Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this day! Please forgive these people that live to be cruel and unkind, Lord please help them to gain humility and have a heart for you. Please soften their tyranny and calm their persecution Lord open their eyes to see you for who you are becoming righteous people for your sake. In Jesus Name Amen
Dear Heavenly Father, as this day continues to move forward thank you for reminding me that we are just dust. All of us were made from the dust of the earth where none is better than the other we all started as dirt and will return as dirt. No matter what is said or insinuated; they are no different than me because you were the only perfect human being. When I am persecuted, berated, criticized and condemned in your name Lord I understand that I must rejoice and will be glad because I know the reward that you have waiting for me in heaven. In Jesus Name Amen
Dear Heavenly Father, as I start my day help me to be as forgiving as you are Lord. Tolerant to others, remembering that I am no better than anybody else, and that we all sinned. This will allow me to have patience while I am navigating the day Lord. Please help me to recognize those in need so that I may help them the way you help me. In Jesus Name Amen
Matthew 5 : 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
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Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for being who you are, never changing so that I do not have to guess what you want or who you are. Guide my footsteps throughout this day and keep me from the avalanche of deception around me. In Jesus Name Amen
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Dear Heavenly Father, I need to be transformed Lord. Help me to come out of all of the normality’s of this world so that I can understand you. So that I can know you, please grant me the humility and patience to work through this transformation; taking each step one at time, each day one to the next Lord fill me with your love. In Jesus Name Amen
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for all that you have done for me and my family we are so grateful for everything that you do for us on a daily basis. When we have the opportunities throughout this day please give me the strength to share with others all of awesome things you have done in my life. In Jesus Name Amen
Colossians 3:16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
Have you ever experienced something that was so good so overwhelmingly awesome that you just had to share it with everybody. In the business arena that is called marketing through “word of mouth,” when they do something for someone that is so worthy of the praise that people cannot help themselves but to tell everyone. When you get to know Jesus Christ it becomes just like that restaurant that you ate at it had the best food with service that was above and beyond, you cannot help but tell everyone. When you get great service or something happens that is so tremendous you know that it is hard not to go out and scream it from the roof tops. People like to use the phrase Bible Thumper as a offensive term. Bible thumper is someone who always shares the bible with others, so to put it quite firmly yes I am a Bible Thumper! Everything that God has done for me makes it impossible for me not to share, I want everyone to see and feel just what Jesus Christ can do for them! This word of mouth would be unbearable to keep in.
Dear Heavenly Father, please help show the things that I have in my life that are interfering with the fullest relationship I can possibly have with you Lord. Take away the items that are in me that restrict the bond that I yearn to have with you. Make evident everything that is in the way lord. In Jesus Name Amen.
I was having a discussion with a good friend the other day about what we make important in our lives. It reminded me of something; it always stuck out in my head ever since I was a child when it happened. This “Loony old Fart” would always talk about the Gods that people serve and all of the Gods that human beings have. This guy upset me “How dare he blasphemy Gods name”, as I have gotten older and understand things a little more. God has enlightened my view point; I understand what that “Loony old Fart” was talking about. The definition of IDOLATRY:
1: the worship of a physical object as a god
2: immoderate attachment or devotion to something
In this definition the second meaning is what he has illuminated on. An attachment or devotion to something kind of makes you think. I have a few of these attachments; fishing, hunting and cars to name a few. I could make a much larger list but basically anything that you cannot bring yourself to live without. God has the best definition: Colossians 3:5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Which leads into another avenue that most people do not think about, like the other, I have a problem with this one every once in a while. Definition: ARROGANCE: an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions. This is Gods Definition: 1 Samuel 15: 23 Arrogance like the evil of idolatry. In these two verses we have a lot to think about! Or at least I do, that “Crazy old Fart” was not crazy after all he was just using the shock and awe method. It stuck with me and made so that it was something that I contemplated for years before God showed me what was meant by what he had said. So Which God do You Serve?
Why does Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people? Why does God allow evil? God Punish me? These are all questions we have either heard or thought ourselves. So why God?
To answer why does God allow bad things to happen to good people. When he created us God made us without shame Genesis 2 25 Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. But because of the decisions that Adam and Eve made Genesis 3 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. God had given Adam and Eve free choice1 and with this newly gained knowledge human beings made horrible choices that angered God. Genesis 6 5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. 6 The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” God still loved humans and found one person that still followed and was loyal to him his name was Noah. Genesis 6 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. 9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. The times that we live in now are becoming like the time of Noah and the time of Lot. Lot lived in Sodom and Gomorrah these towns were destroyed because of their evilness: Jude 1 7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire. Right now we are making bad decisions we have lost our respect and reverence for God. But always remember none of us are perfect, if we were our name would be different and we would not be here! Romans 3 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God God sent Jesus to save us from ourselves. Jesus was the only person who was perfect, Jesus did not sin he was perfect! Hebrews 4 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. So to answer the question yes there are good people but none of us are perfect and with out sin.
Why does God allow evil?
Why does God punish me?
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