I love food. I'm not going to pretend that I don't. I find myself saying sometimes...why can't these delicious things be healthier for you? Then as silly as it may sound for those who don't understand...I felt the Lord tell me, "Of course Melissa, don't you think I had that in mind when I made you?!"...and it hit me...did you ever eat a piece of fruit and think ...why is this so good? Like I pulled it out of the ground and it was ready to eat! How awesome is our God? I'm trying to lose weight so I log in all my food intake daily and I eat a TON of fresh fruit and vegetables. They are so low in calories and sugar but loaded with healthy nutrients our bodies need. Even my precious chocolate, the Heaven to my mouth, comes from the ground. I mean...how AWESOME is our God?? He knew and He provided...So I'm happily dumping my bag of chips or loafs of man made bread and picking up the food my Father prepared for me... Oranges freshly picked from the tree...tomatoes fresh off the vine...grapes right off the bushels...strawberries!! my favorite!!! right off the bush ...yummmmmmmy! Thank You Father <3 I LOOOOOOOOOVE YOU
Genesis 1:29
And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
We All Have Our Cross To Bear
If we are going to be followers of Jesus Christ, we have to deny ourselves and take up the cross. What do you mean by take up the cross?
People use this phrase today “well we all have our cross to bear” referring to struggles we have throughout life. But here’s the bottom line, your cross to bear is not whatever you find difficult in life. Your cross to bear is “dying to self”; through death do you find life.
You may say “I still don’t understand; what does it mean to die to self?”
Let me give you some examples:
To die to self means…forgiving instead of harboring that grudge.
To die to self means…resisting that temptation to do what everyone else does when you know its wrong.
To die to self means…not having sex before marriage and being faithful to your spouse after.
To die to self means…to put down the remote control and pick up the bible and read it.
To die to self means…to pray when you would rather be sleeping.
To die to self means…to swallow your pride and tell someone about Jesus Christ.
To die to yourself means …to do what God wants you to do and not what you want to do.
Are you dying to yourself and taking up the cross? The fact is when you do this you will experience joy and over flowing life. Paul put it this way in Galations 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live…Yet not I but Christ lives in me and the life that I now live, I live for the faith of the son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” ~ Greg Laurie
People use this phrase today “well we all have our cross to bear” referring to struggles we have throughout life. But here’s the bottom line, your cross to bear is not whatever you find difficult in life. Your cross to bear is “dying to self”; through death do you find life.
You may say “I still don’t understand; what does it mean to die to self?”
Let me give you some examples:
To die to self means…forgiving instead of harboring that grudge.
To die to self means…resisting that temptation to do what everyone else does when you know its wrong.
To die to self means…not having sex before marriage and being faithful to your spouse after.
To die to self means…to put down the remote control and pick up the bible and read it.
To die to self means…to pray when you would rather be sleeping.
To die to self means…to swallow your pride and tell someone about Jesus Christ.
To die to yourself means …to do what God wants you to do and not what you want to do.
Are you dying to yourself and taking up the cross? The fact is when you do this you will experience joy and over flowing life. Paul put it this way in Galations 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live…Yet not I but Christ lives in me and the life that I now live, I live for the faith of the son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” ~ Greg Laurie
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