Keep Your Eyes On Him

     "The Word of the Lord came to me, saying, 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you as a prophet to the nations' (Jeremiah 1:4-5)."      "Know that the Lord is God. it is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture (Psalm 100:3)."      I don't know what place you are in your life. You may be struggling with insecurity~maybe because of something that happened in your past or maybe you are in an unhealthy relationship or maybe from ridicule or rejection from a loved one. Wherever you are, know this my friend, that you are precious and dearly loved by God. He created you and in Christ Jesus you have purpose. You are accepted, you are cherished and you are beautiful. There is only one "you," and you were not an accident. God knew you before the foundation of the earth. He knows every detail about you. Even the hairs on your head are numbered. "Are ...

     "Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you (Romans 8:5-11)."      All who are in Christ Jesus have His Spirit living within us. ...