Working For The Weekend!  We are over the hump and headed into the weekend!  I hope that you are taking advantage of a blessed week.  God blesses all of our weeks, it is just up to us to decide if we will accept and take advantage of the blessings or not.  Here is a few thoughts that the Holy Spirit shared with me this morning that I hope will help you on your journey!

Powerful Prayers! I love prayers in the Bible.  I love to read what other people are saying to God.  I especially love to hear what King David had to say to God, because King David was one of those real, messed up, but in love with God kinda guys.  Listen to the words of this prayer that he lifted up to God: “May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer! Psalms 19

Words Are Powerful! Speaking produces reality!  When we open our mouths and words flow out, these words have the power and the ability to change the direction of our lives.  We need to be careful what we think and even more careful about what we say.  I think that this was one of the reasons why David prayed this prayer.  I want my words to be pleasing to my God, so I need His help and it is not wrong to ask for it.  God help me to speak your words, so that Your will can be my reality!

Your Heart’s Desire! What do you have your heart set on?  What is it that occupies your thoughts?  What do you spend most of your time doing?  The meditation and thoughts of your heart will guide the direction of your living and will produce the reality of your life.  Get the meditation and thought right and get your living and life right!  Again, I need God’s help with this.  I can not do it on my own.  God help me to meditate and think about the things that help me to be pleasing to you and a blessing to others!

God is your ROCK and REDEEMER! Build your life upon Him by thinking the right thoughts and saying the right words and you will be glad you did!

Here is a very amazing thought for us to chew on! “God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, after our likeness!” Genesis 1:26  Stop for just a moment and realize that this is talking about you and me!  We are made in the image and likeness of God.  This should challenge us to look at ourselves and others differently.  And when I say differently – I mean in a good and positive way!

God Said It! “God said!” For people to be made in His image was His idea!  God desires for us to take on His nature and character as seen in His Son Jesus.  We should seek to be transformed into His image and likeness, because it is in this place that we will find fulfillment by living in the purpose of our creation.

Only The Best! “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness.” God created us from nothing into something.  And not just any something – the something was in His image and likeness.  We may not always live up to our created potential, but the potential is always there, just waiting for us to tap into and experience the miraculous!

I remember as a young boy growing up in church that one of our sunday school rooms had a poster of a little boy with the following words above his head:  “I am special because God made me and God don’t make no junk!”  The grammar may not have been great, but the message was and is powerful.  You are special!  God made you and if He took the time to make you in His image, then you know He has to have an amazing plan for your life!

Take some time today to appreciate who God created you to be.  Also take a little time to appreciate who God created others to be.  You’ll be glad you did!