MY DEBT TO GOD!

How do I repay Jesus Christ for giving his life for my life? Not only that, He brought me into His family and gave me a new life, forgave my sins, healed my sicknesses, rescued me from the clutches of evil, loves me unconditionally and showers me with his grace? Jesus Christ has done this for me and He has blessed me with all the gifts due for a Princess.

The repayment required from Jesus Christ is that I have faith in Him, believe His word, do His will and spread the Good News. I am forever grateful to Him and will love, praise and serve Him all of my days.

A very wise man, my Dad, once said, ‘Give Him your days and He will deliver your destiny”. I have given Him all my days and He sure is delivering my destiny.

Here is a poem I found(author unknown), which I think is fitting for how I feel.

Debt to God

I'd like to think when life is done
That I had filled a needed post
That here and there I'd paid my fare
With more than idle talk and boast,
That I had taken gifts divine
The breath of life and manhood fine
And tried to use them now and then
In service for my fellow man.

I'd hate to think when life is through
That I had lived my round of years
A useless kind that leaves behind
No record in this vale of tears,
That I had wasted all my days
By treading only selfish ways
And that this world would be the same
If it had never known my name.

I'd like to think that here and there
When I am gone, there shall remain
A brighter spot that might have not
Existed had I toiled for gain.
That someone's better life and smile
Shall prove my life had been worthwhile,
That I had paid with work divine
My debt to God for life so fine.

God bless!

 

Love Heather

Things that money can't buy!

Love, joy and peace!

Money can't buy you love! Yet people will do anything just to be loved and to love someone. Who can put a price tag on the love of our God, a spouse, child, family or friends? Some people go through their whole lifetime never experiencing what love is. To choose love and not hate will bring more benefits to your life than you will ever know. If you want to hate anything, hate evil, hate injustice and hate lukewarmness.

Joy is a precious commodity that many people don't have. I choose joy every day of my life. I can have an argument with my husband, it doesn't last long because I choose joy over anger and sulking. Life is to exciting to waste it on misery, negativity and self-pity.

As for peace, some people pay so much money to have peace and still don't have it. Instead of going straight to the source of all peace, the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, they go around trying to find serenity in yoga, tranquillity in meditation on nothing and calmness in retail therapy. All you need to do is abandon yourself and who you think you are into the hands of the greatest Potter, the Lord God Almighty.

If you have tried everything and spent too much on trying to obtain these treasures, stop right now. No need to waste your time, energy and money on meaningless things that won't last. Let Jesus Christ give you all you need for this journey, He paid the price anyway just so that you may have life and live it to the fullest!

God bless!

Love Heather

An encounter with the Great I AM!

And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM and WHAT I AM, and I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE; and He said, You shall say this to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you! Exodus 3:14

Discover how God is the Great I AM in every situation of your life.

I did not know that I needed a Rescuer until I was in trouble. I never knew I needed a Comforter until I experienced sorrow. I never knew I needed the Prince of Peace until I was in a storm, I never knew I needed the Healer until I needed healing and I never knew I needed a Saviour until I almost drowned in my sin.

Jesus Christ has been this to me and more even though I never thought I would need God for anything. To have an encounter with God is to experience His unconditional love towards you even when you don’t deserve it and acknowledge that it is Him who is with you through it all. He shows up as the Person you need Him to be at the time of your need.

You go through life thinking that you can make it on your own until something brings you to your knees. You then realise that you cannot make this journey on your own and even though you have people around you who love you, you just need a power greater than yourself and this is when Jesus Christ steps in.

You will discover that His ways are far above our ways and His thoughts higher than ours. Every test, trouble or trial is a valuable lesson and a strength that will take you to another level of love and worship for God.

I have learned to hide myself in God and that He will take care of me no matter what, He said that He will never leave me nor forsake me(Heb13:5b).

Let God be the great I AM in every circumstance, and if He brought you to it, He will take you through it.

God bless!

Love Heather

But this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life! John 9

There’s this notion that we are who we are because of our parents. Many say that we inherit sickness or sin from our father or mother. The bible teaches that it is not the sin of the parents that sickness or affliction happens but it happens so that the work of God might be displayed in our lives.

I believe that your weakness, disability, past or sin when placed in the hands of a Mighty God is turned around and changed so that God will be glorified through us.

It is the work of God, who is perfecting us daily and not our own work. The word says that "He who begun a good work in us will see it to completion". When God works in us, we are not recognised because He makes us new in Him. Like the blind man in John 9, the people knew who he was but when Jesus touched and changed him, they said that it 'looked liked him'. When you encounter Jesus, more of Jesus is seen in you and less of yourself.

God came for the imperfect, the flawed, the lost, the rejected so that when others see the change, then they will know that only God can do this thing.

Let Jesus Christ in your heart so that the work of God may be displayed in your life. He wants to show off and show you off to the world, all for His glory. 

God bless!

Love Heather

If one falls down, his friend can help him up!

If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up - Ecc 4 : 10!

I thank God for the people He has placed around me. They are people of substance and have true essence. They bring flavor and fragrance to my life. Their strength is my strength(the strength of one is the strength of all and strength of all is the strength of one). I have been truly honoured and privileged to be around such people of calibre who have taught me the true meaning of love and being there for each other. I know that I would never have to go through any storm alone.

I am so grateful that I have them around me, it's like being walled in. This security is only found when you have strong spiritual ties.

God has placed these mighty warriors, cloud of witnesses and cheerleaders who cheer me on, pick me up and keep me grounded, in my life. There were times when I thought that I wouldn't make it, but the love and grace of God and their love and prayers sustained me.

I hereby place on record my eternal thanks to all those who love me, support me, encourage me and pray for me. You have enriched my life.

God bless you abundantly and His perfect will be the only influence in Your life.

I encourage you today, to express your appreciation to those around you who have done something to bring you to the place that you are right now.

To all my family, I LOVE YOU!

God bless!

Love, the one who will pick you up, Heather

We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen!

2 Cor 4 : 18 - So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

How many times has the things we see fooled us into thinking that that is how it will be and that it will never change.

It looked like we would never own our own home because we were 20th on the list for the land to build our home and we also didn't earn enough. But God, in His infinite wisdom and power moved heaven and earth just so that we can own our own home.

It didn't look like I would get the job I wanted which was to be a secretary of a school so that I can spend more time with our kids but God came through and caused a secretary of a school to resign and me to apply for the post and get it.

I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was pregnant with my son, and it seemed like I would have to live with this sickness for the rest of my life and since my father had it, my grandmother had it, it was likely that I would have it. But God, like the awesome God that He is healed me and I haven't had it since then which was about 24 years ago.

Think about those times when what you saw was not how it stayed and you would also realise that the word of God is true.

So there is evidence to show that the things we see in our lives that are not what we want them to be at the moment, are temporary. Don't give up on that dream, diliquent child, the unsaved loved one or whatever the case may be. God has the final say! God is invisible but we see Him in creation, feel His love and experience His grace.

When we fix our eyes on Jesus, nothing else matters because He has us in the palm of His hand. So allow God to take care of the seen because what is unseen(eternal life) is more important.

God bless!

Love Heather

God knows your address!

There's a scripture in Acts 17:24-26 that speaks about who God is. In it the word says that God knows where we live. Some people have the misconception that God doesn't know them and doesn't care what is happening to them. If He knows your address, He most certainly knows all about you. He's waiting to get your attention, but you are so focussed on your issues that you don't take the time to acknowledge God and realise how much He loves you and how much better your life will be if you entrust your life entirely to His control.

Isn't it funny how people are, when everything is going good, they don't go to church and they don't stop to thank God for the many blessings that He has given them. But when something goes wrong, they are quick to go to Church and they ask God why did He do this bad thing to them? This seems to be the only time that God gets some attention and even if He is innocent, which He is, and the bad thing is their own doing, God gets blamed.

But it's okay, it doesn't matter how you give God attention as long as you realise that He is the only one that can help you. After all, He created You, knows you better than you know yourself and He knows what's best for you. So when He comes knocking on your door won't you let Him in. He wants to come inside your home and be a part of your life. He knows your address, do you know His?

God bless!

Love Heather