God's Promise (20.02.2011)

1 John 4:16

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us.
God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

~You can know and depend on the love I have for you.~

There have been many times in my own life where I have struggled with circumstances and have not had any pat answers or quick solutions to my problems. In the midst of these seasons in my life, 1 John 4:16 has become really meaningful to me. When all else fails, love will never fail. As the Apostle John tells us in today's promise... And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. NIV

Whatever challenge you are facing in your life today, you can know and depend on the love that God has for you. His love will comfort you, His love will sustain you, His love will carry you through any situation. May each one of us run into the arms of our God and Father today knowing that we can depend on His love to be enough for us no matter how difficult our journey.

God is love. He not only loves, but the very core of His being is unconditional, everlasting love for you and I. May the reality of this promise go deep into our hearts today so that we would learn to make our home living in the love that God has for us.

God's Promise (19.02.2011)

2 Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is that Spirit:
and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

~You will find freedom wherever My Spirit dwells.~

God is completely free and He loves freedom. Galatians 5:1 says that it is for freedom's sake that Christ has set us free. In John 8:36, Jesus Himself tells speaks of the freedom He has for us when He said... So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. NIV

Wherever God lives, you will find freedom. If you are struggling with bondage today or are in controlling circumstances that hinder freedom, ask God to set you free for where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. God's plan and purpose for us is to be free to live, free to serve, free to be generous, free to dream, free to be His beloved child...free, free, free!

My prayer is that we would all experience a new level of freedom in our lives today. Ask God for more freedom and believe that it is His heart to set you free... and watch what happens in your life!

God's Promise (18.02.2011)

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

~I will bless you in times of mourning with My comfort.~

In Matthew 5, Jesus shares a kingdom message that we lovingly call The Beatitudes. In this section of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus reveals some of the values of His kingdom. Nine times He says that people are blessed in circumstances that would seem opposite to what the world system would see as blessed. The Amplified Bible translates the word blessed that He uses as... (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions). AMP

At some point or another, we will all suffer the loss of a loved one and will need the comfort that comes from God alone. In today's promise, we read that when we mourn we will be blessed (from a kingdom perspective) with the comfort that comes only from God Himself. Psalm 34:18 says... The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. NIV

If you are going through a time of grieving right now, my prayer is that this promise would be very tangible to you and that you would feel God's closeness to you today as He carries you through this season of mourning. Through it all, may you truly feel blessed by God despite your circumstances as described by the Amplified Bible... (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions).