Today Reminder – 21 July 2015 (Day 10 – Forward)

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"Look at my servant, whom I strengthen. He is my chosen one, who pleases me. I have put my Spirit upon him.
He will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or raise his voice in public. He will not crush the weakest reed or put out a flickering candle. He will bring justice to all who have been wronged. He will not falter or lose heart until justice prevails throughout the earth. Even distant lands beyond the sea will wait for his instruction." (Isaiah 42:1-4)

As we move forward and past our challenges towards the Light of Jesus, it is once again a privilege to read through Isaiah. These verses are the prophecy that came to life in Jesus Christ. But Jesus knew what they were planning. So he left that area, and many people followed him. He healed all the sick among them, but he warned them not to reveal who he was. This fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah concerning him (Matthew 12:15-17)

Just as God had a goal and a mission with Jesus His only Son, He also has a goal and a mission for each one of us. We are here in this time with a special purpose. Each one of us carefully designed and strategically placed to fulfil this mission. Each one of us connected through the Holy Spirit that dwells within us. We follow His voice as the Holy Spirit guides us in the Lord’s instruction. 

Why look back when your goal is ahead of you. Why worry about your challenges when God brought them over you to show His glory and His love. Why fear when you are following a living God.

So today we start on our mission as we journey forward towards our goal. We are here for His glory and we are here to show Him to a world that has forgotten Him. We are here to show that God is our strength in our weakness. He is in our triumphs and in our failures. He is with us through all that we live through each and every moment of our lives.

Come with me today as we renew our goals and realign us with His purpose. Let the Holy Spirit guide you today as you journey on through your life so that we will unite and stand together for Him. Let us show His wonder through the miracles in our lives. My whole life is a testimony of His love and mercy. I have seen miracles and I have seen His hands at work so many times. Even in my worst moments I saw how God can intervene and redirect me back to Him. I have watched God perform the impossible through me so I will stand today and shout out His praise for in me is an almighty God. 

My dear friend, stand with me as we show the impossible to a dark world to bring light into their fears and release them from their chains. Let them stand in wonder at the power of our Lord. Let them fall to their knees as the Lord perform miracle after miracle through us.

Stand and live my friend, for you are so important in God’s plan.

Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus

Cheers

Today Reminder – 20 July 2015 (Day 9 – Forward)

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See, they are all foolish, worthless things. All your idols are as empty as the wind. (Isaiah 41:29)

How are you my friend? Today is a historic moment for God’s blog as I write my one thousand’s post. Yes it is a thousand posts in honour of our Lord and His amazing love for us. How was your weekend? I was so blessed to have my boys with me this weekend and what a great weekend we had. God is truly good for me and He surely blessed me with two amazing little boys. 

So what do we write about today? I feel the Holy Spirt reminding me that we are in our process of moving forward and today He wants us to remember that life is about God and not worldly material things. When I celebrate the Lord I celebrate His wonder and His mercy, for I have lost everything but in Him I have gained more. I still make my mistakes but now I realise them faster and I seek His guidance immediately. 

Those that are lost cannot see a life without their stuff and they trust in worldly and empty things. We trust in an almighty God, a living God. We trust in the creator of heaven and earth. Those who place their trust in idols are foolish. Stand with me today as we give all the glory to God. If you are reading this you are part of a miracle. You see the enemy tried to destroy me and here I am writing to you. He tried to break my faith and here I am with more and stronger faith. He tried to stop me from writing and here I am by the grace of God writing about that amazing grace.

Yes my friend, here I am on my knees again as I surrender it all. Here I am where the Lord found me as He draws me near desperate for Him. I asked Him to drench my soul with His mercy and grace and I hunger and thirst for Him. With my arms starched wide I know He hears me as I call on Him to speak to me now. I want to know Him more as I step forward into His light. Like a rushing wind the Lord breathed into me as I give my life for Him to have for His way and will. Let His will be done as every knee bows and calls His name.

Let His grace fill you today and lift you up. Let His Sprit build you up and make you invincible. Let His light shine so brightly in you that all you meet will stand in awe.

Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus

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Today Reminder – 17 July 2015 (Day 8 – Forward)

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Who has done such mighty deeds, summoning each new generation from the beginning of time? It is I, the LORD, the First and the Last. I alone am He." (Isaiah 41:4)

Oh boy I am having an awesome time reading through Isaiah. There is so much of God in this book that just leaves me in awe. I guess the Holy Spirit is also enjoying it because He is inspiring me with every verse. 

How are you doing my friend? My week was a tough one and I must admit that the enemy is doing his best to bring me down. So today I want to remind you that we need basically three things to continue and to keep moving forward. We need to forget the past and forgive, we need to remember to be ourselves and not allow circumstances to change us and finally we need to remain faithful to God. I love to remind myself that we walk by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). I wrote to you earlier that the truth sets us free, but in truth we need to forgive, because that completes the proses.

I cannot change the past and I cannot erase my mistakes, but I can change what I do now. I cannot make people forgive me and forget my mistakes, but I can ignore what they think and say of me, because I care only what I do next. We must never allow people to hurt us, because they cannot see who we really are and who God really is. God is all about love and forgiveness. And Jesus said that we should be more like Him and less like the worldly nature that we allow to influence us. If we must be more like Him, it means we must care about the worst of us and accept all for who they are. We must love despite the wrongs and finally we must be willing to give our lives even for those that hate us the most. 

Who does these wonderful deeds? It is the Lord – I am. So for us to step forward today we must forget and we must forgive. We must look ahead at the wonderful things that await us, for Jesus wants us to be happy and to live a life that is full of life. 

So today I am taking a huge jump forward and I am leaving those behind that do not see God for who He really is and I am going to live a life that shows Him in all that I do.

He is all that I need.

Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus

Cheers

Today Reminder – 16 July 2015 (Day 7 – Forward)

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He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:29-31)

I feel tired today. This week has been exhausting and I can feel how the burdens of what lay ahead weights heavy on me. I can see it in my sleeping patterns, because my mind doesn’t shut down at night. Have you ever felt that you just don’t want to get up in the morning and your whole body feels tired and exhausted? It feels as if someone stole your smile as you worry how you will get through this. Then there is the mental exhaustion as you fight in your mind with all the outcomes that might happen and what could go wrong.

I love Isaiah 40. We are reminded again how important it is to trust in the Lord. Everyone will become weak and tired, but those who trust the in the Lord will find new strength. They will run and never grow weary. This is so important for us to remember.

You see the enemy want us to think we cannot do it; they want us to give up. This matches yesterday’s post so nicely. If our perspective is correct and we place our trust in the Lord we will soar high on wings like eagles.

Today we do not take a step forward. Today we run and we will not get weary. We will walk and never faint. We will soar high above our worries on the wings of the Holy Spirit. Today we take back our happiness and destroy the enemy at the gates.

My trust is in you Lord. I am invincible!

Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus

Cheers

Today Reminder – 15 July 2015 (Day 6 – Forward)

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The LORD Has No Equal
Who else has held the oceans in his hand? Who has measured off the heavens with his fingers? Who else knows the weight of the earth or has weighed the mountains and hills on a scale? Who is able to advise the Spirit of the LORD? Who knows enough to give him advice or teach him? Has the LORD ever needed anyone's advice? Does he need instruction about what is good? Did someone teach him what is right or show him the path of justice? (Isaiah 40:12-14)

To move forward we need to look at “Perspective”. Perspective is the art of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other.

So what Isaiah is trying to do here in Isaiah 40 is to help us with that perspective that we need to have about God and how God impacts our journey forward. You see God has no equal and there is nothing we have that we can measure the greatness of God if we follow our normal day to day way of life. We need to look past the world that is pulled over our eyes by a relentless enemy. We need to look to the mountains and we need to look at the vast oceans and then we need to comprehend the extent of the universe. When we look at this we will realise that God is much greater than we think.

Now once we realise that God is not your average super hero and He surely makes the avengers look like beginners, we can start to understand the immense power that lies in Him. Now when we start to see this picture and our perspective starts to align with God and we start to realise that with God we are on a complete other scale, then we will also know that with Him there is no limits and an endless resource of power and wisdom.

So finally we will know that when we move forward and we understand the power that lies in our faith we will not walk like other on their journey, we will soar on our journey. We will fly because with God life is not as mediocre as with the unbelievers. With God life is exciting and filled with amazement, because with God we can do the impossible.

So today we do not take a step forward – we leap and we soar.

Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus

Cheers