That's my daddy!!!!: 2015

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

12-3/15- IN HIM we live and move and have our being.

I get to work the other day after being gone for a few days and my plant looks like this

I have had this happen to my plant on a few occasions. What happens is that my plant doesn't get enough water and it causes the adverse effect of the plant looking to be lifeless. Usually, if I fill it with water, it will bounce back within a few hours of receiving water. This time, however, it had went without water for a couple days longer due to the Thanksgiving holiday. I filled it with water, and it didn't seem to affect it much that first day.

It looked like it was getting the water, but it could not pull it self back up. Several of the leaves were still very weak. It seemed to be hopeless to just put water in the plant in just leave it there. It barely moved the first day. Sherry believed it would come up again but I mist say I thought I killed my Peace Lilly. But, the second day it look like this!

I had a little more hope by the second day that it might come back as it now looked like it was at least able to fight. It had received enough of the water into its root system and was able to strengthen itself. The water had to get deep enough into the root system for it to give the plants enough strength.

The Lord reminded me that this is how we are when we don't spend time with him in relationship. He is the LIVING WATER. We will have seasons in our lives when we might be tempted to think we can do without his nourishment for our soul. When we don't get enough water, we become wilted and weak, inable to support our own strength. We look to Jesus, get filled, filled, and filled again and receiving strength each time. The longer we go without receiving the living water deep down into our root system, the harder it is and the more time it takes to regain strength and bounce back with resurrection life. The best way to avoid this happening is to maintain a steady flow of his living water into our souls into not allow ourselves to stay too dry for too long. The enemy loves to find dry places where he can cause damage in the hopes of destroying us permanently. BUT GOD is greater than his schemes and sends a message in a precious flower that just needed a little pick me up of living water.

Here is what my plant looked like on the third day:

Praise God! She took a beating. She is losing some leaves. She will never be the same as she was before her dry spell.The excessive amounts of water have turned her leaves different colors and in some ways she is more beautiful now than she was before. Such is our lives!! IN HIM WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING (Acts 17:28)

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Do you have LOVE? Have you Been Loved?

This morning, the Lord had me reading Romans chapter 3 and for screens in chapter 13. Romans chapter 3 got me thinking along the lines of we are not justified by the works we do but by the faith in Jesus that we have. We know in Scripture the Lord tells us faith only works through love (Galations 5).if a true saving faith of Jesus Christ brings us to a deeper love for Him and for others, then we must be continually growing in love or we are just like a clinking symbol. However, we must be careful not to believe that we are full of love just because we are doing good works for everybody around us. Love is the motive of your actions, not necessarily the actions themselves. In first Corinthians chapter 13 we are told that even though we give all our goods to the poor and give our bodies to be burned as a sacrifice if we have not love is useless.May the motives of our heart always be to love and to have mercy and forgiveness and to grow up into the fullness of who God has created us to be.

To whom much is forgiven, the same loves much! What have you been forgiven of?

Parable Of The Unforgiving Servant Matthew 18:23-35

23 "Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.24 "And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.25 "But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made.26 "The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, 'Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.'27 "Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.28 "But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'29 "So his fellow servant fell down at his feet[fn] and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.'[fn]30 "And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.31 "So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came and told their master all that had been done.32 "Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.33 'Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?'34 "And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.35 "So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses."[fn]

If we are not walking in love, we will see the father as a harsh and stern debt collector. However, when we realize how much we have been forgiven of, we have a mercy on like no other. I don't know about you but I am walking through so many things that need to be forgiven at times that I don't want to take a chance and hold somebody else's debt to me against them.

Daddy,

Help us to know when we have strayed in this area. Lead us by your Holy Spirit into all the ways of your love for people. Help us to speak truth in love with the motive of seeing the captive set free not of the captives being punished for their mistakes. Help love grow inside of each of us so that we be mature and complete lacking nothing.help us to be your hands and feet today.

If there are any that are reading this today that have never felt your love or never experienced your mercy or forgiveness for them, I pray today that as they are reading that they will feel your love and know that you are a good father that you are not a harsh debt collector and that you are wanting to pour out your mercy to all people so that none should perish but all should come to repentance and have everlasting life in Jesus name, Amen