LifeLine Connection

The Joy of the Lord is what gives us strength. We know that we will have trouble in this world because the Lord told us that. We also know that He told us that we have His joy that never leaves us. He wants His joy to overflow in us. When we look to Him and trust Him, no matter what we face we can go through it with a supernatural joy that thw world can never take away from us.

When we live for the Lord and allow His Spirit to be active in us by following and obeying, we live blessed lives. We don't live in condemnation because we are saved. We don't accept the lies of guilt. IF we sin and there is conviction, we are blessed to know that God forgives and will always love us.

God's peace is ours to keep and hold on to. He gives a peace that noone can take from us. Let us choose not to let go or give it away. Nothing in the world gives it to us and nothing in this world can take it away. Trust God. His peace is worth holding on to.

Iit is good when our relatuionships are built on unity. We may not always agree but we can always choose to decide to show love and forgiveness, grace and compassion. We can always decide no matter what we are going to show and share Jesus. We are going to live the Jesus way.

May we be an encouragement to each other and a blessings to each other that causes each other's faith to flourish and our love for each other to keep growing. That is waht the Christian journey is all about here on earth. Glorifying God through loving Him and each other.

Only trusting in God's wisdom brings us blessings. Our faith grows not by trusting man but by trusting God. May we continue to listen to His voice and follow His way.

It is such an encouragement to know that the one who created all things is interested in us and helps us. He is always willing and ready to come to our aid. He is not to big or busy. He is to big not to help. His power is for our benefit and His glory. We can count on God to move in our lives.

Our God brings light into our darkness. Whatever our dark situations are, our God can lighten the way. He is the light that we need everytime.

God is great and majestic and yet He is close and mindful of all of our lives. He is interested in what concerns us. He cares for every detail in our lives. Our great big God is big in love and presence.

Whatever God says is true. We can trust His Word at anytime in any situation. God will make His Word come to pass. No matter what comes against us, His Word will bring the victory. God's Word is always our strength and will take us forward.

We can trust God not to leave us undone or in our messes. We are works in progress. God will be with us until the end. He wants the best with us and for us.

We worry less by praying more. We don't want to steal from today the joy and strength, peace and hope that God gives. Let us focus on today and each moment and take to God whatever tries to cause us to live in worry. Let's take one moment at a time with Jesus.

God is so faithful to us. He has all power and everything we need to live in power. His Spirit strengthens and provides from the inside out, all that we need to complete each day's tasks. He is rich and shares His abundance. We can trust Him to provide for us.

Scripture reminds us to be still and know that God is God. That can be so hard for us as life gets to busy and brings more challenges. Pray helps us to be still. Today let's pray lots and stop enough to let God hold us and heal us. We want to see Him exalted in our situations and circumstances.

Everything around us declares God's glory. The heaven's declare and nature draws us into noticing God's hand in everything. Today may we be encouraged to hear and see what God is showing us, as we look around at His handiwork.

We stay holding on to God's hand, trusting and hoping in Him alone. We believe His best and stay the course as we continue in prayer. God is faithful.

God's power is so great and at work on our behalf. We live and move because of His power. Let's lift up our voices declaring that truth and staying kept in His protection and love.

The Lord asks us to bless those who curse us and pray for them. This is a hard thing to do without the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. We can no do it alone but we must do it to live in blessing ourselves. That is why we pray. With God, all things are possible.

The Lord is generous in restoration and in giving us joy. As we look to Him, whatever we need is restored. He is faithful to be our portion. We can look to Him always and know the result will be good.

As we trust God daily, we are living by faith. We see our faith lived out by staying close to God and taking daily steps of trust towards Him. The just live by faith.

When we look to the Lord, we will always shine. No matter what the challenge or struggle, because of His power in us, we have the look of victory. We are always made to shine when we have spent time with Jesus.

God was the foundation and remains the foundation of our lives. He created. He still creates. He knows everything. We can trust Him to lay foundations in our lives that move us to victory.

Our Lord is our ultimate example of love and humilty, of obedience and sacrifice. We have other examples like Paul in the Bible of Godly character. There are people in our lives who follow and love God well. Today may we choose any of these examples to follow and pattern our lives after. Let's live lives pleasing to God.

When we meditate on the greatness and bigness of God, we are strengthened and encouraged. We see our problems and challenges as small compared to Him. We understand that God will work all things out for His glory.

All God wants is for us to abide in HIm. We don't have to fight to earn His love. His love has been freely given to us. God wants us to just open ourselves up to receive all the love that He has already been given. Today may we just be ourselves with God and know that we are fully loved.