The Optimist

The Optimist will say : THE GLASS IS HALF FULL
The Pessimist will say: THE GLASS IS HALF EMPTY

Think. Which one are you?
I think, Being optimist is the best choice. POSITIVITY makes everyone better. So, lets take this challenge of being optimist from now on.

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”  Wiston Churchill

Good Luck Friends, Thash

David with the heart of God

King Saul set David over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s servants. It happened with time that David became more popular than him. Saul started getting angry and jealous.
Saul out of jeoulousy threw a spear at him. According to you what David did?

David escaped his presence and did not fight back. Why? Was it because David lacked courage? No, he demonstrated his courage in the battle against Goliath.

David was fully submitted to Saul and sought to serve him in every way. David knew the way to be blessed was to work hard and obey his boss. HE LEFT EVERYTHING IN GOD'S HANDS even though he was continously persecuted. He even had he opportunity to kill Saul but did not do it. He had a pure and humble heart. He was blessed by God. ( 1 samuel 17-26)

So, maybe you are facing injustces like David, people are being rude to you. Don't worry, do nothing to hurt them and take revenge. This will only polish your character. Blessings will come upon you. God is with you.
Good day, Thashiana

Divine purpose

Just because your situation uncomfortable and taking long to be restored, this doesnt mean that God is not working. He will never allow a difficulty unless he has a divine purpose.

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.” (Exodus 13:17)

See in the case where God was leading the Israelites to the promised land. He didnt take them on the short route on purpose, because they were not prepared for war. He knew if they were sent there they would be defeated by the ennemies. He delayed the time.
This delay was designed by God for a particular reason. Maybe you are thinking why God is not answering my prayers, why the situation is like this and is not changing?
The Israelites also were complaining but to no avail. Its useless.
Here are the three reasons God uses delays in our lives.
1. God uses delays to prepare us.
2. God uses delays to test us.
3. God uses delays to train us

So rejoice, people of God, we grow in tough times. God uses difficulties to do a work in us. STOP COMPLAINING!

God bless you
Thash

ARE YOU IN FAITH?

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE IN FAITH?
Check if you are right with God and with his word.

One mistake that we usually do is LIVING IN ILLUSION. The illusion of being in faith while we are not.
So, today is an opportunity to analyse our life and see where our FAITH stands.
Go deep!

Press towards the Goal

You have had a horrible past, bad experiences?
These are only STEPS for you to climb and reach higher.

You feel that you are weak, without hope and that you CAN'T do it?
Keep your eyes fixed on your GOAL.
NO one can reach perfection but the only thing we can do is : TO PRESS ON TO IT.

" Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.  Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,  I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. (Phillipians 3:12-14)

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God bless you

Control it before it controls you

Think ~ ANGER ~
"Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed. "Carl Sandburg
Are you fighting with anger? Or are you companion of a fury person?
STOP IT!
Hurting yourself displeases God. Everyone gets angry but few are the ones that control and do not keep it.
Everything starts inside of you. Stop it there and your anger will cease.
To stay safe :Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered ( Proverbs 22:24)
TRY IT!

Sober in mind

 If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.  And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell. (Matthew 5:29-30)

Is it that Jesus is telling us to cut off physically our eye or hands?
Our eye or hand by itself cannot commit sin. Everything starts in the mind, in our thoughts, grows in the heart and is executed by the body.


But what does this parable means?

Eventually we must cut the members that sin, by stopping them from doing what is evil;

shutting our eyes to impure things, refraining our hands from doing evil acts, avoid letting our ears listening calomnies snd everything that can contaminate us, holding back our feet from going to places where sin is there, controlling our tongue to not curse, lie, judge and talk bad on others.


The secret and the only thing we have to do is to work from the INSIDE to control the OUTSIDE. That is, in order to stop our members to sin, we must first of all stop what grows in our heart. What we must understand is that evil thoughts come for everyone. The difference is not nurturing them; that is stop them right there and not allowing them to reach our senses.

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.(Matthew 5:28)

It is the only way, because, scientifically, our body works this way. Let me give you an example.

Imagine you are playing a game such as badminton. Your opponent hits the shuttlecock high over the net. You move effortlessly towards the shuttlecock, and in a matter of perhaps one or two seconds later you hit it back. This action seems unremarkable. But have you ever understood how it works inside your body?
Here it is:
Your eyes saw the shuttlecock and sent a message to the brain. The brain calculated how fast the shuttlecock was moving through the air and predicted where to move your body to. The brain then sent a message to the muscles in your legs and arms to move, bringing you to exactly the right place to hit the shuttlecock.

The same thing happens in our mind concerning sin. Sin starts in our mind people of God. Satan brings bad things or  evil situations in front of you and talks to your thoughts. But the reaction depends on YOU; whether you resist these thoughts or send them to action through your senses.
So, good people, do not let evil thoughts overtake you. It is better to sacrifice today than burn eternally. The devil will never stop trying.
 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. (1 Peter 5:8)

God bless you, Thash.

The unseen Staircase

Are you searching a victory and you are not seeing it happening?
Is it that you are afraid to go ahead because you have once tried and failed?
Is it that you feeling that you do not deserve big things?
Is it that you are feeling too small to go among the graduated?
Is it that you have to wait too long or have already waited?
Or is it that people are saying that you shall never get what you want, be where and who you wanna be?

One tip:

Fight your fear.

        Make the first Step.
 
        Try again and again

        And Believe in your Victory

This is called FAITH. The kind of faith that pleases God. The kind of faith he honours. The kind of faith he answers.

 "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." (Hebrew 11:6)

So, don't be emotional and stop complaining of  situations, difficulties and failures. Else, you shall try and try and never see victory. Use your faith, your confidence to achieve what you want.
Go ahead and do your part. And you gonna see the hands of God being manifested in your Life. 

Remember that Faith is taking the first step when you don't see the whole staircase (Martin Luther King, Jr)

God bless you, Thash

Take the risk

''Vision without execution is just hallucination"  Henry Ford

You have a dream, you want to realise something in your life?
Go ahead for it. Take attitudes. Take the risk.
With strength, perseverance, faith and belief in yourself and in what you are doing. 
Don't look at the tight moments and sacrifices, but seek Victory.
 It shall definitely be yours...

Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth,and if a tree falls to the south or to the north,in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie. He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap. ( Ecclesiaste 11:1-4)

God bless you, Thash

Ant Quality- Last part

                             

                             

Our God is amazing my friends. See the union of these little creatures. This is wonderful. We can agree with what Henry Ford said :

"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success"

How much more wonderful would it be if it was among we people of God?How the work of God would be of really great success.

How do ants work? Each ant member has a role to play in the colony that is the team. And each colony cannot survive very well without its leader( the queen). When teams are formed and even after they have existed for a period of time, it is necessary that each team member understand and be reminded in relation to their role and how they contribute to the team and the organization's goal (survival). The more clearly defined the roles of team members are, the happier team members will be and better they will perform.

 And, we christians?

See what the bible says:

Humble Service in the Body of Christ - Romans 12: 3-8

³ For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. ⁴ For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, ⁵ so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. ⁶ We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; ⁷ if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; ⁸ if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.

So, good people, for the Body of Christ to function perfectly, we need union between the members. Exactly like the ants. The Body represents the Church and the Head is Jesus. The only goal is building up the kingdom of God.
But how to grow the work of God if there is division, judgement, hatred, quarrels, superiority and jealousy?

1 Corinthians 12:21-26 tells you:
 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. ... 

Therefore, let us analyse our attitudes today and work in the same spirit to build the kingdom of God in saving souls. With love towards each other, collaboration. Let us avoid controversies and watch out for those who cause division and create obstacles.

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.(Romans 16:17-18)