Wake Up!

 

Wake Up!

What are you still waiting for? Your work is undone in the sight of God…

Revelation 3 : 2 “Wake up and strengthen and reaffirm what remains [of your faithful commitment to Me], which is about to die; for I have not found [any of] your deeds completed in the sight of My God or meeting His requirements.”

Dear Friend,

Are you thinking that your vision and calling is almost dead? Are you living in guilt for not obeying God’s calling? You know very clearly deep inside your heart the perfect plan God has set for you to build His Kingdom. However, suddenly have you started feeling that you don’t have the potential and doubting to meet God’s requirements which led you to neglect the calling? Have you started to feel comfortable to have the appearance of life while being spiritually dead? Your spirit is willing, but your flesh is not. 

If you fall under any of these categories, then this message is for you! God is not done with you yet and He is giving you another chance.

You and I sometimes do foolish things, makes foolish choices from time to time and commit mistakes. God is calling us to wake up and HE is warning us that it’s enough to be sluggish. The above-mentioned verse is from the Book of Revelation, the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave his servant John who testifies to everything he saw, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 3: 2 was written to the Church in Sardis. Sardis is one of the seven churches of Asia mentioned in the book of Revelation. Jesus told the apostle John, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea” (Revelation 1:11). Jesus also gave John specific messages for each of the churches.

Here, Jesus is giving the church at Sardis a warning to repent and turn back to God. It sounds as if most of the believers in the church had become spiritually complacent and weak. They were no longer actively perusing a fervent spiritual lifestyle. It is still relevant to us. Wake Up – It is time to take action to change, to obey His calling. He never wants our names to blot out from the book of life. If we do not wake up, He will come like a thief, and we will not know at what time He will come to us. Don’t you want to walk with Him in white? (Revelation 3: 3, 4).

You have tasted His goodness and experienced His presence and mighty power. Would you not want your fellow believers, your besties, your family to experience the same? Strengthen and reaffirm the calling. How can you strengthen yourself? By prayer, hearing, reading, and meditating the word of GOD gaining the knowledge of the truth, good desires, and convictions of sin, of depravity and weakness, pride, self-confidence, lukewarmness, indolence, levity, or the love of the world. GOD desires you to be an overcomer of all and meet the commitments you made to Him. Will you? He is waiting on you and do not make your calling die.

In Christ Alone,

Justina Jausline

Magnification!

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                                                                                                    Good Morning Holy Spirit - Daily Devotion

Good Morning Friend, glad to bring up this reminder today.God created and provided mankind the gift of free will - the gift of choice. This is the ability for humans to make their own decisions. It means that although God made this world and it was good , it is up to humans to choose to do good or bad with it.

We might be in a very bad mood today due to overwhelming commitments, unrealistic expectations from others around us, our inability to handle daily chores, the way others judge us who will absolutely have no clue what we go through, not receiving any recognition for the hard toil we do, no progress in relationship , finance, health, loneliness,  being oppressed or depressed etc etc.

There are many many valid reasons for our emotional traumas. Absolutely, there is no wrong in it as we are humans who have been made with emotions.😊At the same time, it is very important and it's a matter of fact that how do we want to handle this. The choice lies with us.

Do you remember the magnifying glass where we used to have fun working with it in our physics lab during school or college days. What it is and what does it do? 

A magnifying glass is actually the simplest form of a basic microscope. It consists of a single convex lens that magnifies an object. There is no promise given to mankind that you will absolutely have no issues in life. Infact, Jesus says to his disciples "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart!".

For every challenges or the problems, there is a solution and i believe you will agree with it. But its a matter of choice, which one do we want to magnify? Is it the problem or the solution? When we magnify the solution rather than the problem, we will become more optimistic. We will continue to think of the strategy to attain the solution. Do you know, Optimistic people tend to lead a happy and successful life.

Sometimes we will be able to workout the solution immediately or it might probably takes an extra time and effort. No matter what, remember who is traveling with you in this journey. 

“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you or forsake you” (Deuteronomy 31:6).

He(Jesus) have overcome the world and so we are!

Have a blessed, peaceful, joyful, and restful weekend!😇

In Christ Alone
Justina Stephen

Detoxification

 Detoxification

Good Morning Holy Spirit - Daily Devotion

Good Morning Friend, It is always a joy when we do what God wants us to do. Isn't that correct? It will give us immense pleasure as we know that God will be pleased with us when we obey. Nevertheless,  it is not so easy but requires a fervent commitment which most of us struggle with it.  It does require conscious efforts & intentional purity of body, soul & spirit.

Detoxification process is being practiced for centuries by cultures around the world. It is the physiological or medicinal removal of toxic substances from a living organism, including the human body. By removing and eliminating toxins, then feeding our body with healthy nutrients, detoxifying can help protect us from disease. It will renew our ability to maintain optimum health through a range of methods. It is nothing but resting,cleansing,nourishing the body from inside out. 

This is from a physical standpoint but it is as equivalent for us to detoxify our soul and spirit. Many times we are over bogged with work feeds, social media feeds, entertainment feeds, negativity feeds leads us to fear, anxiety etc. which eventually corrupts our soul & spirit drifting us away from God's plan.

God's desire for human is obedience and to live a blessed & a long life. We are also aware about the penalty for disobedience (the first sin ever) is death through Adam and Eve. However, God loves us so much that He sent Jesus and whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life (life after death). 

We need to surrender back to God rather than carrying the guilt of disobedience, hiding us from God. Sometimes expecting a perfect time to return back which probably can never happen. It is time to rest in His presence, cleanse ourselves , nourish our soul & spirit with God's promises.

Apostle Peter has written to gentile Christians, God's elect who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God that as obedient children of God, we should not confirm to the evil desires and to be holy in all we do. 

14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy. - I Peter 1: 14-16

It is time to detoxify our body, soul and spirit!

May your whole spirit, soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus"   (I Thessalonians 5:23)

Have a blessed day! 😇

In Christ Alone
Justina Stephen