WOW! What a beautiful day in the Lord! Take the time right now to tell God, what a wonderful day He made for you. He is waiting and longing to hear from you with His arms open wide.

Isaiah 25:1 1 O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.

God wants our hearts, not just our verbal allegiance, and He desires that our affections be wholly His.  Developing the disciplined practices that lead to this kind of life must be a high priority.  This requires that we reorder our priorities accordingly. 

Daily ask the Lord to search and know your heart.  Give yourself to secluded times of quiet and stillness as a regular part of your devotion to God.  Set your affections on doing God's word rather than on personal gain.  Know that employing your skills for the Lord is futile without His presence and anointing upon them.  Be assured that if you continue in Him, the Lord will most certainly fulfill His purpose for you. God knew us and was with us, before we were created, and everywhere we go He is with us. There is NO WHERE we can go, that He is not there.  God is omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent.

Psalm 139 1 O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.

3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.

4 For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.

5 You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it.

7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?

 8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.

9 If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

10 Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me.

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall[a] on me,” Even the night shall be light about me;

12 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;[b] Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.

15 My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 1

6 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.

17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

18 If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You.

19 Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God! Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.

20 For they speak against You wickedly; Your enemies take Your name in vain.[c]

21 Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

22 hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;

24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.

Remember that God cares for you. He loves you so much that He gave His Son Jesus to die for your sins. God wants you to long for Him, as much as He longs for your company daily.

Joyfully, In The Master's Service
    Blessings, Prayers and Love,
    Pastor Pat

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