GOD'S GRACE FOR ME TODAY

Friends and Family:

A dear friend of mine i will call her 'Thelma Louise' shares the daily devotional with me from a purpose driven life and one of them she sent me really caught my eye it was dealing with God's Grace. I always thank GOD for his GRACE because i know that i personally use it all up in one day and have to get my brand new GRACE and MERCY the next day if i am gifted by GOD to have a next day. So i want to share this with you because it is important to me that we all grow in Christ..and let's slow down and read our WORD and pray with each other . We get so busy in the day GOD has given us we forget. He is not asking a lot of us just RESPECT, DEDICATION , COMMITTMENT AND CERTAINTY that we are not ashamed of the GOD we serve and we show in our Words, Thoughts , Deeds and Actions. Let us also pray for GOD'S GRACE in the lives of others. So many times we forget that we wrestle with spirits when we come in contact with other people. They are sometimes nasty , flip and short with us but we should remind them that we see the enemy at work here and we are not going to let him use US to make them act more out of GODS WILL. Sometimes they have just had some negative experiences before they cross our paths and they have not been able to shake it off and keep going. Let's all work on trying to show more Mercy and Grace towards others. Sometimes it seems they are not even aware that what they said or how they said it is not the best way or tone to use . We are guilty of this sometimes also so it is best to ask GOD to show us ourselves and help us to pray for ourselves and for others. NOW i will share with you a word of encouragement that was passed along to me from a dear friend and a sister in CHRIST.

In other words, the very power of God – the very strength we need, the very testimony we were meant to model – emerges in troubles, hardships, and distresses (2 Cor. 6:4).
Let’s pray together that we stay at our posts in these uncertain times and not waste the grace God has given us. What now?
· Receive God’s grace now – For God says … “‘In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.’ I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.” (2 Corinthians 6:2, NIV)
· Accept that life is hard – There will be some difficult times in your Christian walk. God won’t necessarily take you out of them, but he’ll always walk you through them. (2 Cor. 6:4-10)
· Squandered? – What do you think of when you think of squandering God’s grace? 2 Corinthians 6:1 (MSG): “Companions as we are in this work with you, we beg you, please don't squander one bit of this marvelous life God has given us.”
· Validation – How is your life validated by staying at your post? In the details of being a servant? (2 Corinthians 6:4 (MSG): “Our work as God's servants gets validated – or not – in the details. People are watching us as we stay at our post, alertly, unswervingly ... in hard times, tough times, bad times ....”

TEST AND TRIALS

It is so important that we believe what we share with others when it comes to using our gift of encouragement. I believe God has given me the gift of encouragement and i have used that gift in the early morning hours and the midnight hours when it comes to me acquaintances and friends who need to be reminded how GOD wants us to go thru certain storms....BUT what happens when the storm blows in to our own lives.....the very storm that we have prayed for our friends to stand up in and walk thru ? IT IS THEN....that our real faith in the Lord's Word shows itself. It is at this point in our lives that we have to 'encourage ourselves'. We have to remember that God allows because he wants to see if we are really going to do things the way he has told us in the manner he has told us...In these storms we fall and scrape our knees but we can not let the storm beat us down...we have to be MORE THAN CONQUERORS !! It is not easy but with prayers from friends, the WORD OF GOD and putting God in rememberance of his WORD of how he will hide us as we go thru....that his GRACE is su fficient and to do those things that are pleasing in his sight we can make it day by day,week by week, month by month, year by year...of course this means we stay focus on GOD each second and minute. It is not easy to go thru a storm but Keep pushing forth thru it he IS moving you out..having a friend that can intercede for you is a P OWERHOUSE backup also. Though test and trials come our GOD is greater. I believe he will heal, renew and restore q uickly or gradually we just have to call on him to help us go thru the way he wants us thru until he manifests this change and restoration. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

God's Favor towards Francine

Dear Friends and Family:

I look forward to you stopping by and chatting with me in my lounge area. You all say i stay on the go all the time well this is a great place to find me and let's have a cup of tea and listen to some mental jazz and let's chat.

Today i just wanted to share with you all that GODS FAVOR is in my life. He has been a Provider and Sustainer in my life and that has overflown into 'our' lives. When he does for me he does for my family. I just want to encourage you all to step back in your lives and watch God moving..sometimes it is in little things you may not even notice just take for granted but it is really GODS FAVOR that made it possible. Things could go the wrong or negative way in your life but GODS FAVOR allows it to work out for your good. I hope that we can share our FAVOR with each other to encourage each other. I have to give a VERY SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO GOD for bringing Soror Andrea Harris -Smith back into my life. She is a wonderful person and i know i will have to host something at my home so you all can meet her . You will love her as much as i do when you meet her. She is my inspiration for this blog. Love you and keep Praying and Thanking God.