I think all too often, people think of the Bible is a book of rules.

But in fact it is a manual for living.

We have to ask ourselves what make of any manual sends it's creator to every user of its instructions personally out to help that person understand and keep the rules. I only know one: God

Today if you could remember three things:

1. God has more than just rules for your life, He has the recipe for abundant
living.
2. His plans will never fail and they always result in blessings

3. He will help you understand and keep His purpose for your life.

Today is the day to give over your life to His care and control. Give Jesus the steering wheel and you will get to your destination.

Help me understand the meaning of your commandments, and I will meditate on your wonderful deeds.
~Psalm 119:27

The Bible says that even "Young Men" grow faint and get weary. So those that have all their strength and all the vigor of youth become weary. Even youth cannot supply the strength to not become faint or the stamina to not become weary.

But the "Good News" is that those who "wait" look for earnestly seek after will renew their strength. That means if you want to be strengthened you can, just look for your strength to come from the maker of heaven and earth.

Three things:

1. God can renew your strength on a daily basis.
2. God can rescue you from the weariness of this life.
3. God can rejuvenate even the most exhausted of lives.

Look for
Seek after
Find the strength that has no limits.

God is Good All the TIme.

Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:30-31

When we begin with the Lord its like a raging fire was set in our hearts. We feel renewed, refreshed and restored. But as life goes on and things become routine that flame doesn't burn so bright.

I think sometimes you get up on Sunday and think, oh I am feeling lazy or tired, I will just miss today.

Daniel Brown once shared a vision he once had. In his vision he saw a boat and in the bottom of the boat was the ballast stones, they were the very things that steadied the boat in a time of storms, they kept the boat from capsizing, they make the boat steady and true. But the Lord showed him that the stones in this boat had become pumice, gravel, they had lost their purpose. The very thing that had steadied the vessel has lost the intended purpose. The Lord told Him that this is what happens when the word becomes stale in your life. The word is alive and we need to be being refreshed by it, renewed in it, stirring it up.

If we don't make the word alive, rekindle the word and our relationship with the Lord, if serving God doesn't stay at the center of our lives, our ballast stones will become pumice and lose their power to steady our course.

Today:

Steady your course by:

1. Returning to the Lord with the same hunger as when you begin.
2. Remember the victories the Lord has given you..
3. Rejoice in the God who spared nothing to reach and save you.

We should always rejoice to be near and worship our Lord.

I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the lord.” Psalm 122:1

Even from the Cross, Jesus shouted "Father Forgive Them..."

They had just beaten Him to the point just before death, forced Him to carry the final instrument of His death to a place they called the skull. But in an "ACT" of "Ultimate" love He spoke the words I think would change the way we love.

"Forgive Them..."

• Forgiveness is Love at it's greatest.
• Forgiveness is not about getting out, but rather about getting free.
• Forgiveness is just as much for the giver as it is the receiver.

The Bible says:

Love keeps No Record of Wrong (1 Corinthians 13:5)

As you read this if you are reminded of someone who hurt you, disappointed you or some other pain, forgive them. Just tell the Lord: "I choose to forgive them."

Imagine if the Lord kept a record of our wrongs, we would not be able to stand. But the Lord shows His love through the act of forgiveness, that we might view Him in such a ways that we would not want to sin as to disappoint such a loving father.

Thank you Lord for your Word.

Lord, if you kept a record of our sins,
who, O Lord, could ever survive?
But you offer forgiveness,
that we might learn to fear you.
~Psalm 130:3-4

Are You Rejoicing Today?

David said "No wonder" you ever say that? You know, it is that moment you realize something amazing right? The whole picture becomes clear and you get it, you stop take a breath and say "No wonder!"

David's heart was glad and he rejoiced because He understood that God had his back. He understood that His blessings and favor came from God, that even what He had God provided and watched over.

Three truths about God to make you say "No Wonder!" today:

1. God provides all that you need (so plug into Him.)
2. God watches over all that He has provided for you ( so trust Him.)
3. God brings direction and clarity to your life (so walk with Him.)

Today I hope that like me you are Rejoicing and that your Heart is Glad and that you had a "No Wonder" moment.

No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice.
My body rests in safety. ~Psalm 16:9