God, Our Refuge

My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken. On God my salvation and my glory rest; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God.
Psalms 62:5-7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.62.5-7.NASB1995

🌹Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Psalms 62:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.62.8.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

A Disciple of Jesus

“Enter through the narrow gate; . . .
Matthew 7:13a NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.7.13.NASB1995

Who is able to enter and what does that look like?

• Those who avoid temptation. Matthew 6:13
• To be delivered from evil (or the evil one). Matthew 6:13*
*Jesus prayed to the Father that He keep His disciples from the evil one. John 17:15
• Forgiving others as God has forgiven you. Matthew 6:15
• Being a devoted servant of God. Matthew 6:24
• Trusting God with your needs so you can serve Him. Matthew 6:25
• Seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. Matthew 6:33

A difficult, or should I say, an impossible list to uphold without a relationship with Jesus Christ.

🌹For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Matthew 7:14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.7.14.NASB1995

🙏 Lord, I pray today for the one who is struggling in their walk. God, open their eyes to their need of a personal, intimate, daily walk on the narrow path so that one day they will see the narrow gate that leads to eternity with You. Help them in their struggles and bring along side others who will help strengthen and navigate the straight and narrow way to You. In the name of Jesus and for His glory, amen.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Never on Our Own

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John 14:12-13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.14.12-13.NASB1995

Jesus, Savior and Lord, says, “You will do greater works than Me.”? Believers in  the resurrected Son of God, Jesus, will do great things? Yes, because you, Believer, are in Christ and Christ is in you! What a privilege to serve our Lord in calling others to know the salvation we have received. Have you surrendered to His will so that through you God will be glorified, Jesus exalted, by the works we are called to do?

And we need not fear,
For nothing will be impossible with God.”
Luke 1:37 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.1.37.NASB1995

“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too difficult for Me?”
Jeremiah 32:27 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.32.27.NASB1995

So be assured that walking in God’s will you can know that,

🌹If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.”
John 14:14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.14.14.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Living For Jesus

I love Jesus
Yes, I do.
I love Jesus
Do you too?
I love Him because
He first loved me.
l choose to live for
Jesus who died for me.
Chosen of God for a purpose to fulfill
Called to glorify Him for His will!

Do you know Jesus?

We love, because He first loved us.
1 John 4:19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.4.19.NASB1995

and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.5.15.NASB1995

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.28.NASB1995

🌹I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Galatians 2:20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.2.20.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Worth The Wait

And it will be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
Isaiah 25:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.25.9.NASB1995

Are you anticipating, looking forward to, the day when our faith will be made sight? ¹When we will see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God!

🌹O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord, Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
Psalms 95:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.95.1.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

¹(Isaiah 35:2)

To Whom Do I Turn?

Living life is not always easy. Like when the bottom falls out of your perfectly planned day. The times when your kids are too quiet and you find they have totally redecorated your sofa with markers and glued on flowers. Or maybe the stress of having enough income to cover this month’s bills. The news that there is a layoff coming to your workplace. Where do you go? What do you do?

In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.
Psalms 18:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.18.6.NASB1995

In my trouble I cried to the Lord, And He answered me.
Psalms 120:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.120.1.NASB1995

🌹Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.”
Psalms 50:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.50.15.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Mercy Toward Doubters

And have mercy on some, who are doubting;
Jude 1:22 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jud.1.22.NASB1995

Everyone deals with doubt at one time or another, even believers who walk with Jesus. Take Peter for example, who was a disciple of Christ at the time Jesus walked on the sea. Peter got out of the boat to walk to Jesus. Peter’s focus was on Jesus until the wind picked up and he became frightened. Jesus, of course, reached out to save him and spoke these words, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?

Peter who stepped out in faith, was a disciple of our Lord, and yet he doubted Jesus.
Matthew 14:28-33

There are people in our churches today who doubt. Can we extend mercy to them and lead them to the assurance we have in our future because of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior?

They are lacking assurance of faith, living in worry for the day, focused on everyday life instead of Jesus and eternity.

🌹Let us show mercy to those who attend church, yet doubt. Let us extend mercy to all who doubt.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Dwell in The Love of God

But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
Jude 1:20-21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jud.1.20-21.NASB1995

Contend earnestly for the faith. Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, 
having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith. Just as you were instructed, encourage one another and build up one another, overflowing with gratitude. With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints while anxiously looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.
Jude 1:3/1 Timothy 6:12/Colossians 2:7/1 Thessalonians 5:11/Ephesians 6:18/Titus 2:13 NASB1995 

🌹so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.
Hebrews 9:28 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.9.28.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Why Mercy

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Luke 6:36 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.6.36.NASB1995

Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
Ephesians 4:32 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.4.32.NASB1995

“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 7:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.7.12.NASB1995

🌹and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.
Ephesians 5:2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.5.2.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Salvation Praise

Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.3.20-21.NASB1995

God is to us a God of deliverances; And to God the Lord belong escapes from death.
Psalms 68:20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.68.20.NASB1995

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah.
Psalms 68:19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.68.19.NASB1995

The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.
Psalms 118:14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.118.14.NASB1995

🌹I shall give thanks to You, for You have answered me, And You have become my salvation.
Psalms 118:21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.118.21.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org