Happy Monday! I hope that you had a fantastic weekend. We celebrated our granddaughter’s first birthday. We love spending time with our kids and granddaughters. I hope that your 4thof July was great!
My husband and I had the pleasure of attending Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas on Sunday. Matt Hagee is preaching a three-part sermon series on the “Flood.” This week he preached on faith in the flood. Do we have faith and are we living by faith?
Genesis 6:13-14, “So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. So, make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.”
Can you imagine what Noah was thinking at that point? He probably didn’t know what an ark was much less how to build one.
Genesis 6:22, “Noah did everything just as God commanded him.”Wow, Noah had a lot of faith. I don’t know about you, but I want that kind of faith.
So, do you have faith, or do you live by faith? You may be going through a flood today. Trust in God! He is all that you need.
Hello friends! I hope that you had a restful weekend. I have had a lot of things on my mind over the weekend in light of all of the tragedies happening around the world.
We must pray and continue to pray. Psalms 34:18 says, “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in the spirit.” I don’t know about you, but that Scripture is comforting.
I read a story about a little girl that made a paper heart for her mother. When she gave the heart to her mother, somehow the heart was ripped. The mother worried the little girl would be upset. The little girl just said, “That’s okay. God’s in the business of fixing broken and torn hearts.”
I think of how many times my heart has been broken and God has come in to repair my broken heart. You may feel like your heart is torn into pieces. Let God fix your broken heart!
Are you grumbly hateful? Or are you humbly grateful? I once heard this question while watching a movie. When I first heard it, I didn’t really get it. Once I gave it some thought it really rang true to me.
I know that you have seen the challenges on social media on thirty days of thankfulness. While I have never participated in these, I do think these are wonderful. This is the time of year that we need to be reflecting on all that we have and thanking God for these things. However, I believe that we should do more than just the thirty days. What about you?
As I reflect on the world and culture that we have created, I am finding that people are grumbly hateful not humbly grateful. Our world is more divided than ever. We spend our time complaining about things instead of focusing on the good things that are happening. Now you might say that you do not have anything to be grateful for. I know the feeling. I have had many seasons in my life that it seemed like my world was falling apart. I was literally holding on by a thread. God never promised us a perfect life. He does promise us that He will be with us though every trial. Isaiah 43.2 says, “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.”
I think it is time that we focus more on being humbly grateful. God’s word says, “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful” (Colossians 3:15). So when we are grateful we will have the peace of God in our hearts. I don’t know about you, but I want the peace of God in my heart always.
As you take a minute to think about all of things that you are grateful for, please listen to the song Grateful by Elevation Worship.
