Wake up each morning looking forward to a lovely day. Thanks, Lord for all the blessings!
Here are five passages to help ya start out cheerful:
1.) "This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." —Psalm 118:242.) "Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice." —Philippians 4:4
3.) "Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD. They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness." —Psalm 89:15-16
Sure, inJOY all of God’s creation and His constant presence -- live in harmony with Him and His good plan for you. He's right there for ya.
Won't ditch ya or forsake -- He'll never bail out on you, believer. That's not how He is.
It's cuz He ain't done with you here.
4.) "You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You!" Isaiah 26:3 nlt
"You (God) keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You," esv
5.) "Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever." 1 John 2:15-17 nlt
4.) "You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You!" Isaiah 26:3 nlt
"You (God) keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You," esv
5.) "Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever." 1 John 2:15-17 nlt
The Bible (God's word) says that.
Kurt, sup with God's creation story today? Hasn't it gone whack? Explain some.
You and I can enjoy Christ's peace inside even when this corrupt world system isn't okay with, or at peace with any of us reborn Christian believers wisely obeying the Bible.
I say, opt not to use people and love things or this world. Just reverse that.
Yes, love the Lord and the people in this world, not the things or this world system.
Want a rejoicing, cheerful, carefree, upbeat, and chipper point of view today? Want a good attitude and blessing? Live in the Word (Jesus Christ) and wisely apply the written word. Simple as that!
I enjoy a nice offshore breeze with some refreshing salty spray, and the sun on my back.
Lovely day.. and fellowship out there! Why not!? Just one look at You (Jesus) and I know it's gonna be, gonna be.. a lovely day.
Lovely day. Lovely day. Lovely day, a lovely daaay!
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God loves you and He delights to bless His kids -- all of us!
Lovely day! Lovely day! Lovely day! A lovely daaay! Sure can be!
This physical world (of matter here) is indeed all right with me. It ain't my enemy or yours. The twisted world system is a different story.
Why not do your very best to live at peace with all those in this world. We don't mean em any grief. We don't mean to cause anyone problems. I'm not a troublemaker are you? Why be that way? We simply don't have time for that.
God, You will keep the person in perfect peace whose primary focus is firmly fixed on Your Word!
Aren't there too many surfers on this planet, Kurt? Naww, look around closely. Do you see em gettin' hurt on a reef, or eaten by a finned creature, or run over by a local's board (nobody's even catching a local's fly away on their backside). I hope that doesn't happen today. Aww, sweet togetherness! : )
I'm indeed enjoying peace with it all. It's a lovely day. A LOVELY DAAAY!
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Jesus said, "I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep." John 10:9-11
"And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:7
I obviously don't live for surfing like I used to during the first half of the '70s in Dana Point California (though I still enjoy it when I get the chance) but Q: Will there be waves during the millennium?
What about with the new earth after the end of the thousand-year reign of Christ on Earth after His second coming here. Nope, but maybe there'll be some waves in rivers or surf parks? If these parks can be in built now why can't they be made then? Our brains will definitely be far better in our new resurrected bodies.
This sounds crazy but we believers won't even need a physical brain to think in heaven before we have our resurrected bodies, before we're in the millennial Kingdom on Earth.
Pre-rapture people in heaven are thinking well. "I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld. And they cried out in a loud voice, How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?' Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed." Revelation 6:9-11
Facts are our friends -- there'll be no more sea on the new earth. Will there be waves anywhere?
Eternity will be so different and far better. There'll definitely be only One marriage in heaven, and that's between Christ and His beloved Church (I mean real Christians).
And during the millennium there'll be great JOY for us in relationship with God, even fine wine and meats says Isaiah. That's hard for me to imagine.
"In Jerusalem, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
will spread a wonderful feast
for all the people of the world.
It will be a delicious banquet
with clear, well-aged wine and choice meat.
There he will remove the cloud of gloom,
the shadow of death that hangs over the earth.
He will swallow up death forever!
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away all tears.
He will remove forever all insults and mockery
against his land and people.
The Lord has spoken!
In that day the people will proclaim,
“This is our God!
We trusted in him, and he saved us!
This is the Lord, in whom we trusted.
Let us rejoice.." Isaiah 25:6-9 nlt
"And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined." nkjv21
This certainly doesn't mean it'll be some lame alcoholic type of wine with drunkenness involved like we often see at weddings today. Nope cuz the fermentation process is all about "dying" and that's going to be past, along with all sin. That's history during the millennium period.
Kurt, tell me more about how it'll end up here in this world. Okay, glad you asked.
There's a time to surrender and let go. We all have our beloved goals. Ever seen some depressed adult who keeps clinging to their past and won't let go? It's indeed good to empathize and pray for em. I say (and not cavalierly) if your dear toy-sailboat sinks on a pond, believer (I mean tips all the way over from that wind and is gone to the bottom) please don't hyperfocus on the ripples, or fret and tribulate long, or stay there forever), just be like the child who joyfully trots over the top of that grassy hill for home sayin' the wind is just perfect! What a great day to fly a kite!
Won't there be a creepy one-world religion in this world? Yes, for a time.. and a creepy anti-Christ with his one-world order as well? Yes.
In spite of it all, you and I can surely enjoy life, and the beauty of His creation, and God's presence too.. His care, His nurturing, His kind nature.. and this earthly-nature here (I mean without worshiping it as some like to do aka Idolatry).
When the world system is against believers, like it really is. We can still take a firm stand for Christ as His truth according to the Bible. And daily we each can grow up spiritually to maturity in God's living Word. It's a relationship thing, not a dead religion thang -- never forget that.
I say: When life shuts a door you're opening,.. open it again cuz it's a door and that's how doors work, Sport. No need to force everything like some try to do. And it's also never bad to remain willing for some hatch to up open from Him.
Come now as you are. Turn.. to Christ. Now is good -- don't put it off another day. You'll be lovingly accepted.
Ask, and God will freely forgive you. Then go tell your friends and family about the Lord and His gospel message.
"But as it is written: 'Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.'" 1 Corinthians 2:9 kj21
Is it wrong to enjoy sports? Nope, some stiff, religious, verklempt folk might say that, but we all still need all kinds of good exercise to be healthy.
