There's a certain feeling of safety to know that something is so immense it can protect you and is so encompassing that you can never be found outside of it. Nothing but God's love and His grace can reach those proportions for all in the world.

Christianity is a distinctive and separate way through this world, yet, not of this world. There's differences from this world and an outcome that is not part of this world. This will only be achieved when your life conforms to God's will and not the will of this world.

A true blessing of God is the ability He has given us to control our own mind. But not just control, we can also transform through change, a renewal, to make like new in Him, and do it continually! And it starts in the mind and can become the pattern for our heart. And when we have a Christ-like heart, our soul can be His.

The highest and greatest task of learning is that of knowing how to walk with God in your life. We can read how others did it and we have the instructions found in God's Word. So the question is, do you want to? The answer from the start is found in the desire to love God, and love others as yourself.

As a living creation of God, created in His image, chosen of Him, adopted as His heir, bought with a price paid with the blood of His Son, and promised a life with Him by the hope of our choosing, does it not sound like we have a royal value as seen by our Father in Heaven?

As believers, we are instructed to use prayer as a vital tool in our life of serving God. Typically, there are three big reasons why one does not pray: First, the denial of useful prayer; second, we don't know how to pray; and third, we don't know what prayer is or used for. Let's look at biblical use of prayer and how it can become a big part of our life.

Our worship to our Lord must be in praise and thanksgiving for our very existence, and for every blessing that is that good and perfect gift. We owe our redemption to His grace found only through the perfect and obedient faith of His Son. All of this and all that will ever be is worthy of our praise given to our Lord.

Besides being a command of God, a scriptural example repeated dozens of times, a Christian virtue, and a lifestyle of practice for the righteous, it's at the center of our prayers for everything. And the quantifiable difference it makes for others is that they KNOW you pray for them because you TELL them of the meaning that it brings to all being brought before God.

As the Apostle Paul was regular in practice, he gave thanks to God in everything and mentioned fellow Christians by their works and faith. We have that avenue to God by prayer, but remember, we have an avenue to live with God made possible by His Son if we, but, remember to remain obedient.

Of the many choices and decisions we will face in our lives, many must be made that reflect our commitment and dedication to fulfill through our holy Father's will. Just as we love the Father's Son for His love and sacrifice given on our behalf, we must also love His body, His bride, the church. That love must begin with our thankfulness.