God knows your heart!

Psalm 146:1-2  Praise the Lord!  Praise the Lord, O my soul!  

 (2)- While I live I will praise the Lord;  I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Our daily pursuits may provide moments of joy, fun, pleasure or love, but the cry of our hearts goes unheard to those around us.  It is only when we give ourselves over to God that we find total peace, joy and contentment. God hears us and knows our hearts. His happiness is an everlasting one! Spend time with Him, pursue a relationship. Talk to Him about your needs. God already knows but He wants a deep, personal relationship with you.

Psalm 139:1-3 O Lord, You have searched me and known me. 

(2) You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.  

(3) You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

Proverbs 3:5-6  Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding 

(6) In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.

Psalm 23

Psalms 23:1-6 (AMP)
1 A Psalm of David. THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. 
The LORD is my Shepherd.  
Since the LORD is my Shepherd, I do not live in lack. He completely fulfills my every need. 

 
2 He makes me lie down in [fresh, tender] green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters. 
Since the LORD is my Shepherd, I can rest in the meadow grass, and I can enjoy His leading and safety through the calm streams.

3 He refreshes and restores my life (my self); He leads me in the paths of righteousness [uprightness and right standing with Him—not for my earning it, but] for His name’s sake. 
Since the LORD is my Shepherd, my strength is renewed to be able to walk where he leads me!  His way is good, and my walk honors Him.

4 Yes, though I walk through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort me. 
Since the LORD is my shepherd.  I can even walk through the shadows of my life, and I need not be afraid, even of death,  He is ever beside me, close to me, prodding me and guiding me through every turn.

5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my [brimming] cup runs over. 
Since the LORD is my Shepherd. I need not grow hungry.  He provides delicious, continual, and nutritious food for me.  He guards me and my banquet even while enemies watch closely to destroy me.  His blessings are overflowing and more than I can receive.

6 Surely or only goodness, mercy, and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days the house of the Lord [and His presence] shall be my dwelling place.
Without any doubt His constant goodness and continual mercy are with me, not just now but through all   all my life.  I live every day in His presence and will live forever in His Home!

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God Is

God has many characteristics or attributes.

Eternal: 

Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

Holy:

Revelation 4:8 ....[a] Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come! 

Isaiah 6:3 And one cried to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!"

Never Changing:

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

All Powerful:
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Psalm 147:5 ESV Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; His understanding is beyond measure.

All Knowing:
Romans 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways!

Good:
James 1:17 Amplified And Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me [essentially and perfectly morally] good? There is one [essentially and perfectly morally] good except God alone.
Psalm 100:5 For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting and His truth endures to all generations.

Love:
Romans 5:8  But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Giving:
John 3:16  For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.


God does have many more characteristics. Some of these include infinite, self-sufficient, merciful, just, sovereign, and righteous. These characteristics help us to understand who He truly is.

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A Willing Heart

Come to God with a willing heart and He will work in you. 

He wipes away tears, softens furrowed brows, 

touches our cheeks and changes us from the inside out. Then His glorious light will shine through us.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if there is first a willing mind, 

it is accepted according to what one has,

and not according to what he does not have.

John 17:10

All I have is yours and all you have is Mine.

And My glory is shown through them.

God is pleased with me

I'm not where I need to be, but I'm not where I used to be. Keep pressing forward and God will guide your steps.

Psalm 37:23-24 – “The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand.”

Jesus died for us to have a deep, intimate relationship.

God has a glorious plan for our lives. 

Jeremiah 29:11 NLT
For I know the plans I have for you, says the lord. They are plans for good and not for disaster, to you a future and a hope.


Matthew 6:34
So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble.

He is alive!

Jesus is the living water!

Philippians 2:7
He gave up His place with God and made Himself nothing. 
He was born to be a Man and become like
a servant.

John 7:38

He who believes in me, as the scripture says, 

out of his heart will flow living waters.

There is nothing stronger than the love 

that Jesus has for us.

He came and was born a man but was fully God.

Jesus lived a mortal life and knows our pain, joy, disappointments, 

and our deepest feelings.