Today Reminder – 28 July 2015 (Day 15 – Forward)

A reminder for today

"Pay attention, O Jacob, for you are my servant, O Israel. I, the LORD, made you, and I will not forget you. I have swept away your sins like a cloud. I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist. Oh, return to me, for I have paid the price to set you free." (Isaiah 44:21-22)

I surrender again today as I stand here on my knees again. I have so many mistakes and I just seem to make more as I go along. Yesterday I was at my lowest point yet with no direction, lost and afraid. Today the Lord wakes me up with new strength and new hope. He pulls me out of my pit of despair and lifts me up as He embraces me holding me tight with all His grace and love.

I am a fallen warrior as I fear the outcome of my actions and the judgement that awaits me. So today the Lord reminds me I, the LORD, made you, and I will not forget you. I have swept away your sins like a cloud. I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist. Oh, return to me, for I have paid the price to set you free.

We need to stand up and continue to move forward. It does not help to dwell on yesterday, it is important to focus on today. We fall so that we can learn and stand up again. We fall so that we can show His grace and mercy to a world that is consumed by hatred and idols. We fall so that we can be stronger when we face the next challenge.

Come with me today as we return to the Lord and seek Him in all that we are and in all that we do. Let His love capture us again so that we can be free. This storm will pass and we will remain standing regardless of the challenges that remains.

Be strong my friend.

Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus

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Today Reminder – 27 July 2015 (Day 14 – Forward)

A reminder for today

"I am the First and the Last; there is no other God.” (Isaiah 44:6)

This weekend marked the end of me. I realised that I am just no good and that I cause more pain and heartache with every step. I thought that me and my ex-wife were doing fine and that I was making good progress until it all changed. It turned a good Saturday into a terrible one with an argument that seemed so unnecessary. I am wrong that I know and I am the cause of all this. It is all because of my mistakes. I will take full responsibility for the pain I caused and continue to cause. It boiled in me all weekend until I finally realised that they are better off without me and that I am the result of all of this. This on its own made me question so much about myself and finally Sunday evening I felt that I needed to go to church. 

The message was all for me. The pastor said that there are three things that makes every Christian fall and destroy most marriages. They are lust, possessions and position. I am guilty of all three, because I had more than one affair thus lust, I also chased position when I climbed the corporate ladder up into management and I was consumed by possessions when I desired a bigger car and bigger house even when we could not afford them. All of this placed a huge amount of stress on me and my marriage and finally it all collapsed and created a wall between us. There is only one God and we can never worship two. We can never divide our love, because we are not designed like that. Money and power means nothing to God, because God speaks and He created the universe. He does not need our gifts and our money, He needs us. He made us in His image and that means His mark is on us. This means that we are His and that He will do anything to keep His precious people, even give His Son so that we can be free.

I am not well today and I am in a terrible place. My heart feels empty and my emotions are a mess. 

"I cry out, 'Help!' but no one answers me. I protest, but there is no justice. God has blocked my way so I cannot move. He has plunged my path into darkness. He has stripped me of my honour and removed the crown from my head. He has demolished me on every side, and I am finished. He has uprooted my hope like a fallen tree. His fury burns against me; he counts me as an enemy. His troops advance. They build up roads to attack me. They camp all around my tent.” (Job 19:7-12)

"But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last. And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought! "How dare you go on persecuting me, saying, 'It's his own fault'? You should fear punishment yourselves, for your attitude deserves punishment. Then you will know that there is indeed a judgment." (Job 19:25-29)

Today I want to remind you that our Redeemer lives and no one can destroy you unless you allow it. He is fighting for you every moment of every day and you should not give up. I want to end with this quote from the movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: “All will be well in the end, if it is not well, then it is not the end yet”.

Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus

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Today Reminder – 24 July 2015 (Day 13 – Forward)

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"Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will gather you and your children from east and west.” (Isaiah 43:5)

Moving forward can be a scary thing at times. It feels as if you are blind folded while you try to walk on a wall. You carefully take each step feeling your way forward careful not to step of the edge, because you have no idea how high the wall is. Life is very similar to that and we often find ourselves in unfamiliar areas where we are careful to take a wrong step or even take a step.

As we step out and onto our wall, the Lord reminds us today that He is with us and we should not be afraid. He will gather us and our children (or family or friends) from the east and the west. He will carry us over that wall and He will remove our mistakes (transgressions) as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:12). 

This distance between the east and the west represents God’s endless love and His endless determination to see us succeed. He wants us to open our hearts and trust His guidance. So when we walk out on that wall. We will follow His voice that will guide us, but not only will He guide us by giving us direction, He will also stand beside the wall to catch our feet when we slip just to place them back on the wall so that we can safely continue.

Today the Lord reminds us that we can step forward into the unknown and He will take us through it. 

Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus

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Today Reminder – 23 July 2015 (Day 12 – Forward)

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"But forget all that—it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. (Isaiah 43:18-19)

I stand at a crossroad today afraid of the past and jittery about the future.  You see at times I wonder where am I going and how will I ever succeed when I have so much that weighs down in my shoulders. I am afraid to take a step, because I fear that I will make the same mistakes as before. So today I find myself a little lost and unsure what to make of all this. I am sure you have found yourself in a position where you do not know what to do nor which direction to choose.

Today the Lord answers me with this: But forget all that—it is nothing compared to what I am going to do, for I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun!

Just when I feel at my weakest the Lord comes and changes my view completely. The Lord says that He will create rivers in the dry wasteland. I see this as the difficulties that lie ahead and the burdens that I carry with me. When the Lord says He will create rivers in a dry land, it means that where there once was nothing, there will be lush vegetation and forests. There will be life where there once was death and fear. There will be victory where there once was failure and despair. The Lord says that He will create a pathway through the wilderness. This to me means that He will show us the way through the fears that bind us. He will guide us in our journey and lead us through this wilderness filled with danger and fear to a new place where we will be free so that His new start will be visible to all.

So let us forget the past that holds us back and embrace what the Lord is about to do in our lives. Let us walk through the wilderness of life and into the dry wasteland now filled with life and an abundance of blessings that will fill us from top to bottom as the strength of the Lord breaks our worries and pull us up and into His presence.

Let the rivers flow as we move forward in our boats on this rollercoaster called life, fearless and victorious.

Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus

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Today Reminder – 22 July 2015 (Day 11 – Forward)

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Sing a new song to the LORD! Sing his praises from the ends of the earth! Sing, all you who sail the seas, all you who live in distant coastlands. (Isaiah 42:10)

Lord today we step forward into your light and we celebrate you wonderful blessings. We walk faithful on our journey towards you and we lift up our hands to rejoice in your mercy and grace. Lord let us sing a new song to you as we change our direction and focus our compass on you. Let us sing your praises from the ends of the earth. From the east to the west and from the north to the south, let all celebrate your love and the wonderful blessings we receive to compassionately from you.

Let us speak life on everything we do and on everyone we meet. Let us enter this day with renewed hope and higher sense of faith as we take your words and make them part of who we are. Let our songs touch the broken hearted and lift up the ones who are at their end. Let our voices touch the hearts of those in need and let our warmth free the lost from their chains.

Let your amazing grace break the silence and show you to all and all around us. Let your love touch our deepest fears and lift our spirits so that we can dance again. Put life back into our bones so that we can run and never walk again.

Let us sail through our storms and sing your praises as the wind stops to howl and the storms are quietly broken so that we can walk on a clear ocean, fearless and full of faith.

Lift us up and let us feel your touch, see your glory and follow your way.

Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus

Cheers