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The Best Thing About Inner Peace Is…

When I think of inner peace I think of a place in my spirit which cannot be tampered with, shaken, or destroyed. No matter how hard things may get, in this special place of peace nothing can change my knowledge of the fact that God loves and cares about me. The best thing about inner peace is the fact that our Heavenly Father is the creator of peace and because we are His children we get to experience that part of Him. He is so open to us spending time with Him. Even though He knows everything about us He wants us to share everything with Him because He’s just that in to us. And because He loves us so much He has absolutely no problem wrapping us up in His peace.

According to Wikipedia, peace is defined as an occurrence of harmony characterized by lack of violence, conflict behaviors, and the freedom from fear of violence. Inner peace is described as a state of being mentally and spiritually at peace, with enough knowledge and understanding to keep oneself strong in the face of discord or stress. Being at peace is considered by many to be healthy and the opposite of being stressed or anxious.

In the world that we live in our peace is challenged all of the time. Just look at the news for a few minutes and you’ll hear all of the horrible things happening around the world. Sometimes you don’t even have to go that far but, you can just look in your own life and see things in disarray.

However, the Lord promises us that He will give us peace that passes all understanding (Phil 4:7). Now that sounds like “inner peace” to me! God is gracious enough to allow us to enter into a place where we can find so much rest and serenity that we can’t even understand it. In fact, our human words cannot adequately describe it. Oh God how we thank You for your peace!!

Special Prayer

Dear Lord,

I pray that you would cause everyone that is reading this blog to know the place of inner peace like never before. I pray that when troubles rise no matter how big or small that You would quickly intervene and draw us into the place of peace. We thank You God for in that place we will find love, rest, confidence, and intimacy with You.

In Jesus’ Name We Pray,
Amen

Reflections

1. Describe a time when you knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that you were experiencing peace that passed all understanding.

2. How important is inner peace to you?

God Bless,

Minister Kimberly L. Smith

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Nothing Can Separate Us!

Isn’t it absolutely wonderful to know that nothing can separate us from the love of God? His love for us is so enormously solid until nothing can destroy it. When you get a moment be sure to read Romans 8:38-39.

Sometimes we get off track, our faith waivers; our attitudes may not be exactly Christ like 100% of the time but, our Lord does not turn His back on us. He loves us in whatever state we find ourselves. In the New International Version of the Bible, Isaiah 49:16 says:

“See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me”

Imagine that, it is impossible for God to forget us. Just take a moment and look at your own hands, if something was permanently inscribed on them you would always know that it was there. In this scripture, the Lord is trying to get us to understand just how close we are to Him. He is totally committed to loving us!

The gospel artist Tasha Cobbs sings one of my favorite songs titled, “Smile.” The reason why I love this song so much is because it talks about how she wants her heart, life, and worship to be pleasing to God. We should all have the desire to want to please Him. He has done so much for us until it should be our ultimate goal to please Him. These things come about when our lives are committed to Him. Sure we’ll mess up sometimes but, our dedication to God makes us stay with Him knowing that He will make the crooked places straight. He’s big enough to fix us, forgive our sins, and give us a totally clean slate. What an awesome God we serve!

One of the many things that I love about the Lord is that He is completely righteous. He doesn’t stop loving us simply because we go astray. He’s just not that kind of God! His love is a sure thing. You can rest and depend on His love.

If you have never made a serious commitment to God before, today is a wonderful day to start. It’s very simple. It just takes a little faith. Accepting Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior will be the very best decision that you will ever make just follow the steps below:

It’s as Simple as ABC

A- Accept the fact that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). In other words we all need a Savior and His name is Jesus Christ. None of us are perfect and we can’t clean our own selves up. We have to rely on God to do that.

B- Believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for you, and rose again so that you can choose to receive eternal life (John 3:16). God’s love for us is so great that even if you were the only person on earth at the time of the crucifixion Jesus would have still died for you.

C- Confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (Romans 10:9-10). Ask Him to forgive you of your sins and to come into your heart and be Lord and Savior of your life. Tell others about the wonderful thing that just occurred in your life!

Ask the Lord to lead you to a body of believers who preach/teach the word of God and demonstrate God’s Love.

Do You Need To Recommit?

If you know that you’re not as committed to God as you once were there’s no better time than the present to rededicate yourself to the Lord. God loves you so much! He’s not angry with you. He just wants to spend more time with you and let you experience life according to His awesome purpose. Just pray this simple prayer:

Dear Lord,

Please forgive me for not being as committed to you as I used to be. I repent for not giving you all of me. Help me to live a life that makes You smile.

In Jesus’ Name,

Amen

One of the best ways of showing your commitment to God is by making Him the #1 priority in your life.

Reflections

Can you think of some areas in your life where your dedication to the Lord needs to be better?

If you answered yes to the first question what actions will you make to get this accomplished?

Tell the Lord how much you appreciate His unfailing love and commitment towards you.

God Bless,

Minister Kimberly L. Smith

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3 Ways To Be Totally Committed To God

It should be the goal of each born again believer to live a life that is totally committed to God. One of the best ways in showing our reverence to Him is through our commitment. In this blog I will discuss 3 ways to be totally committed to God. Some of the words that thesaurus.com uses that are related to the word commit are devote, dedicate, to give all one’s got, and to pull out all stops. Those are some very descriptive words that break down the word commit. When we examine the words one by one they actually cause us to pause and consider whether we are actually doing our best to live committed lives unto God.

For instance are we truly:

Dedicated
Devoted
Giving our all
Pulling out all stops

Only we and God know the true answers. Sometimes people can be dedicated to a cause, an assignment, to actually helping someone through a crisis and once that is fulfilled they revert to their uncommitted lifestyle.

I’m sure that there are multiple ways of committing oneself wholeheartedly to God. I’m going to give you three ways. I pray that they will help in your journey with the Lord. Remember, He is so deserving of our very best. Let’s make it a point to please Him daily. Of course, we’ll fall short many times along the way but, all we have to do is talk to Him about it, ask for forgiveness, and ask Him to bless us to get on track. His grace, love, and forgiveness never fails. To God be the glory!

Showing Commitment

Make God Your Priority

Remember when no one else has your back, God does! He’s the reason that you live and breathe each day. He loves you so much, and always wants what’s best for you. Why not return the favor and devote yourself to pleasing Him. Spend quality time with Him each day through prayer, and studying the Holy Bible. Quickly obey Him when you know that He wants you to do something. You will find great pleasure in your life when you know that you’re pleasing Him. Include Him in everything you do. Talk to Him first when you’re faced with something difficult. Always remember that He loves spending time with you; talk to Him often. Share everything with Him after all; He is your best friend.

Refuse to Compromise

Make a stand for righteousness. Learn to love what God loves, and hate what He hates. Don’t get into the erroneous mindset that proclaims worldly wisdom as truth, that doesn’t even come close to lining up with what the word of God says. Don’t yield to negative peer pressure. Be willing to stand your ground regarding what you know is right. You may feel alone if everyone else is in unison about a particular matter, and you refuse to side with them. Just know that God is with you and He is pleased when you obey His way of doing things. There’s a familiar quote worthy to be put to memory which says, “You and God are the majority.”

Reject Interference

Make a strong resolve within yourself that nothing and no one will ever come between your relationship with God. When you know that He’s the most important person in your life then you will quickly recognize things that try to take your focus and allegiance away from the King of kings. When you’re tempted to leave the Lord out of certain situations in your life an immediate red flag should go up letting you know that you’re getting off track. The enemy loves to direct our attention away from God. He uses people and situations to distract us from living a committed lifestyle unto God. This can be quickly changed by repenting, rebuking the enemy, and putting our focus right back on the Lord.

Reflection

1. Do you see any areas in which you can improve your commitment to the Lord?

2. What changes will you make to increase your level of dedication to God?