Mindful Word: Time Through God's Eyes

 

Meditation: Such Wondrous Love

God's love is perfect. It is complete, and overflows the heart with confidence and security. One cannot add or take away from the love of God. It never ceases, cannot be altered, neither improved upon. It's far-reaching and free to all.

We were created in the image and likeness of God, who is love. Everything he says and does, stems from love. The sin and transgression of Adam and Eve, resulted in grave and perpetual consequences throughout the generations of humanity. But in the fullness of time, Christ, the second Adam from above, who knew no sin, became sin for us, and bore the penalty in human flesh. 

The Apostle Paul prayed to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, "That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God." (Ephesians 3:16-21)

Such wondrous love! Enjoy, walk in, be surrounded by and infused with His unfailing love.

- A Walk In The Garden Devotions

Bible Verses About Love

Devotion for Today: Healer and Restorer of Broken Lives

Merciful and gracious God, is He who stands ready to forgive, pardoning sin and purging iniquity. Oh, that men would serve Him and worship Him only, the Healer and Restorer of broken lives. He delights in the beautification of His people, whom He has called for His glory. 

Bible Reading:

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 

They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do anymore with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? Prudent, and he shall know them? For the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. (Hosea 14:5-9)

A Prayer:

Plant Your Word in our hearts, Lord God. Let it find good soil and sprout; grow and produce an abundance of fruit of the Spirit. Lead and guide us in the paths of Your righteousness. Be thou glorified! In Your holy name, we pray. Amen.

- A Walk In The Garden Devotions

Hope and Joy

 

Inspiration For Our Daily Christian Walk: Rest in the LORD

Trusting in the Lord, we can have and enjoy blessed rest for the mind, spirit, soul and body. Believe in Him and enter in.

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30)

Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved. (Psalm 55:22)

You will keep him in perfect peace,whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. (Isaiah 26:3)

Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. (Luke 6:12)

The captive exile hastens, that he may be loosed, that he shall not die in the pit, and that his bread should not fail, but I am the LORD your God, who divided the sea whose waves roared. The LORD of hosts is His name. (Isaiah 51:14-15)

There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself  also ceased from his works as God did from His. (Hebrews 4:9-10)

And on the seventh day, God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. (Genesis 2:2)

Bible Verses About Rest

Strength for the Journey

Regardless of what is happening in the world, those who know the true and living God, shall be strong and do exploits in His name.They shall take root downward and bear fruit upward. They shall flourish in the courts of Almighty God, whose hand is upon them. Praise His name forevermore!

Related Bible Readings: 1 Chronicles 16:11; Psalm 18:31-32; Psalm 27:1; Psalm 28: 6-9; Psalm 46; Psalm 59:17; Psalm 73:25-26;  Philippians 4:13; Nehemiah 8:10;  Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 40:31; 1 Corinthians 15:57-58

A Prayer for Today:

Lord God in heaven,

You are our hope and our strength!

Our lives and times are in Your hands;

the sum of our years in Your book. We

long for You in a dry and thirsty land. Let

Your comforts delight our souls, even as we

wait upon You. Thank You for Your

mercy and grace that preserve,

and sustain us on the journey of life.

We give You all the praise! We worship

none but You! Amen.

Encouragement For Our Daily Christian Walk

Related Bible Readings: Isaiah 40:31; James 1:2-4; James 5:7 & 8; Psalm 37:1-8; Psalm 40:1-3; Psalm 62:5-8; Romans 12:12; Hebrews 12:1-3

Related Devotional: In The Waiting Room

Today's Bible Reading | Psalm 91:1-7

Everlasting God is Our True Dwelling Place | Psalm 90:1-2

To Be Firmly Established, Trust In The Lord

Related Bible Readings: Psalm 16:8; Isaiah 7:7-8; Isaiah 26:3-4; Matthew 7:24-27; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 2 Corinthians 1:21-22; Ephesians 3:16-21; Jude 1:24 

A Call to Salvation

Messengers of God's Grace

And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there, save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me, but none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. (Acts 20:22-24)

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Bible Verses About Love

(Luke 10:27)

You shall love the Lord Your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.

(John 3:16, 17)

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

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A Prayer

Lord God, You are gracious and merciful, longsuffering and kind. As You brought me to the fold, bring others, Savior, I pray. Amen.

Rejoice With Thanksgiving in the Presence of the Lord

Rejoice with thanksgiving in the presence of the Lord. Glory in His holy name. For indeed, the Lord is good; His mercy endureth forever. (1 Chronicles 16:34)

From David's Song of Thanksgiving, which he first delivered into the hand of Asaph and his brethren, on the day the ark was brought to Jerusalem, to the place he had prepared for it.

Praise God forevermore!

God's Word Is Forever

Inspiration For Our Daily Christian Walk

Keep believing, keep trusting, keep relying on the Lord Your God. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.

Inspiration For Our Daily Christian Walk

Glory to God whose workmanship we are in Christ Jesus!

Related Bible Reading:

Isaiah 61:3, John Chapter 15, Ephesians Chapter  2, Psalm 138:8, Philippians 1:6

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Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied...

Inspiration For Our Daily Christian Walk

You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is 

fullness of joy; at Your right hand, 

are pleasures forevermore.

(Psalm 16:11)

Inspiration For Our Daily Christian Walk

When we put our trust in the Lord, we will experience the fullness of His peace in our hearts and minds. He is the Author and Finisher of our faith; He's the God of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Knowing He loves and cares for us, we can joyfully live one day at a time. Thank You faithful Savior and Friend. Amen.

Related Bible Reading:

Isaiah 26:3 & 4; Psalm 20:7; 1 Chronicles 5:18-20; Proverbs 3:5 & 6; Matthew 6:25-34; Philippians 4:6-8 

Inspiration For Our Daily Christian Walk

Put on your beautiful garment of praise and magnify the Lord God Almighty! Let us exalt His name together; for the Lord is good and worthy of honor and praise, from the rising of the sun, until the going down of the same.

Our Redeemer is the Great Shepherd and Keeper of our souls. In the presence of the King of glory, there is fullness of joy; at His right hand, pleasures forevermore.

"Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice." (Philippians 4:4)

Let Zion Rejoice!

The Lord God our King, is in the midst of His people and makes the place of His feet glorious. He takes great delight in those who hearken unto Him, who follow righteousness, that seek the Lord. "For the Lord will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness will be found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of melody." (Isaiah 51:3)

Related Bible Reading:

Isaiah 60:13; Isaiah 61; Psalm 48; Psalm 87; Hebrews 12:22-25; Isaiah 51 in its entirety, Ezekiel 43