Nothing Compares...

Today I wanted to pass on the words of a brother(different brother from the last blog )that challenged and encouraged me. Upon reading his email I took some time to pray over my attitudes because I want to share his attitude. Here are his words:

whatever that’s going on in my life, i know for sure, is according to God’s Will. even if His plans are gonna make me suffer, i am ready for it. in the end, all i want is to be with Him in His Kingdom among His people.

This reminded me of these verses..

Philippians 3:7But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9and be found in him…

Psalm 84:10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

Knowing the Lord is the purpose and plan for our lives as believers. Nothing compares to knowing the Lord. So many times it is easy to get distracted by “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But we are created to pursue the Lord, to count everything else a loss compared to knowing Him. Our happiness, our comfort and ease, our wealth, our excitement and self-realization — these are rubbish compared to knowing Jesus, even at the price of suffering for His glory. Many of our brothers and sisters over the years have counted it worth dying to stay true to the Lord. They truly believed it was better to be with the Lord than elsewhere.

Let us live our lives in pursuit of the Lord, seeking to be found in Him in all we do and think and say, counting all other things rubbish compared to knowing Him. amen

Hope you enjoy this playlist of related songs Nothing Compares Playlist

In Christ Alone

I’d like to share a youtube playlist where I gathered some songs with the theme “In Christ Alone”.
In Christ Alone Playlist

There are some lyrics that encourage me to love the Lord. In the first song (Song of Hope, Rob Seay Band) they sing “Just to know that You are near is enough” and in the second song Shane and Shane sing “I have found the answer is to love You and be loved by You alone.”

Matthew 22:36″Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37Jesus replied: ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38This is the first and greatest commandment.

Jesus here was referring to the first commandment, recorded in Exodus 20:3

Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other Gods before or besides me (Amplified Bible)

The greatest commandment is to love the Lord with all that we are, all that we have, an undivided love for Him. The Lord wants us to love our friends and our enemies and our families and He wants us to be thankful for the blessings He gives, but he must be our first Love and our only Love and our only God.

So many times we can rely on people and place our trust in them or give most of our time to them or to activities, and neglect our time with the Lord worshiping and praising Him and digging deeper into His word and waiting on Him in prayer. Or we can trust in our intelligence or wealth or popularity or other people or things to give us strength and love. But we are to trust and love the Lord with all of our hearts.

The Lord loves each of us so much and longs to have a close relationship with us and pour His love on us and have us worship and love Him too.
Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD your God is with you,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing.”

What a beautiful tender love our Lord has for us  Let us love Him in return with our whole and undivided hearts.

I’ll close with a prophetic word a brother had for me a couple of weeks ago.

Let me tell you one truth…. The True Love we will get only from God and not from any human being…. so what we must do is.. we must Love God more than any other brother or sister or friend.. and more than our problems.. Declare to Him …I love You God and Your commandments and Your divine Will more than anyone or anything else…once you started Loving God and spending more time in prayers rather concerning/worrying and thinking…. you see you will receive strength and hope and your conscience will become very clear to make decisions.. so please don’t worry for anything….. Be happy in Lord and keep
praying earnestly without ceasing…