As the years are passing on, has the meaning of love diminished?

For me when I hear the word love, it brings a smile to my face, because my love is my husband,even though it was an arranged marriage I believe God brought us together, because for us Christians marriage is a big step and we make sure we do not anything to cross that path. But isn't that with all the religions and cultures around us, does any of the religions teach us to cheat on our spouses or emotionally take them for granted or disrespect the communion which was brought,no then why are we experiencing such things around us

I have always had guy friends around me as growing up, and being a tomboy you do not take their feelings seriously, before I got married a harmless flirting would not really make me feel bad, but now I feel things have changed, when God has given me a wonderful partner what makes others think that it is ok for us to cheat, what am I going to lose if I lust about someone or want to kiss other than my partner,what kind of image am I showing  to others. Is it the desperateness of the hour that would make me take such a step or the physical attraction which pulled me towards the other person

Where is thy respect which you had decided to follow when you said your vows to each other, where is that promise that you were suppose to keep for each other. Were all that meaningless when you said that holding each other's hands and saying this. I am writing this not only for the married ones but also for the ones who are single and think it is ok to hit on the married ones because they are the vulnerable ones?, have you thought that when you have  a partner and they go through that,how would you feel about that. God gave us the biggest example of love by sending his Son on the cross for our sins and how do we repay him? We can never repay him with our lives being at stake, it's time to know your boundaries and make sure you do not cross it neither support anyone crossing it.
Pray for the lost souls so that a change comes in their hearts and they may glorify our Father

Amen 

THE WORDS WHICH INSPIRED ME TODAY PSALMS 37

THE DESTINY OF THE WICKED AND OF THE GOOD

¹Don't be worried on account of the wicked;

don't be jealous of those who do wrong.

²They will soon disappear like grass that dries up;

they will die like plants that wither.

³Trust in the Lord and do good;

live in the land and be safe.

⁴Seek your happiness in the Lord,

and he will give you your heart's desire.

⁵Give yourself to the Lord;

trust in him, and he will help you;

⁶he will make your righteousness shine like the noonday sun.

⁷Be patient and wait for the Lord to act;

don't be worried about those who prosper

or those who succeed in their evil plans.

⁸Don't give in to worry or anger;

it only leads to trouble.

⁹Those who trust in the Lord will possess the land,

but the wicked will be driven out.

¹⁰Soon the wicked will disappear;

you may look for them, but you won't find them;

¹¹ but the humble will possess the land

and enjoy prosperity and peace.

¹²The wicked plot against good people

and glare at them with hate.

¹³But the Lord laughs at wicked people,

because he knows they will soon be destroyed.

¹⁴The wicked draw their swords and bend their bows

to kill the poor and needy,

to slaughter those who do what is right;

¹⁵but they will be killed by their own swords,

and their bows will be smashed.

¹⁶The little that a good person owns

is worth more than the wealth of all the wicked,

¹⁷because the Lord will take away the strength of the wicked,

but protect those who are good.

¹⁸The Lord takes care of those who obey him,

and the land will be theirs forever.

¹⁹They will not suffer when times are bad;

they will have enough in time of famine.

²⁰But the wicked will die;

the enemies of the Lord will vanish like wild flowers;

they will disappear like smoke.

²¹The wicked borrow and never pay back,

but good people are generous with their gifts.

²²Those who are blessed by the Lord will possess the land,

but those who are cursed by him will be driven out.

²³The Lord guides us in the way we should go

and protects those who please him.

²⁴If they fall, they will not stay down,

because the Lord will help them up.

²⁵I am old now; I have lived a long time,

but I have never seen good people abandoned by the Lord

or their children begging for food.

²⁶At all times they give freely and lend to others,

and their children are a blessing.

²⁷Turn away from evil and do good,

and your descendants will always live in the land;

²⁸for the Lord loves what is right

and does not abandon his faithful people.

He protects them forever,

but the descendants of the wicked will be driven out.

²⁹The righteous will possess the land

and live in it forever.

³⁰The words of good people are wise,

and they are always fair.

³¹They keep the law of their God in their hearts

and never depart from it.

³²Wicked people watch good people

and try to kill them;

³³but the Lord will not abandon them to their enemy's power

or let them be condemned when they are on trial.

³⁴Put your hope in the Lord and obey his commands;

he will honor you by giving you the land,

and you will see the wicked driven out.

³⁵I once knew someone wicked who was a tyrant;

he towered over everyone like a cedar of Lebanon;

³⁶but later I passed by, and he wasn't there;

I looked for him, but couldn't find him.

³⁷Notice good people, observe the righteous;

peaceful people have descendants,

³⁸but sinners are completely destroyed,

and their descendants are wiped out.

³⁹The Lord saves the righteous

and protects them in times of trouble.

⁴⁰He helps them and rescues them;

he saves them from the wicked,

because they go to him for protection.

Thank you Father, your love endures forever

Every morning I get up and the first thing I do impulsively is see the time and then procrastinate for few minutes,if I was in your place I would too think that what in the world is she talking about. Well as I wake up I remember my family my husband , my in laws, my friends and thank my heavenly Father for keeping each one safe and sound. If I do not thank him then whom shall I thank then? If you turn the newspapers, if you switch on the televisions, all we can see is people being killed, raped, kidnapped, countries at wars, women and children dying and what not and here we are under a wonderful shelter, with food to eat minimum 3 times and clothes more than enough to wear and doesn't this makes you think that you are privileged enough to be alive and safe. How many times do we need God to show us his miracles to keep us assured that he is there for us, isn't the small and minute things enough for us to appreciate him? His love is there in our souls and that keeps us from going from one phase of our lives to another. How many times should we need to test God to see his love for us. God has blessed us abundantly so many times that we cannot thank him enough. You go to different places and put your prayer request but fail to appreciate and thank him once he has answered it. Isn't that selfishness on our behalf ? It is, if you haven't had the time to thank him. Sit down and thank him for the love and blessings he bestowed upon us because no one else would do the things he has done for us, he died for us, left alone to suffer, he took all our sins and tolerated all the pain of our sins. Our love for each other is not even the half of what he has for us. Thank him for each and every moment of your life

GOD BLESS YOU 

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Stop letting down others when you have not figured out yourself

I have always thought that kids who have been raised in a christian household have strong value for their faith, little did I know it was the mask which was covering up or their hypocrite nature or the type of nature which normally people would not like to possess

I was born and raised in a Pentecostal household, which does not mean I was born all spiritual and already knew the lord, I would regularly go to the church attend Sunday school, and all that, I studied in a school which  was run by Catholic nuns and most of my friends were non believers, but we had a good life, both my Besties are Hindus and it doesn't mean we do not have our difference of opinions, but we are very transparent about it with each other, I was very influenced with friends from my school and always loved the company as I was the only child and my parents were both working, we were not very financially stable but God helped us and provided us,during my growing years I came to know the Lord and his love, there had been marry tragedies in life but he kept me calm, there has been times that I have burst open my heart out to him and cried, I have always been a very observant person and the various incidents in life has made me very calm and empathetic to others, I had raging anger towards things that happened in my life and always kept blaming my parents for it, now when I see it I feel that I had to go through all that so that I can be helping hand to others

In my college I left my home and went to a new city, where I met people from my community and that is how I met many other Pentecostal youth, I thought they are very nice and spiritual, does praise and worship, but all that was just a cover , because some of them were so judgemental and hypocrite about things that it really hurt me, my ex bf was one of them and slowly slowly I moved away because it made me feel that I rather be along than be with people who were so fake in front of others,

I thought all that was all momentary but in my new workplace I met this person who in spite being the child of missionaries have such a bleak spiritual soul, she shows of that she is a spiritual person putting down others at work. She butters up to neck so that she is in a good image in front of her colleagues

All these made me think is that who are we to be like that, am I that perfect that I can put down others. Did Jesus tell us to share his good news only with ones with a status ? No he came for all rich and poor, old and child , sick and the needy, we are all his children, so are we suppose to put others down in this way? No right ? My heart really aches when I see people doing such acts, there are many people I want to know the real God and have faith in him, such acts just shrugs them away, they go back into their shell of darkness. This is just the example of the things I see around me, I am sure when you read this you can relate to such incidents to, all we can do is join in prayer for our loved ones to be save so that one day they are with us glorifying the Father

Please do write to me your prayer requests so that we can pray for each other and be a blessing to one another through the virtual world 


God Bless

A personal prayer to comfort my heart and thank him

Our heavenly gracious Father, Thank you for enabling me to see a wonderful new morning. Thank for helping me sleep peacefully. Thank you Lord for all the wonders you have done for me. Thank you for the wonderful family you gave me, and keeping them safe and sound in your presence. Thank you for the wonderful partner you have given me, bless him and keep him strengthened in your presence, thank you for helping me grow in your presence with him, Thank you for my wonderful in laws, they are blessing in my life. Keep them in good health. Thank you for my wonderful friends and relatives, bless them abundantly, heal them if any of them are in sickness, strengthen them mightily. Lord thank you for the congregation I go to, Bless the pastor and his family. Bless his ministry and all the members of the church, Let the word he speaks touch our souls that we may ponder in his word. Thank you for providing me the shelter and food for everyday. You know my needs more than I know myself. You know my heart, father we may plan our lives but Father you determine our steps. You have been there for me even when I moved away from you presence. The worldly joy had blinded me in its beauty and entangled me in various sins, I thought I went way far to come back to you, but Father you never gave up on me. And that is what that keeps me going because of your faith in me, I know I haven't been the best child to you, have hurt you so many times that I can count for, Yet you never stopped loving me. You gave me joy and assurance that you have my back. You pushed back my enemies when they tried to pull me down and drag me along with them. In times of trouble only I thought of you, otherwise I have been way to busy with my life. Thank you father for keeping up with me. Thank you for the wonderful oppurtunities you have brought in my life and I cannot stop praising your name
Once again I submit everything in your presence and In your sweet loving name

Amen

Sometimes we might not see our mistakes that we are doing in our spiritual life

Laziness can come into anybody's life, but sometimes we don't realize that it can extend till our daily spiritual lives too. We may think that we are praying everyday and reading the bible but then when there is no passion, when its more of the daily scheduled thing which you are used to do, like having medicine. We do forget that prayer is not a daily chore, its the quality time we need to spend with our heavenly father. We may not forget to do the earthly daily chores, but what about the spiritual time we need to invest for the betterment of the future, We are so busy in developing things for our lives in earth that we are not storing the riches in heaven. Our daily problem have taken over our minds that in our prayer time also we see that. Nobody in this world is happy with the things we have in our lives, we always want more than we can have. When was the last time we were actually happy about things in our lives When was the last time have you appreciated for all the goodness you have. We may not see all the goodness around  us, but its really important to thank our Father for what we have. Have you sat and thought the ways you are doing the mistakes in your lives? You might not be physically doing anything wrong, but in our minds we might be doing so many wrong things that we may not even realise it, be it anger, jealousy, loathing, greed, envy to name a few. I would not blame you though because we all have been there done that. Stop judging each other and give a shoulder to be comforted. We can all use a friend. Be that friend who can give you a company for your prayer. Be a prayer warrior and support each other. Stop pointing out the mistakes of others. Sit in his presence with fasting and prayer and ask him to talk to you, he will give your ears. You don't need someone else coming and telling you what God is trying to tell you. Spend your time to know here you have gone wrong and ask for forgiveness. Its a hard thing but he loves us more than anything in the world. Do not lose out the oppurtunity he is giving you, it might be too late then. We are a family and we need to support each other


God Bless You