LIVE FOR GOD

 
Good morning to you!

I pray that you had a blessed night. God is so wonderful and I thank Him all the time. Every moment, thank God.

Do you have happy, difficult, quiet, or painful moments? We all do. During the happy moments I hope we think to praise God. We really shouldn't have to think about it. Praising God should be automatic. And our happy moments should be more often than any other moment. Remember being happy is a choice. We can chose to be unhappy or we can choose to be content in any circumstance with a smile on our face and be happy. 

During difficult and painful moments we need to seek and trust God. Life in Christ was never meant to be easy. Worth every second of it but not easy. Things get hard, really hard but those are the times we really need to keep our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith. He is always faithful. We can always depend on Him.

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter 
of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured 
the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the 
right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:2

Then there are quiet moments in our life when we are to be still.

“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted 
among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” 
Psalm 46:10 
When we are in those moments we can worship our God and really focus on Him, praising Him, 

"...and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual 
songs with gratitude in your hearts to God."
Colossians 3:16b

It is great to sing to our Lord. Go to your prayer closet, whereever you spend time with God, read His Word, pray, and sing to Him in worship. Remember we are to

"Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his 
presence with singing. 3 Know ye that the Lord he is 
God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; 
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his
 courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. 5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; 
and his truth endureth to all generations."
Psalm 100 
Have an awesome and blessed day!

Les (lesbear)






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