A Surrendered Life

 

 

Heavenly Father, we thank You Lord for the mercies by which You allow us to present our bodies as living sacrifice, holy and acceptable, which is our spiritual service of worship to You. 

Dear Lord, it is not our will to be conformed to this world, but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, that we may prove what is that good, acceptable, and perfect will of Yours.  By grace given to us, show us how to not esteem ourselves more or less important to the body of Christ than another.  Thank You Lord for the Spiritual gifts that have been given to us that we may prophesy in proportion to our faith and to teach according to Your precious Word and to exhort and to give liberally and lead with diligences and show mercy with cheerfulness.

Lord, show us how our love can be without hypocrisy.  Teach us to abhor what is evil and cling to what is good.  Teach us to be kind and affectionate to one another in honor and give preference to one another not lagging in diligence to be fervent in spirit to serve You Lord.

Dear Father, we rejoice in hope, we are patient through tribulations, and we shall continue in distributing to the needs of the saints and be truly given to hospitality.

We will bless those who curse and persecute us.  We will rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.  We will be of the same mind toward one another and not set our minds on high things but associate ourselves with the humble.  We will not be wise in our own opinions and we will not repay anyone evil for evil for You Word says to repay evil with good.  We not give place to wrath but will wait on the Lord for vengeance is Yours, therefore, we will live peacefully with all people and be overcomers through Christ.  Lord we will offer drink to a thirsty enemy and food to one what is hungry that we may abide in Your Word forever, because we love You Heavenly Father, in Christ Jesus Holy Name we pray, with thanksgiving.  Amen.

Be bless

 

    Nina

Chosen4God

 

He understands the pain…

There is nothing that God does not know and understand.  His ways and His thoughts are infinite and should never be compared to man. Many of us struggle daily in keeping the faith, we struggle in keeping our flame of hope burning and we struggle in keeping our focus on the things of God.  Why is it that we struggle, why is our flame not as bright as it used to be?  Let’s just say it’s because of disappointment, pain, discouragement, frustration, helplessness and guilt, jealousy, false burdens, murmuring, unforgiveness, and so many other influences of today.

Is it because we can’t get past the abundance of strongholds that has bound our spirit, soul and mind?  We dwell on the negative because that is what we see daily, we are unable to look to the hills from whence cometh our help. To have a glimmer of hope in a sea of negativity is like finding a needle in the desert.  In truth, that’s all we need – just a glimmer of hope to help us to keep going, to keep us striving for the prize and to help us to keep our minds focus on God and His promises.

God knows the truth, He understands the true cause/reason for the pain in our hearts, He sees the reasons for all the disappointment we have faced, yes, God knows the truth behind everything.  We cannot hide, deny, contradict or hold back anything from Him; we can only try to hold truth from ourselves and others.  When you know that He (God) is the only one you can be totally truthful with then go to Him no matter the hurt, the pain you feel, the unforgiveable act or of the disappointment, God is the only one you can be completely truthful with. 

You don’t have to worry about your business getting out in the street, He won’t point an accusing finger at you, nor will He call you names for wrong decisions that you made.  God loves you in spite of all the failures, in spite of all the wrong moves you made, in spite of the confidence you lack, He wants you to keep drawing closer to Him. We must remember that God is in control, we must let go of all negativity, wrong thinking, and wrong speaking and we must remember where we have placed our trust in and in whom we do trust. As you begin to let go of the many hindrance’s just know that God is there with you in the process, even when it becomes too difficult to let go of the unforgiveness or the shame, He is right there next to you encouraging you, letting you know that He loves you.   

Be encourage my friends, know that there is no sin that God can’t forgive, there is nothing that we can do to tear His love away from us, as He was merciful to Israel He will be merciful to you. 

God bless

 

Nina

Chosen4God