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This is just a small note to those who may wonder why these posts are not up at the same time each day. There are times when I am not able to be alone with God right away during the mornings. Sometimes, things make it difficult. The world steps in. But I do intend to have something up each day.
But I cannot decide when the devotional will be ready. That is in God’s hands. When He gives me what I need to write, that’s when it arrives on the blog. At times, it seems like I don’t hear from Him like I should so it’s much harder to write something than at other times. I have dedicated this blog to God and it is His to write. So, when I receive the message, I write it. Thank you for being patient. It is worth it!!!
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God is a giver. That should not be a surprise to you. His gifts are endless, special and wonderful. He states clearly that fear is not His gift and He did not give it to us. We know now that our enemy is the one who gave that gift. Yes, he does give gifts too because he tries to copy what God does, corrupts it and calls it his gift to you. That’s a gift I do not want!
But God did not give the fear. His gifts are power, love and a sound mind.
(2Ti 1:7) For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
What do those gifts mean to us? To me? Okay, let’s examine those a little.
1) Power–We do not have to sit by while the enemy beats us up with his nasty sicknesses and diseases or hurts. God has given us the power of God to withstand the attack, no matter what that attack might be. Are you being attacked by sickness, pain, emotional pain, spiritual pain? God’s power is there to help you. All you need to do is apply it to the situation. God loves you so much that He wanted you to be able to withstand the enemy that torments you.
2) Love–Throughout the Bible, God shows us His love. The greatest gift was that when God’s Son, Jesus, died on the cross for the world, He loves us that much. Far too many people deny even the existence of that sacrifice. Yet God’s love is never ending. Not only that but He put that love in our hearts too!! What an awesome thought! God is love (1John 4:16-And we have known and believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.)
3) Sound mind–This is one gift that I have to remind myself of occasionally. It does not always feel like I have a sound mind especially when things go wrong like they tend to do fairly often. Yet, that is the very time that God wants you to use that precious gift He has given you. He chose to make sure we were capable of making sound decisions. Of course, I said He made us capable. That does not mean that we always make sound decisions. Quite often we do not. But we have that ability according to God’s gift.
With God’s sound mind inside of us, we an follow God and do what He requires of us. Without that, we would not even know that God loves so much, let alone be able to follow God. Praise God for a sound mind!!
These gifts, like the others God has given us, are to be used to witness of Jesus and to be a blessing to others. None of His gifts diminish in any way. BY spreading them and giving them to others, they increase!! Isn’t that fabulous!! Nothing that God gives gets smaller. All things increase when used properly as God leads. What a wonderful God we serve!!
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