God is love

Giving

Toby

some

love.

I love Samuel and Abigail a lot! But the love I have for them does not even begin to compare with the love our Heavenly Father has for each one of us. Sit back and rest in Him as He reveals His love to us.

He will rejoice over you with gladness,

He will quiet you with His love,

He will rejoice over you with singing.

~Zephaniah 3:17

And Your thoughts toward us

Cannot be recounted to You in order;

If I would declare and speak of them,

They are more than can be numbered.

~Psalm 40:5

The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime;

And in the night His song shall be with me-

A prayer to the God of my life.

~Psalm 42:8

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;

The Lord will give grace and glory;

No good thing will He withhold

From those who walk uprightly.

~Psalm 84:11

The Lord is merciful and gracious,

Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.

~Psalm 103:8

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!

How great is the sum of them!

If I should count them, they would be

more in number than the sand...

~Psalm 139:17-18

The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,

Slow to anger and great in mercy.

The Lord is good to all,

And His tender mercies are over all His works.

~Psalm 145:8-9

You open Your hand

And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

The Lord is righteous in all His ways,

Gracious in all His works.

The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,

To all who call upon Him in truth.

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;

He also will hear their cry and save them.

~Psalm 145:16-19

You have ravished my heart,

My sister, my spouse;

You have ravished my heart

With one look of your eyes...

~Song of Solomon 4:9

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.

For God did not send HIs Son into the world to condemn the world,

but that the world through Him might be saved.

~John 3:16-17

By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us.

And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

~1 John 3:16

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

~1 John 4:7-9

Faith + Compassion=Miracles

I have been reading a book by Roberts Liardon called God's Generals. This book is about men and women who were used by God to bring revival to America and to other parts of the world. This book has stirred my faith so much and I want to answer the call that He has for my life. Here is an excerpt from the chapter about Smith Wigglesworth:

As I ministered in a prayer line years ago, a man came up to me with tears streaming down his face. He told me of the power he had experienced in the Voice of Healing revival meetings. The power of God in those meetings set him free. Then he said something I will never forget as long as I live: "Isn't there anybody who walks in the power like they did back then? Isn't there anybody who can set me free? Is there anyone like that today?"

Has the power that Smith Wigglesworth walked in left the earth? Did it go with him when he died? Of course not! The same power Wigglesworth operated in is here for us today, we don't need more power. We just need to use our faith and compassion for that power to operate. Wigglesworth operated in the boldest faith I have ever seen since the book of Acts, but that faith was ignited by compassion. Smith took God at His Word and moved by compassion for the people, and that combination produces miracles.

The challenge now comes to our generation. God has issued the call for men and women to invade cities and nations with the power of heaven. Will you answer the call of God? Will you dare to only believe? Is your heart so moved by compassion for the multitudes, that you will take God at His Word and step out? Let it be said of our generation, "...through faith [they] subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens." (Hebrews 11:33,34.) Stir up the gift within you, and invade your home, your community, and your nation with the power of God. Let the will of heaven be done on earth - through you!