God is worthy of our praise! Why would anybody not want to praise such a good God as our God. God is so wonderful. He is so giving. Our God is Love. He is always wanting to bless, heal and deliver all who will come to Him. He is so forgiving, always ready to forgive anyone. Never let the devil deceive you into thinking that God is against you or that God is mean or an angry God. God so loved the world that He gave us Jesus to save us and the Holy Ghost to comfort us. God has has promised to never leave us or forsake us, never, ever. He is such a wonderful Father. He is indeed worthy of our praise!

Psalms 150

Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

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Psalms 107:31

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 

My husband and I went on a mini-vacation at Virginia Beach, Va. We had such a wonderful relaxing time. The Atlantic Ocean was a wonder to behold, such beauty and force, the amazing work of God’s own hand. I so loved just gazing at the ocean seeing it’s gentle beauty and yet hearing it’s powerful voice. One cannot look into the face of such an enormous body of water and say there is no God. The ocean’s obedience to its creator to stay within its banks, speaks volumes to the authority of God over His creation. Oh that men would praise the Lord for His wonderful works to the children of men.

And know this,God has created all these things for His children to richly enjoy!

Many years ago we were going on a family summer vacation with our two daughters Tiffany and Faith. This particular vacation we were headed to Colorado. I was particularly excited because I had never seen the mountains in Colorado; actually I never recalled seeing any mountains in my entire life here on the earth. The night before the trip I was up just spending time talking with the Lord as I would often do when my girls were young. I enjoyed staying up after everyone was asleep, praying and fellowshipping with the Lord. Well, this particular night the Lord spoke the words, “Amazing Wonders” to me. I knew immediately He was speaking in reference to our trip the next day, so now I was really excited to get to Colorado. I remember all the way to Colorado I kept meditating on those two words, “Amazing Wonders.” So I asked the Lord what specifically about this trip was He referring to and He reminded me of the many verses of scripture in Psalms 107 that speak of men praising Him for His wonderful works to us His children. He wanted me to behold some of these great wonders.

Now, much more excited than before, I kept a steady gaze toward the horizon as we approached Denver Colorado. I think I was expecting these big mountains to just pop out at me. I would occasional ask my husband, “Do you see them yet?” As we traveled further on pass Denver my husband finally said, “Oh there they are in the distance, over there those black peaks.” Well I was somewhat disappointed at my first glance, I thought, “that looks like a little hill not a gigantic mountain.” I thought to myself, “is that it.”

However, as soon as I thought that, the phrase, Amazing Wonders, came to my mind again. So I decided to sit tight and patiently wait  to see what the Lord had in store to show me.

Oh my, when we finally got to the mountains, I can truly say they were indeed amazing. God showed me such amazing things on that vacation, great wonders crafted by His own hands. I shall never forget the beautiful things my eyes did behold.

God should ever be praise for the wonderful works of His hands. He is and will always be the Master Craftsman.

Psalms 111:4

He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.

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Before you go, ask someone if they know Jesus.

Before you go, light up this dark world with Holy Ghost power.

Before you go, show the devil who his boss is.

Before you go, be the best you that God created you to be.

Before you go, let this world know that God is God.

Before you go, give bread to the hungry and water to the thirsty.

Before you go, give a big hug and extra love to your enemies.

Before you go, praise the Lord with everything that is in you.

Before you go, go a little further and press a little harder to reach the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ for your life.

Before you go, take the bow and shoot the arrow of destiny right in the bulls-eye.

Before you go, be a bold witness for Christ.

Before you go, let someone in the world experience the healing virtue of God flow through your hands.

Before you go, let the world know the love of God never fails.

Before you go, finish the race that God entrusted to you.

Before you go, tell someone you know that Jesus Christ died for their sins and rose again the third day so that they could have life and life more abundantly.

Before you go, tell someone that Jesus loves them unconditionally.

Before you go, go after that God given dream, pursue and fulfill that God given vision.

Before you go, encourage those you pass on life’s highway.

Before you go, let someone know they can make with the Lord.

Before you go, let your faith go into the uttermost parts of the world and subdue the kingdoms of darkness.

Before you go, let the whole world know there is no one like our God.

2 Timothy 4:6-8

For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

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2 Timothy 2:3-4

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

Paul admonished Timothy to be a good soldier of Christ. The word “good” in that verse implies “beautiful to look at, shapely, magnificent, good, excellent in its nature and characteristics, and therefore well adapted to its ends, genuine, approved.”

I believe Paul was saying that when you go through hard trials, your outward appearance and inward character should stay the same. You should remain stately like a king or queen and no one should be able to see stress on your face and mood swings in your attitudes. In this life we will have tests, trials and troubles come our way, but we don’t have to allow the troubles to trouble us. We are soldiers and we must endure tough times.

The word endures means “to experience exertion, pain, or hardship without giving up.” God never promised that we would not feel the affects of the storms. However, He did promise that they would not harm us though.

When you are in the military or armed forces, you are trained for combat. Soldiers have uniforms on that represent their country and when they enter enemy territory they become marked men, easily standing out to the enemy. When you are in military service, it is not unusual for your enemy to randomly shoot at you, throw things at you, spit on you and try to harass and defeat you on every hand. When people are in the armed forces they go through a different type of hardship because they are a definite threat to the enemy. They have been trained to destroy the enemy. If anyone can overthrow and demolish the enemy’s camp, it is the armed forces. They are equipped to win. They are trained fighters. They are master strategists at warfare. They are armed and dangerous and the enemy knows it so he does everything he can to impede, slow down, hinder, discourage, detour, weaken, harass, shipwreck, evade, kill, steal and destroy these special forces. However we must endure hardness, we are equipped to win!

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Acts 2:38-39

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call. 

It is so important for us to remember how valuable the Holy Spirit is to us. He is our Wonderful Helper, not helper as in slave or someone we think to be inferior. No, no, double no, He is our superior supernatural Helper. He is God our Helper. Helper as in vital necessity Help, can’t live without Help, without Him I can do nothing Help. He is far from being a flunky for Christian’s to order around. He is the Guide, we are the followers. He is a gift to us from God the Father. He is the fulfillment of the promise from the Lord Jesus. Jesus promised us that He would not leave us comfortless or without help but would pray to the Father and then the Father would send us another Comforter which is the Holy Ghost.

The Holy Spirit is here in the earth to Help us, just like Jesus promised. God is so faithful to His Word!

However, God did not send the Holy Ghost here just for us but also for our children and our children’s children and generation after generation after generation, until the Lord Jesus returns.

Aren’t you glad that God not only thought of you but your children too. The Holy Spirit is here to lead and guide our children. He is here to reveal Christ to them. He is here to Help them fulfill their God given destiny. He is faithful to remind them of all that He has taught them over the years, through you, about the Lord Jesus. Never under estimate His influence and ability to deal with your children. The Holy Ghost is not intimidated by the temporary flesh out-breaks that they may have. He is not weary or discouraged in His working with them. Trust Him to carry out the words that God has spoken concerning your children. Agree with Him and don’t speak contrary to what He has spoken concerning their future, no matter what you see them doing today, let Him have the last word. God loves your children and He has a plan for their lives. He will never leave them nor forsake them. Love endures long and is patient. Rest on His promises and entrust your children to His will today. God’s love never fails.

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Luke 22:31-32

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. 

It is interesting to note that Jesus fore knew Satan’s desire to have Peter. Nothing catches God by surprise, He knows all and He sees all. God not only fore knew Satan’s plan to try and destroy Peter but He also intervened. Jesus said I have prayed for you Peter. Even before Satan every lifted his wicked hand against Peter, there was help on the way. Jesus prayed for Peter!

God knows the day and the hour that the enemy will try to sift you as wheat. God will never leave you unaware to be blind-sided by the enemy. If we will stay sensitive to His promptings and trust Him in every season of our lives He will never leave us unprepared. Whatever your enemy is plotting or doing against you in the dark God will bring it to the light.

Jesus told Peter that He had prayed for his faith that it would not fail. It is of the utmost importance that when you are going through seasons of onslaughts from the enemy that you keep your faith alive and strong.

Proverbs 18:14 (AMP) declares, “The strong spirit of a man sustains him in bodily pain or trouble, but a weak and broken spirit who can raise up or bear?”

A strong spirit is a spirit that is fortified with faith. The bible tells us that faith comes by hearing the word of God. Once our spirit hears the word of God and receives it, faith then strengthens us. Jesus didn’t pray that God would cancel or stop the attack of Satan. Jesus knew that the faith of God was more powerful than any attack of the enemy that Peter or you and I would ever face. By faith mountains are moved. By faith many Christian soldiers: subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (Hebrews 11)

These were all men and women of faith. Their faith did not fail them in the time of trouble. They obtained faith through hearing the voice of God. They didn’t just hear the Word of God but they also were obedient to what they heard. Faith is not magic, it is majestic! Faith is of God and can only be gotten from Him. When we seek God we hear Him and when we hear Him through seeking Him, He is a rewarder. God rewards the diligent seeker. I believe one of those rewards is faith. Faith gives us access to everything we will ever have need of in the Kingdom of God. So no matter how diligent the devil seeks to devour you just keep seek God and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

God will never let the devil get the upper hand on you. So even though Satan desires to sift you as wheat remember Jesus has already prayed for you and He will not leave you ignorant of Satan’s device. So stand strong in your faith and know that God is your shield and He will not fail you.

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When I was in nursing school I liked making acronyms to help me remember all the biology, pharmacology, psychology, medical terminology, etc., you get the picture. I thought it made learning fun and of course it helped me ace my tests. So as I was thinking on the word Blog, I said that should represent something because it doesn’t even look like it should be a word. So I attached my own meaning; B-Being, L-Led, O- Of, G-God! So now whenever you see the word BLOG, it will remind you to let go and let God.

Romans 8:13-14 (AMP)

For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die. But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

God is not a follower He is Leader. God wants to lead you and me everyday in every way. Leading and directing us on the paths that He has chosen. God is an active Leader. He is an involved Leader. The Bible reminds us that we are laborers together with God. If you are just sitting around waiting on something to happen in your life you are not imitating God. God is not idle. God is not lazy. God is an initiator not a critical spectator. God is not just sitting in Heaven issuing out orders for everyone to do. No, God is leading the way, He is going before us, making crooked places straight, breaking into piece gates of brass and cut a sunder the bars of iron, (Isaiah 45:2). In other words, when we let God in front, He will remove and destroy every obstacle that would try to hinder or stop our progress. So we need to get out of the way and let the true source of all power and wisdom lead the way.

Sometimes when I go for a jog around the lake I forget to charge up my I-pod. Half way through the run my I-pod will flash me a message, “Connect to power source”. If I don’t soon connect it to its power source I will lose all function, thus the I-pod can no longer assist me on my journey. When I go outside to jog, the course that I take generally does not have power outlets every few miles, as a matter of fact it has no power outlets. If I want power to last the full course of my journey, my equipment has to be fully charged up when I start the course.

When we follow God, we can always rest assured that He is always packin the power. Got God, Got Power! God will be faithful to supply all of your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. But to have access to God’s supply you must, follow be a follower of Him. You can’t be out there doing your own thing, living according to your plans and expect the power source to be available.

Being Led of God is simply just that, let God lead the way. Take time to listen to Him and receive answers and instruction. He will direct your every step if you will let Him. Being Led of God is not hard or difficult; it is not grievous or burdensome. Jesus said in Matthew 11, my yoke is easy and my burden is light. It becomes hard when we try interweaving our natural thought out plans with His divine plans.

STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!

STOP– trying to do it in your own strength, God has strength available for you and His strength is made perfect in weakness.

Look– away from everything that tries to distract you from the perfect will of God for your life and look to Jesus the author and finisher of your faith and the true Shepherd of your journey.

Listen– to what God is saying to you, through quiet meditation in His Word and frequent purposeful pauses of your spirit quietly yielding an inward ear to His Spirit throughout the day.

God loves you so much. You are His very own son/daughter and you belong to Him. God has not left you here in the earth alone to try and figure out your life all by yourself. He has not abandoned His fatherhood nor withdrawn His help from you. God the Father desires to lead and guide you and to direct your every step but you must be willing to give up the stirring wheel and let Him have control.

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Psalms 31:20

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Oh, how wonderful it is to know that you and I have a place in God’s presence where there is safety.

The word that God is speaking to us here in Psalms 31:20 is a revelation and a demonstration of the Love of God. God is saying to us, I am your shelter, I am your protector, and I am your hiding place! God is speaking to us through His word letting us know no weapon formed against us will prosper, if we stay in His presence. God is saying to us in 2017, I got yo back! God has promised to never leave us or forsake us and He is a promise keeper not a covenant breaker.

The word of God here says that God will hide us from the pride of man, Hallelujah! Pride is conceived out of rebellion and breaks forth from the womb of sin. It is an abomination to God. It comes to kill, steal and destroy any life and destiny that will yield to its deceptive will. Pride is the nature of Satan. It seeks to dethrone the true God and exalt itself. When pride speaks its words are in direct opposition to God’s word. If God says you can, pride will flood your mind with reasons why you can’t. If God says go, pride will try to convince you to stay. Pride hides itself many times behind the voice of reason. Pride appears puffed up but is in all actuality permeated with fear. Pride seeks to control people through intimidation and manipulation. Pride lust for alliances and allegiance. Pride says, “I will exalt myself above God.” When pride is operating through the lives of human beings, they strive to live in the authority Adam had before the fall through their own works, human reasoning, and natural ability and intellect. Pride is a seducer. Pride seeks to be its own source, trying to do everything without the help of God. It says, “I can do that myself.” Pride says, ” It over there’s no more hope.” Pride says, ” You can never have that, even by faith, it’s too much.”

However, God has said I will hide those who trust in me from the pride of man. Pride can’t access you when you are tucked away in the secret of God’s presence. In God’s presence, you are saturated with His words which are spirit and life. In God’s presence you are aware of His power and protection over your life and circumstances. In God’s presences there is supernatural strength and abilities. In God’s presences there is direction, correction, instruction, encouragement and courage. In God’s presence you know that all things are possible with God and that there is nothing too hard for Him. In God’s presence there is fullness of joy, which infuses you with strength for the journey. In God’s presence you have insight and revelation into the plans and purposes of God. In God’s presences you know that there is no lack and that all things are yours and that God is your source who supplies all your needs through His riches. In God’s presences you see Him as the one who provides all your provision and protection, refusing the voice of pride to be your guide.

It’s only when we start peeking out, through enticing words of mans wisdom, we are in danger of being lured out of the secret place of God’s presences.

You are a child of Almighty God; you were not created to be a prisoner of pride. Purpose in your heart today to reign from the secret place of God’s presences and never let pride have dominion over you.

You have to declare, “I am free and love dominates, and reigns in me!

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Confess these scriptures aloud, as many times as you need to, it will do you good!

For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places. He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me. 2Samuel 22:29-42

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John 14:26-27

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 

Before Jesus ever left the earth He made sure we would have access to all the necessary resources required to live a victorious Christian life. Two very major components for victory are mentioned in the above scriptures. Jesus spoke of sending the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost and His peace.

The Holy Spirit was sent by the Father at the request of the Lord Jesus. Jesus said He would be our Comforter or Helper. He would teach us all things and bring all things to our remembrance, concerning the things Jesus had spoken.

The Holy Spirit is a vital person in the lives of every born again believer. We need His uninterrupted help on a daily basis. We are to love Him and appreciate Him just like we love and appreciate Jesus and the Father. The Holy Spirit was sent to help us but if we never yield to or take advantage of His help we struggle needlessly through life trying to manage things alone.

Jesus also procured peace for us not a false since of being at ease that the world offers. Jesus left us true peace, a peace that surpasses all understanding. When you are yielding to the peace of God you are not troubled or full of anxieties and fearful.

As you go about your day today don’t forget you are not alone you are not without help. Take full advantage of all the Divine resources Jesus made available to you through His death, burial and resurrection. Rejoice and be glad you are on the winning team!

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