I am sure that you have all seen the Apple commercials talking about the difference between a PC and MAC! This video and the ones to follow take a look at the difference between a Christian and Follower Of Christ! I hope they make you think and I hope you will enjoy!
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Do You Love God?
Do you love God? I mean really – Do you love God? Because 1 John 5 says that if we love God, then we will follow His commands!
1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3 This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
Loving God means living according to His will! I love God and I want to follow His commands and I want to live according to His will, but I must confess that I sometimes mess this thing up! And when I mess it up, I don’t feel like I love Him. I know that deep down in my heart that I do love Him, but sometimes I let my love for myself get in the way of my love for Him! But I am not going to give up, because while I am not perfect, I am forgiven!
I do love God and while I sometimes allow the flesh to get in the way of my Spirit, I am not going to give up or give in! And you don’t have to give up or give in either! If you really love God, it does not mean that you will not ever make a mistake or commit a sin. If you really love God it means that when you do make a mistake or commit a sin – that you realize it, are sorry for it and are willing to do whatever you need to do – to make things right.
God loves you and you love God! Live your life today for Him and His glory by taking the small steps of obedience that take you away from the selfishness of the flesh and into the freedom of the Spirit!
U-Turn Blessings!
So you have heard from God and made the decision to turn your life around! The Spirit has spoken and you have listened from the inside – out! The message inside your heart will change the outside of your life! Now that you are heading away from the destructive patterns of the world and toward the constructive plans of Heaven – what should you expect?
When we repent, change, u-turn or 180, then we can expect God to show up in big ways! God wants to do an amazing work to you and through you!
First – we can look for REFRESHING! I talk to people every day about life stuff and have discovered that most people are tired, frustrated, discouraged and just plain weak from the blows that life has dealt them. We all need and long for refreshing! Refreshing is not something that we can do for ourselves. Refreshing is the work of God. You can open your life to it, but God has to do the work. When we repent, we open our lives to the refreshing work of the Holy Spirit. God comes into our tired, frustrated and discouraged lives and strengthens us with power, hope and encouragement.
Second – God will provide RESTORATION! This is an amazing and beautiful gift from God. Often times as we live our lives and make mistakes, we will later discover that our mistakes were not cheap, in fact they often costs us so much more than we ever dreamed we would have to pay. But God is more than faithful and when we repent, He begins to put back together the broken pieces of our lives. Your life may seem like a big ole mess, but it is never to big of a mess for God. In fact God specializes in taking the impossible and making it possible! Just trust Him and do what you know you need to do!
Third – God will bring REVIVAL! God has a whole new spiritual place that He wants to take you. He has things that He wants to show you that will change your life for all eternity. God wants to grow you from the inside-out and enable you to do awesome and mighty things for Him and His glory.
Make sure that you have made the turn away from self and go running just as fast as you can into the open arms of a loving Heavenly Father! You will be glad, so glad that you did – as you experience His refreshing, restoration and revival!
Michael Joe Harvell 