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Tag: James 1:17

  • “Blessed-Small or Large”

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    Happy Holidays!!! 😊
    We’ve all be given many blessings in life. Some of them are little, like going to a store to purchase an item and finding out it’s on sale, and some of them are huge, like getting hired for a job after losing yours and getting a raise before you even start.

    But there are also many privations that can come our way, both small and big. There should be no question that God is really in the small and large blessings in our lives!!! If we step back for a minute, we’ll see that His timing is so perfect. Sure, there are moments I look at those who are experiencing pain, hurt, difficulties and ponder how God could care about the very little things in my life and not relieve the heaviness or major issues in other’s life. Well, I don’t have an ideal answer for you this morning, but this is my conclusion: “I give thanks to God in the little and I give thanks to God in the big and only He knows how, what, and when, and where to apply His blessings in the life of others.” James 1:17 says, “Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift is from above.” Amen? Aaamen.

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    Let Us Pray:
    Dear Heavenly Father, thank You, Lord, for Your many blessings, small and big!!! Thank You for helping us in the good times and getting us through the difficult and challenging times!!! In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen and Amen. ✝️❤️😊

    Beloved, life is very short. It comes and goes like an unannounced gust of wind. None of us know the hour or day when that gust of wind will enter our earthly room and blow out our candle. So, reach out and touch the ones that need your agape, dissolve the divisions among you, continue to encourage one another, be united in the same mind, the same reasoning and continue to build one another up.

    I LOVE YOU ALL!!! Have an awesome Monday and a spectacular Holiday week. ✝️❤️😊

  • “God Can Give and God Can Take It Away”

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    Good morning and Happy Thursday Everyone.

    You know Beloved, one of the wrong notions we have while walking in the Christian life is the belief that the Lord only gives and gives. Without a doubt, every good thing we receive comes from our loving Father “James 1:17”, and if we ask God for something and it is His will, we receive it “Matthew 7:7”. Now here’s a 100-point question to you Beloved, – what happens when God takes away from you? Do you get angry at Him, curse and abandon Him? Or do you continue to trust God and believe that all things work together for good according to His purpose “Romans 8:28”? Well, for me, Job’s situation was alarming. God allowed his entire family to be taken away all at once!!! He was then inflicted with disgusting sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head “Job 2:7”. Let me tell you, I couldn’t imagine or even contemplate the pain, suffering and unhappiness Job experienced. It could’ve driven any sane person crazy. Job, in the end, was reestablished with twice as much as he had before “Job 42:10”.

    Beloved, there are many lessons to be learned in Job’s story, but there’s one outstanding thing that we must all take away from Job’s story: NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE HUMBLE AND OBEDIENT TO GOD’S WILL. God has the power to give and the power to take it away.

    Have a blessed Thursday.