Every day around a table someone is fighting for their life with cancer or some other sickness, someone is walking in a stormy relationship or season of struggling, from grief to emotional struggles, raising kids, having kids, getting married, getting divorced, losing a spouse or loved one to death, sitting by the bedside in a hospital or waiting room longing for the doctor to come out with the news. Losing a job or a career change to a phone call with a bad report. Some people are living their best life in college or a new career and waiting for the sun to rise each new day. 

Every day we wait and wrestle with daily life. From replacing lightbulbs and life maintenance for all—to widows and singles and aged care providers to teens struggling with life. Be kind and be part of the answer. Love people right where they are in life and ask God for wisdom to minister to people. 

Ministering to people may simply be listening to hear, not listening to respond or repeat a conversation. While listening, God can give a simple word of wisdom, or one word of encouragement that can change the course of someone’s life. Live to know God and make Him known. Tell the world about Jesus—He is coming back soon! 

God loves you! 

His love and mine,

DEBORAH 

Obedience to God is key. It involves us doing not only what God approves—His Law—(the Word of God), but also what He appoints us to do in this life. I remember asking God about a situation several years ago and wondering if I had missed the will of God in a situation. I heard the LORD speak just as clearly to me as if He were standing next to me and He told me a particular person would have committed suicide and something else that I knew what He meant exactly would have happened. I firmly believe God positions us in people’s path by His divine design. 

God appoints us for the saving of other people’s lives. I remember going to the mailbox one day and thinking about something serious and heard the LORD whisper. He said, “John would not have made it had you not crossed his path by My design.” About two  minutes later, I received a text from that person telling me how thankful they were for me and that they knew God had put me in their path, and that they were now truly born-again! 

God knows just how to get our attention and to make Himself known. He goes to extreme measures for just one person. When He knows you are interruptible and that you will obey Him, he will change the course of your day and life for just one person. That’s the love of God my friends! 

Sometimes what we are called to do in life is not always pleasant, but God blesses us and rewards our obedience.  He loves you with an everlasting love and wants you to be interruptible to touch someone else’s life.

HIS love and mine,

Deborah

Our world needs to see Jesus in us!

God’s two greatest commandments are to love Him with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. It’s impossible to have one without the other. To show love for God includes showing a genuine love for those who have been created in His image—no matter what color, creed, race, or nationality. 

If we are truly walking with God with Him leading the way, we find that our love for God deepens as well as our love for people—even those who don’t necessarily look like us or sound like us and may have varying opinions in life. 

“Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” (Ephesians 5:1-2). 

When Jesus comes into a life, He changes everything. When you have been born-again from above, your address changes for where you will spend eternity. In Philippians 3:20, Paul declared that all believers are citizens of heaven and ought to live worthy of their new address. He also encouraged the Christians he was writing in the City of Colossae to walk in wisdom toward those who were outside the faith. In that way people could see and hear about the changes (see Colossians 4:5-6). 

If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, tell someone about your change of address. Tell the world about Jesus—He is coming back for His own! 

HIS love and mine,

Deborah