Walking With God

Psalm 23:3
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

To be restored, you had to have lost something. A well person doesn't need a physician, but when you are sick with sin, you give yourself to God and He will restore your soul. He will give you back what you have lost over time. Not only will God restore you, He will guide you. The scripture says, “He leadeth me”. It’s nothing like God holding your hand after He has helped you. Sometimes we try to get what we want from God, but we never hold out our hand to be lead by God.

Again, not only does He lead us, but He takes us down “the path of righteousness”. He won’t just take you anywhere, He takes you down the path of righteousness.
Now, while walking down this path, you will not always like what you run into. And, because you are human, you will fall off the path. However, if God is leading you, then you will always be able to follow him.

Where he takes us is not only for us, but it's for “His name sake”. Sometimes we get caught up with things in life, simply because we're caught up in ourselves. Yet, lives are changed in His name and for His name sake.

So, remember everything you're losing, you will get back. God will hold your hand and take you step by step down the right path.When you are better and whole, people will be saved by looking at you. But, don't forget, it’s for His name sake!

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The Good Shepherd

Psalm 23
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

As I read this, God told me that this verse wasn’t as much about Him, as it is about us. There will be things that we will not have, that we could use, but the fact is that we should have no wants because of our Shepard. It’s like the congregational song, “I will trust in the Lord”. That’s not about Him, that’s about us. You have to trust Him to do what you don’t see Him doing. Remember, there’s a time limit on the trust...it says, "until I die". So, I can’t stop trusting God to do what He said He would do, because His time isn’t up. Whatever you are dealing with today, and feel like you want everything better, find peace in the fact that God's time isn’t up.

God doesn’t wear a watch, neither is He not worried about time. So, when things work out for you, it wont' be because of what you've done, but because of who is your Shepherd.

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Foot Prints

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed
he was walking along the beach with the LORD.

Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene he noticed two sets of
footprints in the sand: one belonging
to him, and the other to the LORD.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.

He noticed that many times along the path of
his life there was only one set of footprints.

He also noticed that it happened at the very
lowest and saddest times in his life.

This really bothered him and he
questioned the LORD about it:

"LORD, you said that once I decided to follow
you, you'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life,
there is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when
I needed you most you would leave me."

The LORD replied:

"My son, my precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."

My thought today is that the Lord is carrying you. And, if you are in His arms, don’t fight it, stop moving and relax. He loves you, but we spend more time trying to see where we are going, instead of just letting the Lord have His way with us. Trust that when He puts us down, we will be in a better place than we were when He picked us up.
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It is Well With My Soul

Philippians 4:12
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.


I was having a conversation about life and the things that we go through, and I thought about how God keeps us on our feet. We have to be able to be cool with and cool without. In order to deal with both extremes, you need to have with you (when you have and when you don’t have) PEACE.

We pray for things, but I tell you in this season of life, when you pray for something from God, stop and ask for peace for whatever answer He gives you. The thing about peace is, having it will make you look crazy to other people that know what you have going on, because they know what is going on around you, but you know what you have in you.

So, my prayer for you this weekend is that whatever it is that is on your mind, find peace in it. And, when Monday gets here, you won’t even remember whatever had you stressed out today.

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The LORD is my light and my salvation

Psalm 27:1-4
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

It seems like everything that could go wrong or come against you has. If it’s not physical it’s emotional, and it seems like the people that you thought would have your back are stabbing you in it. Yet, what I have learned from these verses is that before we think about anything else or worry about anything else, we need to remember that the Lord is our light and salvation. Whom shall we fear? Which means, I can’t worry about you, because I got my saving grace with me. I can’t worry about what problems I may have going on, because I still have the Lord. We will have problems and issues, but God already has plans for them too, He won’t let them get over on you. He will let them come close enough to you so you know they are there. Sometimes we don’t learn until we burn from the heat on the stove.

Even I have said today, when it rains, it pours. Yet, God told me, "I use the rain to water your blessings, so when the skies clear, you will be able to see what it was all for."

God knows what he is doing.


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Living in Life's Waiting Room

Psalm 27:13 (King James Version)
"I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD."

When it rains, it pours. I have realized in the last couple of weeks that we all are going through hard times and the only way we can keep going is to “believe to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living”. For, with everything going on, it seems as if we have more month than money, more questions than answers, more problems than solutions. Yet, there is one fact that can’t be changed..... God is still good.

There is power in your waiting on the Lord. I believe that we are in life's waiting room. The thing about being in the waiting room, you can’t see what’s going on in the operating room, but you have to trust the doctor that’s on duty to fix whatever the problem is.

Don’t just wait, be of good courage. Stop crying. It should be something in you that says, " I don’t have to look like what I am going through."

It’s on the days I don’t have a penny that I put on my GOOD stuff, because I am broke, but you can’t tell it by looking at me. God will strengthen your heart. He will give you what you need to make your waiting as comfortable as possible. That’s why in the waiting room they have on the TV, magazines, water and coffee because they know you are stressed, so they want to give you all that you need. But, if you need something that may not be in the room, come ask the front desk (your pastor) "how is it going?", and he will let you know that Dr. Jesus is on it and everything is looking good.

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Bend Your Knees

Bend Your Knees

It was about 2am when I started thinking about the Daily Love today, and I asked God to give me something that was for His people. He told me that those of us that are struggling with things and carrying stuff, we are packing it the wrong way. We are walking around with heavy stuff on our chest and we don’t know why we are hurting. It’s because you can’t carry heavy weight on your chest unless you bend your knees.

It’s power in you that can only come out when you bend your knees. But not only bend your knees when you are packing heavy stuff, but you bend your knees when you are picking it up. It’s dangerous for you to let someone hand you their stuff without knowing if it’s to heavy for you. Sometimes we have to tell people, "I really wish I could help you, but what you are packing, I can’t carry."

So, just remember to keep from letting things weigh you down, bend your knees, PRAY ABOUT IT. Before you get upset and try to throw in the towel, bend your knees.

The best part about it is, if you can’t get it with your knees bent, then that’s the best sign to show you to LEAVE IT THERE. WE need to learn to have peace about things and be able to let some stuff go. We are packing some of other people things that even they have let go of.

So, I leave you with the words to this song, and I hope that it helps you through your day:

Makes no difference what the problem,
(I can go to God in prayer).
Yes, I have this blessed assurance,
(I can go to God in prayer).
He will take my gloom and sorrow,
(turn them into light).
He will comfort, strengthen and keep me,
(I can go to God in prayer)


Take it to God.

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1 Corinthians 13:13 (The Message)
But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.

I have been praying about this scripture all week, and I didn’t know what God had in mind. Yet, it seems like the devil is coming to take everything that he want’s from you, but you should have some stuff that nobody can take, no matter who they are. When the Bible says "But for right now, until that completeness," that means after everything else was gone, the only thing left was trust in God, hope and love.

Your list might be longer, but no matter what is in your life, make sure they don’t take those three things. Your trust in God is about you and God. Never let anyone take God from you.

Your hope is a strong one, because hope will make it better before it gets better. Just to explain what hope is, hope is like a gambler that is losing and keeps playing, thinking things will turn around for them. That’s hope. And, if you have that kind of hope in cards, up that kind of hope in your God. Hope that says, "I know I am losing now, but when I get up from this table, called life, I know I will be winning."

Lastly, NEVER let any thing or anybody take your love. Because, when everything else in you tells you that you are crazy, love makes it all make sense. Love will make you do stuff for people you can’t stand, but you love them. Love will also take you places that you had no business being in the first place. Love will open your eyes to a whole new world. Never lose your love. It carries with it the worst pain, but also the best joys.

"For GOD so LOVED the world, that he gave..."

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You are only a though away from a good day.

We seem to let people and events easily mess up our day. However, I want to raise this argument; you are only one thought away from a good day. How do I know that? When people come into your life and mess up what you have going on, you can't let them win. They might mess up what's on the outside, but on the inside, you know that no one is living for you.

So, if I want to have a good day, then that's exactly what I am going to do. No matter what happens.

The hymn says, "Think of His Goodness." So, when you feel like you don't know what to do and you keep thinking about how wrong things are, then you should think of His goodness. That should brighten up your day and make life all the better. Because, if you are alive to have a bad day, then you are better than someone that didn't wake up to have this day.

Thank God for the things that we think we deserve.

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Never leave when God has to you to stay; no matter how hot it gets.

Following God is like being a fireman, you won't live in a fire, but sooner or later, He will require you to get into some hot situations. The thing about it is, the pay may might not be as good, but you can't beat the retirement plan.

God doesn't let you just run in the fire, He has you train (church) with fire drills. They are not there to hurt you, they are there to let you know how to act when you get in the real fire. Then, when you get in the fire, and it is danger all around, you just remember that not only have you trained, but you also have the right equipment. So, though you are in the fire, you will get hot, but you won't be burned, because God has given you some stuff made not to burn.

So, when you feel the fire, don't leave. You are not there because you don't have anything else to do. But, you are in the fire to save someone else. And, they are looking at you. Unsaved people are like kids in a fire. If you can't handle your situation comfortably, then why would they come to you for help? They'd rather stay in the fire and burn.

Think about it.

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“Give it to God. If we could handle it, it would be handled by now.”- Otis Petteway

I feel like now is the time for a shift in the way that we handle our daily activities. We seem to bring God back into it as a last resort, instead of the first choice. But, like anything else, the faster we turn it over to God. the quicker he can handle it for us. It seems like we took the time out to give Him our life, but didn’t give Him the things that were in our lives. It’s like giving someone the basket at the store, but taking all your items out and they were trying to help you out. Get out the way and let God be God. Stop worrying and start worshiping. Stop panicking and start praising.

I think V Michael McKay said it best; " put it all in his hands." What do you put in His hands? ALL. Then, he broke it down and said, "this and that..." God still has his hands out trying to take from you whatever you are carrying, but you won't give it to Him. Turn it over to God.
Let go and let God.

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If it takes you longer to say it than it did for you to think it, “Shush, don’t say it.”

Many times your gifts and talents will take us into great arenas in life, and the only thing that can get you put out is you. A half put together plan is still a plan not put together. We try to rush things in life and say what’s on our mind, but many times it’s the things that we can’t take back that are the things that we want to take back the most. Anytime you can’t take your time and think about what you want to do or say, then you should just pass on it all together. Never make a quick choice to make someone else happy; it never ends up working out better for you.

1. Only loan what you can afford to give.
2. Only go where you are willing to be seen leaving.
3. Trust yourself and God listing to other people.
4. Call someone your friend only after they have shown themselves to be yours.
5. God waits until we die to judge us why do we think we can go before him?

These are a few quick rules of life to take with you this weekend. If you get an opportunity to use these, be sure to tell others to subscribe to the DAILY LOVE.


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You can only get stronger if you lift heaver weight.
I was thinking about working out. And, just like God does to me a lot of times; He took something natural and showed me the spiritual principal behind it. Because I was thinking about me becoming stronger and building myself up and getting in shape, God showed me just like working out my body, I have to add more weight or I will get used to what I am lifting. I won't help myself. So, every now and then I have to add some weight. Though I may struggle to lift it at first, I will eventually build strength to lift it without as much effort.

That's how God does us a lot of times. He sees that we can lift more weight, so He adds it on and sees if we will stay on the bench of Christianity or will we get up and stay complacent with where we are. Yet, we are like a rubber band; it really doesn’t serve its need until you stretch it. So, when God stretches us out, He is showing us how far we can go. The next time you feel like you can’t pack the weight that’s on the bar, just know that He is just stretching you. So, don’t give up, because if He trusts you enough to put it on you, you should trust Him enough to give you the strength to lift it.

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Everything is a lesson. Learn from it so you don’t’ have to retake it.

I think we spend so much time living and we never learn. I honestly believe that if we take the time to sit down and look at what we have been through we would learn some things. Even though we might not understand why we had to go through what we did. Even if you fail the test, you still learned what you didn’t know.

Why do we do that in school and don’t do it in life? We go day to day and just live and let stuff happen to us. Why are we REACTIVE and not PROACTIVE? We wait until we feel the flames before we get out of the fire.

Today think about where you are in your life and where you want to be in God. Ask him to not only let you get there, but ash him to show you how can should you get there.

Adopt this motto. “Live on purpose”. Don’t just live, but live with a purpose in mind. When you feel like life is beating you up, in between your dream and your palace, remember where you are is not where you are going. I don’t mind being here, because I am coming out of here. So, don’t let where you are determine where you are going, but let it determine where you won't go back to.


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