WE ARE CHRIST'S FRAGRANCE...

The Bible says we are the aroma (fragrance) of Christ. Let's spread that fragrance around!

2 Corinthians 2:15, : For we are to God the aroma of Christ, among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.




Friday, June 24, 2016

No excuse will help when we stand before God...

Our Parents,mentors, Pastors, teachers give us the best teachings, advice, instructions...
 We need to be taught to learn, we need to take all good advice we can, seek God's will, do what God impresses us to do and not what we feel is good for us. .
When we stand before God, it is just"Me and Him" or "you and Him".
💫No excuse "I was too busy", "My Parents said so" "I felt so" will work!
💫Have we done His will on earth will sure matter!
We do not know how long we live onthis earth! Our times in His hands.
Let us not waste our time in uselesspleasures.
 When we come to the final hour and stand face to face with God, we will regret for so many hours wasted in self-gratification.
How many hours we play games on the mobile, keep chatting with friend, just waste time sometimes doing nothing and do things that just robs precious moments from this one life we have.
God's Word warns us in Ephesians 5:4 "Nor should there be obscenity,foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving."
 So it's time to watch what comes out of our mouth. Are our words pleasing to God? Let's be careful not to speak carelessly.
Because we read in
Matthew 12:36 "But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgement for every careless word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted and by your words you will be condemned."
 But we hardly have time for God, to read His Word, pray, talk to our family and loved ones and fail to wipe the tear of the hurting, encourage the discouraged, feed the hungry, clothe the naked!
Let's run this race well and finish it well...
2 Timothy 4:7" I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the
faith"
Have a blessed Saturday!
~Julia~

Look up to the SON of God!


Let us look up to the SON of God!

If we place flowerpots near the window, we will find the flowers turning towards the sun. It seems they to prefer to look at the light than the darkness within the room.
Even as the flowers turn towards the sun, which is its source of energy, let us look towards the SON of Go, our Lord Jesus Christ for our source of joy and strength. Let the Glory of God reflect on us and through us.
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ."
Isaiah 60:1 "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
Jesus Christ our Lord was a 'down to earth' person for sure! He came “Down to Earth” on mission from the Father; a mission of love and obedience! He was the 'Almighty One' but walked with humility on earth. His messages were never complicated and often spoke in parables that even a child could understand. Children loved to be around Him. He was 'The Holy One' but never was 'self-righteous'. That is why He wants us to be Holy as He was Holy but never self-righteous. Our righteousness are like 'filthy rags'.(Isaiah 64:6)
1 Peter 1:15-16, "But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
We are to be imitators and followers of Christ! Only when we look up to Him, we can follow Him
Paul writes in ☆ Ephesians 5:1 "Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children."
Would it not be terrible if Our Lord Jesus Christ came back for His body and we did not look like Him? May we look up to Him, imitate and reflect Him. He is working on each of us to make us more like Him so that the day we see Him, we will be like Him. We read in 1 John 3:2, "Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is."
Our Lord is Holy, He will come back of a spotless, and blameless bride and God's faithful to complete the good work He started in us and perfects us so that the day we see Him we will be like Him.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 "May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.
Let us look up to Him and be changed,
Be blessed,
Julia

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Storms of life


In this life we do encounter storms, some storms pass by quickly, some fierce leave a wreck behind, some storms seem to keep raging on....
We look at our storms ie our problems, battles & think no one can be facing situations like ours & then you see someone in midst of a far severe storm that just rages on & think how we crib about little things!
💦 Lord forgive us for crying about our little aches & pain and help us to pray for those suffering greater pain and battling terminal illness.
💦 Lord forgive us for cribbing about a lost mobile or key when there are those like Job who have lost their loved ones, all their finances.
💦 Lord help us to look beyond our pain and see the pain of others..
Give us a compassionate and sensitive heart like Yours O Lord,,,
In Jesus Name,
Amen

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

It's June! Have a blessed month!


Hi..
Another month gone by & we stand at the threshold of a new month!
The last 5 months may have been really good for some, Praise God for that!
But...for some the struggles, battles continued and deliverance seems far of...
Some of us have been in the verge of giving up on our dreams and hope...
Some of us have spent hours in prayer and the enemy's onslaught seems to continue...
Some of us are too tired and weary, our hearts are sore...
BUT TODAY AS WE STAND FACING A NEW YEAR, LET US CHOOSE TO DECLARE:
"We shall not lose heart. We are confident that the One who reigns Supreme and sits upon the Throne (Jesus Christ our Lord) will eventually conquer and help us overcome.
We will press on until our deliverance comes from our Lord..
He is the Glory and the Lifter of our head!"

Let us call forth the things that are not...as though they were.
Let us proclaim the WORD OF GOD over and into our life and those around us and over every situation we face! THE TRUTH IN THE SCRIPTURE IS THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH! No enemy or demon can mess with that!
If our visions are clear and in alignment with God's Word, our virtues are right victory is certain.
As we walk through this month, may God help us to be the "salt" & light!
Have a super blessed month of June!

Julia