Whom are you Reflecting in your Character?

September 26, 2025 nofearlindaLeave a comment

I have had an inordinately busy week. I wonder if others see me as frantic, calm, focused or scattered? How do I want them to perceive me? This is a question for reflection as we consider- How do others perceive you, your actions and your character? Everyone likes to be looked upon favorably. I would suggest that what we need to be more concerned about is how God perceives us, our deeds and character. In 1 Kings 10:6-9 records the words of the visiting Queen of Sheba as she meets King Solomon. “And she said to the king, “The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom, ⁷but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report that I heard. ⁸Happy are your men! Happy are your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom! ⁹Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord loved Israel forever, he has made you king, that you may execute justice and righteousness.”

She extols Solomon’s wisdom, prosperity and his ruling with justice and righteousness. In verse 9, she says this must be because God delights in him. She was right as All of the attributes Solomon exhibited were given by God. Solomon had asked God for wisdom so he could rule the nation of God’s people with justice. 1 Kings 3: 9-13. “Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?” ¹⁰It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. ¹¹And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, ¹²behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. ¹³I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.”

This example from scripture forces us to examine our own lives and ask what attributes has God given me that I might serve him. When we accept Jesus as Savior, the Holy Spirit comes to dwell within us. Besides the gifts of faith and eternal life, God enhances our character and begins to make us more and more like Jesus. Galatians 5:22-23 lists some of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” What attributes are you seeing in your own life? How have they changed over time? It pleases God when we use our godly attributes to engage with our world. Just like Solomon, others see how we are blessed by God as we seek to reflect His character in our lives.

Linda

Awesome God, Filled with Character!

March 14, 2024 nofearlindaLeave a comment

Psalm 62 gives us a glimpse into the character of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. As you read you will see the psalmist highlight what the character of God is like.

Truly my soul finds rest in God; Refuge
my salvation comes from him. Savior
²Truly he is my rock and my salvation; Steadfast
he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. Unshakeable

³How long will you assault me?
    Would all of you throw me down—
    this leaning wall, this tottering fence?
⁴Surely they intend to topple me
    from my lofty place;
    they take delight in lies.
With their mouths they bless,
    but in their hearts they curse. The psalmist is plagued by those that would seek to defeat him.

⁵Yes, my soul, find rest in God; Refuge, place of rest
    my hope comes from him. Giver of hope
⁶Truly he is my rock and my salvation; Savior and rock
    he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. Unshakeable fortress
⁷My salvation and my honor depend on God; Savior, dependable
    he is my mighty rock, my refuge. Rock and Refuge
⁸Trust in him at all times, you people; Trustworthy
    pour out your hearts to him, Accessible, listens
    for God is our refuge. Refuge

⁹Surely the lowborn are but a breath,
    the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance, they are nothing;
    together they are only a breath. The psalmist find life fleeting.
¹⁰Do not trust in extortion
    or put vain hope in stolen goods;
though your riches increase,
    do not set your heart on them. The psalmist finds worldly things unreliable.

¹¹One thing God has spoken,
    two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God, All Powerful
¹²    and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”; Unfailing in Love
and, “You reward everyone Rewarder
    according to what they have done.” Looks at what we do, interested in me!

I pray that you find this list encouraging. Because Christ died on the cross and rose from the dead, I can know and trust the character of God and indwelling of His Holy Spirit. Jesus made that possible! Thank you Jesus. I love the words in Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

Linda

Knowing God’s Character is Essential

February 22, 2024 nofearlindaLeave a comment

Psalm 18 is rich and we’ll spend 2 days here. Psalm 18:1-6 show us David’s dependence upon God and how God always responds to those who love Him. Here it is in the New Living Translation:

I love you, Lord;
    you are my strength.
²The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;
    my God is my rock, in whom I find protection.
He is my shield, the power that saves me,
    and my place of safety.
³I called on the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
    and he saved me from my enemies.

What does David know about God? He is the one who gives him strength, stability, salvation, protection, safety, and is totally worthy of praise!

⁴The ropes of death entangled me;
    floods of destruction swept over me.
⁵The grave wrapped its ropes around me;
    death laid a trap in my path.
⁶But in my distress I cried out to the Lord;
    yes, I prayed to my God for help.
He heard me from his sanctuary;
    my cry to him reached his ears.

David continues and tells us God has untangled very difficult situations for him, kept him from natural disasters and mortal enemies, and God has heard his prayers. God is accessible to David as his cries reach up to the heavens.

Looking at David’s list of the things he knows about God, I ask myself do I know those things too? Through faith in Jesus, I have all of that and more, but am I realizing it in my life? Do I depend upon God for strength when times are hard or when I’m hurting? Is my faith in Jesus a stabilizing factor in my life? If not, how do I make it so? Colossians 2:6-7 tells us it is all dependent upon Christ, “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, ⁷rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” Is Christ my savior? Have I done as Romans 10:9-10 says? “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” Be assured it will work as verse 13 goes on to say, “for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Do I call on God for protection? Simple things like praying before I travel or during my travels, as I go to sleep at night, or as I’m are off to work. God can and will be with me 24/7 so do I acknowledge this and pray for protection? If disaster should come am I living assured that He will be there? How about prayer for difficult circumstances or problems? God can and will listen to my cries for help and the anguish of my soul. I may see his answer in ways of protection, healing, encouragement, comfort, uplifting, fellowship, etc. His answers are not always immediate but if it is in His will the answer will come. That calls for patience, and you can hear David’s anguish as he waits for God’s response. And yet, he does not lose hope as He knows the nature of God.

Because Christ died on the cross and rose from the dead, I can know God and depend upon His character. Thank you Jesus for the knowledge of God’s faithfulness and His indwelling Holy Spirit that confirms these truths within my being. Romans 8:16 “The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.” Praise God!

Linda

Isaiah, What a book! Thank You Lord for Revealing Yourself to Me

August 31, 2023 nofearlindaLeave a comment

I have been blogging though Isaiah since February 20, two days before the beginning of Lent, until August 31. It has been an experience like no other. If I had thought to do this, I would not have attempted it, but God brought me to it and through it. I decided to go back and reread my blogs and see what impression I had of the entire book from all the pieces. Here are a few things I gleaned:

God keeps His promises about Jesus whether you are looking at his mission, purpose, places, happenings, etc. They are all true. Many were fulfilled when Jesus came but there are some remaining about His return and reign that we can be assured will be true even though they are future to us. We can trust God to fulfill them just as He promised because He has proven Himself trustworthy 100% on all He has given to us. God also included His promises to save, support, comfort, affirm or always have a remnant of believers present. Isaiah is a book filled with God’s promises. Here are a couple for you to review about Jesus. Isaiah 9:6 “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 53:3 “He was despised and rejected by mankind,  a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. Here are a couple of promises to claim today. Isaiah 40:27-30 “He gives strength to the weary
    and increases the power of the weak.³⁰Even youths grow tired and weary,  and young men stumble and fall; ³¹but those who hope in the Lord  will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles;
    they will run and not grow weary,    they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 49:16 “See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;  your walls are ever before me.”

God’s character is revealed in Isaiah as in no other book. Here is a list of attributes I found and I know I missed some. I was so encouraged by this list! God’s glory is revealed in Jesus. God is Eternal, Powerful, Ruler of Heaven and Earth, Creator, Sovereign, Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Redeemer, Savior, foundation of our faith, the One and Only God, Holy, Faithful, Merciful, Defender, Just, unfailing in His Love, Restorer, Zealous, Righteous, Father, Prince of Peace, Peace loving Wonderful Counselor and He grieves over our sinfulness. God is the one and only unique God who loves and bestows compassion, mercy, justice, peace, care, help, guidance, faith, joy, hope and rest upon us. I was so amazed at how much I learned or had affirmed about God- who He is and what He does. How much He loves and cares for me and desires that I follow Him. May these words remind you of whom we worship. Isaiah 40:22-28

²⁵“To whom will you compare me?    Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
²⁶Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:    Who created all these?
He who brings out the starry host one by one
    and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,    not one of them is missing. ²⁷Why do you complain, Jacob?    Why do you say, Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord;   my cause is disregarded by my God”?
²⁸Do you not know?    Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God,   the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary,    and his understanding no one can fathom.

Isaiah is also filled with God’s grief over the sins of His people. He points out their rebellion (and ours too) and beckons them to return to Him. He is longsuffering and desires a relationship with us. Isaiah 1:2- 4 “Listen, O heavens! Pay attention, earth!  This is what the Lord says: “The children I raised and cared for  have rebelled against me. ³Even an ox knows its owner,
    and a donkey recognizes its master’s care—but Israel doesn’t know its master.    My people don’t recognize my care for them.” ⁴Oh, what a sinful nation they are—    loaded down with a burden of guilt. They are evil people,
    corrupt children who have rejected the Lord. They have despised the Holy One of Israel
    and turned their backs on him.

What can I take away from this study? God is reliable and keeps His promises. This is a great comfort to me and assures me that my present and future are secure!

God’s is unchanging and I can depend upon His character. His attributes comfort, uplift and guide me. I don’t need to doubt as He is consistent generation to generation. He is unchanging, Hebrews 13:8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” and Hebrews 6:18 “So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.”

God grieves over my sin and desires a relationship with me. Isaiah 1:18-20 “Come now, let’s settle this,”    says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet,  I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson,   I will make them as white as wool. ¹⁹If you will only obey me,
    you will have plenty to eat. ²⁰But if you turn away and refuse to listen,
    you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies.     I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Lastly, the phrase that is repeated over and over in Isaiah is God the Holy One of Israel. God’s holiness is seen in contrast to the rebellion and sinfulness of the kings and their people. The way they treated one another and had no respect or love for God is laid out before them. Isaiah does not hold anything back as God is brutally honest and truthful about their sin. We can learn from this and seek Holy God. Come to Him in humility realizing our sinfulness. Isaiah 66:2 God reminds us:

My hands have made both heaven and earth;
    they and everything in them are mine.
    I, the Lord, have spoken! “I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts,
    who tremble at my word.”

I pray you were blessed by this study.

Linda

Joseph’s Example

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 nofearlindaLeave a comment

In today’s portion of the Christmas story we transition to Joseph. As we see in this passage, he was an upright Jew who followed the law. He shows compassion and caring for Mary as he does not want her disgraced and plans to divorce her quietly. Their betrothals were more binding than our ‘engagements’ as to end them they actually had to seek a divorce.

Matthew 1:18-25 “This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. ²⁰But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” ²²All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: ²³“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”(which means “God with us”). ²⁴When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. ²⁵But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus”.

From this passage we can tell that Joseph is open to listening to the angel and takes what he says as truth. He does not question the angel as to how this could even be possible, but accepts the circumstances of Mary’s pregnancy as fact and acts in faith by taking Mary home to be his wife. He did not object to the possible ridicule they would face or the difficult times ahead for them both but trusted the Lord to see them through as he knew it was God’s plan. I admire Joseph’s faith and trust in God and his compassion and love for Mary.

From this passage we can also tell things about God. God knew Joseph’s inner most thoughts. He did not have to hear them aloud as the angel came and addressed Joseph’s concerns and future plans as He had prior knowledge of his thoughts. God is Omniscient and knows all that happens and will happen in our world. God knows our inner most thoughts and there is nothing we can hide from Him. God had a plan to save all mankind through His Son Jesus and used a miraculous plan that only God could conceive and execute. God is Sovereign over all actions in our world and can make things happen that defy our natural world though his Omnipotent power. By using the Holy Spirit to indwell Mary so that she would conceive a child showed God’s ability to be present within us, His Omnipresence.

Which of these attributes of God is most meaningful to you today? Do you forget that God is Omniscient and try to ‘get away’ with sin? Do you rationalize it by thinking it is a little sin and God won’t care? What about His Sovereignty and Omnipotent power? Do you trust God to be in control of all things in your life? Do you pray like you believe that He is and can do all things? Forgetting or ignoring the fact that God is Omnipresent denies the truth that He is with us always. Jesus’ parting words in Matthew 28:19-20 say otherwise, “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Jesus promises to be with us, Omnipresent with each believer always. Do you live life like Jesus is right there with you in the problems and in the celebrations?

There is much to ponder in this portion of the Christmas story that can lead us to greater faith and trust in Almighty God. Will you follow in Joseph’s path and walk with humility, faith and trust in God today? Will you trust God to walk before you and with you to face the problems and challenges each day brings? Use your faith and see the miracles only God can do in your life!

Linda

Love Language for Thanking God

November 18, 2021 nofearlindaLeave a comment

What type of language do you use to thank God? Are your words plain and simple, direct and forthright? If you want others to understand how you feel about God and why you feel the need to thank Him, then you should say what is in your heart with emotion and love. In Psalm 145 the psalmist lays out his feelings about God, who He is and why God should receive his (ours too) thanks and praise.

I will extol you, my God and King,
    and bless your name forever and ever. Eternal God and King
²Every day I will bless you
    and praise your name forever and ever.
³Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, Unsearchable in His greatness
    and his greatness is unsearchable.

⁴One generation shall commend your works to another,
    and shall declare your mighty acts.
⁵On the glorious splendor of your majesty, Majestic, Wonderous
    and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.
⁶They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, Awesome deeds, His Greatness
    and I will declare your greatness.
⁷They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness
    and shall sing aloud of your righteousness. His Goodness and Righteousness

⁸The Lord is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. His Grace, Mercy, Patience and Love
⁹The Lord is good to all,
and his mercy is over all that he has made. His Goodness and Mercy

¹⁰All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord, All Creation will give thanks to Him!
and all your saints shall bless you!

What an amazing list of attributes of our God! He is all those and so much more. Let your heart overflow with gratitude and thanks towards Almighty God!

Linda

Love, Hope and a Redemptive Plan = Jesus our Savior!

June 12, 2020 nofearlindaLeave a comment

I love the message of truth given in Ephesians 1:4-10. I can be encouraged by God’s love, the redemption plan made perfect in Christ and the hope I now have in Him. Here it is in the Message translation for ease in understanding,

“Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son. ^7-10Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we’re a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.”

God had a long range plan to redeem us. It was not a spur of the moment decision. In Genesis 1:26, God decided to create man, a thinking living being in His image, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness,” After giving Adam and Eve the directive to not eat of the tree of good and evil, Eve bowed to temptation from Satan and ate giving some to Adam too. God had anticipated this as He created man with free will and planned for a way to restore men and women into relation ship with Him. Genesis 3:15 gives the first prophecy of Jesus coming to counter Satan’s dominion over the desires of man. “I’m declaring war between you and the Woman, between your offspring and hers. He’ll wound your head, you’ll wound his heel.” Jesus would be born into this world and give hope to mankind through His sacrifice.

Why would God do this? His motivation was and is LOVE. He loves His creation and desires to have a relationship with us. John 3:16-18 says, “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.”

Does this give you HOPE? Hebrews 3:6 speaks of this hope we now have in Christ. “but Christ is faithful over God’s house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.” I also love Romans 5:1-2 “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”

romans 5 2 The Word is filled with references to God’s plan of redemption and the restoration of His relationship with mankind from Genesis to Revelation. The story of God’s love for us, His desire to bring us back to Him is why Jesus came. All these things give me Hope and I pray they do the same for you as you meditate on Jesus, God’s love and His desire to be in relationship with you.

Linda

Let’s be Practical about Faith- #1 to Practice Devotion to God!

January 24, 2020 nofearlindaLeave a comment

How can I be or show more devotion and love for God? I came across a list of 9 practical ways for God’s people to experience love and commitment to God. I want to pursue each way with you as I know I need my faith to be real and practical. God desires that I know and seek Him each day.

Our first practical step in showing devotion and love for God is to recount His attributes. There are many examples for us to follow in scripture of praise given to God for who He is. 1 Samuel 2:1-10 is a prayer of praise given by Hannah because of her love and devotion to God who gave her the desire of her heart, a son named Samuel. Here is verse 1-2 ““My heart rejoices in the Lord!
    The Lord has made me strong.
Now I have an answer for my enemies;
    I rejoice because you rescued me.
²No one is holy like the Lord!
    There is no one besides you;
    there is no Rock like our God. Hannah praises God in her heart and knows He alone is holy, steady and all powerful.

David praises the Lord in 1 Chronicles 29:10-13 as God has provided all the materials they will need to build the temple. See here in verses 11-12 how David praises God for his greatness, power, glory and majesty. He realizes that God owns, creates and is sovereign ruler of all things. “Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things. ¹²Wealth and honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and at your discretion people are made great and given strength.”

Psalms is another good source for finding praise for who God is and what He alone can do. Psalm 93 is short but packed with praises for who God is.

The Lord is king! He is robed in majesty.
Indeed, the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength.
The world stands firm
and cannot be shaken.

²Your throne, O Lord, has stood from time immemorial.
    You yourself are from the everlasting past.
³The floods have risen up, O Lord.
    The floods have roared like thunder;
    the floods have lifted their pounding waves.
⁴But mightier than the violent raging of the seas,
    mightier than the breakers on the shore—
    the Lord above is mightier than these!
⁵Your royal laws cannot be changed.
    Your reign, O Lord, is holy forever and ever. The psalmist sees God as eternal, all powerful, reigning king over all creation, unchanging and majestic beyond measure.

How do you see God? Can you praise God for His attributes because you have personally experienced them in your life? Join Hannah, David and the psalmist in praising God for those ways He has impacted your life with His marvelous character. God has shown me His mercy, comfort, love, grace, hope, compassion, guidance, power, accessibility, and each day the list lengthens as God is unchanging and eternally present in my life. Thank you Lord.

God-Attributes — Recount His Attributes today!

Have a blessed day as you meditate on the ways God has personally ministered to you because of who He is not because of who you are. Praise Him today!

Linda

God’s Revelations Through Advent=God’s Abounding Attributes

December 26, 2019 nofearlindaLeave a comment

Advent of 2019 has been very confirming and uplifting to me. As I wrote about the Christmas story, Messiah’s long awaited arrival on earth, I was filled with wonder and praise for our Almighty God. Seeing the story anew through the lens of who-is-god God’s attributes gave me a glimpse into the magnificence and depth of our God. I saw God’s accessibility, grace, omniscience, as a person, His incomprehensibility, invisibility, holiness, as a preserver, merciful, a promise-keeper, righteous, sovereign, perfect, omnipotent, provider, merciful again, glorious, Savior, faithful, just, wise, Father, guide, love and eternal.

For 25 days we have looked into the character of God and reflected on how His character could impact us. God desires that we are accessible to Him and to others. He gives us grace and asks that we show grace to others. God alone is omniscient, incomprehensible, invisible, personal, preserver of all things, righteous, sovereign, perfect, omnipotent, glorious, Savior, promise keeper and the giver of eternal life. He calls us to be holy as He is holy and to wear the righteousness of Christ though faith in Him. Be merciful towards others and lend them helping hands. God wants us to be faithful to Him and to those around us, just in our dealings with others, a giver of wise council, good father’s and mothers, guide others towards Him and to be open to His leading. He wants us to keep our word and follow His Word. God desires that we love Him and love those He has placed in our life as much as we love ourselves.

David reached the following conclusion about God in Psalm 86:10-13.

No pagan god is like you, O Lord.
    None can do what you do!
⁹All the nations you made
    will come and bow before you, Lord;
    they will praise your holy name.
¹⁰For you are great and perform wonderful deeds.
    You alone are God.

Thank you for joining me this Advent. May you be blessed as you endeavor to live for Jesus and grow more and more life Him each day.

Linda

Let Advent Begin with a Call to Understand- Join me!

December 1, 2019 nofearlindaLeave a comment

Several years ago, I endeavored to see the Christmas story through the lens of God’s attributes knowing that all God ordains reveals His character to us. His plan and will always brings Him glory and us good. I invite you to join me this Advent Season to journey through the scriptures with an eye towards God’s character and see what wonders we can discover about our Almighty God. Jeremiah 33:3 will be my guiding verse this season- “Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.” I am asking God to reveal His character to us though the Christmas stories. May we be mightily blessed and find out many things that were previously hidden to us.

God’s attribute that gives me confidence to ask and call upon Him is His Accessibility. James 4:8 promises “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.” Ephesians 3:12 ^“In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence” and Hebrews 4:16 “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” These are just a few verses that confirm to us that we can indeed approach God and seek Him through prayer and study. As we draw near to Him this Advent Season, He will meet us just as He has promised.