BEING FILLED WITH GOD

Hello Everyone!

May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love. . . that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, (Holy Spirit)and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!
(Ephesians 3:17, 19 AMP.)

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Have you ever thought about how important you are? God created you specifically for a purpose. The thing is, to fulfill your purpose, you need to have a relationship with Him. To do this, you need to be filled daily with His presence and power. This is God's will for us.

Also we must put effort into this by developing a relationship with Him by praying, studying His
Word, and including Him into our lives even as far as just talking to Him as you would a friend. A friendship takes nurturing. You must have faith in Him, and trust Him. Knowing that since He created you He would not do anything to hinder you in what He has planned for your life. Therefore, if you will allow Him to guide you, and ask Him for direction, your life will be full.

You are probably wondering what this has to do with a purpose. Our purpose is to touch others. He died for All of us, yet not all of us know Him. It is our job as Spirit-filled Christians to witness to others and let them know about Him. I am not saying "beat them over the head" with a Bible. That would scare them more than help them. Start by showing them what a "true Christian" is all about, by having godly conduct, speaking in a godly way, dressing modestly, and being willing to help when needed. When they see you in this light, they will know something is different about you and want to know more. Another way to touch them is while having a regular conversation, interject a scripture here and there, giving them a "taste" of what God wants for them.


One thing I do each morning is before I come in contact with anyone, usually when I'm driving into town, I pray and ask God to direct my path, to be with me in every aspect during the day. I also ask Him to prepare the hearts of those I may come in contact with so that I might witness to them. I also ask Him to let His light shine through me, so that they will see Him when they look at me.

We touch others every day. We come in contact with many people. It is our choice as to whether we are gong to touch them in a good way or bad way. We all leave impressions good and bad.

2 Corinthians 5:15 says: And that He died for all that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them , and rose again. In other words, we are put on this earth not to glorify us, but to glorify Jesus. Jesus also said that "what we do for the least of them, we do for Him.". This tells me that one of our purposes for being on this earth is to help others in whatever way we can whether it be in word or deed, and also planting God's Word in them as you go along.

Be filled with God and let Him touch others through you.

God Accomplishes His Purposes

*The Caption for this picture is "No Other God"

Good Evening to All!

I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou has not known me: (6) That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. Isaiah 45:5-6

This Devotional comes from "Voices of the Faithful Book 2 by Beth Moore. Commentary by myself.

God Accomplishes His Purposes.

"Rafael" was a tough guy in town, but he had Christian family members who faithfully served the Lord. He chose to make life miserable for his family's pastor, ridiculing and trying to humiliate him. Eventually, Rafael's bullying manner and lawless lifestyle took him to prison.

One day, a family member went to visit Rafael. Rafael bragged to his relative that he was the "king" of the prison. Because he had taken over the prison black market, the other prisoners came to Rafael to purchase whatever they wanted from the outside. He boasted that he could sell anything in the prison. "By the way," he said to his surprised Christian relative, "the next time you're at church, pick me up some of those Christian music CDs and tracts that you give out to people. I can even sell them in here!"

On his next visit, the relative took Rafael some CDs and Gospel tracts. A few weeks later, he visited Rafael again. This time the relative heard prisoners singing Christian songs from those CDs, and he met people who told him they had read the tracts and trusted Christ. As in the case of the pagan king, Cyrus, God sometimes uses nonbelievers to accomplish His purposes.

Father, I rejoice that all across the world, you are using creative ways to engage people with the Gospel. Help me today to respond to the opportunities I have to share Your story with those You bring into my path. In Jesus' Name, I pray, AMEN.

I cannot count the times when I have said "I wish I was good at giving Bible Studies, or Witnessing. I seem to have it in my head that I have to have a "set platform" of which to teach, meaning a formal way of doing it, and be an eloquent speaker. I have taken a few classes, but I still don't think I could walk up to someone and say, "Hello, may I give you a Bible Study on the importance of the Plan of Salvation?" For me, saying that would sound "fake", or like I know all there is to know, which is DEFINITELY NOT the case.

The question is in what "forum" do we because He is my Favorite subject and somehow the conversation more times than not turns to Salvation. I also feel that my blog is another forum. I know there are probably thousands if not millions of blogs out there witnessing or preaching the Gospel. Yet there are many different forms. There are those which subtly plant seeds by typing a few verses then going to a regular format, there are those who are informal like mine and have a variation of witnessing tools such as devotions, inspirational stories and the like. Then there are the more formal type of formats in which the blogger is more knowledgeable and maybe even a pastor of a church using his blog as an outreach. We all have the same goals, just going about reaching them differently.

We all like to think that we know our purpose in life. To raise our family to the best of our ability, to provide for our family and so on. What we fail to realize is that while that is an important "goal" God put us here for a different reason. He told the disciples to go out into the world and preach the Gospel. While our "personal purpose" is to do the above mentioned family thing, God's purpose is more important. If we perform his task and accomplish His purpose then our personal purpose will be met as well, because He Will provide and keep His hand upon our lives, as we are doing His Will.

I feel that God has answered my prayer and let me know what my purpose is in this life. I hope that you will find it in your hearts to pray and ask Him to reveal HIS purpose for you also. Let Him know that His Purpose is the one that is the most important, and that by accomplishing His PURPOSE, your's will be met also.

Good Night to All and May God Bless!

Our Plans Versus God's Purpose

Good Evening to All!

I have gotten to where I can't remember to do anything unless I plan for it and write it down. Even then, it never fails, something always unexpectedly happens, but at least I can tell myself, "I tried to keep to the plan". You know, maybe staying strictly to the plan with no flexibility is not always such a good thing. Have you ever stopped to think how much stress is involved with "staying on schedule or rigid plans? Here comes heart burn, nervous break downs, ulcers, heart attacks. What good are plans if you aren't around to keep them?

Today's Seed: "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails." Proverbs 19:21

Life, it's been said, is what happens when we're making other plans. Many of us are list makers, complete with date book, organizer, or digitized appointment calendars. We know how to plan ahead.

Let's see---five minutes to brush teeth, ten minutes to take out the dog, ten minutes to drop the kids off at school, thirty minutes of exercise. But then we can't find the toothpaste, the dog doesn't cooperate, and the children "remember" that today's the day they're supposed to bring in five dozen cookies for a class party! We are not in control! We plan, but life intervenes. If we're smart, we'll allow God to guide us through our days and weeks.

Trusting in God should be our plan. God doesn't do things without a reason. He has a purpose, a plan for each of us. Allow Him to put that plan in action. When we see the big picture, Ezekiel 14:23 says, "You will be consoled when you see their conduct and their actions, for you will know that I have done nothing in ti without cause, declares the Sovereign Lord."

There are days when we plan and schedule but Gold says, "Nope! This is what will occur today." We need to be flexible, adaptable---not like a vase, which shatters into a thousand pieces when dropped. We should be like Play-Doh, which can be molded into any shape.

Dig Deeper:

The Hebrew word for people's "plans" means thoughts, imaginations, or intentions. In contrast, the word used for God's "purpose" means design, counsel, project, or wisdom. We imagine what we will do, but God designs the circumstances of our lives.

Background Bulb:

Proverbs emphasizes that we are not in control, repeatedly. Proverbs 16:1 says, "To man belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the reply of the tongue. Proverbs 16:9 says, "In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps." And Proverbs 20:24 says, " A man's steps are directed by the Lord. How then can anyone understand his own way? " Enough, we get the picture, God is in control!

Sprout & Scatter

Buy some Play-Doh. Gather you children or borrow some from the neighborhood and play together, molding and shaping the dough. Take a few minutes to think about how God is molding and shaping you. Then tell the children a story to illustrate this.

Think about it:

Remember a time when your plans opposed God's plans? How did you feel?

when God's purposes prevail in your life, describe the result.


Prayer Pot:

Lord, when things don't work out the way I plan, help me to...(insert your request).


Take Away Idea..

Live one minute, one hour, one day at a time according to God's purpose.

How do y'all like my new template? Nessa fixed it for me. She is trying to figure out how to fix me up with a nav bar and then it will be finished. I love the colors. Let me know what you think. As we said up top, if you have prayer requests, please leave them on my comments and I will gladly transfer them to my Prayer Line. Hopefully soon, we will have a nav bar to where you just click on it to see all of the precious people and their needs who are being lifted up to God. He is so Great there is nothing to big or too small for Him to take care of. How many times I have made specific plans and had them "fall through" only to later be relieved they did because something bad happened. Some people would call it coincidence, but I personally think there are no such things as coincidences. I believe that God's hand was on my life and He was intervening to keep me from trrouble or harm.

Y'all, I sincerely hope that this blog is truly making a difference for people, I know this may not be everyone's "cup of tea" and I respect that, but if my blog just touches even a few hearts every now and then, if it "speaks words of encouragement to someone that's feeling down, if it finally hits home to someone that God truly does care what happens to you in your every need, in your everyday life, then I feel like this blog has met its purpose. Thank you for all your support.

Good Night to All and May God Bless!

PJ