In writing I have tried to be genuine, humble, and open to listening and learning from God. I also try to put the advice into practice by God’s grace and power. As a reader I hope you approach these notes the same way. I pray they bless you and inspire you to become all God has designed for you to be and to do for his glory. He believes in you and wants the best for you. So do I. The most valuable gift I can give is to build you and others up and to help you draw near to God through Jesus. In time I hope God becomes your closest friend, your brightest future, and your deepest love.
Your friend and teacher,
Greenelsh
291 Waste Not, Want Not
When you are united with God by faith no blessing or suffering is wasted and nothing is wanted, for he is all you need.
290 Direct Your Boasting
Instead of promoting yourself, find your worth and completeness in God. By faith make the most of him in how you think, speak, and act.
289 Determine Your Drive
Make loving God and loving others your main motivation in life. Carry it out by faith in Jesus and you will experience fulfillment that serving yourself through the ways of this world can never offer.
288 Release the Pain
God wants to redeem your pain and your hurt from empathizing with others. Jesus gave his life and rose again to make that possible. Trust him to save and restore you.
287 Stop Searching, Start Finding
Don’t walk alone trying to do, look, acquire, and meet. Instead walk with God by faith and find fulfillment.
286 Smell Sweet
Breathe in the sweet aroma of Jesus’ life-giving triumph, then like incense, spread the fragrance of his love and salvation to others.
285 Glorify
Make the most of Jesus. Surrender to God through humble faith so that the magnificence and splendor of Jesus lights our dark and fallen world to help save lost and broken people.
284 Know Where
Everyone is driven by something and that drive takes you somewhere. Trust in God and you’ll experience abundant, everlasting life driven by a love for him and others.
283 Keep Running
Run life’s race not by yourself or for yourself. Instead run for God with a persevering faith. In the process God will reward you by saving you, transforming you, and working through you to help others.
282 Discover Joy
With Jesus you can experience a joy that outlasts happiness and transcends circumstances.