Motivation for Monday: Keep on Keeping on

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

2 Corinthians 1 NIV

With this verse I send out prayers of comfort for those who are in mourning, for those who are heavy in heart, and for those who are wondering why life is so hard. I want to send out this prayer so that you are aware that you are not alone. Your testing and your trials are not in vain. Hold on, and keep on keeping on.

Lord, keep your children

You said that you will never leave us nor forsake us

As we live this life that you have placed us in

Protect us

lead us beside still waters

restore our life

so that we know

even though we walk through the dark places in this life

the end of it means that we will be with you

Lord, help us fulfill our purpose here

so that we can go home

Let us not take this gift of life for granted

but Lord give us meaning, give us our visions, give us the strength

to keep on keeping on

send us the comforter 

and let us know him

Thank you for your warnings

Thank you for your answers

Thank you for your love

Thank you for hope

Thank you for the pressure of purpose

Thank you for deliverance

Thank you for an expected end

Thank you for hearing our prayers

in the name of Jehovah

In the name of my mighty King

Yeshua Hamashiach

That we have come to know as

our Lord and savior Jesus Christ,

the son of the one and true living God

Amen

Here's the thing, I think some of us give out the wrong impression about what the Christian life should look like.  Many of us are not aware that the Christian Life is not an easy life to live.  It is a life of constant growth.  With this kind of understanding we can see that growth means we have to push our way through some things.  We can do it with the help of the Lord.  We can do it with the Jesus inside each and everyone of us.

  Many of us are not aware of the day and time that we are in.  We are in the time of sorrows.  There are many things that are falling apart in this world system that are affecting many of us.  As our friends, our family, and our associates are experiences major pitfalls in life, we, as their Christian brothers and sisters should feel their pain.  It's going to come on us all.  We are to help each other through these hard times.

You don't have to do it by yourself!

5For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 6If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.

2 Cor 1:5-7

Do you really want to know why life is so hard?  Because it is supposed to be . . . Do you want to know why it seems like life is only happening to you?  It is because we don't share our downsides, our pitfalls, or our real feelings with others.  We hide things.  We suppress things, way deep down in the crevices of our subconscious minds.  And as these burdens fester in the dark, we self medicate to cover the symptoms of our despairs.  I'm not pointing the finger, because we all do it.  This is why I write this blog.  I am working on myself.  I am trying to get in touch with the real me, not the fake me that I want to portray on facebook and Instagram.

Who are you really?

We need to get to know ourselves. I know that you will take the time to do that. I do want to motivate you. I want to let you know that you are not alone. You are not the only one having a hard time in this life. We go through the things we go through so that we can be stronger. We go through the things that we go through so that we can help others.

But Why? Why does it have to be so hard?

It has to be hard because the resistance is what builds the muscle.  We have an enemy that wants to see us loose our gift of eternal life.  There is a bigger plan for us in eternity.  Ultimately, we have to see that part of the design is for us to become unified and work together.  We have to learn that we are each uniquely designed and written for a purpose.  We each hold a key inside our hearts, to open the doors, that are closed to this world.  Each of us, are a door, that possesses a lock, for each key to find.

The Holy spirit will help us find those doors.

Here is your motivation for Monday:

You are not alone


so Keep on Keeping on . . .

8We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters,^a about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, 11as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.

2 Corinthians 1:8-14

Peace be with you

Rejoice that God has good things in store for you

Find your purpose and live it.

You will feel so much better.

Until Next Time

-Tamorra

I use bible hub to pull up my scriptures.  I simply go to google and type in the first part of the verse I am looking for.  I always choose the Bible Hub link.  This study was from 2 Corinthians which was the second letter from Apostle Paul to the Corinthians.  He was explaining his troubles and his heaviness during his journey in the first chapter.  Lesson to learn: We are supposed to comfort each other in unity and in love.