What’s on my mind? Well I just got home from my house church group ten minutes ago (Wednesday) where we talked about the theme “Honestly & talk truth” from a book we read.
How honest shall we be with friends and family? Well it depends on the situation. Do we need to learn this as we grow (from beinga child to becomeanadult) ? Yes we do! We need to learn when and what and how we say things. How honest are you to your nearest? This was questions we talked about. And in my house church we are five women with all different home situations, some have teenagers at home, someone are the only parent, I don’t have kids or a hubby. Yet we were thinking a lot a like. Maybe because we have lived and learn life.
I always look forward those meetings with my house church, right now in life, maybe a bit extra cause I have been able to go to any service so far in 2024 because of back issues. But the house church has always been more important for me since I recieved Jesus into my life as an adult.
And I like the challenge that I need to read a new chapter for each time we gathering, which mostly is every second week except this time . But it’s not just to read it’s the fact I need to think about what I read and how will it fit into my life? Or my faith. And what can I bring with me where I work? How honest can I be at work? How do I talk to my colleagues and how do I adjust my truth? This is life!
Through sickness we get stronger day by day, that’s how we get out of bed and back to work. (And it can be all kinds of sickness, mine not so big/hard.) With me?!
I have just been home’n sick. It all started as a normal cold with sore throat and fever. But this cold was Covid-19 virus. 😔😔. I got the heavy headache on Friday, the only thing that I normally don’t get with a cold. I tested positive on Saturday the 19th.
Covid-19 rapid test.
So what did I get out of those day’s at home? Well I have been knitting, finished projects and watch to many not good movies.
Knitted a baby blancet to a friend.
February 22nd.
Thought I could go back on Monday but oh no that was the day of setback. Yet Wednesday I and today I have. 😊😊.
I am on my way back 😊.
Yesterday I went through five day’s in my bible for a year, the five day’s I didn’t have energy to anything less go between the bed and the couch.
I also started, no that’s not the right word. I picked up to listen to the pod with Evelation Church and pastor Steven Furtick. Both towards and back from work. Variation is something I need in life. Instead of any of the other non Christian pods.
It doesn’t matter what I do. Variation is needed. One of those variations can help me get stronger in my faith or in a hobby or spending time with friends, new or old. I do know, that with Him I get stronger each day in life with or without sickness.
In today’s devtional Lord, give me successtoday. The text is about when the Lord talks about success not in the way of popularity as many today think is the same thing.
No, in the old testament, it talks about success as something good. And the word success occurs at least five times in the old testament. Every time as something positive.
Success is a blessing from the Lord.
Psalm 8, verses 1-9; Praise God for the success of his creation. In our galaxy there are probably over a hundred-billion stars like our sun. Our galaxy is one of a hundred-billion galaxies. When we consider the vastness of the universe it is easy to feel small and insignificant. “Davis starts and ends this psalm by worshipping God for the success of his creation. As he stares into the night sky, David says, I look up at your marco-skies, dark and enormous, your handmade sky-jewellary. Moon and stars mounted in their setting. Then I look at my micro-self and wonder, Why do you bother with us? Why take a second look our way? David marvels at the fact that a human begins are the pinnacle of God’s creation – a masterpiece – made in his image. …”
Reading and listen to this text, gave me a deeper knowledge of those words. I started to listen to this devotional on my way out of my house on Saturday January 15th, but I didn’t end it. I got distracted but started it again today, Sunday 16th. And While I listen on the audio on my phone (cellphone) I am reading/following through the text on my laptop and can reflect. What does it say? What is the point on the text?
Jesus redefines success. If you want to know what true success looks like, study the model of Jesus – his vision, life and teaching. It is the kind of success that is not universally recognised as such.
In the word and action Jesus ushered in the kingdom of God, bringing the reality of God’s rule and presence into the lives of those around him. – this is what Jesus-style-success looks like.
*To achieve Jesus-stule success you, like the twelve disciples, need to model your life on Jesus and share his vision. 1, The need is urgent.2, The motive is love. 3, The trigger is prayer. 4, The potential is vast. Pray for success in guidance. Abraham’s servant wasn’t embarrassed to pray for success. No, He prayed a prayer that we can all emulate; ‘ Give me success today.’ *
We shouldn’t be embarrassed to pray for success in our lifes! If, as we can read in the old testamnet, God has given us success. We should ask for it. Success is a blessing from God. Why should we then be embarrassed? We should not think like the World thinks about the word but Thank God for what he ment it to be!
You know, I’ve learned so far those few (15) day listening to the script that if I don’t implement the Word into my life as I should I feel some kind of emptiness, but not like a hole no more like I have been missing out of something really good for a long time. It has occurred to me that I can do a lot of things and feel happiness. And I know “I’ve sholud have read the Bible as my Christian intake of food” but haven’t until this year… And now I start to see what friends has been trying to tell me. I know I know, “you want to say I told you so” and that is okay. At least I understand! I wont feel the presence from the Lord in the same way if I don’t read or listen to the script. I have got an eye-opener for this 🙂 . It took maybe a bit longer time then needed, but hey! I got it.
Maybe I needed this time in my life to understand God’s way and part in my life as an Christian. I don’t know. But here I am and I understand things 🙂 . And for me this bible app and blog kind of goes hand-in-hand. It might be an other part of how Jesus wants me to share my struggles as a Christian some day’s, to share with others that are struggling as Christians how to get through a day, a week a mounth or ever a year. I would be surprised if I am the only one that have those struggles in my life! The Lord has been challenge me with this blog for the last 4-5 years. And I believe this is an other part of sharing my life, struggles, happiness with you all. His way of using me the way He gave me the gift of writing. ❤
…or He just wants to use me showing you that everyone has there own time to figure stuff out. ^^haha^^. Anyway. Here I am sharing my thoughts with you about a text I never read before or got inputs I never heard before. It’s like all the preaching I have heard isn’t even close to this. And I am happy I did listen even to this devonational!
I do hope you got something out of both my thougts and from the text in the devotional. ❤
mia-simone. svenberg 