Message of the Day!

[Judy Harder]

I don't care if you lick windows,

take the special bus or occasionally pee on yourself.

You hang in there, sunshine - you're friggin' special.

Every sixty seconds you spend angry, upset or mad,

is a full minute of happiness you'll never get back.

Today's Message of the Day is:

Life is short, Break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, Love truly,   

Laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile.   


Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here, we should dance.

[Judy Harder]

This is SO good

A Jewish businessman in Chicago sent his son to Israel for a year to absorb  the culture. When the son returned, he said, "Papa, I had a great time in Israel .
By the way, I converted to Christianity."

"Oy vey," said the father. "What have I done?" He took his problem to his best friend.

      "Ike," he said, "I sent my son to Israel , and he came home a Christian. What can I do?"
      "Funny you should ask," said Ike. "I, too, sent my son to Israel , and he also came home a Christian.  Perhaps we should go see the rabbi."
      So they did, and they explained their problem to the rabbi. "Funny you should ask," said the rabbi. "I, too, sent my son to Israel , and he also came home a Christian.  What is happening to our young people?"
      And so they all prayed, telling the Lord about their sons. As they finished their prayer, a voice came from the heavens:

      "Funny you should ask," said the voice.......
      "I, too, sent my Son to Israel ........
 

[Judy Harder]

 

Christ in You, You in Christ
God alone made it possible for you to be in Christ Jesus.
I Corinthians 1:30 NLT

As a child of God, you are in Christ and He is in you. Each is significant in the following ways:

1) Being in Christ means that you receive the benefits of all that He has done for you through His death, burial, resurrection and ascension;

2) Christ being in you means that you receive the benefits of His presence, His character and His nature within you.

3) Being in Christ changes your position before God;

4) Christ being in you changes the inward condition of your heart.
 

[Judy Harder]

Celebrate the Light of the World
Light moves you from religion to reality;
From outward form to inward change;
From fading glories to everlasing glory;
From heaviness to joy.
You begin to live in the things that will last forever.
Isaiah 60:19 The Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

PRAYER
Thank you, Lord, for the light of your presence which has made me truly alive. Thank you that everything about you is genuine and that your genuineness makes everything undeniably different in my life. I praise you that your light far exceeds the glory of the flickering lights of this world. Your light within me outshines the brightness of the sun.

[Judy Harder]

Ed Young Ministries - Week of 12/28


Week of December 28

Trading Spaces - Rubble Trouble
by Ed Young

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Corinthians 5:21

Christ traded spaces with us on the cross. He died in our place, for our sin. But if you believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins, you only believe one-half of the Gospel. The other half of the Gospel is the fact that Christ fulfilled God's standard perfectly.  He was 100% righteous. So, had Christ been 90% righteous or 80% righteous, his sacrifice would not meet God's demands. He was 100% righteous.

So, once you bow the knee to Christ and ask him to come into your life to take residence, to come into the dwelling place of your heart, then the righteousness of Christ is imputed into your life. Thus, when God sees you, he sees Jesus and his perfect character. This is only able to take place because of the resurrection power.

That's the power that can renovate our minds and hearts today and that will one day completely renovate and restore our sin-torn bodies into glorified bodies that will live forever in heaven. The resurrection is the final hope of every Christ-follower. It is the "final reveal" of God's design and renovation: the perfection of our mind, body, and spirit. On the other side of the grave, when God says, "Okay, open your eyes and see your new space," you will open your eyes in a resurrected, recreated body, a completely new space that you will inhabit for eternity.

It will be the perfect space, designed by the perfect Designer (God the Father), rebuilt by the perfect Carpenter (Jesus Christ) and purchased at the ultimate cost (Christ's precious blood). But you've got to make the choice: Are you going to keep trying on your own to rebuild the rubble left by sin or are you going to let the Carpenter renovate your life into the perfect space.

[Judy Harder]

JANUARY 3

Setting God-Given Goals

"We ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip." Hebrews 2:1

Have you ever written down some God-given goals to keep you from being a drifter? Without goals, you're a ship without a rudder, a compass, a sail and an anchor. What kind of ship is that? One that is doomed to failure.

Most people don't plan to fail. They simply don't plan. How can you tell whether or not your goal is a God-given goal? 

First, have you prayed over it and asked for God's blessing?
Second, does it create in you enough spiritual enthusiasm and excitement to see it fulfilled?
Third, does it demand the very best in you?
Fourth, does it touch every area of your life? There is no area of your life that is out-of-bounds from God.
Take some time now; it's time to write down some goals and even a mission statement focused on the following areas of your life:

Spiritual
Physical
Relational
Intellectual
Financial


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