Thought For The Day

  Learning to praise God through our hard times, makes it easy, when we encounter good times. It takes knowing God to praise Him in the hard places in life.  Knowing deep down in our heart that Jesus loves us.  When we know Jesus, we will love to praise Him. When we know the Lord personally, we know He will bring us through the hard times. Psalms 71:6-8 By you I have been upheld from birth;  You are He who took me out of my mother's womb. My Praise shall be continually of You. I have become as a wonder to many, But You are my strong refuge.  Let my mouth be filled with Your praise and Your glory all the day. When we praise the Lord a supernatural power is released. I experienced this years ago when my pastor sent me to a ladies house because she was hysterical, and they couldn't calm her down. I asked the Lord, "What shall I do? He said "have her read out loud Psalms 150" So I had her read Psalm 150 all the way through.   She calmed down and I could pray with her

  Beloved, when you feel obligated by too many things, it will weigh heavily on our heart, Jesus' burden is light, not heavy. Doing something because we enjoy doing it, gives us joy and peace.  Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. Never feel indebted for a favor, receive it as a gift from the Lord. Not an obligation to pay back. We can fulfill our obligations after we have included Jesus and the Holy Spirit in our day. Some things that we do religiously, can only just be a habit, our heart not in it. (Think on this) God wants to introduce us to new people and things, so that we can do His will with joy. Paul said that he was obligated or indebted to the Greeks and the Barbarians, both to the wise and the foolish.   Paul knew in order to fulfill His obligation to these people, that He must first spend time in prayer and listen to the Holy Spirt. Romans 1:14 I am a debtor both to Greeks

When we do things out of duty or obligation, When our heart is not in it,  it is like trying to row a boat that is tied to the dock.  It doesn't move forward.   Neither do we. This is believing that we have never done enough to please God or our leaders. Feeling obligated. To be obligated: Is a state of indebtedness to an act or favor, also the act. Being morally and legally bound to do something. When we do our works because we feel obligated, it will weigh us down. This usually takes precedence over time in God's word and prayer. We need to seek Jesus first!!! Some say a quick prayer and do their obligation, when their heart is not really in it. Duty. Beloved, Jesus does want you to feel obligated to do His will, He wants you to be like the disciple that went praising God, and returned praising God and being joyful. (Luke 10:1-17) read the whole message. Jesus sent the seventy out to share the gospel, sent them two by two.  They went willingly. Luke 10:17-20 Then the seventy

We have an inheritance in Christ Jesus our Lord, because we have been sealed by he Holy Spirit. A seal is a stamp of authority that we belong to God. The owner of that seal will open it one day. Jesus Christ our Lord, He is the owner. Ephesians 1:13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise. This is proof of the Holy Spirit's presence in your life.  He is working in your heart to produce the desire for repentance when needed and to develop the fruit of the Spirit. Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love , joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,  faithfulness, gentleness, self -control, Against such there is no law. When we have a passion for prayer, praise,  and want to show God's love to people, this is evidence that the Holy Spirit has renewed our heart and that we are sealed by Him. We can be confident and live out our lives in j