A gift from God

 God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.

1 Peter 4:10‭-‬11 NLT

https://bible.com/bible/116/1pe.4.10-11.NLT

My dear friend God has seen fit to grant you a wonderful gift from his bountiful store

Use it for the benefit of the body of believers

God gives both the gift and the power and opportunity to use it

Be amazed at the response as you use your gift 

God will certainly advance his message of peace and goodwill through you as you use your gift in all humility for his purposes shall be fulfilled in due course

Keep the good faith as you have been taught 

Remember that all things shall be done according to the way of the Lord 

In his good time his good purposes shall be completed

Amen

The day draws near

 So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.

1 Peter 5:6‭-‬7 NLT

https://bible.com/bible/116/1pe.5.6-7.NLT

The day when God will honor you draws near

Do you not sense it?

You are my child and I delight in caring for you

Just a little while longer and I will lift you up

So I tell you do not lose heart now 

This next season of your life 

Will see Gods plans fulfilled

He shall not delay in  drawing near to you .

Listen to my voice and sense my leading

You are my beloved child and I shall make my plans known to you

You shall receive an inheritance from my hand 

Everything I have for you is available from my open hand

Amen

Open your mind

 Intelligent people are always ready to learn. Their ears are open for knowledge.

Proverbs 18:15 NLT

https://bible.com/bible/116/pro.18.15.NLT

Be attentive to my voice and listen to my words says the lord

Quiet your mind and I will speak to you 

Sit down open the scriptures

Do you not hear my voice and sense my spirit 

It is I that speak to you

I never cease to speak to you says the lord

Let deaf ears be unstopped

Let the voice of God come through crystal clear just like the river of life flows crystal clear from the altar of Gods throne.

Learn from me says the lord 

Oh how blessed we are 

We are the chosen ones of God 

God chooses you to carry his holiness into a broken world 

You are his representative

Wherever you are 

Whoever you are 

Through you the kingdom of God is manifest to the people around you.

I am moving says the lord

My spirit shall advance like never before the world has never seen the like of what I'm about to do 

Amen

Common struggle

 In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.

Colossians 3:11 NLT

https://bible.com/bible/116/col.3.11.NLT

Put to death all manner of sin and evil from your former life and put on the new self which is in the likeness of the character of Christ

This is the common struggle which unifies us into one family

There no difference which excludes you from this community of believers 

Both rich and poor both high and low are called to renew their minds in the spirit of Christ 

For he desires that all peoples are transformed into his likeness

Amen

Destiny

 I have seen your deeds

I am El shaddai God Almighty

It is I who open doors for my children 

It is I who closes doors too

I am like a shepherd who separates his sheep and prepares them for the field

I shall lead you to the field where there is ample provision 

Make an account of everything for it will required of you 

Do not be deceived by those who don't know me

I know you for I created all things and hold them together by my powerful hand 

This very day I shall prepare you for the field

I have made a way 

Walk where I have walked

And soon you shall be on the right road

And as you journey along your path 

I shall guide you for I have marked the way 

I shall be a light for your path 

And a staff to lean on for it is I that test the way forward

Imagine a ground that is solid in part and weak in part 

How foolish it would be to walk and not test the ground so I tell you walk the path I have marked and you will find your way 

I stand at the gate and watch as you walk by each one of you is directed by my hand those that stray from my chosen path will get there by another route 

But for every man woman and child the destiny is to be like the Christ in word and deed and outlook.

Amen