Finding Hope in GOD

I have been making my way through the bible this year, studying and meditating on the word of God.  I have received several new revelations so far and it has been awesome. Today I want to share one of those revelations.  It is in the book of Lamentations, chapter 3:19-23.  "Remember my affliction and my wanderings,   the wormwood and the gall! My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me. But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;[a]  his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning;  great is your faithfulness."

I believe we can all relate to this passage in scripture at one time or the other in our lives. Most of us have experienced one or multiple afflictions in our lifetime and of course its never pleasant.  It tears at the core of one's heart and soul and takes a long time to recover.    Affliction can be so excruciating to the human soul and spirit that the Bible text compares it to the bitterness of wormwood, which is an aromatic plant and gall, the secretion or substance that comes from the liver, both have a very bitter taste. 

Lamentations is not one of the books in the bible that people are often eager to read but it is really loaded with poetry and songs that help us, as individuals to understand an important aspect of  our relationship with God – It reminds us how normal it is to express grief and distress in various circumstances that occur in our lives.  

  Twelve years ago, I lost a daughter after 9 months of looking forward to carrying my beautiful child. It was by far the worst pain and heartache I had encountered in my life and even after everyone forgets, the emptiness and pain still linger on... 

But for God,  I would have lost hope, especially for the fact that during that period, things were very challenging for my family i.e financially.   I have known of some who turned away from God either for a period of time or permanently because the pain and anger were just too much to bear.  Hopelessness and bitterness set in,  but there are those like me, who were of course hurt and angry but, instead of running away from the Lord, we ran to Him and He was there to carry us through.   You can not judge how a person handles their pain or anger, but you can be there for them; offering support, a listening ear, prayers, etc.

The writers of the book of Lamentations knew pain as well, they witnessed the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem and the killings of so many of their people, some sent away in exile. But in spite of all the afflictions, they held on the promises of God and remembering how God had always been faithful and this gave them hope.  

And so the same thing goes for us my beloved friends, that no matter what we may have been through or still passing through, run towards the father, remember his promises, remember all the times he has been there for you, thank him for your life that he has kept up til now. In my case,  but for God, I won't be here today, I could have died during childbirth.  But he gave me strength and hope to keep living.   Today, he has blessed me with more children and so much to be thankful.  His words say in verse 22-23 " The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;[a]his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.    If you do not remember anything else in this short exhortation, just remember these verses.  

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Remember our hope is in God; for He indeed is faithful.  God bless you all!

Who Does God Say You Are?

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;        I Peter 2:9    

     Many believers do not really know who they are; the power and the authority we have as believers.  In order to fully perform at the level that God wants us to operate at, we need to first of all know who we are and the power we possess.       

I was inspired by a song that I listened to in church this past Sunday to write this message. I   never heard this song before until yesterday.   As we were dancing and praising God, the message of this beautiful song began to minister to me .  It reminded me of whom I am in Christ and I am led to ask you the same question and also remind you of who you are as well. So my beloved sister, Do you know who you are? Who does God say you are? 

In order  to live an effective Christian life, you need to know and believe who you are in CHRIST.  Many people  will try to tell you who you are by what they see, hear, feel and think about you, but beloved it is only God who knows everything about you inside out, The Lord knew you even before you were conceived; His words reveals this to us in Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”  and in Psalm 139:14  it states that ''you were fearfully and wonderfully made by Him."   In order to be whom God has destined you to be and live the life that He has intended for you, you have to understand your full identity in Christ.

Through His divine word, God has revealed to us over and over again who we are in Christ and we need to believe that with all our hearts and walk in boldness and confidence knowing that we are the Daughters of the KING of Kings, the Great I AM that I AM.  We are hidden in Christ Jesus, that is our identity.  Colossians 3:3.  We are God's Masterpiece,  Ephesians 2:10,  We are of a Royal priesthood, His own special people, I Peter 2:9.     The world will try to label you, they will call you all sorts of names.    Based on the world's label, some Christians have allowed themselves to be deceived, easily led astray.  Before you can fulfill your divine destiny, before the Lord can activate more things in your life, a transformation of your mind needs to occur.  You have to allow God to refine and purify your mind, body and spirit in order to move out of  that "state" that you have been in for a long time..  The "state" or  "position" where you have allowed people and the enemy to define who you are and what you are meant to become thereby leading you down the wrong path.

Beloved, I leave with you the following additional scripture verses that will help you to remember who you are in Christ, your true Identity.   I encourage you to read and meditate on these words as often as you can.  As you do so the Holy Spirit will minister to your inner man and you will begin to see the transformation taking place in your life in Jesus name. 

• " But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: " John 1:12

• " having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,  Ephesians 1:5

• Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God." Romans 15:7

• "For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;  and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power."  Colossians 2:9-10

• " But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him."  1 Corinthians 6:17

• "knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin."  Romans 6:6.

• "Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. " 1 Corinthians 12:27

• "you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;    1 Corinthians 6:19-20
• "See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him ; Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,^a we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. "  1 John 3:1-2    

• " But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.  "  1 Peter 2:9     
• " For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit." Ephesians 2:18

• "offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ to be a holy priesthood into a spiritual house you also, like living stones, are being built."  1 Peter 2:5
• " For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God."  Colossians 3:3

Remember You are God's anointed, God's chosen, The apple of His eye, His Princess, a daughter of the Living God, a joint heir with Christ, a New Creation .

Because You know who You are, I encourage you to Walk in Power, Boldness and Confidence today my sister.

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