Saturday, March 16, 2019, 22:59

 Dear family and friends in Christ,

Thank you for stopping by and gathering all of us with Heartstrings! The Lord be praised for all the good things He has done in our hearts as we stive to abide with Him. Our journeys may be from various places but our hearts are bound together in the Love of God.

If you are a believer in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit that means you are chosen by the foreknowledge of God. This is very exciting! We are consecrated by the Spirit to be obediant to Jesus and be sprinkled by His blood. We are saved by grace! May grace and peace be given you in increasing abundance! That spiritual peace to be realized in and through Christ, freedom from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts. Amen?

You can read about your place in the kingdom of God in 1 Peter chapter one. I keep rereading it, because for my finite mind it appears more like a puzzle. But, the more I press into God's Infinite Word, the closer I am to seeing the whole picture put together. I love that my life and yours are the special chosen pieces that make up God's beautiful plan for our redemption.

Going over this chapter, verses 6-7 help me so much. The trials of my past could have been handled or I should say responded so differently by me, if this word was hidden in the chambers of my heart. Let's take time this weekend to read this and even memorize it for the coming days. I will share out of the Amplified version but it may be easier to memorize from something like New American Standard version. What ever you choose, you will be devinely blessed!

"[You should] be exceedingly glad on this account, though now for a little while you may be distressed by trials and suffer temptations, so that [the genuineness] of your faith may be tested, [your faith] which is infinitely more precious than the perishable gold which is tested and purified by fire. [This proving of your faith is intended] to redound to [your] praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) is revealed."

See, how this speaks towards our future? When Jesus Christ comes again to earth, He will be bringing His beloved ones with Him. What a day that will be! We will have already made it into His presence. The trials of earth will be over! We will shine like pure gold vessels of honor in the Father's house!

Are you having trouble with doubt? Pray to the Father to increase your faith and open your heart to wisdom and understanding in what His Spirit is saying about you. The enemy does not want us to know Who we belong to. He does not want us to know that God is really in control of our whole universe. God is in fact, aware of every detail!

The other thing the enemy does not want for you is to have faith, believe; trust in, cling to and rely on the Word of God. He wants you to worry and wollow in sin and unbelief. I know what a terrible place that is. It felt like my very life is being sucked dry. And, it really is if I have chosen to worry. Worry is sin.

So, this trial you are in; let it do a good work in you to the glory of God. We are being sanctified by the grace of the Lord. We will be until we meet Him face to face. Better begin to consider what the Lord may have in mind through your trials. He is able to keep you all the way to the end. They are not just a few light pokes from the enemy. He has a plan to destroy you. No fear though, the Father chose you, Jesus bought you, and you are sealed by His Spirit! Read Ephesians chapter one.

Well, that is just a couple of things I wanted to share with you. Spend time with the Lord. Real time, not just filling a pew at church, dropping money in the plate and then leaving to go back into the emptiness of your hidden life. They may not even be able to guess what is really going on with you. Until you come to the Lord Jesus, you can't be real with others. You have a purpose for being on this journey. Talk to the author of your story.

Oh, I wish we could spend time together face to face. Sharing our burdens and victories! I would be delighted if you would take time to write a comment on my page. You can see my email address there. Include where you are from and I will have a better idea how to pray for you. God be with you till we come together again to share Heartstrings. Love in Christ, Patricia.

Abundance is...together we celebrate the Love of Christ!


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