21 Day Fast Day 19
I hope none of you are discouraged. We all face challenges. Some are successful. Some are not. But no matter what, we all have a destiny and a purpose, and a God who is completely for us! If he didn’t care, he never would have sent his only begotten son to die in our place to secure the future of all those who would call upon him.
Has God ever given you an amazing dream about yourself? Does it come to your mind at times making you want to understand it more fully? Or do you chalk it off as nothing? I believe God has a destiny and purpose for every individual on the planet. Don’t shy away from the thought that God is very interested in YOU! While we’re not to think more highly of ourselves than we should, We’re certainly not to think less of ourselves. We need to thank God for who we are and ask him to help us navigate the ups and downs. Read the following portion of Scripture over and over until it becomes yours.
Romans 8:28-39 (NIV)
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
What’s the verdict? We matter to him. Don’t sell yourself short. Believe in the God who has called you to himself and thinks the best of you. Like the verse above says, “We are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”
Love and blessings,
Pastor Ray
Has God ever given you an amazing dream about yourself? Does it come to your mind at times making you want to understand it more fully? Or do you chalk it off as nothing? I believe God has a destiny and purpose for every individual on the planet. Don’t shy away from the thought that God is very interested in YOU! While we’re not to think more highly of ourselves than we should, We’re certainly not to think less of ourselves. We need to thank God for who we are and ask him to help us navigate the ups and downs. Read the following portion of Scripture over and over until it becomes yours.
Romans 8:28-39 (NIV)
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
What’s the verdict? We matter to him. Don’t sell yourself short. Believe in the God who has called you to himself and thinks the best of you. Like the verse above says, “We are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”
Love and blessings,
Pastor Ray
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