That is Gods goodness to me. Liz Curtis Higg s is an award-winning speaker, best-selling author, Bible teacher and radio personality, has inspired audiences worldwide. God is good ALL the Timeregardless of how many times I need reminding! Someone needed to see the body of Christ respond to my public . Very moving story! Its as simple as that. Asking for Prayer is a Testimony and a Witness. This summer I discovered something marvelous about hope: you dont have to come up with it on your own! :>) God bless, Susan! Good talking to you, maam! he called out. When evil seems to be winning, we can rest in the fact that God is good and His goodness will one day prevail. Looking forward to reading your new book! Ive had two serious surgeries to remove tumours in my spinal column. I love your blog and books, Liz. My surgeon did her part, my radiologist did her part, and my oncologist did his part. A couple more times and we accept on Saturday evening, July 25th, our parents wedding anniversary. God is good Even when I dont see it but I am a child of God he let me know though peoples love and that how he works in my life his love is a never ending love love you God thank you for being in my life. He fills me with His peace! God is good because in the midst of my chaotic life, He steps in. Blessings and Shalom,Sista-Friend,Sue Powell God is good and I am sustained by this thought each time I see an act of kindness or a thoughtful deed, but even more so when I hear someone say I dont see the sense of praying. That is Good! Yet grateful looking back that HE is good to us even during those trials & tribulations. I put the future in His hands. If we could take our eyes off of self really see others it would spread Gods deeds everywhere. I look forward to reading the book when I am able to buy it. I have been blessed to see Liz at a couple of events. Yours, specifically and personally and individually. Those moments when things arent going so well, maybe a little down, then something totally wonderful happens, just a little thing, but it brightens the day because I know it was from God, and it was just for me, no one else around, made special just to show me how much He loves and thinks of ME! This has enabled our family to grow and prosper through the years, and will allow us to live out our retirement years graciously and gratefully. A special treat was having award-winning author and speaker Liz Curtis Higgs as our keynote speaker. His goodness brings us to our knees, filled with grateful praise. I know that whatever happens, He is faithful and good to me. Their neighbor said he had just received a bit inheritance and wanted to pay it forward and pay for the repair. God bless! 5 out of 5 stars. Waiting is hard but God is Good and now soon I will fly like the Eagle. For me the goodness of God means.. Not sure Im sweet and very sure Im not famous, but am I your friend and sister in Christ? Published by WaterBrook Press, Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinnersof whom I am the worst. Hope you were able to join me LIVE, Doris! Later that day all symptoms went away. Sometimes all we have to do is be a little more thoughtful, slow down enough to connect, and we can change the world. Flashes of lighting and roles of thunder. In February 2015 I was scheduled for a hysterectomy. So thankful that Gods love and goodness are unchanging! Now just praying inspection and closing go smooth. Love you! . It means even embarrassing and sad things can be changed and used to His glory. This is exactly what I needed to hear today God always knows! His grace and mercy abound in each new day! I realize now, that is where I need to live. I Believe and follow only his Word, because my God is goodall the time. I am so grateful God uses me as me and not a perfect legalistic plastic Christian. How it can be used to share with others when they see it. Ive learned that God can bring light, peace, and even joy at the darkest times of our lives if we only trust and believe Him. He is good all the time, he knows there are 4 very young children without a daddy. He is good because He provides for us by giving us what we need, not necessarily what we want. After a big move and a new job, I have been wondering why I am here. I praise God for his goodness for giving us Liz to share his truth. Thanks for the memories and smile. by the power of the Holy Spirit. To me Gods goodness is in his God winks. In a world with so much corruption and where so many people are just looking out for number one, it is truly refreshing and encouraging when our Lord reminds us we are not walking alone but that no matter what, He is always with us and that we have many Christian sisters standing with us, standing up for Jesus. Cant wait to read your new book! He also will fill you completely (NLT) with great joy and perfect peace (NIrV). Although it was a very hard trip for me to make, I knew that God was with me all the way. Last week, she decided to go berry picking and easily picked more than enough berries to bake several pies. There is nothing He cant do. I can see proof of the goodness of God all around me in the life-sustaining provisions He suppliesfrom crops that provide my food, to the very air I breathe. God has so blessed my life, which is not to say it has been easy or free of heart-break, but He has been holding out His hand to me through every up and down. Site by Author Media. Sign up here for my free, once-a-month Bible study post (short and sweet, with a lovely giveaway), and a once-in-a-blue-moon email, when I have exciting news to share. The Version table provides details related to the release that this issue/RFE will be addressed. Right now I am struggling to adjust to the place God seems to want me, and to be graceful and joyful while I answer his call. He has a plan for her and He will be faithful to complete them. Oh, girl, you don't want to miss his advice to women whose husbands aren't serving as the spiritual leader in their home. Her fiction to date includes two contemporary novels, one Paperback sold out Kobo ebook $7.99 Mine Is The Night: A Novel Liz Curtis Higgs Paperback God is everything to me! His love endures through all things and time. Lizzie, you know how much I admire you and your ministry and todays blog? Gods goodness reminds me of His great love for us, grace and mercy. Liz Curtis Higgs. I was humbled and felt God so profoundly speak to me that by doing this I became His hands and feet to this dear woman. He has saved me from MUCH. His goodness and mercy dont change or fail! It gives me something to focus on rather that the situation that I am going through. We certainly need it today. God is good even when my husband chooses someone else. God has truly been good to me. We serve an awesome GOD. DAVIS BUNN, AUTHOR OF WINNER TAKE ALL All of the time. Now they are much older, but God is STILL good. I am learning to see this goodness even in the hardships, which is a new way of thinking for me. Romans 15:13. I finally gave them over to God. God is good! He gives me far more than I ever deserve, including forgiveness for my sins and eternal life with Him. It is the raft I cling to when the storm is threating to sweep me away. Really Bad Girls of the Bible: More Lessons from Less-Than-Perfect-Woman. And who would want to, when our world desperately needs all the hope it can get? She just had surgery in December to remove a malignant tumor. Ive been widowed almost 16 years and despite a drastic change in income, He has never failed me yet! This is what I love most about God. Then at last, the hallelujah, Easter morning, the true "Ta-da!". No need to worry about where all your overflow will go. In another recent devotional, 31 Verses to Write on Your Heart, Liz explores 31 favorite verses chosen by more than a thousand women. Praise God for you!! She is the author of 27 books, with more than 3 million copies in print. Leaning over my pit of despair and extending a hand of friendship was a husband-and-wife radio team whod just arrived in town to do the morning show at my station. I get choked up every time we sing You Are Good by Kari Jobe. God is good and I am so thankful that he is mine and I am his! Lord help me to be an instrument of your Love and Goodness! Thank you for such a great note of encouragement today. Hardcover. Yay! Thank you for what you do for us!! How comforting to have a Father who is intrinsically good! Thanks. The goodness of God a good deed, a smile or kind word to a stranger or a friend. Sign up here for my free, once-a-month Bible study post (short and sweet, with a lovely giveaway), and a once-in-a-blue-moon email, when I have exciting news to share. The One who is hope itself showed me that He can and will provide an overflowing abundance of hope. THANKS, Jane! Gods goodness means He is always there, even when I fall. Sound good? Praise God for his goodness of taking this sinner and filling her full of his goodness to share with others. God keeps blessing me despite my failures. I cant wait to read your new book . But what Liz cares about most are the women seated in front of her, first row to last. A Wreath of Snow - Liz Curtis Higgs 4.5K views10 years ago 0:44 The Girl's Still Got It LIVE! It is indeed good to hear the GOOD news when the world is growing darker. God bless you:). Liz Curtis Higgs admits, "My goal is simple: to help women embrace the grace of God with joy and abandon." Her latest release, 31 Proverbs to Light Your Path, shows how thirty-one nuggets of truth reveal God's faithfulness: "I will instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths" (Proverbs 4:11).The Women of Easter shines a spotlight on three Marys who play vital roles . 64 distinct works Similar authors. He is love. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere-in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. He will go that extra million miles to obtain salvation. One of the opportunities we had was to be part of a baby washing in the city. I am so thankful that i know her. Gods goodness is the fact that he chose to sacrifice himself in between two criminals. His Son needed to be Good, Pure, Perfect to be sacrificed, so my sins, so scarlet they are, can be turned white as snow. We can never Thank Him enough, for all He does! Your testimony is amazing! I feel like Im in a nightmare and am desperate to wake up out of it. It surely does, and when He pours His hope into you, look what comes along for the ride. He IS good and Hes working ALL THINGS for MY good! Yes, He is good! Bad Girls of the Bible: And What We Can Learn from Them. God is Good all the time.and All the Time God is Good!! Things may not always be so, but she was praying. It is so humbling to really grasp how much he loves even me and His goodness and faithfulness is everlasting with no strings attached. Out of His goodness He chose me to be His child. I know that no matter if I stray away for awhile, and come back, head bowed in shame, that He is there to lift up my chin, forgive me and welcome me back into his arms. All the time God is good. God bless you for spreDing His Word ! I believe God gave me His answer to months of praying. You always speak to my A few of us ladies are going to read your new book, Its Good to be Queen and do a study on it. Gods goodness He hears me when I cry to Him! FACE AND SPIRIT AND WITH ALL LOVELY FLOWERSI WAS SOARING LIKE AN EAGLE.AS.WHAT THE LORD HAS INVESTED IN MY LIFE THUS FARWHAT A GREAT MASTERPIECE HE HAS MADE OUT OF MEFR NOTHING When my daughter was killed in a car accident, I was totally overwhelmed with grief. Take a Walk with Ruth and the God Who Rocked Her World. God bless you! Liz Curtis Higgs Funny, Laughing, Together 46 Copy quote Wherever you are spiritually, whatever you have been through emotionally, you are already wrapped in the Lord's embrace. He expresses His love through each and every one of us in smiles, waves, hugs, and words. P.S. She is married to Bill Higgs,Ph.D., who serves as Director of Operations for her speaking and writing office. Until you come face to face with it, you cant even describe it fully. B Bobbie Nelson 53 followers More information Liz's Journey of Faith - Liz Curtis Higgs Famous Latin Quotes Joshua 3 5 Liz Curtis Higgs Matthew 6 34 He took them for me and I now live a so much more positive life because of Him. Simply put, they loved me with a love so compelling that I was powerless to resist it. May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. None of us are righteous, but through Christ and because of his love and goodness, we are redeemed. When we look back at tragedies in our lives and can see the goodness that came out of that, that is very special. Kindness undoes me. So how and when does this huge measure of hope start pouring into our hearts? He can never be anything but good. I can always hear your voice in my mind as I read what you write You, Liz, are such an inspiration.. Cant wait on my goodies to arrive along with my copy of your new book in Oct for my birthday . But we dont have to choose, beloved. Release date: 08-13-15. I told him that the food is sold by weight. His goodness shows in His creation as I look out on a sparkling, sunny morning, listening to the birds sing for joy. Whether this is taking someone a meal, a card of encouragement, hug, prayers, or even our time people are visibly seeing Jesus servants in action & the beauty of the good news. Gods goodness is: mercy, faithfulness, love, refuge, power, the gift of Jesus Christ!!! Gods goodness means Im forgiven and am redeemed. And all the time, God is good. He rescued me from death! Our God is good. I am so blessed to have met you and would love to see and hear you again! I am never out of His reach. I get so weary. . Download Daily Seeds From Women Who Walk in Faith book PDF by Melinda Schmidt and published by Moody Publishers. Goodness is the end result. Thank You, Lord! Yesterday, at 6:14am, something happened to me, that was satans doing, that tried to destroy my name and others. God is sooooo good, because I am sooooo not. It is our honor, privilege, and obligation as believers. She asked him if he wanted her to sing to him. Thank you for the great stories and encouragement! In other words, bad things will happen to us. If we are still and let him shine through us his goodness will show through usnot because of us BUT because of Him. Thanks for this post, and may God continue to use you to grow us! I have not received His peace but have faith His answer will give me direction soon. Psalm 27:13 says I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. He is all good, all the time. The best one is his love and second is my family. God's continual grace and mercy are exemplified in their stories as rings true in real life. Thanks for the reminder! The Women of Easter shines a spotlight on three Marys who play vital roles in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. We need to be still and listen for His prompting and go and do likewise. His goodness lets us know what He has prepared for us for eternity. I will trust in Him. Its Good to Be Queen encourages readers to become as bold, gracious, and wise as the queen of Sheba, who journeyed across the desert to test the mind and heart of King Solomon. He really spoke to me about this on a camping trip. What a God we have! When I think about the times that I am NOT good, not kind, and just in a yucky mood, I am more grateful than ever that our Heavenly Father above NEVER has a moment of not being good. He recently had surgery, his stomach looked as if he had a small basketball inside, he told me it is a hernia. with all joy and peace Categories: Blog, He Is Worthy of Our Praise. I really needed these thoughts today! God is so good! Gods goodness is His everlasting love and grace to me. @LizCurtisHiggs encouragement for all of us who want to embrace a JoyKeeper life. Gods goodness gives me a babys cry, the clouds in the sky, even the breath I breathe. So much more than a simple verse to recite. I know that person is still loved by our generous God. Gods goodness to me means that no matter how circumstanves seem, He sees, He knows and He will take care of me. Satan loves to keep us from seeing it. Her latest release, 31 Proverbs to Light Your Path, shows how thirty-one nuggets of truth reveal Gods faithfulness: I will instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths (Proverbs 4:11). Knowing that God is good, I can trust Him. By: Liz Curtis Higgs. I never share your info with anyone, and you can unsubscribe any time. Only the One who has made us all! Have a wonderful day! BEAMING, OVERFLOWING Blessings! It means I get to start over every day. I pray He allows me to see others as He does- in love. I just came back from a short term missions trip to Bolivia. Amen. Nahum 1:7 He knows the perfect time to create events in my life that force me to examine my heart and see whats really hiding there. 51. Hence He cannot act in any way that is not good because then He would be changeable which we are told He is not in Malachi. (Oh, and this morning the lily I planted last September had its first blossom of the year. I am blessed by Liz and her devotions and by the comments of other precious in His sight! I believe in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. A graduate of Bellarmine, she became a member of Christ Church in 2006. Sometimes the answer is no. A helpful hand in a time of need. I trust Him to take care of me. Thank you for your posts. The times that I experience it the most are during the hard times when I am more open and attuned to Him. holy,holy,holy, is the lord god almighty. Gods goodness means I have life abundantly! Sometimes the answer is yes. Her novella is part of a delightful triple-header in Three Wed. Fine Print. Ive been facing another life-altering, tough decision-making time for the last several months that is still going on. All at once, a sense . Your comments will bless us all! This book looks GREAT! He warms us tenderly each and every step of His journey with us. 1 Timothy 1:15-16. I am blessed to have a relationship with Him, and to know that He is only a thought away. On Tuesday, September 19, I did my very first Facebook Live Event(gulp). Praise Him. We may love our homes, our cars, our stuff but any hope, joy, or peace they give us is temporary at best, easily swept away by fires, floods, or hurricanes (still praying for you, friends). I was thinking about Gods goodness to me for quite awhile that day. His testimony till the very end . It is out of the goodness of God that He would send His only Son to die on the Cross in order to rescue us from death to life everlasting. Its hard in the midst of lifes busy-ness and trials to focus on God and His Goodness, but if we dont, we will miss out on all the blessings He has for us. I truly believe The Lord led me to it as I needed to hear your testimony and your outpouring of trust and hope in The Lord! Through the tough times and through the not-so-tough times HIS lovingkindness continues forever. Just as I would never do anything evil to my children, God would never do evil toward His children either.