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“ She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”- Matthew 1:21

As we approach Christmas, we thank Jesus for Rescuing us and for continuing to Rescue us. Because that is really what Christmas is – a Rescue opeation 🙂

Jesus was born into this world to Save us! To Rescue us from our sins and build a bridge for us to our Father.

Thank You Jesus!

“My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”-Psalm 121

When times are hard, these hard times can be a Gift. Because it is when times are hard that we run to Aba and cry out for help. For we know that “our help comes from the Lord”.

But when times are good. When everything is going just as we planned, lol. When our spouse and our children are happy and healthy, we somehow just become too busy. Busy with work, busy with life…And we forget how important it is to maintain that friendship, that bond with God, that we needed so desperately just a while ago when times were harder.

Maintaining that bond, that friendship with God takes time; it takes prayer and it takes listening to what God has to say. It takes being willing to obey whatever God wills for us. It takes a willingness to become all that God wants us to become!

It takes Following Jesus every single step of the way – all the way Home 🙂

Surrender is a willingness to Follow Jesus no matter how hard life might become. No matter what we may lose. Some people turn away from Jesus when life turns out in a way they didn’t want, but some turn to God. It is those who turn to God no matter what, that learn the true meaning, and Gifts, that our Lord gives 🙂

The Bible teaches us to accept hardships and trials with “joy”. But this does not mean that we don’t cry, that we don’t become angry at first…These are human emotions and God understands them. Afterall He made us 🙂

The acceptance of hard times simply means that we turn to Jesus, we accept them with Spiritual Joy. Because we know that these trials will bring us closer to Christ. And in that, we Rejoice!

Jesus loves us; He will never let us fall all the way 🙂

Sometimes Surrender to Jesus is almost easy. Sometimes life becomes so hard, that Surrender is the only choice! But sometimes life is going well, and Surrender is hard.

But surrender is required if we truly wish beauty to be made from our ashes and our souls to rise 🙂

And either way, Surrender to Jesus is necessary if we truly wish to Follow Jesus!

Following Jesus means, in part, that we must Surrender completely. Every prayer needs to end in “Thy Will Be Done”. Because surrender means putting God’s Will First!

Surrender takes Trust. Why? Because we must Trust that Jesus loves us so and that all that happens in our lives, happens ultimately, for our good 🙂

And Surrender takes a willingness to give our will to Jesus. It’s harder than it sounds, but it is so worthwhile 🙂

There is a truly wonderful daily prayer:

“O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, please take care of everything”

This song helps me so much! Especially when I am struggling. Our Hope is in Jesus. We can’t help but think sometimes just how imperfect our faith is. We can’t help feel sometimes that we just can’t make it. But we can.

This song says, “meet me in my weakness”. And Jesus will. Just call Him; He will be there and walk with us. Because He loves us!

May you and your family have a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Being grateful truly leads to Happiness. So this Thanksgiving,let’s take a moment or moments to write down every single thing that God has given us. From family to health, from a job to a place to live, from all things tangible and intangible…And we will be amazed how long that list is!

Thank You God 🙂

“Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise!
    Give thanks to him; bless his name!” – Psalm 100:4

It’s true, isn’t it? We are waiting to enter Heaven and be with God all the time! We are waiting; we are praying and we are Trusting God and Knowing that day will come. And it will 🙂

As we celebrate Thanksgiving, let’s remember that what we are most grateful for is Jesus 🙂

“And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”-Matthew 28:20

Yesterday we spoke about how when we go to Heaven, we will be with God. And we will. All the time.

But sometimes we forget, we can be with God, all the time, now! Jesus, Immanuel, came down to earth to Save us. Jesus was with us. He is with us now! But sometimes, because of sin and temptation, and life’s other distractions, we do not focus on Jesus 24/7 as we should.

But Heaven is here. Imannuel is here. God is with us!

It’s our choice as to how much time we spend with God. A choice given to us by God Himself 🙂

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.  And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.  And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.  He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” – Revelation 21:1-4

In Heaven, we will get to be with God forever :). All temptation and sin will be gone forever. And we will walk with Jesus. God’s Light will enveope us and the Holy Spirit will fill us.

We will finally be Home, forever.