“According
to (2 Timothy 1:3-7 GNT) “I give thanks
to God, whom I serve with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did. I thank Him as I remember you always in my
prayers night and day. I remember your
tears, and I want to see you very much, so that I may be filled with joy. I remember the sincere faith you have, the
kind of faith that your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice also had. I am sure that you have it also. For this reason I remind you to keep alive
the gift that God gave you when I laid my hands on you. For the Spirit that God has given us does not
make us timid; instead His Spirit fills us with power, love and self-control.”
This
Scripture indicates the right Spirit of God within us, will lead us and prompt
us to have a right standing with God at all times of joy, and love, and
gratitude in the things we already have, and not the things that we seek at
times, to make us happy. A spirit of
fear lurks around to bring a timidity (frightened, and faint-hearted, cowardly)
expression on life with a powerless lack of self-control. These aspects can thwart (hinder and
frustrate) a person’s joy in the things one already has, for always wanting
more, and never being satisfied, but rather frustrated, wanting more items, or
people that will make them happy. Jesus
warned us in (Matthew 16:1-4 GNT) “Some Pharisees and Sadducees who came to
Jesus wanted to trap Him, so they asked Him to perform a miracle for them, to
show that God approved of Him. But Jesus
answered, “When the sun is setting, you say, “We are going to have fine
weather, because the sky is red.” And
early in the morning you say, “It is going to rain, because the sky is red and
dark.” You can predict the weather by
looking at the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs concerning these
times! How evil and godless are the
people of this day! No! The only miracle you will be given is the
miracle of Jonah!” Jesus had performed
many miracles, but yet it wasn’t enough to satisfy those who would not
acknowledge them, except for the miracle of Jonah, that Jesus would ultimately
give all the world to witness, that of His death on the cross, and three days
later His resurrection from the dead to life.
Ingratitude for the things we already possess, will bring a lack of
self-control, and missing out on enjoying the things God has already placed
into our possession – our life is a miracle, and His gift of faith within us is
another miracle, the family we are a part of is another miracle, and lastly but
not least, the unfathomable love and forgiveness of the Lord Jesus when we turn
away from Him, seeking our joy in things, rather than holding dear to us what
we already possess with a grateful heart of thanksgiving and praises to the one
and only Provider of our joy and life needs – Jesus!
If
by any chance, you have been caught up in timidity or lack of self-control, and
are seeking to be happy and have a mindful approach of wanting to be grateful
and wanting to be satisfied, here is a prayer, where Jesus can sustain our
every desire, and to our joy the things He has already miraculously given us –
*”Lord
Jesus, to you I give my thanks for all the miracles of your provisions in my
life. I am grateful for the joy you
sustain me with in seeing through your eyes of love and a grateful heart to
acknowledge what is already mine from you.
I am deeply sorry Jesus for all the times I’ve missed it, wanting more
to make me happy and not exercising the gift of self-control in making
decisions and choices for my life, which has drawn me apart from being
confident and empowered by the Holy Spirit to discern what my needs really are,
and just wanted what I thought would make me happy. I have sinned against you Lord Jesus, and I
now lay at the foot of your cross, all the wonderments of your love through the
miracles you have already given me, which I have forsaken and forgotten, and
wanted more of what I believed would make me happy and fill my life with
joy. I now draw the bloodline of Jesus
over the whole lot, and I let go and let God on them all.
I
ask you Lord Jesus to fulfil in me your every desire to bless me with your
miracles, as it is written in (Psalm 116:7 GNT) “Be confident, my heart,
because the Lord has been good to me.”
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