Author Archives: Matthew, Karen, and God

How to Surrender to God🙏

Broken and sorrowful heart!

“Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness and guilt And cleanse me from my sin. For I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them; My sin is always before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned And done that which is evil in Your sight, So that You are justified when You speak [Your sentence] And faultless in Your judgment. I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness; In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful]. Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom. Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied; Let the bones which You have broken rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins And blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a right and steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted and return to You.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭51:1-13‬ ‭AMP‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/1588/psa.51.13.AMP

The Prodigal Daughter!

When I left God several years ago I was a moral person. I didn’t want to admit it but I was really a hypocrite. I was a goody-two-shoes. Blinded to my sin of pride and self-righteousness. I foolishly let my sin come between me and God. When I became an honest sinner that is when I saw my need for a savior. God showed me my sin was the same as murder. In 2007 God gave me a dream that I had murdered someone. It was so real, so frightening and I could feel the weight of my sin. It was unbearable for me to bear. I cried out to God to show me who I murdered. In the dream, I saw myself looking in a deep, deep grave. Then I would wake up terrified. “God, who did I murder?” As I sobbed, “Please Lord show me! I can’t take the weight of my sin any longer.” I picked up my Bible crying. As I opened it up to Genesis 6:3 it was underlined in my bible. The first part of that verse says; And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man.
Next to that verse, I had written DO NOT MURDER YOUR SOUL. I started crying and knew it was my soul that I was murdering. Thank God for his love, mercy, and grace. He is the Good Shepard that comes and brings us home.

The Lord Leads Me!

bible.com/bible/1/psa.23.6.KJV

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.”

‭‭Psalm‬ ‭23:1-6‬ ‭KJV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/1/psa.23.1-6.KJV

Be Ready For His Coming!

““So be alert [give strict attention, be cautious and active in faith], for you do not know which day [whether near or far] your Lord is coming. But understand this: If the head of the house had known what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore, you [who follow Me] must also be ready; because the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24:42-44‬ ‭AMP‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/1588/mat.24.42-44.AMP

I want to be ready when Christ Jesus returns.

What does the Lord require of YOU?

bible.com/bible/1588/mic.6.8.AMP

“He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you Except to be just, and to love [and to diligently practice] kindness (compassion), And to walk humbly with your God [setting aside any overblown sense of importance or self-righteousness]?”

‭‭Micah‬ ‭6:8‬ ‭AMP‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/1588/mic.6.8.AMP