You are always loved!-Encouraging Messages

[Judy Harder]

 

Knowing Your Place
You are seated with Christ at God's right hand...
Nothing is higher than that !
God loves you with an everlasting love...
Nothing is deeper than that !
He invites you to drink from the river of His delights...
Nothing is purer than that !
He shares His heart with you in communion...
Nothing is dearer than that !
He watches over you with tender mercies...
Nothing is kinder that that !
He is with you and will never leave you...
Nothing is nearer than that !
He leads you according to the counsel of His own will...
Nothing is wiser than that !
He faithfully feeds you from His word...
Nothing is truer than that !
He is in you and joined to your spirit...
Nothing is closer than that !

-Roy Lessin

Read encouraging messages by Roy Lessin, DaySpring co-founder and writer, on Roy's blog Meet Me in the Meadow.

[Judy Harder]

 

Hope in God's Open Arms
If you ever wonder how in the world God could use you to change the world, look at these people.

What people?

The people God used to change history. People who found hope, not in their performance, but in God's proverbially open arms.

God is using you to make a difference.
-Max Lucado

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Philippians 2:13

Encourage someone that is making a difference in your life by sharing this message 

[Judy Harder]

Anxiety and Peace, Reflections from Philippians 4:6-7

Roy Lessin

From Meet Me In The Meadow

Anxiety—don't carry it, walk with it, eat with it, live with it, go to bed with it. Don't entertain it, support it, encourage it—not in big things or little things, present things or future things, pressing things or perplexing things. It is a foe not a friend, a downer not an edifier, a binder not a freer. It will quickly introduce you to its close cousins, fret and fear.  When anxiety knocks at the door of your heart or mind, be sure to renounce it, reject it, and refuse it any place.

Instead of being anxious about anything, you can begin to pray about everything. Prayer means that you have a God to go to and to talk to, who hears and answers prayer. Mix your prayers with thankfulness. Thanksgiving reflects an attitude of gratefulness to God for inviting you to come to Him, and it shows that you truly trust Him to take care of you, regardless of your circumstances.

As you pray and trust God to work, He will give you the assurance that He is in control. He will do this by giving you His peace. God doesn't give you circumstantial peace, but His peace, a peace which remains constant and undisturbed through every circumstance.

God's peace is His answer for anxiety. His peace will quiet you and calm you; it will minister health to your nerves and rest to your spirit. God's peace is more powerful than anxiety, fear, or worry, and His peace will defeat any foe that tries to attack your heart and mind. At the heart of these attacks is an attempt to have you to turn your faith away from God and to focus instead on your needs and circumstances. God's peace strengthens you from these attacks by giving you the assurance that God is for you and that no weapon formed against you will prosper.

Never turn away from God's peace. Yield and surrender your heart and mind to His peace. Say, "Yes, Lord, I receive Your peace." You do not need to understand why certain things are happening in order to have God's peace. His peace transcends your understanding. God's peace is the same peace that Jesus said He would give to you. It is a peace that the world cannot give you. His peace belongs to you because you belong to Him.

[Judy Harder]

He Holds You

Roy Lessin

God never leaves you alone...
He never forgets about you...

He looks out for you and takes care of you.
You are more important than the birds
He feeds and provides for.

Trusting Him means to rest in Him
as your shield, your covering, your provider,
your defender and your friend.

It means freedom from worry, anxiety and fear.
It means peace to your mind and joy to your soul.

Come to Him; He is waiting...
Lean on Him; He is strong...
Talk to Him; He is listening...
Depend on Him; He will never let you down.

He holds you within the hollow of His hands
to keep you close...to keep you safe...
to deliver you from all your fears.

Today's posting is an excerpt from my book,From God's Heart to Yours: In His Hands. Please click here to visit DaySpring.com if you're interested in purchasing it.

[Judy Harder]

 

The love of  God is like the ocean, you can see its  beginnings, But Not its end...

[Judy Harder]

 

Jesus Calling
Keep your eyes on Me! Waves of adversity are washing over you, and you feel tempted to give up. As your circumstances consume more and more of your attention, you are losing sight of Me. Yet I am with you always, holding you by your right hand. I am fully aware of your situation, and I will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able to bear.

Psalm 73:23; I Corinthians 10:13

Excerpt from the devotion for February 27th from the book
Jesus Calling by Sarah Young.

 
A Friend in the Storm
When it feels like life has failed you
and your mind's been cast in war,
please remember Love's forever;
I will pass you through this door.

You don't cry alone in battle,
even when you think you've lost.
Please believe this truth, My winner:
Heaven paid your victor cost.

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18

Excerpt from the devotional gift book A Friend in the Storm by Cheryl Ricker.
 
 
 

God Will See You Through
Sometimes it's hard to see through our tears.

But even when we can't see, God has promised to be there - loving us, strengthening us, giving us what we need to face each day.

No matter what happens, God will hold you close and see you through because you are so precious to Him.

God cares, cares right down to the last detail.
James 5:11 The Message

[Judy Harder]

GOD'S "PHONE" NUMBER
Jeremiah 33;3
"Call to me and I will answer you
and tell you great and mighty things
you do not know."

This is Beautiful


Hello God, I called tonight
To talk a little while
I need a friend who'll listen
To my anxiety and trial.

You see, I can't quite make it
Through a day just on my own...
I need your love to guide me,
So I'll never feel alone.

I want to ask you please to keep,
My family safe and sound.
Come and fill their lives with confidence
For whatever fate they're bound.

Give me faith, dear God, to face
Each hour throughout the day,
And not to worry over things
I can't change in any way.

I thank you God, for being home
And listening to my call,
For giving me such good advice
When I stumble and fall..

Your number, God, is the only one
That answers every time.
I never get a busy signal,
Never had to pay a dime.

So thank you, God, for listening
To my troubles and my sorrow.
Good night, God, I love You, too,
And I'll call again tomorrow!

P.S.  Please bless all my friends and family too.

Send this to all your friends and family.  Anyone that you love and care about. Let them know God is there for them.

[Judy Harder]

Anxiety and Peace

28 Feb 2011

Anxiety tells you that you are in a situation that is too big for God to handle;
Peace assures you that nothing is too hard for the Lord.

Anxiety assumes the worst will happen;
Peace affirms the best is yet to be.

Anxiety points you to your inadequacy;
Peace confirms that God's grace is sufficient.

Anxiety causes you to panic;
Peace causes you to be still.

Anxiety shows you your lack;
Peace points you to God's supply.

Anxiety warns of defeat and failure;
Peace proclaims God's victory and success.

Anxiety causes you to strive;
Peace causes you to rest.

Anxiety says "You will be carried away by the storm;"
Peace says "Your anchor holds."

Anxiety fills you with darkness;
Peace floods you with light.

Anxiety tells you to first seek a solution;
Peace tells you to first seek the Kingdom.

Anxiety tells you, you won't make it;
Peace assures you, God will bring you through.

Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds? And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest? But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.  Luke 12:24-26, Matthew 6:33 NKJV

[Judy Harder]

Fret buster #89

God will bring you through, not somehow, but triumphantly! –Dean Kerns

Through God we shall do valiantly. Psalm 60:12

[Judy Harder]

This one is definitely between you and God. Don't disappoint. Read to the end.
   
GOD: Angels, do you know what I was just thinking about?
   
     
ANGELS: What were you thinking about?
 
   
GOD: Christians seem to have forgotten what kind of power they have available and the devil keeps on deceiving them!
   
   
   
ANGELS: God, exactly what are you driving at?
   
   
   
GOD: I have made my children in such a way that when the people of the world are sitting, they would be standing, when the world is standing, they will stand out, when the world stands out, my children must be out standing and when the devil dares the world to be outstanding, my people will be the standards to be used!
   
   
JESUS CHRIST: They (Christians) are also forgetting the words in Ephesians 1:3.
   
   
GOD: Please read it out!
   
   
ANGEL: PRAISE BE TO TH E GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST , WHO HAS BLESSED US IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES WITH EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN CHRIST .
   
   
ANGEL: So what do we do now since the end is almost near?
   
HOLY SPIRIT: My Presence is still among men and I will teach and remind the Christians of all that we have discussed. I will also make sure that they pass this message on!
   
   
JESUS CHRIST: I will also keep on interceding for them & stand in for them even in their weaknesses.
   
   
GOD:
   
I will also make sure that I give to all those who ask of me, seek me and try to find me .. The blessings I have promised them through My Son, Jesus Christ will be delivered to all those who discover that I, Jehovah, am ready to bless them! Not because of any special things that they have done, but just because I LOVE THEM !
   

JESUS CHRIST: I will also give all My followers who are willing to pass this conversation on, enough strength to carry on!
   
   
   
ANGELS: We are all backing THE TRINITY and even the devil cannot stop us! How funny! Christians are finally taking over and .......
   
   
DEVIL (eavesdropping behind the gates): I hope you all heard! I will deploy more troops (demons) and make sure the Christians pray less, read their Bibles less, preach  less and
make sure this mail does not move anywhere! Also.....
   
  YOU SURE HEARD THAT! THE DEVIL WILL MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT PASS THIS ON BUT PROVE HIM WRONG AND SHOW HIM THE POWER YOU HAVE IN CHRIST JESUS AS A CHRISTIAN. PRAY MORE, STUDY THE WORD MORE AND PREACH THE WORD! DO NOT DISAPPOINT GOD ! PASS IT ON!
NO God....NO Peace

KNOW God....KNOW Peace