Daily Devotion: Heavenly Alchemy

Faith's Checkbook

Your sorrow shall be turned into joy. -John 16:20

Their particular sorrow was the death and absence of their Lord, and it was turned into joy when He rose from the dead and showed Himself in their midst. All the sorrows of saints shall be thus transmuted, even the worst of them, which look as if they must forever remain fountains of bitterness.

Then the more sorrow, the more joy. If we have loads of sorrow, then the Lord's power will turn them into tons of joy. Then the bitterer the trouble the sweeter the pleasure: the swinging of the pendulum far to the left will cause it to go all the farther to the right. The remembrance of the grief shall heighten the flavor of the delight: we shall set the one in contrast with the other, and the brilliance of the diamond shall be the more clearly seen because of the black foil behind it.

Come, my heart, cheer up! In a little while I shall be as glad as I am now gloomy. Jesus tells me that by a heavenly alchemy my sorrow shall be turned into joy. I do not see how it is to be, but I believe it, and I begin to sing by way of anticipation. This depression of spirit is not for long; I shall soon be up among the happy ones who praise the Lord day and night, and there I shall sing of the mercy which delivered me out of great afflictions.

-Charles H. Spurgeon

Who is the love of your life?

**This was sent to me via Facebook by Alex Garrett. Very encouraging! I hope this encourages men and women alike! Never settle when it comes to a spouse...we are not to be unequally yoked! "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness?" 1 Corinthians 6:14




3Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes.
4Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. 1 Peter 3:3-4

The one perfect man who made you beautiful on the outside, also makes you beautiful on the inside..He washes you clean..His love for you no other man could attain to. He wants to use you, in ways this world can't measure. The beauty He gave you is not for our pleasure, but it's Jesus' way of saying your HIS treasure. The Father you have in heaven is all the love you need, because through Him, you'll find your true love on earth.
Wait for the LORD; Be strong, and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD. Psalm 27:14

While you're waiting God is molding the heart of your future man to love your heart. God is waiting on you to allow His blood to cleanse you on the inside! Just walk by faith. Trust in the Lord who gives you everything. Don't walk by sight, because the world will deceive you into thinking you'll never find love.
Also, don't live your life worrying about who you're going to marry one day. God wants you to live your life for Him! Fully devoted to Him.
1 John 4:16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
Seek first the love God has for you. The irreplaceable love that nothing can separate you from.
Wait, and pray. Think about the love Christ has for you. He spilled His blood all over you...You are His first! He's jealous for you!
He can't trust you being one in Spirit with someone before you are one in Spirit with HIM!

JESUS IS THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE, LET HIM COME IN AND HAVE A DATE WITH YOU!
Jesus said, Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.
Jesus, the Hottest date you'll ever have! For our “God is a consuming fire." HEBREWS 12:29

He wants to give you all of His fiery love; He wants to embrace you, and keep you forever

-Alex Garrett

A Taste of Hell Anyone??

So recently, I've been having conversations with my friends about...Heaven, Hell and just how some things aren't meant to be understood. I've had my ideas and theories about Hell. I believe there's a reason why we can only go so far in space, and so far beneath the earth. Which is because there's a limit to where our Human bodies can travel. Somewhere beyond where God hung the stars...is Heaven... and down below..into the depths of the earth...is Hell...I think Hell is in the center of the earth. But of course, that's just my idea. But the Bible does say Isaiah 14:9 "hell from beneath..." & "how art thou fallen from heaven..." Isaiah 14:12

Moving right along, a few people told me "you should definitely watch the sermon Creflo Dollar did on Hell." So...today...or technically yesterday when I went to Bible Study I picked up the DVD..from New Years Eve '08. Throughout Bible study though.. all I could think about was getting home to watch the sermon!! LOL [Yes, I am a World Changer! lol] BTW I think bits of the sermon are on Youtube "The Truth About Hell" is the sermon title if you're interested.

I guess the anticipation of not really knowing what to expect began to consume me. All I knew was that it was a very good sermon. Even people who don't attend World Changers were saying I should check it out. I got home..popped it in and was locked in from beginning to end. The audio and visuals actually made it that much more...extreme. I never WANTED to sit down and just think about what Hell is like, you know? LOL why would I? But that sermon...makes you think about what you're doing NOW...that could...send you straight to Hell. And it's scary! It's scary how you can send your own self to Hell by your iniquities you know? It's scary how many people don't know...or just don't believe or even care that there is a Hell and they could very well end up there.

Imagine...going through life like tomorrow is promised to you and one day...poof...you're in another realm. You try to walk towards the light only to be pulled away by some alien, predator, species type looking creature(s)...then you think about the person who was telling you to give your life back to Christ...now you're spending ETERNITY in Hell...the lake of fire...where there's weeping and gnashing of teeth [Matthew 24:51 if you read the 4 Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) they all pretty much give a brief description of hell] a place where worms do not die... it's dark, people are screaming all the time... you want to die but you can't...you're thirsty but there's not one drip drop of water anywhere, that is tormenting in itself...but the most tormenting part.. is that YOU WILL THINK about all the chances you had to truly surrender your life to Christ.

Some people say, "I'm not ready to be saved." Well, I wasn't necessarily "ready to be saved" when I gave my life back to Christ but..it is something I am so glad I did! I won't front, sin does feel good, but once you get a taste of the love of God...you wouldn't want to do those things anymore. Fulfilling the lusts of the flesh brings satisfaction for but a moment... but think about it...you have to keep going back for more and more because then it's like, you can't quite get enough and you're trying to fill this hole that is now a bottomless pit. And from my experience...that one little sin turns into a big ol' mess, and then you're trying to figure out how in the world did you get there!?

Anyway, I'm getting off topic LOL and I don't want to be rambling on in this one blog post. But please if you haven't accepted JESUS THE CHRIST as Lord AND Savior of your life... do yourself a favor and please do so. PLEASE! You can do it right now as you read this blog... it's called the ABC's of salvation. And when you say this... mean it from your heart. Be sincere..God knows your heart Hebrews 4:12 says, "...and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart" ...and for some people...Ima be real...that's not a good thing. But uhhhh... yeah the ABC's [sorry for rambling it's been a while haha!] Ask Jesus into your heart today...and don't stop here, get connected to a bible based church, read your Bible..ALLOW God to change your heart, your thoughts, your ways...

Admit that you're a sinner
Believe that Jesus is the Son of God
Confess that Jesus is Lord of your life

Dear God, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I realize that I'm a sinner and I cannot save myself.  I believe you sent your Son Jesus to die on the cross to take the penalty of my sins.  I ask Jesus now to come into my life and save my soul, and guide and direct my life from this point on as my Lord.  In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

Let the Blood of Jesus Christ cleanse you clean! THERE IS POWER IN HIS BLOOD!! Develop your prayer life....PRAYER WORKS!!


Much Love,

Mari ♥

I am Saved...

Shout out to my friend Jonathan for his participation in this video! SO beautiful to see people in the Body of Christ letting the world know...you may not have as much time as you think...

I smell a blog coming... lol