Thursday, February 10, 2011

I LOVE God confirmations!!

This is my daily reading for today & just had a WOW! moment from God! I just love reading the bible study posts each day & hearing what others are going thru and being able to share my own struggles. The most amazing part of all this is the way God is revealing Himself to each of us in our daily reading, our bible study reading & thru each other!! I just read my daily scripture & feel it and the additional content that came along with it were all words from God to each of us and it goes hand in hand with our Beth Moore bible study. In the study we've learned 5 benefits to the daily experience of being a child of God...
1- To know & believe God
2- To glorify God
3- To find satisfaction in God
4- To experience God's peace
5- To enjoy God's presence

I think I just found a key to those 5 benefits!!

Deuteronomy 10:12-13
12~"And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the Lord your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul.
13~And you must always obey the Lord's commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good.

The "Additional Content" that goes along with my readings stated this....
Often we ask, "What does God expect from me?" Here Moses gives a summary that is simple in form and easy to remember. Here are the essentials: (1) Fear God; (2) Live in a way that pleases him; (3) Love him; (4) Serve him with all your heart and soul; and (5) Obey his commands. Too often we complicate faith with man-made rules, regulations, and requirements. Are you frustrated and burned out from trying hard to please God?

Concentrate on his real requirements and find peace. Respect, follow, love, serve, and obey

OK.... WOW!! How simple! Thank you Lord for sharing this word with me today! It's totally a summary of what He wants from us. Like the statement above said... Too often we complicate faith with man-made rules, regulations, and requirements. This causes our frustration, our burn out, our stress, our failure to submit to his authority... and the list goes on!! This definitely put a few things into perspective for me this morning & I pray it does for you too! In essence we're TRYING TO HARD TO PLEASE GOD & this causes us to give up!

I pray Lord today that you help all of us concentrate on YOUR requirements for us to help us find REAL PEACE.... RESPECT YOU, FOLLOW YOU, LOVE YOU, SERVE YOU & OBEY YOU!

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