There are small things that you and I can do that will have a big impact on our lives and in the lives of others. These things do not have to cost you any money and will only take just a moment of time.
It really is not that hard to be kind to others and when we are kind to others, it opens up tremendous opportunity to grow, share and be blessed. I want to encourage each of us to think about EXPRESSING KINDNESS and then do it. If we ever start to think right, then we can begin to put into practice this amazing gift of our Creator that allows ordinary to become extraordinary.
Ephesians 4:32 says: “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” Below is a short video that gives you some ideas about this small thing that can make a big impact!
This idea that God has created us on purpose for His purpose has really taken hold of my heart and is growing me to a whole new place of understanding and living. I was created by God on purpose, I am not an accident. I was saved by Jesus for a purpose, that I might be filled with the Holy Spirit of God, so that I might be a witness of God and His incredible and amazing power!
In Acts 13:36 it says: “After David had done the will of God in His own generation, he died and was buried.” Wow! After he had done what he was created to do, he died and was buried. That’s it.
The fact that we are still here means that God is not finished with us yet. We have not fully accomplished what we were created for. Time is running out. None of us are getting any younger and there is still a lot of work to do.
Lord, I do not have any idea what amazing things you have to unfold in front of me, but I know that whatever they are, in them there is an amazing opportunity to make a difference for you by reaching out with Your love and relationship to a desperately lost, hurt and dying world. Please help me to see the need and to react with love and grace that gives glory to You and blessing to others. Help me to be Your hands and feet. Help me to let Your Spirit flow into and through my life as I seek to fulfill the plan that I was created for. In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.
What do you want for yourself, for your life? What does God want for yourself, for your life? I am discovering that what God wants for me and my life is much better than what I want for myself and my life. As I look back on my life, I can see where I actually kept getting in the way of what is best.
Look at this amazing passage of Scripture, it says it so beautifully: “2Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” 2 Peter 1:2-4
God wants grace and peace to be multiplied into and through our lives. It is multiplied as we step out of our own knowledge and into our knowledge of Him and His Son, our Savior. This allows us to yield to His Spirit and experience His purpose and plan.
His divine power has given us everything we need to live the life of Godliness that He has called us to and created us for, a life of virtue and glory. When I depend on my power, I rob myself of the opportunity to participate in the divine.
He has given us His exceeding great and precious promises, so that we might be partakers of the divine nature and escape the corruption that comes from the lust of the world. We have a choice to make and our choice determines where and how we will live. Notice, God does not just give us promises, He gives us His exceeding great and precious promises.
God has and wants what is best for us and our lives, lets step out of our selfishness and into His promises – we will be glad we did!
Michael Joe Harvell 