“A thousand times I’ve failed; still Your mercy remains…”
“The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;
His mercies are new every morning”
– Lamentations 3:22-23🌼
Lyrics excerpt- “From the Inside Out”- by Hillsong United
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The Love of God
The love of God is greater far
Then tongue or pen can ever tell;
It goes beyond the highest star,
And reaches to the lowest Hell,
Could we with ink the ocean fill
,
And were the skies of parchment made;
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade;
To write the love
Of God above
Would drain the oceans dry;
Nor could the scroll
Contain the whole,
Tho stretched from sky to sky.
Hymn-“The Love of God” by F.M. Lehman
Thanks for Everything
” LORD, I thank You for everything in my life;
the good, the bad, the easy, the hard, the joys, and the pain,
I thank You for all of it.”
“In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
First Thessalonians 5:18
A Clean Heart
“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from Your presence; and take not Your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation; and sustain me with a willing spirit.”
Psalm 51:1-12
Here’s to Hugs and Kisses
Hugs
Reduce harmful physical effects of stress;
Calm deep pressure on children, tantrums, and mellows moodiness;
Help the body’s immune system, cures depression, and induces sleep;
Invigorate and rejuvenate
Increase heart rate and stabilize blood pressure;
Give a positive emotional state;
Bring out a surge of serotonine and dopamine, which are known as “feel good” brain chemicals.
Relieve pain, make you healthier and happier;
Help to overcome fear
Kisses
Good for the heart, as it creates an adrenaline which causes your heart to pump more blood around your body.
Stress-reliever, lowering your cortisol ‘stress’ hormone.
Endorphins produced by kissing are 200 times more powerful than morphine.
Reduces anxiety and stop the ‘noise’ in your mind.
Increase the levels of oxytocin, an extremely calming hormone that produces a feeling of peace.
Great for self-esteem. Make you feel appreciated and helps your state of mind.
Those who kiss quite frequently are less likely to suffer from stomach, bladder and blood infections.
Those who kiss goodbye each morning live five years longer than those who don’t.
Here’s to Hugs and Kisses! OXOX
“Remember Me”
“And He took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.” Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.” Luke 22:19-20
There are many traditions, holidays, and ceremonies, that we observe and hold in remembrance, and many of them in the name of Christianity. We celebrate birthdays, and Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter, and that’s fine, they are special days, and it’s good to celebrate, but there is one thing that the Lord has asked us to observe, in remembrance of Him, and the sacrifice that He made to redeem us, saying, “Do this as oft as you will, in remembrance of me.” II Corinthians 11:25
As we remember the last supper today, we are also reminded of Christ’s sacrificial love for all of us…We are reminded of His tremendous suffering, and the price that He paid to save us, and that by His grace, through faith, we are saved.
Thank you, Jesus.
O Give Thanks
“O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good: for His mercy endures for ever.”
Psalm 136:10
After The Rain
“Because of God’s tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us,”
“He is like dawn’s first light,
like bright sun, blazing on a cloudless morning,
glistening on grassland,
that flourishes
after a rain shower.”
Luke 1:78
II Samuel 23:4
Two Cozy
“A friend loves at all times…”
Proverbs 17:17
If
“If my people,
who are called by my name,
shall humble themselves,
and pray,
and seek my face,
and turn from their wicked ways;
then will I hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land,”
II Chronicles 7:14
Forget About It
“Forget about the past and look forward to what lies ahead,”
Philippians 3″13
Forgive Yourself
“There is therefore now no condemnation
to them who are in Christ Jesus,…”
Romans 8:1
Temple Cleansed
This is holy week, and as I thought about of how Jesus cleansed the temple, I started thinking about how, once we commit our lives to Christ, our bodies become the temple of the Holy Spirit.
In Psalm 51:1, David prays;
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me…”
He asked the LORD to come in and cleanse his temple, (“Create in me a clean heart”), and once his temple, was cleansed, he wanted the LORD to renew a right spirit within him.
This week, as I remember the events leading up to the crucifixion, I reflect on how Christ “cleansed the temple”, and how, because of His love, and by His blood, we too can be made clean, and by His Holy Spirit, a right spirit is renewed within us.
As You Are
“God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
-Romans 5:8
Black Friday
We were “in the red“, and Jesus put us “in the black.”
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary.
In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me.
To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He’ll call me some day to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I’ll share.
George Bernard
Weak or Brave?
There is a song by Nicole C. Mullins where she sings that; “The not so good ole days can make you weak or make you brave.” , and I love the message here.
Most of us can think back to times when we were hurt, rejected, or severely criticized by our peers our others but, the truth is, those times can either make us weak or brave, as we move forward and face life today.
Philippians 3:13 says, “…One thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” and in Genesis 50:20, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good…”
So let’s be brave!
Let’s press on despite past hurts, stronger than we were before, knowing that God is working all things together for our good. : )
Desert Spring
“Behold, I will do a new thing;
now it shall spring forth;
shall ye not know it?
I will even make a way in the the wilderness
and rivers in the desert.”
Isaiah 43:19
Spring Cleaning
“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”
“Search me, O God, and know my heart:
try me and know my thoughts…”
Psalm 51:10, 139:23
Bless the Lord O My Soul
“Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;Who healeth all thy diseases;
Who redeems thy life from destruction;
Who crowns thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Who satisfies thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”
“Bless the Lord O my soul. “
Psalm 103:1-5, 22
Forgiven
“As high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.”
Psalm 103:11-12
Snow
“Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow…”
Isaiah 1:18
Faithful Forgiving Father
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
“And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ the Righteous.”
I John 1:9 and 2:1
Squeaky Clean
“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”
Psalm 51:10
Moving Forward
What a moment You have brought me to?
Such a freedom I have found in You
You’re the healer who makes all things new…
I’m not going back, I’m moving ahead
Here to declare to you
My past is over in You
Things are made new, surrendered my life to Christ
I’m moving, moving forward!
You have risen with all power in Your hands
You have given me a second chance
Hallelujah, hallelujah!
You make all things new
Yes, You make all things new
And I will follow You… Forward!
Israel Houghton
Recipe for Happiness
And most importantly,
” Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.”
Psalm 144:15
Amazing Grace
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me….
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now, I see.
T’was grace that taught…
my heart to fear.
And grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear…
the hour I first believed.
The Lord has promised good to me…
His word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be…
as long as life endures
Through many dangers, toils and snares…
I have already come.
T’was grace that brought me safe thus far…
and grace will lead me home.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years…
bright shining as the sun.
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise…
then when we’ve first begun.
John Newton
Kindness
“Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted,
forgiving one another even as God for Christ’s sake, has forgiven you.”
Ephesians 4:32
Peaceful Heart
“A heart at peace gives life to the body.” Proverbs 14:30
“… My peace I give unto you:… Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27
Throwback Thursday- Leftovers
This is the first in a series of reblogs that I call, “Throwback Thursdays.” It’s a previous post from my blog, and I’ll be sharing one each Thursday. “Leftovers” is one of my very first posts, published around New Years Day, of this year. I hope that you will be encouraged!
– Faith :)
In Times Of Trial
“…We have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous…” I John 2:1
“God will not be absent when His people are on trial; he will stand in court as their advocate, to plead on their behalf. ” –Charles Haddon Spurgeon
He Is Risen
Jesus said… “I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.”– John 11:25
The Seven Last Words
Beautiful post, and so appropriate for today. As you read, may you be enlightened, encouraged, and blessed!
The Seven Last “Words” of Jesus Christ from the cross are actually 7 short phrases that Jesus uttered on Calvary that serve as an excellent holy week meditation. To find all of the seven last words of Jesus Christ, one must read all the gospels since none of the evangelists records all 7 last words. The sayings would have been originally uttered by Jesus in the Aramaic language, but only one of the last seven words of Jesus is preserved for us in the original Aramaic, namely “Eli, Eli, lama sabacthani” or “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me,” which is actually a direct quote of the opening verse of Psalm 22.
The First Word
When they came to the place called “The Skull”, they nailed Jesus to the cross there, and the two criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Jesus said “Forgive them…
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“Remember Me”
“And He took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.” Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.” Luke 22:19-20
There are many traditions, holidays, and ceremonies, that we observe and hold in remembrance, and many of them in the name of Christianity. We celebrate birthdays, and Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter, and that’s fine, they are special days, and it’s good to celebrate, but there is one thing that the Lord has asked us to observe, in remembrance of Him, and the sacrifice that He made to redeem us, saying, “Do this as oft as you will, in remembrance of me.” II Corinthians 11:25
As we remember the last supper today, we are also reminded of Christ’s sacrificial love for all of us…We are reminded of His tremendous suffering, and the price that He paid to save us, and that by His grace, through faith, we are saved. Thank you, Jesus.
Temple Cleansed
This is holy week, and each day this week, I’d planned to post a scripture or quote about this very special time, but today, after posting the verse on “Jesus The Cornerstone”, I thought about of how Jesus cleansed the temple, and I wanted to write on something more… I started thinking about how, once we commit our lives to Christ, our bodies become the temple of the Holy Spirit.
David prayed in Psalm 51 saying, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” He asked the LORD to come in and cleanse his temple… (Create in me a clean heart), and once his temple, was cleansed, he wanted the LORD to renew a right spirit within him.
This week, as I remember the events leading up to the crucifixion, I reflect on how Christ “cleansed the temple”, and how, because of His love, and by His blood, I too have been made clean, and by His Holy Spirit, a right spirit is renewed within me.
Thank You, Lord Jesus.
Faithrises 