Abi's Daily Word

Hey guys!!

I know I haven’t posted in a long while, but I feel a need to start up again, and first off finish the series I had started, “Spring to Winter”.

I’m going to finish it off with “Autumn” or fall.

Fall is a time where trees and other plants get rid of old, dead leaves and other things, like some animals get rid of old fur or hair during this time. I think that God does the same thing with us, but not just in fall. He does it anytime and all the time.

We need to get rid of our old, dead self. Bad memories, any pain, any record of wrongs, and so on. And when we let go, forgive the people who hurt us, or even forgive ourselves, it is like Spring cleaning in our hearts! And boy, do things blossom. Because, when we don’t have all the junk laying around in our hearts, we have room in our hearts. And when we have room in our hearts, we have room to grow, and we can fill it with more Godly things, such as love, peace, patience, kindness, hope, faith, and so on. But, we can also get rid of the junk, and fill our hearts with more junk, so just a warning to you.

Somtimes, when God tries to help us, and get us to get rid of our junk, we hold on to it. We don’t let it go. See, WE have to get rid of our trash. Not God, not Jesus, not anyone else but us. Yes, Jesus died so we could get rid of our junk. He died so we could, not so He could do it for us. If Jesus did it for us, we would never learn. We must do it, and push ourselves to do it. Although we cannot expect God to do it for us, we can expect Him to help us, if we allow Him to! And we cannot do it with His help. It’s kinda like a person who is hurt or ill trying to move big, heavy boxes. They may be able to do some, but they need someone stronger and more able to help them. God is the someone stronger and more able to help us. We are hurt, ill, in pain. God can move our boxes out, and be our nurse, all at the same time. He can, and will be our everything that we could ever need. But, God can’t just come in and help us, He has to have our permission.

When we hold on to our junk, more and more piles up. It’s kinda like the dishes. When you don’t clean or wash them, we still eat, but the dishes keep stacking up and up in our sink. And over time, suddenly, our clean dishes run out, and that’s when we hit rock bottom. Somtimes when we don’t listen to God, the only way for God to move in us is when we hit rock bottom. God hates to see us suffer, but He has to let us fall in order to get us to listen to Him. We get desperate, we are needy, and we really HAVE to listen to God, because we are in a big hole that we have dug ourselves into, and He is our only way out. But before we hit rock bottom, we are very prideful, and very cocky. And I do believe this is where the saying “pride comes before a fall” comes from. Pride is a clear sign of a huge fall coming to us. If you think your better then God, or even anyone else, then a fall may be heading your way. If you don’t want to fall, then listen to God! Listen to what He has to say. He may be speaking to you through other people, in your heart, even through simple things, maybe even through your dog! God is a very mysterious person and He will get to you and talk to you anyway He has to. God doesn’t have pride, He doesn’t have a reputation to keep up.

Remember, pride comes before a fall, so you better do some soul searching, and make sure what you are doing is what God wants.

Thank you!!!

Abi

The power of healing is amazing. When being healed or healing someone, it can be awkward. But God wants us to push ourselves to the uncomfortable. When Jesus healed the blind man in Matthew with his spit and mud, don’t you think that was kinda awkward for the blind man? It’s human nature that we are awkward when we heal or are healed.

“Healing is a response to a crisis in the life of another person. It’s enough of a response, a satisfactory response to a crisis in life of another.” -Brennan Manning, The Furious longing of God. (Also the author of “The Ragamuffin Gospel.”) In the Greek New Testament, when the word “Crisis” is used, it is translated into English as “Judgement.” So when a crisis comes in you’re life, it might be judgement. To get healing, you must first go through the Judgement of God. Crisis can also be a test. A test to see if you’re ready for the healing of God. God’s way of healing takes no magic, no special potion. God’s healing can be as wrath, or a breath of life. No matter how you see it, you still see how truly big and powerful God is. You must go through some stuff before being healed. Most of the time, you gotta sacrificesomething.  No, I don’t mean like a lamb. I mean something like an idol. For example: Zacchaeus, the tax collector.  He didn’t even want to be healed, you could say. He just wanted someone to accept him as he is, to just be his friend. Not to judge him for his size, or what he does. Jesus, still wanting to change him, knew his heart. He invited Himself to dinner, and back then, to have dinner with each other, means you are friends. By saying “Zacchaeus, come down, today is my day to be you’re guest.” means “Zacchaeus, I want to be you’re friend.” His heart was delighted, that Jesus, the Mighty Prophet that everyone is talking about and is following, wants to be HIS friend! Wouldn’t you be delighted too if the biggest star of this time wants to be you’re friend? (*Cough, Scotty McCreerry, cough*) Wouldn’t you feel special? Well, that’s how it was back then. Jesus was the talk of the town. Everyone knew who He was, and what he had been doing. God acts in mysterious ways, and everytime different. I will never stop being amazed by God and how He does things.

-AJF

Many of us are preparing for the future. What collage, what school, what job, what house. Where are we going to be in out long-term future? God planned us to be doing that, I understand that. But what about others furture? I think God planted us here to also help others furture. To help people that can’t plan their furture. There are plenty of ways, believe me on that one. I’ll give you only a couple examples, but there are many others. I suggest you pray before giving/helping. It all is up to God and you what you should do. Here is a way you can help.

Tia Kollar is (A good friend of mine) is going to Africa this fall. She is doing this, please pray and think about helping! Thank you http://tia-blue.blogspot.com/2011/03/africa-2011-child-slavery-rescue.html These kids were forced into slavery and you can help get them out! God would bless you greatly if you helped these poor kids….                        Till next time, AJF

A relationship with Christ is very important, as you know. All of our relationships should be like a conversation. A conversation is when two or more people talk. It goes two ways. Our relationship should not just be us asking Him for help. It should be us, sure, asking for help, but also expressing our feelings to Him. Even when we don’t need help. You can say a quick little prayer for someone throughout the day, and just talk to Him as you would your best friend. Sure, God knows your heart, but it mean something to Him if you tell it to Him. Sure, God knows what you need and want, but He said in His Word that you shall ask and you shall receive, not want and you shall get. You gotta ask Him before you get anything. It’s all about just talking to Him, and let me tell you this, like a good friend, He’s gonna answer. Only if He knows it’s not the right time, will He not answer, He know your heart must be right. AJF

Many people lie, cheat, steal, etc, etc, etc. But what pretty much all of these people do after the fact is cover up the proof with with lies. Lying is simply cowardly. It hides what you did wrong so you don’t get in trouble. Think of this, if your mature enough to do the sin, then you should be mature enough to handle it and take the punishment. If you cover up your sin with lies, it’s like trying to erase what you wrote down on your paper with your pencil, not your eraser. Just like they do in the justice system, if you confess, you get a deal that is not as bad of a punishment as if you said you were not guilty and they found you guilty. If you in fact do something wrong, just face up to it, and say you did. Tell the truth! Do the right thing. If you don’t face up to what you did wrong, how can you be forgiven by God? He will only forgive you and wipe it away if you ask Him to. And why would you ask Him to if you didn’t think you did anything wrong or want to hide it? Hiding it will only make it worse, too! You will feel guilty, and make yourself miserable if you hide it. And one way or another, you will be caught in your lie. Don’t make yourself FEEL guilty, FACE IT. Conquer it! And ask forgiveness with God, and He will forgive you and everything gonna be okay. UNLESS, you hurt someone else and they get effected by what you did. God says before you ask Him to forgive you, or give Him your offering or prasie, you need to go to the person you hurt and ask them for forgiveness. So in the end, you are forgiven and free!      Til next time, AJF

Love fills the air, its sweet smell overwhelms me…….. It’s beauty that I can smell!                     And this is too true, love always fills the air. It’s smell is as sweet as the smell of Springs blooming roses. Now, many would think of this love as romance love, which is very true. Because the relationshipwe have with God should be a romance, like we are talking about lovestory. Our relationship with God should be a fairytale, never-ending, and magical. And when we run-away from God, it should be like a woman running away from her lover. You know that type of relationship that you may have that you are so close with that person, you can tell them anything? That’s how every relationship with God should be. That you can read each other minds, and know what they are feeling, and thinking, because we are that close. You see, the only reason we can do that, is because God made us like Him, and of course, if we can do that with each other, we can do it with Him. ‘So God created mankind in his own image, in the imageof God he created them; male and female he created them.’ Genesis 1:27. Our relationship with God is very pleasurable, if we let it. We don’t ever need love on earth, because we have the most beautiful relationship at our fingertips. Many times in Revelation God and angels and such call the body of Christ the ‘Bride’. “Come here. I’ll show you the Bride, the Wife of the Lamb.” Part of Revelation 21:9 We BELONG to love God! That is what we were made for. As soon as we stop seeking God, and start seeking love on earth, we are refusing to do what we were made for. As soon as we stop looking for love on earth, and looking to love on God, we will find both love on earth, and God’s tender love. IF we are ready! We must be ready before God blesses us with it! We must be secure in Christ before we get blessed with love. So, love IS in the air, we see. This is true, this is true. Because God IS LOVE. And God is everywhere! Because we are everywhere. We are God’s temple. God lives in us!  God loves us with a TRUE romance. A true lovestory. A true fairytale.  God is simply Magical.            AJF

Sometimes in your walk with God, it feels like everything is possible. But other times, you feel like nothing is possible. There is a reason for this. 

God loves you, but sometimes you feel all alone in the challange of your walk with God. Every moment with God is so amazing. But when trouble comes, thats the way God is testing us, and when we feel all alone, thats God’s way of making sure we are listening. There is no wrong or right answer, because all of us figure it out in the end. Sometimes it takes us longer then others. The key is for us to cry out to Him. He will know then we are listening. But, you may think ‘I thought God knows everything?’. Well, that is true. But by crying out, we are making ourselves realize we weren’t listening and to make sure we are listening. See, prayer isn’t just about we talking to Him, its a conversation. And a conversation is two or more people talking to each other. Its not one person chewing the ear off the other person, its BOTH of them talking. So whenever you feel alone, remember Scriptures are the best!  ’Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Deuteronomy 31:6              ” The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”     Deuteronomy 31:8     ’ No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.’ Joshua 1:5   God has said in His word he will NEVER leave us! So when there is no reply, know it is a test. I know this story and its soo good. here it goes: 

‘There once was a woman that was on a beach and she was having a very hard time in her life. She had saw her footprints in the sand before the hard time, and another set beside hers, and she knew they were Jesus’s. But when her hard time came she was very discouraged when she saw only one set of footprints in the sand when her hard time came.  When she saw Jesus next, she asked Him when He had left her when her hard time came. He simply said ‘Dear One, when the hard times came, I was still there with you.’ And she asked ‘How?’ He answered ‘When the hard times came, I picked you up and carried you. Those were my footprints, not yours.’       
‘Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” Matt. 29 -30              AJF