Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 384
July 10, 2018///
Murder, Mayhem, Robber, Rape, Lies, Cheating, Deception, Selfishness, Meanness, Abuse of Children, arguing, Wars, persecutions, injustice, I can go on and on!!
Bad News!!!
It seems that all we hear these days is Bad News!! I know that there are still good people in the world doing good things, but we rarely hear about those.
But I have some Good News for you today!! The Bad News is wrong!!!
The Good News is that Jesus came to give us access to a better way than the social systems of the world provide!
The Good News is that when Jesus came out of the tomb on the first Resurrection Sunday, He not only had defeated our enemy Satan, when that Stone was rolled away it represented all the ugly in our life being rolled away.
We live buried under mounds of guilt, shame, and the lies of the enemy that we are not good enough, or that we are less than. Our past mistakes hold us in that grave, but the Good News is that Jesus set us free if we will receive it!!
Romans 12:2 (MSG)
Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
The Good News is that we do not have to do life on our own. We do not have to wrestle with situations and decisions with just our own knowledge or intellect!! The Good News is that if we are tired of doing it on our own we can turn to the Creator God and God the Holy Spirit will begin to live life with us and through us!
Therein lies the key: “Through Us”! When we allow the change from the inside out, the change is real, and the pressure is off us to make it happen. The result of walking this journey called life with Jesus as our best and dearest friend is that we never have to do life alone!
The Good News is we do not have to fear!
Proverbs 29:25 (KJV)
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV)
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
The Good News is that He is our healer!
Isaiah 53:5 (KJV)
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
The Good News is that He is our provider!
Philippians 4:19 (KJV)
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
The Good News is that He gives us Peace!
John 14:27 (KJV)
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
There are multitudes of verses in God’s Word that are Good News!!
I encouraged you to find verses that fit your situation and begin to concentrate on those rather than the bad news all around us!
If God’s kids begin to concentrate on and share the Good News, I believe the Glory of the Lord will begin to invade our Homes, Cities, States, Country and the whole Earth!
His “Kingdom” can come to this world as we take our place both believing and sharing the Good News!!
Father, I come in the name of Jesus Christ and I thank you that the Bad News is wrong! Thank you that I do not have to walk this road called life alone! Thank you that God the Holy Spirit is my best friend and guide! Fill each person who reads this with the knowledge that they can choose to walk with you and fulfill all that you plan for them. Fill them with the warmth of your Love and the Peace that passes understanding. Invade each reader with direction and Joy! Amen
Remember the Bad News is wrong!!
Love, MeMaw
THOUGHTS FROM SKYDIVING MEMAW 