Healing

Good morning beautiful people!! I pull away to study to keep my spirit strong and to starve out any doubts for my healing.

1 Peter 3:17-22
For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.  For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.  After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits—  to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,  and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,  who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.

Lord Jesus, grant us courage and hope through our times of suffering for doing good.  Holy Spirit, lead us into doing the good that God has planned for us to do - that we would be able to do the will of our Father in Heaven like Jesus did.  Lord, it is through Your resurrection alone that we are able to live by Your Spirit, and not by our flesh.  Thank you for Your Grace that pursues as we imperfectly work out our salvation and try to live giving You all the honor and praise and glory!  You are the author of our lives!  May we lose ourselves in Your great love as You write life on our hearts.

This is my prayer and I am healed regardless of how I feel and of what the Dr. report says. Who believes with me?

Sunday Inspiration

For the good

Good morning beautiful people!!!

Matthew 26:31-35
Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written:“‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’  But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”  Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.”  “Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.”  But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the other disciples said the same.

Is your heart as strong and committed as your words indicate?  Many times we have the best of intentions with our words, but our commitment and actions that follow are a mere shadow of what we said we would do, or who we said we would be.  Jesus already knew that Peter would deny Him, it was even indicated in scripture that it would happen.  In part, this experience would equip Peter for his future service to Christ.  Likewise, often times we learn the hardest lessons in the midst of what seems like our worst failures.  God can and does use these things for His good.

Be good to yourself and to one another. ~Atara