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2 THESSALONIANS 1:3 NLT 3 Dear brothers and sisters, we can’t help but thank God for you, because your faith is flourishing and your love for one another is growing. God made you for a purpose. God has a plan. You are not an accident. You may not have discovered where you fit and what your purpose is yet, but God has not forgotten you. He is still at work. Most of us will not affect the whole world, or even our entire city. That does not mean you are not important. The Bible uses the picture of a human body to illustrate the Body of Christ. Not every part is ever seen, but every part is important. 1 CORINTHIANS 12:22 NLT 22 In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary. Even if no one knows the part you are doing, God does. You are important to God – important enough to die for. God has a plan for you, and it lasts far beyond this life that we can now see. SAY THIS: Thank God for me! from Christian Words http://bit.ly/1

HEBREWS 4:13-16 NLT 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable. 14 So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. 15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. 16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. You should talk to God just as you would to a very respected friend. Don’t worry about using any special form of words. Just talk openly, honestly, and sincerely from your heart. (This is what “prayer” is supposed to be.) God knows what you are thinking anyway. You can’t fool God or hide anything from Him. God knows you better than you know yourself. And the wonderful thing is that God still loves you! Nothing that concerns you is

1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 NLT 18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. Some people have trouble being thankful unless they have a perfect life with everything they think they should have. But with the right perspective, you can be thankful when you have nothing. You can be thankful at least that you are not being overwhelmed by bad things. There are many people on a deathbed with cancer or other diseases, who would gladly give all their financial assets to be free from their disease. You probably would too, if you were in that situation. So, if you are not afflicted with a deadly disease right now, then you can, and should be thankful, no matter what else is happening in your life. “But preacher, I do have a deadly disease and the doctors say there is no hope. How can I be thankful?” The fact that you are reading this demonstrates several things. First, you can read – and still have vision. That is more than many people have. You

ROMANS 14:17 NKJ 17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Here is a description of the Kingdom of God: righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Righteousness means everything being right. God has given us the gift of righteousness (Romans 5:17). That means He has put us in right standing with Himself. He has said that everything is right between us and Him. Sin no longer separates us from God, because the precious blood of Jesus has cleansed us and we are forgiven by God. Because we have right standing with God (righteousness), we have peace. There is no more struggle. God is not mad at us. God is on our side. Peace means more than the absence of conflict. Peace means nothing broken and nothing missing. Peace includes the idea of prosperity – having everything needful in abundance with no lack. When you are right with God and have peace – nothing missing and nothing broken – you will have joy. You ca

HEBREWS 11:6 NKJ 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Faith is often preached from the human perspective: believe God and get your needs met. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s a one-sided perspective. So let’s also try to look at faith from God’s perspective. Would you get any pleasure out of people who doubted you? Surely God gets no pleasure out of people doubting His Word, either. Does God deserve respect? YES!!! To doubt what someone says shows disrespect. While humans can be wrong, God only speaks absolute truth. Many people only think of acting on God’s Word from their perspective, without considering God’s feelings. Their motivation is completely self-centered, thinking only of what it will profit them. Let’s decide not to act this way! Do you desire to please God? If you don’t desire to please God, you don’t know Him. God is so wonderful, s

1 PETER 4:12 ESV 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. Don’t be surprised when your faith is tested! And don’t be afraid! Jesus – who promised to never forsake you – is still there to help you. The test of faith is the devil trying to steal your faith. The devil wants you to believe something other than God’s Word. MARK 4:15 ESV 15 And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. The devil wants to steal God’s Word out of your life, to stop your faith. So you have to hang on to your faith! You have to say “NO!” to the devil! Our enemy could never steal faith in God’s Word away from us unless at some point it seems like God’s Word is wrong. Or that God has forgotten us and forsaken us. This will happen to you sometime! When it does, trust God and His faithfulness more than you trust yo

ACTS 2:36 NIV 36 “Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.” “Boss” is a modern meaning of the word “Lord.” Somebody has to be the boss. Somebody has to make the final decisions. It’s not a hard thing to let Jesus be your boss – it’s a wonderful privilege. Jesus knows more than you do. And Jesus loves you more than you love yourself. So He desires the very best for you and knows how to make it happen. Therefore letting Jesus call the shots in your life is the smartest thing you could do. Of course, if you choose, you can go your own way and do your own thing. You can try to do the best you can on your own – and see how it works out. If you owned a large important company, who would you rather run the company for you, a brilliant executive with a perfect track record of running many other companies successfully, or someone who has never run a company before? You have control over something much more important t

Most people are asking God to give them things that God says already belong to them. Many are still hoping God will forgive them. But Scripture tells us God has already forgiven us, and He is no longer holding our sins against us. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:19 NLT 19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. Instead of begging God to forgive us, we should be thanking Him for already forgiving us! And we should tell others they are also forgiven! Just as God has already forgiven us, He has also already blessed us. He has given us every blessing. EPHESIANS 1:3 GWN 3 Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Through Christ, God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing that heaven has to offer. God HAS blessed us with everything Heaven has to offer. Spiritual blessings are the reality behind all physical blessings. They are what cause the physical manifestations.

Our life on earth is a learning process. We are in “school” whether we realize it or not. What are the main lessons we are supposed to learn in life? God is trustworthy. PSALM 118:8 NKJ 8 It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in man. TITUS 1:2 NKJ 2 in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began, 1 CORINTHIANS 1:9 NKJ 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Be loving. GALATIANS 5:14 NLT 14 For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 1 JOHN 4:21 NKJ 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. 1 JOHN 3:23 NKJ 23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment. Be thankful. 1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 NKJ 18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. COLOSS