Archive | May 2025

Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!

May30

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due to His name; Worship the Lord in holy array.
Psalms 29:2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.29.2.NASB1995

🙏“Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.”         Amen
Revelation 4:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rev.4.11.NASB1995

🌹Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Psalms 150:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.150.6.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Speaking the Gospel

May29

Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; . . . so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 4:11a, c NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.4.11.NASB1995

What a privilege we have to be entrusted with the gospel of Jesus Christ. To tell people about the saving grace we embrace. But do we? Are we embarrassed, ashamed, afraid? Fear is the greatest deterrent I’ve found to sharing the gospel. Fear of rejection being at the top of the list. Contentment in our own salvation is another. God commands us to go into all the world and make disciples, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who examines our hearts.
1 Thessalonians 2:4; Matthew 28:19-20 NASB1995

So, what can we do?

🌹Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith.
Hebrews 13:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.13.7.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Remember: Your Choice

May28

Free will:
I either choose to do my will or God’s will.
I choose to obey or disobey commandments.
I choose to follow God’s way or my way.
I choose to believe God’s truth or the world’s (my own self made) truth.
I choose to live for Jesus or for myself.
I choose God’s will or my will.

In the Garden, Jesus chose the Father’s will,

saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.”
Luke 22:42 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.22.42.NASB1995

Walking with Jesus is letting Him lead. It’s letting God show us the way so we may fulfill His purpose in us and through us. Submission to His will is allowing us to partake in His grand plan for mankind . . . life, peace, eternal blessings, love and joy. It’s to live eternally with no sin, no pain, no anguish, no fighting, no war, etc.

Your choice.
A lifetime of anguish and pain now – doing God’s will and a peaceful, perfect eternity with no anguish;
OR
Your will now that continues the anguish of sin for eternity.

Will you let God have His way in you?

for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
Philippians 2:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/php.2.13.NASB1995

Jesus *said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.
John 4:34 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.4.34.NASB1995

🌹Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord, equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 13:20-21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.13.20-21.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Loyalty &Allegiance

May27

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
Matthew 6:24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.6.24.NASB1995

God is not against wealth. But when wealth becomes the object of worship, then there is a problem. There is nothing wrong with being successful unless that becomes an object of worship. When success and wealth become our obsession then there is a problem.

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.6.21.NASB1995

God is our provider. He provides what we need. He blesses those who faithfully serve Him, those who are loyal to His purpose and cause.

🌹Where do you place your allegiance? In treasures (wealth) or God?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Freedom

May26

Remembering and honoring those who gave their lives for our freedom.

🌹It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.5.1.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

A Hallelujah Seeking!

May23

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation say continually, “The Lord be magnified!”
Psalms 40:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.40.16.NASB1995

🌹When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, O Lord, I shall seek.”
Psalms 27:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.27.8.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Chosen For A Purpose

May22

So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;
Colossians 3:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.3.12.NASB1995

Holy and beloved chosen of God for a purpose . . .

🌹 Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.
Colossians 3:17 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.3.17.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Thank you for joining me on this journey of the attributes of God’s chosen.

A Heart of Patience

May21

. . . as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of patience
Colossians 3:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.3.12.NASB1995

The chosen of God, overflowing with the fruit of the Spirit, have another attribute of the Spirit, patience. By Jesus we are strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience with joy; so that we might demonstrate the perfect patience of Jesus Christ as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
Galatians 5:22/Colossians 1:11/1 Timothy 1:16 NASB1995

Life is hard, with many tribulations – adversity, grief, heartache, misfortune, etc. Do we endure with patience, trusting in God?

🌹For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.
1 Peter 2:20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.2.20.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

A Gentle Heart

May20

. . . as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of gentleness
Colossians 3:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.3.12.NASB1995

Gentleness is a rare commodity in the world today. It is often associated with weakness, being a ‘sissy’, but in reality it is harder to be seen as gentle than to pretend to be tough. Could a gentle spirit be more transforming?

What do you desire? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?
1 Corinthians 4:21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1co.4.21.NASB1995

Gentleness is another fruit of the Spirit of God. One who is caught in a transgression, who could easily be one of us, can be restored with humility and gentleness. Showing tolerance with gentle correction to another, in love, could lead to God granting them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth.
Galatians 5:23/Galatians 6:1/Ephesians 4:2/2 Timothy 2:25 NASB1995

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.
James 3:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.3.13.NASB1995

🌹Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near.
Philippians 4:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/php.4.5.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Humble Obedience

May19

. . . as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of
humility
Colossians 3:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.3.12.NASB1995

Jesus, our perfect example:
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Philippians 2:3-8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/php.2.3-8.NASB1995

🌹The reward of humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, honor and life.
Proverbs 22:4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.22.4.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org