Persistent prayer

     
        God isnt out of touch when he delays answering our prayer. Often he wants us to persist through unbelieving attitudes that hinder our prayers.

Most of the time my prayer is selfish.

Its all about me, me, myself and I.

What about you?

Do you pray that much?

Do you pray for others?

Most of the time, I only pray when I ask for something. More often I fail to acknowledge God's hand in everything. A realization that he is worthy of our trust when we show him we never give up in our prayers. God welcomes our humble acknowledgement of our need for him because only when we see the end of our selves  do we really realize how dependent we are on him.

There are times in my life when I ask immediate answers to my prayers, and when it seems that my hope is growing dim I just give up and wont persist. But todays word tells us to humble ourselves and ask God in prayer, never give up. Pray pray and pray.

Feeling sad? Pray

Feeling anxious? Pray

Feeling down and weary? Pray

Happy ? Pray

In all circumstance let us pray.

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The relentless pursuer

When he has found it, he will joyfully carry it home. Luke 15:5

Its a man's desire to love and to be loved in return. Many of us love someone maybe secretly and maybe loving that someone on our own. More often than not, that some one loves another and it breaks our heart. I have been to this kind of situation. I broke my heart many times, with the hopeless romantic me, I cried in silence in the darkest corner of my life.

Alone.

Taken for granted.

God comforted me with his word.

Jesus' theme he was passionate to share, God's pursuit of us.

He has told tales of the lost sheep, coins, sons and increasingly opened our ears to the extent of God's love for us.  The stories often ending up happily ever after, the find of the lost sheep, the finding of the lost coin, and the return of the prodigal son. How each ending of each story gave smiles in our faces and heart warming scenes so touching, a reunion.

How amazing God the eternal pursuer of our souls. We dont have to chase him down or convince him to forgive us and take us back. He is the one seeking to win us back.He longs to lavish us with his goodness while we spend eternity worshiping him.

God loves us so much and He doesnt stop in pursuing us, those he love he will pursue. We are the apple of God's eye and he wants to spend eternity with him.

This God - the the Good Shepherd, Seeker, Father - loves us. He broke his own heart in pursuit of our hearts. Listen, and we will hear his i love you today.

Listen and let him catch you and me.

Pursuer of my Soul Lyrics

Verse 1:
I stand before You undeserving, 
My heart You know and see
Still you take me to your chambers
By grace accepting me.
You lead me in with no intention of ever letting go

Chorus 1:
God of love, pursuer of my soul
You refuse to let me go
In your presence I remain

Verse 2:
I stand before your throne of glory
Captured by your grace
And I find the sweetest feeling
As I'm locked in your embrace
I cling to you with no intention of ever letting go

Chorus 2:
God of love, pursuer of my soul
You refuse to let me go
In your presence I remain
God of love, you created me to be
By your side eternally
In your presence I remain.

Bridge:
Love has found me, it surrounds me
I am yours, I am yours

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Letting go and hanging on

" Let me show you how letting go and hanging on work together."

"If you hang on to your life, you will lose it, but if you give up your life for my sake you will save it." Luke 9:24

Let go and rest. Hang to to faith. Losen up on the things of this world. Hold tight to Jesus.

How can I let go and hang on. It would take a lifetime  to learn how to balance letting go and holding on. Its letting go of myself and holding on to God and God gave us His training manual - the Bible.

Even me, its hard to let go and let God. I have tried once in my life letting go and let God take over. It was hard with all the tears and the pain and the sleepless nights but God comforted me and wiped the tears from my eyes. I learned my lesson and tried God to take over. A lot of things changed. I was more independent and was more confident on myself never to depend on someone.

There is no denying the struggles we face when it comes to trading our humanness for God's better way but when we release our hold on a lesser perk to free our hands to grip immesurable treasure, our hope can soar into eternity as God intends it to.

Letting go

Holding on

Hold thou hand, and closer, closer draw near me

To Thy dear self - my hope, my joy, my all;

Hold thou my hand, lest haply I should wander,

And, missing Thee, my trembling feet should fall.

Fanny Crosby.

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The Daily God book

Surprise!
I dont if you are surprised but I am !
I am surprised by myself and I am so excited!
Why?
Because, finally I found this great great book and I fell in the first time I laid my eyes on him. Though its a book, I guess Im having butterflies in my stomach and feels kilig when I read this book.

The Daily God book by Erin Keeley Marshall, its a devotional book that starts with the book of Genesis and ens with revelation 365 days. I found it and bought for P 230.00 on book sale so its around 6 dollars. Its a very nice devotional. Every day you can read heart warming and intruiging titles that could somehow relate very much to each and every one of us. It touches the heart and communicates with our soul. I soooooo love it.

Hopefully, Id be very glad to share inspiring thoughts and messages from God daily. Well, I cant promise but I have to commit myself in doing it because I know we will all enjoy God's revelation through this book daily. Tomorrow is the start of that sharing and I cant wait Im so excited.

Have a nice day and God bless.

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