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For those of us who may struggle with rejection, this is a wonderful truth: God accepts all who come to Him, confess their sin and acknowledge Him as Lord and Master.  Still have that nagging feeling of guilt?  There is no condemnation for those who belong to Jesus.  Dear brothers and sisters - since God has declared you to be in right standing with Himself (i.e. righteous), who can condemn you?  No one!

Nothing is too hard for Jesus; He can do whatever He wants.  Jesus holds the keys of death and Hades ie the grave (Revelation 1:17,18).  He raised the daughter of Jairus the synagogue ruler back to life (Luke 8:49-56).  In the book of Acts, we see that Jesus continues to work through His servants.  Through Peter, Jesus raised Dorcas, a friend of widows in Joppa (Acts 9:36-41).  
He can work through believers today.  1 John 3 says that we know He hears us and so we know we have what we ask of Him, if it is…

Dear Father God; 
I am feeling overwhelmed and astonished 
that my own father and mother forsook me. 
I am incredulous that they would act with such evil intent, 
so callous to their own flesh and blood. 
But Your love is greater. 
I want to be overwhelmed by Your love. 
Not that I should be ruled by feelings 
but that I may know 
with confident and joyful assurance 
that You love me - 
immensely, completely and intimately 
as Your daughter, 
chosen before the creation of the world. 
All of my days have been planned by…

When the Israelites cried out to God in their misery under the brutal oppression and slavery by the Egyptians, God told them that He heard their groaning and would carry out His covenant promise to take them to a land of their own (Exodus 5, 6).  God did not forget His people.
Their situation got worse before it got better.  Pharoah made them get their own straw but didn't reduce the quota of bricks they had to produce. 
When things go bad for me, I can know that God has not forgotten me.  It reminds me that…

“To love God, we have to know Him, and to know Him, we must often think of Him,” said Brother Lawrence. Can I love God without knowing Him? How well do I have to know Him to love Him? How do I get to know Him? One way may be to think of Him often, as Brother Lawrence said. Also by reading His Word i.e. the Holy Bible, praying, adoring and thanking and praising Him. How are you getting to know God? Please send your response through the leave a comment button  below.

God has a plan – a mysterious plan – and He’s revealed it to us by His Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets. And His Holy Spirit reveals it to us today through His apostles and prophets. 

What is His plan? Both Gentiles and Jews who believe the Good News share equally in the riches inherited by God’s children. The riches of His grace is salvation through Jesus Christ and peace with God. Now all of us i.e. Jews and Gentiles can come to the Father through the Holy Spirit because of Jesus. 

God’s purpose…

I have indeed been rescued. Medical professionals agree that it is a miracle that I’m alive and sane today. From a very early age I was subjected to physical, sexual and ritual abuse. As a consequence, I adopted unhealthy behaviour patterns; but I had blocked those years from my memory and so was misunderstood. At approximately 40 years old, those memories began to surface.(1) Since then I have been receiving help to heal from those terrible and horrid memories. 
Now when memories come, I am learning to…

"Admit how much you need the Lord.
Ask for His help in all you do.
Give God the gift of all your work.
Love others as God loves you."
Brother Lawrence, quoted in The Practice of the Presence of God, by Brother Lawrence with Harold Myra, published by Discovery House from Our Daily Bread Ministries, Copyright 2017, pg. 65.

11 Never give up. Eagerly follow the Holy Spirit and serve the Lord.
12 Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying.
13 Take care of God's needy people and…

• "Kindness is the oil that takes the friction out of life" - by unknown
• "You cannot direct the wind but you can adjust your sails." - by unknown
• "I complained that I had no shoes until I saw the man who had no feet." - by unknown
• Let's get going, get going!  What's the matter, do you have a hitch in your giddy-up? - by uknown
  
  If you know with whom any of these sayings originated, feel free to leave a comment.

It's not who I know, but who knows me.  It's not what I have, but whose I am.
I thank God for my food, my home, my bed, my friends.  But, says my heavenly Father, I am truly blessed because I belong to Him.