April Word of Encouragement

4/27/07

Luke 11:9 "… seek and you will find; …."

What are you looking for? You will always find positive and negative all around you.

Are you looking for opportunity or excuses?

Seek and you will find.

If you are looking for positive you will find positive.
If you are looking for negative you will find negative.

You will always find what you are looking for. So ask yourself, “What am I looking for today?” Every day is a new opportunity that comes with a choice.

What it is you are seeking for today.
What is it that you will do today?

Will you…..
Hope for the best or expect the worst?
Give up or be determine to persevere?
Be kind or be unkind?
Forgive or hold a grudge?
Build up or tear down?
Discourage or encourage?
Praise or complain?
Serve or seek to be served?
Give or look for ways to receive?
Be self minded or others minded?
Focus on ones strengths or ones weaknesses?
Begin new… or stay the same?

I encourage you to begin a new by expecting the good in all situations. God is completely mindful of everything that concerns you. Have faith in God! Only Believe! Seek after Him with your whole heart…

Jeremiah 29:13 "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."

God is all around you today. Stop, listen, and look for He is always speaking to you. Will you listen? Will you serve Him?

Joshua 24:15 "But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD ."

Be encouraged with every choice you make to day.

Rose Britner

All scripture taken from New International Version

4/20/07

Isaiah 49:15 "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!

I dearly love my children, I have a personal bond with each child that began while they were being formed in my womb. I think of each of my children several times every day. I carry pictures of them in my wallet.

Your Father in Heaven thinks of you continually. He has imprinted a picture of you on the palm of each of His hands.

Isaiah 49:16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands…

Your picture is on the palm of each of His hands but your freedom is pierced through the palm of each of His only son’s hands.

John 20:24 - 27 Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it."
A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe."

When Jesus was crucified the piercing of the nails into His hands not only proves His love for you, but also signifies your freedom to call Him Savoir and Lord.

John 20: 28-29 Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God!" Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

Your picture is on the palm of each of Father God’s hands but your freedom is pierced through the palm of each of Jesus Christ, His only son’s hands.

Be encouraged with Freedom,

Rose Britner

All scripture taken from New International Version

4/13/07

Is your day filled with challenges? Are you feeling overwhelmed?

Are you on the verge of becoming discouraged or are you already there?

You may be looking at what you are facing, and see the impossible. Things are not always as they appear. I would like to remind you that God sees the entire picture and you, my friend only see what is going on through your limited vision. God sees everything about your life now as well as in your future. He sees it all and nothing will ever take Him by surprise.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

All that you see is subject to change. My friend please focus on the truth that God is faithful and He never changes. He is always the same. So I encourage you to focus on Him and allow this challenge to be an opportunity for God to develop character in you and reveal His plan to stir this all up for your good. Keep your heart at attention towards God through prayer, digging into His Word, (The Bible), and application of what He is directing you to do. God knows your abilities, and you can take the steps He gives you providing you go at it one step at a time. The requirement is to be obedient with each step. You may sometimes feel the steps of obedience are too much of a sacrifice. Please do not allow your feelings to direct your choices. Jesus gave the ultimate sacrifice on the cross of Calvary. This price He paid was for your redemption to experience total eternal freedom today, tomorrow, and forever! This proves His faithful love to you.

No matter what happens keep your eyes on Jesus and everything will be ok.

Be encouraged!

Rose Britner

All scripture taken from New International Version