UNEXPECTED BLESSINGS

Ephesians 3:20 NKJV Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

A couple of years ago our pastor gave us all a list of 31 declarations to declare over our lives, one each day of the month, and I've been doing that ever since on most days. One of them says this, 

“I declare God is opening the windows of heaven over my life and I am experiencing the abundant life Jesus came to give me. Unexpected blessings are coming my way.”

Well I just wanted to testify to God’s faithfulness to His word because an unexpected blessing came my way this last week. I have been given a huge blessing of an amazing computer to replace my very out of date desktop. I was needing to go and buy a new one, but now God has given me this brilliant model to do what I need to do! 😊

It’s one of those ‘above and beyond all I could expect or imagine’ blessings, something I would never have gone out and bought for myself. It came at just the right moment, and yes, I’ll have to learn how to use it, and I admit it’s very challenging, but with God all things are possible!🤣

 I just wanted to encourage anyone reading this to not give up on God’s promises, to declare them over your life, day in and day out, to persevere and know that God is faithful to His word. Jesus said all things are possible to him who believes. Keep believing!😊

Can I ask what promises are you standing on and declaring over your own life? If you’ve let them slip, get those promises out again, declare them daily over your circumstances, believe what God says and trust Him to bring them to pass in your life. God is never late, His timing is always spot on!

2 Corinthians 1:20 NIV For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.

As we go into our new week let me encourage you to speak this blessing over your own life, 

“ God is opening the windows of heaven over my life and I am experiencing the abundant life Jesus came to give me. Unexpected blessings are coming my way.”  

Believe it and receive it, and remember we walk by faith, and not by what we see at this moment!😊 In Jesus name. Amen. 

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GOD UNDERSTANDS US

                                                                      Isaiah 40:27-28 NLT 

O Jacob, how can you say 

the Lord does not see your troubles?

O Israel, how can you say 

God ignores your rights?

Have you never heard?

Have you never understood?

The Lord is the everlasting God,

the Creator of all the earth.

He never grows weak or weary.

No one can measure the depths of his understanding.

If ever you feel like God is looking the other way, and doesn’t understand,  just read these verses!😊 God knows exactly what’s going on with each one of us (Psalm 139). He is for us, and He wants you and me to understand that!

If we read the two verses before these we’ll discover that God has no equal, that He flung the stars into space and knows each one by name. How much more does He know us by name, His own sons and daughters, who His Son died for? (John 10:3 NKJV … and he calls his own sheep by name …)

What grabs me is the last line of our passage where it reminds us that absolutely nobody can measure how deep God’s understanding really is. He understands us completely. He knows what makes us tick, and what ticks us off! He understands when we feel weak, because Jesus knew what it was to feel weak as He walked to the cross. 

He understands when we’re let down or betrayed, when we’re disappointed or discouraged. He understands pain and sickness because He bore all of ours on the cross, so we don’t need to! In fact whatever we face, Jesus experienced in some form, and He is our great High Priest now because He understands us so well.

Hebrews 4:1 NIV For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.

I hope that reassures us today, to know we can come to the One who has no equal, and know He totally understands how we feel and where we’re coming from. But He goes way beyond that because He is also the God who comforts us, who restores us and who has great plans to bless us and give us a future.😊

Let’s come to Him today to worship, praise and thank Him for His understanding, for His patience, and for His great love He lavishes on each one of us each day. In Jesus name. Amen.

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