Ephesians 1:5,6… We are adopted as God's children
• Ephesians 1:7… Our sins are taken away, and we are forgiven.
• Ephesians 1:10,11… We will be brought under Christ’s authority. 
• Ephesians 1:13… We are identified as belonging to God by the Holy Spirit.
• Ephesians 2:6… We have been raised up to sit with Christ in glory.
• Ephesians 2:10… We are God's work of art.
• Ephesians 2:13…We have been brought near to God.
• Ephesians 3:6… We share in the promise of blessings through Christ.
• Ephesians 3:12…We can come with the freedom and confidence into God's presence
• Ephesians 5:29,30…We are members of Christ’s body, the church.
• Colossians 2:10…We are made complete in Christ
• Colossians 2:11…We are set free from our sinful nature.
• 2 Timothy 2:10… we will have eternal glory.

So go look these up and write them on your hearts, the promises of who we are in Christ!! Pin It

Draw close to Him

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Yesterday I was talking about favoritism.  I know so many think that God does show it.. how can this person hear Him, why does this person seem to have everything!


There are these ladies that I just love… I am sure you have all heard me speak of them.   The Imperfect Wives.

I and I am sure so many out there, have thought, “I want to be like them” to have that great relationship with our Father.  To hear Him, and know it is Him and not wonder if it is you or who it is speaking in your head and heart. 

The only way to have that is to fully put God first.  To love Him unconditionally the way He loves us.  To spend time with Him, just Him, not time with Him on the computer.  Time with Him, and His book!  Do it daily, open your heart to Him, let Him in and give all of yourself to Him!

You can be on the computer and try to justify it because you are talking with fellow Christians, you are using YouVersion and Bible Gateway, (which are good in ways) and all the other biblical search engines and blogs out there… but if you aren’t physically in His book, touching His word, searching for yourself and writing it down… it won’t stick!  You need to be having your closet time with your Father, just you and Him!!!  No other distractions, (and yes being a mom that is hard) but you have to do your best to find that time… do it!! 

Like the verse above says…

 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. ~James 4:8a ESV

Then and only then, when you are seeking Him out, coming close to Him, putting Him first, will you have that relationship you seek.  You must study His word, write it down, you must do it secretly   So, if you want to have Him close to you, you first have to get close to Him!

But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.~Matthew 6:6

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His great Love

Today I am talking about Lamentations 3:22-27

I used some of this passage last week in my His Word Friday post.  This is obviously speaking to me because I keep going back to it.

It does speak volumes.  Because of the Lord’s great love for us we are not consumed!  How wonderful is that?  That when we trust in Him and go to Him with our struggles He is there for us.  His love for us will not let us be consumed.  When we trust in Him, and not in this world, we truly will not be consumed, He will help us through it all! 

His love for us is greater than any sin, so we shouldn’t worry about what is going on in our lives, we need to continue to go to Him, for the forgiveness, love and peace He promises for us!

When we are disobedient there are times that punishment does come with that.  That is the way the Lord teaches us.  When we come to ‘bear the yoke’ we are under God’s discipline and learning to do what He is teaching us to do.  It is hard sometimes and yes we will fail sometimes but He is always patient, loving, understanding and forgiving!

So just continue to trust in the Lord.

• Trust that His ways are the right ways.
• Trust that He is always faithful
• Trust in His love
• Trust in His teachings
• Trust in His forgiveness
• Trust that His compassions are new every morning

Lamentations 3:22-27 (NKJV)

20 My soul still remembers
And sinks within me.

21 This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have hope.

22 Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.

23 They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.

24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I hope in Him!”

25 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.

26 It is good that one should hope and wait quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.

27 It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth.

For another post about trusting in the Lord check out The Imperfect Wives post for today.  True Love Tuesday

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According to Him

 
I usually don’t post songs that aren’t Christian on here but I was watching ‘The Voice’ and I really liked this song by Pink, Perfect (this is the clean version) I have been kinda struggling with what she is talking about in the song and I just loved how upbeat it is but for some reason, almost every time I hear it I tear up.  So…. I guess there are some things there I need to work on.  It’s like it is God talking to me, telling me I am perfect to Him!!

Here’s some of the lyrics, you can Google it if you haven’t heard it before.

Perfect- Pink

Pretty, pretty please
Don’t you ever, ever feel
Like you’re less than
Less than perfect

Pretty, pretty please
If you ever, ever feel
Like you’re nothing
You are perfect to me

You’re so mean
When you talk
About yourself
You are wrong
Change the voices
In your head
Make them like you
Instead

Then… Maddie was wanting to listen to some other music and was listening to my iPod with some older songs I still had on it and this other song made me also think that it could be a Christian song too. 

According to you-Orianthi (first part of song)

According to you I'm stupid, I'm useless
I can't do anything right
According to you I'm difficult, hard to please
Forever changing my mind

I'm a mess in a dress, can't show up on time
Even if it would save my life
According to you, according to you

But according to him I'm beautiful, incredible
He can't get me out of his head
According to him I'm funny, irresistible
Everything he ever wanted

Everything is opposite, I don't feel like stopping it
So baby tell me what I got to lose
He's into me for everything I'm not
According to you

These words are also some things that always go through my head.  Some, yes, have been said to me, and others, just because of the lovely comments I got all growing up, are just stuck in my head from either back then or just me believing what others used to say.  I have been doing my best to not listen to the voices (the devil) in my head telling me I’m worthless, I’m nothing.  With prayer and God’s help I will begin to see myself the way He see’s me!!!



I’m beautiful, incredible, I’m funny and irresistible, everything He ever wanted!!!


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His Love

 

And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is.

~ Ephesians 3:18

This is something that I have been praying for so many people lately.  I just pray that they will find His love and His wonderful understanding, stop laughing at what the Bible has to say, start reading it more and asking questions instead of laughing about it and not wanting to learn.  I pray that everyone will find Him because His love is so powerful, so calming and safe!  There is really nothing like it! 

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