stuurland What's On Your Mind? - March 17, 2009 add/view comments (1)

NICKELS:
It is useless to worry about anything and doubly useless to worry about something that is over and done with and that nothing can be done about. If you made a mistake in the past that can be rectified, go ahead and take action to correct it. But if you cannot do anything about it except be sorry, then ask for forgiveness from God and anyone you may have hurt, and don't worry about it any longer.

Let me remind you that worry is useless . . . so why do it? God has given us wisdom, and a wise person will not spend her time doing something that produces nothing of any value.

The Bible teaches us in Ephesians 2:10 that we are re-created in Christ Jesus so we might do the good works He planned beforehand for us and live the good life He made ready for us. The word re-created indicates we were created, messed up, and in need of repair. In Jeremiah 18:1–4 we read of the potter who had to remake his vessel because it had been marred. That is a picture of us in the hands of the Lord, the Master Potter.

Lord, I'm glad to be in Your hands and that You've forgiven my past. Remake me in Your image that I may live the life to which You are calling me. Amen.


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NICKELS:
Have you ever read the book of Acts with longing to be back in that time so you could experience the miracles and the move of the Holy Spirit? Don't worry; He has saved the best wine for last, and the glory of the latter house is going to be greater than the glory of the first (see Hag. 2:9).

We are going to walk in such miracles that there will be no comparison. I would rather be in this move of God than to be in the book of Acts, because this wine tastes better!!!

I want you to notice that the best is yet to come. The Lord has kept back the good wine until the end of the age.
You talk about miracles, signs and wonders?
You haven't seen anything yet!
Let's decide today to pursue Him and His glory so that He can change us into His image and experience the best that is to come!!!! Amen