Filled Up
We've been talking this week about making the choice to believe God. He has an unlimited plan for every person who believes in Him. As believers, we can live confident in God's love.
May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope!
Rom. 15:13 Message
The more we give our trust to God, the more He fills us with His joy and peace and hope. It is a law of godly living that the more you want God to put in you, the more things you will have to let go of.
As humans our capacity to carry thoughts, feelings, and beliefs is amazing. Our memories can keep alive bitterness, resentment, pain, and doubt. None of these can co-exist with God.
Since I met Jesus in the early 1990's - my heart has hungered for more of Him. He tastes better than my favorite food and has no calories! But the result of knowing I need more of Him is the understanding that in order to have more of Him, I have to let go of anything and everything that goes against Him. This includes things like selfishness, pride, resentment, jealousy, and injustice.
The more we accept Jesus within us, the more we have to let go of negativity, doubt, and fear. In knowing Jesus, we learn for ourselves to trust in God's faithfulness.
Believing to the point of trusting God takes time. It is learned through the life experiences that we share with Him. And believing God brings far more good into our lives than we can imagine.
God fills us up with joy, fills us up with peace, and fills us up with hope.
Heidirn
May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope!
Rom. 15:13 Message
The more we give our trust to God, the more He fills us with His joy and peace and hope. It is a law of godly living that the more you want God to put in you, the more things you will have to let go of.
As humans our capacity to carry thoughts, feelings, and beliefs is amazing. Our memories can keep alive bitterness, resentment, pain, and doubt. None of these can co-exist with God.
Since I met Jesus in the early 1990's - my heart has hungered for more of Him. He tastes better than my favorite food and has no calories! But the result of knowing I need more of Him is the understanding that in order to have more of Him, I have to let go of anything and everything that goes against Him. This includes things like selfishness, pride, resentment, jealousy, and injustice.
The more we accept Jesus within us, the more we have to let go of negativity, doubt, and fear. In knowing Jesus, we learn for ourselves to trust in God's faithfulness.
Believing to the point of trusting God takes time. It is learned through the life experiences that we share with Him. And believing God brings far more good into our lives than we can imagine.
God fills us up with joy, fills us up with peace, and fills us up with hope.
Heidirn
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