JANUARY
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NEW LIFE 4 YOU GETTING RID OF YOUR PAST, LOOKING FOR THE BEST TO COME !
You are precious and honored in my sight, and…I love you. Isaiah 43:4 Does anyone care? Do I make a difference in anyone’s life? Do I matter at all? When the answers seem bleak, it’s important to realize that although few have escaped the painful rocks of rejection, a shipwrecked soul is not at the heart of God’s plan for any child of His. When trials seem unending, when heartaches are hitting wave upon wave, if only we could remember, This too will pass. God says, “You are precious and honored in My sight.” NEWLIFEF4YOU@GMAIL.COM
Do you feel precious to God? Do you consider yourself cherished? Even when you feel you are not, you truly are. Though at times you’ve been drenched with defeat, God’s love is like the endless tide. Your compassionate Savior wants you to “know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything” (James 1:2-4). One of life’s most beautiful and costly wonders is born out of pain and irritation. When a grain of sand slips through the opening of an oyster’s shell, the oyster immediately begins to cover the sand with a substance that eventually develops into one of the world’s exquisite gems—a lovely, luminous pearl. The larger the oyster and the greater the irritation, the larger the pearl and greater the value. Perhaps a “grain of sand”—an excruciating trial—is causing you painful irritation right now. Remember God has not abandoned you. He has a purpose in allowing trials to invade your life. God’s plan for you is perfect—to produce a pearl of great value. Even in the midst of a storm, you are safe. Your Savior will protect you from the storm’s destruction. Jeremy Taylor wrote, “We are as safe at sea, safer in the storm which God sends us, than in a calm when we are befriended with the world.” Trials are purposeful. God can use them to produce in you qualities that could not be cultivated in any other way. As you see yourself through God’s eyes, know you are of great value to Him and He desires the very best for you. He says, “You are precious and honored in My sight, and…I love you.” I am secure because…I am precious in the sight of God.
YOU’RE SO PRECIOUS TO GOD But you are God’s chosen and special people. You are a group of royal priests and a holy nation. God has brought you out of darkness into his marvelous light….” When some people pray, they say things like: “We’re nothing in thy sight, O God” or “We’re but trash before thee, O Lord.” They think it’s a show of humility and respect for God when they talk this way. They don’t realise they’re devaluing themselves. The reason they talk like this is because they’re ignorant of what the scriptures say about them. I would to God they knew just how special and precious they are to God. You shouldn’t make the mistake of thinking or talking like them, because as a Christian, you’re born of God (John 1:12). Besides, God created you in His image and likeness (Genesis 1:27). This means you look exactly like Him and you have His nature in you. When a dog gives birth, it reproduces a dog and not a monkey. It’s the same way with God; He only gives birth to His kind, and you’re His kind because He gave birth to you! So, refuse to think like those who believe it’s proud to call yourself a child of God. You’re made in God’s image and likeness; don’t look down on yourself. Be bold to declare that you’re God’s special possession, for indeed you are! You’re His specially crafted masterpiece, called by His Name, and created in His image and likeness. You’re a peculiar treasure and precious to God. Be conscious of this truth and walk in the light of it. Go Deeper: Galatians 3:26, 1 John 3:2 Speak I’m a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own special person, His divinely crafted masterpiece, called to display His virtues and perfections in my world. Hallelujah! www.newlife4you.xyz www.facebook.com/NEWLIFEINCHRIST2k17/
God has formed many diamonds. But He made only one you. You are unique. You are unlike anyone else who has ever lived or ever will live. He made you because He wants someone exactly like you. He has plans for you. You may be feeling pretty worthless right now, beaten down. Life has probably thrown more at you than you can handle. You don’t feel worth as much as a rhinestone, let alone a diamond. Take heart! "You are precious in my eyes," God says, "and I love you" (Isaiah 43:4a). God never said He loved a diamond but He does say He loves you.
