Grace for the Moment-Max Lucado
Psalm 136:23 He remembered us when we were in trouble. His love continues forever.
God chose to reveal himself through a human body. So, people cam to him. My, how they came to him! They came at night; they touched him as he walked down the street, they followed him around the sea, they invited him into their homes and placed their children at his feet. Why? Because he refused to be a statue in a cathedral or a priest in an eleveated pulpit. He chose instead to be a touchable, approachable, reachable Jesus. -Max Lucado
My personal interpretation- I do not believe in Hell as being an afterlife or a world that the Lord sentences or condemns us to. I believe...If u return to God or He is who you seek even through the pain, the fear, the emptiness, and the lies of any particular sruggle , I do not believe He is going to turn you away(although you may turn away from him and have ventured so far from His Grace that you have only become vulnerable to the DEvil) nor do I believe the god-given gift was designed as His means to use it against us in the end....God is always with open arms and available as the Glory of Purely Unconditional Love. Although I do believe, that u can become sometimes voluntarily so bound in the energy of the physical world and deeply intoxicated by earthly influences so much so that you have distorted and blocked out the constant offerings of being blessed (God is always blessing you even if u are held in the grips of misery; u've just blocked it out). Through utilizing free will, I believe u can sentence yourself to Hell and allow the Devil to keep u deceived just as much as you can embrace God's living word and allow him to keep u in His Graces.
http://karmasKorner.com/inspiration/a4.html (Self- Talk)
All day long , we silently talk to ourselves. We evaluate situations, make decisions, and constantly monitor our behavior. What do we tell ourselves? What is our attitude and tone? Do we scold or encourage ourselves or tell ourselves that nothing we do matters anyway? Self-talk is one of the things we have some control over. We can fill our minds with positive thoughts and images. This can remove the power we may have givento the negative, angry, or belittling voices in our minds. Talking to ourselves in a kind , gentle, encouraging way can bring out the best in us. Our attitudes and behaviors begin as thoughts. Positive thoughts become positive actions. A loving, affirming pep talk has far better results than a critical, disparaging tirade. There is power in positive self-talk. "I will talk to myself in a loving, encouraging way."
God chose to reveal himself through a human body. So, people cam to him. My, how they came to him! They came at night; they touched him as he walked down the street, they followed him around the sea, they invited him into their homes and placed their children at his feet. Why? Because he refused to be a statue in a cathedral or a priest in an eleveated pulpit. He chose instead to be a touchable, approachable, reachable Jesus. -Max Lucado
My personal interpretation- I do not believe in Hell as being an afterlife or a world that the Lord sentences or condemns us to. I believe...If u return to God or He is who you seek even through the pain, the fear, the emptiness, and the lies of any particular sruggle , I do not believe He is going to turn you away(although you may turn away from him and have ventured so far from His Grace that you have only become vulnerable to the DEvil) nor do I believe the god-given gift was designed as His means to use it against us in the end....God is always with open arms and available as the Glory of Purely Unconditional Love. Although I do believe, that u can become sometimes voluntarily so bound in the energy of the physical world and deeply intoxicated by earthly influences so much so that you have distorted and blocked out the constant offerings of being blessed (God is always blessing you even if u are held in the grips of misery; u've just blocked it out). Through utilizing free will, I believe u can sentence yourself to Hell and allow the Devil to keep u deceived just as much as you can embrace God's living word and allow him to keep u in His Graces.
http://karmasKorner.com/inspiration/a4.html (Self- Talk)
All day long , we silently talk to ourselves. We evaluate situations, make decisions, and constantly monitor our behavior. What do we tell ourselves? What is our attitude and tone? Do we scold or encourage ourselves or tell ourselves that nothing we do matters anyway? Self-talk is one of the things we have some control over. We can fill our minds with positive thoughts and images. This can remove the power we may have givento the negative, angry, or belittling voices in our minds. Talking to ourselves in a kind , gentle, encouraging way can bring out the best in us. Our attitudes and behaviors begin as thoughts. Positive thoughts become positive actions. A loving, affirming pep talk has far better results than a critical, disparaging tirade. There is power in positive self-talk. "I will talk to myself in a loving, encouraging way."