Go after God!

Read this:

 1 Chronicles 16:11

Seek the Lord and His strength;

Seek His face evermore!

The bible makes it clear to seek (go after) God. He wants us to come to Him. This is where we get our strength to face all situations in life! Thus is also how we get closer to Him as we build our relationship with Him. Here is another verse:

Matthew 6:33

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Are you going after God each day??? Go! Go! Go!

Tom

Your family!

 Read these words from Jesus carefully:

Luke 8:21

21 But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”

Jesus family was outside wanting to talk to Him. These words were His reply. So what can we draw from it? 

Once we become followers of Jesus our true family is those who have also trusted Jesus as Lord and Savior. Those who have heard the Word of God and obeyed. Again this is a teaching of how important a church family is, atleast the true believers in the church!

Do you put more importance on your family or on your fellow brother and sisters in Christ?

Chew on that today! 

Tom

More for God than you!

Notice that the prayer that Jesus taught when asked to teach them to pray has more to do with God that it does for you!

 Matthew 6:9-13

9 In this manner, therefore, pray:

Our Father in heaven,

Hallowed be Your name.

Your kingdom come.

Your will be done

On earth as it is in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts,

As we forgive our debtors.

And do not lead us into temptation,

But deliver us from the evil one. 

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. 

Amen.

We lift up the name of God as Holy! We pray for His Kingdom to come. We pray for His will to be done. We ask Him to meet our needs. We ask Him to forgive our sins. We ask Him to forgive those who sin against us. WE ask Him to lead us away from temptation. We ask Him to deliver us from Satan. We acknowledge His Kingdom is the greatest!

Does your prayers sound similar to this??? This is how Jesus said we should pray!

Tom

Is God the Lord of our nation?

I want you to think on the question of the title. Then read this:

 Psalm 33:12A 

A.Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,

While this verse primarily refers to Israel, I believe it can apply to any nation who will have God as their Lord! Our nation was founded on the freedom to worship the God of the bible freely as well as to worship or not to worship what you want. The majority worshiped God when this nation was formed. Can we say that now? I am afraid to say that we can't and until we as a nation turn back to God we are losing His blessing! It all starts with you and me! Let us proclaim Jesus as Lord and live for Him!

Tom

Freedom and liberty

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The glory of heaven will be worth it!

 Romans 8:18

18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

No matter what you are going through this day we must remember as followers of Jesus this side of heaven is not our home and what we receive on the otherside of being with Jesus for eternity will make us forget everything bad we ever went through on this earth! Live for Jesus it is worth all we have to face!!!

Tom