Peace, Joy and Righteousness are our cup and portion.
It’s only when we go to praise God that we realise how at peace, how free we really are. It’s only in joy that we have the strength of the Lord. And we are made righteous in the eyes of God through our faith in the redemption offered by His Son, and our Saviour, Jesus the Messiah.
When we struggle for greater real intimacy with Jesus sometimes we need to seek healing of past hurts that have led us to building walls around us that block us really opening up our hearts to Jesus and significant others in our lives.
Jesus, take down the walls that block my relationship with you. Please heal the hurt in my life; from family, friends and the world, that have affected my ability to be intimate with you.
I choose to serve you cheerfully, to give you the first fruits of my time in praising and worshipping you and declaring the truth of your love for me. Thank you my Saviour Redeemer.
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.”
II Chronicles 16:9a NKJV
Watching Angus Buchan (Faith Like Potatoes) preaching from Tennessee, USA on God TV now. “My biggest enemy is often between my ears.“
Spent nearly two hours with a classroom behaviour management adviser on Friday at school and learnt that the above quote is true for me. Now that I can accept that, it’s time to bring it to God and seek his help to change. God tells me to be not afraid, that I can do all things through Him and that He is pleased with me – what more do I need?
Sitting in Dublin airport waiting to fly to Jerusalem via Zurich, I’m wondering what God has in store for me. I’ll be there for Pentecost which is exciting. On Sunday morning at 9am it will be the anniversary of 3000 people knowing in their hearts that Peter wasn’t drunk and that Jesus of Nazereth is the Messiah and accepting His gift of salvation.
I live a life that operates out of pride. I’m too proud to get things wrong, I want to be seen doing the right thing. It shows I don’t seek my approval from God and I won’t humble myself by taking a risk. There is a trait of pride in my ancestry and I have been hurt in the past which is some of the cause but today I take responsibility for my sin and I turn to Fod and ask His forgiveness, mercy and grace to change me.
What stands out is Jesus – He is the way. Next comes God, man, one, disciples, people, asked, came and went. Its all about God and people really.
My job as a primary school teacher gives me the opportunity to start or try new things during the summer holidays. I join the blogosphere at a difficult time for my family as my wife’s (S) parents are separating, hopefully temporarily. It is a real challenge to S’ faith as her heart is torn apart. God is using this to challenge me to love S more selflessly.
