THE LOVE OF GOD REMAINS - Rom. 8:27-30

This is Namma for Christ with the fifteenth inspirational blog dated Friday, November 30th, 2012. The title of the message is "THE LOVE OF GOD REMAINS - Rom. 8:27-30" The scripture that I included with this message is taken from Romans 8:27-30. Please read the below scripture from Romans 8:27-30.

Romans 8:27-30

New International Version (NIV)

²⁷ And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
²⁸ And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. ²⁹ For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. ³⁰ And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

 God loves you! The creator of  "heaven and earth" made you "uniquely"  and loves "you" for "YOU".

Romans 31 & 32 states:

³¹ What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?³² He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?

God loved us so much that He gave us Jesus (John 3:16) :

John 3:16

King James Version (KJV)

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

JESUS LOVES YOU AND CARES VERY MUCH ABOUT YOU!

John 15: 4 & 5 reads:

⁴ Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

⁵ I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

WHATEVER YOU ARE GOING THROUGH...PLEASE FOCUS ON JESUS AND HIS LOVE FOR YOU. JESUS SAID IN JOHN 15: 4 TO ABIDE IN "HIM" AND HE  WILL ABIDE IN YOU...YOU ARE NOT ALONE...LEAN, DEPEND AND TRUST IN JESUS. "WISE MEN (AND WOMEN) STILL SEEK HIM" - AS THEY DID WHEN JESUS WAS FIRST BORN IN BETHLEHEM.

IN OUR "EVER-CHANGING" WORLD - GOD'S LOVE FOR US REMAINS!

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

AS THE TITLE OF THIS MESSAGE AND THE TITLE OF THE BELOW SONG AND VIDEO (BY KRISTIAN STANFILL SO POWERFULLY SINGS)...."ONE THING REMAINS" - GOD'S LOVE FOR US!


ENJOY AND BE BLESSED!

In The Midst Of It All - Deut. 31:6 - BE ENCOURAGED - HE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU

This is Namma for Christ with the fourteenth inspirational blog dated Saturday, November 17, 2012 entitled, "IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL - Deut. 31:6 - BE ENCOURAGED - HE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU."

The scripture comes from Deuteronomy 31:6 -  

 

Deuteronomy 31:6

New International Version (NIV)

⁶ Be strong and courageous. 

Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God

goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.

The inspirational song ( included in the video below)  is SUNG with power, heart and feeling from Yolanda Adams entitled, "In The Midst Of It All". She reminds us that the Lord is with us "in the midst of trouble, pain,
problems, failures....."whatever" we are going through - GOD IS WITH US!"  As Psalm 138:7 states :  (the psalmist and Old Testament King David said) "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me..."
David, though a great and good man, "expects" to "walk in the midst of trouble", but encourages himself with hope. David believes that even in "in the midst of trouble....GOD WILL REVIVE (ENCOURAGE) ME".

We, as believers, also should look to the Lord to revive or encourage us in the midst of our troubles.
Deuteronomy 31:6 states that we should be strong and courageous - (we should not depend on our own strength), but upon God's strength and mercy towards us.

 Philippians 4:13 states: 'I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENS ME."

Deuteronomy 31:6  further states that we should, "not be afraid or terrified...for the Lord your God
goes with you; HE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU!"

Hebrews 13:5 also reminds us of the same "blessed assurance" - Jesus said,

"... I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."

Be comforted that God is with us - NO MATTER WHAT! 

GOD LOVES US as found in 1st John 4: 10 - "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins."

WE ARE LOVED! God loves us so much that He sent His Son to die for our
sins - John 3:16 reads:

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

BE ENCOURAGED AND BE BLESSED!

(I do not own the rights to this song.)

"No Matter What..." - TRUST IN THE LORD - Prov. 3:5-6

This is Namma for Christ with the thirteenth inspirational blog dated Friday, November 9th, 2012 entitled, "No Matter What... - TRUST IN THE LORD - Prov. 3:5-6".
 The scripture comes from Proverbs 3: 5 & 6 which reads as follows:

Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV)

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.

God changed my life...

 When God touches your heart....you are not the same...

I used to think that "I" had made so many wrong decisions in my life.

I was so hard on myself...
I  thought I had to be "so strong" (early in my Christian life) in how I had handled difficult situations...until...I  ran into  "stumbling blocks" and began questioning myself, doubting my life....thinking that I had made one  wrong decision after another... I had started focusing too much on what I couldn't understand ... instead of fully relying on the sufficiency of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ....I was trying "too" hard to be "strong"....I was trying "too" hard to "understand" what was going on...

Wasn't I suppose to be "strong" during the tough times?

My self-esteem suffered...I questioned God ..."why".... "what was going on?"  I began questioning everything in my life...this created self doubt in my belief system....this led to negative thinking and a depressed state of mind...at one point - I didn't even "think" I should be in my church - I felt so sad...the devil thought he had me...but he didn't...

I found out...later...this was a time of my testing....

I was reminded that the devil is already a defeated foe, because of what Jesus did at Calvary.


Instead of  my "questioning" of  how strong I was "presently" handling my difficult situations or  focusing on my past.....I needed to "totally and completely" DEPEND on the Lord. Even though, I prayed to the Lord...I "used to" think that "some" of my strength or "good effort" was required....I was so wrong...I had to come to the end of myself - like the "prodigal son" did as found in Luke 15:11-32.

During my lowest times.. is when I discovered God's great, never ending, unconditional love and mercy  for me....I also realized that I needed to trust and depend in HIM completely!  This trust included...knowing that HE knows what is best for me...and I didn't have to understand or "agree with" HIS path for my life...HE WAS IN CONTROL...


JESUS NEVER LEFT ME, NOR FORSAKED ME...(Hebrews 13:5)

It was not meant for me to "understand"...I needed to "TRUST GOD COMPLETELY"...I had to walk by "faith, not by sight" (2nd Corinthians 5:7) ...

I needed to do just what Proverbs 3: 5 - 6 stated: "I needed to trust in the Lord with ALL of  my heart, and I did "not" need to "understand" what was going on....  I needed to "acknowledge God"  in everything (HE WAS and "IS" ALWAYS IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING) . I had to yield my way (and my will) to HIM. As a believer in Jesus Christ - His Word says: "IN ALL THY WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE SHALL DIRECT THY PATHS".  I cried out to the Lord to forgive me and to help me...I yielded it all to Him....

Whenever I leaned on my own understanding, effort or strength ....it eventually led me down a wrong path. When I leaned fully on the Lord...I experienced peace, joy and guidance. Reading His Word (the BIBLE) and listening to Christian Radio stations reminded (and reminds) me :

Romans 8:1-2 -  There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

² For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

1st John 4:19  -  We love him, because He first loved us.

Romans 3:23 -    For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Isaiah 55: 8 & 9 -  ⁸ For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord.

⁹ For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Titus 3: 5-7 - ⁵ Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

⁶ Which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior;

⁷ That being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

The Lord brought me back to my church to hear my minister's inspirational messages of the Lord's love, grace, mercy and forgiveness. 

I had to get myself out of the way....I had to keep my focus on Jesus ...I had to keep praying and trusting in the Lord...FOR HE KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR HIS CHILDREN (Jeremiah 29:11).

I continue to be on the battlefield for my Lord - I've asked the Lord to use me for HIS KINGDOM building (in this blog and however He sees fit). He has a purpose for all of us - so that we may glorify HIM. God extends His love, mercy and grace to ALL His children. God is omniscient (all knowing), omnipresent, and omnipotent....

Below is an inspirational song (video) and lyrics by Kerrie Roberts entitled, "No Matter What".
This song's lyrics are a testimony to His believers who must TRUST IN THE LORD..."NO MATTER WHAT"!

Enjoy and be BLESSED!


(I do not own the rights to this song.)

MY HELP COMETH FROM THE LORD - Psalm 121

This is Namma for Christ with the 12th inspirational blog dated November 3rd, 2012. This message is entitled, "My Help Cometh From The Lord". The title is also contained in one of the verses in Psalm 121 - (as taken from one of my favorite Psalms). Verses 1 & 2 in Psalm 121 states: "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help "cometh" from the Lord, which made heaven and earth."

In a world where everyone is searching for something....

Psalm 121 has the answer - to what can truly HELP us in our lives...the LORD...HE IS OUR "ALL IN ALL"!

Whenever problems, pressures, pain or troubles in life come...we must remember ...we are never alone...

REMEMBER ....Hebrews 13:5 states (what Jesus said:)  "...I WILL NEVER LEAVE THEE, NOR FORSAKE THEE."

Whatever gets us down....please remember : WE MUST "LIFT UP" OUR EYES UNTO THE HILLS,  FROM WHERE OUR HELP COMES...OUR HELP COMES FROM THE LORD, WHICH MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH!

 NO PROBLEM, SITUATION OR CIRCUMSTANCE IS TOO BIG FOR GOD TO HANDLE!

Genesis 18:14 reads - "IS ANY THING "TOO HARD" FOR THE LORD?..."

Also, Jeremiah 32:17 states - "Ah Lord God! Behold, "thou hast MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH BY THY GREAT POWER AND STRETCHED OUT ARM, AND THERE IS "NOTHING TOO HARD" FOR THEE:"

WE ARE "NEVER" SO FAR GONE....OR NEVER TOO LOW...OR TOO BAD...OR TOO MESSED UP ....THAT GOD CANNOT "HELP" US!

Furthermore, Hebrews 13:6 states, "So that we may boldly say, "THE LORD IS MY HELPER, AND I WILL NOT FEAR WHAT MAN SHALL DO UNTO ME."

Please never forget that Jesus LOVES YOU...He wants what is BEST for YOU!  Believe that Jesus died for your sins, confess to HIM and ask Jesus into your heart to be your LORD and SAVIOR - if you haven't already.

ALWAYS REMEMBER: ROMANS 8:31 - "IF GOD BE FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?"

LOOK TO JESUS - HE IS YOUR HELP- FOR WHATEVER YOU NEED!

Below are the lyrics to Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir's song, "MY HELP" - ENJOY (the song/video below) AND BE BLESSED!

Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir "My Help" lyrics

Verse:
I will lift up mine eyes to the hills
from whence cometh my help,
my help cometh from the Lord,
the Lord which made Heaven and Earth.

He said He would not suffer thy foot,
thy foot to be moved;
the Lord which keepeth thee,
He will not slumber nor sleep.

Bridge
Oh the Lord is thy keeper,
the Lord is thy shade
upon thy right hand,
upon thy right hand.

No, the sun shall not smite thee by day,
nor the moon by night,
He shall preserve thy soul
even forever more.

Chorus:
My help, my help, my help,
all of my help cometh from the Lord.

Verse

Bridge

Chorus

Bridge

Chorus

Vamp:(an improvised musical accompaniment)

Altos: 
Lift up mine eyes... 

Sopranos: 
lift up mine eyes...

Altos:
unto the hills...

Tenors: 
He is my strength...

All:
All of my help cometh from the Lord.

Chorus


(I do not own the rights to this song.)