As long as we breathe ... there will always be HOPE!

God will always give us the strength to keep breathing ...  just hold on!

I just want to encourage people today to just keep breathing in HIS love, keep on pressing on to that goal that you have in front of you, keep on persevering no matter what. God understands and God loves you. The times you don't see Him next to you, just look up as you are sitting in His arms, He is holding you tight and He will never let go. Just keep pressing on!  He loves you, yes you, just as you are! Don't ever forget that. You are special. You are HIS child. You are never alone. Stay in the fight till the final round. Your breakthrough is coming.

 

Such a beautiful song by Plumb : Need You now encouraging us all that we all have a story to tell and we all go through hard times but cry out to God and He will give you strength. Don't ever forget that He will be there for you just keep breathing! I hope you enjoy the song as much as I do.

 

Need You now by Plumb

Well, everybody's got a story to tell
And everybody's got a wound to be healed
I want to believe there's beauty here
So, I guess you're tired of holding on
I can't let go, I can't move on
I want to believe there's meaning here

How many times have you heard me cry out
"God please take this"?
How many times have you given me strength to
Just keep breathing?
Oh I need you
God, I need you now.

Standing on a road I didn't plan
Wondering how I got to where I am
I'm trying to hear that still small voice
I'm trying to hear above the noise

How many times have you heard me cry out
"God please take this"?
How many times have you given me strength to
Just keep breathing?
Oh I need you
God, I need you now.

Though I walk, though I walk through the shadows
And I, I am so afraid
Please stay, please stay right beside me
With every single step I take

How many times have you heard me cry out?
And how many times have you given me strength?

How many times have you heard me cry out
"God please take this"?
How many times have you given me strength to
Just keep breathing?
Oh I need you
God, I need you now.
I need you now
I need you now

Let me be the proof of YOUR love ....

We must be the proof of HIS love .....

What does God have in mind for our lives? I wonder about that often and I know when I make my life less about me and more about somebody else, giving to the needy and extending a loving hand then I just feel more enriched in my life.

 

So I have been pondering the thought that God wants us to love. After all God Himself is LOVE. His word says in 1 Corinthians 13 - that :"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude".

 

 

So therefore I am REALLY thinking how God wants me to love.  We are all redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ and so we have the Holy Spirit living in our hearts and He is that small voice we can listen to.  Everyday God wants us to love, yes, even our enemies. Jesus was the perfect example how to love our enemies as He immediately forgave His enemies that sold Him out.  Jesus wants us to accept each other and have GRACE for one another, be patient with each other and encourage each other. We have to LOVE.

 

So I have been "drinking" the song by ForKingandCountry "The Proof of YOUR love" and it speaks volumes about God wanting us to love and I hope when you read the words and listen to the song that you will be deeply blessed. 

 

 

 

The proof of YOUR love ...

The Monologue Mix – For King & Country

If I sing but don't have love
I waste my breath with every song
I bring an empty voice, a hollow noise.
If I speak with a silver tongue
convince a crowd but don't have love
I leave a bitter taste with every word I say.

So let my life be the proof
the proof of your love.
Let my love look like you
and what you're made of.
How you lived, how you died.

Love is sacrifice.
So let my life be the proof,
the proof of your love.
If I give to a needy soul
but don't have love
then who is poor?

It seems all the poverty
is found in me.

So let my life be the proof
the proof of your love.
Let my love look like you
and what you're made of.
How you lived, how you died.
Love is sacrifice.
So let my life be the proof,
the proof of your love.

When it's all said and done,
When we sing our final song,
Only love remains.
Only love remains.

[Monologue]

If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. If I speak God's word with power, revealing all of His mysteries and making everything as plain as day, and if I have faith to say to a mountain jump and it jumps but I don't love I'm nothing. If I give all I earn to the poor or even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, no matter what I believe, no matter what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.  

So let my life be the proof
the proof of your love.
Let my love look like you
and what you're made of.
How you lived, how you died.
Love is sacrifice.
So let my life be the proof,
the proof of your love

 

 

Standing on the promises of God .......

God promised to always take care of us ....

God's promises are life changing and powerful.  2 Peter 1:4 says:" And because of His glory and excellence, He has given us great and precious promises". So that is so wonderful that God who created the universe and is all powerful made us a promise that He will always take care of us.  He knows the plans He has for us.  They are good plans to give us a future and hope.  Just believe that with all your heart, even if the enemy comes knocking, trust and have faith in the ONE that will NEVER let you down.

Nothing, yes nothing can ever separate us from the love of God.

Matthew 6:6:" Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them, are you not of more value than they". 

Our hearts need to be at rest as God is not a lier, He will love us, look after us and keep His promises. No matter the circumstances God is faithful.  God gives us provision for all our needs, healing when we are broken, guidance for our daily walk even during difficult times, comfort through all our trials and daily protection. God just wants us not to worry and to be still during trying times and leave Him to restore our souls and to stand on his promises so mercy and goodness will follow us all the days of our lives.  Even during trying times He will renew our strength so we will soar again on the wings of eagles.  

Thank You Father God that we can rest our souls knowing You will ALWAYS take care of us.  

The Word of God declares,

God is the ONE who cares,

He will restore my soul,

He will make me whole.

Father God there are so many people hurting is this world, people are struggling on so many different levels, but this morning I come to you and say thank you Father that no matter what people go through, You are the only stability, the only faithful,  the only restorer, the only ONE who we can trust in the ONLY one that will never let us down.  Thank you for loving us just as we are.  Thank you Father for taking care of us no matter what we are going through.  Your grace is sufficient for all of us.  

Peace from broken pieces

I have been thinking a lot lately how easy it is to blame God when something bad happens or when our lives fall apart.  I had a conversation with somebody a while back that is blaming God for all the poverty and famine in some countries.  All I can remember is passionately defending God and explaining to him that we are God's hands and feet and we are suppose to do something about it, we do serve a wonderful loving God who cares about us and loves us, we must not blame God for the bad.

Someone then told me to read a phenominal book called "Peace from broken pieces" written by best seller +Iyanla Vanzant I can encourage people who want to get through what they are going through to read a copy. 

She said in one part:" If I have learned nothing else in the last five years of my life, I have learned that I can depend on God.  I now know without a shadow of a doubt, that God can and will always hold me up, sit me down, push me forward, pull me back, turn me around, keep me in line, move me along, teach me what I need to know, and remind me of what I already know".

Wow and wow, that is so well said.  God is a loving Father to us and He is always there even if we cant see it at times.  He loves us and He will carry us when we need him.  We must just have faith and believe it.

Romans 8: 38 tells us that nothing can separate us from the love of God, neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow, not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love.

Now that promise is straight from God to us.  Amen and thank you Father God.