Words Of Encouragement

(Do You Surrender?) - My beloved ??, Happiness and all of the unlimited benefits which flow from the storehouse of heaven are contingent upon our relationship to God. Absolute dependency and absolute yieldedness are the conditions of being His child. Only His children are entitled to receive those things that lend themselves to happiness; and in order to be His child, there must be surrender of the will to Him.  We must admit we are poor before we can be made rich. We must admit we are destitute before we can become children of adoption. When we realize that all our own goodness is as filthy rags in God’s sight, and become aware of the destructive power of our stubborn wills; when we realize our absolute dependence upon the grace of God through faith and nothing more, then we have started on the road to happiness.  Man does not come to know God through works—he comes to know God by faith through grace. You cannot work your way toward happiness and heaven, you cannot moralize your way, you cannot reform your way, you cannot buy your way. It comes as a gift of God through Christ. Ephesians 2:10 (TLB)

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(Make Room in Your Heart) - My beloved ??, When H. G. Wells summed up the influence of Jesus in history, he said, “Is it any wonder that this Galilean is too much for our small hearts?” And yet the heart of man, though small, is big enough for Christ to live in, if man will only make room for Him. Christ instilled the spirit of Christian love in His followers, so that they lived without malice and died without rancor. The love that Christ talked about can only be given to us by God. It is one of the fruits of the Spirit. When you come to Jesus Christ, He transforms you. Your past is forgiven. You receive a power to love men, beyond your natural ability to love. Matthew 5:43–45

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(Be Not Anxious) - My beloved ??, Christians are to rejoice. To do that, you need only to think of the great things God has done for you. Then we are told not to be anxious, but in our prayers to make our requests known to God. In your biggest problems you have One to whom you can go; and before Him you can pour out your heart with the assurance that He will not leave you without an answer to that great problem. Then we are to fill our minds with those things that are good. They are mentioned in the Scriptures as being things that are true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, of good report, and of virtue. It is upon these things that we are to think. Live positively, not negatively. Once you learn that secret, God will have given you the victory. Colossians 3:16

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(Faith Pleases God) - My beloved ??, Faith pleases God more than anything else. The Christian life is dependent upon faith. We stand on faith; we live on faith. Faith is loved and honored by God more than any other single thing. The Bible teaches that faith is the only approach that we have to God. No man has sins forgiven, no man goes to heaven, no man has assurance of peace and happiness, until he has faith in Jesus Christ. You may be saying, “God, I believe you are a great person, but I do not believe your Word; I do not believe what you say.” In order to please God, you must believe Him. Perhaps your faith is small and weak. It does not matter how big your faith is, but rather, where your faith is. Is it in Christ, the Son of God, who died on the cross for your sins? Hebrews 11:6 (TLB)

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(Less is More) - My beloved ??, Every move a Christian makes in this life should flow from a spirit of humility - an ever-present understanding that our lives are not about us. We are here for God’s purposes and for God’s glory. Every encounter, every decision, every conversation, and every task should exalt Christ. The Apostle John said it this way in John 3:30: “He must become greater; I must become less.”  It is in this posture that we should approach others. What does this look like practically? It means being willing to overlook a wrong. It means a willingness to forgive. It means not being easily angered or offended. A humble life is marked by patience, grace, kindness, and gentleness. It does not mean continually allowing others to mistreat, use, or abuse us. It doesn’t mean a complete disregard for self. Notice Paul says, “Each of you should look not only to your own interests.” It means that our own interests should not be the driving force of every decision we make. Philippians 2:3-4

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(Faith) - My beloved ??, "Every day you need to get a full dose of the Word and meditate on scripture, and if you discipline yourself and remain consistent, your faith will grow and mature, and remember that God, the Word, and your faith, is a recipe for success." 

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(Our Security and Strength) - My beloved ??, If you are going to be a healthy, hearty, holy Christian, you’ve got to eat the bread of God’s word every single day. This gives new meaning to the Lord’s Prayer. When you pray, “Lord, give us this day our daily bread,” you are not just to be praying for God to meet your strength physically. What you are saying is, “Lord, I open your Word today and feed on your manna today. Give me the daily spiritual bread that I need to be what you want me to be and to do what you want me to do.” We need to be reminded every day that God is our strength. We need to understand that God is our salvation. God gave the manna only to Israel, but He has given Jesus to the whole world. The manna only gave physical life, but God’s Son gives eternal life. Just as the Jews had to go to that bread, and get that bread, and eat that bread, we have to go to Jesus. We have to take the bread of His salvation. We have to taste and see that the Lord is good, and when we do, we won’t just have physical life for today; we have eternal life forever. You see, the Jews ate that manna, but they eventually died, but when you eat the bread of life, you live forever.  Exodus 16:31

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(A Backdrop for Glory) - My beloved ??, He groped around desperately in the dark for years. Having never seen the light, he didn’t even know what he was missing. In spite of that, though, he still yearned to open his eyes and see what went with the familiar sounds and smells. What did a laugh look like? What did his parents look like? What did he look like? So many questions unanswered…so many dreams unattained…so much need and so little hope. This was the life of the blind beggar in John 9.  It wasn’t the man’s physical blindness that Jesus was most concerned about; it was the darkness of his soul. Jesus met the man in his physical blindness so that He could open his eyes to the eternal light of His salvation. This is the light that we all so desperately need to see. John 9:3

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(Running to Win) - My beloved ??, There is a race marked out for all of us, as the author of Hebrews puts it. We have the same finish line, the same prize, but different courses – different routes but the same goal. The command in this verse is to “throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles” and “run with perseverance” the race marked out for us by God. It is so important that all Christians understand their divine calling. Until we see our days as divinely mapped out, our encounters as divine encounters as divine appointments, and our resources as divinely entrusted to us, we will never be used by God the way we could be. And I have never met a Christian who didn’t, at least deep down, desire to be used by God in ways that were bigger than anything he could do on his own. Hebrews 12:1

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( inspirational message for Monday morning?) - My beloved ??, May you believe in yourself, even when the world doubts you. May you have the courage to pursue your dreams, no matter what obstacles stand in your way. May you embrace the challenges of life with grit and determination.

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(Unlimited Access to God) - My beloved ??, Ephesians 3:20 tells us that God is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above and beyond all that we could ever dare to hope, ask, or think. Are you daring in prayer? Are you expecting enough? The devil wants us to believe we must go to God with head hung low, telling Him how terrible we are. He wants us to believe that we dare not ask for too much, because after all, we don't deserve anything. Satan is afraid of bold, daring, confident, fearless, and expectant prayer.  In Whom, because of our faith in Him, we dare to have the boldness (courage and confidence) of free access (an unreserved approach to God with freedom and without fear) (Ephesians 3:12 AMPC).

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