I read from Psalms today. In the Psalms I found reminders to thank the Lord for He is good and His love endures forever. Here are notes about God:
He is our light.
He gives success.
We pray and He hears our prayers.
He is for us.
He will help us.
We have no need to fear.
It is better to trust in God than men.
He answers prayers.
God saves us with His might.
He blesses us.
He is our helper.
He is our shield.
He rescues us.
He is good.
His love endures forever.
God helps hope spring forth in our lives.
When I first heard a minister talk about Matthew 12:20 & Isaiah 42:1-4 it brought one more reminder my way of how much He cares for us. The words in those verses helped bring encouragement to me.
Have you ever felt bent beneath a heavy load? Did you feel like life was so tough some times that you wondered where you’d get strength for the next day? What about just trying to get through another hour?
Read about how a bruised reed will not be broken. Meditate on it. Read again those precious words that declare that a smoldering wick will not be put out.
Now there is not much life left in a smoldering wick. People don’t expect any light from a wick that is smoldering.
I can just hear God telling people that they can have hope for a bright tomorrow. The next hour isn’t going to be the worst hour of your life. God isn’t going to let your light be snuffed out!
When you have Jesus Christ within you there is light in you. In several Chapters in the book of John our Lord Jesus speaks of how He is the light of the world. Look at verse 46 from Chapter 12: 46″I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.”
God tells you to let your light shine so it will give Him glory. There are also places in the Bible where we find people were stirred by the spirit of God.
Let God’s Word dwell in you. Be led by His Holy Spirit to get renewed hope in you so you can pass it on. Grab hold of the words from God that speak to you telling you His light is in you. His light will never go out. This is something the world cannot take away from you. Nothing can separate you from God’s love. Nothing can take you out of the palm of His hand. No one can put out the fire God lit in your heart.
You’ve probably heard of passing it forward. You can’t pass it forward if you don’t realize it is there or should I say that it is still there? You may not realize it is there because you thought you were like a smoldering wick that wasn’t going to shine again. It’s possible you have had so many trials hit you you thought there was not much hope for a revival. Don’t be discouraged by the lies hitting your mind. There is always hope when you stir up faith given to you by God. You may think you’ve lost the faith at times because you feel so low. Don’t follow the feelings. Follow the faith that comes to you from hearing God’s Word. When you sense that faith being stirred up then you can pass it forward.
There is hope! You can be revived. You won’t only be revived. Once you are inspired you can help others get refreshed in the same way you’ve been refreshed.
He who has his mind on the Lord will be kept in perfect peace. If you’ve lost your perfect peace find out what is keeping you from having your mind on God.
We passed a church sign that reminded people to give their problems to the Lord because He cares.
I Peter 5:7, “Cast your cares upon the Lord because He cares for you.”
As far as I’m concerned it is time to remind people who has the authority to help in times of need.
Jesus is Lord of all!! Jesus is the Son of God!! There is no name more powerful than the name of Jesus!!
If you have a problem go to the One & Only Son of God.
It is a beautiful day. The sun is shining. The flowers are in bloom. People are kind.
Everyone is sharing Happy Mother’s Day thoughts with those loving kind women that take care of children.
It’s a wonderful day.
Galatians 5:13-26, “13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
15But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
18But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.”
I had a talk with a few pastors recently. I was in need of much wisdom when I faced a very serious issue. I knew it’s true that actions speak louder than words. I have told other people how important it is for us to back up our beliefs with positive actions. These pastors took time to remind me that a Christian is known by the things they do. One of them actually talked about noticing if a man is truly walking with the Lord or not by watching to see how the man acts.
The world adopted a phrase that is spoken often and yet the meaning is found in the Bible. People may simply say, “Actions Speak Louder Than Words.” The Bible says that You Will Know Them By Their Fruit or You Will Know Them By The Love They Show. In Galatians we see where a person’s actions show if they are walking after their own selfish fleshly desires or if they are walking with the Holy Spirit of God.
If you call yourself a Christian and you are not spending your time fulfilling the great command to love God first and love one another then you are not following God.
If you walk in the church, pay your tithe, go off to foreign lands to build buildings or to translate the gospel but you are not showing God’s love in your own home you are failing to do what God desires. If people do not hear good words come out of your mouth and they don’t see you doing the right thing then you are not walking the way God wants you to walk.
I want to say it this way, “What part of treat others the way you want to be treated don’t you understand?” I’d like to ask you to consider carefully the words that come out of your mouth.
We are not all perfected yet. We all have room for improvement. It’s just important for us to motivate one another to do our very best. If you expect little from someone you are apt to get very little from them. If you give them an invitation to do the best they can do they may surprise you by making the grade.
When I share my feelings with you on this site know that it is my earnest desire that you will do your very best to do the right thing at all times. God blessed me with some wonderful God fearing encouragers in my past and I want to pass that on to you. I have some good Godly counselors today, too. God fearing counselors agree with what the Bible says.
Let your actions show you fear God. Let the things you do glorify God. May it be that when other people remember you they will know they’ve met a person that is enthusiastic about doing the right thing. It’s always good to show God’s love to other people.
My grandson wanted to see a movie. He walked over to the dvd rack and picked out a movie he had not seen before. He picked the Disney movie called “Meet the Robinsons.”
How did God let that happen? How is that the child’s movie could be used by God to minister to me? I saw things taught in the Bible coming forth in that movie. Some may wonder how that happened. I just accept it all as a happy thing that helped me focus on good today.
The movie has words on the dvd box that say, “A dazzling vision of the future” - It’s true that God tells us things in the Bible that tell us our future is expected to be a bright one.
If you have not seen the movie yet you may want to view it soon.
I can leave a few words on here to help others know what stood out to me during the movie.
I heard words in songs shared in this movie that reminded me that we are to let go. How many people talk about letting go and letting God take care of things? It is important for us to remember God is in control of all things.
The movie also shows that if the mind is allowed to be controlled by bad thoughts bad things will occur. We have a need to focus on good things. God not only wants us to have good thoughts but He wants us to carry out good things while we are on this earth.
Thoughts shared by Elizabeth Evans Wolfe
Our Pastor read from the Bible and began to preach sharing things with us as he was led by God’s Holy Spirit.
I keep remembering something in particular that he talked to us about.
He talked about keeping our faith in God and our need to continue praising God no matter what circumstances surround us. He reminded us that it rains on the just and the unjust but the SON keeps shining and those who are saved by God’s grace will always have their heavenly home awaiting them.
Each day I’ve remembered to keep the faith and to keep praise going up to God. God is worthy of our praise no matter what befalls us.
I don’t know what special treat the pastor will share from God’s Holy Word next week that will inspire us. I just know that I’m thankful that Pastors that are called by God take time to read and study God’s Word so they can encourage us to keep the faith.
The Lion of Judah is strong and mighty.
Revelation 5:5, “And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.”
One of the names our Lord has reminds us that He is the Lion of the tribe of Judah. HE IS THE LION That prevails.
I Peter 5:7&8 says,
“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”
Our adversary, the enemy of God’s people, the devil only acts like a lion. The enemy is a copy cat. The one who seeks whom he may devour only roars trying to destroy or scare the true believer in Jesus.
Aren’t you glad that the wiles of the devil are spelled out for us in the Scriptures?
I’m mostly concentrating on the power of the Lion of Judah. He that is in us is greater than he that is in the world. JESUS of Nazareth is the Lion from the tribe of Judah. Jesus came to set captives free. Jesus is powerful and mighty. His power is greater than any other power known. He is the real thing.
When you cast your cares on the Lion of Judah know that He not only cares for you but He is the One that alerts you to the schemes of the one who seeks to devour you. God lets you know that the enemy seeks to destroy you so you can be sober & alert. God also warns you about these things so you can be strong knowing that the adversary only has enough power to seek ones that he can devour. The enemy is not able to snatch you out of the hand of God.
We don’t want to focus on the enemy too much. We don’t want to think about him for he has been known to want to steal God’s glory. It’s just wise for us to be observant to his evil ways. Be aware of the fact that he will try to devour you but recall that God is greater than any enemy you will ever have.
I hope to share positive words with all who read this.
Positive thoughts have been implanted in my heart. Positive words have given me strength and encouragement. I want to share with others the things that have been given to me. Didn’t we hear that we are supposed to freely give because it has been freely given unto us?
My husband sometimes has a habit of having the television on continuously when he is home. Does he sound normal to you? Many times he will put the television on channels that have a preacher sharing the Word of God. Those life giving words shared on that tv screen cause me to get pumped up about the things of God.
We must have heard at least 3 sermons this weekend. We also heard some good preaching at the church we have made our home. Everywhere the Word of God has been preached we’ve been blessed with positive life giving thoughts that we needed to hear.
Our daily devotions also have Scriptural thoughts shared. We are so blessed to be able to read and hear God’s Word.
I asked the Lord what I could share on this website today. I’ve been given so many encouraging thoughts that it’s hard to know which ones I can share with others today. The most important thing that comes to my mind is to share words about the importance of having positive thoughts.
How many of those thoughts help you think positive? Let me encourage you to read the Word of God. Let God’s spoken Word speak to you. If you let the positive powerful Word of God permeate your very being you will be blessed mightily. Meditate on God’s Holy Word daily and you will be blessed with positive thoughts. Positive thoughts will help you pray positive prayers.
Be Positive.
by Elizabeth Wolfe