“God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit, and we have seen and do testify that the Father has sent his Son, as the Savior of the world. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.” Praise the Lord!

If you accept the free gift of salvation from the Lord, you will no longer be sad. When you have the joy of the Lord, you are strong in the Lord. Walk in it, be joyful in it, praise Him for it, sing of His power and His greatness, for what He is able to do for you and for me, no one else could. Thank you, Lord!

Lord, I will trust you to direct my steps this day, lead me in the way I should go, please uphold up my goings in your paths, that my footsteps slip not, incline my heart to your teachings and lead me in the way of everlasting truth, this day and forever more. Amen!

Indeed, there are great benefits to serving the Lord. You may have been serving the Lord faithfully for years, and yet, it seems like your payday will never come. Be patient, continue to be faithful, for the Lord promised that he will bring it to pass, he will cause your glory to shine as brightly as the noonday sun, but understand, that your timing is not God’s timing, nor your ways God’s ways. We should continue on in the work of the Lord, to do good to everyone, and in due time, we will reap a bountiful harvest. Praise the Lord!

My brothers and sisters in Christ, if you know that you have not been doing what is good and right in the sight of the Lord, if you know that you have been rejecting God and his word, if you know that you have not been fearing his name, you still have a chance to fall into the hands of the Lord, and allow his goodness and mercy to overshadow you. For if you continue to follow the path that man trods in their evil ways, and you offend them, they will show you no mercy.

Be careful. The heart is deceitful, see that you are not hardened by the deceitfulness of sin and turn away from God. Plead with Him for mercy. For if you put your hand to the plough and turn back, if you make a decision to follow God and turn again to sin and the evil way, your end thereof will be destruction. Be careful to walk fully in the ways of the Lord, and remain true to him.

Psalm 81:12-13 says, “But My people did not listen to My voice, and Israel did not obey Me, so I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, to walk in their own devices. Oh, that My people would listen to Me.”  My brothers and sisters in Christ, a child left to himself will come to nothing, listen to the voice of your Heavenly Father, walk in his ways and live a life of integrity and you will be blessed. Do not allow the Lord to give you over to the stubbornness of your heart. You can do nothing good in your own strength.

Psalm 10:2 reminds us that, “In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.” But, King Solomon warns us, “Do not go along with them. Do not set foot on their paths.” My brothers and sisters in Christ, be strong in the Lord, be courageous, for scripture reminds us, that the ungodly will try to bribe you, but that you should keep yourself from following their ways, by meditating on God’s, word so that you may do all that the Lord command you, and you will be blessed. Praise the Lord!

Commit thy ways to the Lord, Thy works into His hands, and rest on His unchanging Word, as Heaven and earth commands. No matter what you may go through, if you trust in the Lord and do good, his promised blessing is sure. Praise the Lord!

When we make a covenant with God, to serve him and him, to obey his commandments, to walk in his ways and to fear him, we should honor our commitment to God. For just like a disobedient child dishonors his father by disobeying him and out of love, the father chastises him, so too will our Heavenly Father, because of his love for us will chastens us. Praise the Lord!