I was listening to the song called the way you father me and it made me think that we can have no better dad than God. He is the ‘perfect dad’ he listens to us he prays for us and much more. But how often do our own earthly dads do that for us. We need that special someone to talk to about our problems that we face day in day out.
Some people don’t have dads so they rely on upon God to be their daddy.
When was the last time you listened to what God had to tell you and you were obedient to what he has told you. Are we obedient to his word or do you brush it to one side.
My personal experience when they say words or pictures up the front of church I think those words can’t be for me there must be someone else who that God wants to talk to. This is one mistake which I now regret taking advantage of. So next time I am at church I am going to try and be more obedient to if anything I need prayer for.
We also have God who will pray for us if we are sick and make us feel better by healing us. We also have different names for God like for example Jehovah-Rohi means The Lord is my Shepherd. What do you call your dad I call mine Papa Gino for strange reason.
Our God also can love us unconditionally no matter what we have done wrong. It just indescribable how much love one man can pour out to all of his children at once?
How amazing is it that he knows everything about us even the things before they even happen. He has it all planned we just have to be patient to find out what God has in store.
What do you think God has got in store for you? He even knows the minuscule details like the amount of hairs on our head how many people do you know that? In Matthew 10:30 - 31 it says ‘And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. [31] so don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.’
How amazing to think that God thinks your more valuable than a whole flock of sparrows. I am going to challenge myself and you to be more obedient to him and listen to what he has to say.
Maybe you could be more loving, caring a good listener to someone that you cherish the most like God does for us. Remember that you are never far away from the love of God.
May God bless you as you read this.
Sunday 20 March 2011
Friday 18 March 2011
Working for God's Kingdom whilst rembering to rest
Today I started to work at 6:45am which was a real challenge to be up in time but as there was not much excuse like that there was traffic along the way which is lame excuse. Whilst working I was feeling really tired from the previous day but I was trying to keep my spirits up knowing that I am serving for God's kingdom.
How do we keep the momentum going without feeling as though we are wearing slowly into burn out mode. The importance of rest is so important now a days where we can keep going and not take a break. If I did not take a break for 15 mins just to be I would of over cooked myself.
So why do we need to rest in Matthew 11:28-30 "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. {29} "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. {30} "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
So I have now finished work for the day an hour a go and now enjoying my rest period before fulfilling my role as working for God's Kingdom by helping to serve dinner. Then enjoying my day off tomorrow with hopefully having a long lie in.
How do we keep the momentum going without feeling as though we are wearing slowly into burn out mode. The importance of rest is so important now a days where we can keep going and not take a break. If I did not take a break for 15 mins just to be I would of over cooked myself.
So why do we need to rest in Matthew 11:28-30 "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. {29} "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. {30} "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
So I have now finished work for the day an hour a go and now enjoying my rest period before fulfilling my role as working for God's Kingdom by helping to serve dinner. Then enjoying my day off tomorrow with hopefully having a long lie in.
Wednesday 16 March 2011
Just
So many people like me label ourselves as “just” children’s workers or youth workers. God wants us to be more than just that single label that we are known to be doing.
We can so easily be labelled as the person who always puts the chairs away after church or the person who always provides good meals for Alpha or for other public events. Where we are one of the few people who do it we are always associated with that specific title or label
We have gifts that God wants us to explore we just need to test them to see if they are what god wants us to have. Until we try them we don’t know if God can use them for his glory.
Once certain people always do it no one else seems to realise that the more of us who do it the less pressure on others to constantly do it. This can sometimes affect people’s self esteem knowing that they are “Just” that person. When looking “just” up in the dictionary it comes up with only, simply and barely. This means that we can be sometimes the only person who does it.
If all people were not labelled as “just” it would make some things simpler and other do not feel pressured to be relied upon more often and others could help out to make the job seem that little bit smaller.
When we rely on those certain people more often they will soon start to wear out and over time they will become exhausted. This will then mean you will lose those valuable people who help every time. More often than ever some people who help on a regular basis and say thank you for your help know how to appreciate what they have done to help out. But sometimes we forget about how small saying thank you is to someone.
So I would like to thank anyone who has helped me in my job, carer on anywhere else. What would I do without your help I do not know I would be merely struggling along. So I challenge you to say thank you to anyone who helped you in your life and not thought to say thank you after. It does not take much as we so easily forget as I said above those two simple words can make someone feel so much more valued in what they are doing and not feel they are not noticed.
God bless you as you read this.
We can so easily be labelled as the person who always puts the chairs away after church or the person who always provides good meals for Alpha or for other public events. Where we are one of the few people who do it we are always associated with that specific title or label
We have gifts that God wants us to explore we just need to test them to see if they are what god wants us to have. Until we try them we don’t know if God can use them for his glory.
Once certain people always do it no one else seems to realise that the more of us who do it the less pressure on others to constantly do it. This can sometimes affect people’s self esteem knowing that they are “Just” that person. When looking “just” up in the dictionary it comes up with only, simply and barely. This means that we can be sometimes the only person who does it.
If all people were not labelled as “just” it would make some things simpler and other do not feel pressured to be relied upon more often and others could help out to make the job seem that little bit smaller.
When we rely on those certain people more often they will soon start to wear out and over time they will become exhausted. This will then mean you will lose those valuable people who help every time. More often than ever some people who help on a regular basis and say thank you for your help know how to appreciate what they have done to help out. But sometimes we forget about how small saying thank you is to someone.
So I would like to thank anyone who has helped me in my job, carer on anywhere else. What would I do without your help I do not know I would be merely struggling along. So I challenge you to say thank you to anyone who helped you in your life and not thought to say thank you after. It does not take much as we so easily forget as I said above those two simple words can make someone feel so much more valued in what they are doing and not feel they are not noticed.
God bless you as you read this.
Freely You Gave
Each day Jesus gives us our lives so we can live out to his praise and glory. Whenever we do something in his name do we pray beforehand and give thanks for how well something has gone. Jesus gave up his life upon a cross so he can take our sins away.
I personally cannot believe that one slip of the tongue I can sin and Jesus will take that all on the cross for me and what about you. So freely he gave it all up just for us. What gets me through the day knowing that I am giving something back to Jesus for serenading his life and that I owe him one in some way. This is why I sometimes do so much serving at church or elsewhere because I want to give something in return.
As the song ‘This is Our God’ by Hillsong goes ‘freely you gave it all for us surrended your life upon that cross. Great is the love poured out for all this is Our God.’ We sometimes take for granted for what he has done for us do you?
I am going to challenge some of you to say thanks to Jesus each time he does something in your favour and he has helped you with something. I personally do not give enough praise to him for what he has done. Maybe he has answered prayer or given you a gift that he wants you to be able to explore more.
I felt God telling me that I am calling you to be a Children’s worker. I know that’s my calling so as you know I am working towards that calling. What is God calling you to be evangelist, youth worker, actor and many more? Following your calling you may encounter some troubles but they will build you up to be a stronger person inside and out.
May God bless you as read this.
I personally cannot believe that one slip of the tongue I can sin and Jesus will take that all on the cross for me and what about you. So freely he gave it all up just for us. What gets me through the day knowing that I am giving something back to Jesus for serenading his life and that I owe him one in some way. This is why I sometimes do so much serving at church or elsewhere because I want to give something in return.
As the song ‘This is Our God’ by Hillsong goes ‘freely you gave it all for us surrended your life upon that cross. Great is the love poured out for all this is Our God.’ We sometimes take for granted for what he has done for us do you?
I am going to challenge some of you to say thanks to Jesus each time he does something in your favour and he has helped you with something. I personally do not give enough praise to him for what he has done. Maybe he has answered prayer or given you a gift that he wants you to be able to explore more.
I felt God telling me that I am calling you to be a Children’s worker. I know that’s my calling so as you know I am working towards that calling. What is God calling you to be evangelist, youth worker, actor and many more? Following your calling you may encounter some troubles but they will build you up to be a stronger person inside and out.
May God bless you as read this.
Sunday 13 March 2011
Start work from Day 1
Hello Everyone
So I arrived yesterday evening all is well. Got given a pack which had a big wodge of information to read which is something I am going to need to sit down and do at some point. In my pack it said that I would be starting work tomorrow. Due to confusion I started work today at 10:15am. So my first job of the day was help prepare some of the food for the lunch time meals for the guests.
After seening my parents off I was left to carry on help serve the food to guests. Afterwards I was left to enjoy eating a yummy roast dinner out in the glorious sunshine. Which was weird eating a roast out in the glorious weather and eating one of their animals they had reared themselves. I have just returned from going out with a few of the people for a cream tea in the local village of Lynton. Which having scones with clotted cream freshly made was delicious.
Just enjoying my spare time at the moment and going to write a few letters to some people. Will try and update this in next few days whenever I have a spare moment.
Love to all who reads this and God bless
So I arrived yesterday evening all is well. Got given a pack which had a big wodge of information to read which is something I am going to need to sit down and do at some point. In my pack it said that I would be starting work tomorrow. Due to confusion I started work today at 10:15am. So my first job of the day was help prepare some of the food for the lunch time meals for the guests.
After seening my parents off I was left to carry on help serve the food to guests. Afterwards I was left to enjoy eating a yummy roast dinner out in the glorious sunshine. Which was weird eating a roast out in the glorious weather and eating one of their animals they had reared themselves. I have just returned from going out with a few of the people for a cream tea in the local village of Lynton. Which having scones with clotted cream freshly made was delicious.
Just enjoying my spare time at the moment and going to write a few letters to some people. Will try and update this in next few days whenever I have a spare moment.
Love to all who reads this and God bless
Friday 11 March 2011
God on My Side
When ever we feel down we always need something to boost us back up again. We will always have that someone to do that and that is God. He will be walking alongside us keeping us boosted. As the song 'Our God' by Chris Tomlin goes
And if Our God is for us, then who could ever stop us
And if our God is with us, then what can stand against?
And if Our God is for us, then who could ever stop us
And if our God is with us, then what can stand against?
We need to remember not to try and do things on our own strength but constantly praying and using God's guidance and wisdom and how deal with situations and descions. In our lives we face all kinds of giants big and small it may be a fear or something else.
With God on my side I can perseve and get through all barriers. Phillipians 4:13 'For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.'
At the moment I am strugggling withn idea of packing up all my belongings. The thought of packing and leaving all my friends and going to Devon makes me feel all emotional inside but I can never find the right emotions or words to express that feeling inside. With God's help alongside me I know I can battle through it and come out stronger.
Just think about this for a moment how do you express those feelings that are deep down in your heart that you have kept contained for so long. We maybe look at the Cross where our Saviour died and be thankful for what Jesus has done for us.
May God bless you as you read this right now.
And if Our God is for us, then who could ever stop us
And if our God is with us, then what can stand against?
And if Our God is for us, then who could ever stop us
And if our God is with us, then what can stand against?
We need to remember not to try and do things on our own strength but constantly praying and using God's guidance and wisdom and how deal with situations and descions. In our lives we face all kinds of giants big and small it may be a fear or something else.
With God on my side I can perseve and get through all barriers. Phillipians 4:13 'For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.'
At the moment I am strugggling withn idea of packing up all my belongings. The thought of packing and leaving all my friends and going to Devon makes me feel all emotional inside but I can never find the right emotions or words to express that feeling inside. With God's help alongside me I know I can battle through it and come out stronger.
Just think about this for a moment how do you express those feelings that are deep down in your heart that you have kept contained for so long. We maybe look at the Cross where our Saviour died and be thankful for what Jesus has done for us.
May God bless you as you read this right now.
Written on his hands
During worship time on Tuesday a few of us were singing the song 'Counting on Your Name' by Tim Hughes. One of the verses says 'My name is written on your hands, you have called me your own, you have called me your own'
It made me think that we sometimes write things down on our hands becuase we don't want to forget something important. Were as God would put our names on his hand so he does not forget you or me. He called us to be his own children and that we are really important to him and that he cares for us. It's funny how we can't get our heads around the fact that we think that he must have these huge hands to fit all our names on.
Everytime someone becomes a Christian he adds it to the rest of the names on his hands so he does not forget them. Are you on God's hands so he does not forget you and is he on your hands so you don't forget him?
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