Today Reminder - 02 January 2013 (Impatient)

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Then the people of Israel set out from Mount Hor, taking the road to the Red Sea to go around the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient with the long journey. (Numbers 21:4)

Impatient – time can be a teacher:

Once again the people of Israel grew impatient with God because their journey was longer, since they were not allowed to travel through the land of Edom. Patience is something I think all of us lack at a time in our lives. There always comes a time when we run out of it and it normally ends in disaster. I struggle with patience a lot and of course the enemy will attack me on this soft spot as much as possible.

My dear friend, add this to your new year’s resolutions. To be more patient with everyone, especially your loved ones and those the Lord sends on your way to help. With patience comes experience. You see if we are more patient we will learn more and become more experienced. So when the time comes we will be more qualified to deal with the situation. Time is your teacher, because patience adds time to your journey and in patience your trust in God is raised to a much higher level. This will not only add to your experience but it will certainly grow your relationship with God. So in the end the longer way will be a much safer and better way than the shortcuts the enemy proposed. 

I pray that the Holy Spirit will give you wisdom and patience in all that you do in this year and that your patience will be rewarded with victories, in Jesus name.

Have an awesome day dear friend of Jesus and Happy New Year!

Cheers

Today Reminder - 01 January 2013 (Happy New Year)

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But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not trust me enough to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land I am giving them!" (Numbers 20:12)

Happy New Year – looking ahead:

And there it is, 2013! It is a new year, new beginnings and new ideas. A time for change with New Year’s resolutions and plans for the year that lies ahead. In so many ways God showed Moses His holiness and yet Moses became frustrated and lost his trust. This cost him dearly in the sense that God did not allow him to lead the people of Israel into the Promised Land.

You see God takes “trust” very seriously and I know He does not bring things into your life so that you can lose that trust, but rather that your trust in Him will increase as you humbly live dependently on God. 

My dear friend, my prayer for you for the year that lies ahead is that your trust in our Lord will grow to a new level and that together we will see His holiness as we show it to those around us. Let us take on 2013 and all the challenges that lie ahead to glorify an awesome and amazing God. I pray that you will have a wonderful new year and that your relationship with God will soar to new heights, in Jesus name.

Have an awesome day dear friend of Jesus and Happy New Year!

Cheers

Today Reminder - 31 December 2012 (Looking back)

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The people blamed Moses and said, "If only we had died in the LORD's presence with our brothers! Why have you brought the congregation of the LORD's people into this wilderness to die, along with all our livestock? Why did you make us leave Egypt and bring us here to this terrible place? This land has no grain, no figs, no grapes, no pomegranates, and no water to drink!" (Numbers 20:3-5)

The end of 2012 – Looking back:

Today is the last day of 2012 and looking back one can’t help but to remember all that has happened in this year. The Israelites are blaming Moses once again for the hardships they face and have faced and they looked back at a time that seemed better, yet they have forgotten the good things God has done to bring them so far and they certainly have forgotten all they have done wrong. So the complained – again.

My dear friend, I look back at a year filled with many obstacles and many amazing things. I see God’s hand as He guided and carried us through so many difficult times and I see His mercy and love in so many miracles. This year was a good year and knowing how God stood by my side through all, I can’t wait for the year to come.

Let us look back and be thankful for all the blessings we received and let’s forget all the bad things that have happened. Let’s take the positive and use it as a foundation to start 2013. Let us take the lessons learned and apply them as we continue on our journey of life.

Thank you dear friend for reading my “Today Reminders” and following God’s Word with me as He opens it up and motivates us each day. Thank you for taking time and sharing in His wonderful messages. May your day be filled with His love and blessings as we say farewell to the old year and ask God to take us into the New Year.

“The greatest joy of a Christian is to give joy to Christ.” ― Charles H. Spurgeon

Have an awesome day, dear friend of Jesus.

Cheers

Today Reminder - 28 December 2012 (Forgive)

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"Get away from all these people so that I can instantly destroy them!" But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground. And Moses said to Aaron, "Quick, take an incense burner and place burning coals on it from the altar. Lay incense on it, and carry it out among the people to purify them and make them right with the LORD. The LORD's anger is blazing against them—the plague has already begun." (Numbers 16:45-46)

Forgive:

It is amazing how many times the Israelites angered God and how many times Moses pleaded with the Lord to forgive them and not to destroy them. In so many ways they rallied against Moses and complained that you would think Moses would let the Lord destroy them as He wanted, yet Moses acted and pleaded with the Lord.

This made me think. How many times does the Lord Jesus plead for us in a day? Have we anger God in such a way that He wanted to destroy us? If we are forgiven so many times for our foolish mistakes, how many times do we forgive other and do we forget or do we always hold it against them?

My dear friend, in forgiving we are set free. Anger and hate are tools that the enemy uses to control us. By forgiving and forgetting we are breaking the foothold of the enemy and we leave them no place in our lives. 

Remember: Forgiveness goes both ways. You must also forgive yourself!

I pray that you will forgive and forget just as the Lord has forgiven you, in Jesus name.

Have an awesome day, dear friend of Jesus.

Cheers

Today Reminder - 27 December 2012 (Chosen)

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“Buds will sprout on the staff belonging to the man I choose. Then I will finally put an end to the people's murmuring and complaining against you. "When he went into the Tabernacle of the Covenant the next day, he found that Aaron's staff, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds! (Numbers 17: 5 and 8)

You have been chosen:

There was a rebellion in the Israelite camp about leadership and the people questioned Aaron and Moses as their leaders stating that they have not brought them to a land of milk and honey but instead they were doomed to die in the wilderness. The result was that God opened the earth and underneath Korah and all his followers and they were buried alive. Finally God told Moses that he must collect the staffs from all the tribal leaders and He will show whom He chooses when buds will sprout from that staff.

My dear friend, thanks to the wonderful gift we have in Jesus Christ we are all able to enter into God’s holy place and spend time with Him. This is an enormous gift and one we should take very seriously. In the Old Testament only Aaron was allowed in God’s holy place in the tabernacle. People had to present offerings before God in a number of rituals to clean them from sin. 

All we have to do is accept the Lord Jesus Christ who carried our burden of sin and destroyed the grip of death and defeated the devil so that we are completely free to live our lives for the Lord. Therefore you are chosen to represent the Lord in all that you do and in all that you are. You are His child and He loves you so much. 

Come and let us glorify His name through our lives.

Have an awesome day, dear friend of Jesus.

Cheers