“From Empty to Full” – Part 3 “What Shall I Do for You?”

“As the hart pants and longs for the water brooks, so I pant and long for You, O God.”  

Psalm 42:1 Amplified Bible

EXPLORATION:

“From Empty to Full” – Part 3

“What Shall I Do for You?”

“Fullness” – Containing all that is possible. Complete in every detail.

What do I have of “value” within myself?

“God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.”

Fulton J. Sheen

INSPIRATION:

“It is the heart that makes a (woman) rich. (She) is rich according to what (she) is…not according to what (she) has.”

Henry Ward Beecher

“From Empty to Full” – Part 1 “Filled To The Brim”

“As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.”

Psalm 42:1
King James Version

EXPLORATION:

“From Empty to Full” – Part 1

“Filled To The Brim”

“Fullness” – Containing all that is possible. Complete in every detail.

What empty place in my life would I like to have God fill with His fullness?

INSPIRATION:

“O Lord, You have created us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee.”

St. Augustine

My sister and I had a game we played as kids. Much to our mother’s displeasure, we would get a carton of milk from the refrigerator at lunch and see who could fill their glass the highest. Believe me, this was tricky business. We would pour quite rapidly until a certain point, then good reflexes and careful attention took over as ever so slowly we tried, a little at a time, to raise the level of the milk until it came right to the top of the rim on our glasses.

“From Empty to Full” – Part 4 “Nothing – Except”

“As a deer longs for a stream of cool water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for you, the living God.” Psalm 42:1
The Good News Bible

EXPLORATION: “From Empty to Full” – Part 4

“Nothing – Except”

“Fullness” – Containing all that is possible. Complete in every detail.

If I feel like I have nothing in my life, what is the “except” I can bring to Jesus?

“She said, ‘your handmaid has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.’” 2 Kings 4:2 Amplified Bible

I Choose to Give ThanksThank

by Helen Lescheid

“He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God” Psalm 50:23

I felt unappreciated, unloved, and unworthy to call myself a Christian.

Jesus exuded a joyful confidence no matter what happened in his life. He lived each day in joyful obedience to the Father. The kind of life, he promised to his followers: “I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness” (John 10:10). But where was the joy in my life? Defeat and depression clung to me. It probably would never change. After all, I was by nature a melancholic. The experts said so.

MORE TO FOLLOW . . . grace upon grace . . . .

    At the end of the day, a weary child is cradled comfortably at the lap of his loving father.  The thrills and cares of the day spin off from his mind as he fights his heavy eyelids.  He runs his tender fingers at the face of his father, gathers himself together and draws his lips closer to his father’s right ear.  

    Then he smiles as he whispers almost inaudibly, his hands feeling the sturdy arms and shoulders of his father.  The father smiles and nods repeatedly, responding with that usual reassuring voice.  

    The child’s voice faded into silence as he drifts off to a peaceful sleep. He had his fill of today’s delights – but he has his cares and desires for tomorrow.  His sleep is undisturbed as he had confided everything in his heart to his father.