I See "You".... Love and the Outcome

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No matter what I go through, or I have been through, or I am going to go through.... I am so thankful "I see You" Jesus in everything. I will always hold Your hand right where I am, because I know You are always with me, teaching me how to walk through this life.

Life is full of mountain views, but there are also valleys we will experience as well. Hopefully we learn and grow there....Lyrics: "I've seen the view up on the mountain where troubles seem a million miles away. I know the lonely of the valley when sorrow is close enough to taste."

Romans 8: 28, I am guilty of looking at this scripture and just expecting everything to work out for the good like it says. But if you read from verse 22-30, you really get more understanding. We are called according to God's purposes, and to be conformed to the image of Christ. Definition of conformed: comply with rules, standards, or law. It's easy to teach, standards, rules, laws, but to watch the choices people make is the hard part. Some of us have been around awhile and try to teach others to spare them the pain you went through, but we all have to learn in the valleys on our own. If the outcome is looking more like Jesus, than that is for the good, and that's God's purpose.

We will have our share of pain and suffering in this life. We will go through things we may never understand. It may be the pain someone else has caused you. It may be something we brought on ourselves. Whatever it is, I pray it leads us to the cross. That is where we will gain more understanding.

Through the valley, one thing I know for sure, not once, but many times I have been there in different experiences. When you come out of each experience, you won't be the same person who went in. With each valley you go through, you will become stronger and wiser. That's what the valley is all about. You will mature in your walk with Jesus and see more mountain views.

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Mercy.....Amanda Cook

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Did you know that God delights in showing "mercy" over judgment? It's true, our past is embraced, our sin forgiven, blameless in His sight, our history rewritten. You have only one VERY important choice to make. You have to receive this truth to get it. John 1: 12, Receive, believe, become a child of God.

All of us fall short of the glory of God. One way or another, we are all crippled with some kind of sin. Be it worry, anxiety, fear, judging others, immoral issues......

I love this verse, and look at it in a whole new light. Mark 2: 5... Friends brought their crippled friend to be healed physically. But if you notice, Jesus said..."Son, your SINS are forgiven." Jesus new he had a greater need. To be healed of his sin. What good is physical healing if you are going to continue in your sin. I would rather have an eternal gift than a temporary one. I thank God He answers prayer His way, and not the way I ask for it. He delights in showing mercy.

Don't be afraid to ask God to illuminate any part of our character that is not Christ like. It truly is a prison that we need to be set free from. Psalm 142: 7, "Set me free from my prison, that I may praise Your Name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me." Temptations can entangle us, and then sin settles deeper in our hearts. This stops us from enjoying the close relationship with God, that He as a Father desires. You wonder why He feels so far away. It's not Him, it's us. We have a tendency to self destruct through our sin.

Nothing is more important than our relationship with God. Psalm 69: 5-6, "My sins O God, are not hidden from You; You know how foolish I have been"..... When we go to Him asking Him to forgive us, and ask Him to keep us from straying in our close love relationship, He is faithful to keep us from falling, or quickens us to repent.

God delights in showing mercy, and mercy triumphs over judgment. Thank you Jesus.

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Reckless ... Jeremy Camp

 

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^{1 Peter 5: 2-4  “Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve;  not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.”}

^{God puts people in our lives to help guide us if we are on the wrong path. A reckless, selfish life can lead to serious consequences. Overtime in which there will be no earthly remedy for anymore. Time is up, chances are up, but grace and mercy are endless!!    2 Chronicles 36: 15-16, “ …God,…. sent a word to them… again and again…..but they mocked God’s messengers…until the wrath of the Lord was aroused….and there was no remedy.”}

^{It just breaks my heart. God loves us so much, and gives us His word to read, and if we don’t read it, He will send people to us to help lead us in the right direction.}

^{Live a reckless life abandoned for Jesus Christ, or a life reckless and abandoned to self. We have a choice. I pray we choose wisely.}

^{Corinthians 5: 21, “God made Him Who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” Galatians 4: 19, Unless I choose to have Christ formed IN ME, I’m not choosing wisely. Jesus didn’t die for our sins out of sympathy for us. He was MADE to BE SIN. Our sins are removed because of the death of Jesus, and His obedience and love to His Father, not His sympathy for us. We are accepted by God for no other reason. He died my death.}

^{2 Corinthians 5: 15, “And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for Him Who died for them.” So if I continue to live how I choose, than the consequences that come are no ones  fault but my own. I have been made and given life to live for God’s purposes. No longer living for my selfish desires.}

^{This world is not our home. Our purpose here is to lead others to Christ with fearless faith, not to be moved, unshakeable inside the truth. Jesus laid down His life for His Father’s eternal purpose. His life and death is for our eternal kingdom.}

^{That makes me want to live “Reckless” for Jesus. Hebrews 6:10, “God is not unjust; He will not forget your work and the love you have shown Him as you have helped His people and continue to help them. Never give up being that vessel for God. His purpose, kingdom purposes is what this life is all about.}

^{To close your eyes to this world one day, just to open them and see Jesus and hear Him say, “Well done my good and faithful servant.”}

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Salt and Light.....Lauren Daigle

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God gives love and forgiveness over and over. He is always reaching out to us. Often, and sadly, we fail to follow Him completely or consistently. Even still, God graciously makes new beginnings available to us.

God's mercy and justice are balanced. Even though we put our faith in Jesus Christ, we can still experience consequences for our disobedience.

God's word is salt, but it is also light. It hurts when we know the truth and we need to change from our old nature. Like when salt gets into a cut it hurts.

 Then we need medicine to heal it. Like the Light of God's word, that corrects and disciplines us. It heals us now and for all eternity.

We receive forgiveness and life everlasting because we put our faith and trust in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for our sins. We are covered by His blood. God's justice can still allow consequences for our sinful behavior even after we turn to Him, if it is His will. But because of His great mercy, we have everlasting life. John 10: 28-29, "And I give them eternal life, and they shall NEVER lose it or perish throughout the ages"..... Luke 15: 20, Even if we are a long way off, God still sees our hearts and is "moved with pity and tenderness"....

When I meditate on Hebrews 12: 6 and Proverbs 3: 12, I would rather be disciplined for my selfish choices, and know that I am a child of the God of heaven and earth. If I'm being disciplined, it shows me that I am His, and that He loves me.

 So if you, or others you know are getting away with a crazy, wild, care free, do what you want life style, whose child are you? Who is your father? Your freedom won't last forever.

Those who are the children of the God of the universe, will have freedom forever. Our eyes will one day see His kingdom shine all around.

God is "Salt and Light" He makes righteous those who seek. He has written and redeemed my story.

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Yeild my Heart.....Kim Walker

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Think of how much better off life would be...and the world...if we could follow God's greatest command. Love God, and love others.... Why is that so hard?

I am going to give you scripture, and I pray you look it up in your bible. If you don't have a bible, Google it. 2 Chronicles 7: 14.... Matthew 16: 25...... 1 John 4: 7-10..... 2 Corinthians 4: 4...1 Corinthians 13: 1-13....

So if you think this world has gone mad, it has. That's because the ruler of this world is blinding so many people. If mankind would just follow the One true God, the God of love, the God of the Holy bible, only then can you know how to truly love. I don't know who some are following, or putting their hope in, but it isn't my Jesus! Who would give up their life for a world that looks like this? Yet He did!! He is just waiting for people to acknowledge His cross of suffering for ALL MANKIND. The good and the evil. Won't you just stop for a moment and meditate on that? No president is going TO FIX THIS MESS!!!!

I am so sick of seeing post of whose lives matter. Until we loose our way of seeing things, you will always see a color, a religion, a nationality. Pointing your finger at others, when 3 more are pointing right back at you. You will never understand the things of this world looking at it from our human eyes. Jesus even told us..."For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for Me will find it."..... You see, until this world sees that Jesus's life, death, and resurrected life matters, there will be CONSTANT turmoil in this world. It's Satan's world anyway, so of course it's going to look like the hell it looks like. 

So if you are a believer, get busy sharing the truth in love! That's what matters to Jesus. He died for the world. Everyone matters to Him!!!! Open you eyes and heart. See the cross for what it stands for. He is coming back again. I pray if you don't believe you will search the scriptures for the truth. Everything that is happening now in this world, that is not our eternal home, is written in His Living Word to us. So don't rack your brains out trying to understand the things of this world. Get knowledge from His word. He even tells us that...... "My people suffer because of their lack of knowledge".... So why wouldn't you seek Him? I call it ignorance, and that will get you, and keep you right where you are at, LOST!

Holy Spirit come. Teach us how to be one with You. I "Yield my heart" to You. I give my life to You. Nothing in this world can ever keep me from You. You are still, and forever on Your throne!! Thank You for being so patient with us. Not willing to loose anyone.

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Kim