Honor Thy Mother & Father

Jesus, son of man, on the cross in his final hours is what I am reading about today. The account is in John, the last gospel.

Back to the  of Jesus, I don't know about you but I'm pretty sure if I were in his position I would only be thinking of my pain and suffering but here in this passage look what Jesus says. His mother and other women were gathered there and he looked on his mother and the disciple that he loved and he said to his mother "Woman, behold your son" and to the disciple he said "behold your mother". In his final moments he wanted to be sure his mother was cared for, that she had a "son". At this point his mother was most likely a widow and Jesus was living the word out in his death bed honoring his mother.  Beautiful! 

Honor and love your parental figures today in what ever form they met be, and if they are gone bless their soul. Be a son or daughter to someone who needs one. Maybe a neighbor who lives alone maybe a relative who has no children. Reach out to those who cared for you or show care for someone who has no one to care for them...

RadicallyHIS,

Melissa

Share It!

Are you someone who shares your faith? It's sometimes difficult to boldly speak to others. This story of the Samaritan woman in John 4 can encourage you.

The woman met Jesus near a well where he told her about the Living Water that only He can give. A water that keeps us from thirsting no more and that becomes a fountain of water in us springing up in to everlasting life. The woman said give me this water so I may thirst no more! 

She then went her way into the city and told the men of a man who told her all the things that she ever did. 

The scripture tells us this MANY beloved in Jesus because of the word of the woman who testified!

Friends this woman simply shared her experience with Jesus and MANY came to know Him through one woman. She did not fret over saying the right thing at the right time she was just honest about who Jesus was to her THEN these men came seeking Jesus themselves and believed even more from their own experience. 

If you have been thinking about sharing your faith take the worry out of it, we plant the seed He makes it grow. Pray for the Holy Spirit to guide your words! I have never regretted a moment where I felt urged to share and I shared. I have only regretted the urges I ignored knowing that the Lord could have done a great work had I been brave...

The Pressures On!

What do you do when the pressure is on? Do you retreat? Do you become inverted? Do you battle it out? Sometimes in life the pressure feels really thick, like you could choke on it.

I saw this amazing sermon last night with one of my besties. It was titled "I'm better under pressure" Peps this sermon was FANTASTIC! Look up Elevation Church, go to Sermon Archive and watch! It was a message I really needed to hear based on 2 Corinthians 1:8-11.

Gods people are better under pressure! I mean think about it, so many people from the bible that were not equipped to be heroes of their day faced the pressure through faith in God and were better because of it! I am reading in Exodus right now so Moses definitely comes to mind but what about Shadrach, Mashach and Abednego? King Nebuchadnezzar was ready to burn these boys alive because they wouldn't bow down and worship him. They walked into the fire FIRM in their FAITH, God was either going to save them or they were going to die for their beliefs. Now that is some pressure! And they came out of that fire with out one hair burned on their body! They were better for the pressure they endured!

It's not about where the pressure comes from, what's happening around you is really about what God's doing inside you! When the pressure is on the Powers coming! If your under pressure right now I urge you to read this chapter in 2 Corinthians and watch this sermon. It certainly filled me up!!! The link is below...

Radically HIS,
Melissa

I'm Better Under Pressure from +Elevation Church
Sermon I'm Better Under Pressure

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