EXPRESS YOUR LOVE AND THANKSGIVING TO THE LORD

As my little daughter is growing she loves to do what others do. Usually I take her to a ground nearby my house where young people play football. Once she saw that she imitate the way they move their feet to hit the ball and she tries that with the ball she has in our home. So in the recent past, daily I took her to the same ground and she used to run here and there and play with her ball in the ground itself. 

Yesterday I returned back late from my work and she didn’t expect me to take her out. But then I just wanted to take her to the ground because I felt she will be happy if she plays there for some time. So I took her to the ground and she was busy playing with the ball. 

All in a sudden as she was running behind the ball she stopped and asked me to come near to her. As I went near to her she gave me a kiss which touched my heart. Then she went on to play. At the same moment, Holy Spirit asked me a question. He asked, “Have you ever done this to your Heavenly Father?”

My one and half year old daughter kissed me because she loved me for what I did to make her happy. She did it with love and as a part of conveying her thanks to me. If she would have thought that it was my duty to do these things to her, she might have never kissed me. 

When Holy Spirit asked me that question, my answer was no. Many a times God has done so many miraculous and wonderful things in my life. He did that to make me happy and live in peace. But for certain things I thanked Him and for other things I had never expressed my love or thanks to Him. I had received His blessings and then I moved on without expressing anything to Him. 

Even in our lives we do the same. We fail to express our love and thanks to our Heavenly Father. We think it’s His duty to bless us and hear our prayers. Holy Spirit wants us to understand that it was not like that. God had sent His only son not because it’s His duty to save the world. He had sent His only son because He loved us so much. Even today God is pouring out His blessings upon us through His grace because He loves us so much.

Have we ever expressed our love that we have upon Him to Him? Do we remember what God has done for us and do we thank Him for that or we move on as if nothing special has happened?

Jacob was a young man who fled in fear of his life from his brother Esau. As he ran, God appeared to him in a dream and gave His promise. He was happy about it and so made a vow and he moved on. Years passed. God protected him and blessed him abundantly. When he returned back to the same place in which God appeared to Him, Bible says in Genesis 35:7, “And he built an altar there and called the place El Bethel, because there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.”

Biblical scholars say that he returned back to that same place nearly after 30 years. But yet he obeyed God’s word, built an altar there, fulfilled His vow and honoured God. 

My dear young friend, God might have blessed you when you were in a desperate situation. You might have made a vow but yet you had forgotten everything as you are carried away by the blessings you received. Today God wants you to express your love and thanksgiving to Him. Fulfil your vow and surely God will bless you much more. 

Love God with all your heart. Show your love that you have upon God by obeying Him in all things. You will be blessed and today God promises that your generation will also be blessed.

CHRISTIAN BEST ONE LINERS - 22 (QUOTES BY REV. BILLY GRAHAM)

“It is the Holy Spirit's job to convict, God's job to judge and my job to love.”

“Suppose you could gain everything in the whole world, and lost your soul. Was it worth it?”

“If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.”

“Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.”

“Sin is the second most powerful force in the universe, for it sent Jesus to the cross. Only one force is greater—the love of God.”

“Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.”

“When we come to the end of ourselves, we come to the beginning of God."

“The moment we take our last breath on earth, we take our first in heaven.”

“Heaven is real and hell is real, and eternity is but a breath away.”

“Salvation is an act of God. It is initiated by God, wrought by God, and sustained by God.”

“Heaven doesn’t make this life less important; it makes it more important.”

“The moment we take our last breath on earth, we take our first in heaven.”

YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN BY GOD

“...you will not be forgotten by Me.” – Isaiah 44:21

Recently my eldest brother eight year old son got severe stomach pain and when we took him to doctor they diagnosed that he was suffering from Acute Appendicitis. They advised us to go for immediate surgery. Within overnight surgery was fixed and it was done. 

After few hours he was all alone in the post operative ward and the doctors had kept him there for 24 hours for observation. When I saw him lying in the bed all alone in that room as we were not allowed to enter, lot of questions came into my mind. 

This was the first time in our family that someone who is very young has undergone the surgery. As I was thinking day before yesterday about all the problems that were going on, only one promise crossed my mind immediately. It is written in Isaiah 44:21, “...You will not be forgotten by Me.”

There were times when we go through tough situations several questions come in our mind. When we could not find answers to all those questions our faith gets shaken. Great sorrow fills our heart and we could not move on. 

Sarah was barren and she was very old but God had never forgotten her. He blessed her with Isaac. 

Once, Elijah ran for his life. He prayed to God that he might die rather than live. But God had never forgotten him. He gave him the courage to move on.

Today you might feel like it’s better to die. You are broken and you are losing the desire to live. You don’t understand the reason for everything that was happening in your life. 

My dear young friend, do not get discouraged. God has a purpose in your life. You are not forgotten by God. He remembers you and He will bless you. He will calm the storm that troubles you. You will be safe in God’s hands. 

I understood that God has a purpose in the life of my eldest brother’s son. And to fulfil that purpose in his life God is taking him through certain path. I knew for sure God has not forgotten him. Because of His grace alone he came out of the surgery in a good health and he could able to bear the pain in this very young age. 

God has not forgotten you and He will never forget you. Your loved ones might forget you but God will never forget you. He will not forsake you. Just hold on. Jesus Christ will make everything beautiful in His time and you will be filled with His blessings and peace.

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