MaggieBelle

Beloved–

Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.  Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.  (from 1 Peter)

I have learned over my years of lows and highs that I have an enemy, Satan.  He tries to convince me I’m alone or that I don’t deserve peace of mind and heart.  But when my Lord and savior helps me to recognize the enemy, Satan loses the power to confuse me!

I pray for you everyday that you trust your savior more than what you can feel or see.  Don’t let the enemy win.

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.  Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.  (from 1 Peter)

I have learned over my years of lows and highs that I have an enemy, Satan.  He tries to convince me I’m alone or that I don’t deserve peace of mind and heart.  But when my Lord and savior helps me to recognize the enemy, Satan loses the power to confuse me!

I pray for you everyday that you trust your savior more than what you can feel or see.  Don’t let the enemy win.

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

I will praise the Lord no matter what happens. I will constantly speak of his glories and grace; I will boast of all his kindness to me.  Let all who are discouraged take heart.  For I cried to him and he answered me; he freed me from all my fears… (from Psalms)

I pray for you to always feel (KNOW) the joy of the Lord’s comfort no matter the situation.

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires…for you are a chosen people… God’s very own possession.  As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.  (from 1 Peter)

God graciously chose my heart (before the foundation of the earth) knowing that I would be a dirty rotten sinner.  Now, when I meet someone I wonder if God chose that person’s heart–and do they know it.  

I pray for you daily to know your own heart and to care about the hearts of your friends, family, as well as strangers.

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

…Love each other deeply with all your heart.  So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control…  For you know that God paid a ransom to save you… It was the precious blood of Christ…  (from 1 Peter)

My first employer surely couldn’t be included in that group—yet Christ paid the price for his soul too.  Acknowledging that fact caused me to have a new perspective of someone I thought of as an enemy.  When we see people through the cross of Christ, it is easier to recognize people Christ loves from our real enemy.

I pray for you daily to live at the foot of the cross—it really is the safest place to be.

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. The reward for trusting him will be [is] the salvation of your souls… and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you… (from 1 Peter)

I am totally wrapped within Christ’s embrace.  Since this is true, the enemy’s goal is not to convince me that God doesn’t love me but to destroy my testimony.  He uses the fact that I’m a sinner along with my fears, my pride, my anger to take away my joy in the Lord.  Some days my battle seems to rage unabated others days not so much.  God is good all the time!

I pray for you everyday to know the Lord’s embrace and to recognize the enemy–your recognition of the enemy evaporates his power.

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

God the Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ…‘I see that the Lord is always with me.  I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me…My body rests in hope.  (from Psalms, Acts and 1 Peter)

When I learned that God chose me (I didn’t find him) because I was lost; then I knew I was safe, no matter what.  He was standing right behind me and right in front of me.

I pray daily for you to KNOW that when the enemy attacks you, he cannot win; because you are chosen and safe in the Lord’s embrace.

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

…And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure…Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him…Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.  (from James)

This was/is a hard lesson for me to learn.  I am torn everyday between what the God who is, has already done for me and what I could do for me.  I keep thinking I KNOW best.

Please pray daily for you and me to humble ourselves so that our loving Father is our greatest joy.

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

In the beginning the Word already existed.  The Word was with God, and the Word was God…You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry…and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts…refusing to let the world corrupt you.  (from James and John)

Quick to listen and slow to speak–oh boy am I in trouble.  I have to recognize the danger I am to myself.  The Bible is not just a book to read daily but God speaking to directly to me.  I can only find joy when I realize how much he loved my heart even before I was born.

I pray for you everyday to recognize the reality of how much the God who is, loves your heart.

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

…Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy…God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation…  (from James)

When there is calamity in my life it is easy to be joyful, because I can run to the foot of the cross, knowing I have no possible solution.   But when daily irritations come–and pile up–it is hard to find joy.  I find it easier to feel sorry for myself then to endure joyfully.  I miss many opportunities to enjoy God’s blessing.

I pray for you daily to be looking for the opportunities to see God’s hand on your life.    

Luv Ya!