Rejoice!

 

Greetings sisters! 

How are you doing in the Lord? I hope standing strong in Him wherever you are and shining your light in a dark world. That's what I'm striving to do daily and I rejoice in the Lord and all the many blessings that come in this life in Him. It can all depend where we put our focus can't it. If we focus on the Lord and seek first His kingdom and righteousness then the trials whatever they are that we have to go through seem much smaller. Much can be overlooked when we set our minds on Christ and things above and also loving and caring for the saints we know. It all helps to take our focus off of ourselves where we don't want it anyway. 

Today I am sharing some scriptures on some areas we are to rejoice in. We can rejoice in so many things! We are so blessed in the Lord. I just share a few of those here in hopes to edify and encourage you in your lives. 

We rejoice in the Lord Himself! 

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Psalm 97:12

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

1 Peter 1:8

We rejoice in persecutions!

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Matthew 5:11-12

But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye ; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

1 Peter 4:13-14

Rejoice when a lost sheep is found (when a sinner repents)! 

What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? 

And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 

And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. 

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Luke 15:4-7

Rejoice for our names written in heaven!

Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

Luke 10:20

 

Rejoice in the hope of Christ!

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 5:2

 

Rejoice with the brethren who rejoice!

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice in the truth! 

Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

1 Corinthians 13:6

I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

2 John 1:4

 And we see rejoicing to come!

Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 

And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 

And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

Revelation 19:7-9

Praise God for all the hope and joy we can have through His mercy and grace when we only deserved death and destruction. Let us joyfully serve this awesome God and Saviour and strive to please Him! 

OK sisters I hope that encouraged you! I know it can be harder to feel like rejoicing sometimes as when we are physically tired or weak or sick or being hated or hurt by others but we can still have God's peace and power in our lives and have joy even in the midst of sorrow. Our Saviour knows about the sorrows but it is in Him we can also rejoice! 

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Isaiah 53:3

Rejoice evermore.

1 Thessalonians 5:16

Amen sisters...let us do so! 

Hold fast in this wicked world sister soldiers. Shine your lights of obedience to the Lord brightly where you are so that He is glorified. His ways are good and what a blessing we get to bear His Name. Let us take this seriously and bring Him honour and not shame by our lives as obedient godly quiet women. 

Love in Christ, 

Sister Michaela 

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A Simple Yet Glorious Life

 

Hello sisters!

And this may be "just another" post from me but I realise that even though it may be a simple life many of us are living in the Lord, it is a blessed and most glorious life. Why? Because it is doing the will of the Lord and if we are born anew by the gospel then we have the best life ever. Our hope is to come but we have that promise of salvation in Christ! 

"Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls."

1 Peter 1:9

And reminds me of this... 

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it."

Matthew 13:45-46

Because what we have is so precious!

Praise God that Christ...  

How can we not rejoice even while going about the wearying days because we have that hope and great riches?! Sometimes I need to remind myself of this. And I hope that you can be blessed in pondering it to. 

"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 

Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God."

Romans 8:14-21

Amen! 

And as women we can rejoice in the role the Lord has for us as submissive and quiet in spirit. While to some it may seem "less important" what we have to do in this life what we have been called to do, it is God's design and we shouldn't lust for things that are not for godly women (ie jobs the men have, or to be dressed more to fit in with others etc).

My day was simply mostly looking after the little ones. Yes that may be a large part of what some of us do as women. It may be the same things day in and day out but we must remember what the Lord wants from us women and do it with joy and endurance. 

Here's a healthy meal option from my day; it's a huge bag from Costco. 

Yum! 

And tea tonight. 

It's similar to last night's I shared...another chicken stir fry. 

And includes my favourite nuts... 

And I used a tiny pumpkin from the garden here. I love those little drops of water that come out when it's cut:-)

So that's just a bit of my simple yet busy day. 

And evening peace at my tent... 

And as I type this after dark I can hear a cow grazing on grass nearby...for some reason that's peaceful:-) I'm one who seems to hear every little noise...and I need my quiet to sleep well...but I have to try to ignore all that going on around me if I want to get some sleep out here. It's all what you are used to I guess. There were animals being noisy last night and so I listen to all that at night but I'm blessed to have a place to rest and relax at the end of the day. And I can edify you sisters from it:-)

"But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;"

1 Corinthians 1:27

Remember that too sisters. People might laugh and mock and think we are foolish being biblical women in this faithless and unclothed generation. But God uses things such as that for His purposes. And maybe we can also see that in 1 Peter 3 where it says about a woman's quietness being potentially to the saving of a soul just by her obedient life lived. Goes along with this too. 

"For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him."

Matthew 21:32

Well sisters I'll leave it at that for today. Let us rejoice for the glorious life we can live (though expecting and preparing for persecutions)...and the future and hope we have in Christ.

"For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 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 2:11-14

And a blessing from another sister saint... 

"For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself."

Philippians 3:20-21

Love in Christ,

...from a daughter of God

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