Words of Encouragement - Matthew 4:19

"Come follow me" Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men". Matthew 4:19 When I was little I used to kind of chuckle at this verse because i used to think, fishing for men? That's crazy! But now it is more clear and this verse means a lot to me. Jesus was talking to Peter and Andrew by the sea of Galilee and he said told them to drop their nets and to follow him. Peter and Andrew were fishermen by trade and were on their boat getting ready to go out for a days work. Jesus met the deciples where they were. He didn't look for perfect men to follow him, he looked for those who would follow him with everything they had. Jesus called to these men and told them to leave their lively hood and come with him. We talk about surrender, but what these men did had to have been scary, but their needs were always provided for. I think a lot of the reason they went with Jesus had to do with the way he asked. He was relevant to them, and he is still relevant today.

Words of Encouragement....Psalm 46:16

God is our refuge and our strength, an ever present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way, and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea though it s waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. Psalm 46:1-3 Its so wonderful to be able to know that in times of trouble you can always depend on God. Many people live in fear of the world being destroyed, or even more their lives being destroyed. But the writer of these scriptures tells us that even if the world were to end that we should not be afraid because the Lord is our protection. If the earth were to be destroyed our salvation would protect us, and we would be with Him in Heaven. But on a smaller note, if we shouldn't be afraid of the world ending, we shouldn't be afraid of anything that can happen in this world. God is our refuge even in the face of total destruction. He is not merely a temporary retreat. He is our eternal refuge and can provide strength in any situation.

Words of Encouragement ... Psalm 18:2

The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock in whom I take refuge. He is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:2 Sometimes life gets hard. Sometimes we don't know what to do or where to turn, but this scripture can be such an encouragement in times like these. We really can depend on the Lord. The Lord is a rock. He is strong and unwavering and unmoving. God's protection of his people has no limit and comes in many different forms. The items David used to describe God's protection were military symbols. God is like a rock that cant be moved, it provides a great hiding place and bunker during times of war. It can shield from attack and provide protection from a storm. A fortress - or a safe place that is guarded and an enemy can not follow. A shield, that comes personally between us and the enemy for protection. The shield is used when you are up close and personal with the enemy and right in the middle of the battle. The horn is a symbol of might and power. and a stronghold. If we need protection we need to look to the Lord and ask.

Words of Encouragement- Matthew 7:7

Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened. For everyone who asks receives and he who seeks finds and to him who knocks the door will be opened. Which of you, if his son asks for bread will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, give him a snake? If you then, though you are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in Heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So in everything do to others what you would have them do to you fo this sums up the law of the prophets. Matthew 7:7-12 Jesus blesses his children when we pray. This scripture invites us to pray. It invites us to spend time with our father, and how much more will he bless us than our earthly father. I heard this challenge on the radio a couple of weeks ago. Just for today , move your watch or your wedding bands to the other hand . Everytime you look down and realize its in the wrong place think How much More!... and thank God for how much he gives to us. When you pause to consider that God is infinitely strong and can do all that he pleases, and that he is infinitely righteous so that he only does what is right, and that he is infinitely good so that everything he does is perfectly good, and that he is infinitely wise so that he always knows perfectly what is right and good, and that he is infinitely loving so that in all his strength and righteousness and goodness and wisdom he raises the eternal joy of his loved ones as high as it can be raised—when you pause to consider this, then the lavish invitations of this God to ask him for good things, with the promise that he will give them, is unimaginably wonderful. - Pastor John Piper- 2007

Priceless Salvation from pam1983 on GodTube.

This blessed my heart and i thought i would share.  What an amazing feeling it is to know that our value to God was set more than 2000 years before we were even thought of .

Words of Encouragement Joshua 22:5

But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to obey his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and all your soul."                              Joshua 22:5


Joshua was condensing the original message that Moses gave the people in Deuteronomy.  Far too many people think that being a Christian is being bound in by a set of rules.  The Lord knew that we needed boundary because we are a sinful people, so he gave the people the the Old Testament law, which was to guide the people in their ways.  The law has changed some since the days of Joshua but much of it still remains intact.  The place where people miss the truth of the bible is they see the laws as something they are forced to do, and so they obey out of fear or obligation.  Both Joshua and Moses made it very clear that God's people should obey out of love.  The Isrealites felt that their obligations had been completed but they were reminded of their spiritual obligations to the lord.  Sometimes we think too much about what we have to do and we forget who we need to be. If we know that we are a child of the Lord we must serve and give out of the right spirit out of Love for the Lord.  Otherwise the Lord will say that our works mean nothing to him.

Sometimes obedience and service to the Lord is not fun and it is not easy, but do we obey and serve? and if we do is our heart right?

Words of Encouragement ... Psalm 95:6

Come let us bow down and worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

                                                                                  Psalm 95:6


Our Lord is so worthy of worship.  People talk about all the things that they are going to do when they get to heaven, and all the questions they are going to ask, but i truly believe that when we get to heaven that we are going to be so in awe of our Great God that we are going to do nothing but want to fall on our faces and worship him.

Revelation 22:8 tells us that God alone is worthy of our worship.  God told us in the 10 commandments not to have other Gods before him, so he alone should receive our worship.  Worship should be done out of love, and respect for our Lord.  So many people think that worship is just a service or singing, but you can worship the Lord in reading scripture, and praying and in so many other ways.

We have a God that is so worthy to be praised because He is the Lord and Maker over all things.
How can we worship God today?