Alvin's sharing

1Thessalonians5:16-18
"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."

One of the attitude that i surely know God wants in me and all His people is be Joyful!!

Does it mean that when we received Christ, there will be zero problem in our lives? Answer is No!

The fact is there will always be problems in our lives whether you like it anot. However, after having God in my life, i learned to see how my problems can be a blessing from God and be joyful always. My conviction is God always wants us to be happy and blessed, Devil always wants us to be stressed, emo, depressed and feel negative about ourselves.

God knows our struggle whenever we meet problems. Yes, He really knows and He wants to set us free. Only by choosing to follow His ways of living then we can attain the fullness in life!

Take a closer look at the verse above! God told us to be joyful always!!! Can you believe it? Not sometimes but ALWAYS!!! "Is it possible?" i was thinking when i 1st read this. My conclusion is that i choose to believe it's possible! Because God loves His people and if you love someone, you will always want that someone to be always happy.

After i began to believe, i don't just stop there. I follow His way of living by praying continually! Praying is like talking. A communication. Whether good things or bad things, i be totally truthful in wat i say to Him and the people around as i share and account. When i think or feel nasty things, i make sure i confess it and not let Devil have any foothold to it! When i am happy and good things are happening, i make sure i praise Him all the way!

The greatest challenge in a personal walk with God, which i think, is choosing to praise Him in all circumstances! Not during the good times, but also the bad times! That's why in verse 18 He said "in all circumstance." But many people will say "how can!!?" Let's me remind you that we are believing in a Supernatural God. It is when we choose to praise Him even in bad bad situations, then the supernatural things happen in our lives! God did mentioned we need strength to love Him, it not going to be easy to praise Him in bad times. But if you want to see the supernatural, you need to be supernatural and do what you have never done before!

Christianity is never a religion. It's a personal relationship with God. A supernatural walk with God. It's so unique that no one can teach unless you walk your own journey with God yourself.

Take a good real walk with God, you will not regret it brothers.. =)

God bless You!

Alvin