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blessed!


Blessed.  That is a word I think about often.  I also use it verbally a lot.  The reason is because I believe it is a reality.


Did you know that our perspective is our reality?  God reveals this if we just stop and notice what He has done and even what He is doing.


Ezekiel 36:26-28  NLT  

And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations. 28 “And you will live in Israel, the land I gave your ancestors long ago. You will be my people, and I will be your God.


Those verses stick out for so may reasons.  It is the blessing of being changed by and saved by our God.  He continues to change my heart.  His ways lead to blessings, or realizing how blessed we are.


I have been reading for several weeks through Ezekiel in my daily reading.  Over and over He says that people will know that He is their God.  Let me take another step forward…


Ezekiel 37:14  NLT  

I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live again and return home to your own land. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken, and I have done what I said. Yes, the Lord has spoken!’”


Life returns when we realized we are touched by God.  He is working in me and in you.  Watch where He is working.  Stay there.  Live in it.  Life comes and life becomes more real the more time we spend with Jesus allowing God to work in us.


Thanksgiving is one week away, and I want to be known as a dude that is thankful.  See you are blessed.  Know you are blessed.  It will help you be thankful.


Revelation 7:14  NLT  

They sang, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength belong to our God forever and ever! Amen.”


Once again, I ask you to help with and pray for my upcoming trip to Cuba, December 7-15, where I will be leading a retreat for leaders in the sports ministry in the middle of Cuba.  Would you support this trip with prayer and finances?  If so, please reach out to me at pastormh@gmail.com 

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