DAY 96 OF 365: WALKING THROUGH THE WORD DEVOTIONAL

Title: A GUIDE TO PURPOSE

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations

Jeremiah 1:5

DAY 32 OF 365: WALKING THROUGH THE WORD DEVOTIONAL

Title: SINCERELY, WHAT DO YOU PUT YOUR TRUST UPON?

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea

Psalms 46:1-2

Sub-Conscious Us -2

‘ “Then death shall be chosen rather than life by all

PERSPECTIVES (a short thought on understanding and accepting people)

To see like I see

FROM ADDICTION TO THE ADDICT

Here is a word from Addiction (which is referred to here simply as “THE HUNGER”) to that person who finds himself an addict to whatever.

FROM BENEATH THE FLESH, IT SPEAKS

This is the apex of it all
The level from which you hate to fall
Hate me or detest me
Please try not to eject me
Cos I really wanna remain
For dominance I crave
With you I’ll cleave
As the need for the air you breath

When I start you kno what I’ve got
And usually you desire a restart
Hate me for all I care
I know I got my fans out there
As long as you can’t beat me
As long as you can’t bring me under
I’ll be the poker you got
That undying hunger for more

I’m the urge you feeling burning within
Fuelled by that connection you think you feel
Like that lightning bolt
I like to strike your hilltop
And coming down the rill, stop.
Unquenchable until satisfied I do seem to be
But its just for a while Cos I do like to fly
So that you alone can pay the bills.

Deep down I know you love good
But bad seems better ya
Don’t pray nor burn the hay
That fits in later ok
O men, I feel my way!
This really scares me though
God’s care brings me chills
Only His love breaks my spell.

I am hunger and I am me
I leave or cleave
What do you desire
I can do that for real.
Bend me if you will
It just scares me to know you really can
I just hope I can make you quit
And let go of Faith on the cross

-JAMES GEORGE O.

THERE’S HOPE FOR EVERY ADDICT OUT THERE. JESUS REMAINS THE ONLY ANSWER AND WAY OUT.GIVE HIM ROOM AND LET HIM MAKE YOU CLEAN. JESUS LOVES AND DESIRES THE BEST FOR YOU. YOU CAN BE CLEAN, LET HIM INTO YOU HEART AND MAKE HIM YOUR ALL TODAY.
REMEMBER YOU CAN BE CLEAN

I hope this was helpful to an addict…
Connect

With love
James George

THE REFINER’S FIRE

A dear friend just shared this with me this morning, please allow me share with you.

“Malachi 3:3 says:

‘He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.’

This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God.
One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study.

That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn’t mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining Silver. As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities.
The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then she thought again about the verse that says: ‘He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver.’ She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined. The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed.
The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith, ‘How do you know when the silver is fully refined?’
He smiled at her and answered, ‘Oh, that’s easy — when I see my image in it, then I know its fully refined’……

‘If today you are feeling the heat of the fire , remember that God has his eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image in you.

Challenges and trials are meant to make you better not bitter.

Someone needs to know that God is watching over them. And, whatever he/she is going through will make him/her a better person in the end. I see God bringing out the best in You in the midst of the flames in Jesus name, Amen”

Peace

THE LAW OF THE GARBAGE TRUCK

Originally posted on Inspiration for Daily Living

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One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport.
We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car
jumped out of a parking space right in front of us.
My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed
the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car
whipped his head around and started yelling at us.
My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I
mean, he was really friendly.

So I asked, ‘Why did you just do that? This guy almost
ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!’
This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call,
‘The Law of the Garbage Truck.’

He explained that many people are like garbage trucks.
They run around full of garbage, full of frustration,
Full of anger, and full of disappointment.
As their garbage piles up, they need a place to
Dump it and sometimes they’ll dump it on you.
Don’t take it personally.
Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on.
Don’t take their garbage and spread it to other people at
work, at home, or on the streets.
The bottom line is that successful people do not let
garbage trucks take over their day.

Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with regrets,
So … Love all people whether they treat you wrong or right.
Pray for the ones who don’t.
Life is ten percent what you make it and
Ninety percent how you take it!
Have a garbage-free day!

“Faith is not only believing God can, it is knowing that God will.”

-Unknown author

Have a great and garbage-free week ahead.
James.

NO WOUNDS, NO SCARS

No wound? No scar?
Yet as the Master shall the servant be,
And pierced are the feet that follow Me;
But thine are whole.

Can he have followed far
Who has no wound nor scar?

~ Amy Carmichael

GBÓ OUN (LISTEN TO THE VOICE)-The Series, Part 1.

THE DREAMER WITHIN

How many plans we tend to lay out
How many we end up leaving out.
We fall in and out of life’s course
Just because we fail to stop
And listen to the voice of our dreams.

Ask Joseph, and he may tell you,
“It was the dreamer that was my driving force
Through the ups and downs that I went through
Until I entered the throne room
And everything got settled. ”

You too can achieve anything
If like that bright little child
You would dare to dream and chase again
That child that nothing could deter from this chase
Who only saw himself an achiever.

Just make a stop!
Reflect! And…listen
Listen to the voice of the dreamer within.

Listen as she speaks

To be continued…

James