Daily Vitamin-"Peace"

Peace


Colossians 3:12-17(TMSG)
¹²So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline.
¹³Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you.
¹⁴And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It’s your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it.
¹⁵Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness.
¹⁶Let the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God!
¹⁷Let every detail in your lives—words, actions, whatever—be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way. §

In our daily lives we will have opportunities to not have the peace we need. If we will remember to dress with Love in the morning then we can walk in peace even when times or people try and steal it from you. Paul even says to cultivate thankfulness. Kinda like pulling weeds of despair, bitterness, hurt all the things that can and will steal our peace and begin to work on our love. So first thing today dress in the love that God has so freely given us. Then go dig up  some weeds out of the garden of  your soul using the shovel of thankfulness to dig them up. That way when troubles try and rise up you can walk in the peace of Christ. Be a blessing today, Sir Gregory

Daily Vitamin - "

Joy
Philippians 1:3-6(NKJV)
³I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
⁴always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy,
⁵for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now,
⁶being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; 

Philippians 1:3-6(TMSG) 3Every time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamations of thanks to God. 
4Each exclamation is a trigger to prayer. I find myself praying for you with a glad heart. 
5I am so pleased that you have continued on in this with us, believing and proclaiming God’s Message, from the day you heard it right up to the present. 
6There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears.

When you think of others is it with a glad joyful heart, what about when they think of you? In our busy day do we often think of others? Paul talks about when he does think of others how excited he is, and how sure he is that God will complete the work He began in them. What a great attitude, I wonder if we took up this way of thinking how it would change our world. Most of the time our (all lot of people but not all)  thoughts are filled with doubt and unbelief  we think the worst instead of the best.Lets choose today to look for the good stuff, to be more positive than negative, and allow Daddy God to take care of the junk in others. I really believe we can change our world, it starts by loving others and having joyful thoughts towards them. Be a blessing today, Sir Gregory    

Daily Vitamin -"Authority'

Authority
Matthew 28:18-20(NKJV)
¹⁸And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
¹⁹Go ^£therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
²⁰teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” 


Matthew 28:18-20(TMSG)
¹⁸Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: “God authorized and commanded me to commission you:
¹⁹Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
²⁰Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I’ll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age.”


When did Jesus get 'All Authority"? After his crucifixion and death, when He came out of the grave with the keys of hell. He was anointed to do His Fathers work when He was baptized, by John. Once He came out of the grave He had all authority on earth and heaven. that is when he told the disciple's  to go make disciples, to teach others to live the way He had showed them, to baptize them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We seem to think we are to go and win souls, but that is the Holy Spirit's job. we read that no one can come to the father unless the Spirit draws them. I really like how the Message Bible puts this, to go out and instruct people in the practice of all I have commanded you. How do we instruct its by being or doing something people learn more by watching others than having others tell them what to do. I believe that's why Jesus demonstrated miracles in so many different ways. Knowing that we are all different but still have the same Father that we will each do things a little different. He told us to Go and do with His authority that He got from Father God and that He would be with us as we go. WOW! For me that takes alot of the pressure off, in my words He told us as we go about our daily lives instruct and do the things He did and He gave us the authority to use His name to do it. As you go about your day today remember He has given you Authority to be a blessing, Sir Gregory

Daily Vitamin -"Confidence'

Confidence

1 John 5:13-15(NASB)
¹³These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
¹⁴This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
¹⁵And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.

A lot of the time we really don't have confidence, whether that be in our abilities to complete a task, talk to people or other people we really live in a world with a lot of doubt an unbelief. It really boils down to trust issue's do we really believe what others are telling us or not. So we have to have that confidence in ourselves but most of all in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. John tells us in these verse's that since we have believed we can have confidence in God, knowing that when we ask He will hear us and respond to us. We allot of the time don't wait to hear back from Him or don't like what we hear. If we wait to hear from back from  God with pure motives in our asking we have what we ask. we know God answerer's are yes and amen. The problem lies in our asking and our motives. we read we don't have because we don't ask and then when we do ask we have wrong motives or ask for wrong things (amiss) Today know you can go to the Father and ask He loves to hear your voice. He loves to bless you with an overwhelming love. trust Him today and know you can have confidence in Him. Be a blessing, Sir Gregory

Daily Vitamin - "Call"

Jeremiah 33:2-3(TMSG)
²“This is God’s Message, the God who made earth, made it livable and lasting, known everywhere as God:
³‘Call to Me and I will answer you. I’ll tell you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own.’


Jeremiah 33:2-3(NASB)
²“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it, the LORD is His name,
³‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’ 

Ever had things you didn't understand and needed help? I'm sure you have most of us do, probably more than we want to admit probably several times a day several times a day. I know the more mature I get the more help I need. Things looked pretty bad to Jeremiah. He was in jail for the second time, the area had been taken looted destroyed, things were a mess. God came to him and said "call out to me" I'm sure he was worried and concerned about the state of his nation, friends, family, sound a little familiar? God is always right here wanting to give us the answers to our life and our problems. Do we call on Him first or do we call others? Just a thought what if we called out to Him first, then we would have the answer's we couldn't get from others. Just maybe we could change our worlds a little faster and easier. Take some time this week better yet today and ask God stuff  because He really does know your stuff. Be a blessing today, Sir Gregory   

Daily Vitamin -"Hungry"

Hungry
Proverbs 25:21-22(TMSG)
²¹If you see your enemy hungry, go buy him lunch; if he’s thirsty, bring him a drink.
²²Your generosity will surprise him with goodness, and God will look after you.


Proverbs 25:21-22(NKJV)
²¹ If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
²² For so you will heap coals of fire on his head, And the Lord will reward you.

I have read proverbs daily for most of my walk with God.  There are 31 chapters one for each day. I had wondered about verse 22 in chapter 25 for some time it just seemed to contradict the very nature of  Daddy God to me. One day I heard someone use the verses in Romans to reference Proverbs 25:22 ( Romans 12:17-21(NKJV) ¹⁷Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men.¹⁸If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. ¹⁹Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.²⁰Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; If he is thirsty, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.” ²¹Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.) After reading this they went on to explain that heaping coals on someones head in those days was really a blessing. It all began to make sense then. You see fire was a commodity, if your fire went out they didn't have a Bic to click, or a zippo lighter not even matches, to use flint to start a fire isn't an easy thing. So if your fire went out you couldn't keep warm or cook your diner. Fire was very important (still is today we just don't realize how much we use it, we take it for granted. Fire runs you car, helps produce electricity, many ways we don't even realize), you would have to go to someone and borrow or buy some hot coals to restart your fire. The custom was to carry a pan on their head  ( I know seems weird people carry a lot of stuff on their heads water, large bundle etc..) they had a pan with a covering they could balance it and carry it home. So by filling up their pan to overflowing was a blessing to them. It all made sense to me then, it wasn't a curse or a way of punishment to our enemies it was a symbol of blessings. Studying habits and customs helps us to really understand what the bible is talking about. Since that time I have read many  commentaries on this, it has helped me to really know God. If you don't don't understand a verse or two ask Daddy God to reveal the truth of it. He will send others to you to help you out, or study guide's, there are many ways to dig out truth. Don't just blow it off because you don't understand it dig out the treasures. By knowing this I found a new way by blessing others God really notice's it and then wants to reward me for doing it. Can it get any better? By being nice to those who hate me God rewards me. Hmmm kinda cool I think. The next time you see an enemy in need do your best to pile heaping coals onto their head. In doing so your being a blessing and Daddy god will reward you. Go ahead and be a blessing, Sir Gregory    

Mayonnaise Jar & Coffee

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.

 When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly.

The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full they agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous "yes."

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things - God, your family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions -- things that if everything else was lost and only they remained your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car.

 The sand is everything else -- the small stuff.

 If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.

The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.

 Pray and spend time with God. Play with your children.

 Take time to get medical checkups.

Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.

 Take care of the golf balls first -- the things that really matter.

  Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.

The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked.

It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a of cup of coffee with a friend."

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