What Every Person Needs to Know

There's a message that every person needs to hear and believe about themselves. It's what God the Father spoke over Jesus at his baptism: "You are my beloved son and in you I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:16-17)

We all need to be confident deep inside that we are loved as God's son or daughter and that he is pleased with us.

In prayer give thanks to God as you speak the word of the Father over yourself (it helps if you smile as you say this!)...

"I am a beloved son of the Father and he is pleased with me."

"I am a beloved daughter of the Father and he is pleased with me."

Maybe it's hard for you to trust these words in your heart? Why? We'd like to hear your questions.

Perhaps you need healing. Or to engage your heart with your Heavenly Father in some new ways...

• Trusting a "Christ's Ambassador" (2 Corinthians 5:20) to mediate God's love to you
• Learning to meditate deeply on Scriptures that promise the Father's love to you (like 1 John 3:1 or the Parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15
• Listening to the birds sing over you and feeling the sun shine on your face
• Extending compassion in Jesus' name to someone who is poor or needy
  

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A Grate-full Day!

Recently at the Crystal Cathedral's Conference on Care & Kindness I attended a presentation by Robert Emmons a social scientist who has studied gratitude the last ten years. He's found scientific proof for what the Bible teaches: gratefulness is good for the soul! Grateful people - including those who are experiencing suffering and injustice - are happy, more loving, healthier, and they live longer.

And each of us can learn to cultivate an attitude of thankfulness. One important way to do this is to make a list each day of things that you're thankful for. Be creative with your list, trying to identify different things each day (you'll have to be very specific!). And make your list a prayer of thanks to God. You'll be blessed and so will others!

Something I'm thankful for today are words I read in Psalm 33 this morning: "By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth" (verse 6). What a wonder that the Almighty Lord who breathed the stars into the heavens also breathed his life into our souls! Thank you Lord!

What is something in particular that are you thankful for today?