Thought For The Day

  THERE ARE PITFALLS EVERYWHERE IN OUR CHRISTIAN WALK.  TRAPS THAT ARE SET TO TRIP US UP. FALLING ISN'T OUR DEFEAT, OUR DEFEAT COMES WHEN  WE FALL AND FAIL  AND REFUSE TO GET BACK UP. PROVERBS 24:16 FOR A RIGHTEOUS MAN MAY FALL SEVEN TIMES, AND RISE AGAIN, BUT THE WICKED SHALL FALL BY CALAMITY. PROVERBS 24:21-22 MY SON, FEAR THE LORD AND THE KING;  DO NOT ASSOCIATE WITH THOSE GIVEN TO CHANGE;  FOR THEIR CALAMITY WILL RISE SUDDENLY, AND WHO KNOWS THE RUIN THOSE TWO CAN BRING? BELOVED, BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU SET YOUR FOOT.  THE ENEMY, BE IT, THE WORLD, THE FLESH OR THE DEVIL, WILL SET A TRAP FOR YOUR FEET. I KNOW OF A CASE WHERE A MINISTER WENT INTO A SITUATION AND BELIEVING HE COULD HELP THESE GUYS FIND JESUS.   HE ENDED UP BEING JUST LIKE THE GUYS HE WENT IN TO HELP. HE IS NO LONGER IN MINISTRY. SUCH A SWEET GODLY MAN, AND A TRAP WAS SET FOR HIM AND HE FELL INTO THE PIT. JESUS SENT THEM OUT TWO BY TWO FOR GOOD REASON. WHERE TWO AGREE IN PRAYER THEIR IS POWER AND ONE CAN BACK-UP THE O

 HOW DO WE KNOW THAT GOD STILL HAS SOMETHING FOR US TO DO? BECAUSE WE WOKE UP THIS MORNING. HE WILL FULFILL ALL OUR DAYS.  AND HE WILL FILL THEM WITH FRUIT FOR HIS KINGDOM. MATTHEW 21:22 " WHATEVER THINGS YOU ASK IN PRAYER, BELIEVING, YOU SHALL RECEIVE." AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO TRUST GOD, WE HAVE HOPE IN OUR HEART. ROMANS 8:24-25 FOR WE WERE SAVED IN THIS HOPE, BUT HOPE THAT IS SEEN IS NOT HOPE, FOR WHY DOES ONE STILL HOPE FOR WHAT HE SEES? BUT IF WE HOPE FOR WHAT WE DO NOT SEE, WE EAGERLY WAIT FOR IT WITH PERSEVERANCE. ROMANS 5:5 NOW HOPE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT, BECAUSE THE LOVE OF GOD HAS BEEN POURED OUT IN OUR HEARTS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO WAS GIVEN TO US. BELOVED, NEVER LET HOPE LEAVE YOUR HEART, THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE IN JESUS OUR LORD. HOPE- H EAVENS O VERCOMING P EOPLE E XCEL. BE FULL OF HOPE, BECAUSE WE ARE GOD'S OVER COMING PEOPLE.  JESUS LOVES US SO MUCH AND HE IS OUR HOPE. WE WILL EXCEL IN ALL WE SET OUR HEART TO DO FOR GOD'S KINGDOM AND ON THIS EARTH. PRAISE

  WE HAVE LEARNED FROM COMING THROUGH OUR TRIALS, THAT WE CAN SMILE WHEN THE NEXT ONE COMES.   JAMES 1:2-4 MY BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN YOU FALL INTO VARIOUS TRIALS, KNOWING THAT THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH PRODUCES PATIENCE. BUT LET PATIENCE HAVE ITS PERFECT WORK, THAT YOU MAY BE PERFECT (MATURE) AND COMPLETE, LACKING NOTHING.  WE CAN SMILE, BECAUSE WE KNOW GOD HAS OUR BACK, AND WILL SEE US THROUGH.  WE ALREADY HAVE OUR VICTORY AHEAD OF US. THAT GREAT CLOUD OF WITNESSES IS ROOTING US ON.   GOD TAKES WHAT SEEMS TO US A HARD TIME, AND BRINGS GLORY FROM IT, GLORY TO THE LORD. AND IT CHANGES US TO BE MORE LIKE JESUS. 2 CORINTHIANS 4:8-9 WE ARE HARD-PRESSED ON EVERY SIDE, YET NOT CRUSHED; WE ARE PERPLEXED BUT NOT IN DESPAIR; PERSECUTED, BUT NOT FORSAKEN; STRUCK DOWN, BUT NOT DESTROYED- ALWAYS CARRYING ABOUT IN THE BODY THE DYING OF THE LORD JESUS, THAT THE LIFE OF JESUS ALSO MAY BE MANIFESTED IN OUR BODY. BELOVED, EACH TRIAL THAT WE GO THROUGH, WE SEE LESS OF US AND MORE OF JESUS. TRAN

RECENTLY I PICKED UP A PUBLICATION FROM JULY 2000.     AS I READ IT,  I REALIZED THAT THIS PASTOR THAT WAS ACCUSING BROTHERS IN THE LORD, WHO WERE WEAK AND SELFISH AT THE TIME, WANTING TO HAVE THE GLORY FOR THEMSELVES, GOD HIMSELF DEALT WITH THOSE MEN LATER ON. THIS PASTOR'S LETTER WANTED TO EXPOSE THEM, NOT LEAVING ROOM FOR REPENTANCE OR SPIRITUAL GROWTH.  HE NEVER ASKED  PRAYER FOR THEM, THAT THEY WOULD REPENT AND GROW IN RIGHTEOUSNESS.  THAT WAS TWENTY YEARS AGO. I REALIZED HOW DIVIDED THE BODY OF CHRIST WAS BACK THEN. BELOVED STAND BY GODS WORD ONLY, NEVER ALLOW MAN'S IDEAS THAT ARE ALL NEGATIVE ABOUT THE BODY OF CHRIST, EFFECT YOU. SOME OF IT COMES FROM A SPIRIT OF PRIDE, BELIEVING THEY ARE BETTER THAN THE OTHER GUY.   SOME COMES FROM JEALOUSY, BECAUSE THE OTHER GUY HAS A HUGE MINISTRY. REMEMBER WHEN PAUL ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE. 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1-3 AND I, BRETHREN, COULD NOT SPEAK TO YOU AS SPIRITUAL PEOPLE BUT AS CARNAL, AS BABES IN CHRIST.   I FED YOU MILK AND NOT SOLID FO

  GOD'S REASONS ARE ALWAYS BEST FOR US, BECAUSE OUR HUMAN REASONING IS FLAWED. OUR EXCUSES ARE BASED IN FEAR, OR PRIDE. MOST EXCUSES ARE DRESSED UP LIES. GOD SEES CLEARLY, WE SEE THROUGH A GLASS DIMLY.  WE MUST LEARN TO TRUST GOD WITH EVERYTHING IN OUR LIFE.  SOMETIMES WHEN THINGS LOOK BAD TO OUR NATURAL MIND, WE WILL SEE AS TIME PASSES THAT IT WAS REALLY A SET UP FOR  A BLESSING FOR US. LOOK AT MOSES AND MANY OTHERS PEOPLE IN GOD'S WORD.   THEY STARTED OUT TO THEIR FREEDOM AND IT LOOKED BAD, BUT GOD SAW TO IT THAT THEY CROSSED THE RED SEA. A MIRACLE WAS WAITING FOR THEM. HAVE YOU EVER HAD THE ENEMY CHASE YOU RIGHT INTO GOD'S PLAN?  MOSES DID. ISAIAH 55: 8-9 FOR MY THOUGHTS ARE NOR YOUR THOUGHTS, NOR ARE YOUR WAYS MY WAYS," SAYS THE LORD, FOR THE HEAVENS ARE HIGHER THAN THE EARTH, SO ARE MY WAYS HIGHER THAN YOUR WAYS, MY THOUGHTS THAN YOUR THOUGHTS. BELOVED, DON'T QUESTION WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME, JUST TRUST GOD AND HE WILL SHOW YOU HIS PLAN FOR GOOD. REMEMBER

  PAUL LEARNED THAT NO MATTER WHAT IS TAKEN FROM US ON THIS EARTH, WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE JESUS. JESUS IS WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO US WHO ARE SAVED AND FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. PHILIPPIANS 3:7-8 BUT WHAT THINGS WERE GAIN TO ME, THESE I HAVE COUNTED AS LOSS FOR CHRIST.   YET INDEED I ALSO COUNT ALL THINGS LOSS FOR THE EXCELLENCE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST JESUS MY LORD, FOR WHOM I HAVE SUFFERED THE LOSS OF ALL THINGS , AND COUNT THEM AS RUBBISH, THAT I MAY GAIN CHRIST. NO MATTER WHAT IT IS WE LOSE, WE, LIKE PAUL CAN COUNT IT AS RUBBISH. THERE ARE NO U-HAULS BEHIND A HEARSE. USE WHATEVER GOD HAS GIVEN TO YOU, AND BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE TO USE. MARK 8: 35-37 FOR WHOEVER DESIRES TO SAVE HIS LIFE WILL LOSE IT, BUT WHOEVER LOSES HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE AND THE GOSPELS WILL SAVE IT. FOR WHAT WILL IT PROFIT A MAN IF HE GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD AND LOSES HIS OWN SOUL? BELOVED, LOOK AT ALL THE LOSS FROM FIRES AND HURRICANES AND FLOODS, THINGS PEOPLE HAD SET THEIR HEART ON.  SOME CAN BE REPLACED,

  SOME CHRISTIANS ARE BECOMING STAGNANT POOLS, INSTEAD OF FLOWING FREELY LIKE THE RIVER THAT WE HAVE INSIDE OF US, THAT PRODUCES LIFE. WE BECOME STAGNANT WHEN WE NEGLECT GOD'S WORD, STUDYING IT, NOT JUST READING IT, BUT APPLYING IT TO OUR LIFE. WHEN WE FORGET OUR PRAYER LIFE AND HAVE NO DESIRE TO WORSHIP THE LORD. WE BECOME STAGNANT WHEN OUR MIND IS ON OURSELVES AND ON THE WORLD AND OFF OF THE LORD. WE ARE TO CAST ALL OUR CARES ON THE LORD. LIKE A TREE THAT DOES NOT PRODUCE GOOD FRUIT, WE NEED TO BE PRUNED, CUT BACK. THE PRUNING PROCESS CAN BE PAINFUL, BUT IT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO BECOME FRUITFUL AGAIN AND GLORIFY GOD. LUKE 13:7 (PARABLE OF THE FRUITLESS FIG TREE.) THEN HE SAID TO THE KEEPER OF THE VINEYARD, "LOOK, FOR THREE YEARS I HAVE COME SEEKING FRUIT ON THIS FIG TREE AND FIND NONE.  CUT IT DOWN; WHY DOES IT USE UP GROUND? BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, "SIR, LET IT ALONE THIS YEAR ALSO, UNTIL I DIG AROUND IT AND FERTILIZE IT. AND IF IT BEARS FRUIT, WELL, BUT IF

DO YOU HAVE THAT INNER PEACE ONLY JESUS CAN GIVE YOU?   HERE ARE SOME SYMPTOMS IF YOU DO HAVE INNER PEACE. YOU KNOW HOW TO THINK AND ACT WHEN FEARS TRY TO COME UPON YOU. YOU ACT SPONTANEOUSLY IN PEACE.  2 TIMOTHY 1:7 FOR GOD HAS NOT GIVEN YOU A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER AND OF LOVE AND OF A SOUND MIND. YOU HAVE THE UNMISTAKABLE ABILITY TO ENJOY EACH MOMENT. COLOSSIANS 3:15 AND LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR HEARTS, TO WHICH ALSO YOU WERE CALLED, IN ONE BODY AND BE THANKFUL. YOU NO LONGER HAVE AN INTEREST IN JUDGING OTHER PEOPLE. JAMES 4:12 THERE IS ONE LAW GIVER, WHO IS ABLE TO SAVE AND DESTROY. WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE ANOTHER. YOU NO LONGER HAVE THE DESIRE TO TRY AND INTERPRET THE ACTIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE. 1 SAMUEL 2: 3 "TALK NO MORE SO VERY PROUDLY; LET NO ARROGANCE COME FROM YOUR MOUTH,   FOR THE LORD IS THE GOD OF KNOWLEDGE;   AND BY HIM ACTIONS ARE WEIGHED. YOU  NO LONGER HAVE THE DESIRE TO MAKE YOUR POINT OF AN ISSUE THAT YOU KNOW. UNLESS THE HOLY SPIRIT IS PROMPTING YOU

SOME PEOPLE RECEIVE ONLY A PORTION OF WHAT GOD HAS FOR THEM. THEY KNOW ABOUT JESUS, THEY KNOW SOME SCRIPTURES AND ARE FAITHFUL TO GO TO CHURCH. BUT THEIR HEART IS NOT CHANGED. THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE FULLNESS THAT THE LORD HAS FOR THEM, BECAUSE THEY ARE STUCK IN A RELIGIOUS SYSTEM.   JUST LIKE THE JEW'S WERE, WHEN JESUS WALKED AMONG THEM. WHEN JESUS WAS 12 YRS OLD, HE STAYED BEHIND, HIS PARENTS SEARCHING FOR HIM FOR 3 DAYS,  AS HE DID NOT RETURN HOME WITH THEM AFTER CELEBRATING THE FEAST. HE WAS TEACHING IN THE TEMPLE, ASKING QUESTIONS AND GIVING ANSWERS. LUKE 2: 47-50 AND ALL WHO HEARD HIM WERE ASTONISHED AT HIS UNDERSTANDING AND ANSWERS.   SO WHEN THEY SAW HIM THEY WERE AMAZED ; AND HIS MOTHER SAID TO HIM,  "SON, WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS TO US?  LOOK, YOUR FATHER AND I HAVE SOUGHT YOU ANXIOUSLY." AND HE SAID TO THEM,   "WHY DID YOU SEEK ME?  DID YOU NOT KNOW THAT I MUST BE ABOUT MY FATHERS BUSINESS?" BUT THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE STATEMEN

OUR FAITH AND WORKS, WORK TOGETHER.  YOU CANNOT HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER. FIRST OF ALL IT IS THE FAITH THAT MOVES US TO DO OUR WORKS.  GOD PLACED THAT DESIRE IN OUR NEW SPIRIT. JAMES 2:14 WHAT DOES IT PROFIT, MY BRETHREN, IF SOMEONE SAYS HE HAS FAITH BUT DOES NOT HAVE WORKS?  CAN FAITH SAVE HIM? OUR WORKS ARE TO RECEIVE WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR US.  IN FAITH CONFESSING TO OTHERS HOW GOOD OUR LORD IS. (THAT'S OUR PART) ROMANS 10:9-10 (FAITH AND WORKS TOGETHER) THAT IF YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH THE LORD JESUS AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, YOU WILL BE SAVED. FOR WITH THE HEART ONE BELIEVES UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND WITH THE MOUTH CONFESSION IS MADE UNTO SALVATION. WHEN OUR FAITH AND WORKS, WORK TOGETHER THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TOGETHER AND PEOPLE WILL WANT WHAT WE HAVE IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD. REMEMBER BLIND BARTIMAEUS? MARK 10:46-52 NOW THEY CAME TO JERICHO. AS HE WENT OUT OF JERICHO WITH HIS DISCIPLES AND A GREAT MULTITUDE, BLIND

THINGS CHANGE IN OUR LIFE, AND WE LOOK FOR HAPPINESS IN PEOPLE AND THINGS, WHICH ARE NOT ALWAYS THERE. HAPPINESS IS FLEETING, WHILE REAL JOY IN JESUS IS FOREVER. HAPPINESS IS TEMPORARY AND DEPENDS ON OUTSIDE CIRCUMSTANCES.  AND WHEN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE WE BECOME UNHAPPY. ( CONTROLLED BY OUR EMOTIONS) I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE JOY THAT JESUS PLACES DEEP IN OUR HEART, THAN TO HAVE  FLEETING TIMES OF HAPPINESS THAT DOES NOT LAST. DO YOU WANT TO FIND REAL HAPPINESS, IT IS FOUND IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.  HE ALONE CAN PROVIDE SUCH AN EMOTION OF PLEASURE. PSALM 144: 14-15  ( WHEN ALL IS GOING WELL) THAT OUR OXEN MAY BE WELL-LADEN; THERE BE NO OUTCRY IN THE STREETS; HAPPY ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN SUCH A STATE;  HAPPY ARE THE PEOPLE WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD. IT IS EASY TO BE HAPPY WHEN EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL. BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE BLINDSIDED WITH SOMETHING SO UNEXPECTED? THAT'S WHEN WE TAP INTO THE TRUE JOY DEEP IN OUR SOUL.  TRUSTING OUR

REACH THE RELIGIOUS CROWD FIRST, THOSE THAT SAY THEY KNOW GOD. LIKE THE JEWS DID IN JESUS DAY. MATTHEW 10:6-8 "BUT GO RATHER TO THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. AND AS YOU GO PREACH, SAYING THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND. HEAL THE SICK, CLEANSE THE LEPERS, RAISE THE DEAD, CAST OUT DEMONS. FREELY YOU HAVE RECEIVED, FREELY GIVE. ACTS 1:8 BUT YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME UPON YOU;  AND YOU SHALL BE WITNESSES TO ME IN JERUSALEM, AND IN ALL JUDEA AND SAMARIA, AND TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. THERE ARE WONDERFUL RELIGIOUS PEOPLE, FAITHFUL CHURCH ATTENDERS, BUT THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN BORN AGAIN. THERE IS A REASON JESUS SAID GO TO JERUSALEM FIRST,  JUDEA, AND SAMARIA. I HAVE WORKED AS AN ALTAR WORKER AT MANY DIFFERENT CHURCHES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND PEOPLE THAT COME UP FOR PRAYER HAVE A REQUEST. I ALWAYS ASKED THEM HAVE THEY RECEIVED JESUS AS SAVIOR AND THEIR REMARK IS, "I HAVE ALWAYS GONE TO CHURCH. I GO TO THE BIBLE STUDIES AND GIVE MY

WE GO FROM A HARD HEART TO A TENDER HEART WHEN WE EXPERIENCE GOD'S LOVE. EZEKIEL 11:19 THEN I WILL GIVE THEM ONE HEART, AND I WILL PUT A NEW SPIRIT WITHIN THEM, AND TAKE THE STONY HEART OUT OF THEIR FLESH, AND GIVE THEM A HEART OF FLESH. YES, THIS WAS WRITTEN TO ISRAEL, BUT NEVER FORGET WE ARE GRAFTED INTO THE JEWISH BRANCH. LOVE IS APPLIED TO OUR HEART WHEN WE ACCEPT JESUS AS OUR LORD, AND THAT IN TURN PRODUCES GOD'S LOVE. KNOWING HOW DEEPLY GOD LOVES US, WILL CAUSE US TO HAVE A TENDER HEART. EPHESIANS 4:32 AND BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER, TENDERHEARTED, FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER, EVEN AS GOD IN CHRIST FORGAVE YOU. SUCH LOVE, SO UNCONDITIONAL, GOD'S LOVE IS SOMETHING WE CAN ONLY KNOW THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT IMPARTING IT TO OUR HEART. WHEN WE HAVE A TENDER HEART, WE WILL SHOW COMPASSION AND MERCY FOR OTHER'S. GOD'S ATTRIBUTES WILL BE EVIDENT IN OUR WORDS AND ACTIONS. JUST AS JESUS HAS SHOWN US. GOD'S LOVE FOR US IS NEVER CONCEALED.   FOR THE LIGHT

OUR SHIELD COVERS OUR FRONT SIDE FOR A REASON.   IT FILTERS OUT BAD THINGS LIKE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, FEARS, UNCERTAINTIES. OUR FAITH IS OUR PROTECTION FROM THE ENEMY WEAPONS.   THE SHIELD OF FAITH COVERS US FROM HEAD TO TOE.  NOTE THAT IT DOES NOT COVER YOUR BACKSIDE. YOU WERE MEANT TO STAND UP TO YOUR ENEMY NOT TURN AND RUN, AS YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY OVER HIM.  MATTHEW 16:19 AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, AND WHATEVER YOU BIND ON EARTH, WILL BE BOUND IN HEAVEN, AND WHATEVER YOU LOOSE ON EARTH WILL BE LOOSE IN HEAVEN. JESUS GAVE YOU THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM. EPHESIANS 6:14-18 STAND THEREFORE, HAVING GIRDED YOUR WAIST WITH TRUTH, HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND HAVING SHOD YOUR FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE; ABOVE ALL, TAKING THE SHIELD OF FAITH WITH WHICH YOU WILL BE ABLE TO QUENCH ALL THE FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED ONE. AND TAKE THE HELMET OF SALVATION AND THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT , WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD; 

WE MUST LEARN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, TRUTH AND GRACE. TRUTH IS SETTLED FOREVER IN THE HEAVENS. GRACE IS A GIFT GIVEN BY THE LORD.  THE GIFT OF JESUS HIMSELF.  JOHN 1:17 FOR THE LAW WAS GIVEN THROUGH MOSES, BUT GRACE AND TRUTH CAME THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. GOD'S WORD IS TRUTH. JESUS IS THE LIVING TRUTH. HE IS THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. PSALM 119:160 THE ENTIRETY OF YOUR WORD IS TRUTH, AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS ENDURES FOREVER. IF WE ARE A LITTLE OUT OF ALIGNMENT, SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING, WE WILL BE OFF BALANCE.  JESUS IS PERFECTLY BALANCED.  HANG ONTO HIM AND HIS TRUTH. WE CAN HAVE AN UNSTEADY GAIT AT TIMES, AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS LEAN ON JESUS ALL THE MORE. HE WILL EXTEND HIS GRACE TO YOU. GRACE IS UNDESERVED, UNMERITED FAVOR. YOU RECEIVE GRACE WHEN YOU ARE UNSTEADY AND HAVING TROUBLE STAYING BALANCED IN YOUR SPIRITUAL WALK. PRAISE GOD FOR HIS GRACE. MERCY AND GRACE GO HAND AND HAND. TRUTH STANDS SOLID. WE ARE EXTENDED MORE GRACE WHEN WE

THERE IS A BOOK BEING WRITTEN ABOUT OUR LIFE ON THIS EARTH. IT HAS TAKEN A LIFETIME TO WRITE IT SINCE OUR BIRTH AND REBIRTH,  WHEN WE  RECEIVED OUR SAVIOR. RECORDED IN OUR BOOK ARE OUR UPS AND DOWNS, OUR LIKES AND DISLIKES, RELATIONSHIPS WE ENDURED BECAUSE OF OUR LOVE. EVERYONE WHO CAME AND LEFT IN OUR LIFE, THOSE WHO LEFT THEIR MARKS ON OUR HEART. ALL OF OUR TRIALS AND VICTORIES ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK OF OUR LIFE . WHEN WE CHOSE TO BELIEVE GOD'S WORD. THERE ARE MANY CHAPTERS IN THIS BOOK. IT WILL REVEAL THE STEPS OF HOW WE GREW IN THE LORD.   HOW DID WE HANDLE THOSE TIMES THAT SEEMED TO BE SO PAINFUL.  DID WE TURN TO THE LORD, OR DID WE TRY TO HANDLE THINGS OURSELVES? ( SELF WILL)  IN OUR BOOK ARE HOW WE ENDURED THE BUMPS IN THE ROAD.  DID WE CALL ON JESUS?   BECAUSE THAT WILL DETERMINE THE REST OF OUR STORY. PROVERBS 4:10-13 HEAR, MY SON, RECEIVE MY SAYINGS,  AND THE YEARS OF YOUR LIFE WILL BE MANY. I HAVE TAUGHT YOU IN THE WAY OF WISDOM; I HAVE LED