God of all Comfort!

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (Amplified Bible)
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of sympathy (pity and mercy) and the God [Who is the Source] of every comfort (consolation and encouragement),
4Who comforts (consoles and encourages) us in every trouble (calamity and affliction), so that we may also be able to comfort (console and encourage) those who are in any kind of trouble or distress, with the comfort (consolation and encouragement) with which we ourselves are comforted (consoled and encouraged) by God.

When our hearts are hurting, we can run into our Fathers arms and He will give us the strength to get through the pain and the all the comfort we need ( sometimes He may comfort you by sending a special friend to you, who can speak a word of encouragement into your life, who may cry with you or pray with you.) When I am hurting I go to the book of Psalms and read, you can always find comfort in Gods Word!! Have you ever felt these words from Psalms were true for you Psalm 6:6 I am worn out from groaning; all night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. (unfortunately I have!!) I love this Psalm 73:25-26 (Amplified Bible)25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And I have no delight or desire on earth besides You.
26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the Rock and firm Strength of my heart and my Portion forever. I love to read through the Psalms, they really can make you feel better!!

And God is just so awesome that He can take the pain that we have suffered (no matter who caused it) and use our story-our pain to encourage and comfort and strengthen the people he places in our lives who are needing comfort. (He will send you to be an angel to someone else who is hurting.)

Have Mercy!!

Have you ever had one of those days were everything is going wrong-and you feel like your about to have a total melt down! That's when I say this very special little prayer. Jesus!!Have mercy on me!!! Help me!!! I'm so thankful that God's mercy is inexhaustible!! (I'm sort of an authority on that !!lol) I love this verse!! Hebrews 4:16 (Amplified Bible) 16Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God's unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it]. No matter what you have done, no matter what your circumstances or needs(big or small) are, when you need Him just cry out to him and He will help you!! Just do it!!and and see what happens! With God we don't receive what we deserve, my life is a trophy of His mercy!! He loves me and He has given me what I didn't deserve, (forgiveness of my sins(past, present and future!) and eternal life, a relationship with Him (God creator of heaven and earth, my Master and Maker desires a relationship with me and you! (Wow!!) it is awesome to be His!!!!, my crazy, beautiful, wonderful life with precious family and friends!!)

May you feel His mercy in your life today!! Jolena

Choose Joy!!

Gods given us the gift of this life! Living it with joy is our responsibility!! Joy is not a feeling its a choice!! Sometimes we can find too many excuses to feel worried and depressed. We can think about all that is depressing in our lives or we can do what Philippians 4:8 says and think on whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things!Celebrate your successes, progress and little victories instead of focusing on your failures and problems. Say and believe! Romans 8:28 - Situation you are going to work out for good, because I love God!! Jesus said that I came that you may have and enjoy your life! The joy of the Lord is your strength! If you want joy the Bible tells you some ways to get it. Psalm 5:11 says you can sing for it, , Psalm 35:27 says you can shout for it, Psalm 16:11 says that fullness of joy is found in His presence! Spend time with Him-just you and Him!! Find a special place to sneak away and talk to Him! He's always waiting for you!! Choose to spend time with Him, choose joy!!
Blessing to you!! Jolena

December words to study!!

I apologize for my horrible blog neglect!! Moving has been really crazy!! I have thankfully found most of my scrapbooking supplies, I'm not certain that I will ever get all of our things out of all those boxes though!!lol! How in the world do we ever get so much stuff!!And being without the Internet for almost 3 weeks was challenging! Everyone battling yucky colds in my house on top of all of that. So now I'm trying to get caught up....but I wanted to quickly post the December words to study. And in the next couple of days I'll catch up on my November posts. December words are comfort and joy.
Be Blessed in all that you do!!
Jolena

God is Faithful!

So lets get started on the word Faithful!!

Lamentations 3:23 Great is Your Faithfulness!!He is so faithful!! We hear people say it-and sing it-but what does that really mean to me and you??!! Lets define the word Faithful, and make it more personal than a dictionary. God is my stay, I can always trust Him and rely on Him, I can safely lean on Him-He will prop me up. My God is always truthful, constant and loyal to me. I can always depend on Him! He will always be on my side!

Whether we choose to live for God or not in this life we will face challenges and obstacles that are much too big for us. We all have tough days and seasons! Some times doubts will try to swallow us up! Especially when it looks like everything is going to pot! I love what King David did in 1 Samuel 30:6 he strengthened himself in the Lord his God! (you've really got to read that whole story!!!) K. Dave was having one of the worst days of his life, he had cried until there was no strength left in him, people were talking about stoning him, things were looking as bad as they could get!! (I really like happy endings! I just wont even watch a movie or read a book if I already know it's going to end bad. I don't care about how predictable a happy end to a movie is-give me a good ending!!) This story ended great for David-God spoke to him-God was with David and was so faithful to him-David recovered all!! God can get you through the worst day ever! He wont ever leave your side!! He's a faithful God! He will hold you together!! You can trust Him and lean on Him-even when things look impossible!-With Him all things are possible! He can even take what the devil means to hurt us and destroy us and turn it around and weave it for good in our lives!! He is that AWESOME!! And He is so FAITHFUL to you and me!!! No matter what happens, don't you ever give up and stop believing that-instead strengthen yourself in the Lord !! David was a worshipper-read through the Psalm's of David and I think you get a peak into exactly what He did to strengthen himself! Psalms 56:3 When I am afraid, I will put my trust in Thee!!

David praised God and cried out for help! Psalm 60:11-12 Give us help! For deliverance by man is in vain. Through God we shall do valiantly, and it is He who will tread down our adversaries!!

Psalm 62: 5-8 My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken. On God my salvation and my glory rest; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us!!

Psalm 63:7-8 For Though hast been my help, and in the shadow of Thy wings I sing for joy. My soul clings to Thee; Thy right hand upholds me. (that Psalm is so good you really have to go read the whole thing!!lol! )

Look for God's faithfulness in your life- expect it every day!! You'll find it!

Oh and guess what? I think God likes happy endings too, because we are His, we get a happy ending too!!

Blessings to you!!! Jolena