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2:3 For still the vision awaits its time; it hastens to the end--it will not lie. If it seem slow, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay. So God gave that verse to me recently. I just wanted to share it. God was showing me that I need to wait on him even when them time seems slow. and that he will not delay on His timing. Thought I would share that!
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(insert name),
I love you, I shed my own blood for you to make you clean. You are new, so believe it, it is true. You are lovely in my eyes, and I created you to be just as you are. Don't criticize yourself or get down for not being perfect in your own eyes. This leads only to frustration. I want you to trust me, (insert name), and tak one day at a time. Dwell in my power and love and be free. Be yourself and don't allow other people to run you.
I will guide you if you let me. Be aware of my presence in everything. I give you patience, love, joy and peace. Look to me for answers. I am your shepherd and will lead you. Follow me only. Don't ever forget this. Listen and I will tell you my will.
I love you, (insert name).
I love you!
Let it flow from you, spilling over to all you touch. Be not concerned with yourself, you are my responsibility. I will change you without you hardly knowing it. You are to love yourself and to love others simply because I love you. Take your eyes off of yourself; look only to and at me. I lead, I change, I make, but not when you are trying; I won't fight your efforts.
You are mind, (insert name). Let me have the joy of making you like Christ. Let me give you joy, peace and kindness. No one else can! You're not your own. You have been bought with blood and now belong to me. Your only demand is to look to me and only me, never to yourself and never to others. Don't struggle. Relax in my love. Stop trying. Let me make you what I want. My will is perfect, my love sufficient, I love you, (insert name).
Love, Jesus
Psalm 27 :
27:1 <[A Psalm] of David.> The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 27:2 When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 27:3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this [will] I [be] confident. 27:4 One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. 27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. 27:6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. 27:7 Hear, O LORD, [when] I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. 27:8 [When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. 27:9 Hide not thy face [far] from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. 27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. 27:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. 27:12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. 27:13 [I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
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A Wrong Focus For Reading and Meditation: 1 Thessalonians 5:14-23 5:14 And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all. 5:15 See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all. 5:16 Rejoice always; 5:17 pray without ceasing; 5:18 in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward. 5:19 Quench not the Spirit; 5:20 despise not prophesyings; 5:21 prove all things; hold fast that which is good; 5:22 abstain from every form of evil. 5:23 And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. "Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will." (v. 18). Someone has said that a neurotic is a person who focuses more on what he lacks than on what he possesses. Many of us live on he borders of neurosis because we fail to recognize the blessings of God in our lives and the way in which He is working all things out for good. Someone wrote to me, "For weeks I had been going about concentrating on the difficulties in my life, and I had become deeply depressed. Then something you said in Every Day with Jesus caused me to look at the good things that were happening to me, and instantly the depression lifted." This letter doesn't surprise me, for I have come to see that life works like this: If we focus on our difficulties, we get depressed; if we focus on God's mercies, we will be uplifted. It's so easy to concentrate on the negative things in our lives. So many of our waking hours are spent thinking about what is going wrong--business problems, disagreements, broken possessions--that we use up emotional energy which could be put to better use. Some people complain because God put thorns on roses; others thank Him for putting roses on thorns. How much time do we focus on what is going right---usually the 80 percent taken for granted areas? Express Gratitude A great thinker once said, " Man is not made happy by what he has but by what he is thankful for." Whether it be material possessions, success, friendship, or love, every factor which might bring us greater happiness only makes us actually happier as we appreciate it. It's so simple. Someone gives you a gift, and as you thank them for it, they are gratified. Thankfulness rewards the giver, but it rewards the receiver too. To receive without being thankful is to miss the joy of appreciation which is the real gift. A gift unappreciated is, in one sense, ungiven. Father God, I know You are trying to teach me that I am fulfilled not by what I possess but by what I am thankful for. Burn this truth deeper and deeper into my spirit. For Jesus' sake. Amen If we focus on God's mercies, we will be uplifted.
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