God understands it and He warns us about it throughout the Bible. In John 10:10, Jesus says that the thief comes not except that he may steal, and kill and destroy; I (Jesus) come that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly.
Satan's tools are endless and he never tires. What does he come to steal? Well, for one thing our joy. Our security in God's protection. Our faith. He comes to kill our hope and our desire to serve God. He even comes to kill our earthly bodies.
We can't take our eyes off of Jesus. Peter left the boat to join Jesus and was walking on the water! He hadn't practiced walking on water or taken lessons to do it. He did it by faith and what faith that must have taken to take that first step out of the boat and onto the water. The Bible tells us that at some point, Peter took his eyes off of Jesus and he began to go down into the water with fear overtaking him. Oh, how I can identify with Peter.
This is my prayer and my goal to work toward achieving this year. I want to experience the joy that God has in store for me. I want to be just hard headed enough to deny satan the chance to put doubts into my mind that rob me of the peace that God wants for me.
Lynda is always on my mind and forever in my heart. She is also safe with Jesus out of the reach of satan. This knowledge gives me pure joy and puts a smile on my face and a song of thanksgiving in my heart. I don't know that I have the ability to put into words what is in my heart but I want to try.
We have had readers from the United States, Russia, Germany, France, Ukraine, Malaysia, Canada, United Kingdom, Turkey and Indonesia. These are the top ten countries who have visited the site the most often. Some of you who have read Lynda's blog may be experiencing the same type of loss that our family has experienced. The only way that I have been able to survive this loss is knowing that God sent His only son that He loved desperately to suffer and die on a cross taking the sins of all the world with Him. Jesus was God's gift to the world and salvation is possible only because of this precious gift of grace.
God said it all in John 3:16. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (NIV)
Be sure you open the gift God has given you and accept the grace that comes through Jesus. It is the single most important decision you will ever make and will allow you to walk through dark days as well as sunny ones knowing that you are joint heirs with Christ.
Always on my mind. Forever in my heart. That's where my child is and that's where God's children are, too. Always on His mind and forever in His heart. It just doesn't get any better than that!
We have had readers from the United States, Russia, Germany, France, Ukraine, Malaysia, Canada, United Kingdom, Turkey and Indonesia. These are the top ten countries who have visited the site the most often. Some of you who have read Lynda's blog may be experiencing the same type of loss that our family has experienced. The only way that I have been able to survive this loss is knowing that God sent His only son that He loved desperately to suffer and die on a cross taking the sins of all the world with Him. Jesus was God's gift to the world and salvation is possible only because of this precious gift of grace.
God said it all in John 3:16. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (NIV)
Be sure you open the gift God has given you and accept the grace that comes through Jesus. It is the single most important decision you will ever make and will allow you to walk through dark days as well as sunny ones knowing that you are joint heirs with Christ.
Always on my mind. Forever in my heart. That's where my child is and that's where God's children are, too. Always on His mind and forever in His heart. It just doesn't get any better than that!
