Up

  Have you ever been so busy with the day-to-day activities you forgot to look up?  Then suddenly a cloud formation catches your eye, or a bird lifts your gaze above the horizon and you feel lifted in spirit as you wonder at the beauty of the sunrise or sunset and all that is above you.  Looking up can be such a blessing.
  Sometimes we may subtly believe that God wants to hold us back or push us down.  But the opposite is true.  God wants to lift us up.  God wants us to achieve great things.  It is an empowering thought when we remind ourselves that God has a plan and purpose for our lives.  God wants us to do great things that honor God and serve others.  God knows the best way to use our gifts and talents --after all God created us.  Trust God to open the future to you and use your strengths in wonderful ways. God has a hope and a future for you.  Trust God to reveal His plan and purpose to you and take you places you never even dreamed of...
 
(Verse of the week)
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the LORD (Jeremiah 29.11)
 
(Prayer of the week)
Gracious God, thank you for the gift of this day and the gift of life itself.  Thank you for the gifts and talents you have given me.  Please reveal to me the best plan and purpose for all of my life and give me the faith and courage to follow you.   In everything I do may others see your love and grace in me. Amen.      
 
Have a great week—Pastor TJ
 
(quote of the week)
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do --Freya Madeline Stark
 
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