Manna for Your Morning

Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God. — Ephesians 5:2 (NLT) What fragrance are you releasing? The world or the flesh (pride, arrogance and selfishness)? Believers are to be a pleasing aroma to God. We are a life-giving perfume, as we follow the example of Christ. Children of God are to walk continually in love [that is, value one another—practice empathy and compassion, unselfishly seeking the best for others], just as Christ also loved us and gave Himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God, a sweet fragrance. (See Ephesians 5:2 AMP) ...thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place. For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is a...

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper . — Psalm 1:1-3 (NKJV) Don't get  caught up n the weeds of today. God speaks to your future. You shall be like a strong, mighty oak tree, planted in the God's garden, with roots that run deep into Him. Keep watering your seed with the Word of God and let Him take care of the weeds, which are the cares of this world. Then you will bring forth your fruit, beautiful blossoms, that release a pleasant fragrance. You will continually grow toward the Son and He will provide all you need to prosper and be in health just as your soul prospers (3 John 1:2).

But thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph [as trophies of Christ’s victory] and through us spreads and makes evident the fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere, — 2 Corinthians 2:14 (AMP) We are to release the pleasing aroma of Christ, a life-giving fragrance. Do you smell of His sacrificial, undying love and tender kindness? Do those around you get a whiff of the sweet smell of joy when you are around? May we fill the air with the pleasant aroma of Christ, His peace, His obedience, His goodness and His faithfulness.

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.  — 2 Corinthians 2:14 ( NIV) God always leads us in triumph as we abide in Christ. Keep following God and He will give you the victory.