Plant yourself by a stream of God's water!

 

That person is like a tree planted by streams of water. 

~Psalm 1:3

We need to plant ourselves by a stream of water! So we always have life, be God filled, and do not wither and fade. We need to surround ourselves  with the Bible, church, God, Jesus, religion, Holy Scripture, praise, and thanksgiving. We need God! When we have Jesus in our hearts, we can be happy and live with joy in this life!

Today in my daily prayer email from Our Daily Bread, they said, "Bill is an older retired gentleman who lives alone and recently had to give up driving. He needs help to pick up groceries, prescriptions, and get to church on Sundays. “But you know what,” says Bill, “I love my days at home. I enjoy free worship music online and Bible teaching on the TV all day long.” Bill spends his days surrounded by Scripture, prayer, and praise. The habits we keep influence where our hearts are planted. Psalm 1 describes the habits of someone who has found favor in God: they delight in His truth, meditate on it often, and therefore do not follow the rebellious pattern of the world (vv. 1-2). Hardship will come to everyone, but a life established in the ways of God “is like a tree planted by streams of water . . . whose leaf does not wither” (v. 3). Depending on our season of life, we might not be able to spend hours a day in Bible study. However, Jesus said He satisfies anyone who is thirsty that comes to Him, and the Holy Spirit fills His followers like a river (John 7:37-39). We can steep our hearts in living water through praise and Scripture, and also through caring for others, talking to God while we work, and asking for forgiveness when we mess up. Following the wisdom of God plants our hearts in fertile soil. That life gets called righteous, and God watches over it (Psalm 1:6)." Enjoy at: https://www.odbm.org/

I really loved this prayer today. I read it daily. It is a nice prayer and message each day, you can receive it online at their website or they can mail it to you. I love them! Today, the message really resonated with me. We really need to plant ourselves by a stream of water, which gives us life, God, Jesus, by reading the Bible and following these Holy words. It is so true that the Holy Spirit fills His followers like a river like it says in John 7:37-39. It is so so true, we need to plant ourselves by a stream of water, soak up God, life, Jesus, and use it to follow, reflect, and imitate Jesus in our lives, live the best life we can, even with our limitations or struggles, God is so good to us, especially when we count our blessings and give Him thanks!