Today Reminder – 04 August 2015 (Day 2 – You)

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I will say to the prisoners, 'Come out in freedom,' and to those in darkness, 'Come into the light.' They will be my sheep, grazing in green pastures and on hills that were previously bare. (Isaiah 49:9)

How are you today, my friend? It is a beautiful day here in South Africa as a dark and starry night opens to bright and blue sky. A crisp dry cold morning embraces us as the warm rays of the sun brings release from a chilly morning. It is wonderful to watch God’s creation as it unfolds around us. It gives you that deep reassurance that He is there and He is watching over us. Even in our dry months we will grace in green pastures.

Friendship is one of God’s greatest blessings and to know that you are my friend even though you are miles away in a distant land. We are connected by the Holy Spirit that leads us to those green pastures where we are free and no more prisoners to a world that feeds on fear and depression.

The Lord wants to remind you today that there is no darkness that can dampen His light that burns in you. There is no mountain that His Spirit cannot soar over and there is no ocean He cannot cross in one leap.

You are a treasure, my friend, one that God holds closely to His heart and one that is so important to Him. He desires only good and happy days for you and He desires a close relationship with you, because you are His child and His creation. He longs for time with you and watches every step you take. He is the foundation that keeps you steady when the world shakes and He is the air that fills you lungs and feeds your body with strength and purpose. 

You are gold in hands of the Lord. Wonderfully created and perfected in His mercy and grace. You are priceless and so beautiful, for you are made in His image. He loves you more that you can ever imagine.

Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus

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Today Reminder – 03 August 2015 (Day 1 – You)

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"Listen to me, descendants of Jacob, all you who remain in Israel. I have cared for you since you were born. Yes, I carried you before you were born. I will be your God throughout your lifetime—until your hair is white with age.
I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you”. (Isaiah 46:3-4)

This month is all about you my friend. We find ourselves in the midst of winter here in South Africa and I must say today is quite a chilly day with very low temperatures. Life is all about seasons and as we journey along we find ourselves travelling through these seasons. Our warm and sunny seasons in life is the good times when all is well and in abundance and our colder and dryer seasons is when life can be difficult and full of surprises.  

I am done with the winter in my life and I long to move forward into a warmer and sunnier season. How are things where you are my friend? I do hope that your winters are over of if not that you will feel the warmth of God’s love just as He warmed me through my cold seasons. 

Today I want to remind you that God loves you and He will always care for you in a way that no one can. He carried you before you were born and He will continue to carry you throughout your lifetime. 

I will be your God throughout your lifetime—until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you

God is here my friend and He is calling you back to Him. He wants to embrace you and hold you tight. He wants to restore your brokenness and heal all your pain. He wants you to feel His warm embrace in the winters of your life. He wants your heart to seek Him always and forever. He wants you to live a life where He is the centre of who you are. He wants you to feel no more fear and worry no more, because He will always be there for you.

Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren't you far more valuable to him than they are? (Matthew 6:26)

Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus

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Today Reminder – 31 July 2015 (Day 18 – Forward)

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The people will declare, "The LORD is the source of all my righteousness and strength." And all who were angry with him will come to him and be ashamed. (Isaiah 45:24)

Today is the last day of July and I realised that this year is flying past us. Time is a luxury we do not have, because before we know it, out time here will be done. For us to move forward from here on we need to embrace every moment and live for every breath we take. Time is not on our side and therefore we need to take every moment we get and live full in it, for we might not have that privilege tomorrow. 

Today I want to remind you that the LORD is the source of all my righteousness and strength. He is the very reason I live and the reason I can do what I do. He is my joy and my happiness and He carries me through the sad and hard times. He guides me when I am upset and speaks to me when I am angry. He places the right words on my lips when I need them and He fuels my determination when my storm rises above my expectations. 

He carries me when I am broken and restores me when I have fallen. He lifts me up when I am down and He pulls me out of my pit and restores my soul. He refreshes me when I am tired and holds me when I am scared. He is in me and in you my friend and He is the bond that we have over continental boundaries. He holds us in His hands and prepares us for the storms to come. 

Today I look to heaven and I cry out “Oh Lord fill me with all of you today, so that I will be compass that other will follow to you. Let me be your servant and let me show your great mercy for I have fallen and I have stood up and I have lost and I have won. Let me be your ambassador when people seek you in a world that needs you.”

You are my strength, Lord and with you I can do anything.

Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus

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Today Reminder – 30 July 2015 (Day 17 – Forward)

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This is what the LORD says: "I will go before you, Cyrus, and level the mountains. I will smash down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. And I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness—secret riches. I will do this so you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, the one who calls you by name. (Isaiah 45:2-3)

I am the LORD, the God of Israel, the one who calls you by name. My dear friend, God does not want us to be past driven dwellers. God is all about grace and victory and love. He is life and life in abundance and when I say in abundance I do not say in wealth I say abundance in love and joy and happiness. Life is not about what we do not have, it is all about what we do. I look at my two boys as we drove to school this morning and we sing along and laugh to the music. I love Johnny Cash and so we listened to “Ring of Fire” as we sang along and laughed. They are my true joy and all my happiness. When they are with me I have no limits and I see nothing as too much. 

It is in this content that we find life in abundance. It is when we share in our difficult times and laugh together in our hard times. So what I am trying to say is that we do not need much to live life in abundance. It is these little things that last forever and it is these little things that becomes pillars in our life that no storm can destroy.

Jesus must never form a small part of our lives. He should be the centre point of who we are and what we will become. I am not who I used to be, because of the life I had. But I will be better than I ever was, for Jesus is the foundation that I place in my heart. It is this heart, the core of which we are that I need to realign and turn towards Jesus.

Let Jesus be your treasure so that your heart can belong to Him completely. Then my friend we will see how God will smash the gates and give us hidden treasures that they eye cannot see, but it will change us forever. He will call us by our names so that we can change this world so that all of us will live a full and rich life filled with happiness.

Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus

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Today Reminder – 29 July 2015 (Day 16 – Forward)

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This is what the LORD says—your Redeemer and Creator: "I am the LORD, who made all things.  I alone stretched out the heavens. Who was with me when I made the earth? (Isaiah 44:24)

Out of the darkness and into the light. I realised today that to move out of a painful or shameful past is not so easy. There is always something that reminds you of the mistakes you have made. I fear that I will step into that same person and make the same mistakes again. I find it really difficult to move forward. Everyone at my work now knows of what I have done and I can feel the looks and the stares as some of them seem to keep the memory of my past alive. So what happens is that everywhere I go I feel that same stare from other people as I assume they too know of my mistakes.

These types of thoughts are what the enemy uses to push us back into the darkness. It is the enemy’s way to keep us behind bars and to keep us away from the light. My friend sometimes we just need a little time to see. Sometimes our hurt blinds us and keeps us from the truth. 

The Lord reminds us today that He is our Redeemer and Creator and that He made all things. He alone can pull us out of the darkness and into the light. So today I long for the marvellous light of Jesus as I realise that I need Him first and foremost in my life and that I need to place me first for a while so I can find me again.

I need to rebuild and repair a life time of mistakes and only Jesus can do that. Jesus is my only hope and I will open my heart for my shame is exposed so that I can feel His mercy as I move from darkness to light.

Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus

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