From the Heart by B.Demaere

  God is fully aware of what you either care or worry about.   He also wants you to let him know how you feel about it.   Are you angry about it or not?   He wants to know even though he knows.   He wants to know for your own sake.   You need to vocalize your feelings.   Prayer is super healthy for you mentally and physically.   I am not just saying that I have not been sick in a long time.   I don’t want to be. In Psalm 139:1-3 “You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; You are familiar with all my ways.”   Is it not great to know that God knows all this about us and still is merciful with us to allow us to worry about it all?   Would it not be easier to simply trust Him and “Cast all our cares upon Him for He cares for us” (1 Peter 5:7).   I know but I still do worry occasionally.   The older I become the more I realize how futile and wasteful it is

What if there was a period of decision for humanity?   Would not that be great?   Just picture this – Let’s say God has a plan for each one of us and in the end, he let each of us decide what we should do with it. That is what I think this following verse means…You all have been told what God’s plan of salvation is.   The bible says elsewhere that we don’t have any excuse.   Now this verse: He who is unrighteous-let him be unrighteous still, and he who is filthy-let him be filthy still, and he who is righteous-let him be declared righteous still, and he who is sanctified-let him be sanctified still: And lo, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to render to each as his work shall be; (Revelation 22:11-12) In the context of these verses, we are required to leave the words of this prophecy alone and not add or take away from this. All through the Bible God has given the free will to choose the end of their story.   In other words, each one of us must choose the end of our

Wherever you are in this world, I hope you have had a good start.   I challenged myself about this year being for me an “I can do it” year based on the Bible. I Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Simple is it not? This is my personal challenge.   Not to do all kind of things but do those things for which Christ gives me strength. To be able to trust him to give me these things without fretting about them and for his strength to enable me to do them without fear. My prayer is for me and you to be able to do those things with his love which will represent not just actions but actions with love as an impact.   Our motivations will be very important this year.   I realize more and more as I grow older that my motives behind my actions matter more than the actions themselves.   I am persuaded that when someone cooks a meal the very love they produced in making the meal, can be tasted for many years after the meal has been digested by the people