Is God WHO He Says He Is?

ABSOLUTELY!!!

I see proof everyday!!!

http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ya12I036lg

The Power of Contentment

Have you ever considered the power of contentment in your life? Also, have you noticed the lack of power in your life when you are not content? Contentment affects us more than we even notice. Please be aware of that fact! When I lack contentment, everything around me is influenced in a negative way. Nothing looks good or promising! I become down hearted and pessimistic! However, when we decide to be content every thing looks different!

God has truly worked in my life in recent days in the area of contentment. It is amazing to see things is fresh new ways. The exact same things that I was looking at, but now with a different attitude. My goal in life is to be all that God wants me to be! That means I have to approach life with a attitude of contentment. I have to be happy in the moment...in the now!! I do not need to have self pity in what I think should or should not happen! I need to accept what God has placed in any and all areas of my life:

...family

...ministry

...church

...community

...health

...friendships

...struggles

...worries

...finances

...concerns

...etc

It is so liberating to be content with what God provides and offers, rather than being in bondage to the things that I am personally discontent with! Contentment produces joy. The joy that only a Holy God can give. Lord, help my heart's focus to always be you!

"But godliness with contentment is great gain."

1 Timothy 6:6

"I am not saying this because I am in need,

for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances."
Phil. 4:11

Are You Really Hungry??

Jesus calls us to live a life of righteousness!!

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled."

(Matthew 5:6)

"For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:20)

Hunger and thirst are bodily cravings that must be satisfied if physical life is to be sustained. However, this is also true spiritually speaking!! Do you hunger, thirst and crave God? Is there a deep inner craving and longing to please God within you? This is not a one-time action, but a continual habit of life.

"My food, said Jesus, is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work."

(John 4:34)

So...are you really hungry???