How do YOU love God?

Good Morning Ladies!!

  I hope everyone had a good start to their week so far! Mine has been hectic of course and will probably stay that way, but I thank God for it! It keeps me sane! lol!

  So these past couple of mornings that I've woken up I haven't known what to post. I sit here listening to my worship music hoping a song will speak to my heart and give me inspiration to write but NOTHING. Unlike these past couple of mornings I didn't let it discourage or frustrate me. I just figured God wanted me to spend more time worshiping him and when he was ready to reveal his message to me he would. Of course he never fails and he put this on my heart to share with you:

How do YOU love God? How do YOU show your love for him?

Matthew 22:37 says “Love the Lord YOUR God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind.”

I love how it says YOUR God! He is MY God! That makes it personal, more individualized ya know?

  Every day God shows his love for us in more ways than one. So many of us spend so much time complaining about things that we don’t see the many blessings God has given us. Did you wake up this morning? Did your car start? Do you have food in the fridge and a roof over your head? What about that smile on your child’s face? The list goes on and on. He continues to bless us even though we aren’t perfect, he loves us anyway. So how do you show your love and appreciation to God? Some do it by singing praise and worship songs. This is definitely one of the ways I show my love to God. When I’m singing I can picture the biggest smile on his face. I know it has to make God feel good for us to shout at the top of our lungs and tell him how great he is.

Additional ways to show God you love him:

-Gaining more knowledge of his word, so doing daily devotions.

-Changing lifestyles and living for God, making God their first priority.

-Prayer, not only praying when things get tough but when things are great too.

-Attending Church on Sunday.

-Sharing God’s goodness and love with others.

-The way you treat others.

  These are just a couple of things that came to my mind when I thought of ways that people show their love and appreciation to God. There is no right or wrong way to show YOUR love to him. It’s personal and it's between you and God. God wants love and attention just like all of us do. We all want and need that one on one time from our husbands or from a friend, so why not do that for God. Why not find ways to show him that he’s important to us?

***I challenge all of us today to first figure out what we are doing to show God our love for him and then to find more ways to do it. It makes God feel good to know that we are going out of our way to find ways to please him! J ***

I would love to hear from all of you on how you show your love to God! It may be able to help someone else come up with something more unique! Please leave comments below and share your thoughts with all of us! J

 ***Prayer Request***
I spoke with a friend last night who is having trouble in her marriage. She's truly hurting and needs some encouragement, strength and she needs to know she's loved. Please pray for her and her family. Thank you! :)

  If you want or need to add a prayer request please email me at Raynisia_smith@yahoo.com . I won’t add the personal details or your name if you don’t want me to, but I will spread the word so that you can have others praying for you! J I will also be adding contact information for prayer support to the blog so that you can call/email and get prayer anytime! Reda Smith will be leading this and she is a very powerful prayer. She will be adding her story to the blog soon! J

Please stay encouraged, inspired and motivated today and help someone else do the same! J

Thanks for your love, support and prayers! We love you ladies!! J

Raynisia Nagel

A Woman After God's Own Heart