For Everyday #1: Give Thanks!

Begin each day with a grateful heart!

Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast,
a house into a home,
a stranger into a friend.

Melody Battie

It is about valuing especially in the smallest.

A thankful [grateful] person is a powerful person!

Joyce Meyer

Once you give Him thanks in everything,
you then realize you are blessed to begin with.

"Give thanks to the Lord,
for He is good;
His love endures forever."

Chr 16:34

Worship for CG..

“For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised. The Lord reigns.” - Psalm 96:4,10

1. You Deserve The Glory

You deserve the glory and the honor

Lord we lift our hands in worship

We exalt Your holy name

For Your are great

You do mighty wonders Lord

There is no one else like You

There is no one else like You

2. My King

Jesus You reign

Forever King of all

3. Beautiful Exchange

Holy are You God

Holy is Your name

With everything I’ve got

My heart will sing

How I love You

4. I Worship You Almighty God

I worship You almighty God

There is none like You

I worship You O prince of peace

That is what I long to do

I give You praise

For you are my righteousness

I worship You almighty God

There is none like You

5. I Exalt Thee

I exalt Thee

I exalt Thee

I exalt Thee

O Lord

“We need to worship because, we need to worship.” 

- Joseph Prince

The essence of worship is when your heart and soul, the core of your being, connects with and adores the Spirit of God.” - Darlene Zschech

G Control

if there's a low, there's a high.

and the bigger the pressure, the higher the rise.

"A time to weep, A time to laugh.

A time to mourn, and A time to dance."

Ecc 3:4

for all activities are under heaven..

hence the only one with the controller is Him.

God is painfully, powerfully, perfectly in control.

He is sovereign, even in our pain and troubles.

Through it all, His love is transforming, perfecting and completing us.

Mary Fairchild

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"Dear brothers and sisters,when troubles come your way,

consider it an opportunity for great joy.

For you know when your faith is tested,

your endurance has a change to grow.

So let it grow,

for when your endurance is fully developed,

you will be perfect and complete,

needing nothing."

James 1:2-4 (NLT)

Seated with J.

Carried To The Table by Leeland


Wounded and forsaken
I was shattered by the fall
Broken and forgotten
Feeling lost and all alone
Summoned by the King
Into the Master’s courts
Lifted by the Savior
And cradled in His arms

I was carried to the table
Seated where I don’t belong
Carried to the table
Swept away by His love
And I don’t see my brokenness anymore
When I’m seated at the table of the Lord
I’m carried to the table
The table of the Lord

Fighting thoughts of fear
And wondering why He called my name
Am I good enough to share this cup
This world has left me lame
Even in my weakness
The Savior called my name
In His Holy presence
I’m healed and unashamed


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we're all at the masters table, stuffed like a christmas turkey.
J., makes the bestest host ever!
we just cant help but overflow with His finest.

so we are not in it for the breadcrumbs but the whole feast.
be sure of which table are you at!
because at His, we are never hungry and always [beyond] full.

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Hey there! All who are thirsty, come to the water! Are you penniless? Come anyway—buy and eat! Come, buy your drinks, buy wine and milk. Buy without money—everything's free! Why do you spend your money on junk food, your hard-earned cash on cotton candy? Listen to me, listen well:

Eat only the best, fill yourself with only the finest.

Isaiah 55:1-2 (The Message)

His #1: Preparation of Change.

God is changing us for situations that He has already changed.

The only thing that He is interested in the transformation process is us. His priority is not the blessing, but more the receiver who is going to receive His blessings He has planned. He is always working behind doors for us though we may not see nor feel it. Every single moment He is doing wonders for us for our Daddy neither slumbers not sleep.

He will never forgot us not even for a second for His eye is forever fixed in each and everyone of us.


"The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry."
Psalm 34:15 (NIV)

"He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever."
Job 36:7 (NIV)


And He will never abandon us for His very own Spirit resides in the core of your being.


"And we have received God's Spirit (not the world's spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us."
1 Cor 2:12 (NLT)

"And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, "Abba, Father.""
Gal 4:6 (NLT) 


#PREP4CHANGE

You stolen my heart, yes You have!

Yes You Have by Leeland

at J: You stolen my heart* yes You have! With Your love You set me free! Absolutely no one will take Your place. How can I run with your love chasing me? ♥

"And I will give them a heart* to know (recognize, understand, and be acquainted with) Me, that I am the Lord; and they will be My people,  and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart. "

Jeremiah 24:7 (Amplified Bible)

What does our heart* carry?

heart: seat of the affections or sensibilities 

heart: better or lovelier part of our nature (good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish)

heart: spring of all our actions and purposes (moral affections, individual disposition)

heart: nearest the middle or center, part most hidden and within

heart: inmost and most essential part of any body or system

heartl source of life and motion, center of activity, energetic, efficient

heart: courage [to carry on], purpose, spirit

heart: vigorous and efficient activity, power of fertile production, condition of the soil

heart: vital part, secret meaning, real intention

heart: affectionate, kind, positive feeling

heart: hearten, encourage, inspirit

heart: to form a compact center

heart: inclination or tendency of a certain kind

heart: locus of feelings and intuitions

heart: most essential and vital part of some idea or experience

He♥us #1: For God so loved.. (John 3:16)

Here is the verse which is the only usable and closest definition of love; truly depicting what is it all about and signifying how far did God even go for us prized beings.

The unique death of His only Son is the one death that has brought us salvation, and back to eternal and everlasting life which was rightfully ours to begin with.

"God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was.
He came to help,
to put the world right again."

- John 3:17, The Message

For He love us [greatly and way too] much..

#OHHOWHELOVESUS xo

Loved as His child.

'How He loves us' - Kim Walker (Jesus Culture)

He is jealous for me 
Love's like a hurricane, I am a tree 
Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy 
When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory 
and I realize just how beautiful You are and how great your affections are for me. 
Oh, how He loves us so 
Oh, how He loves us 
How He loves us so. 

Yeah, He loves us 
Woah, how He loves us 
Woah, how He loves us 
Woah, how He loves. 

So we are His portion and He is our prize, 
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes 
If grace is an ocean we're all sinking 
So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss and my heart turns violently inside of my chest 
I don't have time to maintain these regrets when I think about the way 

That he loves us, 
Woah, how He loves us 
Woah, how He loves us 
Woah, how He loves 

He loves us, 
Woah, how He loves us 
Woah, how He loves us 
Woah, how He loves

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"SEE WHAT [an incredible] quality of love the Father has given (shown, bestowed on) us, that we should [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are!

Beloved, we are [even here and] now God's children;
it is not yet disclosed (made clear) what we shall be [hereafter],
but we know that when He comes and is manifested,
we shall [as God's children] resemble and; be like Him,
for we shall see Him just as He [really] is.

And everyone who has this hope [resting] on Him,
cleanses (purifies) himself just as He is pure (chaste, undefiled, guiltless)."

1 John 3:1-3 (Amplified)

Entrusting the Key..

"There, I did it. I entrusted the ket to my heart into God's hands. 

As I sat there alone at the kitchen table in my Singapore apartment, 

I realized the significance of what I had just done. I was saying, 

"Here you go God, take control of my love life."

Not only would this mean that I would trust Him to protect my heart and keep it safe,

but that He would be granted full access to perform "heart surgery",

preparing it to love and receive love from a spouse some day.

A spouse that He would choose."

- Ali Smith

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"Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal* spirit within me."

- Psalm 51:10

Loyal is being faithful, sovereign and committed to One. 

To have my heart only focused only on Him.

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No more games,

Time to re-focus.

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The key to my heart has become entirely Yours.

It is no longer mine to hold.

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For He [who knows you better than yourself] not only protects and guards your heart,

but at the right place, right time, right person,

He will know when to unguard it and let it down.

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*Joyfully waiting and enjoying a Season of Intimacy with Him*

Dreams not forgotten..

God can resurrect our broken dreams.

Once was dominant, now alive after a tasteful portion of one God breath.

"Just because it has not happened in the past,

does not mean it will not happen in the future."

Christine Caine

He has turned our disappointments to reappointments.

For what He has promised,

He is faithful to see it to past in completion.

How can He ever forget our desires,

since He is the one that puts it there in the first place?

because He is the one forever holding on to them.

In His time of fulfillment, we shall soon give birth.

J., the better driver.

'Jesus, Take The Wheel' - Carrie Underwood




She was driving last Friday on her way to Cincinnati
On a snow white Christmas Eve
Going home to see her Mama and her Daddy
With the baby in the backseat


Fifty miles to go and she was running low
On faith and gasoline
It'd been a long hard year


She had a lot on her mind and she didn't pay attention
She was going way too fast
Before she knew it she was spinning
On a thin black sheet of glass


She saw both their lives flash before her eyes
She didn't even have time to cry
She was so scared
She threw her hands up in the air


Jesus, take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I can't do this on my own


I'm letting go
So give me one more chance
To save me from this road I'm on
Jesus, take the wheel


It was still getting colder when she made it to the shoulder
And the car came to a stop
She cried when she saw that baby in the backseat
Sleeping like a rock


And for the first time in a long time
She bowed her head to pray
She said I'm sorry for the way
I've been living my life


I know I've got to change
So from now on tonight


Jesus, take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I can't do this on my own


I'm letting go
So give me one more chance
To save me from this road I'm on


Oh Jesus, take the wheel
Oh, I'm letting go


So give me one more chance
Save me from this road I'm on
From this road I'm on
Jesus, take the wheel
Oh, take it, take it from me
Oh, why, ooh
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"If we go our own way, we never get where we're going, and we pay the fare. If we go God's way, we always get there, and He pays the fare!"


Ed Young


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"I don't think the way you think. The way you work isn't the way I work." God's Decree.


"For as the sky soars high above earth, so the way I work surpasses the way you work, and the way I think is beyond the way you think.


Just as rain and snow descend from the skies and don't go back until they've watered the earth, Doing their work of making things grow and blossom, producing seed for farmers and food for the hungry,


So will the words that come out of my mouth not come back empty-handed. They'll do the work I sent them to do, they'll complete the assignment I gave them.


Isaiah 55:8-9 (The Message)


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His ways are definitely higher hence, He makes the better driver because He has got the better directions and control.