Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Be conscious of Christ's presence in your life

Be conscious of Christ's presence and see the miraculous works of God
manifestating in your life!

Abraham was conscious of the Lord's presence in his life. Wherever he
pitched his tent, he would build an altar to worship God. He believed God
and God accounted him as righteous. God even called Abraham His friend.
What an honour!

Joseph was aware of God's presence in his life also. He was blessed and
favoured by his father and that was the main reason why his brothers wanted
to kill him. Joseph was eventually sold as a slave in Egypt. Even in the
house of his master, the blessings of the Lord were apparent in his life
for whatever he did, it prospered.

When Joseph was tempted by his mistress, he was so conscious of God's
presence in his life that he ran away from his mistress declaring he won't
commit such wickedness in His presence! He was thrown into the dungeon when
the mistress accused him of trying to rape her.

Even when he was in the dungeon, Joseph didn't exhibit a sense of
bitterness toward the people who had put him in that predicament nor of the
situation he was in. Instead he had a strong sense of God's love and His
presence in his life.

When Joseph finally met his brothers, he was not bitter with them and said
that all these things had happened as a result of God's master plan to put
him there, where he is able to provide for his brothers and their families
as well as his own father and his families.

When the consciousness of God is so strong in your life, no evil shall come
near you nor shall any weapon formed against you prospered! You will be
able to do things which you have previously thought are immposibilities.
You'll have the resolve to overcome every adversity knowing that the battle
belongs to the Lord and He is fighting it on your behalf.

Cultivate the presence of the Lord always!

During Jesus' time on earth, his disciples didn't really appreciate His
presence. When they were in the boat with Jesu at the stern, they were
terrified by the storm though Jesus was with them physically and asleep at
the stern. There was much fear among the disciples. When you know God is in
control of the situation, you can rest easy for you know He is taking care
of the situation.

Your heart will be warmed when you're conscius of Jesus. You will be filled
with so much joy and energy that you feel like going on and on perpetually!
Cultivate His presence in your life and see God fighting the battle for
you. Hallelujah!

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Enjoy God's love for you

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
(John 3:16)

God's love for us is so personal! He calls each of us by name and we,
beloved of the Lord, hear His voice clearly. We will never be able to
fully comprehend this Agape love. Such love that God is willing to
sacrifice His only begotten Son, Jesus, on the cross on our behalf so
that we can be drafted into the His kingdom. Such love that He is
willing to bear the pain in His heart to see Jesus going through the
sufferings for us sinners that through His one sacrificial act, the
whole world shall be saved.

It is the love of God to drive Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden
for God doesn't want them to live an eternal life of condemnation. It is
the love of God that He called forth the rain to flood the whole earth
for the whole earth at that time was filled with creatures that are not
fully human except for Noah and his wife and his three sons and
daughters-in-law. This is to preserve the humankind. And God promises He
will never flood the earth again.

When the humankind was totally lost, God cut a covenant with Abraham so
that we will have whatever God has. However, God knows man will fail in
his part of the covenant and therefore caused Abraham to sleep and Jesus
and God the Father actually cut the covenant. That's one reason why
Jesus has to die on behalf of man for their sinful state and their sins.

Beloved, knowing how much God loves us will empower us to live a
victorious life. At Jordan river where Jesus was baptized, God the
Father assured Jesus that He is well loved even before Jesus has
performed a single miracle! With the assurance that He is the beloved of
His Father, Jesus was able to overcome the temptation of the devil in
the wilderness for forty days without water and bread!

Appropriate aggressively God's love personally and you will experience
His love for your like no others. It is a power that will cast out all
fears. It is this love that we can love one another. Believe that God
deeply loves you. For He even counts the number of hair on your head. He
cares for every small or big issue that we are concerned with. Cast all
our cares upon Jesus for He cares.

Believe we are the righteousness of God in Christ through His one and
only sacrificial act on the cross and reign in life! Hallelujah!