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Are you living out the plans and thoughts that God has ordained for you? He has recorded all the days of your life in His holy register. His good thoughts about you outnumber the grains of sand on the beach.

 

Psalm 139:13-18 "You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous - how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born.  Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can't even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!

 

Psalm 139:5,6 "You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!"


Have you found your purpose for living?  Do your goals and vision line up with the principals in the Bible?  I really like what God thinks about purposes.  He shared His eternal plan with the world in Ephesians 3:11, "...according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord..."

 

Also in 2 Timothy 1:9 we have the heart of the gospel message given.  "...who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,..."

 

I believe that God gave guidelines for determining our purpose for living.  He gave His only son for the good of mankind.  He had a goal, purpose, and vision to bring light and peace to the world.  Jesus Christ, the Son, showed us the way in - 1 John 3:8B and Acts 10:30,"For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil and He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed of the devil."  In all of our goals, we can all be like our Lord who went about doing good.


As we enter the New Year of 2014, I have to say that I am so eager to see all that the Lord will reveal.  His power will be on great display for all who care to see.  He will unravel some of the greatest mysteries of the ages to proclaim His glory and divinity.  You will see unparalleled examples of the wealth of the sinner being released into the hands of the church and individual believers.

We will stand in amazement and wonder at the ebb and flow of the Super-Abundance of the Almighty God.  You might as well get ready to see your mouth drop in astonishment at the goodness and miracle working power of God.  “He will command the blessing on you…” (Deut. 28:8A).  

You can receive the greatest of healing miracles, opportunities, and advancement.  All of the unlimited resources of heaven can be released into your life in 2014.  As you yield your total life unto the Lord, He will take you higher and higher into His anointing.  He wants the fruit of the Spirit prevailing in your walk and not the fruit of the flesh.  God’s fresh fire is ready to cleanse.

God himself has guaranteed to give great supply to all who support His kingdom's work (Philippians 4:14-19).  My prayer and desire for you is that you see the Lord high and lifted up and that you respond to His call and will for your life.


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