Be grateful for your life

When you  express gratitude, the first thing you should do is look back on your life and see the positive side of things. Whatever the situation you are in right now, there is probably something in your life that you can be grateful for:

You are surrounded by awesome people

You live in a developed and democratic country

You got a job

You can read and write

You have a shelter

You have food on your plate

You have been blessed to never go to the hospital

Your parents are still alive

You have never been broken

You received news from a very good friend

Someone thanked you for something nice you’ve done

You thanked someone for something nice they’ve done

Be Thankful

Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire,
 
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
Be thankful when you don’t know something
For it gives you the opportunity to learn.
Be thankful for the difficult times.
 
During those times you grow.
Be thankful for your limitations
Because they give you opportunities for improvement.
Be thankful for each new challenge
Because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes
They will teach you valuable lessons.
Be thankful when you’re tired and weary
Because it means you’ve made a difference.
It is easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are
also thankful for the setbacks.
 
GRATITUDE can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles
and they can become your blessings.
 
~ Author Unknown ~

“WHY SOMETIMES GOD PUTS US IN DARKNESS/CHALLENGES”?

• BECAUSE  WE FAIL TO OBEY HIS WAYS

                          THEREFORE

• Troubles and difficulties are a normal part of our spiritual growth

• Troubles and difficulties purify us.

• Difficulties often cause us to draw closer to God.

Matthew 10:22 tells us that; “Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops”

It is true that sometimes God puts us through the experience and discipline of darkness to teach us to hear and obey Him. Philosophically as Isaiah 49: 2 says; God puts us into “the shadow of His hand until we learn to hear Him. “Whatever I tell you in the dark. . .” Therefore we need to pay attention when God puts us into darkness, and keep our mouth closed while we  are there.

• The main question here is that “are you in the dark right now in your circumstances, or in your life with God”?

If so, as Isaiah advised 

• “to remain quiet If you open your mouth in the dark, you will speak in the wrong mood we need to remember that  darkness is the time to listen”.

• During darkness time we need more to meditate and not

• Talk to other people about it;

• Don’t read books to find out the reason for the darkness;

• We Just listen and obey.

Why because If we talk to other people, we cannot hear what God is saying. When we are in the dark,  we need to listen, and God will give us a very precious message for yourself and  someone else to share back in the light.

What do we expect during our darkness time with God?

• This difficult time will give us a gift of humiliation which is the greatest of all blessings.

• We will learn how to trust; Trusting God is far greater blessing than good health.

• Through the darkness we come to know God better, and that is the greatest of all blessings”

• It is a time when we can turn to the Lord and ask, "What is the purpose?"

• He puts us in the dark so others may see the light.

• But also the darkness can help us to see how strong our faith in God can become. 

The light should not be taken very much for granted even those who are enjoying glory have been purified through darkness before they were able to see the light.example “Many missionaries who have endured incredible hardships have said they would never trade those difficult times for anything else. It was in these desperate hours their fellowship with Jesus was the sweetest”.

There are times when God allows us to bump up against a wall or encounter an impossible situation for the purpose of glorifying Himself.

TUMALIZIE JUMAPILI HII KWA UJUMBE HUU

JOSHUA 8:1 THIS BOOK OF LAW; SHALL NOT DEPART FROM YOUR MOUTH:

 

• IT Will Give us prosperity

• IT Will Give us good success in the God-given task that lies ahead of us

• IF You Meditate upon the Word of God by rehearsing its thoughts over and over in it will help you to understand its implications for the situations of OUR life.

Always God does not promise us any miracles of wisdom. Rather, if we read and meditated on the “book of the law,” then we would act wisely. 

The phrase Do Not Depart exists to help us  stay close to Jesus.

This verse encouraged us to cling to and  not depart from  the Word of Life.

 

The book will help us recognize   God and  reveal the Truth of it to us, over time.

We must be consonant to the law of God; upon all occasions we as the people must speak according to this rule,

As the leader you need to make sure that the people observed the law in everything they do in their life.

God has given us the promise if we do so, our lives will prosper and our understanding will be opened to wisdom and intelligence.

The Book of LAW if we meditate it accordingly demonstrates: practical lessons that show the fruit of obedience.

 

If we obey the Lord blessings of obedience, abundance and peace will flood our hearts and mark our daily lives.

Obedience is the key that opens the door to God’s abundance in our daily lives.  When we obey God He blesses us.

Faithful meditation on God’s word and faithful obedience of that Word brings the blessing of God into our daily lives,

So often we do not receive the blessings of God because we fail to ask for them. A very important lesson for us to learn is we need to learn to ask through prayer.

Therefore Joshua insists us that “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success”.

 

Joshua teaches us continually and completely devote ourselves to the Lord. We must seek the Lord in every decision we make. It is important for us to seek the Lord full heartily and be dedicated to Him. If we do so we will have a rich inheritance.  

AMEN

Is God looking for Perfection of our Life?

The simple answer is “ NO”

God  Is  Not  Looking  For  Perfection, because No one lives a perfect life, and God knows this  very well as the Centurion who came to Jesus; desiring for his servant to be healed. Matt. 8:5-10: “When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to them that  followed,  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  I  have  not  found  so  great  faith, no,  not  in  Israel.”

What do we mean by perfection?

By perfection, we mean to live without ever making any mistakes, without ever doing any wrong whatsoever, never breaking a single one of God’s holy commandments, and to do everything we do, in perfect accordance with God’s holy Word, or the Holy Bible or the wholly book.

Our first father Adam and Eve; the first human beings to ever be created; failed to live a perfect life:  with all the privileges, they yielded unto the deception of Satan, as soon as they were tempted by him. We read in Gen. 3:1-6:

So what is God looking from us? Out of our imperfection God’s looks how humble we are before Him, more in faith as the Centurion did. The only person to live upon the earth who has great faith, is a subject of discussion,

It is true that there has never been a single human being created by God Almighty, who has ever lived a life of perfection Only Jesus, was able to live perfectly, and never break any one of God’s commandments. Therefore, Jesus Christ came to bear the sins of the whole world, so that through his name, we could all become righteous in the eyes of the God and be able to live a perfect life.

Life isn’t perfect, and yet all too often we demand that others are perfect. When we make mistakes, we dearly hope for forgiveness and grace.