What is Your Calling?

Bible Verses Used:

Isaiah 55:11

Trust in God for He will never leave you nor forsake you, and He promises that His Word will never return to Him void. When God is moving us to a different level, we’re supposed to move on. I know that God is with me 100%. When Jesus speaks to us, He expects us to learn from our mistakes and move on. God doesn’t consult our past when He prepares our future.

Once we’ve given our heart and life to Jesus, there’s so many things we can do in serving Him – we can serve, we can pray and we can share what God is doing in our lives. In our weakness, God can be our strength, but I hear you asking – What can I do? There’s plenty that I can do. If you’ve felt it’s not my calling, get up there anyway. We’re called to serve Him.

Perhaps your calling is to clean the toilets. Whatever you do, do it to the glory of God. When you step out, just say, “Here am I, God – use me.” As situations change in your life, offer to help someone. Perhaps you’ve been asked to read aloud in church, and you’re terrified of being humiliated – just remember that God blesses your efforts. God will give you what you need, and He sees your ♥. When you feel peace in your ♥, go with it.

When you’re in any situation you can call on the name of Jesus, knowing that if He be for me, who can be against me? God is there for me; He will never leave me nor forsake me. Jesus didn’t die on the cross and endure all the pain and suffering so that we could backslide. We need to work together in unity – a strong body!

The Holy Spirit gives us an inner peace if what we are doing is right for us. We need to have faith and trust in God. If you trust the Holy Spirit 100% to guide you, you will find inner peace. Sometimes we need to step out of our comfort zone, for we are answerable to Jesus. There are people who have been Christians all their lives, and yet, they don’t have a personal relationship with the Lord Jeus Christ, nor have they stepped out in faith.

If you want Christian input, you need to approach a good strong Christian, who is rooted and grounded in God’s Word. God is building us strong and firm. If our roots are not strong in the Word of God, we don’t have the Living Water. Pine trees have shallow roots;  they wave in the wind and if they don’t receive water, they die. That’s like us – we need to have our roots grounded deep in God’s Word, so that when the storms of life come, we will be strong, and we also need to receive the Water of Life (Jesus).

We all have pressures from family and friends, but it’s up to us how we deal with those pressures. It’s important what God wants! We are all a part of the same body, and we need to fulfil our part – God will bless you for it. If we are faithful in the small things, God will bless us in the bigger things, too.

There are many areas where God can use you. Don’t wait for ten burning bushes. God can and will use you if only you let Him. Make yourself available. God is calling us to be a Holy people, and He’s opening our Spiritual eyes and our Spiritual ears. God will call the people that He wants to use. There’s no better time to make a commitment to the Lord Jesus.

If you don’t know the Lord, Jesus Christ, I ask you to invite Him into your heart, and pray the following prayer:~

Lord Jesus, I admit that I am a sinner and constantly fall short of your glory. I believe that You are the Son of God, and I give my life over to you and acknowledge you as my Saviour.

Then shout it from the rooftops that you are saved!

Nothing Between

This is a 500 word composition that my 13 year old daughter wrote for her Christian Growth PACE. I think that she has done an excellent job of keeping to the subject, and I am really happy with her essay writing skills.The subject matter, Soul-Winning, is one of extreme importance in the life of a Christian.

Soul–Winning

Soul-winning is very important to the life of a Christian, and it is a climax in the victorious life. It is the matter dearest to the heart of God. We are told that Heaven rejoices at the salvation of one sinner. If you want to do what is right and be occupied with what pleases God most, win souls.

Soul-winning is such a worthy goal that it is one of the things that makes life worth living. A great goal can straighten everything out in a young Christian’s life. It is the greatest thing in the world, and has a reward for millions of years to come. The Bible says, “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise” (Proverbs 11:30). He is wise, not only for this world, but also for the next world to come. The soul-winner has the best opportunity to live a victorious life.

God cares so much for His soul-winners that he places a wall of protection around them. He who does not win souls may be handicapped and give in to temptation. Every branch (Christian) that brings forth fruit is cleansed by the Husbandman (God) so that it can grow more fruit. “Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away, and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit” (John 15:2). How dear to God are his soul-winners who bear the burden of Jesus for dying sinners.

When the Israelites entered Canaan, God told them that they were not to use fruit trees for timber, but they were allowed to use oak trees or trees which did not bear fruit. “Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thous shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued” (Deuteronomy 20:20) God meant this as a lesson to the Israelites. God will protect his fruit trees from the destroyer who is turned against unfruitful Christians.

By not winning souls, a Christian is living in disobedience, and is not occupied with the thing that concerns God the most. He is not obeying the Great Commission, and will doubtless fall into other sins. Soul-winning is a protected highway that is blessed for God’s saints. C. A. Tindley wrote a poem about the Christian life.

Nothing between my soul and the Saviour,

Naught of this world’s delusive dream;

I have renounced all sinful pleasure,

Jesus is mine; let nothing between.

Nothing between like worldly pleasure;

Habits of life though harmless they seem,

Must not my heart from Him ever sever,-

He is my all, let nothing between.

Nothing between, e’en many hard trials,

Though the whole world against me convene;

Watching with prayer and much self-denial,

I’ll triumph at last with nothing between.

Nothing between my soul and the Saviour,

So that his blessed face may be seen;

Nothing preventing the least of His favour,

Keep the way clear! Let nothing between.

C. A. Tindley

Tea Time

I’m having:~

Dilmah Green Tea in an insulated stainless steel cup, which although it is not very pretty, is very practical, especially during school time, as the tea stays warm for a very long time.

My Cup:~

Looking at the photo of my tea cup, I noticed that this tea cup is much more beautiful than I thought it was, as it reflects the beauty of the items around it. Isn’t that what we are like? As Christians – we are called on to reflect the glory of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, but I think that we are I am just like the tea cup. It depends upon the surroundings that we are in, as to how much of God’s glory and beauty is reflected, and yet, God’s glory should be reflected in all and through all.

I’m feeling:~

• very refreshed after a sleep in this morning.
• happy that we have found a church where we feel loved and feel as if we belong.

On my mind :~

• my husband’s knee, which is still very painful.
• our new church building – praying that building will begin soon.
• the new kid yards, so that we can lock the kids away from the nannies. We have some kids that are little escape artists, squeezing through even the tiniest holes and fences.
• swimming – the hot weather is still here with us, and my husband has vacuumed the swimming pool, so we are going for a swim today.

Thank you for stopping in to share Tea Time with me, and to Ruth from Celebrate Friendship for hosting Tea Time each week. May we continue to share the blessings of God through Tea Time each week. If you would like to participate in this meme, feel free to visit Ruth and join in the fun. If you are not a tea drinker, just grab your favourite drink and join in the friendship.

Salvation Bookmark

This afternoon I decided that I would like to give you a special gift, so I created a bookmark just for you. It is up to you whether you keep it or give it away, and it is designed on a bookmark that we received from our “old” church.  Simply right click on the bookmark and save the image, and then print it – it will print without a background, so print it on the prettiest card that you have for durability.  Laminating the bookmark would definitely make it last longer, too. This bookmark was created using Adobe Photoshop CS4 with ♥♥♥.

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13

Glory Cloud

While my husband was “watching” my daughter in the swimming pool, he took these photos while lying on his back on the pool decking, and I was amazed at how tall the trees are surrounding our home, especially the Prunus, and that is going to be pruned very shortly, that is, before it starts dropping all of its leaves into the pool.

God’s Creation never ceases to amaze me, but how often do we really stop to look at it?

These clouds are nothing in comparison with the cloud that covered the tent of the congregation in Exodus 40:34-38. How majestic this shekinah, the glory cloud, would have been – it was so brilliant that they couldn’t even enter the tabernacle, and it had been with them ever since they left Egypt.

This shekinah, the glory cloud, also appeared years later at the dedication of Solomon’s temple. (1 Kings 8:10-11), and will also fill the new Jerusalem, (Revelation 21:10-11, 22-23) on the new earth where God, in Christ, will dwell with His people throughout all eternity.

There will be no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God will lighten it, and the Lamb will be the light thereof.