“We all desire and want others to approve us and who we are and what we do..and somehow when that doesn’t happen the way that we have been used too we get a little inferior with who we are..and we begin to work and work overtime to get the approval from others that are in our lives..because it brings about a satisfaction..and a fulfillment to us and our lives..because we feel gratified..we feel accepted and we feel as I say approved..Amen..and the work we do to seek out that approval ends up causing us to be exhausted..mentally and physically..all by working for the acceptance from others..Amen..but somehow in the midst of the working for others approval..we fall short from seeking God and His approval for us and our lives..Amen..but how many of you know this morning that only Gods approval is needed for the gratification and the satisfaction it is that we are looking for and longing for in our lives..in our minds and in our hearts..see people can never give us that acceptance that is truly satisfying..maybe for a moment..and thats it..but the approval from them is not needed for you and your life to be fulfilled..Amen..because Christ Jesus has stamped His approval all over you and your life..and once again people are people..they will disappoint and let you down..because they themselves are needing approval..and again that only comes from Jesus our Lord..so this very day..I am reminded yet once again..that only the Lord and His approval of me is needed for my life..not anyone else’s is needed..Amen!”

“For the scripture says but now do I seek the approval of man or of God?..for if yet I still seek mans approval I should not be a servant of Christ..Galatians 1:10..Amen..for the word says no one can serve two masters..for he will hate the one and love the other..or he will hold to the one and despise the other..Amen..Matthew 6:24..so time spent with Christ through prayer brings confidence to you as a person..but when we begin to look at others and their actions and the way they treat or reject us than we begin to take our eyes off from Jesus and His words that He speaks over us and our lives..Amen..because our worth is not found in people..our worth is found in Christ and Christ alone..so let us pray and seek Gods face for our lives..and ask of Him to fill us with assurance of His love and His complete acceptance of us and who we are for Him..Amen..for He calls us His beloved..1 John 3:2..Amen..what a Savior we serve..He calls us chosen..John 15:16/Ephesians 1:4-6..He calls us His child..1 John 3:1..He calls us His friend..James 2:23..so cling to truth today..and stay there in the truth that the Lord gives..don’t get tangled up with distractions..don’t get tangled up in confusion for our God is not the God of confusion but the God of peace..1 Corinthians 14:33..Amen..for it is in His name, Jesus’ name, that I do ask and pray..Amen and Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi