Centuries have rolled by, and still the world longs for and looks for the peace
the angels sang about on that first Christmas morning...
"Where is His peace?" you ask.
I'll tell you where it is.
It abides in the hearts of all who have trusted His grace.
-Billy Graham
Have a peaceful and joyful Christmas!
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“Hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls.”
-Hebrews 6:19, NLT
God knows what you are going through right now; and He is ready to meet you there where you.
God is our H O P E .
Hope that does not disappoint.
“HOPE” in the Bible is a confident and positive expectation of good.
And you can expect that good in your life, because
GOD loves you very much and wants to meet your needs right there where you are right now.
Keep on hoping, knowing that this hope will not disappoint because it is anchored to the Lord’s love.
-Joseph Prince
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The hymn “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus,” was written originally by Charles Wesley.
But this time the timeless words of Wesley are combined with the singing talent of Meredith Andrews which makes the song for one of the year’s best new Christian Christmas songs. Enjoy the song!
Come, thou long expected Jesus
Born to set thy people free
From our fears and sins release us
Let us find our rest in thee
Israel's strength and consolation
Hope of all the earth thou art
Dear desire of every nation
Joy of every longing heart
Joy of every heart
[Verse 2]
Born thy people to deliver
Born a child and yet a King
Born to reign in us forever
Now thy gracious kingdom bring
By thine own eternal spirit
Rule in all our hearts alone
By thine all sufficient merit
Raise us to thy glorious throne
[Bridge]
You draw the hearts of shepherds
You draw the hearts of kings
Even as a baby, You were changing everything
You called me to Your Kingdom
Before Your lips could speak
And even as a baby, You were reaching out for me
And now we are awaiting
The day of Your return
When every eye will see You
As heaven comes to earth
Until the sky is opened
Until the trumpet sounds
The bride is getting ready
The church is singing out
[Outro]
Come, thou long expected Jesus
Born to set thy people free
From our fears and sins release us
Let us find our rest in thee
Come, thou long expected King
Have a blessed week!
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Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love?
I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love.
-Romans 8:35, 38
"As long as you refuse to let anything separate
you from God's love, you will have the victory."
-Joyce Meyer
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"Hope Is Here" is a beautiful Christmas Single from Church of Christ the King Brighton, (UK) to celebrate Emmanuel Is Coming!
I really like this song! You can listen to it by clicking here!
HOPE IS HERE//
Maker of it all
Less than two feet tall
Creator of all things
Made Himself nothing for all
Stars formed at His voice
Now too young for toys
King of the heavens
Fully dependant baby boy
I have a hope as He opens His little lungs
God Himself is here
Making a way where before there was none
Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Hail the Holy One!
Humbled and helpless all for us
Hope is here
Let us adore Him
For this is our God
Hail the newborn Son!
Born for salvation on a cross
Hope is here
Let us adore Him
For this is our God
Veiled and once unseen
God is now revealed
Growing and reading
Learning obedience for us
Walking out His love
Even to a cross
Piercing the darkness
Winning the life that we lost2
Fallen creation has found it’s redemption
In Christ the newborn King
Angels rejoice at the birth of our hope!
Emmanuel, Emmanuel
Emmanuel, Emmanuel
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released December 8, 2017
Written by: Jotham & Charlotte Oakley, Simon & Anna Brading
Recorded at: Luna Studios
Produced by: Jack Wintermeyer
Engineered by: Luke Fellingham
Drums & Percussion: Lewis Morgan
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God's word is food for our souls!
Memorize it. Confess it.
Let the words of the Bible enter into your mind and descend into your heart...
And let God's word transform your whole being!
Have a blessed day!
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With God everything is possible! -Matthew 19:26
Have a blessed week!
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"The LORD your God goes with you;
he will never leave you nor forsake you."
-Deuteronomy 31:6
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A beautiful Christmas song "Messiah" by Francesca Battistelli.
"Messiah"
Long awaited precious promise
Son of God and son of man
Heaven's glory in a manger
Has come to us in Bethlehem
Messiah
Messiah
Baby born to save us all
Messiah
Messiah
On our knees we fall
All we longed for, all we needed
Shining in this child's eyes
Hope forever, death defeated
Because of this one holy night
Messiah
Messiah
Baby born to save us all
Messiah
Messiah
On our knees we fall
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
Christ the Lord
Long awaited precious promise
Coming back again
Messiah
Messiah
Baby born to save us all
Messiah
Messiah
On our knees we fall
On our knees we fall
-Francesca Battistelli
God's word is food for our souls!
Memorize it. Confess it.
Let the words of the Bible enter into your mind and descend into your heart...
And let God's word transform your whole being!
Have a blessed day!
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"Somewhere In Your Silent Night" is from Casting Crowns's new album - "It's Finally Christmas".
The message of this song is beautiful:
..."He knows your hurt
He knows your name
And you're the very reason that He came...
Love will find you..."
"Somewhere In Your Silent Night"
All is calm and all is bright
Everywhere but in your heart tonight
They're singing carols of joy and peace
But you feel too far gone and too far out of reach
Somewhere in your silent night
Heaven hears the song your broken heart has cried
Hope is here, just lift your head
For love has come to find you
Somewhere in your silent night
From heaven's height to manger low
There is no distance the Prince of Peace won't go
From manger low to Calvary's hill
When your pain runs deep
His love runs deeper still
He has always loved you, child
And He always will
Somewhere in your silent night
Heaven hears the song your broken heart has cried
Hope is here, just lift your head
For love has come to find you
Somewhere in your silent night
Lift your head
Lift your heart
Emmanuel will meet you where you are
He knows your hurt
He knows your name
And you're the very reason that He came
Somewhere in your silent night
Heaven hears the song your broken heart has cried
Hope is here, just lift your head
For love has come to find you
Somewhere in your silent night
Love will find you
Love will find you
Love will find you
-Casting Crowns
This quote is famous from A.A.Milne's Winnie the Pooh book -
but it's a great reminder today for you and for me!
Especially if we remember who we are in Christ and that it's HE who gives us strength every day!
He gives strength to those who are tired and more power to those who are weak.
-Isaiah 40:29
Have a blessed week!
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Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.
-James 4:8
Advent begins today:
it is an opportunity for us to remember the moment
God came down in the person of his Son to reveal himself...
It prepares us for the Christmas...
Take time time to reflect this season the gift of Immanuel,
“God with us.” Draw close to God and He will draw close to you!
Have a blessed Advent season! ♥
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"Call to Me, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know."
-Jeremiah 33:2
"For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,
and to him who
knocks it will be opened."
-Matthew 7:8
Keep your eyes on God, and thank Him for the victory!
-James 1:12
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"I'm fully known and loved by You You won't let go no matter what I do..."
Lovely lyrics and lovely song!
Known
[Verse 1] It's so unusual it's frightening You see right through the mess inside me And you call me out to pull me in You tell me I can start again And I don't need to keep on hiding
[Chorus] I'm fully known and loved by You You won't let go no matter what I do And it's not one or the other It's hard truth and ridiculous grace To be known fully known and loved by You I'm fully known and loved by You
[Verse 2] It's so like You to keep pursuing It's so like me to go astray But You guard my heart with Your truth A kind of love that's bullet proof And I surrender to Your kindness
[Chorus] I'm fully known and loved by You You won't let go no matter what I do And it's not one or the other It's hard truth and ridiculous grace To be known fully known and loved by You I'm fully known and loved by You
-Tauren Wells
With God's help we will do mighty things!
-Psalm 60:12
Have a blessed week!
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Did you know that scientific research reveals that being consistently grateful can have a positive effect on your health? Or did you know that practicing gratitude causes real changes in your brain that enhance brain function and make you feel better?
The Bible says in Ephesians 5:20:
“Give thanks for everything to God
the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
A grateful heart sees each day as a gift!
If gratitude is an antidote for anxiety…
and giving thanks is a real cure for stress —
why relegate thanksgiving to a holiday when
giving thanks can revolutionize our whole lives?
-Ann Voskamp
Your attitude really matters:
"The grateful heart is like a magnet sweeping over the day, collecting reasons for gratitude."
-Max Lucado
So let's be thankful -not only today on Thanksgiving day, but every day!
God bless you!
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I love how the Message translation says it:
Enter with the password: "thank you".
In the other words :
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
-Psalm 100:4 NIV
This is really a good reminder for us; to remember the right passwords which is simply THANK YOU...because praise precedes the victory.
So THANK HIM. WORSHIP HIM.NOW...AND ALL DAY LONG!
THANK GOD
FOR ALL HE HAS DONE, FOR ALL HE IS DOING NOW AND FOR ALL HE WILL DO!
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"Truly
I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into
the sea,' and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they
say will happen, it will be done for them."
-Mark 11:23
Don't talk about your mountain; talk to it!
Don't tell the world how big your problems are; tell them how big your God is!
Have a blessed week!
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Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever. -Psalm 136:26 ♥
...for your Father knows exactly what you need
even before you ask him!
-Matthew 6:8
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We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast.
-Hebrews 6:19
GOD LOVES YOU!
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"Then I get lost in Your eyes and find then clarity to life!"
In Your Eyes
Skylines and crowded streets
Calling my attention
The limelight and empty dreams
Grieving my affections
But there is a perfect Voice
Waiting above the noise
Jesus my only choice
When all the lights are screaming
Then I
I get lost in Your eyes
And find the clarity to life
The world when all the colors rage
But I'm not gonna look away, no
I get lost in Your eyes
I've read all the glossy guides
To living in contentment
I've heard all the pretty lies
And all of them are vacant
But You are a love unique
My heart, my identity
Jesus you're all I need
And see the rest is nothing
Then I
I get lost in Your eyes
And find the clarity to life
The world when all the colors rage
But I'm not gonna look away, no
I get lost in Your eyes
Then I
I get lost in Your eyes
And find the clarity to life
The world when all the colors rage
But I'm not gonna look away, no
I get lost in Your eyes
-Hillsong Young & Free
My friends, be glad, even if you have a lot of trouble.
-James 1:2
God's word is food for our souls!
Memorize it. Confess it.
Let the words of the Bible enter into your mind and descend into your heart...
And let God's word transform your whole being!
Have a blessed day!
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Have a blessed week!
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"So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries.
Today's trouble is enough for today."
-Matthew 6:34
Have a blessed day!
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”So Will I“ is written
by Hillsong United, but this time the song is performed by GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter and producer Tori Kelly as she recorded the song for the YouVersion along an exclusive 4-day YouVersion Bible Plan called “A Heart of Worship.”
VERSE 1
God of creation
There at the start
Before the beginning of time
With no point of reference
You spoke to the dark
And fleshed out the wonder of light
CHORUS 1
And as You speak
A hundred billion galaxies are born
In the vapour of Your breath the planets form
If the stars were made to worship so will I
I can see Your heart in everything You’ve made
Every burning star
A signal fire of grace
If creation sings Your praises so will I
VERSE 2
God of Your promise
You don’t speak in vain
No syllable empty or void
For once You have spoken
All nature and science
Follow the sound of Your voice
CHORUS 2
And as You speak
A hundred billion creatures catch Your breath
Evolving in pursuit of what You said
If it all reveals Your nature so will I
I can see Your heart in everything You say
Every painted sky
A canvas of Your grace
If creation still obeys You so will I
BRIDGE
If the stars were made to worship so will I
If the mountains bow in reverence so will I
If the oceans roar Your greatness so will I
For if everything exists to lift You high so will I
If the wind goes where You send it so will I
If the rocks cry out in silence so will I
If the sum of all our praises still falls shy
Then we’ll sing again a hundred billion times
VERSE 3
God of salvation
You chased down my heart
Through all of my failure and pride
On a hill You created
The light of the world
Abandoned in darkness to die
CHORUS 3
And as You speak
A hundred billion failures disappear
Where You lost Your life so I could find it here
If You left the grave behind You so will I
I can see Your heart in everything You’ve done
Every part designed in a work of art called love
If You gladly chose surrender so will I
I can see Your heart
Eight billion different ways
Every precious one
A child You died to save
If You gave Your life to love them so will I
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Like You would again a hundred billion times
But what measure could amount to Your desire
You’re the One who never leaves the one behind
Whoever does not love does not know God,
because God is love.
-1 John 4:8
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God's word is food for our souls!
Memorize it. Confess it.
Let the words of the Bible enter into your mind and descend into your heart...
And let God's word transform your whole being!
Have a blessed day!
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Have a blessed week!
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We are healed because of his wounds.
-Isaiah 53:5
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Are we enough?
"The reason is that as long as we believe we're not enough, we also believe we have to make up for it. So instead of running to Jesus, we flee to self-improvement, trying harder, exhausting ourselves. But there is a better way. Receiving. Letting God fill up our "not enough" with his infinite love, grace, and strength until we're overflowing."
-Holly Gerth
So remember : YOU ARE ENOUGH AND YOU HAVE ALL YOU NEED IN JESUS CHRIST!
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Beautiful song of God's love for us:
"Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God..."
RECKLESS LOVE
[Verse 1]
Before I spoke a word
You were singing over me
You have been so, so
Good to me
Before I took a breath
You breathed Your life in me
You have been so, so
Kind to me
[Chorus]
Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God
Oh, it chases me down, fights 'til I'm found, leaves the nighty-nine
I couldn't earn it
I don't deserve it
Still You give yourself away
Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God
[Verse 2]
When I was your foe, still Your love fought for me
You have been so, so
Good to me
When I felt no worth
You paid it all for me
You have been so, so
Kind to me
[Chorus]
Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God
Oh, it chases me down, fights 'til I'm found, leaves the ninety-nine
I couldn't earn it
I don't deserve it
Still You give yourself away
Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God
[Bridge]
There's no shadow You won't light up
Mountain You won't climb up
Coming after me
There's no wall You won't kick down
No lie You won't tear down
Coming after me
[Chorus]
Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God
Oh, it chases me down, fights 'til I'm found, leaves the ninety-nine
I couldn't earn it
I don't deserve it
Still You give yourself away
Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God
"God will bless you, if you don't give up when your faith is being tested.
He will reward you with a glorious life, just he rewards everyone who loves him."
-James 1:12 CEVU06
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Have a blessed week!
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In everything you do, put God first,
and he will direct you and crown your efforts with success.
-Proverbs 3:6
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...and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the holy ones what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
- Ephesians 3:17-19
YOU ARE LOVED!
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God's word is food for our souls!
Memorize it. Confess it.
Let the words of the Bible enter into your mind and descend into your heart...
Hi! It's so amazing how much better life becomes by speaking&receiving positive, encouraging words. Words are powerful-they can create or destroy. "Life and death are in the power of our tongue" (Proverbs 18:21). This blog is all about encouraging words, because speaking God's promises bring blessings to your life. So take a moment with life-giving words and be encouraged!
