Is to serve our GOOD GOD! ❤️ Hallelujah ❤️ Our Lord Jesus is coming. With great confidence, let us leave all the FAITH we placed in Him in 2023 — in His hands. Let’s TRUST that He will finish what He started in us and through us. Any fruit belongs to Him. Our Father encourages us to forget the past and run the race before us. Let us pray for boldness and patient endurance in 2024 as we walk through the doors He opens. “Holy Forever ” is our Father, and He is well pleased by our best efforts. His grace is sufficient, and His mercy is fresh each hour. 👏 Praise Him for He is worthy 🔥 and stand firm wherever He places you. In the trial, in the storm, and in the midst of temptation, Lord, we choose to lean on YOU for strength in our weakness. Our eternal goal is to enter through the narrow gate. 🙌

2024 is another year of the Lord’s favor. 365 days of abundant blessings. Look to the eternal God who IS outside of time and always amazing and on the move! Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. – Hebrews 13:8 💜 I am so grateful on Jan 1st that I have been changed, transformed and different! I am thankful for the body of Christ and how our Father created and uniquely gifted everyone to serve Him together. I am in awe of Him, and His way, His Word, the beauty and His guidance.

Be grateful for those who influence you with the truth. Martin Iles, Jack Hibbs, Amir Tsfarti, Allister Begg, Nancy Guthrie, and Anne G Lotz are good teachers, but UNLIKE all other teachings, the words of Jesus are sound and affect change. He set us apart as His kids to NOT be normal…to be different, unlike the world, unlike what is expected. We learn by His living and active Word to be —in His way — peculiar, and distinguished by how we issue mercy and compassion to those who envy or hate us. Wounded folks hurt others, but those touched by God, we seek to love the unlovable and issue mercy and forgive the believers who yet struggle to detach from habits and vices. We discern aptly with wisdom from our Source, our main Influencer. The haters will hate, denounce and lie, love them anyway, just like Jesus does. We lead others by our example of grace and love. YES LORD, we strive to be like You, and not the world standard.

Martin Iles, CEO of “Answers in Genesis.” wrote this wisdom to give believers confidence. How does God want us to respond in difficult circumstances? To discern what to do next in the midst of difficult circumstances requires prayer:

1. Circumstances will change (or not), without our manipulation or control. Observe patiently and rely on the Holy Spirit to guide in a course of action. God is sovereign and He is always working within our circumstances.
2. Scripture reading and study will speak into your circumstances in a way that confirms the right course of action. Because God speaks to us reliably in His word.
3. His Peace may take time – it’s often the final confirmation – but ultimately you will be at peace about the right decision. That is to say, it may be hard or daunting, but your conscience will quietly confirm it. Because the Spirit of God works in our conscience, and confims His Way in our spirit man.
4. Patiently Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. DO NOT RUSH! The scriptures are packed full with exhortations to “wait on the Lord.” There are countless examples of God’s slowness in the face of our hurry. Learn the discipline of patience or you will constantly make bad decisions. We are never worse off, or miss out, because we exercise patience. Careful NOT to misread the circumstances, and WRONGLY apply our chosen SCRIPTURE to confirm a desired outcome. When all four prayer points line up, that tends to be when to act. Often people don’t act, they simply resist action, which abhorts God’s best in any circumstance. For matters of very great importance, we may agree that all four prayer points are alignment, yet the gravity of the decision is such that we remain reticent to move. Like Gideon we can pray for special confirmation and clarity – a “fleece.”

In His grace, God provides. This picture was my fleece on Jan 2, 2024 to keep posting testimonials and encouraging others.