Showing posts with label How God sees you. Show all posts
Showing posts with label How God sees you. Show all posts

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Your past, present and future, in the Hands of God.

YOU ARE...

Known
.
Psalm 139:1

Noticed.
Psalm 139:2-3

Taken care of.
Matthew 10:29-31

Created in the image of God.
Genesis 1:27

God's offspring.

Acts 17:28

Set apart and appointed.
Jeremiah 1:4-5

Chosen and predestined to give God glory.
Ephesians 1:11-12

Seen and ordained.
Psalm 139:15-16

Appointed to be here at this time in history.
Acts 17:26

Fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14

Created and knit together just the way God wanted.
Psalm 139:13

Relying on God.
Psalm 71:6

Capable of knowing God's love for you.
1 John 4:16

Lavished on with love, and a child of God.
1 John 3:1

Given good gifts by God.
Matthew 7:11 and James 1:17

Provided for.
Matthew 6:31-33

Made to prosper and not to be harmed, and to have a hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11

Loved with an everlasting love and unfailing kindness.

Jeremiah 31:3

Saved by the Mighty Warrior, delighted in, not rebuked, and rejoiced over with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17

Inspired to fear the Lord, that you might not turn away from Him.
Jeremiah 32:40

Able to "find" God.
Deuteronomy 4:29

An instrumental part of fulfilling God's purposes here on earth.
Philippians 2:13

Loved, encouraged and strengthened.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

Worthy of compassion, and comfort.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Tended to, gathered in the arms of the Lord
carried close to his heart;
and gently led by God.
Isaiah 40:11

Designed to be in complete unity with the body of Christ so that the world can see and know God's love.
John 17:23

Capable of being purified from sins.
Hebrews 1:3

Reconciled to Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Loved and atoned for.
1 John 4:10

Graciously given good things from God.
Romans 8:31-32

Never separated from the love of Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39

Rejoiced over.
Luke 15:7

Child of God.
John 1:12-13

Capable of having eternal life.

John 3:16

...LOVED.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Here is just a little bit of God's word, as it applies to us.

WHAT IS THIS POST?

This is a compilation of several verses that speak to the heart of who God is and how He sees you. You are His beloved and it is His great pleasure to lavish love on you. This post is just one more opportunity for you to soak in His love for you.

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WHAT TO DO WITH THIS POST

Copy, paste, and print this off if you want, or pick a verse that speaks to your heart and memorize just that one. Bookmark this page so you can keep coming back to it as often as you need to. Do whatever works for you. Make it work for you.

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MY PRAYER AND MY HOPE WITH THIS POST

My hope is that this will look like more than just a list of verses to you--that somehow the old, familiar verses won't seem familiar--that the "red letters" will jump off the screen and inspire new meaning, and that His word would transform your heart, opening up a new perspective to how God sees you. My prayer is that it would bless you, wherever you are at in your spiritual journey, and that those blessings would spill over onto those in your sphere of influence creating a ripple effect.

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You have searched me, LORD,
and you know me.
Psalm 139:1

You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
Psalm 139:2

You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
Psalm 139:3

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Matthew 10:29-31

So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:27

‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said,

‘We are his offspring.’
Acts 17:28

The word of the LORD came to me, saying,“
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Jeremiah 1:4-5

In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:11-12

My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
Psalm 139:15-16

From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. (you're not here by mistake...you were born right when you were supposed to be)
Acts 17:26

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
Psalm 139:14

For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Psalm 139:13

From birth I have relied on you;
you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.
I will ever praise you.
Psalm 71:6

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
1 John 4:16

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
1 John 3:1

If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
Matthew 7:11

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
James 1:17

So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:31-33

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11

The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying:

“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.

Jeremiah 31:3

How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you.
Psalms 139:17-18

The LORD your God is with you,
the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
but will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17

I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.
Jeremiah 32:40

‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’
Jeremiah 33:3

But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 4:29

Take delight in the LORD,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4

for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
Philippians 2:13

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18

He tends his flock like a shepherd:
He gathers the lambs in his arms
and carries them close to his heart;
he gently leads those that have young.
Isaiah 40:11

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Revelation 21:3-4

I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
John 17:23

The Son [Jesus] is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
Hebrews 1:3

All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:10

What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
Romans 8:31-32

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39

I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
Luke 15:7

Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
John 1:12-13

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16

He waits for those who have yet to come to Him, and celebrates each one who finds Him.
Read Luke 15:11-32 here to learn about this.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

God's love letter to you.



YOU are loved by your Heavenly Father!
Happy Valentine's Day.

Happy Valentine's Day: Go from talking about God's love to experiencing it..


HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!
My post today is taken from a book called "Finding Calm in Life's Chaos", by Becky Harling. Below is a two step process taken from her book (intertwined with a couple of links for you to get an extra bang for your buck, and a couple of my own tidbits) for anyone who wants to move beyond hearing about the love of God, and getting to the point of FEELING the love of God. As someone who has struggled with depression I have had to come to terms with the fact that I cannot base my spiritual life simply off of my feelings. I do believe, though, that a long bout of depression left unchecked can lead to a whole host of other problems, and that is why the Bible speaks against and it and tells us instead to live a life of gratitude and thankfulness. If you think you might be struggling with depression it is possible that a prayer and song is not going to pull you out of your "funk". If you need more information on depression, and things of that nature, you can go here. All of us, whether we struggle with depression or not, need to know and experience the love of God. When we know that God loves us and we let it dig down into the depths of our being it will transform who we are and it will change the way we interact with other people. Take a moment to allow God love on you today. It is His great pleasure to do so.
LOVE LETTER
"YES! God wants you to feel the PLEASURE of His love. Bring Him your hunger. He doesn't just want you to know about His love, quote scriptures about His love and simply admit with your head that He loves you. His overwhelming desire is for you to EXPERIENCE His love. But, remember, when you don't feel loved that doesn't mean His love isn't truth."

"Our emotions don't dictate the reality of God's love. But God wants the reality of HIS love to PENETRATE our emotions!"

"He wants you to feel the joy of being loved. He wants you to receive His love personally and powerfully in a way that is life changing."
So, the question becomes "How do you, and I, in our brokenness, discontentment, insecurities, self-hatred, etc., etc., move the head knowledge of God's love into the deep crevices of our hearts?
1. Worship.
Can we force ourselves to say, and sing, the songs that remind us of God's love? He will bless it, if we do. Click here for a link to the posts on this site that have songs in them that you can jam out to anytime you want.

"Praise increases our faith as we pray."

"When you and I worship Christ, the Holy Spirit quickens our hearts and infuses us with more faith to be able to comprehend 'how wide and long and high and deep is the loved of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that we may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." (Ephesians 3:18-19)

"Worship becomes a love exchange. The more we express our love and adoration to God, the more His Spirit enables us to experience His love for us."

2. Meditate on and memorize scriptures that remind us of God's love.
As you run, walk, bike, drive, or whatever, commit to memorizing verses that uplift and pour into your heart and spirit.

Pick your verse(s). Write them down. Put them in your pocket, purse, or wherever you'll pull that thing out until you wear that thing out! Stamp that verse into your heart until it becomes part of your heart!
You can go to this post to find a stack of verses worthy of committing to memory to build up your faith in God's love for you, or go here for a short video that does a fantastic job of reminding you of your importance to God, in my opinion. You will find as you say the words of the verses over and over they will sink in and become seasoned in your mind. Your understanding for the verses will develop with time and you will appreciate the truth behind each one more and more as God makes it personal between you and Him.
Pick the verse that speaks to you and repeat it over and over and over again, memorizing so that the verse comes to you randomly throughout your day. Don't start your run, your coffee, your line up of vitamins, your herbal shakes, whatever it is you do to start your day...DON'T do it... until you have picked up your verse and repeated it to yourself. Pray over that verse as you blend up your shake, or as reheat the leftover pizza (mmm...pizza) from last night or whatever it is you do in the morning to get yourself going. :)
Below is a picture of Becky Harling, Author of the book I referred to in this post, "Finding Calm in Life's Chaos". You may go here, to get your own copy of her book.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Our identity is secure.

"The more we understand that our identity in Christ is continually secure and that no misstep, rejection, or judgment could ever change that, the more liberated we become from the opinions of others. As the gap increases between God's opinions and others' opinions, we are able to live more freely and are more consumed with the idea that heaven is our home and earth is the place to make Him known."
-Susie Larson

From "The Uncommon Woman: Making an Ordinary Life Extraordinary," written by Susie Larson.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

AWESOME SONG time.

You see the struggle
You see the shame
I see the reason I came.

I came for your story.
I came for your wounds.
To show you what LOVE sees when I see YOU!
(Jesus)



There is no condemnation in Christ.
You were bought at a price.
God is love.
YOU are LOVED at all times.
There is nothing you have done, can do, or ever will do that will separate you from the love of Christ, and there is nothing that you ever HAVE to do to be WORTHY of His love.
He loves you unconditionally.

Hope you find some comfort in that today. You are loved.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

WHO AM I IN CHRIST...(BACKED UP BY SCRIPTURE)

I AM ACCEPTED….
John 1:12………………......I am God’s child.
John 15:15…………….......As a disciple, I am a friend of Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:1…………….....I have been justified (just as if I had never sinned).
1 Corinthians 6:17….......I am united with the Lord.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20…. I have been bought with a price and I belong to God.
1 Corinthians 12:27……..I am a member of Christ’s body.
Ephesians 1:3-8………....I have been chosen by God and adopted as His child.
Colossians 2:9-10……....I am complete in Christ.
Hebrews 4:14-16…….....I have direct access to the throne of grace through Jesus Christ.

I AM SECURE…
Romans 8:1-2 ………...…I am free from condemnation..
Romans 8:28………….....I am assured that God works for my good in all circumstances.
Romans 8:31-39………..I am free from any condemnation brought against me and I can not be separated from the love of God.
2 Corinthians 1:21-22…I have been established, anointed and sealed by God.
Colossians 3:1-4……...…I am hidden with Christ in God.
Philippians 1:6……….....I am confident that God will complete the good work He started in me.
Philippians 3:20………. I am a citizen of heaven.
2 Timothy 1:7………...…I have not been given a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind.
1 John 5:18………....……I am born of God and the evil one can not touch me.

I AM SIGNIFICANT….
John 15:5………....………I am a branch of Jesus Christ, the true vine, and a channel of His Life.
John 15:16…………….....I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit.
1 Corinthians 3:16……..I am God’s temple.
2 Corinthians 5:17-21…. I am a minister of reconciliation for God.
Ephesians 2:6…………....I am seated with Jesus Christ in heavenly realm.
Ephesians 2:10………..…I am God’s workmanship.
Ephesians 3:12…………..I may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Philippians 4:13………...I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

SO BOOM SHACKA LACKA!!!
AND ALL OF THESE APPLY TO YOU,
AS A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST AS WELL,
SO HOW YOU LIKE YOU KNOW?! :)
YOU CAN REST EASY TONIGHT.
YOU ARE IN GOOD HANDS.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

The Father's Love Letter

An Intimate Message From God To You.

My Child,

You may not know me,
but I know everything about you.

Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up.
Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways.
Psalm 139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.
Matthew 10:29-31
For you were made in my image.
Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being.
Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring.
Acts 17:28
I knew you even before you were conceived.
Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation.
Ephesians 1:11-12
You were not a mistake,
for all your days are written in my book.

Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth
and where you would live.

Acts 17:26
You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14
I knit you together in your mother's womb.
Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born.
Psalm 71:6
I have been misrepresented
by those who don't know me.

John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry,
but am the complete expression of love.

1 John 4:16
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you.
1 John 3:1
Simply because you are my child
and I am your Father.

1 John 3:1
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could.
Matthew 7:11
For I am the perfect father.
Matthew 5:48
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand.
James 1:17
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs.
Matthew 6:31-33
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.
Jeremiah 29:11
Because I love you with an everlasting love.
Jeremiah 31:3
My thoughts toward you are countless
as the sand on the seashore.

Psalms 139:17-18
And I rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17
I will never stop doing good to you.
Jeremiah 32:40
For you are my treasured possession.
Exodus 19:5
I desire to establish you
with all my heart and all my soul.

Jeremiah 32:41
And I want to show you great and marvelous things.
Jeremiah 33:3
If you seek me with all your heart,
you will find me.

Deuteronomy 4:29
Delight in me and I will give you
the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:4
For it is I who gave you those desires.
Philippians 2:13
I am able to do more for you
than you could possibly imagine.

Ephesians 3:20
For I am your greatest encourager.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I am also the Father who comforts you
in all your troubles.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4
When you are brokenhearted,
I am close to you.

Psalm 34:18
As a shepherd carries a lamb,
I have carried you close to my heart.

Isaiah 40:11
One day I will wipe away
every tear from your eyes.

Revelation 21:3-4
And I'll take away all the pain
you have suffered on this earth.

Revelation 21:3-4
I am your Father, and I love you
even as I love my son, Jesus.

John 17:23
For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed.
John 17:26
He is the exact representation of my being.
Hebrews 1:3
He came to demonstrate that I am for you,
not against you.

Romans 8:31
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19
His death was the ultimate expression
of my love for you.

1 John 4:10
I gave up everything I loved
that I might gain your love.

Romans 8:31-32
If you receive the gift of my son Jesus,
you receive me.

1 John 2:23
And nothing will ever separate you
from my love again.

Romans 8:38-39
Come home and I'll throw the biggest party
heaven has ever seen.

Luke 15:7
I have always been Father,
and will always be Father.

Ephesians 3:14-15
My question is…
Will you be my child?

John 1:12-13
I am waiting for you.
Luke 15:11-32

Love, Your Dad Almighty God
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Friday, April 22, 2011

What my last three posts have to do with Easter!


All of the interactions we read about of Jesus interacting with people are true. They happened. All of them point us back to the cross. The cross is the place where all of things Jesus had been talking about come together and make sense. Jesus was God in the form of man. He came to teach us how to live, but also that we may have life and life more abundantly. We can stop sizing ourselves up against those around us when we look into the compassionate, forgiving eyes of Jesus. Through Jesus’ death and resurrection we are able to be forgiven, become clean, and become a new person. Jesus coming into the world, and dying on the cross allows us to have an intimate relationship with the God who created us. We are given the invitation to be free from the judgment of man...not just in Heaven, but now too. We see our worth in His eyes, and can accept who we are because He accepts who we are. His assessment of us is the only one that matters, and there can be joy in your life when you choose to accept that. To live for this world, and its immediate rewards and consequences is to live a life in bondage. Jesus provided a way that you could be free from the bondage of sin, both now and in even more so, in eternity.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

What does God have to say to those who are hurting inside?



This is a continuation from my last post.

How about the hurting? The ones who have not done any great sin, but have been the victim of sin? What about the ones who faithfully serve God, without seeing any major healing with their own personal issues, and are wondering why they have struggled for so long? What about the people who are looked down on for not being talented enough, pretty enough, charming enough, or smart enough? What does Jesus say to those people???

Mark 5:24-34 tells us a different kind of story. It’s a story of a woman who was also looked down on. Instead of having a reputation for being “overtouched”, as was the case of the prostitute, she had a reputation of being “untouchable”. She was hemorrhaging. She was considered “unclean” which was a polite way of saying, “untouchable, without a cure, hopeless, isolated, cast out and worthless to society”. After 12 years of being ashamed of whom she was, spending all the money that she had looking for a cure, and continually getting worse in spite of the doctor’s efforts, she gained the courage to find Jesus in a crowd. She thought if she could just touch his clothes than she would be healed, and nobody would have to know that she touched him. Tired, but determined, she made her way through the crowd and caught up to him. She grabbed for his cloak and immediately her bleeding and suffering stopped. (vs. 29) For her to be in the crowd was actually unacceptable, and yet Jesus calls her out right in front of all her critics. “Who touched my clothes?” he asks. Afraid, she slinks back as people act like it’s no big deal and he should just move on. He is indignant. “Who touched me?” he asks again, looking around. The woman fell at his feet, scared, and trembling. She told him her story. He listened to her story. She mattered to him. In a crowd of people who wanted nothing to do with her, he put the spotlight on her, and cared about her. When she was done speaking, he cut through the chaos of the crowd and referred to her with an endearing term, “daughter”, that meant that she had a special place in his heart, and was like family to him. With one word he answered the question closest to her heart. The one that she gave up long ago, “Am I worthy that anyone would associate with me ever again?” He goes on to say, “Your faith has healed you”. This statement meant that what she had done was not only acknowledged and acceptable, but blessed and admirable. It was her courageous faith that healed her. He says this right in front of all of her critics, as a way to put her mind at ease, and to establish a new identity for her. Then, he gives her his blessing, giving her permission to be a new person, “Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.” From this day forward she was a new person. FREEDOM. This is how Jesus sees you when you come to Him, asking for love and acceptance and healing. You are a new person. You have been healed. After years and years of anguish, He says to you, “Go in peace.” Jesus offers freedom, love, acceptance, and peace. He looks at you with unconditional love that no person on earth can offer and says to you, “Your faith has healed you.”