The Presence of God in the Home

God is always present. He is Jehovah Shammah (The Lord is There). In our home I want reminders that God is always in our presence. So that no matter what we are going through I will see the reminders and remember that God is here with us.

This is one of my favorite things in our home. The lights reminds me that Christ is the Light of the World and
if we are in Christ then we too can have His Light in us. God calls us the Children of the Light. To be bright lights in this dark world we live in.

The word JOY. I just love that word. People are drawn to those who are happy and joyful. The word JOY  is used about 214 times in the NIV. When I see the word JOY everyday I'm reminded that I can have JOY no matter the circumstances. God never said that we should only be joyful whenever everything in our life is going smoothly. He said in 1 Thessalonians 5:16, "Rejoice evermore". That means all the time! Wow! He didn't ask me to rejoice. He commanded me to rejoice. And when I'm IN CHRIST I can rejoice evermore. :

1 Thessalonians 5:17 "Pray without ceasing." At the beginning of our relationship we made sure that prayer
was a part of it. God wants us to communicate with Him daily! We believe prayer is very important to a
Christian's life. 

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 This reminds me my wonderful God-centered marriage and how grateful I am to have such an amazing God
fearing man. Only God could have brought us together. You can see His Hand all through out it! It is truly a God written love story.

 This picture is right by our front door. Whenever I walk in I am reminded how God has blessed us
with so many things! He has always provided for us and He is continually doing so. My husband and I are
amazingly blessed people. Just how God provided our home for us is unbelievable.

This picture hangs right above our keurig. We are big coffee drinkers so we see this every single morning.
Why this verse to see every morning? Well our desire is to be like Christ. That others may see Christ in us.
We can't be exactly like Christ because we are fleshly human beings. But God desires us to strive to be like
Christ. And this verse reminds me to ask Him to help me be like Jesus.
To respond to my husband in a Christ like manner. A question I try to ask myself each morning,
"What can I do to show Jesus to those I will interact act with today?"

                                                                                                                     ~Scarlett~