God Loves "The Real Me" - Psalm 139:13-14

This is Namma for Christ with the forty-sixth inspirational message dated Thursday, January 23rd, 2014.  The title of this message is, "God Loves "The Real Me" - Psalm 139:13-14".  This message is based on the below scripture text in Psalm 139 as found in the Old Testament  (NKJV):

Please see  Psalm 139: 13 & 14 below:

Psalm 139:13-14

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹³ For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.

WE ARE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE!

GOD'S WORKS ARE MARVELOUS! 

GOD LOVES US SO MUCH!

GOD ALLOWED US TO BE BORN...TO BE ALIVE...TO HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE...TO LIVE FOR JESUS...TO PRAISE AND THANK HIM! HOW GREAT THOU ART!

GOD MADE US ALL UNIQUE AND WONDERFUL IN HIS SIGHT!
GOD IS TOO WISE TO MAKE A MISTAKE! HE HAS A DIVINE PURPOSE FOR EVERY ONE OF HIS CHILDREN! WE MUST YIELD "OUR WAY" AND LET THE "LORD'S WILL" BE DONE IN OUR LIVES!

God created us...HE has a unique plan and  purpose for everyone of  HIS CREATIONS!
When we confess and believe in Jesus, accept Him as our Lord and Savior, we are saved and adopted into GOD's family: WE ARE HIS CHILDREN! See the below verses:

Romans 10:9-10

King James Version (KJV)

⁹ That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
¹⁰ For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

WE ARE GOD'S CHILDREN...AS BELIEVERS, HE WANTS HIS HOLY SPIRIT TO LIVE IN US AND GUIDE OUR HEARTS AND MINDS...THIS IS WHAT JESUS SAID WHEN HE SAID HE WILL SEND THE "COMFORTER (HIS HOLY SPIRIT)" (see the below verses):

1. John 14:16
   And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever;
2. John 14:26
   But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
3. John 15:26
   But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of me:
4. John 16:7
   Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you.

GOD "KNOWS" ALL OUR WAYS.... HE IS SOVEREIGN...HE IS OMNISCIENT, OMNIPRESENT AND OMNIPOTENT! HE SEES ALL AND KNOWS ALL! HE MADE US....OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN "LOVES" US DESPITE OURSELVES...DESPITE THE MISTAKES WE'VE ALL MADE...GOD "STILL" LOVES US! GOD LOVES US "DESPITE" OURSELVES...DESPITE OUR SINS...HE GAVE US HIS SON, JESUS!

Romans 5:8

New International Version (NIV)

⁸ But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

JESUS is our SAVIOR, our REDEEMER...our FRIEND, and OUR SOON COMING KING!

Please enjoy the below inspirational Christian song and video entitled, "The Real Me", by Christian artist Natalie Grant. Below she describes how she wrote the song, "The Real Me", to express her personal feelings of  her own self-image when she realized how much God loved and viewed her:

"I'm beautifully, wonderfully made. He doesn't make mistakes. The way He made me is enough. God's voice has to be bigger and have a greater influence in the culture." - Natalie Grant

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

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BE BLESSED!

What Can I Do - SEEK HIM FIRST - MATT. 6:33

This is Namma for Christ with the forty-fifth inspirational message dated Wednesday, January 15th, 2014.  The title of this message is, "What Can I DO - SEEK HIM FIRST - MATT. 6:33".  This message is based on the below scripture text in Matthew as found in the New Testament  (NKJV):

Matthew 6:33

New King James Version (NKJV)

³³ But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

The supporting text for this scripture verse is provided below:  from Matthew 6:25 - 34 (PLEASE READ):

New King James Version (NKJV)

Do Not Worry

²⁵ “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? ²⁶ Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? ²⁷ Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
²⁸ “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; ²⁹ and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰ Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
 ³¹ “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. ³³ But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. ³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

The scripture above is part of what Jesus said in His "Sermon on the Mount" beginning in Matthew 5.
Our lesson today highlights Matthew 6:33 - where Jesus instructs those who follow Him to SEEK GOD FIRST! 

Many times in life, we don't realize God is waiting for us to turn to HIM for ALL THAT WE NEED! God is our sufficiency! He gave us Jesus as our Savior and our Intercessor: John 14:6 states: 

John 14:6

New King James Version (NKJV)

⁶ Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Let us also look at a few verses : Luke 15: 17 & 18 (below) found in the story of  "the prodigal son" (Luke 15:11- 32)  - where "the prodigal son" realized (once he came to himself) that he must "return to his Father": 

¹⁷ “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! ¹⁸ I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you"...

The prodigal son realized - that his "father" had "more than enough" (after the son had squandered all of his father's money). The prodigal son- came to the "end of himself"!  He had a moment of  humbleness, clarification and reflection! Many times in life, we have to come to the "end" of our strength, our knowledge, our efforts - and turn to GOD, our Father.

When disappointments, struggles and confusion occur in our lives ...we must continue to "look to GOD"! We MUST CONTINUE TO TRUST GOD! We are not in control! GOD IS IN CONTROL! HE KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR LIVES! As His children, HE is working all things together for our good (Romans 8:28)! 

GOD KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR US!
GOD IS IN CONTROL!...WE MUST YIELD OUR LIVES AND EVERYTHING WE HAVE OVER TO GOD! WE MUST SEEK GOD FIRST AND TRUST HIM as stated in Proverbs 3: 5-6:

Proverbs 3:5-6

King James Version (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.

Personally, in my darkest and saddest moments...I, too, had to be like "the prodigal son", and return to "MY FATHER" IN HEAVEN...and admit my weakness, my foolish thinking and actions, admit my misunderstanding, confess my mistakes and my sins. Once I returned to MY FATHER AND PUT HIM FIRST...I regained what my heavenly FATHER "HAD ALL THE TIME" AND  I "FOUND" WHAT I WAS SEEKING AFTER!

GOD, OUR FATHER... IS OUR SUFFICIENCY AND OUR PROVIDER! HE PROVIDES ALL THAT WE NEED! HE BLESSES US WITH CONTENTMENT, PEACE, JOY AND ALL THE PROVISIONS WE NEED...

MOST IMPORTANTLY, GOD, OUR FATHER GAVE US HIS BEST - HIS SON, JESUS!

 JESUS LOVES US...HE DIED AND ROSE AGAIN FOR US! JOHN 3:16 STATES:

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 IS  OUR SAVIOR, FRIEND, REDEEMER, COMFORTER, BURDEN BEARER, PROVIDER...INTERCESSOR....HE IS "WHATEVER WE NEED HIM TO BE" FOR US "PERSONALLY" AND "COLLECTIVELY"!  IF WE BELIEVE IN HIM AND ACCEPT HIM AS OUR LORD AND  SAVIOR - HE CAN DO FOR US WHAT "NOBODY" ELSE CAN DO!

LET US... LET "HIS WILL" BE "OUR WILL" IN OUR LIVES EVERYDAY - AND LET US  LIVE THE "BLESSED" LIVES THAT GOD UNIQUELY DESIGNED AND CREATED US FOR!

PLEASE ENJOY THE BELOW INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO AND SONG (with lyrics) SUNG BY TYE TRIBBETT FEATURING KJ SCRIVENS, ENTITLED "WHAT CAN I DO".


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

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BE BLESSED!