Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God

Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.-Psalm 143:10
  

Let not your heart be troubled

Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me.-John 14:27

Peace is not the absence of trouble
But the presence of Christ
- Sheila Walsh

what more can I say...

God marked YOU out before the ages began...

God marked YOU out before the ages began, to be made just like Jesus:-
“to be conformed into the image of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ,
that He might be the firstborn among many brethren” Rom.8:29

That is an amazing thought.
Imagine God chooses YOU for such a gift
To be a reflection of him
To be in his family
I feel humbled at the thought of such a gift
And for such an Almighty God to notice me

Create in me a clean heart, O God

Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.-Psalm 51-10

I know that my heart is not pure 

So that's why I need God's help 

To clean my heart

And keep my Spirit refresh

Human spirit cannot endure alone

Without any help 

I could not do this alone

Trust in the Lord

I really need to learn how to trust in the Lord more. Sometimes when things get dark, you will be able to see the light as it cuts through the darkness.

This few weeks has been particularly tough as my domestic helper had to return home as her child was in an accident. Shortly after I came to know that her child has passed on so she was not able to return as soon as I hoped.

This week my work load was also increased as my team mate was on leave so I had to cover more hours. Into this mix was a major deployment in our project which put more strain on me. 

With God's grace all things has worked well in spite of all this as the timing for the deployment was adjusted to give me more time to complete what I needed to do and even mum has been able to take care of several areas and help out.

Miracles don't necessary come as big  amazing things. Sometimes they slip in as small but crucial blessings.

You drew near in the day that I called on you

You drew near in the day that I called on you: you said, Fear not. - Lamentations 3-57 

Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Hurricanes, Social Unrest
All the things that are going on around us
Yet one only has to reach out
And God can put your fears to rest...

"But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today" (Hebrews 3:13).

"But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today" (Hebrews 3:13).

These days the word encouragement seems scarce where everyone wants to get ahead of each other. Where everyone puts each other down to ensure they get to the top.
One word can either encourage or put some one down.
Thats all it takes.
Make the decision to always choose to encourage in all things.
For surely thats what you would want God to do for you.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.-1 John 4:16

And now abide these three – faith – hope – love 1Cor.13:13

I remember you always for these three things:-
your work of faith,
your labour of love,
your patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ,
in the sight of God and our Father – amen 1Thess.1:3

God loved you so much, that He sent His Son into the world,
To be the OBJECT of your faith – for you to believe on Him. 

This was not God’s response to the fall – although it embraces that element,
God was not startled or taken by surprise by the happenings in Eden,
God was not forced to take a ‘quick-fix’ avoidance strategy because of man’s sin,
This was planned – in eternity past;
He chose US in Christ – before the foundation of the world. Eph 1:4

This was God’s purpose, before time began :-
The Lamb of God was slain:- from the foundation of the world. Rev.13:8

God had YOU in His heart and thoughts before the earth and time were created,
You specifically – YOU have been the object of His love from eternity past,
– and you are accepted – spotless and without blemish – IN the Son.
– and you will continue as His blessed beloved through time into eternity future.

  

As in water face reflects face, So the heart of man reflects man

As in water face reflects face, So the heart of man reflects man.-Proverbs 27:19

Be the best reflection of God the Father who created you

  

You are brought with a price

Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

-Matthew 27:54

I needed to go out so the postman came early
I needed to go out so God watched over my mum
I needed to get some work done so God kept the queue to  a minimum
I needed to carry some heavy boxes to the car so God kept the rain away
I needed to travel home so God kept the traffic down
I needed to get home so God held the storm until I got home
Its not only the grand things God takes care of...
For a grand price he gave it all
So you would not need to worry of anything large or small

For who makes you different from anyone else?

"For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive?" (1 Corinthians 4:7).

All that you are has been given to you by God. Each of us has made different and individual. Each one of us has individual gifts and skills. We need to be grateful for what we are given and we need to recognize the skills we have and do the best with what we have to give due recognition to God.