Mathina Ministries

07/05/2025

This cutie always has the wiggles...lol

07/05/2025

Happy July 4th from my family to yours

06/15/2025

Happy Father's Day to our guy. Love you so much Dad!

02/28/2025

Love God, not the world.

1 John 2:15-17
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

What is the object of your affections? Power?
Recognition?
Hobbies?
The abundance of things?

The world is seeking to seduce us into a love affair with worldly things and habits.
But we must love God and be preoccupied with pleasing Him alone.
This should lead us to the love His people and be concerned about their eternal destiny. We must look at them with compassion, like Jesus, and be moved with action to do something for them.

We should be about God’s business.

Luke 2:49
49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?

Always striving to be a better Christian.
Rom 12:1-2
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God

Those who love God will do what God wants and be concerned about God's mission and God's will.
Not what we want
Or our mission in life.

As the old saying goes if you fall off the horse get back up.

Proverbs 24:16
16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

A wicked person will fall into mischief over and over and over again.
Never striving to be a just person at all.
So if you're striving to be a just person, you're on the right track. Don't give up.

Only then, will we fulfill God's calling for our lives.

Have a blessed day

02/22/2025

Mountain Tops and Valleys

Matthew 17
King James Version
17 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

I asked for strength
and God gave me difficulties to make me strong.
I asked for wisdom
and God gave me problems to learn to solve.
I asked for prosperity
and God gave me a brain and brawn to work.
I asked for courage
and God gave me dangers to overcome.
I asked for love
and God gave me people to help.
I asked for favours
and God gave me opportunities.
I received nothing I wanted.
I received everything I needed.

Galatians 5:22-23
King James Version
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

We all would like to stay on the mountain top in life. But we weren't made to be a stagnant people. Which is what can happen to water when it stands for a long period of time. And I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you have to go through the valley to get to the mountain top. And once you're there, your probably not going to stay long.

Have a blessed day 🙌

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