Don't worry.....be happy :)

I want to start out by quoting Philippians 4:6,7 From the amplified: Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. And Gods peace which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your heart and minds in Christ Jesus. The Bible also says in I Peter 5:7 Casting the whole of your care on Him for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully. These verses put it pretty plainly but for the last month I have really been meditating on them and what they mean and I have begun to understand that experiencing peace(no matter what is going on around you) as a child of God is one of the easiest things in the world to access. We live in a society that is constantly busy, constantly moving, and giving us every reason to get anxious and stressed out and without the Lord that is exactly what we do. I understand now that as a child of God, I can look at my God and He is peace. As Jesus is so am I in this world (I John 4:17) For this reason, I look to Him and I know that I have peace, the same peace Jesus has and therefore I will refuse to take on anxiety, or stress or worry that will get me nowhere. I give it to God. I wake up on the morning and one of the first things I say is, "Lord no matter what comes up today,no matter what has the potential to stress me out, or cause me to worry,or become anxious,I will only allow peace in my life, so I give you every worry,care, and anxiety. You don't know what defeat is so I gladly give you every care because I know that you know the beginning from the end and I know that the result will only be victory EVERYTIME!" You might not always feel peace but don't go by your feelings, go by the truth of the Word and know that you have peace that passes all understanding and God wants to take your care and trade it for Victory. We serve such an awesome God and everyone will see Him working in your life when they see you walking in total peace and victory in a busy,stressful,anxious society. Choose peace!!

unchanging love that will always change.....U!!!

If I have learned anything about who my God is....I have absolutely learned that you cannot separate Him from love. So many people in the world,a majority of them being Christians believe that God is a mean God. Now hear me out a minute before you decide that I don't know what Im talking about. How many times have you heard someone tell you that someone is sick because God wanted to teach them a lesson or wanted them to really draw close to Him and that's what it took, or the quite familiar God likes us poor to keep us humble, or God needed another angel in heaven so He took that baby home, and the list goes on and on and it usually is followed up with an amen or a hallelujiah. This sounds like a pretty mean God to me, and most of the world saved and unsaved are rolling things like this off their tongues all day. It's horrible and I will tell people that it is wrong all day everyday for the rest of my life. It's not in the Bible and it's not truth. The word "Gospel" itself means good news and that is exactly what it is. God sent Jesus Christ His only son into this world taking on all the sin of the world, literally becoming sin (2 Cor 5:21)so that we as born again believers would be free. God sent Jesus making a way for us to walk in victory all the time in this world. Anything opposite from victory is opposite of who God is and what God does. Our God is a good God. I heard one preacher ask why so many Christians are fighting to be sick and poor and Id like to know the same thing. It says in Romans 13:10 it says that love is the fulfilling of the law and earlier in scripture it says that Jesus is the fulfilling of the law. This let's us know that God doesn't just love,He is love. When we as the body of Christ will begin to receive the love God has for us we will never be the same. We can't keep rejecting it by believing he does bad things to people for any reason. He has nothing bad to give,Jesus took it all for the believer on The cross. Jesus died for the whole world to be saved and if we cant receive His love for us we are going to have a hard time letting the world know how much God loves them and wants them to be a part of His family. There has been nothing more life changing in my life than discovering and receiving Gods unchanging love for me. The more I understand and experience His love for me the more I fall in love with Him. Let Jesus love you today..and EVERY DAY!! There is nothing you can do to make Him change His mind and not love you. (Rom 8: 38,39) God has only good things to give you!