From Word To Heart

God's favorite method It was deep in printed in my heart at this point and time I believe this was God telling me what to do, she had to be the first one to celebrate with, after all if it wasn’t for God enabling her to carry this young lady for nine months, then I wouldn’t have probably been here today. God put this strongly in my heart that many are the times that when we celebrate our born day we much less expect birthday wishes and gifts from others but rarely do we give gifts to God or others as a show of thanksgiving not to man but unto God.   It might be a special seed you plant or give an offering of thanksgiving unto God, it may be by visiting with the less privileged just to share God’s love with them or it might be a simple way of saying thank you to your parents for giving you the opportunity to live, whichever the case is at least you’ve celebrated someone else apart from yourself. As for me God just said ‘call her and let her know that you’re thankful ...

January 1, 2017 Thanks-Living Anne Cetas Psalm 23 Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life. Psalm 23:6 Wanting to mature in her spiritual life and become more thankful, Sue started what she called a Thanks-Living jar. Each evening she wrote on a small piece of paper one thing she thanked God for and dropped it in the jar. Some days she had many praises; other difficult days she struggled to find one. At the end of the year she emptied her jar and read through all of the notes. She found herself thanking God again for everything He had done. He had given simple things like a beautiful sunset or a cool evening for a walk in the park, and other times He had provided grace to handle a difficult situation or had answered a prayer. Sue’s discovery reminded me of what the psalmist David says he experienced (Ps. 23). God refreshed him with “green pastures” and “quiet waters” (vv. 2–3). He gave him guidance, protection, and comfort (vv. 3–4). David c...

There comes a time in life whereby, you question the presence of God in your life. You go through one challenge after another, one disappointment after the other till you sit yourself down and ask, 'Does God still exist in my situations?' It's kinda funny when you look around and feel like everything is going on great in other people's lives expect your's.  You read the Word, Pray, Fast, Fellowship with others and Serve God with every breath in you but despite all that, nothing seems to work. Your prayers seems to hit the wall, your Faith turns to doubt and you wonder am I still saved, am I still a Christian, am I still His beloved Son or Daughter? Well, even the one the Bible records as "a man after God's own heart" had reached to that point in His life. These questions arose so strongly in his heart, seeing everyone is against him; the kings, his own son and even the people he once led  faithfully, this really was the darkest moment in...