Comfort

    

How many of you need comfort, encouragement, joy and hope today?  Maybe it would help you to remember this; “This is the day that the Lord has made and we shall rejoice and be glad in it.”  When we need these things in our lives, instead of being negative and grouchy, we need to start rejoicing in the Lord and keep our minds on the positive and not on the negative and start our day off right, thanking and praising the Lord for another day that He has provided for us!! 

Think of it this way, when you go to bed at night you have no promise of another day.  So when you wake up in the morning, it is like the Lord has given you knew life for another day to rejoice and praise Him and do what He has in store for you that day.  The problem is that sometimes we get so negative and then we start having a pity party and, if we are not careful, we can become very bitter.

Read what it says in Hebrews 12:15, “Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled.”

I know that this book was written to the Jewish people, but I think all of us have to be careful of this in our lives.  It is easy when we don’t think that things are going our way, or the way that we think they should, or that the Lord doesn’t seem to hear us or answer our prayers, to become angry and bitter and some have even walked away from the faith; that is the reason I bring this up, so we need to stay positive.

Read what it says in Philippians 4:4-7, “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”  

   

Something that would help all of us, is to do what is says in that same chapter in verse 8, “Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.”

I pray this for everyone who is discouraged and down in the Lord today, please read Romans 15:13, “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

I have given you something to think about and I hope every one of God’s people who read this will be encouraged and helped.  May the good Lord bless you and yours and may you all have a super, super day!!