God Cares For Us

"Humble yourself therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time; Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you." 1 Peter 5:6-7

Don't brag, boast, of exaggerate to make yourself look good and appear better than others. It is much better to humble yourself and let The Good Lord exalt you.

Humility is "low mindedness" when it comes to thinking of one's self. Thinking that one is not worthy and not good enough to serve The Lord. We are not important, He is. We are woefully inadequate and insignificant by comparison.

Rather than trying to lift ourselves up, we ought to lift up the name of Jesus.

God can lift you up out of whatever, place you above whatever, and He can keep you safe from whatever. He cares for you and He can take care of you.

Trial Of Our Faith

Just as our works will be judged in a trial by fire, so will our faith also be judged in a trial by fire.

"That the trial of your faith, being much more precious that of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ ..." 1 Peter 1:7

Whereas our works will undergo a trial by fire on that final day of judgement, 1 Corinthians 3:10-15, our faith will be tested frequently while we yet live. The question is, do we maintain our faith in Christ while we are going through various trials and troubles in this life.

"Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations..." 1 Peter 1:6

The tests (... temptations ...) of our faith shall be varied (... manifold ...), grievous (... heaviness ...), and temporary (... for a season ...), but not sufficient to cause us to loose our Christian joy (... greatly rejoice ...).

So, don't worry about whatever it is that you are going through, it's only a test.

Our Inheritance

"Blessed be The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." 1 Peter 1:3-5

We, who are saved by faith, by the power and mercy of God, through Jesus Christ, we have a treasure reserved for us in heaven.

We have our inheritance waiting for us in heaven. Earthly inheritances can be collected after some one on earth dies. Our heavenly inheritance will be collected when we die. The death, burial , and resurrection of Jesus has already set our inheritance aside for us in heaven. We just have to get there to claim it.

Walk The Walk

Many of us say that we love The Lord, but our inconsistent actions speak louder than our words.

"... We do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him."

"But whoso keepeth His word, in him verily is the love of God perfected; hereby we know that we are in Him. He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also to walk, even as He walked." 1 John 2:3-6

Talk is cheap without the walk to back it up. We need to walk the Christian walk and not just talk the talk.

When we believe God's word, and when we desire to keep God's word, and we make an effort to keep His word, then we know that we are children of God.

O Give Thanks Unto The Lord # 4

"O give thanks unto The Lord; for He is good and His mercy endureth for ever.

O give thanks unto The God of gods; for His mercy endureth for ever.

O give thanks unto The Lord of lords; for His mercy endureth for ever.

To Him who alone doeth great wonders; for His mercy endureth for ever...

O give thanks unto The God of heaven; for His mercy endureth for ever." Psalms 136:1-4 & 26

I hope and pray that all of you had a blessed Thanksgiving Day and that you will be blessed throughout the rest of this season of giving thanks.

O Give Thanks Unto The Lord # 3

"O give thanks unto The Lord; for He is good; because His mercy endureth for ever." Psalms 118:1

"This is the day which The Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." Psalms 118:24

"O give thanks unto The Lord; for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever." Psalms 118:29

"In every thing give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." 1 Thessalonians 5:18

May you all have a blessed Day of Giving Thanks.

O Give Thanks Unto The Lord # 2

"O give thanks unto The Lord, for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever. Let the redeemed of The Lord say so ..." Psalms 107:1-2

We should be thankful and give thanks unto The Lord always, every day, and not just during this season of thanksgiving. "God is good, all the time; and all the time, God is good."

Why is it that we only call when we are in trouble? Just like the children of Israel, "Then they cried unto The Lord in their trouble ..." Psalms 107:6, 13, 19, & 28

Those of us that He has saved and blessed should say so and tell the world. David said, "I will bless The Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth." Psalms 34:1 "Bless The Lord, O my soul; and forget not all of His benefits ..." Psalms 103:2

When we think of all of the blessings that we have received from God throughout our lives, we ought to be saying 'Thank you Lord' all day, every day.

We all have so much to be thankful for; every good and perfect gift (James 1:17), the things and people that He kept us from (1 Samuel 25:39 & Psalms 17:4), and the things that the world or an individual meant to be bad for us that He turned into a blessing (Genesis 50:20).

"O give thanks unto The Lord ..." Psalms 105:1, 106:1, 107:1, 118:1, 136:1 Have a blessed Thanksgiving Day and season