Integrity

A man or woman of integrity is honest not just in his word & deeds but is true in his heart too!!
God sees our hearts and judges our motives accordingly.
So....
✿"Integrity is our record with God."✿
¨`*•..¸✿PSALM7:8,The Lord shall judge the peoples; Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity within me.
Men just see our word and deeds and decide if we are good or bad.
✿"So reputation is our record with men,"✿
We need to honest in business dealing, manufacture and sell products of good quality and also give a good after sales service.

A man of integrity is generous, loving, righteous, kind, true in his heart and all he speaks and does.
David was a man of integrity.
`*•..¸✿PSALM 26:1, Vindicate me, O Lord, For I have walked in my
integrity. I have also trusted in the Lord; I shall not slip.

We should do the best in all that we lay our hands on.
We need to work faithfully for our employers, ever if our boss is not around because God watches us.
*•..¸✿PROV 20:7,The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.
`*•..¸✿PROV 28:6,Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
`*•..¸✿PROV 10:9,He who walks with integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will become known.
Truly a man of God who follows Him sincerely and walks in HIS ways is said to be a man/woman of integrity

Be Blessed..
Julia

EYES

Hi..

"EYES"

 God gave each of us a beautiful pair of eyes.....isn't it?

*We learn as kids in school..."We see with our eyes".

*Yes, it's because of these eyes we are able to see, read, enjoy the beauty around us!

*But....we don't just see with our eyes....

~~Our eyes often mirror our innermost feelings and thoughts too.

~~It also expresses or fear, anger and other negative feelings....

~~Eyes are an effective tool of communication too.

~~It also shows our interest or disinterest in the conversation...!

~~Eyes are so...precious to us.

~~Our eyes express love, concern, joy, compassion.

~~It also expresses our hurt and sadness...for when we are hurt or sad we do cry....

Tears flow from the eyes..

"Tears can be an expression of pain, fear, joy.
It can also mean a thank you note.
It can mean words unspoken.
But I'm happy to know every drop of my tear is treasured in the King's (My Lord JESUS CHRIST'S) Archive!!"
Psalm 56:8 You number my wanderings;
      Put my tears into Your bottle;
      Are they not in Your book?

~Above all we need to guard our eyes, for Satan will try to distract us in our spiritual walk so....often by the things we see!

That's why God's Word says..

**Job 31:1 "I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl."

**Psalm 101:3 "I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me."

**Psalm 101:5 "Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure."

**Psalm 119:18 "Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.

**Psalm 119:148, "My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises."
**Psalm 141:8 "But my eyes are fixed on you, O Sovereign LORD; in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death"

YSIC,

Julia

Gone off track?

Hi...

In this spiritual walk there are times we find ourselves off the narrow road we were walking in.

Satan is deceptive and sometimes easily distracts us off track and we don't even realise it at first as we slowly move off track!

Compromise comes in inches and then suddenly one day we realise we are far out off the track.

Satan finds it easy to distract us.....

When we are not spending quality time with God, in Bible reading, meditation, prayer and listening to God's voice.

We get too busy with worldly activities and leave God out of our thoughts,

We are spiritually weak..

   We are physically weak and in pain,

When we feel hurt, depressed, defeated, offended

When we are successful,

When we refuse to repent,

When we are bored and idle...

In times like these Satan tempts one to watch the wrong stuff, drink, smoke, go to the wrong place and says "Hey it's OK...it's just this once, you'll feel better if you do this, watch this ...you can read your Bible and pray tomorrow when things get better."

But that tomorrow never comes..what started off as fun ends up in addiction and that person realises he's strayed away from God and the path he was to walk...

But there's good news...

When we stray away Jesus comes looking for us, calls out our name, like the shepherd who went searching for that 1 lost sheep, leaving the 99 behind. Then we need to cry out to God, repent & get back to the place where we last felt HIS Presence.

There are just 2 paths,

Matthew 7:13
[ The Narrow and Wide Gates ] "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Matthew 7:14
But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

To keep ourselves from wandering away from the right path...

We need to keep our eyes on Jesus and spend time reading HIS WORD & meditating on it,

Pray at all times...

Keep in touch with other believers in the Body of Christ. That's why meeting together as believers, breaking bread together is so important.

^{Hebrews 10:25}Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Don't be idle doing nothing, when alone can listen to good encouraging songs or any thing that does not give the enemy a chance to take hold of our eyes, mind , heart etc...

Be willing to rise up immediately when we fall and keep walking & growing in our Spiritual life.

Keep in touch with our Almighty God and His people then Satan won't find it easy to catch you off guard.

Take care...

Be blessed,

YSIC,

Julia

Move me out of the way Lord....

Hi ..., Good Morning from India. May this day be blessed. Isaiah 58:8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. Zechariah 2:5 And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,' declares the LORD, 'and I will be its glory within.' Let's trust in our Lord Jesus Christ, with all our hearts. Let His presence go ahead of us. Trusting in God.. THE LORD JESUS CHRIST may not always remove the hurdles we face or make mountains smaller. But it sure make our walking, running and climbing easier. We may be walking a desert pathway or on a narrow road, but when our trust is on Our Saviour and Lord JESUS CHRIST, we know it finally leads to the beautiful place spacious (Heaven). Sure...I know I couldn't have made it this far without JESUS, HE SURE make it easier for me...because His presence makes the problem and pain easier to handle. The HOLY SPIRIT has been an ever present helper. Satan does come to steal, kill and destroy...but Our LORD gives life abundantly!!!! When I'm weak HE'S MY STRENGTH, When I falter, He steadies me... When I fall..and cry out to HIM, He picks me up! Yes through the trials I am perfected..... So because of JESUS (Yeshua) I can smile through my pain! There were times in the past I have tried to do things my way. But it was when I let God take over I found true peace, I will trust in My Lord JESUS Christ at all times. Here below is a poem that blessed me.   Be Blessed, Julia Psalm 18:19 He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

Move me out of the way Lord.

I run to the front
To take the control
But in the end
It's harm to my soul.

I must be in charge
I think I know best
"It's my life," I say.
I'm leading the quest.

Who knows me better
Than I know me
Though you look
You do not see.

There's only one
Who truly sees me
He knows who I am
And who I could beThe author and finisher
Of my holy faith
The love of my life
He receives all my praise

He truly sees me
The intent of my heart
He understands all
He sees not in partThe depth of His love
For this wretched mean
It boggles my mind
So I don't understand

Why I insist
On running my life
When in the end
It cuts like a knife

When I look upon
The wreckage I've wrought
It all came to ruin
It all came to naught

It's come to the point
Where All I can say
Is move me, dear Lord
Move ME out of the way

Make me decrease
Make me small
Make me, in the end
The least of all

Subdue my ego
O' Lord bind my pride
Have your way, Father
Just move me aside

To you be the glory
Creator of life
The author of peace
Moderator of strife

Flesh cries to be seen
Pride desires to be known
But I know the glory
Is yours alone.

So, Lord hear my plea and answer me true.
Keep me from running ahead of you.
Move me to the rear, drive me to my knees.
Lead me to the light, move me Father, please.
~Norris K. Oler~

 

Life is short...eternity is not....

Hi...

This life is Abba Father's gift to us.

He chose us even when we were in our mother's womb.

Let's live this life with eternity in view. Let's live this life spreading Christ's fragrance all around.

2 Corinthians 2:14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.

2 Corinthians 2:16 To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life.

Let's keep serving our Lord faithfully.

God wants us to be imitators of Christ and live a life pleasing to Him, tell others about His saving grace and intercede for all.

1 Timothy 2: 2"........that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all men—the testimony given in its proper time."
Our greatest commission of earth is...to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth.

Mark 16:15 He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.

Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

ARE WE FAITHFUL TO OUR COMMISSION?

ARE WE HIS WITNESSES IN OUR HOMES, WORK PLACES, COMMUNITY AND TO PEOPLE ALL OVER?

Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
WITNESSING BEGINS AT HOME.

Earthly accomplishments, riches , processions all are meaningless...(vanity)!  What this world offers us is empty, vain pleasures. So often we get carried by things of this world.
Satan also blinds our eyes to believe all we see and hear to be from God....and we too get fooled so....easily.
Let's give out best to the Kingdom work and people we love and interact with.
He(Satan) did that to Eve in the Garden of Eden he enticed her with his sweet words and he does that to us today.
Life without God can become meaningless. God has called us to be the light...in the dark world.
Even as the World gets filthier and filthier, God expects us to be Holier and Holier.
Revelation 22:11 Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong; let him who is vile continue to be vile; let him who does right continue to do right; and let him who is holy continue to be holy."
It's not easy to walk towards holiness but it's not impossible either for God will help us.
We can't follow God and the World at the same time.
We need to hold lightly to the things of this world and tightly to the things of the Kingdom.
If we get friendly with the world, we slowly start to love it, enjoy it's company and then end up being condemned with it.

That's why the Bible says...in
1 COR 15:33, Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character."
 We are called to be "Fishers on men" for the Kingdom.!
So hold lightly to the things of this world and let's not look back at sin we left behind and our old neighbourhood.

Let's live like Kingdom people...

Be Blessed..

YSIC

Julia