Don’t let go of hope. Hope gives you the strength to keep going when you feel like giving up.
Don’t ever quit believing in yourself. As long as you believe you can, you will have reason for trying. Don’t let anyone hold your Happiness in their hands; Hold it in yours, so it will always be within your reach. Don’t measure success or failure by material wealth, but by how you Feel; Our feelings determine the richness of our Lives. Don’t let bad moments overcome you; Be patient, and they will pass. Don’t hesitate to reach out for Help; We all need it from time to time. Don’t run away from love but towards Love. Because it is your deepest Joy. Don’t wait for what you want to come to you. Go after it with all that you are, knowing that Life will meet you Halfway. Don’t feel like you’ve lost when plans and dreams fall short of your hopes. Anytime you learn something new about Yourself or about Life, you have progressed. Don’t do anything that takes away from your Self-Respect. Feeling good about yourself is essential to feeling good about Life. Don’t ever forget how to laugh or be too proud to Cry. or too stubborn to Smile With all the above live life to its fullest… If we seek God only when we are desterate then He will keep us in desperate circumstances because He desperately desires to fellowship with us. Eccles8:12 says that if we want to stay in a constant victory we must seek Him at all times and desire to experience His continual presence.
I confess Jesus as my Lord. Rom. 10:9-10. I possess salvation.
I confess, “by His stripes I am healed” Is. 53:5; I possess healing. I confess “the son has made me free” Jn. 8:36; I possess absolute freedom. I confess “the love of God is shed abroad in my heart by the Holy Ghost” Rom. 5:5; I possess the bility to love everyone. I confess, “the righteous are bold as a lion” Pr.28:1; I possess lion-hearted boldness in spiritual warfare. I confess, “He will never leave me nor forsake me” Heb. 13:5-6; I possess the presence of God each step I take. I confess, “I am the redeemed of the Lord” Ps. 107:2; I possess redemption benefits every day. I confess “the anointing of the Holy One abideth in me” 1 Jn. 2: 27; I possess yoke destroying results by this anointing (Is. 10:27). I confess, “in the name of Jesus I can cast out devils” Mk. 16:17; I possess dynamic deliverances as a devil master. I confess, “I lay my hands on the sick and they shall recover” Mk. 16:18; I possess positive healings for the oppressed. I confess, “I am a branch of the Living Vine” Jn. 15:5; I possess Vine-life wherever I go. I confess, “I am the righteousness of God in Christ” 2 Cor. 5: 21; I possess the ability to stand freely in God’s holy presence, and in Satan’s presence as a victor! I confess, “I am a temple of the living God” 2 Cor. 6:16; I possess God dwelling in me, and walking in me! I confess, “my God shall supply all my need” Phil. 4: 19; I possess the supply of every need. Confession Precedes Possession I confess, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Rom. 10:13, I possess know-so salvation for I have called upon the name of the Lord. I confess, “The Lord shall preserve me from all evil” Ps.121:7, I possess preservation from all forms of evil. I confess, “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God” Mt.5: 8, I possess the assurance I shall see God for the blood of Jesus has made me pure in heart. I confess, “The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace. Ps. 29:11, I possess daily strength and an abundance of peace. I confess, “Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits” Ps. 68:19, I possess a life daily loaded with the benefits of the Lord. I confess, “I am the light of the world: he that follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life” Jn. 8:12, I possess light upon life’s pathway for I am following Jesus. I confess, “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work” 2Cor. 9:8, I possess all grace, abounding grace – saving grace, healing grace, Baptizing grace, all-sufficient grace. I confess, “For with God nothing shall be impossible” Lk. 1:37, I possess impossibilities becoming realities, for I am linked up with God by divine birth. I confess, “I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh” Acts 2:17, I possess the Spirit outpoured upon my life continually. I confess, “As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us” Ps.103:12, I possess the assurance that my sins are removed far from me, hallelujah! I Possess What I Confess “With the mouth confession is made unto salvation” Rom.10: 10. I possess continual guidance for I confess, “The Lord shall guide thee continually” Isaiah 58:11. I possess eternal life, for I confess, “My sheep hear my voice and I give them eternal life” Jn. 10:27. I possess the peace of God, for I confess “The peace of God which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus our Lord” Phil. 4:7. I possess freedom from fear, for I confess, “I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, fear not” Isa. 41:13. I possess bountiful blessings financially, for I confess, “He which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully” 2 Cor. 9:6. I possess supernatural help in every situation, for I confess, “My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth” Ps.121:2. I possess good, for I confess, “Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee” Job 22:21. I possess peace with my enemies, for I confess, “When a man’s ways please the Lord, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with Him” Pr. 16:7. I possess the ability to be a positive blessing, for I confess, “So will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing” Zec. 8:13. I possess wholesome, sound sleep at night, for I confess, “He giveth His beloved sleep” Ps.127: 2. I possess the assurance my labour in the Lord is fruitful, for I confess, “For as much as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord” 1 Cor.15: 58. I possess as a faith man, abounding blessings, for I confess, “A faithful man shall abound with blessings” Pr.28:20. I possess strength for my day for I confess, “As thy days, so shall thy strength be” Deut. 33:25. I possess special honour from my Father for I confess, “If any man serve me, him will my Father honour” Jn. 12:26. Haar oë was groot en kinderlik-onskuldig met 'n sweempie van die ondraaglike pyn wat sy verduur toe sy vra "Mamma, kan ek alt sing in Liewe Jesus se hemelkoor? Juffrou Annalie sê ek is 'n alt, want ek kom nie die hoë note by nie"
Ek het vinnig weggedraai om kwansuis nuwe water in die vaas van pienk rose te tap en my trane het in die wit hospitaalwasbak gedrup toe ek sê: "Ek is seker Liewe Jesus het nog vir jou 'n plekkie tussen die alte, liefie." Toe ek 'n rukkie later met droë oë omdraai, was sy vas aan die slaap, haar skraal handjie beskermend om haar bruin teddiebeer. Sy was ses jaar oud, my enigste dogtertjie wat deurtrek is van die kanker. Die dokter het gesê dat ons ons in die loop van die volgende week gereed moes hou vir die ergste. Haar laaste wens was dat ons haar dierbaarste speelgoedjies in haar skooltassie moes pak en dat sy vir oulaas 'n dag by haar kleutermaatjies wou gaan speel. Juffrou Annalie het reeds op 'n mooi manier aan die kleutertjies vertel dat hulle nog een keer met Jaminda kon speel en dat sy daarna weggaan om by Liewe Jesus in die hemel te gaan speel. Jaminda self het ook geweet dat Liewe Jesus vir haar wag en ek het met 'n knop in my keel na my man gekyk as sy opgewonde raak oor die vooruitsig. My meisiekind se laaste skooldag het op 'n skamele sesjarige ouderdom aangebreek. Sy het vroegoggend vir my beduie watter blomme in die tuin ek vir juffrou Annalie moes pluk. "Van daardie geles, ma. Juffrou Annalie sê altyd ek is 'n regte sonstraaltjie in haar lewe." Die klein, bruin skooltassie was gelaai van die speelgoed. Ek gun jou die lekkerste speeldag van jou lewe my kind, het ek bewoë gedink toe ek haar uit die motor in die rolstoel tel. Die kleuterklassie het die ene oë, maar verskrik, agter juffrou Annalie bly staan toe ons klas toe beweeg. Jaminda se beste maatjie, Knoxie, het huiwerig vorentoe getree. "Kan ek Jaminda stoot, tannie?" en ek het, dankbaar vir die gebaar, oorgegee aan my klein helpertjie. Dit het die ys gebreek. Binne oomblikke was die hele klas om die rolstoel geskaar. Dirkman het verneem of die rolstoel se wiele slime in het, terwyl Emma en Fransien wou weet of die inspuitings seer was. Ek en juffrou Annalie het verwese eenkant trane afgevee en toe dapper begin deelneem aan die kleuters se skynbaar gewone gesprek. Na 'n uur se gesels kon ek sien dat die opwinding besig was om sy tol te eis. Jaminda se oë was baie blink in haar bleek gesiggie. Toe vra sy of sy iets kan sê voor ons huis toe gaan. Juffrou Annalie het al die kleuters voor haar op die mat laat sit. Wat daarna gebeur het, het my van alle woorde gestroop. Ek het al in my enigheid begin wonder waarom die bruin tassie saamgekom het. Jaminda het die tassie oopgeknip en elkeen van haar vyftien kleutermaatjies by name vorentoe geroep. Op vyftien van haar geliefkoosde speelgoed het sy name met papiertjies en kleeflint vasgeplak. "Emma, jy moet my porselein-teestelletjie kry - dink aan my as jy en jou poppe tee drink. Dirkman, hier is my fietspomp - jou fiets se wiele is mos altyd pap. Fransien, hier is my hartjie hangertjie waarvan jy so baie hou. As jy hom oopknip, is daar 'n fototjie van my in." So het die pynlike uitdelery aangehou. En toe kom Knoxie, haar spesiale maatjie, aan die beurt. Ek het my nek gerek, maar die bruin tassie het vir my leeg gelyk. Het Jaminda van Knoxie vergeet? Maar nee, Jaminda het haar mees geliefde speelding van haar skoot af opgetel, een laaste kyk in die bruin teddiekraalogies gegee en hom toe met 'n besliste trekkie om haar mond vir Knoxie aangegee. "Pas Teddie mooi op, want ek is baie lief vir hom. Vat ook my bruin tassie - ek het klaar jou naam in die deksel geskryf. Juffrou, ek moet nou huis toe gaan. Kan ons vir oulaas Stille Nag sing?" bewerig het sy opgestaan en tussen die alte gaan staan en nog nooit het Stille Nag so na-aan die van 'n engelekoor geklink nie. In die motor op pad huis toe het sy teruggesit, vir my gekyk, geglimlag en 'n laaste tevrede sug gegee. Ek het met trane in my oë besef: Jaminda het so pas aangemeld as alt by die hemelkoor... .... En as jy nie 'n kind van jou eie het nie - gryp sommer iemand anders s'n in die verbygaan en gee hom/haar 'n stywe drukkie - hoe sal jy ooit weet - miskien is dit ook vir oulaas. "The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning." Ivy Baker Strek-oefeninge
Vergeet die dinge wat agter is en strek jou uit na wat voor is. (Fil 3:14) Asemhalings oefeninge Laat alles wat asemhaal, die Here prys, Halleluja! (Ps150:6) Brein-oefeninge Watter deug of lofwaardige saak daar ook mag wees, daarop moet julle julle gedagtes rig. (Fil 4:8) Oog-oefeninge Die oog gevestig op Jesus, die begin en voleinder van die geloof. (Heb 12:2) Gesigoefeninge Wees altyd bly in die Here, ek herhaal wees bly. (Fil 4:4) Oor-oefeninge Elke mens moet maar te gewillig wees om te luister, nie te gou praat nie en nie te gou kwaad word nie. (Jak 1:9) Tong-oefeninge Met dankbaarheid in julle harte moet julle Psalms, lofsange en ander geestelike liedere tot eer van God sing. (Kol 3:16) Been-oefeninge Versterk daarom die slap hande en die lam kniee en loop die reguit pad. (Heb 12:12) Hart-oefeninge Skep vir my 'n rein hart, O God, vernuwe my Gees en maak my standvastig. (Ps 51:12) Nek-oefeninge Wees nie bevrees nie, want Ek is met jou; kyk nie angstig rond nie, want Ek is jou God. (Jes 41:10) Hand-oefeninge Ek strek my uit in gebed na U toe. (Ps 143:6) Ontspannings-oefeninge Werp al julle bekommernisse op Hom, want hy sorg vir julle. (1 Pet 5:7) Lekker oefen! I pray that you … will have the power to understand the greatness of Christ's love—how wide and how long and how high and how deep that love is. Eph 3:18
There is no way our little minds can comprehend the love of God. But that didn't keep him from coming… From the cradle in Bethlehem to the cross in Jerusalem we've pondered the love of our Father. What can you say to that kind of emotion? Upon learning that God would rather die than live without you, how do you react? How can you begin to explain such passion? In the Grip of Grace (Max Lucado) 2 Chronicles 32:7
'Be strong and courageous. Don't be frightened or terrified. Someone greater is on our side.' - Sometimes we can begin to feel alone. - The enemy may seem great and we may feel insignificant. - But we have God with us! - He is greater than any enemy you may be facing. PRAYER: Lord, I pray that You will come and strengthen me. Help me to see things from Your perspective and help me to realize that You are with me. Amen. A twelve-year-old boy accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior and Lord during a weekend revival meeting. The next week his school friends questioned him about the experience.
"Did you hear God talk?" one asked. "No," the boy said. "Did you have a vision?" another asked. "No, the boy replied. "Well, how did you know it was God?" a third friend asked. The boy thought for a moment and then said, "It's like when you catch a fish. You can't see the fish or hear the fish; you just feel him tugging your line. I felt God tugging on my heart." So often we try to figure out life by what we can see, hear, or experience with our other senses. We make calculated estimates and judgments based on empirical evidence. There's a level of truth, however, that cannot be perceived by the senses or measured objectively. It's at that level where faith abounds. It is our faith that compels us to believe, even when we cannot explain to others why or how or to what specific earthly end. By our faith we only know in Whom we trust, and that is sufficient. Remember, it's really not the outlook but the uplook that counts. |
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