Hi everyone,
I apologize for not posting as often as I'd like but I've been superbusy (my online efforts being only a part of what takes up my weekdays and weekends - I have a full-time job during the week and spend my weekends researching material for these posts.) I thank you faithful followers for your kindness and understanding. In appreciation please feel free to fill in the form to the right of this post for your free Cash In A Flash audio.
Now on to the topic for today: God's Coffee
I know what you're thinking "What the heck are you talking about MJ?" I'm glad you asked. As you know I am an avid participant in online forums, communities, groups, etc. Today while browsing through one such community I came across a forum post entitled "God's Coffee" and thought I'd share it here with you. So here goes (hope you like):
God's Coffee
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:
"If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.
What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's cups.
Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live.
Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us."
God brews the coffee, not the cups.......... Enjoy your coffee!
"The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything."
As I read this I couldn't help but agree with the professor, wise as he is. We need to realize that all life is is a way for us to give honor and glory to the One Who truly matters: God the Father, through Jesus Christ the Son. When we remember that in Him we live and breathe and have our very being, then we are truly living.
God bless..
MJ
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Showing posts with label God the Father. Show all posts
Showing posts with label God the Father. Show all posts
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
I'm a Conqueror, an Overcomer
Hello everyone,
I have been facing some health issues lately. To combat these issues, I've been standing on the Word of God. One promise that I've been standing on is from Romans 8:37 which says:
No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. (New Living Translation (NLT))
Of course this isn't specific to one's health, but it's a promise that gives hope, overwhelming hope for whatever one faces in life.
Another such promise that stands out is John 16:33 which says:
(Jesus Speaking:) I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” (New Living Translation (NLT))
I absolutely love the way The Message Translation puts these 2 promises:
Romans 8:37
31-39So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn't gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God's chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ's love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:
They kill us in cold blood because they hate you.
We're sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I'm absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God's love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.
John 16:33
31-33Jesus answered them, "Do you finally believe? In fact, you're about to make a run for it—saving your own skins and abandoning me. But I'm not abandoned. The Father is with me. I've told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I've conquered the world."
I know that The Message is a paraphrase, but it is so strong a paraphrase, so powerful a paraphrase, so beautiful a paraphrase that in my humble opinion this translation of the Word of God can only have come by inspiration of The Master Himself: God the Father.
So I've chosen to stand on these 2 promises. I've chosen to be a conqueror, an overcomer. I may be physically ill, but by His stripes I'm healed. Because of God's overwhelming love for me I can clothe myself in Jesus Christ, stand before my Heavenly Father, and expect Him to heal my body and cause me to be a conqueror and an overcomer of the Evil One in this life.
God bless...
MJ
"NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE IN!"
http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog
http://budurl.com/storywriterinbzblog
I have been facing some health issues lately. To combat these issues, I've been standing on the Word of God. One promise that I've been standing on is from Romans 8:37 which says:
No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. (New Living Translation (NLT))
Of course this isn't specific to one's health, but it's a promise that gives hope, overwhelming hope for whatever one faces in life.
Another such promise that stands out is John 16:33 which says:
(Jesus Speaking:) I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” (New Living Translation (NLT))
I absolutely love the way The Message Translation puts these 2 promises:
Romans 8:37
31-39So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn't gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God's chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ's love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:
They kill us in cold blood because they hate you.
We're sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I'm absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God's love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.
John 16:33
31-33Jesus answered them, "Do you finally believe? In fact, you're about to make a run for it—saving your own skins and abandoning me. But I'm not abandoned. The Father is with me. I've told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I've conquered the world."
I know that The Message is a paraphrase, but it is so strong a paraphrase, so powerful a paraphrase, so beautiful a paraphrase that in my humble opinion this translation of the Word of God can only have come by inspiration of The Master Himself: God the Father.
So I've chosen to stand on these 2 promises. I've chosen to be a conqueror, an overcomer. I may be physically ill, but by His stripes I'm healed. Because of God's overwhelming love for me I can clothe myself in Jesus Christ, stand before my Heavenly Father, and expect Him to heal my body and cause me to be a conqueror and an overcomer of the Evil One in this life.
God bless...
MJ
"NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE IN!"
http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog
http://budurl.com/storywriterinbzblog
Saturday, April 25, 2009
God's a Daddy, but He's NOT a Sugar Daddy
Hello everyone,
As I sit here writing this, I'm listening to/watching Joel Osteen's Historic Night of Hope at the New Yankee Stadium. As I'm listening to him, watching him, I'm reminded of his critics. Those who don't understand Joel or his ministry claim that Joel (and other preachers that those critics refer to as Prosperity Preachers, such as Creflo Dollar, Kenneth Copeland, Jesse Duplantis, and the list goes on and on and on) uses God as a Sugar Daddy and the Bible as a magic book that you use just to get what you want out of it and get what you want from God.
It crossed my mind that while God is NOT a Sugar Daddy, He is in fact a Daddy. Now I'm not just saying this from off the top of my head. The following article gives Scriptural (Biblical) evidence of God's Fatherhood. It is a wonderful article of the overview of God as Father: http://budurl.com/godasfatherarticle
I chose to address this issue today because it hurts me when Joel's critics and the critics of the "Prosperity Preachers" talk against these wonderful men and women of God. What these critics don't seem to get is that the Bible is not a book of rules and regulations but in essence, it is a love letter, from Father God to His beloved children that He so longs to be back in relationship with Him through Jesus Christ.
I do believe that God is a Father, a very loving Father who loves to rewards those that seek Him. He can't help it, He IS love. He IS a giver. He IS a God of abundance.
I hope that this post has helped to enlighten you about God: that He is a loving Father who loves to shower His children with blessings as any good father does.
I'd love to know what your thoughts are on the topic.
God bless..
MJ
"NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE IN!"
http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog
http://budurl.com/storywriterinbzblog
As I sit here writing this, I'm listening to/watching Joel Osteen's Historic Night of Hope at the New Yankee Stadium. As I'm listening to him, watching him, I'm reminded of his critics. Those who don't understand Joel or his ministry claim that Joel (and other preachers that those critics refer to as Prosperity Preachers, such as Creflo Dollar, Kenneth Copeland, Jesse Duplantis, and the list goes on and on and on) uses God as a Sugar Daddy and the Bible as a magic book that you use just to get what you want out of it and get what you want from God.
It crossed my mind that while God is NOT a Sugar Daddy, He is in fact a Daddy. Now I'm not just saying this from off the top of my head. The following article gives Scriptural (Biblical) evidence of God's Fatherhood. It is a wonderful article of the overview of God as Father: http://budurl.com/godasfatherarticle
I chose to address this issue today because it hurts me when Joel's critics and the critics of the "Prosperity Preachers" talk against these wonderful men and women of God. What these critics don't seem to get is that the Bible is not a book of rules and regulations but in essence, it is a love letter, from Father God to His beloved children that He so longs to be back in relationship with Him through Jesus Christ.
I do believe that God is a Father, a very loving Father who loves to rewards those that seek Him. He can't help it, He IS love. He IS a giver. He IS a God of abundance.
I hope that this post has helped to enlighten you about God: that He is a loving Father who loves to shower His children with blessings as any good father does.
I'd love to know what your thoughts are on the topic.
God bless..
MJ
"NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE IN!"
http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog
http://budurl.com/storywriterinbzblog
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