Showing posts with label perfection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label perfection. Show all posts
Saturday, December 7, 2019
Friday, September 14, 2018
You are beautiful when you let God glorify your body - inside and out
"My eager expectation and hope is that i will not be ashamed about anything, but that now and always with all boldness, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether by life or death."
Philippians 1:20 HCSB
Beauty doesn't come from trying so hard to stay lean, fit, young, etc. No, beauty comes from God, beauty comes from God within you. So stop trying so hard, you are only wasting your time and your mental and physical energy.
MY FRIEND, JUST BE
YOU!!
Saturday, December 2, 2017
You are so beautiful
“Abandon these silly god-superstitions and embrace God himself. We don’t make God; he makes us, and all of this – sky, earth, sea, and everything in them.”
Acts 14:14-15 MSG
Abandon these silly world-given thoughts and ideas of what perfection is; abandon your-own-self ideas of what perfection is; instead, embrace God and all that he is. We didn’t make ourselves nor did the world make us, God made us! We are his perfection and we ought to embrace every part of it.
Remember, God loves us unconditionally, so we should love ourselves in the same way: unconditionally, compassionately, and with reverence and awe of the amazing person we are becoming. Yes, we are God’s beauty. We are his glory. We are made in his image. We are made to be victorious. And, most of all, we are made to live life!!!
Monday, November 27, 2017
1 Peter 3:3-4New International Version (NIV)
“3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. 4 Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.”
Are you gentle and quiet or loud and obnoxious - Are your actions for man or for God?
I’ll have to say, although I hate to admit, many of my actions, words, and thoughts are so I can be accepted by man and/or to please my own flesh. I have a big fear of being rejected, as well as the drive to be perfect in all that I endeavor upon. However, I do have to say, I am a lot better than I used to be and growing stronger every day! How about you? Are you living for God, for man, or for your own flesh?
If you find you are spending your life trying to please anything or anyone but God, (like myself), then you are probably worn out and tired, (again, like me). So, I know and believe that it is due time we give our flesh, our actions, and our words to God; it is time we let go of the heavy burdens we put on ourselves and begin to live in freedom and in His everlasting glory. It is time for God to shine from within, allowing our beauty to shine and grow ever so brightly.
Yes, my friends, it is time. The time is now, and our days of wasting must come to an end…
Life is too short for the hassles anyway.
Cross references: 1 Peter 3:3 : Isa 3:18-23; 1Ti 2:91 Peter 3:4 : Ro 7:22; Eph 3:16
2. Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Friday, October 27, 2017
God's good, good grace
God’s amazing grace removes the burden of our lack of perfection ~ His strength is perfected in our weakness’s, freeing us from the afflictions of feeling ‘less than’. Don’t you see that the more flaws we have (and Lord knows I have many!), the more He is working, strengthening, and perfecting us. So, let’s rejoice in our imperfections, knowing that our GREAT GOD is glowing from within.
Sunday, July 16, 2017
Your body is not your own. Your body is God's.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20New Living Translation (NLT)
19 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.
Are you honoring God with your body? Are you following the Spirit of God, or your own spirit of never being quite up to par? Are you consistently beating yourself up, putting yourself down, over-eating, over-exercising, over-critizing yourself, your looks, your body? I know that most of us can answer these questions with a big ol', 'YES!', which means we are beating up God's beautiful creation; which means, we are basically living in sin - sin (all sin, no matter the sin) which leads to death.
Well enough is enough! It is time to stop focusing on death and begin to focus on God, LIFE! We must try to remember that He owns our bodies, He made our bodies, and, therefore, we must change our way of thinking about our bodies; the way we talk about our bodies, the way we torture our bodies with food, exercise, stress and strain, and the way we look at and see ourselves, (our bodies), in the mirror.
Friends, change is in dire order if a good portion of your life is spent being unhappy with YOU; who you are and how you were made. So, let's begin to live out the way God has made us. Let's see our bodies the way that God made them: perfect!! And, most of all, remember this: our bodies are God's and made by God, and He makes no imperfect being.
You are beautiful! Now, begin to live and believe like it!!!
New Living Translation (NLT)
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Friday, March 10, 2017
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Your strength will come from settling down in complete dependence on God
“Your strength will come from settling down in complete dependence on God…
He is waiting to be gracious to you.
He’s gathering strength to show mercy to you.
God takes the time to do everything right – everything.
Those who wait around for him are the lucky ones.” Isaiah 30:15-18
Ultimate strength comes from relying on and believing in God - patience for him leads to perfection in the highest. So, pray, seek, and believe, and know that God is walking ahead of you, clearing the path of perfection for you to follow.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Perfection
“… Why, even the moon has its flaws,
Even the stars aren’t perfect in God’s eyes…”
Job 25:5
God is the All-Perfect and Almighty, so it is only a waste of time for you to be killing yourself trying to be.
My friend, accept, love, and embrace who you are, as-is! You are exactly who and how God wants you to be; you are His creation, which is perfection in the highest!
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Stand before God
“… who can stand before God, this holy
God?...” 1 Samuel 6:19-20, The MSG
As
a child God, not only can you stand
before God, but you can stand with God as well. My friend, God is with
you, surrounding you, loving you… holding you. So, never feel that you
are alone or unworthy of our great God – you are made by Him, for Him,
in His likeness, and in His perfection; you
are made for greatness. So, stand before Him and pour out your heart –
He wants you to and He’s ready anytime you are.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Who do you think made you?
God
said, “And who do you think made the human mouth? And who makes some
mute, some deaf, some sighted, some blind?
Isn’t it I, God? So, get going, I’ll be right there with you – with
your mouth! I’ll be right there to teach you what to say.” Exodus
4:11-12
God
made you in perfection! God made you exactly as you are for a reason.
With God, you have no handicap, you have no
flaws, you are not a minority, and you have no imperfections. So, set
out and do what your heart (God) is leading you to do. Like the passage
says, God will be right there with you, teaching you, speaking through
you, and giving you the anointing to do what
the world says is impossible for you to do.
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Perfection is God, not human!
"And He did not need anyone to bear witness concerning man [needed no evidence from anyone about men], for He Himself knew what was in human nature. [He could read men's hearts.] John 2:25 AMP
God knows us, and He knows that we are not perfect, which means we can stop trying so darn hard to be. Perfection is God, not human, and as humans, we will always fall short. Some of us, myself included, practically kill ourselves trying to be perfect, and all we are doing is using precious energy, frustrating our lives, and overwhelming our hearts - essentially, wasting precious time. All God wants from us is our undying love and faith in Him and to give Him our imperfect selves; and, in turn, He will turn us more and more into His perfect likeness.
So, trust in God to perfect you; do the best you can in all situations, and cut yourself some slack when you fall short. Life is too short, God loves you too much, and there is nothing you can do that is going to allow you to be the perfect human. As a matter of fact, be honored when you fall short, because if your faith is true, and you hand your imperfection over to Him, you can be witness to some amazing miracles that will soon come to pass in your life ... and, boy-oh-boy, His miracles are not something we ever want to miss!!
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