Count your blessings
Our pastor preached a message this past Sunday on counting your blessings. He said that we should think from time to time on how much God has blessed us with so we don’t forget how good He is to us. This got me thinking and this week I asked God to show me His blessings on my life and what they should mean to me, so every morning this week God has been filling my heart and opening my eyes to see them.
I have been privileged here of late to be able to teach Sunday school to kids between the ages of 6-10 at my church and the Lord was showing me what a blessing it is. This past Sunday He gave me a lesson to teach on prayer. What a privilege to teach kids the wonderful blessing that we have in being able to pray to the Almighty Creator of the Universe. That the very God who made everything we see wants to talk to us and wants to know us. He cares for our hurt and provides all that we need. He knows everything we are going through because He has been there Himself already. Prayer is truly one of the greatest blessings that God has given us. Kids just light up when you teach them about God, they are so hungry and want to drink up everything you have to tell them about God’s love. They are not yet like so many adults who have hardened their hearts and because of circumstances in their life blamed God instead of seeing that God is trying to woo them to Himself. Thank you God for the blessing of being able to teach children about you and your wonderful love.
I also just recently got married about 6 months ago. God has showed me how much of a blessing it is to have a husband who truly loves me dearly. I prayed a long time ago for God to send me the one that He wanted me to spend the rest of my life with. I’m so glad I put it in His hands because He truly does write the perfect love story. It’s also a blessing to know that when trials come we can go to the Lord in prayer together knowing He holds the answer and is right there ready to help. There are so many people who get married and never get to experience the kind of love that my husband and I share, so I know I am truly blessed.
The Biggest Blessing of all I have to say is having the Lord Jesus live in my heart. What a wondrous thought that God is so big he can be everywhere at once and yet so small he can live in men’s hearts. Jesus came to be the propitiation for our sins and to make it possible for us to have a relationship with him and His Father. Aren’t you glad that God didn’t give up on man although we deserved it many times down through the ages? God cared enough to send his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16. What a blessing it will be when we reach heaven someday and can thank Him face to face for all the blessings he has bestowed upon us.There are so many blessings in my life they would be too numerous to mention but I just wanted to testify of a few of them. I just want to remind all of you to count your blessings daily. Don’t forget to thank God for this day. Thank Him that you even have breath in your lungs to live for Him one more day. If your not living for Him don’t wait another day ask Him into your heart and you will see that He is good. What the world has to offer cannot satisfy you like God can. Give Him a try and then you can say with me “Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation” Psalm 68:19. “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits” Psalm 103:2. “What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?” Psalm 116:12.
Our pastor preached a message this past Sunday on counting your blessings. He said that we should think from time to time on how much God has blessed us with so we don’t forget how good He is to us. This got me thinking and this week I asked God to show me His blessings on my life and what they should mean to me, so every morning this week God has been filling my heart and opening my eyes to see them.
I have been privileged here of late to be able to teach Sunday school to kids between the ages of 6-10 at my church and the Lord was showing me what a blessing it is. This past Sunday He gave me a lesson to teach on prayer. What a privilege to teach kids the wonderful blessing that we have in being able to pray to the Almighty Creator of the Universe. That the very God who made everything we see wants to talk to us and wants to know us. He cares for our hurt and provides all that we need. He knows everything we are going through because He has been there Himself already. Prayer is truly one of the greatest blessings that God has given us. Kids just light up when you teach them about God, they are so hungry and want to drink up everything you have to tell them about God’s love. They are not yet like so many adults who have hardened their hearts and because of circumstances in their life blamed God instead of seeing that God is trying to woo them to Himself. Thank you God for the blessing of being able to teach children about you and your wonderful love.
I also just recently got married about 6 months ago. God has showed me how much of a blessing it is to have a husband who truly loves me dearly. I prayed a long time ago for God to send me the one that He wanted me to spend the rest of my life with. I’m so glad I put it in His hands because He truly does write the perfect love story. It’s also a blessing to know that when trials come we can go to the Lord in prayer together knowing He holds the answer and is right there ready to help. There are so many people who get married and never get to experience the kind of love that my husband and I share, so I know I am truly blessed.
The Biggest Blessing of all I have to say is having the Lord Jesus live in my heart. What a wondrous thought that God is so big he can be everywhere at once and yet so small he can live in men’s hearts. Jesus came to be the propitiation for our sins and to make it possible for us to have a relationship with him and His Father. Aren’t you glad that God didn’t give up on man although we deserved it many times down through the ages? God cared enough to send his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16. What a blessing it will be when we reach heaven someday and can thank Him face to face for all the blessings he has bestowed upon us.There are so many blessings in my life they would be too numerous to mention but I just wanted to testify of a few of them. I just want to remind all of you to count your blessings daily. Don’t forget to thank God for this day. Thank Him that you even have breath in your lungs to live for Him one more day. If your not living for Him don’t wait another day ask Him into your heart and you will see that He is good. What the world has to offer cannot satisfy you like God can. Give Him a try and then you can say with me “Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation” Psalm 68:19. “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits” Psalm 103:2. “What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?” Psalm 116:12.
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