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“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” -Michah 6:8

There is so much happening in our world right now. Wars, rumors of wars, earthquakes… And there is also our personal lives, which can have their own time-consuming stuggles.

It’s easy to forget what it is that God truly wants us to focus on:

^“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind’.  This is the first and greatest commandment.   And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”-Matthew 22:37-39

Perhaps today, this is enough 🙂

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“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.  All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; ” – 2 Corinthian 5:17-21

” It changes a sinner to a saint; it doesn’t give him a heart makeover, it gives him a new heart” – (“It” is the Blood of Christ)

Rev. George Ellis

A new heart, a fresh start, is available to us all. All we need to do is to ask Jesus for it 🙂

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Many of us share a desire to see our nation become once again the “City on the Hill”and a “Light for all nations”.  But there is really only one way we can accomplish that, and that is to see as many Americans as possible, truly accept and follow Jesus.  It is only in this way, that the Holy Spirit can live in the hearts of each human being.

Many of us wonder what we can possibly do to help those that are lost? There is always one thing we can do, and that is to pray for them every single day. Sometimes life gets so busy, we forget the true power of simple and heartfelt prayer.

Chuck Colson said, “Where is the hope? I meet millions of people who feel demoralized by the decay around us. The hope that each of us has is not in who governs us, or what laws we pass, or what great things we do as a nation. Our hope is in the power of God working through the hearts of people.”

“Our Hope is in the power of God working through the hearts of people”.  All of His people.

Don’t give up.  Don’t give in.  Pray for the lost.

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“Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him, even though you may not feel that love. In this way, you will compel Him to come to your aid and carry you like a little child who is too weak to walk.”

St. Theresa

One thing that sets Christians apart is that we do not earn our salvation, it is a gift from God:

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,  not of works, lest anyone should boast” -Ephesians 2:8-9

Christians are also different in that they are to love their enemies:

“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.  To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. ³¹ And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.”-Luke 27-31

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“In Essentials Unity, In Non-Essentials Liberty, In All Things Charity”

Rupertus Meldenius, Germans Theologian appears in 1627 tract during the 30 year war

The real question is: what are the Essentials?

We need to ask the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit will be so glad we did, and so will we!

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“Helping one person may not change the word, but it may change the world for one person”

Helen Barry

I heard a great question on the radio. A woman said that every night they went around the table and each person shared how they had made someone’s life better. What a wonderful way to keep both the adults and children focused on helping others!

And what an idea for each of us to think about each day! When life gets so busy, it’s easy to let loving each other kind of slip away. But this family was focused daily on making another person’s life at least a little better (if not a lot lol).

You will be amazed at how much happiness one act of kindness will give you!

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It’s hard to explain how these two work together. One thing I can share is that when we are fully Surrendered to the Lord there is no more Fear. Only Peace 🙂

There is no more fear because we have already accepted that the worst possible tragedy could happen to us, but with the help of God, we know we could walk through it. We know that God’s Help will be enough

His Grace is sufficient.

Notice, I am not saying we “believe” it. I am saying that we “know”. And there is a very real difference.

But in order to fully have God’s Peace; we need to fully Surrender. And that’s not always easy. And sometimes it takes a lot of prayer and a lot time.

But together, with the Help of the Holy Spirit, we can do it.

One prayer that can really help, is the Surrender Novena. Sometimes we need to pray it several times in order to reach our goal. I know I had to pray it many times, over and over. But it does make a very real difference 🙂

Below is a link to the Surrender Novena:

Surrender Novena

Jesus will never let us down. He will always love us and He will always walk with us. And when we feel like we can’t walk anymore, He will carry us 🙂

“The Lord replied, “My precious, precious child. I love you, and I would never, never leave you during your times of trial and suffering. When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you.”-The Footprints Prayer

We’ve seen other countries at war for so long; we’ve become numb to it, but God has not! We ourselves have been sending our troops all over the world; we have become numb to their suffering, but God has not!

God wants Peace. He loves each and every human being with a love far beyond our understanding and with a faithfulness that withstands all. And He loves and cares about every human being that is suffering far more than we do. On all sides. God wants the suffering to stop and Peace to reign!

So wherever we are, let’s also do what we can to bring about Peace.

And what is it we can do?

As never before, we can pray. For the sake of all of those who suffer, for the sake of our children who shall inherit this earth, let us Pray for Peace.

We have been given one of life’s most precious gifts-Time. Our Father, who gives such good gifts to His children, has given us Time to prepare for what is coming. But it is how we use that Time that will really matter. We need to memorize every Bible verse that we can. Let’s start with these two 🙂

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”-Psalm 119:11

 “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”-Psalm 119:105

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