Do not lose your temper it only leads to harm. Psalm 37:8 The Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
The next time someone does or says something that I do not like I instantly stop! Then take a deep breath and pray to the Holy Spirit for wisdom, strength and grace on the proper manner in which to reply ( even if that means keeping my mouth shut ).
This will avoid a lot of hurt and regret by making the right choices at this point. This is the prayer that will be said:
Please Jesus, help me to look beyond what people say and see their heart.
Please forgive me for the times I have responded too quickly and foolishly in anger.
Please teach me to emulate You and be quick to listen, slow to speak and even slower to get angry.
It is in Your wise strong name I humbly, meekly ask this important request. Amen
May you be blessed with the gift of love, the gift of peace, the gift of joy. May you be blessed with numerous opportunities to share these gifts with others today. Joseph a son of Jehovah
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The Lord is my strength and song. He is the One Who saves me. He is my God and I will praise Him. He is my father’s God and I will honor Him. Exodus 15:2 The Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
My Beloved Father because hard times have come right now and have beaten me down. I have tried all avenues I can think of to no avail so of course I do what should have been done right from the out set I humbly come before You my love with my petition:
Please bless me with wisdom, mine is feeble compared to Your Divine superior wisdom.
Please bless me to send the Holy Spirit to bless me with discernment. He knows best how to teach me so I will understand and blesses me with the strength and fortitude to follow through on His Divine wisdom.
I thank you my Love for blessing me with this circumstance because it teaches me and reinforces in me to always turn to You first, listen obey and trust Your guidance.
Please forgive me for being so arrogant as to foolishly believe this situation can be best resolved by my feeble wisdom and strength. Through this experience my Love it draws us ever closer together which is the best blessing of all.
It is in the best Guidance Councillors name, Jesus Christ. I pray. Amen
May Gods sunshine always bless you with brightening your day with His love, joy and peace. Joseph a son of Jehovah
“Oh, that My people would listen to Me.” Psalm 81:13 The Holy Bible Amplified Version
Do you yap and run?
Most times, I am ashamed to admit, that I do.
You know, where you say your prayers, say:”Thanks for listening Jehovah”, and begin your day or go to sleep.
I have begun to get into the habit of laying quiet for about ten minutes after prayer to see if the Lord has anything to say in reply. Usually He does. He fills me with a sense of peace.
Why not give it a try today and make it a practice every day.
Now it makes one wonder if there is anything more valuable or worthy of your time than just spending time with He whose love reigns supreme in your heart.
“The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says “Amen” and runs away before God has a chance to reply. Listening to God is far more important than giving Him your ideas.” — Frank Laubach
Prayer: Thank you Jehovah Kal El (voice of God) for blessing me with the most delightful conversations even when some of them are difficult to hear I know they are all for my own good because of Your divine love for me. I praise You in the name of He who spoke the choices words of all Jesus Christ. Amen
Wishing you a house full of sunshine, hearts full of cheer and love that grows deeper each day of the year. Welsh blessing
Then Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you [as My representatives].” John 20:21 The Holy Bible Amplified Version
Being a missionary is going Where Christ send you. It may not be to another country, it may be to the next door neighbour. Even though it may seem small and insignificant to you, if it was not important to Jesus, He would not be sending you. You do not need a degree in some seminary, you need a willing heart now. Do not worry about what to say or how, the Holy Spirit will either guide you on what to say or will speak through you.
“But when the Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby) comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of Truth who comes from the Father, He will testify andbear witness about Me. John 15:26 The Holy Bible Amplified Version
An added benefit of this is becoming close to Jehovah as you become His missionary in your everyday life.
“It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can and should develop his spiritual union with God.” — Thomas Merton
If anyone dares to impede you, they had better be aware.
“Behold, I am going to send an Angel before you to keep and guard you on the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. Be on your guard before Him, listen to and obey His voice; do not be rebellious toward Him or provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgression, since My Name (authority) is in Him. But if you will indeed listen to and truly obey His voice and do everything that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. Exodus 23:20-22 The Holy Bible Amplified Version
Prayer: Thank you Jehovah-‘Immeku (The Lord Is With You) for blessing me with Your amazing presence with me throughout the day. May I always be receptive unto Your wisdom and grow ever closer with You every minute of every day. I sincerely ask this in the name of He who I enjoy taking walks with and talking with Jesus Christ. Amen
May Gods sunshine always bless you with brightening your day with His love, joy and peace. Joseph a son of Jehovah
You, God, are my God earnestly I seek you. Psalm 63:1 New International Version
How much do you seek Jehovah every day?
How much do you look for His beauty that exists all around us(if you desire to see His amazing beauty just go sit in nature, relax and look all around you, listen to the sweet songs of the birds, dink in the sweet fragrance of the wildflowers in bloom in the early morning.)?
How much do you praise Him for these loving gifts?
How much do you seek His financial advice (I dare say that we would not be facing financial disaster in our country or in so many folks lives if they did this)?
How obedient are you to His all wise advice?
How much do you consult Him about your lifestyle (how much less disease would we have if we maintained a healthy diet like suggested in the Bible and how much less disease would there be if folks were less sexually promiscuous and more nurturing in loving relationships ?)?
How much enjoyment do you find in being with Him every day (again we would not have so many souls in debt up to their eyeballs if they sought to worship Jehovah as much as they worship things)?
How much time do you spend reading your Bible compared to how much time you spend on the internet?
How much time do you spend listening to Christian music compared to the rubbish they disgustingly call music today?
How much time do you spend talking with Him compared to how much time you waste texting all your good time friends?
How much do you seek His wise advice in your relationships (How much less heartache and divorce would there be if we all did this, how much less trouble we would endure at school and work?) and are obedient unto His advice?
How much do you actively ask Jehovah to reveal Himself to you?
I would rather spend an hour in prayer with my Beloved than a day with the most interesting man or most beautiful woman. Joseph- Anthony: Green
How much do you ask Jehovah to bless you with a more intense loving relationship with Him?
“I believe a very large majority of church-goers are merely unthinking, slumbering worshipers of an unknown God.” Charles H. Spurgeon
Prayer: Please bless me Jehovah Pryyand (God is my friend) to always nurture a loving relationship with You and to always consult You and be obedient unto Your will. I humbly request this in the name of He who always was and is Your most obedient and loving Son Jesus Christ. Amen.
May the sweet sunshine of Jesus’ beautiful love bless you today and every day.
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19 New King James Version
This is not a suggestion or request but a command for our King, Jesus. So how are we to obey His royal command?
One of the best ways to share is networking.
So say there is a site is where we share information with others that will help them save money. That is called networking.
How much do you network about Jesus?
Then He taught them many things by parables, and said to them in His teaching Mark 4:2 New King James Version
Another word for parable is story telling.
The best way to communicate Christ with others is to share stories about Him. Be a story teller.
You can share stories of how He came to you (Jesus knocks at the door of our hearts which means He comes to us first.).
Share with them the experience of when you accepted Him as king. Now if you are a new comer to our Heavenly family your story is just as important as a weathered seasoned servant of Christ.
Another good way to share the experience of Jesus is to use your hobbies and expertise to explain Jesus and your walk with Him to others. So say you like to fly model planes. Why not say that the joy you have in Jesus is like the wings on the plane that lifts you so high.
If your vocation is say an nurse why not give the anomaly of a high fever being a sing of illness in the body with a guilty conscience being the conviction of the Holy Spirit.
Sharing Jesus using your hobbies and vocation with other makes it easier for others to grasp what you are trying to say.
Of course we really do not know the appropriate manner to share Jesus and our walk with Him to others because we do not know how they think.
So how are we going to succeed?
It is always best to go to Jehovah in prayer and request the Holly Spirit to inspire in us the most appropriate manner to share Jesus and our walk with Him with others because only He knows their hearts and minds the best.
Prayer: Please KalEl (voice of God) bless me with wisdom to share stories about what You have done in my life and through my life in a way that those who are ignorant of You will understand Your awesome love, wisdom and provision. May others be blessed through these stories to have a deep desire to have You in their lives and hearts as well. I humbly request this in the name of the greatest story teller of all time Jesus Christ. Amen.
May the sweet sunshine of Jesus’ beautiful love bless you today and every day.
He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Matthew 14:23 New King James Version
Having a conversation means listening as well as speaking.
Instead of being a Whiney Willie and only calling upon Jehovah when you want something from Him, take time every day to just talk with Him.
Begin with thanking Him for all His numerous blessing He has abundantly freely given you.
Then ask if there is anything He wants to say to you. Have your Bible ready
I know many times after asking there is an impulse to open the Bible and boy does He speak to me. Of course there is no sense in Him speaking to you if you refuse to obey what He is instructing you to either do or stop doing is there? And of course there is apologizing for any wrong you have committed. You can be sure that when you sin, it hurts God very deeply.
Prayer is a conversation with Jehovah. Joseph- Anthony: Green
Prayer: Thank you Jehovah Shammah (God amongst us) for the wonderful privilege of always being available to talk with. I deeply love our conversations. I praise you in the name of He who understands my prayers because He has walked amongst us Jesus Christ. Amen.
May the sunshine of Jesus’ sweet love bless you today and every day
They answered and said to him, “You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they cast him out. John 9:34New King James Version
The Pharisees cast the blind man out because he was uneducated and tried to teach them about Jesus.
When I was a tree planter many of the planters were university students. I have never heard such arrogant and stupid logic and reasoning as theirs. And the funny thing is, they all believed they were superior in intelligence to everybody else. Some of the stupidest things I ever heard came out of these brainiacts arrogant mouths.
How many Christians are there that have been Christians for many years and refuse to listen to any new Christians point of view. They have the same superior attitude as the Pharisees.
Do not get that chip on your shoulder because Jesus has a way of knocking it off and humbling you.
Prayer: Please Jehovah Elohim (God our creator) bless me to always be humble and open to listening to anyone else in Your holy family, no matter if they are seasoned veterans or new borns. I sincerely request this in the name of He who always listened to others respectfully Jesus Christ. Amen
May the sunshine of Jesus’ sweet love bless you today and every day