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[Judy Harder]

I Believe (A Confession of Faith) Part 6

27 Apr 2011

I believe God is Wise:

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. I Timothy 1:17 KJV

I believe God is wise and has all wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. I believe His wisdom is wiser than the wise, and His ways are higher than our ways. I believe His counsel is to be followed because it is wise counsel. I believe the decisions He makes for my life are made without error or lack of information. God is never misinformed or misguided.

I believe His wisdom, at all times, and in every situation, will lead me to make the right decision and to do the right thing. I believe His wisdom is good for me and best for me, and will guard me from doing anything foolish. His wisdom will always show me the way to glorify and honor Him. I believe His wisdom will direct me to make the highest choices, equip me to serve Him, and prepare me for what He has planned for my future.

I believe God is Holy:

Exalt the LORD our God, And worship at His footstool-- He is holy. Psalm 99:5

I believe God is light and in Him is no darkness. I believe God is pure light, clean light, holy light. He is pure without spot, blemish, or stain. His motives are pure, causing me to welcome His ways; His thoughts are pure, causing me to seek His mind; His will is pure, causing me to follow His steps.

I believe that the rivers that flow from His heart to mine are pure waters, free of anything that would contaminate my spirit or soul. I believe God is wholly beautiful, and beautifully holy—lovely to look upon, worthy to call upon. He is the majesty of all that is majestic, the splendor of all that is splendid. God is the grandest of all that is grand, the highest of all that is high, the mightiest of all that is mighty. In His holiness I see His magnificence, His wonder, and His glory. I believe He is truly the all-together lovely One, the One my heart can fully and freely worship.

[Judy Harder]

 

I Believe God Will Guide Me
In Your unfailing love You will lead the people You have redeemed. In Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling. Exodus 15:13 NIV

I believe my life is in God's hands and keeping. I believe He has a plan and purpose for my life and that He is leading me in a path that will fulfill that plan and purpose. I believe it is a good plan, a right plan, and the best plan. I believe there is not a better, higher, or wiser way for me to live or way for me to follow. I believe God knows exactly what He is doing and that He will bring things into my life at the exact time they are needed. I believe He wants me to follow Him with praise on my lips for who He is, with thanks in my heart for what He does, and with obedience in my steps for what He asks me to do.
-Roy Lessin, DaySpring co-founder and writer


Read the entire I Believe - A Confession of Faith series of posts on Roy's blog, Meet Me in the Meadow, and you can LIKE Roy's page to receive his devotions on Facebook.

[Judy Harder]

 

I Believe God Is Good
For the LORD is good. Psalm 100:5 NKJV

I believe He is always good. He is good in easy times and hard times, in quiet times and busy times, in smooth times and rugged times. He is good on stormy days and calm days, on smooth waters and rough seas, on high mountains and in deep valleys. I believe God is good to me and He will never do anything bad.
-Roy Lessin, DaySpring co-founder and writer


Read the entire I Believe - A Confession of Faith series of posts on Roy's blog, Meet Me in the Meadow, and you can LIKE Roy's page to receive his devotions on Facebook.

 


The Beautiful Church
We ask: How high? How wide? Long, High, Deep? This love surpasses knowledge, but we try so hard to know. We try to imagine together, though He can do immeasurably more than even that.

Church, this is you saying what is true. To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen

Read the entire devotional story on (in)courage and watch the amazing Community Reading from Ephesians 1:3 - 4:32.

[Judy Harder]

Roy Lessin
   

I Believe (A Confession of Faith) Part 7

02 May 2011
I believe God is Love:

God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 1 John 4:8-9 NKJV

I believe God is love. I believe He loves me. Everything that is true tells me God loves me—His word tells me, He tells me, Jesus tells me, the cross tells me, the blood tells me, the Holy Spirit tells me, the great cloud of witnesses tell me, the lives of those "of whom the world was not worthy" tell me. Any voice that tells me He doesn't love me is a lying voice, any voice that tells me He loved me once but doesn't love me now is a misleading voice, any voice that tells me He loves me now but will not always love me is a deceiving voice. God's every action demonstrates His love, His every attribute confirms His love, His every attitude reveals His love.

I believe God loves me consistently, faithfully, righteously. He loves me to the height, to the breadth, and length, and depth of His being. His love sought me, wooed me, called me, welcomed me, received me, embraced me, adopted me, brought me into His family and made me His child and heir.

I believe His love assures me of His acceptance, extends to me His mercies, and covers me with His grace. The signature of His love is written all over my life— feeding me in my hunger, sustaining me in my walk, upholding me in my trials, healing me in my pain, bathing me with comfort, soothing me with oil, clothing me with kindness, protecting me in the battle, holding me in the storm, guiding me in the journey, and keeping me to the end.

I believe God's love will never fail me, never disappoint me, never let me down or let me go. In love, His hands give and correct, shape and prune, form and fill. He loves me patiently, perfectly, practically, protectively, purely. I believe His love will never give up on me, and will endure through every circumstance.

I believe God's love seeks for me what is the highest, the richest, the fullest, and the best. All that His heart desires for me can only be found in His love for me. It is only in His love that I am fulfilled, satisfied, complete, joyful, peaceful, and deeply content—no else can bring it, nothing else can give it. I believe the only way I can find my true purpose and destiny is to be lost in His love.

As a believer, the testimony of God's love for me in Christ leaves me overwhelmed—when I was unlovely, He loved me and made me new; when I was unwanted, He chose me and made me His own; when I was lost in my sin, He found me and forgave me; when I was bound and condemned, He justified me and released me from my chains; when I was unsure and confused, He placed my feet upon a rock and put a song of hope in my heart; when I was troubled and afraid, He reassured me and gave me His peace. I believe God's love for me is amazing and leaves me amazed, astounding and leaves me astounded, wonderful and leaves me in wonder, awesome and leaves me in awe!

[Judy Harder]

Roy Lessin
   
I Believe (A Confession of Faith) Part 8

04 May 2011

I believe in the cross

But far be it from me to glory [in anything or anyone] except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Galatians 6:14 AMP

I believe that in the cross of Jesus Christ I can know the depth and power of God's love for me. I believe the cross is God's altar where He sent His Son to be sacrificed and make atonement for my sins. I believe that on the cross, "He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for (me), that (I) might become the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Corinthians 5:21).

I believe that in His death on the cross Jesus completely identified Himself with me and my need. He not only died for me, but He also died as me. When Jesus died, I died (Romans 6:. When Jesus was buried, I was buried (Romans 6:4). When Jesus rose from the dead, I was raised with Him (Colossians 3:1-3). When Jesus ascended and was seated at the right hand of the Father, I was seated with Him. (Ephesians 2:6).

I believe Jesus did all this for me so that I might fully live for Him, through Him, and in Him (Galatians 2:20). I died to the law so I wouldn't be under its judgment, I died to sin so I wouldn't be under its bondage, I died to the world so I wouldn't be under its influence.

I believe the cross is my liberator and emancipator. I believe that it is through the work of the cross that I can be completely set free to live free. Through the cross—I have died to my rights, so I can live as His servant; I have died to my plans, so I walk in His will; I have died to my rebellion, so I can abide in His peace; I have died to my opinions, so I can know His truth, I have died to my selfishness, so I can walk in His love.

I believe the cross of Jesus Christ frees from everything that is wrong to everything that is right, from everything that is mixed to everything that is pure, from everything that brings death, to everything that brings life, from everything that is of the darkness to everything that is of the light, from everything that is about "me" to everything that is about "Him."

[Judy Harder]

I Believe (A Confession of Faith) Part 9


6 May 2011

I believe God is sufficient:

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God. 2 Corinthians 2:5 NKJV

I believe God is wholly sufficient. I believe I am complete in Him, because in Him there is no lack, no want, and no deficiency. My sufficiency is not based on my personality, but His power; not on my pocket-book, but His riches; not my popularity, but His favor; not on my position, but His reign; not my performance, but His grace.

I am fully sufficient in His sufficiency—in Him, I am not partially content, but completely satisfied; not somewhat pleased but totally delighted; not temporarily happy, but eternally overjoyed. I believe God knows what's best, has what's best, gives what's best, and allows me, by His grace, to receive His best each day.

I believe that from Him are all things—He is the source, the headwaters, the spring, the foundation, the starting place of all the good, the grace, and the blessings that come into my life.

I believe that through Him are all things—He is not only the source but the resource of all I need. All things come from Him and all things are accomplished through Him. I go through the day with His supply, I serve with His strength, I give with His generosity, I endure with His grace, I touch with His compassion, I stand with His authority, I speak with His words, I embrace with His love.

I believe that to Him are all things—He is the end of all things, the reason, the motivation, and the inspiration for all I do. What I do, I do for Him; where I go, I go for Him. All that I have I lay at His feet, all that I am I place in His hands, all that I need I rest in His care. To Him be the glory, the praise, the adoration, the appreciation, and the celebration, always and forever.

[Judy Harder]

Relax your mind and humble your heart to focus on Christ. Allow God to be the only person on your mind while you read this prayer. If we can take the time to read long jokes, stories, etc., we should give the same respect to this prayer. Friends, who pray together, stay together.

Dear Lord, I thank you for this day. I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning. I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and an understanding God. You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me. Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought that was not pleasing to you. I ask now for Your forgiveness

Please keep me safe from all danger and harm. Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude. Let me make the best of each day to clear my mind so that I can hear from You.

Let me not whine and whimper about  things over which I have no control. Let me continue to see sin through God's eyes and acknowledge it as evil. And when I sin, let me repent, and confess with my mouth my wrongdoing, and receive the forgiveness of God.

And when this world closes in on me, let me remember Jesus' example -- to slip away and find a quiet place to pray. It's the best response when I'm pushed beyond my limits. I know that when I can't pray, You listen to my heart. Continue to use me to do Your will.

Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others. Keep me strong that I may help the weak.. Keep me uplifted that I may have words of encouragement for others. I pray for those who are lost and can't find their way. I pray for those who are misjudged and misunderstood. I pray for those who don't know You intimately. I pray for those who will delete this without sharing it with others. I pray for those who don't believe. But I thank you that I believe.

I believe that God changes people and God changes things. I pray for all my sisters and brothers. For every family member in their households. I pray for peace, love and joy in their homes that they are out of debt and all their needs are met.

I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem, circumstance, or situation greater than God. Every battle is in Your hands for You to fight.  I pray that these words be received into the hearts of every eye that sees them and every mouth that confesses them willingly..

This is my prayer.
In Jesus' Name,
Amen.

Pass this message to 10 people except you and me   (You can send it to more than 10  people if you would like).

Don't ignore and God will bless you. Know that you are already blessed by the person who sent this to you.

[Judy Harder]

 May 10, 2011

Meet Me In The Meadow
     
Roy Lessin
   
I Believe (A Confession of Faith) Part 10

I believe in "The name of the Lord"

We will trust in and boast of the name of the Lord our God. Psalm 20:7 AMP

I believe in the name of the Lord—mighty, magnificent, majestic. I believe I can call upon the name of the Lord at any time, in any circumstance, for any reason. It is a good thing, the right thing, and the wise thing to call upon the name of the Lord. There is no name like His name—no other title is so splendid, no other declaration is so honorable, no other proclamation is so glorious, no other person is so praiseworthy!

I believe I can call upon the name of the Lord in prayer and petition, in supplication and intercession, in praise and thanksgiving. I call upon His name because He hears my call and listens to my cry, because He understands and cares about my situation, because He has all power to answer and move in my behalf.

In the name of the Lord I speak with conviction, act with boldness, live with confidence, walk with clarity, and minister with authority. I believe that the name of the Lord is completely dependable and reliable—in His name I put my trust, I set up my banner, I sing my praise, I find  my courage, I express my worship, I take my stand, I move forward, I overcome, I am secure.

I believe I can boldly declare and proclaim the name of the Lord—the strong, supreme, endless, limitless, unalterable, inexhaustible Lord of all.

I believe in His name "Righteousness" (Jeremiah 23:6). His righteousness clothes me with the robe of purity.
I believe in His name "There" (Ezekiel 48:35). He is the One who is always with me, in every moment, through every circumstance.
I believe in His name "Peace" (Judges 6:24). In Him I find my rest, my calm assurance, my shalom.
I believe in His name "Banner" (Exodus 17:15). He is my Victor, Champion, Captain, King. He is my Warrior and the victor in every battle.
I believe in His name "Will See, Will Provide" (Genesis 22:14). He is in the details of life, is before me, and supplies every need.
I believe in His name "Healer" (Exodus 15:26). He is my Physician, Comforter, my health my wholeness, and restorer.
I believe in His name "Sanctifier" (Exodus 31:13). He sets me aside for His purposes, cleanses my heart, and washes me with His word.
I believe in His name "Shepherd" (Psalm 23:1). He leads me, feeds me, guides me, and will not fail me, leave me, or forsake me.
I believe in His name "Maker, Creator" (Psalm 95:6). He formed me with His hands, brought me into this world for a purpose, keeps me in His care, and is shaping me into His image.

Blessed be the name of the Lord!

[Judy Harder]

Roy Lessin
   
Let God Choose


As for God, His way is perfect! Psalm 18:30

Let God choose for you, it will be the right decision. Let God guide you, it will be the right direction. Let God plan for you, it will be in the right timing.  Let God measure for you, it will be the right portion. Let God help you, it will be the right care. Let God instruct you, it will be the right teaching. Let God prepare you, it will be the right training. Let God counsel you, it will be the right perspective. Let God fight for you, it will be the right outcome. Let God work in you, it will be the right result.

[Judy Harder]

Roy Lessin
   

Let God's Will Be Done

13 May 2011
Great Quotes

A great many people are afraid of the will of God, and yet I believe that one of the sweetest lessons that we can learn in the school of Christ is the surrender of our wills to God, letting Him plan for us and rule our lives. If I know my own mind, if an angel should come from the throne of God and tell me that I could have my will done the rest of my days on earth, and that everything I wished should be carried out, or that I might refer it back to God, and let God's will be done in me and through me, I think in an instant I would say: "Let the will of God be done."

I cannot look into the future. I do not know what is going to happen tomorrow; in fact, I do not know what may happen before night; so I cannot choose for myself as well as God can choose for me, and it is much better to surrender my will to God's will.
-D.L. Moody