Showing posts with label love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label love. Show all posts

Wednesday

No New Year Resolutions? - A Dose of Encouragement


Are we thinking about the end of a year?
Are we thinking about the preparation for a new year?

Yes because let's face it, all of us will have something in our minds about the new year.
It may not be resolutions as such and with me it definitely isn't but I still have some kind of plans and hopes and thoughts going through my mind as to how I want to do certain things during the year but then on the other hand I also have loads of things that I should have thought about more in advance for this coming Year.







However regardless of how organised or unorganised I may be throughout the year to come will that make any significant difference to God's plan for me for this year?

No

because His plan does not depend on my organised life or even my organised thoughts but I believe He is waiting to see whether or not I will be obedient to His Word and His Spirit prompting me day by day.

Let's see 

Where am I writing this post?   

When am I writing this post?


I am writing this today, New Years Eve in the late afternoon while I wait in Currys Electrical Store in Sprucefield, NI for my husband to pay for a item we have just picked out in the sale.

I will not be able to post this until sometime this evening after I get home, get internet connection and get this finished and edited.

Other things will be more important and need to be done before I get back to this.
I may even have to wait until after we have our dinner although my plan would be to do this earlier.
But will it make a lot of difference whether it is posted before dinner or after?

No

because again God's plan does not depend on my great organised efforts or plans but solely on whether or not I am obedient to Him even today.



So I do wish everyone a







but I do not have any New Year Resolutions



nor have I made any of those lists that I love to make.


This year I do want to be more organised, I do want to be more prepared in advance for events but I really want to be more open to listening and obeying.

I am writing something I feel is important for me and for others to be encouraged knowing that each year, month, week, day are not governed by how well we organise them or plan for them but by God's Love and Grace and Mercy extended in each one of them.

I am writing so that we can be encouraged that God's plan for the year ahead is not going to succeed or fail because of us but rather that we will be enriched by our participation in His Plan when we are simply obedient to Him.


So this year 

no New Year Resolutions for me!

no Lists and Plans in advance for me!

just a prayer








Maybe you want the same thing in this New Year.




















Sunday

It's God's Love #26


On Sundays I have been writing a short post consisting of a Bible Verse around the topic of God's Love and today we have come to the end of this series.














God's Love 

is 

Perfect

and

will continue forever

regardless 

of everything else. 









I am thankful

that

God's Love

is

greater

than everything else

and

that it is always extended

toward us.














It's God's Love #24


On Sundays I write a short post consisting of a Bible Verse around
the topic of God's Love and we are coming near the end of this series now.


Thank you for joining us today.








God's Love

is simply 

the character 

of God

because the 

Bible 

tells us that 

God not only loves us 

but

 God is LOVE. 









I'm thankful

to know that

because we have

trusted in God

we have His Love in us

and we will be able to share His Love

with others.


They will know that we are Christians by our Love

which is God's Love.















It's God's Love #23


On Sundays I write a short post consisting of a Bible Verse around the topic of God's Love and I would be very pleased if you would come and join me each week.










God's Love

and 

the Love of 

Jesus

are one and the same Love

and that

Love

is there for us to rest in. 








I'm thankful

to know that

when we have

the Love of God

we also

have

Joy.


ARE  YOU?



















It's God's Love #22


On Sundays I write a short post consisting of a Bible Verse around the topic of God's Love and I would be very pleased if you would come and join me each week.











Everything

to do 

with our lives

is because of 

God's Love.

Faith 

would not have been possible

without

the Love of God.







Thank you God

that you loved us so much

that you sent Jesus

who loved us so much

He died in our place..













It's God's Love #21


On Sundays I write a short post consisting of a Bible Verse around the topic of God's Love and I would be very pleased if you would come and join me each week.










When God's Love

is in us

there will be no fear

we will not be gripped

by a force that holds us down

but 

we will be enveloped in 

calm & peace







The  only

Perfect Love

comes from

God.



This is the

Love

that sets us

Free.
















It's God's Love #20


On Sundays I write a short post consisting of a Bible Verse around the topic of God's Love and I would be very pleased if you would come and join me each week.








We Praise God

We Worship God

We are in Awe of God

We Fall at His Feet

We cannot be Silent







The

Love

of

God

is

kind

towards us.




















It's God's Love #19


On Sundays I write a short post consisting of a Bible Verse around
the topic of God's Love and I would be very pleased if you
would come and join me each week.









It is

  exciting 

that we can

personally know

God's Love

through 

His Son Jesus.





Background photo credit - Chris Wilson


This Love 

that is just

immeasurable

because

it is

beyond

all

of the world's

understanding.














It's God's Love #18


This Sunday Series is all about God's Love.


A simple, short post consisting of a Bible Verse
around the topic of God's Love and I would be very
pleased if you would join me each Sunday.







God's Love

is everlasting

and 

full of 

 goodness & kindness

towards us.








God's love

for us

will

never end

so it is constantly

around us

with no exceptions.
















I Love Salvation - It's God's Love #17


This is just a simple, short post each week
consisting of a Bible Verse around the topic of
God's Love and I would be very pleased if you
would join me each Sunday.









I Love

Salvation

because

it is

the outpouring of God's Love,

Mercy and Grace on me

even though I did not deserve it


but I was free to reach out

and receive it

and say

"Forgive me Lord"







Even if we had never 

loved God

He still had sent Jesus

to pay our ransom.










If you want to know more about Salvation you might want to have a look at this video