Words of Encouragement –Faithfulness

Lamentations 3:23-24

23 Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day. 24 I say to myself, "The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!" (NLT)

Because of God’s great faithfulness and mercy God has given us an inheritance in Christ Jesus. Therefore we are to hope daily in Him. God is faithful and the good work He has begun in you He will complete it and that is a guarantee. We then can begin each day fresh with the Lord Jesus to accomplish His will by the guiding of the Holy Spirit. Begin each day in the Word of God so that you will know Him more and more of what He has planned for you. Start each day in praise to the one that is faithful.

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Words of Encouragement –Faithfulness

John 1:16-17

16 We have all benefited from the rich blessings he brought to us — one gracious blessing after another. 17 For the law was given through Moses; God's unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ. (NLT)

God has continually blessed each one of us greatly. Even the breath that we breathe and life itself is God’s blessing. When we trust Jesus God fills us with His unfailing love and faithfulness. Unfailing love, better known as unconditional love, this love is the kind of love we are to love our spouse with and we are to love everyone else with too. Loving as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us. Faithfulness, God was faithful in His plan to bring a savior to the world to redeem it from sin and He followed through with His word. We too are to follow God in faithfulness. We are to be faithful to God and His Word, we are to be faithful to our spouses and we are to be faithful to our brothers and sisters in Christ. Remember that you are richly blessed in Christ Jesus.

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Words of Encouragement –Faithfulness

Psalm 40:10-11

10 I have not kept this good news hidden in my heart; I have talked about your faithfulness and saving power. I have told everyone in the great assembly of your unfailing love and faithfulness.

11 LORD, don't hold back your tender mercies from me. My only hope is in your unfailing love and faithfulness. (NLT)

Do you hold in your heart God’s love, faithfulness and saving power or do you share God’s love, faithfulness and saving power with others?

It is God’s will for each one of us to share His love, His faithfulness and His saving power with others. Others should see that you are different from the rest of the world. Jesus attracted people because He was different. He did not conform to this world but He spoke differently, He taught differently and He loved differently. The world could not understand Jesus because they are unwilling to confront their true condition before Him. God chose us to continue the sharing of the message of the gospel. Some will believe and some will not and some will believe later. It is our responsibility to share the message. As God has been faithful to you, you be faithful to Him for our hope is in His unfailing love and faithfulness.

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Psalm 25:6-10

6 Remember, O LORD, your unfailing love and compassion, which you have shown from long ages past.

7 Forgive the rebellious sins of my youth; look instead through the eyes of your unfailing love, for you are merciful, O LORD.

8 The LORD is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray.

9 He leads the humble in what is right, teaching them his way.

10 The LORD leads with unfailing love and faithfulness all those who keep his covenant and obey his decrees. (NLT)

The LORD leads (not us). The LORD is compassionate, forgiving, merciful and faithful. How does He lead? He leads with unfailing love and faithfulness. He does what is good for us and He shows the right path for us to follow. How do we know we are on the right path? We know when we are committed to seeking Him and keeping His commandments. If we humble ourselves before Him He will lead us in what is right and teach us His way. If we want God’s best in our lives we must humble ourselves, deny ourselves and pick up our cross and follow Jesus. He who began a good work in you is faithful to complete that work in you. He is Faithful.

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Words of Encouragement –Goodness

2 Peter 1:3-4

3 As we know Jesus better, his divine power gives us everything we need for living a godly life. He has called us to receive his own glory and goodness! 4 And by that same mighty power, he has given us all of his rich and wonderful promises. He has promised that you will escape the decadence all around you caused by evil desires and that you will share in his divine nature. (NLT)

As we take each step closer to Jesus and knowing Him better He reveals to us more of what He has given us. Jesus has given us everything we need for living a godly life. It is already within us and He has called us to receive riches, wonderful promises, glory and goodness from Him. Now we are to walk toward Him, to get closer to Him and to let Him reveal more of Himself to us. The answer to all of our problems, hurts and habits is Jesus. Jesus is the answer. Go to Jesus.

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Words of Encouragement –Goodness

 

James 3:17-18

17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no partiality and is always sincere. 18 And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of goodness. (NLT)

True wisdom comes from God. True wisdom does not come with arrogance, pride or self- righteousness. But true wisdom is first pure then peace loving, gentle, merciful with good deeds. It shows no partiality, is always sincere and does come from a college education. Wisdom comes from a close walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. The world believes that by a higher education comes true knowledge and wisdom. This is a lie. Education does help you learn skills but real wisdom comes from God. By walking with God each and every day you will reap a harvest of goodness. Goodness is an outworking in your life of the Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit changing you as you draw nearer to them.

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Words of Encouragement –Goodness

1 Peter 2:9

9 But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are a kingdom of priests, God's holy nation, his very own possession. This is so you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. (NLT)

We who have received Jesus as our savior are part of a kingdom of priests. Yes, we are all ministers, we have all been called to preach the Good News of Jesus Christ and we are called to show others the goodness of God. For we have been called out of the darkness into His wonderful light to shine brightly in this dark world. We are God’s holy nation, we are His very own possession and we are called to speak the life changing words of Jesus. Only He can change a life and it is through us and our devotion to Him that it will be accomplished. Jesus chose us to open our mouths and to speak His words of His death, burial and resurrection. Humble yourself before the mighty hand of God and do that which He has called you to do. Give Him all the praise and glory.

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