Do My Life Bring Glory to God?

“As I live in awareness of, growth in, and gratitude for mercy, my life will bring glory to Him” – Sandy Smith

Biblical Inspiration

God’s Word is full of inspiration and promises. Every Christian should have a few victory verses to encourage you along the way or to help you trust what you know to be true about God, especially in difficult times. Here are just a few promises from God’s Word to inspire you. All scripture references below are from the New Living Translation (NLT):

• “So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.”- Galations 6:9
• “So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the Lord!” - Psalm 31:24
• “Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.” - Joshua 1:8
• “Take delight in the Lord and he will give you your heart’s desires.” - Psalm 37:4
• “Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor! The Lord rescues them when they are in trouble.” - Psalm 41:1
• “You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.” - Matthew 21:22
• “For the strength of the wicked will be shattered, but the Lord takes care of the godly.” - Psalm 37:17
• “…The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.” - Psalm 84:11
• “I had only heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.” - Job 42:5
• “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.“ - Jeremiah 29:11
• “We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.” - Romans 6:6-7
• “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” - 2 Corinthians 5:17
• “If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.”- James 1:5
• “Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.” - Psalm 119:105
• “The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety.” - Psalm 18:2
• “Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.”- Psalm 27:14
• “Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have.” – Philippians 4:11
• “For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.” - Galations 3:26
• “Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.” - I Timothy 4:12
• “So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.” - Luke 11:13
• “…obedience is better than sacrifice…” – I Samuel 15:22
• “Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of one another.” - Galations 5:26
• “Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.” - I John 3:18

GOD IS GREAT!

God is great from Daniedev

Walk with God

“I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light.” - Mary Gardiner Brainard

Pass Me Not Oh Gentle Savior!

Today, on this beautiful Sunday, I wish to share this beautiful hymn with you.

I know this hymn since I was very little.

How to Live in Harmony

May God, the source of all patience and encouragement, enable you to live in perfect harmony with one another according to the spirit of Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and voice you may glorify God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Accept one another, then, as Christ accepted you, for the glory of God.

Romans 15:5-7

To be a Christian

“The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian does make me a different kind of woman.” – Elizabeth Elliott

Seek the Truth

“When you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not.” – Edith Stein

Thoughts on Praying

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Engela

Stop and Smell the Roses

Hey Mister

Where you going in such a hurry

Don't you think it's time you realized

There's a whole lot more to life than work and worry

The sweetest things in life are free

And there right before your eyes

You got to Stop and Smell the roses

You've got to count your many blessings everyday

You're gonna find your way to heaven is a rough and rocky road

If you don't Stop and Smell the roses along the way

Before you went to work this morning in the city

Did you spent some time with your family

Did you kiss your wife and tell her that she's pretty

Did you take your children to your breast and love them tenderly

You got to Stop and Smell the roses

You've got to count your many blessings everyday

You're gonna find your way to heaven is a rough and rocky road

If you don't Stop and Smell the roses along the way

Did you ever take a walk through the forest

Stop and dream a while among the trees

Well you can look up through the leaves right straight to heaven

You can almost hear the voice of God

In each any every breeze

You got to Stop and Smell the Roses

You've got to count your many blessings everyday

You're gonna find your way to heaven is a rough and rocky road

If you don't Stop and Smell the Roses along the way

You got to Stop and Smell the roses

You've got to count your many blessings everyday

You're gonna find your way to heaven is a rough and rocky road

If you don't Stop and Smell the roses along the way

MAC DAVIS

Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

where there is sadness, joy;

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;

to be understood as to understand;

to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive;

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

AMEN

Who am I?

Who am I? If I am what I do I will always have to do more and achieve more to find my value. If I am what others say I am I will always have to please people instead of God.

But if I listen to who God says I am and embrace His identity in me I will find the freedom to live out all His plans for me.

Awesome God we have!!

WHEN YOUR WORRIES BEGIN TO INFLUENCE YOUR LIFE

A prayer for every day

“O God when I begin to worry about my work, help me to know that with your help I can cope.
When I begin to worry about money, help me to remember that, though money is important, there are things that money cannot buy - and these are the most precious things of all.
Sometimes I begin to worry about my health, help me to remember that worrying makes me worse, and that trusting always makes me better.
When I begin to worry about those I love, help me to do everything I can for them, and then to leave them in your care.
Give me tonight your peace in my troubled heart
Through Jesus Christ my Lord.
Amen”

Learning from failure

You've failed many times, although you don't remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk. You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim. . . . Don't worry about failure. . . . Worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.

Sherman Finesilver, US District Court Judge

LIFE IS LIKE WALKING THROUGH THE VELD

Along life’s journey one has many experiences - it is like walking through the veld.

One person might look at the far side of the veld, measure the distance, complain about the heat of the sun and all the stones along the road - such a person ends up exhausted and frustrated.

Someone else may start off by inhaling the fresh air, noticing every flower, insect, bird and bee and being occupied all the time with the wonder of nature. Such a person ends up refreshed and renewed.

The same applies to walking with or without God. With Him our journey becomes a living experience, without Him life is dull and above all meaningless.

What do we see when we look through a window? Do we see the sky or do we see the mud down below?

Engela

Life with Jesus

Many people compensate all the time. They try to be something else, pretend to be someone else, camouflage their identity, manipulate their friendship, and reflect a false image, wealth and potential.

To live truly, is to keep on living without any pretentious, to be your true self with honesty to yourself and frankness to your neighbor.

It is only when you get to know the real life that living becomes an experience and not an endurance. The key to living is to bring real life into your living. Jesus said I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. To live without Him is to pretend, camouflage and manipulate; life is empty and superficial. The life Christ gives to all who ask Him, is free, and abundant.

Engela

WHY ME LORD?

How often we become resentful when we have to bear trials, when sorrow and misfortunes come knocking at our door. ”Why me Lord?” we ask, “Why is life so unfair to me?”

But it isn't really, you know. Every single person has problems, only some have learnt the secret of dealing with them. They have followed in Christ‘s footsteps, for did He not accept the agony of the Cross to bring us forgiveness, and did He not rise again and triumph over death?

And these folk who go through life so serenely and who seem to bear their burdens so easily - how do they do it?

Maybe it is because they have learnt to accept what comes, to know that as Christians they are not exempt from misfortune, but that they, with God’s help, can turn every tragedy into a triumph. Do we not read in Romans 8: 28: “we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose.”

We too then, can turn our tragedies into triumphs if we believe that God is in control of our lives, if we ask Him for strength to bear our burdens and if we listen to that still, small voice to guide us in His way. 

Engela

God se Wens vir die Nuwe Jaar!

Ek kyk op na die Hemel en vra vir God , "God, wat sal u my toewens die nuwe jaar wat voorlê?

En God antwoord my, “my Kind, ek sal eerstens al jou sonde en pyn, lyding en hartseer van jou wegvat van die afgelope jaar wat verby is. Wat jy gedoen het vee dit agter jou weg en vergewe jou naaste. Ek wat God is sal jou beskerm waar jy ook al gaan en ophelp waar jy val. Gaan die nuwe jaar in met vreudge en ‘n gevoel van verligting want Ek is Groter as die wat jou kan seermaak en volg my net”

Toe draai God om en sê vir my:  “Stuur hierdie boodskap aan al jou vriende en sê vir hulle Ek is hul God en sal hulle deur die nuwe skoon jaar bystaan”!

Baie dankie vir Anne Gunter  vir hierdie pragtige stukkie!

Engela

On Who Do you Depend?

Everybody in life has to depend on something. Some people rely on other people, some on money, status, honor and acknowledgement.

Some people find compensation in visiting doctors and depend on medicine, drugs and pills. Without these things they cannot live. Because we must depend, let us depend on that which is everlasting and not temporary.

God alone is everlasting and totally dependable. Trusting in the Lord means that we have someone immovable on whom to lean. Believe in Christ, believe in His way of thought and so overcome all fear, hate, inferiority and every form and manner of defeat.

You have never even imagined the things God has prepared for those who love Him and depend on him.

The value of a smile - Read This!

Engela

My Geskenke Aan Jou

Vandag gee ek vir jou:

* ‘n Stukkende horlosie: Sodat die tyd van ons vriendskap  nooit uitloop nie.

*‘n ou skoen: Dat jy weet hoe ver ek vir jou sal loop .

* ‘n Veldblommetjie: Dat jy kan sien dat daar wel nog mooi dinge in die  lewe is.

* ‘n Spieel: Dat jy kan onthou hoe kosbaar en spesiaal jy vir my is en dat mens jou liefhet nes jy is.

* ‘n Skoenlapper: Dat jy hoog ver vry saam met God kan vlieg, elke oomblik van elke dag.

Engela

People in My Life

In life, you will realize that there is a role for everyone you meet. Some will test you, some will use you, some will love you, and some will teach you, but the ones that are important are the ones who bring the best out in you. They’re the rare and amassing people who remind you why it’s worth it.  

Engela

Gryp die Oomblik Aan

Op hierdie oomblik het ons net  vandag. More kan vir jou opdaag maar dalk nie vir my nie. Moet asseblief  nie somber voel nie, vier eerder, vandag omdat dit hier is. Jy is hier!

Druk die pouse knoppie in jou elektroniese dagboek en proe regtig die koffie in jou beker, voel tasbaar die soen op jou wang, vat doelbewus aan die keurvolle vrugte op die rak, gaan staan in die reën en …………….LEEF!

Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery – today is a gift that’s why it’s called the present.  

Engela

Are You Dependent?

Everybody in life has to depend on something. Some people rely on other people, some on money, status, honor and acknowledgement.

Some people find compensation in visiting doctors and depend on medicine, drugs and pills. Without these things they cannot live. Because we must depend, let us depend on that which is everlasting and not temporary. God alone is everlasting and totally dependable. Trusting in the Lord means that we have Someone immovable on whom to lean. Believe in Christ, believe in His way of thought and so overcome all fear, hate, inferiority and every form and manner of defeat.

You have never even imagined the things God has prepared for those who love Him and depend on him.  

Engela

Keuses

Elke dag staan ons voor ‘n keuse . Daar kom veral op een tydperk in die lewe ‘n kruispad waar ons moet stil staan om te kies. Van daardie keuse hang ewighede af. Sal ons links gaan, of regs? Sal ons die wêreld dien, of die Here?

Josua moes ook kies en sy besliste woorde was: “Aangaande my en my huis, ons sal die Here dien.” Eenmaal het Elia ook aan die volk gevra: “Hoe lank hink julle op twee gedagtes? As die Here  God  is, volg Hom en as Baäl dit is, volg hom na.” Hulle wou nie graag kies nie. Hulle wou nie die Here heeltemal laat los nie, want hulle het geweet toevlug in nood Hy vir hulle was  en hoe dikwels hy hulle al uitgered het. Maar hulle wou ook nie die wêreld heeltemal laat los nie. Hulle was bevrees dat hulle sou skade ly aan plesier, aan rykdom, aan vriende, aan populariteit.

Maar hy wat aarsel om reg te kies, is verlore. Hy wat hink op twee gedagtes en besluitloos bly wat sy lewensrigting betref word maklik ‘n prooi van die vyand. Wanneer is daar ‘n beter en meer gepaste tyd om te kies as aan die begin van ‘n nuwe jaar? As u bewus is dat u nog altyd in die verkeerde rigting gegaan het, maak vandag ‘n regsomkeer en gaan in die teenoorgestelde rigting. Plaas u voetstappe  met ‘n besliste keuse op die smal weg en wandel daarop.

Dit is die enigste weg wat u aan die einde van u lewe sal bring waar u dan graag wil wees. Dit kan so maklik te laat word om daardie uitdraai-paadjie na die regte kant te neem. Dit is lewenbelangrik dat elkeen moet kies en reg kies.

Wat sal jou keuse wees? Wat is dit vandag? As die Here God is, dien Hom of ……………………………..? 

Engela