Choose life!

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"... The word is right here and now - as near as the tongue in your mouth, as near as the heart in your chest.  Just do it!... Love God, your God. Walk in his ways.  Keep his commandments, regulations, and rules so that you will live, really live, live exuberantly,  blessed by God, your God, in the land you are about to enter and possess... I place before you Life and Death, Blessing and Curse.  Choose life so that you and your children will live.  And love God, your God, listening obediently to him, firmly embracing him.  Oh yes, he is life itself..." 

Deuteronomy 30: 11-14, 19-20 The MSG

Choose life ~ Choose God!

Obedience and vigilance to God

“Be vigilant, listen obediently… doing what is good and right in the eyes of God, your God.” Deuteronomy 12:28, The Message

Vigilance and obedience to God equals blessing and favor to man.

 

If you live by my decrees and obediently keep my commandments, I will...

"If you live by my decrees and obediently keep my commandments, I will send rain in their seasons, the ground will yield its crops and the trees of the field their fruit... you will have more than enough to eat and will safe and secure in your land.  I will make the country a place of peace - you'll be able to sleep at night without fear; I'll get rid of wild beasts; I'll eliminate war.  You'll chase out your enemies and defeat them... I'll give you my full attention: I'll make sure you prosper, make sure you grow in numbers, and keep my covenant with you in good working order... I'll set up my residence in your neighborhood; I won't avoid or shun you; I'll stroll through your streets.  I'll be your God; you'll be my people..." Leviticus 26:3-13, The Message

WOW - all this and all we have to do is be the kind of people that God wants us to be: loving, kind, honest, peaceful, hard-working, loyal, able, selfless, humble, giving, and devoted to Him.  My goodness, God is easy - we, the people, have really gone and made this life almost impossible.  Why?  Well, whatever our reasons, change begins with you and me.  So, one person at a time: it's time to get our lives back and live in freedom - live the way that God intended us to live in the first place.

Be a difference maker for good,not evil

"Remind people to be submissive to [their] magistrates and authorities, to be obedient, to be prepared and willing to do any upright and honorable work, To slander or abuse or speak evil of no one, to avoid being contentious, to be forbearing (yielding, gentle, and conciliatory), and to show unqualified courtesy toward everybody."  Titus 3:1-2 AMPC

Friend, take these words as my reminder to you.  For me, as I read them today, I realized I've been falling short, and I ask, with all sincerity, for the forgiveness of God.  So, if you, like me, have been falling short, repent and begin anew; let's be difference makers for good and not for evil.

Willing and able

Willing and able

“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean…cease to do evil…Learn to do right! Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, and correct the oppressor…If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land.” 

Isaiah 1:16, 17, 19

Today is a brand new day.  Today is a day to make your wrongs right!  Clean out the garbage from your heart, your mind, your life!  Stand up to evil, on the inside of you and in your surroundings, seek justice for yourself and those around you, do good to all, and start walking in the direction that God is leading you.  You can do it – ask Him, and in His way (a way only you will understand) He will tell you.

So, are you ready to live your best life possible? Then, heed this verse today – with all of your attention and understanding – and let our amazing Lord show you what miraculous really means.