This morning I am sitting here enjoying a cup of coffee, which I am not sure how I would survive without coffee, but none the less, I was thinking about this past weekend. One of my callings from God is to serve my community. I volunteer as a Crisis Chaplain for Harris County, I work side by side with the Harris County Sheriffs Office doing ride a longs with the Deputies. This past Saturday night I met a man who made some bad decisions in his life and had been incarcerated for 28 years, more than half his life, and was just recently released. As we were talking he told me his story, shared with me his testimony and when he was finished we prayed and he told me that any doubts about God he had were gone, because our paths crossed that night. The point I am trying to get to is this, we all have probably made decisions or choices in our past that we wish we could go back and change, but we can't, we can only learn from them, ask for forgiveness and move forward. Do not allow your past to dictate your future.
We all live each day thinking about yesterday and what's to come tomorrow. The reality is once you go to sleep at night, yesterday is gone, we can't go back and change it, or ask for a "do over". What happened yesterday is done and can not be changed. We no longer have yesterday. At the same time, we can't have tomorrow either, for it hasn't happened yet. You only have today. This is the day the Lord has made...live in it.
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:33-34
As you go to sleep tonight, you will wake up to tomorrow being blessed by God. What will it bring, what achievements will you accomplish, what trials will be there for you? None of us have the answers to those questions, so to worry about them now will only tarnish today. We all work and plan for the future, to make for a better life for our families, but remember, God has a plan for each of you, and He did not create us to fail. We cannot change our past, we cannot predict our future. God has already planned a path for you to walk, put Him first place in every aspect of your life and he will guide you every step of the way. Your past does not dictate your future, God does. There is no power greater than Him, nothing can keep you from where He is leading you, except you. Not even the enemy can stop you, unless you allow him to. Put your trust in God to deliver us from yesterday and prepare for us tomorrow, so we can have today. This is the day the Lord made...Live in it.
What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:31
As I speak a blessing over each of you this morning, always remember, I am here for you if you ever need to talk or get something off your chest or if you need prayer for yourselves, your family or your friends. Please do not hesitate to contact me.
May the Lord bless you and keep you; may the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; may the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.
Dear Father God, thank you for blessing us with this day and loving us as Your children. Watch over each and every one of us as we start each day, as we go through this week, keeping us in the palm of Your hand. Guide us in our daily lives, directing us on the path You have planned for us, bringing forth the dreams you have planted in each of our hearts. For we know who we are and whose we are, children of the most high God. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
"Keep your Faith strong, your Hope alive and your Prayers never ending."
God Bless
Pastor Mark
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