Who can love you more than you? Who can treat you better than you?

He has always been there and always will. He has been on the forefront all along, but you don’t see him. He has. . .

• saved you from disasters
• blessed you with good people in your life
• healed you from a sickness
• protected you and your family from harm and danger
• watched over loved ones that are not in your eyesight
• changed the trajectory of your life for the better
• paid your bills, provided you food, given you shelter
• held you close
• forgiven you for your wrong

He knows your heart, therefore, he knows how to love you specific to your needs. And although you have not always shown Him love . . .

God loves you — no matter what! And nothing or no one can separate his love for you!

Hebrews 13:5 (KJV ) – let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Philippians 4:19 (KJV) – but my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 4:32 (KJV) – and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

I John 4:19 (KJV) – we love him, because he first loved us.

Romans 8:38-39 (KJV) – for I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Some things are evident — for certain, for things to happen in our lives. Death and blessings, to name a few are evident, they will happen, we just don’t know when.

God knows everything that’s going to happen. EVERYTHING!! Nothing is a surprise to God. So, when we do something right or wrong, God already knew we were going to do it. He knows the when, who, how and where it was all to happen before we knew it.

When things happen, to our unexpected, God already knows, we’re just now finding out. But then, we ask the question– why? If we never read the word of God, our why’s will never be answered to the truth.

Don’t cheat yourself out of the truth.

Deuteronomy 1:30 (KJV) – the Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes.

Job 34:21 (KJV) – for his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

John 8:32(KJV) – and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Most of us don’t believe God knows what he’s doing, because we try to override God’s plans with our own. When we try to make our plan work, and it doesn’t, we don’t understand the frustration because of what we want. We don’t stop to think . . . it’s not meant for me.

We can’t open a door for ourselves that God has closed. So stop trying.

When we see things through the eyes of God, by reading and meditation on his word, day and night, it will help us to realize what God’s plans are for us.

Acknowledge him in everything and let him direct you, not yourselves. God has already went before you, therefore he knows what’s best for you. Whatever God has started in you, he will finish it to the end.

Stop trying to squeeze into someone else’s plan, and let God show you what his plans are for you.

Revelation 3:8 (KJV) – I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou has a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

Psalm 1:2 (KJV) – but his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Proverbs 3:6 (KJV) – in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Philippians 1:6 (KJV) – being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV) – for I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you and expected end.

Before Jesus was betrayed by Judas, he prayed to our Father for us. He prayed to our Father on our behalf.

Jesus prayed that we may be one, just as he and God are one. That we may have his joy in ourselves. That God would keep us from evil, because we are not of this world, and set us apart to the truth of God’s word.

Just as God is in Jesus, Jesus is in us, that we may be perfect in Him, and be with him where he is.

If God loves us so much, why can’t our love for someone who has wronged us, be at the very less, an ounce of God’s love from within us?

Let God’s love for you show in forgiveness to others.

John 17: 6 (KJV) – I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept they word.

John 17:11 (KJV) – and now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

John 17:13 (KJV) – and now come I to thee, and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

John 17:15-17 (KJV) – I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

John 17:23 (KJV) – I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

Whatever has your name on it, is meant only for you. Whatever God has for you, it is for you, and whatever He has started for you, he is going to finish. If it’s not meant for you, stop trying to force it to be for you. God knows what he is doing.

No matter what one may say, or do, God has the last word, the final word. Even if the odds look like they are against you, know that God is still in control, making a way for you, and still has the last word.

If it has your name on it, don’t let others talk you out of the promises of God. Whatever God has put in your heart, is for your heart, not someone else’s.

Philippians 1:6 (KJV) – being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.

John 8:47 (KJV) – he that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

What do you want from God? He will give you what you ask for. But, of all that we want or ask, do you ever think about wanting a personal relationship with God our Father?

God is our refuge. He is our strength. He is our present help when we are in trouble. We are his sheep, and he knows us. When we draw closer to him, to know him, he will draw closer to us.

Get to know God my spending time with him, listen to him, and he will reveal himself to you.

Ephesians 3:20 (KJV) – now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.

Psalm 46:1 (KJV) – God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 95:7 (KJV) – for he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice.

James 4:8 (KJV) – draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

I Corinthians 14:25 (KJV) – and thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.

Taking risk can mean a variety of things, like facing your fears, having faith, trusting God, and moving forward in our life. Yet, they all have one common result — reward.

We have to be willing to take risk not just for ourselves, but for God, To see God work a good thing in us. The smaller the risk we take, the smaller the reward. The greater the risk we take, the greater the reward. No risk, nor reward.

Most of us, want something for nothing. We have to put in the work to achieve what we are trying to do. We can’t expect God to reward us with something if we don’t want to take any risk for the reward.

God wants us to step outside of our comfort zone and take risk — good risk. To do so, we must trust him, have faith, and do the work. He wants to show us it is him that is working in us for his good pleasure, not our own.

Let God show you where he can take you. Have faith, and be unmovable!

Hebrews 11:6 (KJV) – but without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Matthew 5:12 (KJV) – rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

James 2:26 (KJV) – for as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Philippians 2:13 (KJV) – for it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Mark 11:22 (KJV) – and Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

A plant needs to be taken care of in order for it to live, and to grow. Taking off the dead leaves, giving it water, feeding it plant food, and giving it some sun. But, if it’s not fed, it slowly dies.

We are the same. If we are not fed the word of God, we slowly die to self, to the ways of this world.

But, if we are fed the word of God, our light shines, God sheds away old bad habits, our minds are renewed, and our paths are directed by God.

Be fed daily, by reading the word of God. Let God live within you, and know that God is the true way.

II Corinthians 5:17 (KJV) – therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new.

Romans 12:2 (KJV) – and be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Matthew 5:16 (KJV) – let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 6:11 (KJV) – give us this day our daily bread.

John 14:6 (KJV) – Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

We are the work of God’s hands, not our own. We are the clay which he is molding. But most of us don’t want to be molded by God. We want to mold ourselves, by doing what we think is best for us. We walk around saying things like; “I know what’s best for me”, “I know what I need”. Little do we know, we don’t.

Most of us don’t have a clue of what’s best for us. Our daily habits are normal to us, therefore we don’t see anything wrong with a lot of the things we say and do. We are therefore, on the inside looking out. But those, who see us on the outside, can see our insides — our flaws.

If we can be honest with ourselves by accepting constructive criticism from others, who we believe are not being judgmental, we will see God revealing to us those things that do not belong within us. Seeing it as coming from God, our thinking will change, our ways will change, and we will see God stretching us, pruning us, cleansing us, and molding us.

God wants you to be like him. He knows you are not perfect, but through him you are perfect. The good that is within you, is not of the flesh, but of the Spirit. And the flaws that is within you, is not of the Spirit, but of the flesh. Know that, you can do nothing without God, but through God. Let Him mold you.

Isaiah 64:8 (KJV) – but now, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

Matthew 6:8 (KJV) be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Deuteronomy 18:13 (KJV) – thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.

Galatians 5:16 (KJV) – this I say them, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

John 15:5 (KJV) – I am the vine, ye are the branches; He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

Do you hold on to unforgiveness? Do you deserve to be forgiven?

Satan will tell you things to prevent you from wanting to give grace to others. He will remind you of how you were hurt, to make you hold on to the anger, the bitterness, and the pain.

If you have done someone wrong, and have hurt someone, you would want them to have grace for you, and forgive you. It is not God’s will for us to withhold that which is good. Treat others like you want to be treated. God has given you grace, why not extend grace, and give it back to the ones who have hurt you by forgiving them.

Forgive those that hurt you. God’s grace is undeserved to us, but God gives it to us anyway. God loves us so much, and no matter what wrong we have done, He still gives us grace. He still loves us.

Don’t hold on to anger, bitterness, past hurts and pain. For God’s grace is sufficient.

Proverbs 3:27 (KJV) – withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

I Peter 4:10 (KJV) – as every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Mark 11:26 (KJV) – but if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

II Corinthians 12:9 (KJV) – and he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.