The Joy of the Lord
People will always let you down, but don’t put your faith in people, put your faith in Christ, He will never leave or forsake you.
The Presence and Joy of the Lord within your life is revealed from your private worship and quiet time with Him.
“The Lord sustains all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down.”
Psalm 145:14
*God treats us with LOVING KINDNESS by meeting ALL our NEEDS.
Psalm 145:14-21
-Meet our emotional needs (v. 14)
-Meets our physical needs (v. 15,16)
-Meet our spiritual needs (v.17,18)
Philippians 2:1 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
God created Jesus as man, who humbled himself, and being obedient to death by dying on the cross when he did no crime at all.
In our relationships with one another, have the same attitude of mind Christ Jesus had:
Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a human being,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Love people like God loves you!
God gives us two commands or better yet the two L’s..
* L1: Love God
*L2: Love others, even your enemies or the worst people.. there are no exceptions unless you wanna judge like God!
Pray for more and more of our Heavenly Father’s love today!
It is only through God’s grace that we can be faithful to our calling.
* Each of us is capable of falling away from God.
*Pray that God will keep us ALL faithful to the purposes He has for our life.
* He strengthens those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.
God accepted Christ’s sacrifice, he now sees only one corporate man: Christ, and those who are bound to him by faith.
The GOOD NEWS Our flesh has died in God’s eyes.
How? Jesus did away with our old nature at the Cross. So now, when God
looks at us, he sees only Christ.
In turn, we need to learn to see ourselves as God does.
That means not focusing solely on our sins and weaknesses, but on the
victory that Christ won for us at the Cross.
Thank You Jesus for Loving us FIRST!
Help me Lord to focus on you more, not worldly things, be selfless & love everyone equally for Your Glory and our Joy.
Amen