A Word of Encouragement

I love words. Words have a tremendous power behind them. They play a very important role in our lives. Words have a way of making us feel good or bad. There are encouraging words that inspire us as well as empower us. There are also erroneous words which can make us feel bad about ourselves which leave us feeling downtrodden. It all depends on what is being said to us or about us.

Today, I want to share with you some very powerful words of encouragement. Encouraging words can do a great deal for your self-esteem and self-value. First I was just going to share some of my own with you, but I realized that my words aren't strong enough. I will only use my words to introduce you to some other words I want to share with you.

So without further or do all me to share these words with you.

No matter where you are in life.

Even if you are swimming deep in a sea of sin far from a friendly shore.

You can be climbing the mount St. Helens of Mayhem

Living life 2 fast 2 furious.

A Prodigal son or daughter.

Partying in the land of Sodom and Gommorah.

A slave in the land of Egypt

A prisoner of war enslaved by and in Satan's camp.

Battling and wrestling with habits which have a super hold on you.

know you are never too far away from God's heart, His mind, His hand or His help.

Is 59:1,16-21
1 Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid F261 his face from you, that he will not hear.

16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.

21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

Isiah makes it plain that you are on God's mind and stay upon His mind at all times. That is why He stood up to come and help humanity in their situation. He always goes out of His way to save His children.

What sin(s) do you need deliverance from? What iniquity(ies)do you need deliverance from?

He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask. So name it and claim it and watch God do what he does best. Save you from yourself, your sins, your iniquities and your enemies.

John 3:16, 17
3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

3:17
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Do you know what that means? Let me paraphrase it in various ways to make it crystal clear to you and whatever your situation in life:

For God so loved Hitler

For God so loved Saddam Hussein

For God so loved Osama Ben Laden

For God so loved pimps

For God so loved murderers

For God so loved the hopeless

For God so loved the ruthless

For God so loved thieves

For God so loved drug addicts

For God so loved strippers

For God so loved prostitutes

For God so loved con artists

For God so loved serial killers

Jesus Christ died for the entire world and every human being so that they can be saved from their sins and whosoever repents will be saved. It is simple. Believe it, claim it, accept it, and live it.

God wants you to know that He loves you so much that He died for you, He is doing everything in His power to save you so you can have an abundant life.

God wants you to know that eternal life is the greatest gift a man can obtain. However you have to go get it to accept it because faith without works is dead.

Take Time 2

Time waits for no one.

There is a huge difference between finding time to do something and taking time to do something. What is the difference you ask?

The difference is this when you find time to do something you cut out a piece of your schedule to fill in or put in a task. Taking time to do something can mean hesitating or contemplating to do something and it can mean taking time to do a task or job.

We all have time for our agendas no matter how busy we are in life. When it comes to others especially when it comes to the Most High God we have a limited schedule. Even when we say that we don't.

We limit our time praying to Him.

Yet we talk with our mates, gossip and spend hours talking on the telephone

We limit our time in studying His Word.

Yet we have time to read mystery books, urban fiction, thrillers, self-help, history, magazine articles, and all manner of other literature

We limit our time to getting to know God

Yet we want to get to know people we work with, want to get into a relationship with and people we enjoy spending time with.

We even limit out time to be filled by His Spirit.

Yet we like being filled with our passions, our array of manifold emotions and everything else.

Ask Paul and he will tell you in 2 Timothy 2:15
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Which means that we must not read the Bible but we must study the Bible. Studying God's word to show yourself approved of God. God approves of you to endeavor deep into His word to get to know Him better.

As you get to know Him better you will fall in love with Him. When you fall in love with Him you will want to spend more and more time in His presence and share your love with the world.

Ask John and he will tell you in John 14:16-21

16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

18 I will not leave you comfortless: F28 I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. 20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Take time to fall in love with the Most High today. You will be greatly rewarded in many areas of your life. If you are faithful until the end you will dwell and reign with Him forever more.