Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Thinking You Are Not Good Enough
Many of us feel we do not measure up. Many of us feel we are not quite good enough. Realistically, no one can be the best at everything. No one can "measure up" in every part of life. All of us have deficiencies and faults. However, should we carry a burden on our back because we feel we are not quite good enough? No, we should not carry such a burden. The reason we should not carry this kind of dark burden is that in Christ's eyes we ARE good enough. In Christ's eyes, we were good enough He was willing to die for us. In Christ's eyes, His destination for us in the world and heaven is such a glorious destination, the idea of your not being quite good enough is ridiculous to Him. As a child of God, you are more than worthy. As a child of God, you can exceed all expectations of what the world expects a person to be. To think about your trying to measure up to a defective yardstick the world creates is total foolishness. In Christ, you measure up. In Christ, you are called one of His own. Christ saw you were good enough to die for and he did, that how much he loves you.
Monday, January 4, 2021
You Have An Opportunity In The Darkness To Make A Difference
In your every darkness, there is an opportunity of some kind. In the present darkness of your world exists the opportunity to touch the life and heart of millions of people. People are hurting today. People are searching for hope. In Christ, we have the Great Healer to take away the hurt. In Christ, we have the Hope of the World to supply our hope. In your daily life, you have an opportunity to give to others what they desperately want and need. You have the opportunity to give others hope, healing, and love transcending all understanding. You have the opportunity to help heal emotional wounds, to help assuage the broken heart, to soothe the effects of trauma, and to help erase the scars left from a person's past. To do these marvelous and miraculous works, you need no special training or special education of any kind. To do marvelous and miraculous works, give your life to Christ. Let His love flow out from you then over to others. Most importantly, Jesus can heal our emotional hurts and erase the scars from the past when we cannot heal ourselves.
Sunday, January 3, 2021
Your Importance To God
It is easy to think we are not important to God. Each of us is only a speck among the mass of His humanity that populates the earth. We walk upon the earth only a brief time compared to the time the earth has been in existence. However, no matter how small and insignificant we think we are to God, God thinks otherwise. To God, you are so important He was willing to send His only child to die for you. You are so important to God, He will walk with you and look over you all the days of your life. You are so important to God, no matter how far away you walk from God's path, He will always call you back to be His own. You are so important to God, no matter how much you fail to do what God wants you to do, He will always forgive you and call you to be His child. You are so important to God, no matter how lost you might be or how lost you might become in your life, God will always search for you as a parent searches for a lost child. You are so important to God, He will do all of these things for you because He loves you. Remembering you are important to God and remembering God loves you will carry you over every difficult moment you will ever experience. Remembering God loves you will give you the power to overcome all the obstacles of your life. Whatever we think about our life, about others, about ourselves, or God, we must always remember we are important to God and He loves us beyond our ability to comprehend.
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Things God Won't Ask On THAT Day
1. God won't ask what kind of car you drove.
He'll ask how many people you drove
who didn't have transportation?
2. God won't ask the square footage
of your house.
He'll ask how many people you
welcomed into your home.
3. God won't ask about the clothes
you had in your closet.
He'll ask how many you helped to
clothe.
4. God won't ask what your highest
salary was.
He'll ask if you compromised your
character to obtain it.
5. God won't ask what your job title
was.
He'll ask if you performed your job
to the best of your ability.
6. God won't ask how many friends you
had.
He'll ask how many people to whom you
were a friend.
7. God won't ask in what neighborhood
you lived.
He'll ask how you treated your
neighbors.
8. God won't ask about the color of
your skin.
He'll ask about the content of your
character.
Friday, January 1, 2021
Thinking The Worst
You always have a choice about thinking the worst or thinking the best. As an example of thinking the worst, a woman once lived a life where bad times seemed to come to her as if she was a magnet for the worst in life. She continually thought about bad things happening. She continually thought about the worst that could happen and in many instances, the worst did happen. Her mind was working, but her mind was working in the wrong direction. Her mind continually contemplated awful things that could happen in the future. Her kind of thinking about the future in "awful" terms has been termed "awfulizing." This "awfulizing" kind of thinking can and does affect us in body, mind, and spirit. Every day of our life, we contribute to our success and well-being by how we think. In the same way, we can take away from our success or well-being by how we think. When we pray and meditate, as we become more aware of what we think and how we think, we can choose our mental responses. We can choose whether we think the worst or think the best. As we pray and meditate, we can become aware of what is going on within us. Then we can respond to what is going on within us. In prayer and meditation, we must also become aware of what gives us hope because anything giving us hope gives us life.
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