Love Fulfilled Ministry

Look attentively at the birds of the air, they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not more valuable than they ?(Matthew 6:26) Does God care for the birds? God asks Job in his time of afflictiion this, "who provides food for the raven when its young cry out for help and wander for lack of food?" *  Do I not care for you Job? God cares, " He gives food to the wild animals and feeds the young ravens when they cry ." *  In fact, " all creatures look to You to give them their food in due season. " *  Look attentively at the birds, you will learn something about God. Even if they die, God knows, Jesus said, not a single sparrow falls to the ground without God knowing it. *  Not one bird is forgotten by God. *  God knows the plight of every animal. Are you not much more valuable to God? Even the hairs of your head are known by God (this is how attentive God is toward you) so do not be afraid you are wort...

The Lord your God in your midst, the mighty warrior, he is happy to save, concerning you he is glad to, stilling you with His love, joyfully before you with a warrior's cry . * The Lord is a refugee in times of trouble, "whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty." * He is our salvation in whom we put our trust and have confidence. The scriptures tell us He is a refuge for His people, " my soul, wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us " * Surely, for me to say it is well with my soul is to know He is a refuge. He is more than just a refugee, he will go before you like a mighty warrior to fight your battles. Our Lord is happy to sav...

now, the one looking intently into the perfect law, the one providing freedom and continues not having become a forgetful hearer but a doer he will be blessed in his doing . * The perfect law is the word of God, who is Jesus, the truth, who provides freedom. The word of God is sown in our hearts. It can be snatched away by the devil so it doesn't grow at all. Or we can hear and receive it with joy on one day but not think about it again, in which case it doesn't grow up to bear fruit. The soils that do not bear fruit have this in common; they hear and receive the word with joy but they either do not grow deep roots so they fall away or they are choked out by the thorns and do not endure. A double-minded person, who goes back and forth between faith and doubt, fits into the soils that do not bear fruit. *  Let's look at how to overcome doubt. James explains the growth process of bearing fruit, which we see in the parable of the soils, as maturity, which he associates ...

blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one blessing us in all spiritual blessings... predestining us for adoption as his own... highly favoring us in the Beloved, having redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of trespasses... * God put on my heart to meditate on these scriptures, no matter what, I am blessed with adoption, redemption, the forgiveness of sin. No matter what circumstances this life brings. No matter what storm comes our way, if through sickness we are facing our own mortality, no matter what let us be reminded we are adopted, redeemed, forgiven. Lord we pray, help us keep our mind on the that of heaven, and be grateful for the blessings we have in Christ. Though we exist treasure in a fragile jar of clay, pressed from all sides, emptied, thrown about, and cast down... *  We are adopted, redeemed, forgiven. In these three blessings alone I have a lot to be grateful for, no matter what. he predestined us for adoption to the extent of h...