Give thanks thanks to the Lord. What does giving thanks look like for you today? Singing? Praying? Praising? It doesn’t need to be much, a simple “thank you” to God for what He has done. But be sure to be intentional and specific about what it is for which you are thankful.
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Today’s coloring page and Psalm 146:5 made me think of the Israelites wondering in the wilderness. Their grumbling and complaining caused them to doubt and disobey God. And it’s really easy to do. How often do you find yourself complaining? It can appear that we are ungrateful for what God has provided. Like a child who doesn’t appreciate the amount of cookies the parent allows him or her to eat and can throw a tantrum because more was expected.
God always provides what we need. We just aren’t always expecting what He gives us, be it more or less, we always have an idea of the outcome we want whilst God has His own plan and purpose. We need to have open minds to what God has for us.
The remedy for this is to recall how God has provided in the past and be thankful for His provisions. Being joyful and thankful, recalling God’s goodness is hope to those who have the Lord their God as their helper
The Proverbs 31 woman always made me depressed. I can never live up to her. But what Proverbs 31 is, is a mother explaining to her son the qualities he should look for in a wife. It’s just a guide not a command. Phew that takes a load off.
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John 24:6 -“He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee”
Jesus has risen, He is alive today and here with us. His word tell us He will never leave us or forsake us. The Bible tells us in the Old and New Testaments that He will never leave us or forsake us, Deuteronomy 31:8, Hebrews 13:5. God said it to His people in the OT and He says it in the NT. When Jesus came to this earth, the law and the requirements for sacrifice were no longer needed. The Ten Commandments were summed up in two, Mark 12:28-31-
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
But God carried over the promise to never leave us or forsake us from the OT to the NT. That must mean something.
“When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.” – John 19:30
Tetelestai is what Jesus spoke before He commanded HIs spirit into His Father’s hands. It means so much more than it’s translated to in modern English. This is something you would say after an accomplishment, after working for something for so long, like finishing a dissertation, finishing a marathon or making the last mortgage payment. It means you accomplished exactly what set out to do.
But wait, there’s more. In Greek Tetelestai is in the perfect tense. That’s huge because it indicates that an action has been completed at the present time, in the past, or will be completed in the future. Think about it, how many years ago was the Bible written? And Jesus spoke that word in that tense. It was finished then, it is finished now and will be tomorrow and the next day and the day after that. That word is like in an “eternal tense”, like the One who spoke it.
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Is it really luck? Is it all by chance? Sure some things take work and require action. But God does have some say in what we do, right? I mean nature, the world, the universe, didn’t just happen. C’mon there has to be a force behind it. Even science says for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. God’s hand, His breath is behind all that we see and experience on earth, the ocean, the breeze, the trees, birds, flowers are all designed and created by Him!
So may the work of our hands, the force behind our hands, the thoughts into our steps that take us places, may He confirm them. Acknowledge the work of His hands.
Love your enemies. I didn’t say it, Jesus says to love those who persecute us. He gives us the free will to do that. He never said it was easy. He never said the we would feel like it. So you can choose to love your enemies even though you don’t feel like it. It’s humbling to love someone who has hurt you. We are no better than anyone else. Think, if you have hurt someone, how would you want to be treated? If you are sorry for what you did, you’d want to be forgiven. Jesus forgives and loves unconditionally.
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