Faith

This is something I could write and write about, but today I want to focus on our faith in prayer.  A young man I know from church went through a third surgery yesterday on his brain.  It took several hours for 2 teams of doctors to perform. Now, of course the family reached out and asked for prayers and they trusted that people were praying, which is usually what happens.  However, this is what I want to talk about, how amazing is our God that in our prayers for this young man, by the way he has an awesome name, which is Anthony ( Anthony Diaz de Arce) so please keep him in your prayers for healing and recovery.  Now, as I was saying the faith we have when we pray for someone is so overwhelming.  As believers we can know that those millions and millions of prayers are going to be answered as Jesus listens and watches his Beloved get on their knees, drive in their cars, spend their quiet time, lifting families and individuals up in prayer.  Our concern for our friends and families carries with it a certain expectation and when we allow our faith to be a part of our relationships it really allows us to connect intimately with God, but also with all those who are praying.  I believe God connects our prayers and it gives us a chance to realize our own Crown of Life, that is all the people we affect in our choices.  My favorite movie line about faith is one that the character says “seeing isn’t believing, believing is seeing!”  Wow, there is no better way to put it when we speak about our faith, I trust in Jesus to know that when I lift up that prayer whatever it is, my belief in him means that I will see the result He sees fit for those we pray for.  I am thankful that this world is not just about how we live here, but that we will live forever with those we love.  So as you pray today my friends, just believe that what you pray for will be given to you.  Thank you Jesus for Anthony Diaz de Arce and the Faith and Enjoyment He shows in life as He trusts in you to carry him through these trials.  Thank you for your ability to embrace his family and comfort them as they stand by his side.  Thank you for allowing us, your Beloved, the freedom to choose Faith as our way of seeing you!

One Love, One King, All Christ!

DEO VOLENTE

DEO VOLENTE:

This is the Latin phrase for God Willing and I want to make sure that all my choices are based on His will and not my own. It helps to keep the focus on the moment to moment victories instead of worrying or looking down the road to see what may happen in the future. Each day carry’s enough trouble of it’s own. Our focus should be in every thought Deo Volente because His will IS more important than anything we have going on in our life.

One Love, One King, All Christ!

Bold as a Lion!

I have been thinking about the men and women of the bible, the ones who God appointed to do his will.  As I learn about their lives and their choices.  It is apparent that every last one of them has something they struggle with heavily.  Moses stuttered and was fearful, King David was a murderer and adulterer, Elisha went into deep depression (usually after serving the Lord). However, each of them served God as Bold as a Lion, when the time came for them to do as he put it on their heart, it was done.  It gives me comfort to know that life isn’t supposed to be easy just because we believe in Jesus, rather it will be a life where we must stand Boldly through the pain, loss, grief and victories.  It is having the courage to know that Jesus gives us the courage and even more so that once we choose to follow him, he puts us right where we need to be.  A question a friend recently asked was” Would you do high school over?” Now I have thought about those years a lot and I did enjoy my high school years very much even though the thought of going back is tempting because of hindsight being 20/20, I would not.  You see the life we live in is reality and in this reality we must make the most of the opportunities that are presented to us.  I can not tell you how many regrets I should have, but as of the last few years I have decided to take chances and trust that God is a part of what is going on.  When we make these decisions in our lives, even ones that affect others we must be as Bold as a Lion regardless of our fears, because that is what God calls his righteous ones.  There is no need for us to run, because in all honestly, in most cases we are running from our self and there is no one pursuing.  It is time my friends that we, me and you, face our fears with God as our Shield and our Sword. It is through his sacrifice and his Kingship that we are his Beloved.  As you spend time with God ask him to give you the Boldness of a Lion, a beast that shows no fear when it chooses to conquer a task or a land.  We, my friends, have no reason to flee because our Savior says he is with us.  What more do we need to be as Bold as a Lion. One Love, One King, All Christ!