Tuesday, February 19, 2013

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God is Encouraging

Is there something slowing you down from running life’s race to its fullest? We often drag around the burdensome beast of sin. We may even carry guilt on our back, like a thought that God couldn’t forgive that little monkey of a transgression. How about those nasty rats that tell us that God doesn’t want us to win? They all may even seem cute and harmless, but they are animals; on the inside they are full of no good fluff.

God doesn’t want us to run like that. The Bible is full of God’s promises that encourage us in the race of life. He wants us to run free! Beginning with the freedom that comes from trusting in Jesus as one’s Lord and Savior, relying on God at every curve, confessing any sin critter we pick up along the way, dropping that baggage, and living the life God calls us to live in Christ Jesus.

Isn’t it good to know how we can run the race and finish strong. God can knock the stuffing out of any sin!

Monday, February 11, 2013

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God is Glorygood

Here’s a newly coined word, “Glorygood.” This is a two word combination of some characteristics of God. God orchestrates things for His glory and the good of those who love Him and are called.

In a nutshell you can hear God’s call in John 3:16 of the Bible, offering salvation to everyone who trusts in His Son, Jesus. This is obviously for our good, but it doesn’t eliminate the bees (trials) in life that come our way.

How do the bees (trials) do us any good? They can drive us back to God for refuge and healing when we go astray, we taste the nectar of God’s sufficiency in times of suffering, and thus, we can comfort others being stung because we understand their pain, and finally our trust in the Lord, who is Glorygood, is strongly honeycombed in our lives. This is all good “bees”iness.

What one needs-to-know is that the bees (trails) of life will come at everyone, but if we trust in Jesus, H e will provide the way through the trials. So now you know why we can say, “God is Glorygood!” You can “bee” sure it.