God Is Still Blessing



In this time of loss and uncertainty, we yet have one constant.  We still have one certainty that we can rely upon.  God is still blessing his people all over the world.  You might be wondering how I can say that during a pandemic. Well, it's easy.  I'm still here.  You're still here.  That proves that God is still taking care of us.  If he had forsaken us, would he not destroy the world entirely? If he had turned his back on us, would there still be breath in our bodies?

So many have been affected and even lost loved ones.  I am not dismissing their pain.  I have suffered loss also.  Nevertheless, it's a personal decision. It's my personal decision to hold on to God like never before.  I am determined to keep my faith in him and my eyes on him!
In these trying days, there has to be a conviction.  I encourage you today, to make up your mind just as Joshua did.  Declare that you will serve the Lord! He never promised us that it would be easy, but he promised that he would be with us. I believe every word God has spoken to me. And because I believe, I look for his blessings.  When I open my eyes in the morning, that's a blessing. When I know where I am and who I am, that's God blessing me.  When my spirit urges me to say, "Thank you," I know that there is a God! He's my God!

I encourage you to hold on to God with all of your might.  And if you don't have any might, he will give it to you.  God loves you.  You are his child! You are a King's Kid!

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15

He giveth power to the faint and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.  Isaiah 40:29

Reaching the lost at any cost,
Pastor Odie Kennedy

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