Everlasting strength

"For thus saith the Lord God... in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength."

Isaiah 30:15

Find quiet time with Christ every day, for in him lies unending and everlasting strength to keep living and moving.  

Now then...

"Now then, stand still and see this great thing the Lord is about to do before your eyes."

1 Samuel 12:16

This is your day! Every day is your day! However, you will never realize it until you stop trying to control your own life.  It is time to step back, take a deep breath - STAND STILL - and let God take over, step back and watch as great things begin to happen in your life.  Yes, when you give God the reigns over your life, your life overflows with his goodness, glory, and great things for you.  

Now then, my friend, STAND STILL.

Worshipping the Lord comes first.

"Early the next morning they arose and worshipped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah..."

1 Samuel 1:9

Before anything else, before you begin your day, spending time with the Lord is a must.  For if you don't, if you choose not to, you will find your life falling into chaos, despair, fear, and worry.  Therefore, take an extra few minutes out of your every day and spend it with God; take the extra few minutes out of your everyday and find out that life is really beautiful, dreams really do come true, and mountains do move when you speak words of power (words of God) to them.

Do not lose heart - do not give up!

"Therefore, we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 

-2 Corinthians 4:16

'To renew your mind, you're going to have to let go of the old attitudes, the old thought patterns, the old images that you have been living with so you can put on the new garments God has for you.' ~ The Daniel Plan Journal

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Missing out.

"... Steep yourself in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions.  You'll find your everyday human concerns will be met.  Don't be afraid of missing out.  You're my dearest friends!  The Father wants to  give you the very kingdom itself."  Luke 12:29-32. MSG

When our lives revolve around Christ, we never miss out on anything in this life.  Actually, quite the opposite.  When our lives revolve around Christ, the only things we miss out on are the things that God knows won't be good for us.  

So, look at this way: if we don't have it, it is probably because He is protecting us from harm, and he has something much, much better for us anyway.

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Without a care in the world

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he came and set his people free… Just as he promised long ago… So we can worship him without a care in the world… made holy before him as long as we live.” Luke 1:67-79 MSG

As believers, we have been set free, we have a new life given onto us, and our cares are God’s cares.  This means that we can give him all our worries and anxieties and live our everyday lives in a calm delight.  So… are you living your everyday life in a calm delight? Boy, I sure want to, but I find myself spending many days in worry, fret, hurry, frustration, and weariness.  If you find yourself in the same boat as me, let’s begin to challenge ourselves; let’s give God what we can’t control, and take the opportunity in each and every situation - good or bad - to find the good in it.  Let’s dig deeper into God, and not in the world.  Otherwise we are going to be continually wasting our lives away on nonsense, on things of the world - things that really don’t matter when all is said and done.

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Give your life, daily, as an offering to God

"... Take your everyday, ordinary life... and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.  Don't become so well adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking.  Instead, fix your attention on God.  You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you and quickly respond to it... God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you." Romans 12:1-2

 

Take yourself and your life out of this world, and give it, daily, over to God.  If you do, you will find that there is more to life than you have ever thought imaginable or possible.  

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