Monday, February 27, 2012
Jesus Loves Me 5 Miles More!
I've just posted today's God Moment on http://jesuslovesmeeveryday.blogspot.com, titled "5 Miles Closer to God".
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Pour Out Your Heart In Prayer
"Pour out your heart in prayer, and this mountain will be thrown into the sea" (see Mark 11:23)."
"Not seven times, but seventy times seven." Does this mean I have to face a complete lack of respect for the rest of my life?
"Father, I don't have the strength to do this on my own. I'm trusting in your strength to enable me to believe and think and say and do the right thing. In Jesus' name. Amen."
"How do you love when you just don't feel you have it in you to love? Suppose you're thinking, "Of course I'd like to start feeling love again. Everything in me would like to start loving my husband [...] again. Don't you think I've tried? I can't do it." Then Jesus comes along and says, "I command you to love in a new kind of way." How is this possible? How can Jesus command us to feel love? The fact is, he isn't! He is commanding us to act with love."
"You can't command an emotion, but you can command an action. When Jesus says, "I command you to love one another," he's not saying, "Feel this way"; he's saying, "Act this way." Act with love toward another person. If you've fallen out of love or stopped loving altogether, the first step is to begin to act with love again. Remember which actions of love were once part of your relationship with your husband? Act in that way again."
"Learn to pray as Jesus prayed - honestly telling God your feelings, and then saying, "Nevertheless not my will, but yours." This kind of love can only come from God. There are moments when not a single fiber of your being feels loving, and yet you act with love anyway. When your husband has betrayed your trust and yet you love them anyway, that's nevertheless love. [...] When everything in you says, "Run away," or "Yell in anger," and yet you stay and talk, that's nevertheless love."
"What do you do when you feel like giving up? [...] if you think not giving up means you have to be perfect and have it all together, it does not. Not giving up means you realize that Jesus takes whatever little we give him, and he does so much more! Don't give up. Don't give up on people; the minute you do, they'll surprise you. Don't give up on prayer; God is doing so much more through your prayers than you can see. Don't give up on God's promises. [...] When you feel like giving up, choose to act instead. Act on Jesus' command - and "love one another."
"Point to Ponder: If you've stopped feeling love, the first step is to begin to act with love again."
"Verse to Remember: Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up (Galatians 6:9)."
"How much of what you call love has become just a habit? You do what you do today because you did it yesterday [...]. How can you renew a love that has grown old? [...] Here instead is where to begin: rediscover the attitude of love in the everyday habits of your life. You simply take the things that have become mere habit and inject love into them again. [...] Say to yourself as you do that routine task, "I'm doing this because I love him;" [...] Why is this so important? Because much of life is routine. If you don't allow love to become a part of the routine of life, love will be missing from the majority of the minutes in your day. If you find yourself still wondering if you have the ability to make this daily choice to love, remember that this new commandment was given to us by Jesus. Jesus walked this earth as God in human flesh. No one knows us better than he does. And Jesus never commands us to do something he is not willing and able to empower us to do."
Story of Peter walking on water. Focused completely on Jesus, he was successful, but the minute he lost focus, he started to sink.
"I know I can't, but I know God can. God can do in me what I cannot do for myself." Read 1 Samuel 25, about Abigail, Nabal, and David.
"Not seven times, but seventy times seven." Does this mean I have to face a complete lack of respect for the rest of my life?
"Father, I don't have the strength to do this on my own. I'm trusting in your strength to enable me to believe and think and say and do the right thing. In Jesus' name. Amen."
"How do you love when you just don't feel you have it in you to love? Suppose you're thinking, "Of course I'd like to start feeling love again. Everything in me would like to start loving my husband [...] again. Don't you think I've tried? I can't do it." Then Jesus comes along and says, "I command you to love in a new kind of way." How is this possible? How can Jesus command us to feel love? The fact is, he isn't! He is commanding us to act with love."
"You can't command an emotion, but you can command an action. When Jesus says, "I command you to love one another," he's not saying, "Feel this way"; he's saying, "Act this way." Act with love toward another person. If you've fallen out of love or stopped loving altogether, the first step is to begin to act with love again. Remember which actions of love were once part of your relationship with your husband? Act in that way again."
"Learn to pray as Jesus prayed - honestly telling God your feelings, and then saying, "Nevertheless not my will, but yours." This kind of love can only come from God. There are moments when not a single fiber of your being feels loving, and yet you act with love anyway. When your husband has betrayed your trust and yet you love them anyway, that's nevertheless love. [...] When everything in you says, "Run away," or "Yell in anger," and yet you stay and talk, that's nevertheless love."
"What do you do when you feel like giving up? [...] if you think not giving up means you have to be perfect and have it all together, it does not. Not giving up means you realize that Jesus takes whatever little we give him, and he does so much more! Don't give up. Don't give up on people; the minute you do, they'll surprise you. Don't give up on prayer; God is doing so much more through your prayers than you can see. Don't give up on God's promises. [...] When you feel like giving up, choose to act instead. Act on Jesus' command - and "love one another."
"Point to Ponder: If you've stopped feeling love, the first step is to begin to act with love again."
"Verse to Remember: Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up (Galatians 6:9)."
"How much of what you call love has become just a habit? You do what you do today because you did it yesterday [...]. How can you renew a love that has grown old? [...] Here instead is where to begin: rediscover the attitude of love in the everyday habits of your life. You simply take the things that have become mere habit and inject love into them again. [...] Say to yourself as you do that routine task, "I'm doing this because I love him;" [...] Why is this so important? Because much of life is routine. If you don't allow love to become a part of the routine of life, love will be missing from the majority of the minutes in your day. If you find yourself still wondering if you have the ability to make this daily choice to love, remember that this new commandment was given to us by Jesus. Jesus walked this earth as God in human flesh. No one knows us better than he does. And Jesus never commands us to do something he is not willing and able to empower us to do."
Story of Peter walking on water. Focused completely on Jesus, he was successful, but the minute he lost focus, he started to sink.
"I know I can't, but I know God can. God can do in me what I cannot do for myself." Read 1 Samuel 25, about Abigail, Nabal, and David.
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