Ready to Move From Broken to Blest?

The following is an excerpt of the witness I shared at The Helping Up Mission in Baltimore City:

Take another look at the challenges YOU personally face today. Look beyond the confusion, hurt and pain…Dare to see the lessons learned, great and small, the silver linings, in the vineyard of your life. The challenges you face today may just serve as the best training you could ever have in your life to grow into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ!Whatever it is that led you here, in the spirit of Divine providence, it may just be the right time for you, to step up to the plate, to get some much needed relief from those long embedded thorns, and heal those old, nagging emotional wounds...

 For I am here to tell you from experience that you are EXACTLY where you are meant to be, and you are NOT alone! Jesus is with you every step of the way!!! Each of you has an extraordinary opportunity to heal and grow spiritually, and to become what the Lord wants you to be according to His plan for you and your life… And trust me…The Lord has a wonderful plan for your life! In fact, Jeremiah 29:11-14 tells us:

“For I know the well the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.  You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”

I suggest you make this encouraging Scripture your own, write it down on a piece of paper and place it in your Bible.

You see, Jesus wants to bless you profoundly with a future full of hope from this day forward. He wants to restore you physically, and make you emotionally free of addiction(s), depression, anxiety and worry, and more available for life-giving relationships. He wants to help you live a comfortable life by helping you get solid employment and a place to live…He wants nothing less than the very best for you. Most of all, He wants a relationship with you. He wants you to get into the Word and study His ways. He has so much to offer you, but he can only do that if you accept His Great Invitation…

“Come unto Me, all who are weary and I will give you rest...”Matthew 11:28

You see, when you walk with Jesus, He has you covered! He goes before you to pave the way for you, and He goes behind you to protect you from temptations and your enemies. He walks beside you, shoulder to shoulder. He is your closest friend, your Counselor, Your Comforter, your Healer and your Protector. Most of all, He is your Savior, and mine who died on the cross for our sins!

The Bible tells us that “Those that wait upon the Lord WILL renew their strength (Isaiah 40:31). God will raise you up on eagle’s wings, and Why?  Because Holy Scripture also tells us that, “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength!” 

You see, Hope in Jesus can make the difference between barely surviving tough times and thriving, even in serious adversity. It can allow you to endure great things, while looking ahead with positive expectations for the future, even as temptation and despair looms large in your heart and mind.

So what does it mean to give your life to the Lord? It means that you elevate the Lord in your heart and mind so that HE IS THE REASON for your hope, and your purpose for living, as you place him above everything else. We as Christians should always know the reason for our hope! 

For me, hands down, it is Jesus Christ!!! He is far bigger than all my fears, worries, and problems!  And why not? Savior of the world, who else can conquer evil and darkness in your life, heal your physical and emotional pain, provide for you abundantly beyond all measure, AND be the lover of your soul? Most of all, who else has given His life in exchange for your sins and mine?

 Jesus is the Great Healer. He has called each of you by name to begin a life-saving, life-giving, life-changing work in each of you. He wants you to know that your life is precious, that you have purpose in this life, and He has a plan especially designed for you and your life.

And there is more good news for you...The Lord has generously provided everything you need for your journey. The same saving grace that Jesus showed me in my time of great despair is available to you for the asking. In fact, with Jesus’ help, I believe ANYONE can evolve “From Broken to Blest,” and embrace the healing that He has waiting especially for you!

My dear Friends, it is time for you to courageously and prayerfully walk away from your old demons with confidence…and walk into the hope and Light of Jesus. If you haven’t done so already, it is time to pick up your cross of Salvation that Jesus has so generously provided especially for You!

For Romans 10:9  tells us: “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, YOU WILL BE SAVED.” 

If you are truly feeling ready today to leave your old life behind, are ready for Jesus to move your life, “From Broken to Blest,” and would like to make Him your very own personal Lord and Savior, please bow your head in prayer now and repeat after me:

Dear Lord,

Please forgive me for all the things I have done wrong. I choose to turn to You and away from sin.

Jesus, please be the center of my life, I welcome you personally as Lord and Savior of my life.

I ask You to fill me and empower me with the Holy Spirit to live according to God’s Divine Will for me. I want to have Your grace to truly live a new life in You. Amen!

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May you be profoundly blest with love, peace, hope, trust and joy in Jesus Christ always, and may you fully embrace the healing that awaits you as you move “From Broken to Blest!” in Jesus’ name. Amen!

Adele M. Gill  2014  Copyright

Contagious Hope

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13

When we pray and consciously place our trust in God, there comes a realization of unprecedented love, hope, joy and peace that can transcend absolutely any circumstance or adversity. And there is no greater way to serve God and mankind than by sharing  God's contagious love, hope, peace and joy with others. This love, hope, joy and peace come to us as manifestations of Jesus through the Holy Spirit. Experientially, it is a sense of well-being that tells us "All is well," and subsequently displaces all worry and fear, and replaces them with full trust in God. Overflowing with hope, love, peace and joy, we are then able to effectively reach out and witness to others, unencumbered by our own cares, to help them in their time of great need. And to think it all starts with trusting God!

"The joy of the Lord is your strength!"  Nehemiah 8:10

 

Adele M. Gill  2014  Compilation Copyright

Hope Helps Everything!

Hope is one of the most powerful things any of us can offer ourselves and others, and it helps everything! It is hard to imagine this world without the abundant blessings that hope brings. For with hope, each new day is a new adventure, rather than something to take for granted, tolerate, or even dread. In actuality, hope is a renewable, blessed choice we all make in the beginning of and throughout our day; one that sustains us through challenging issues relating to life's times of illness, disability, financial difficulties, job loss, grief, etc... Even in dire times, as in those who suffer variations of religious persecution, captivity, domestic abuse, or child abuse/neglect, hope is paramount to survival for mankind.

Hope can make the difference between barely surviving tough times and thriving, even in adversity. It can allow a person to endure great things, while looking ahead with positive expectations for the future, even as the temptation for despair looms large over them. Hope, the precursor to faith, connects us with the living God in a way that hopelessness never can. It allows us to move ahead into the future with a sense of extraordinary hope, and a positive belief in what is to come ahead of us. It enables us to look for the good in ourselves and other people, rather than judging critically, and unfairly.

Hope may start as a single inspired thought, one that may be the catalyst to help you grow into full-blown faith in God's ability to love, counsel, guide, comfort, protect and save you in your time of need. Without hope, we are lost, as it serves as a compass to moving past difficult circumstances, physical pain and emotional hurt in this life.

A beacon of light, hope is ever ready to save you from the depths of failure and despair. Abundantly present in holy Scripture, the Word of God, hope is the bright source of relief for every anguished heart, the remedy for tepidity and indifference. For who can look ahead and not see God's healing, outstretched hands beckoning each longing soul to come closer?

Hope is aloe for fleeting hopelessness, a place we all visit, but dare not reside. And hope is a light to the winding cobblestone path of the hopeless mired in life's quagmire's. In the light of hope, faith looms larger than life as we pray for discernment, pray for healing and yes--abundant supply to meet our needs with confidence and anticipation.

When you place your hope in the Lord, it is never wasted. Rather, it becomes a steppingstone for the striving, a lamp for the faithful, and a resting spot to grow in faith with complete abandon.

Adele M. Gill   2014    Copyright