He Cares

Jesus, our Heavenly Father, and the Holy Spirit care for us deeply. Their love for us goes beyond anything we can humanly reason possible. They love us dearly as their beloved ones. Therefore, we do not have to have a care about what will happen to us. All around us the world is in a tizzy about what to do and what is going to happen to them.

Jesus told us in Matthew 6:33 that we are to seek first God’s Kingdom, His way of doing things, and His righteousness (His way of being right) and all these things shall be added unto us. He told us that He takes care of the birds and the animals, so why should be fret about what to wear or what to eat or where to stay. He will take care of us.

1 Peter 5:7 tells us to cast the whole of our care, all our anxieties, all our worries and all our concerns once and for all on Him, for He cares for us affectionately and cares about us watchfully. Also, Philippians 4:6 and 7 tell us that we are not to fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything with thanksgiving we are to make our requests known to God. And His peace which passes all our human understanding will guard our hearts and minds

I know that it does not always seem to you and me that we can just be happy in the midst of the worst of all circumstances and that it appears easier said than done in our lives, but if God had it written in His Word, then we can do it. We can cast everything upon Him and let Him take care of it for us. It is possible and it is “doable.” It takes practice. Let’s do it. CAST YOUR CARE ON HIM!

Our Great God

King David in Psalm 21:1-7,13, Amplified Bible, makes a wonderful declaration of His God. He speaks to the Lord and tells Him how wonderful He is. You and I are kings unto the Lord. This can be our prayer and declaration as well.

I shall joy in Your strength, O Lord, and in Your salvation how greatly shall I rejoice!

You have given me my heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of my lips.

For You send blessings of good things to meet me; You set a crown of pure gold on my head.

I asked life of You, and You gave it to me----long life forever and evermore.

Your glory is great because of Your aid; splendor and majesty You bestow upon me.

For You make me to be blessed and a blessing forever; You make me exceedingly glad with the joy of Your presence.

For I trust, rely on and am confident in You, Lord, and through your mercy and steadfast love, Most High God, I will never be moved.

Be exalted, O Lord, in Your strength; I will sing and praise Your power.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is the day designated to give thanks in all things. For you and I as God’s children we give thanks every day because we are so extremely blessed by our Lord. He gives us all things richly to enjoy. He showers His best upon us. We are living in the fullness of His abundance.

Whether it looks like it in our lives right now at this very moment on this earth, WE ARE LIVING IN HIS FULLNESS. How can that be? If His Word said it, it is true, regardless of our circumstances. As we give thanks with a grateful heart, that heart of gratitude will change our circumstances because the world’s system must respond to God’s Word system.

Turning Deuteronomy 28:47 in the Amplified Bible from the negative to the positive, we will make this our declaration this Thanksgiving Day.

I serve the Lord my God with joyfulness of mind and heart in gratitude for the abundance of all with which He has blessed me.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING IN YOUR LORD!

Excel Confession

Yesterday we talked about 3 John 2. Today let’s make some confessions, based on that scripture.

I am God’s Beloved child. He loves me dearly. My dear Heavenly Father loves me.

I am prospering. I am excelling. I am going to the highest level in God. I am dwelling in excellence.

It is time for me to excel, increase, exceed, surpass, eclipse, do extremely well.
I am advancing. I am enlarging.

I am doing exceeding, extraordinary things in my life.

I will do all God has called me to be and do and come to new heights.

I am in health and whole. I am complete in Him. My body is a healthy body. Every cell, tissue, organ and system responds to the health of God, prospering in every way.

I dwell in wholeness in my life in every area.

My soul is prospering. My mind is the mind of Christ and I hold His purposes, thoughts and actions. My will is conformed to His will in thought, purpose and deed. My emotions are stabilized in His fruit and soaring to the new heights of His love and joy and peace in the fruitfulness of Him.

I am complete in the fullness of Christ, The Anointed One and His anointing.

I am my Beloved’s and He is mine.

Excel

The Holy Spirit, through the Apostle John in 3 John 2, had this to say to us as God’s dear children. It is such a familiar scripture I believe we have not truly had a revelation of it. Let’s look at this scripture verse today.

BELOVED, I DESIRE (OR PRAY) THAT YOU PROSPER AND BE IN HEALTH EVEN AS YOUR SOUL PROSPERS.

Let’s start with that first word----BELOVED. You are loved by the Lord. I am going to make a statement that will probably shock some of you. His very life is tied up in you. He lives for you and your happiness and well being. He delights in your success. It gives Him great pleasure for you to be the healthiest, richest, most prosperous person on the face of the earth. You are His whole focus of attention.

It is His DESIRE that you PROSPER and BE IN HEALTH. His greatest desire is to see you prosperous.

To PROSPER means to excel, to achieve the highest excellence. Does that mean money, as so many people have narrowly defined it? No, it means your entire life. You are to excel in health. You are to excel in relationships. You are to excel in love and joy and peace and all the fruit of the spirit. You are to excel in walking in the fullness of His provisions. And, yes, you are to excel in wealth. Every one of God’s children were born again to excel. Excellence is our byword.

BE IN HEALTH---sometimes for some people that seems to be so unreachable because everywhere you and I turn, we hear that there is this sickness out there and that infirmity and this possibility of catching something deadly. What you hear and focus on is what you become. We are bombarded on TV, even on the commercials now----drug companies are spending big bucks to capture your attention with their commercials because there is big business in drugs. We live in a society which is sickness conscious. Our society, the Kingdom of God, is health conscious. The only way to maintain that health is given us in the last part of that verse.

AS YOUR SOUL PROSPERS----your soul consists of your thinking ability (your reasoning), your ability to make decisions and your reaction to stimuli. In other words, your soul is your mind, your will and your emotions. How do we get them to excel? What we focus on determines how they operate? Our focus is to be on God. How do we do that? His Word! His Word is the expression of Himself. As we dwell in His Word, we are dwelling in Him, in His Presence, and we become like Him. Look upon Him and be whole today. Delight yourself in Him; enjoy His Presence.

EXCEL!

Enjoy All Things

God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit enjoy you just as you are. You are the joy of their life. Yes, You! Before the creation of the earth, of the world, God made a choice to love and enjoy everybody created on this earth. He didn't put a requirement on His love for you. He chose to love and enjoy you. Yes, there is something you have to do. You have to accept Him and His love and His sacrifice for you on the cross in order to enjoy the full benefits of His love and joy.

I have been meditating two scriptures that I want to share with you that God dropped in my heart in the shower the other day. They are both related to the word “richly” and they came about as a result of the word “enjoy.” I have personalized them for my own meditation.

1 Timothy 6:17b
…God gives me richly all things to enjoy. Amplified Bible: …God richly and ceaselessly provides me with everything for my enjoyment.

Colossians 3:16
I let the word of Christ dwell in me (have its home in my heart and mind) richly in all wisdom.
And in connection with verse 16 I added v. 15
I let the peace of God rule in my heart.
Rule: Act as umpire continually, deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in my mind.

The Greek word for richly in the Strong’s Concordance means copiously, abundantly. It comes from the word that means wealthy; figuratively, it means abounding with. It comes from the root word which means wealth as fullness, money, possessions; figuratively it means abundance, richness; specifically it can mean valuable, bestowments, riches.

Today realize that God gives you abundantly ALL THINGS TO ENJOY, and that includes earthly stuff such as money and possessions. Wealth is no big deal to God as long as it does not become a big deal to you. It is simply a tool for provision for our enjoyment.

ENJOY!