From: "Dwayne Savaya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> God's Work Ministry E-mail
Dear Friend, I hope you are doing well and are in the best of health. Things are going very well with me and the Ministry. I am simply continuing on the path that God has set me upon. It has been a great experience for me and a path I never thought my life would take. It's very encouraging to know that God has been using me to minister to His people for almost 10 years now. When I first accepted the Lord Jesus as my Savior I knew my life would be changed, but I didn't think the change would be so big. To God belongs all the glory for great things He has done. I pray that you have been encouraged, inspired and challenged to become better. I also hope that you have used the tools that we have made available to both encourage and bless others and show them how special they truly are. As always I do give all the credit to the Lord Jesus Christ because it is by His spirit that every blessing is given. The Lord has spoken to my heart to write a message on giving thanks and praise to the Lord for all the great things He has done for us. Recently when I was waking up in the morning and giving thanks for the many gifts God has given me, I felt the Lord speak to my heart to write a message focused on how we should realize that it is God who gives us everything that we have and how we should be thankful to Him for it. I hope that you will find this message both encouraging and inspiring and I pray it leads you to give thanks to the Lord at all times and in all situations. (Psalm 118:24) (1 Thessalonians 5:18) (Psalm 34:1-6) (Psalm 35:27-28) We should always keep in mind that we all come from dust and will one day return to dust again. All of our earthly possessions will have no meaning a hundred years from now, but what we do for the Lord and how we act towards Him will be with us for all Eternity. It's important to remember that without God we can accomplish nothing, but with God all things are possible. He is the opportunity maker, the wisdom giver, the perfect healer, the constant comforter and our Everlasting Father. He was in the beginning and in the end He will still be. The Lord deserves our Praise and Thanksgiving for great things He has done and is still doing in each of our lives. (Genesis 3:19) (Mark 9:23) (John 1-3) (Matthew 12:36-37) Someone might ask why should we give thanks to the Lord? I believe we should be thankful to the Lord and give praise to Him because He is the God of the impossible. He can forgive the unforgivable, love the unlovable, redeem the unredeemable and save without prejudice. God is able to cleanse us from all of our unrighteousness and give us a successful life that we never thought possible. God deserves our thanks for without God's blessing our pursuit of success would be in vain. The Bible declares in Deuteronomy 8:18 "But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day." (Job 5:15-27) (Psalm 147:3-20) I also want to share a few examples of why God deserves our praise. The Lord saved Gideon and his 300 warriors from an army of 135,000 Midianites, He made the Sun to stand still for Joshua so that Joshua and his warriors could defeat the enemies of Israel and the Lord used Moses to divide the Red Sea so that the children of Israel could cross over on dry ground to the other side and be freed from the bondage of Egypt. God is worthy of our praise and deserving of our Thanksgiving. How many things has God brought us out of? (Judges 7-8:23) (Joshua 10:12-14) (Exodus 14:21-31) The Bible declares in Psalm 92:1-2 "It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto Thy Name, O most High: To shew forth Thy lovingkindness in the morning, and Thy faithfulness every night." One should only look at the blessings in their life to easily find a reason to give thanks to the Lord. When nobody else is there to comfort us, the Lord will be there. When nobody else is there to wipe away our tears, the Lord will be there. Be encouraged to give God thanks for the many interventions He has made on your behalf. The Lord is good and worthy of our praise. (Psalm 33:1-15) (Psalm 34:8-10) (Jeremiah 33:11) (Psalm 103:1-5) Read and meditate on these scriptures: Psalm 34:1-6 "I will bless the LORD at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together. I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto Him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles." Isaiah 42:10-12 "Sing unto the LORD a new song, and His praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare His praise in the islands." Psalm 111:1-5 "Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. His work is honourable and glorious: and His righteousness endureth for ever. He hath made His wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion. He hath given meat unto them that fear Him: He will ever be mindful of His covenant." Psalm 33:20-22 "Our soul waiteth for the LORD: He is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His Holy Name. Let Thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in Thee." All of these scriptures can be found in the King James Version Bible. Today's Selected Poem: HE HAS NOT FORGOTTEN YOU Click here to read --- http://www.Godswork.org/enpoem155.htm Today's Selected Testimony: AN ANGEL BY MY SIDE Click here to read --- http://www.Godswork.org/testimony194.htm ============================================ God's Work Ministry E-mail Dear Friend, We should always keep in mind that there is great gratitude in the lives of those whom we've helped to make better. Just as we are both thankful and grateful for the help that we've received in our times of need, so it is with those whom we've helped in times past. Never think of passing up an opportunity to be helping towards someone else in need because their gratefulness and appreciation for your intervention will be thought upon far longer than the time it took to help that one. The Bible declares in Galatians 6:2 "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ." We are all God's children and must lead our life by the example that Jesus has left us. Be encouraged to do all that you can to make a bad situation a little better when you have the opportunity so that you may fulfill God's command to love your brother as yourself and to do to others as you would have them do to you. (Romans 12:3-18) (Matthew 5:43-48) I hope this message inspires and challenges your heart to allow yourself to be used to make a bad situation a little better. Only when we can be used as a blessing does our self worth show itself and our heart becomes filled with joy that overflows. GRATITUDE If you read the front page story of the SF Chronicle on Thursday, Dec 14, 2005, you would have read about a female humpback whale that had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body - her tail, her torso and line tugging in her mouth. A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farralone Islands (outside the Golden Gate) and radioed an environmental group for help. Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her - a very dangerous proposition. One slap of the tail could kill a rescuer. They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her. When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed them gently around -- she thanked them. Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives. The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth says her eye was following him the whole time, and he will never be the same. May you, and all those you love, be so blessed and fortunate -- to be surrounded by people who will help you get untangled from the things that are binding you. And, may you always know the joy of giving and receiving gratitude. Author Unknown Read and meditate on these scriptures: Galatians 5:22-26 "...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another." James 1:19-22 "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves." Matthew 5:5-9 Jesus declares "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 "Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth..." All of these scriptures can be found in the King James Version Bible. Today's Selected Poem: THE CHOSEN VESSEL Click here to read --- http://www.Godswork.org/enpoem42.htm Today's Selected Testimony: OUT OF DARKNESS Click here to read --- http://www.Godswork.org/testimony103.htm In Christ's Service, Dwayne Savaya God's Work Ministry Please feel free to visit the Website to read more Encouraging and Inspirational stories, poems and testimonies. 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