How to Put Your Creations in Perspective to God’s

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A few nights ago my son decided at the last minute he wanted cold lunch for school, instead of hot. It was an hour before bedtime and I didn’t have any bread.

Thankfully, I use the five minute no knead bread and had dough in the fridge. In less than five minutes I had a loaf rising and an hour later freshly baked bread cooling on the counter. I gazed at the round, golden brown crust, waiting for the blade of the knife to slice through soft yeasty crumbs. I thought, “I make really good bread.” (I confess, every now and then I’m prideful)

Immediately, I felt God say, “And I made bread and everything else really good.”

I stood in the middle of my dim kitchen and laughed. “Yes, God, you do, you certainly do.”

My husband captured this shot. Country folk know God’s diamonds are better than the jewelers.

I love that He chooses to communicate with us and His sense of humor. My family and I went up a local mountain road this weekend for some sledding fun. We snapped some pictures and I felt the whisper across my soul, “See my creations?”

Waterfalls up Illabot Mountain

I wanted to share some of God’s beautiful work and remind you to be on the lookout for His handiwork. It’s all around us.

And He doesn’t need a church or special moment to talk with us. As we’re going about our homes and work, He’s always there and sometimes will gently remind you with a little heavenly humor.

What things does God use to reach you? Do you have a favorite nature spot? Is there a spot that holds special significance to you?

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Three Ways to Grow Closer to God

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Do you make New Year resolutions and goals?

Many of want to become more organized, thinner, healthier, happier, and the list goes on.

No matter what your goal, you have to implement a plan or steps to get you to your end goal. If you say you want to run a 5K marathon, but don’t specify how many times a week your going to workout, then chances are, you’ll never get there.

As Christians, we may say we want to devote more time to God and following Him.

In fact, I hope this is something everyone strives for, including myself.

But, unless we set some sort of plan or guideline into motion, we’ll most likely quit in a week or so.

In order to grow closer to God there are three things we must do.

1. Find the Holy Spirit.  When Jesus returned to Heaven, He gave us the gift of the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit, we have no connection to God or Jesus while we’re still in a sin filled world. If you seek the Holy Spirit, God promises we will find Him.

For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:8

2. Listen to the Holy Spirit. Once you’ve asked God to reveal His Holy Spirit to you, you must listen to Him.

But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you. John 16:13-15

Jesus tells us the Holy Spirit only speaks what He hears from God’s own mouth.

3. Spend time in God’s word. You must read your Bible. The Bible is God’s most precious gift to us other than the sacrifice of His son. It tells us how we are to find Him, how to live, everything about Him is inside the Bible. When we read it with the help of the Holy Spirit, verses will take on special meaning and relevance to things we are going through.

Have you ever been struggling with something, opened the Bible, and found a verse that fit your situation exactly? That is the Holy Spirit.

Have you ever been dealing with something and a snippet of verse came to mind? That is the Holy Spirit and God speaking to you through His living word. If you don’t know His word, or spend time in it, then you make it very difficult for God to speak to you. And you can’t know someone if you don’t converse with them.

So pray this with me.

Dear Jesus,

Please fill us with your Holy Spirit. May this year be one where we are overflowing with your presence. May nothing stand between us and you. Lift the blinders from our spiritual eyes and unplug our spiritual ears so that we may see and hear you like never before. In Jesus name, Amen.

How have you experienced God’s presence in your life?

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How to Hear God’s Voice in Your Life-Part 1

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Have you ever wished God would pick up the telephone and tell you where and what you should do?

Recently, I had several conversations with people stating they wished they knew what direction God wanted them to take.

God talks to us all the time. But I realized we don’t always hear Him or recognize His voice.

So I reviewed the times I’ve heard God’s direct presence and voice guiding me during a trying time.

1. awareness-We have to first be aware that something is missing before we can begin the steps to change it. Do you read your Bible daily or at least three times a week? Do you spend time in prayer/talking with God throughout your day? Do you think about how your actions would make God feel? Do this the next few days and see where you land.

2. silence- We are so filled with noise. The chatter of television, radio, our cell phones, I-pads/phones. It’s a wonder we can even hear ourselves think, let alone God’s voice. Go for a walk or turn off everything in your house and look out the window at nature.

3. prayer- Ask God to fill you with His Holy Spirit, that He would lift the blinders from your eyes and ears so that you may hear Him speak to you. Pray for the Holy Spirit to overflow in your life so that there is no mistaking God’s presence for anything else.

Have you ever felt God speak to you or that He revealed something to you?

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