Only by repentance and a genuine change in character, along with a submission to the divine will of God, can we enjoy God's work of grace and His abiding peace in our lives. Sin, evil, immorality, injustice and wickedness are so offensive in the sight of God! As sinners, we insult and wrong God, so it is only through repentance our hearts are softened and our characters are transformed into the likeness of Jesus! Through repentance, Jesus invites us to receive a "new heart"!

A person with God's love inside cannot turn away from the desperate need of a fellow human being! God expects us to lend a helping hand to the poor, no matter what their race or nationality might be; if there's a need, God requires us to help rather than being self-centered and refused to help those in need! Sharing with others is God's plan for us! Hebrews 13:16, tells us that God is pleased when we do good and share!

We all know that people can be cruel and don't care about others sometimes! No matter how hard we try, or how nice we are to others, at some point someone will be mean to us! Sometimes people are unkind to us because we are kind to other and we love Jesus. But God commands us to love others, especially our enemies! As we grow in our relationship with God, His love overflow in our hearts enabling us to love those who aren't kind, considerate, or loving and even our enemies!

We are to let truth bind us together in peace as we worship the true and living God! God hates discord and quarreling among His children! Jesus prayed for our unity, so we know it is God's will for His children! We are to do everything within our power to love and foster unity in the body of Christ. Let us walk and work together in unity for God!

We are truly living in evil days! But we must walk circumspectly as children of light in these dark and evil days! We are admonished to redeem the time because of these evil days. We must seize the time to live for God and yield ourselves to God as instruments of righteousness for Him to accomplish His divine purposes in and through us! Walking circumspectfully in these evil days means we are watchful, prudent and cautious as we walk day-by-day on this Christian journey!

We are admonished to find in hope rejoicing, in tribulation enduring and in prayer persevering because God is with His people! This hope enables the Christians to look beyond the darkness and trouble of the present moment to the things that are unseen and eternal! Our faith gives us the strength to endure with patience as we are going through just like Jesus endured the cross! We must go through in order to get our blessings, deliverance and restoration!

Sin is deeply entrenched in the daily affairs of our nation until what once was considered wrong, a heinous sin, is now the new norm. Although sin is dressed up and made to look attractive, one day we will triumph over sin and its effects! When Jesus returns we will have victory over death, victory over the grave, and victory over sin! This is great news! Are you prepared for your victory?

So often on this Christian journey, God's children experience grief, hardships, disappointments, heartaches, pain and satanic attacks. Lord, let Your Spirit overflow in our lives and comfort us with Your love and abiding peace. Lord, let Your Spirit guide us in the way to go and instruct us in the things we are to do according to Your divine will! Then Lord, help us to follow and to obey You!

In order to really listen to what God says, we must hear and know God's voice. We must have a genuine willingness to hear, trust and to obey God! We absolutely must spend time with God through prayer, studying and meditating in order to really know Him! Knowing God has to be intentional and a priority. We recognize God's voice because we personally know Him. So when we hear God's voice, we are certain that we are hearing God's voice.

The Lord is our protector and Righteous King who will not withhold any good thing from those who do right! As we put our complete trust in God, we can be confident that God will not hold back those awesome blessings He has specifically designed just for us! No matter what comes against us, God has already evaluated the matter and deposited in us everything we need to have the strength, power, knowledge, endurance and faith to be victorious and blessed!