SURVEY: Logan Milford

God Gold of the day

 

The Survey:

1. {QUALITY} What’s your quality like to God?

Is it…..?

~Excellent

~Good

~Fair

~Poor

2. {ACCURACY} How accurate are you in following God’s orders?

Are you…..?

~Excellent

~Good

~Fair

~Poor

>Scripture: ““If you love me, obey my commandments.”/John 14:15

3. {SERVICE} What’s the quality of your service?

Is it……?

~Excellent

~Good

~Fair

~Poor

>Scripture: “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.””/Mark 10:45

4. {Cleanliness} How clean are you living?

Are you…..?

~Excellent

~Good

~Fair

~Poor

>Scripture: “You are battered from head to foot— covered with bruises, welts, and infected wounds— without any soothing ointments or bandages.”/Isaiah 1:6

5. {Overall Satisfaction} What’s God’s overall satisfaction with you?

Is it…….?

~Excellent

~Good

~Fair

~Poor

>Scripture: ““I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth!”/Revelation 3:15-16

6. Rate and compare yourself from now, to how you used to be?

~ How has God grown you?

~ How has your relationship with God grown?

~ Were you on fire for God and now you’ve cooled off? Where do you want to be?

Nature Joe: Deep Breaths, Mirror Looking, and Nature Boogey

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‘Thus says God, the Lord , who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it: ‘

Isaiah 42:5

TBT: “Colorful Gospel”

God Gold of the day

Today’s post is a video message that was taken around this same time last year! Looking back, it’s crazy how much in just one year, Jesus has pushed me through so many “black” moments in my life and moved me farther away from the “check the boxes” mentality of a Christian!!! Only Jesus can do what He has done but the coolest part, Jesus can and will bring so much “COLOR” to your life also!!! Each day it may seem dull, mundane and dark but I’m here to tell you today that because of Jesus and what He has done for us on the cross, then 3 days later from the grave…..life doesn’t have to be the way it was yesterday! Jesus wants to bring you new life today, a colorful and victorious life that can only be found in Him! Are you pumped up and excited to see all that Jesus is going to do in your life!?!?!! I definitely am and can’t wait to see all that Jesus is going to do in and through you!!!

So…..the wait is over!!! Here’s the Easter Throwback Gold for you today!!!!

If you haven’t heard already, JESUS HAS RISEN, HE IS ALIVE!!!!! Hope you find some powerful Gospel truth in these verses from God’s Word and this video adding some color not just to today, but EVERYDAY!! The truth of Jesus being our RISEN SAVIOR is an everyday, life-changing, hope-filled, powerful truth!!! WHOOOOO!!!!!

Isaiah 25.8: “He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces.”

Isaiah 53:5: “But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; on him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and by his stripes we are healed.”

Romans 6.4: “…just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.”

1 Peter 1.3:“According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”

Surrendering Trust (Matt Howard)

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I am extremely excited and thankful to share with you today a God Gold from a good friend of mine, Matt Howard! I had asked Matt if he was interested in writing a God Gold awhile back and thankfully he was because what I thought I saw in his pure and faithful heart was displayed for real in this message! Before posting this message I read it myself and it resonated with me the very next day as I found myself in a situation that called for this truth found here to get me through! Then, later that day, still before this Gold had even been posted, I was listening to a friend discuss some tough situations he was going through. Not having the words to say to help my friend, this God Gold message from Matt came to mind so I sent my friend these truths which turned out being EXACTLY what he needed to hear!!! It amazes me how God works from one person’s heart to another, and to another to bring His faithful and loving presence so HUGE in our lives when we need it most! After seeing what God has already done through this gold even before being made public, I can’t wait to see what all God has in store to use these truths in your life!!! BIG thank you to Matt again for sharing what God laid on his heart and Matt is also one of the most talented musicians I’ve ever seen so this may not be the last time you’ll hear from him!!!

 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways submit to Him, And He will make your paths straight.” ~ Proverbs 3:5-6

 

Good morning God Gold Family! My name is Matt Howard, and I hope that this truth speaks into your life this morning. Proverbs 3:5-6 is one of my favorite verses, reminding us to place all of our trust in God alone, laying all of our burdens at his feet. It promises us that God will take care of us no matter our circumstance. Every day, I have to remind myself to cast my cares upon the Lord and commit everything to prayer. I pray that whatever you are going through that you would realize that you are NOT alone in the fight and that every circumstance is a part of God’s PERFECT plan.

Isaiah 55:8-9- “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the Lord. ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

Jeremiah 29:11– “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

God’s ways are higher than our ways, and he has a PERFECT plan for each and every one of us. Right now, I challenge you to commit anything and everything in your life to prayer. Whatever burdens or worries you carry; I pray that you would surrender it all to God.

Proverbs 18:10- “The name of the Lord is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe.”

 

Video on Trusting God:

 

Waiting (Friendly Fire)

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A special God Gold from a very special friend, Leeann McCathern!! Prepare yourselves….you are about to be seriously BLESSED!!!!!

 

“It feels so surreal to be writing that title! I’ve been in awe of the God Gold ever since Jordan texted me my first one. The God Gold is one of the greatest corners of the internet – so full of truth and genuine love for the Lord. If you know Jordan, then you know he’s as authentic + full of the Lord’s wisdom as someone can get. He’s obedient, faithful, and constantly inspires me to be better. Thanks for the honor of having a small spot on your GG, Jo Dean!”

I wanted to write my guest post on something overwhelmingly close to my heart recently – waiting. How are we supposed to deal with a season of waiting that seems like it will never end? How do we muster up the confidence in the Lord’s plans, day after day, when it seems like nothing around us is changing? How do we stay hopeful when the plans we’ve been chasing seem impossible?

Honestly, I still don’t really know the answers to any of these questions. Probably not the best way to kick off a blog post, but that’s the truth and I’m just trying to keep it real. What I do know is this: What the Lord has for us, won’t miss us. (Psalm 84:11 tells us this! No good thing will He withhold…) 

I repeat this to myself often, because it’s so easy for me to feel like the Lord’s forgotten me. It’s easy for me to feel like my time waiting is just being wasted. 

I moved to Japan four months ago. Four months since I had to give up the things I held closest: my family, my friends, my job, my church – the list could go on and on. And ever since I’ve gotten to Japan, I’ve been waiting. Waiting to find community, waiting for paperwork to clear so that I could drive, then waiting for jobs to open, then waiting to hear back from job applications…. this list could go on and on too. This season of my life has been all of the waiting with the least amount of clarity. And for the first two months, I was angry. I was stuck at home, having gone from a bustling life and a job to… nothing. I wasn’t used to staying home all day or not being able to go anywhere because I couldn’t drive. I was sitting and I was waiting angrily, and because of this I was resisting anything God was trying to teach me. I was so bitter that my life looked nothing like I thought it would at this point, that I wasn’t letting in any of the good God was trying to give me. 

So here’s what I’ve really learned about seasons of waiting – you have two choices. You can either sit and drown in your sorrow, or you can sit and ask God to refine you. You can ask him to teach you, to mold you, to grow you in your waiting. The second I stopped letting my expectations be bigger than my faith – it changed everything.

I had to learn to be resilient, and had to really lean into what God had for me in order to get through the waiting.

I had to learn to take inventory of myself. I had to ask myself the hard questions, 

“What am I learning in this season of waiting?” 

“Am I waiting well? Am I allowing this season to be purposeful?”

“How can I be growing while I’m waiting?”

I had to ask myself – What is God trying to teach me in the waiting, that I’m missing because I’m desperately trying to get to the ‘next step?’ The truth is that we’re not ever just waiting – we’re being prepared. The Lord is working in the waiting – preparing us for whatever is coming next. 

It’s not what I thought life would look like at 25, and for that, I thank God. Because without this long stretch of waiting – I wouldn’t have a deep appreciation for the things that I do now. Driving, flexibility, freedom. Things that four months ago seemed hopelessly out of reach – but the Lord blessed me with right on time. 

Just because your life doesn’t look like you thought it would doesn’t mean it will stay that way. And it definitely doesn’t mean it’s time wasted. It’s a time of preparation. It’s a time you’re able to bless your future self – by letting yourself be prepared, and grown for all the good things God has coming your way.

And if you’re in a season of waiting like me, I’ll tell you this – it gets better. The Lord gives the right gifts, at the right time – and the holy things + plans He has could never, ever pass us by. 

I mean it – God’s plans will not miss you. So let go of that bitterness you’re harboring, and put that energy into something better. Something bigger. 

Let yourself be open to how God is working in your waiting season – because none of it could ever be wasted. Every bit of what the Lord has for us is good, and that’s the only way I know how to answer all those questions in the beginning of this post. 🙂 “

Isaiah 30:18/ “Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.”