Isaiah 40:31 is a wonderful verse: “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagle; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint” (KJV).

One spring Jean and I were parked in our car on the south end of Waskesiu lake in Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada, having our prayer time. There were 6 or so golden eagles feasting on dead fish out on the melting ice. After a while the eagles took off and gave us 30 minutes of the most glorious flying and gliding display right in front of and over our car. What amazing, powerful and graceful creatures; such colors and majesty, such strength. Isaiah 40:31 truly came alive for us. God is so obvious to all in his creation (Rom 1:20).

This is the strength he has for us. “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness." (Isa 41:10) It's God that does the strengthening and holds us with his hand. God tells us not to fear, he is the one who fights our battles for us (Deut 31:6).

And, yes, this is New Testament as well: "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Phil 4:13). Did you notice that was all things not some things? Trust God, cast your cares on him and lean on his strength today. We can't do it on our own, my, how we need our God.

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"As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love." These 2 verses are from John 15:9-10 in the King James Version of the Bible.

Jesus is telling us to abide or continue in his love; but how? Well he gives us a clue by telling us to obey his commandments. A cardinal command is to love: “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love they neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these”.

I believe we also need to meditate on the scriptures that tell us about God’s great love for us - and there are many of them. Here is one I am sure we are all familiar with, but it speaks volumes: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). Wow, could you ever doubt his love for us?

We also need to learn to be quiet before God and just sense his love for us in our hearts; and experience it. If we get a revelation of God's great love for us then we will start to feel better about ourselves and then it will be easier to love others.

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Have you ever tried to read the bible or pray and had to deal with competing thoughts just roaring through your mind? Or is it just me that has to deal with busyness of mind? I talked to God about this and asked for his help. His reply was that I had his help and I just needed to buckle down and use his help. He said my mind needed to be in his intensive care unit.

Gods ICU is his word.  God has given us his peace (John 14:27) and a sound mind (2 Tim 1:7).  We need to stay our minds on God’s word (Isa 26:3), renew our minds with his word (Rom 12:2) and bring every thought into the obedience of Christ (2 Cor 10:4-5).

How do we do this? Well, get hold of the word and mediate it day and night (mediate is to mull it over, speak it to yourself); it works, we just need to do it. Get radical and make sure you read Joshua 1:8: “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt mediate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success”. Alleluia, just preached myself happy again; think I will just run around my office.

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I often think of goodness and kindness in the same breath. Kindness and goodness are both fruits of the Holy Spirit that God wants to develop in all of us (Gal 5:22). They are both characteristics of God’s nature and grace (Ps 23:6; Ps 117:2; Eph 2:7) and he desires us to pursue both of them (Rom 11:22; Col 3:12; Prov 19:22). Goodness and kindness are intertwined and both of the heart.

Goodness is a sense of godliness, grace, tenderness, compassion and kindness; a generous spirit. The desire to not only be good but do good as well. Kindness is goodness in action; it has many of the elements of goodness. It is gentleness and sweetness of nature; it can be seen as a practical expression of love. Kindness is seen doing good even toward people that are difficult to get along with.

We need to grow in kindness and goodness as they demonstrate God’s love to those around us. The Holy Spirit works to develop these characteristics in us as we humble ourselves and cooperate in faith.  Let goodness and kindness be characteristics of all of our lives.

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“Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works” (Titus 2:14; KJV).

I just want to focus on the second half of that verse; the importance of being enthusiastic about doing good deeds.

The most important part of being a Christian is definitely spending time with God. However, it doesn’t end there; good deeds are important. “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Matt. 5:16).

Remember that Jesus: “went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil” (Acts 10:38). He didn’t just heal the sick but he also went around doing good, we often tend to forget that. Kindness is really the practical out working of goodness.

The apostle James taught us that faith without works is dead, that we shouldn’t just pray for someone’s situation but do something to help (James 2:14-17).  Let’s look for opportunities to do random acts of kindness today and be a blessing to someone.

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