Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Colossians 3:13 NLT
I see so many unforgiving attitudes. It’s amazing, we all at some point have been wronged beyond belief but think about how wrong our sin was that has been forgiven by God!!!!! Today I pray that we all would have the heart of Jesus and forgive anyone who has wronged us, I believe that is so pleasing to our Lord because it truly shows our likeness of Jesus……Be Blessed
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new 2 Corinthians 5:17
“When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.” Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.” Genesis 22:9-13 NIV
Message
Can you imagine being so obedient to God that you would sacrifice your own son? Abraham was. This scripture is a type of foreshadow of Jesus on the cross. The Old Testament is the New Testament concealed, and the New Testament is the Old Testament revealed, God loved us so much that he gave his only begotten Son as the ultimate sacrifice for those who call upon his name. God does not expect us to show our faith in him by sacrificing our own children, because he is full of grace, but he does expect us to offer ourselves to him as a living sacrifice daily by the way we live. Today’s prayer is that we would thank God for his amazing grace and renew our minds daily to live in God’s will for our lives…….Be Blessed
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new 2 Corinthians 5:17
“REST IN GOD’S PRESENCE WHEN you need refreshment. Resting is not necessarily idleness, as people often perceive it. When you relax in GOD’s company, you are demonstrating trust in GOD. Trust is a rich word, laden with meaning and direction for your life. GOD wants you to lean on, trust, and be confident in HIM. When you lean on GOD for support, The LORD delights in your trusting confidence. Many people turn away from GOD when they are exhausted. They associate The LORD with duty and diligence, so they try to hide from HIS Presence when they need a break from work. How this saddens The LORD! As GOD spoke through HIS prophet Isaiah: “In returning to GOD and resting in The LORD you shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be your strength.”
Scripture
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. PROVERBS 3 : 5
For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength. But you were unwilling ISAIAH 30 : 15
Prayer
Prayer: God help me to rest in your presence for refreshment each day. And when I am feeling weary, help me to come to you, trusting you will give me the rest and strength I need. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. James 1:14-15 NIV
You know that feeling you get when you’re about to do something wrong? And to confirm that feeling the result of that action is always bad. The result may not come in the way of an immediate disaster but the conviction and guilt will surely come. Today’s prayer is that we would live to uphold God’s word in all we do and that temptation would have no place in our lives…..Be blessed
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new 2 Corinthians 5:17
“SEEK GOD’S FACE, and you will find all that you have longed for. The deepest yearnings of your heart are for intimacy with The LORD. GOD knows, because HE designed you to desire HIM. Do not feel guilty about taking time to be still in GOD’S Presence. You are simply responding to the tugs of divinity within you. GOD made you in HIS image, and GOD hid heaven in your heart. Your yearning for The LORD is a form of homesickness: longing for your true home in heaven. Do not be afraid to be different from other people. The path GOD has called you to travel is exquisitely right for you. The more closely you follow GOD’S leading, the more fully The LORD can develop your gifts. To follow GOD wholeheartedly, you must relinquish your desire to please other people. However, your closeness to The LORD will bless others by enabling you to shine brightly in this dark world.”
Scripture Verses
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? PSALM 42 : 1 – 2
Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. PSALM 34 : 5
. . . so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe. PHILIPPIANS 2 : 15
Prayer
Prayer: Lord only you can truly satisfy and fulfill my soul. It is you my heart longs for. Help me to spend time in your presence each day, while you fill me to overflowing so I can bless others for your glory. The closer I am to you, the more at peace my soul is. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
“I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” Revelation 3:15-16 NIV
There is no such thing as a little bit of Jesus! To be only a Sunday Christian is a shame. Jesus is coming back for a church that is without spot or blemish. Today’s prayer is that we as a church would be so on fire for Jesus that it is impossible for non believers not to want what we have…….Be Blessed and turn up the heat
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new 2 Corinthians 5:17
“BRING GOD ALL YOUR FEELINGS, even the ones you wish you didn’t have. Fear and anxiety still plague you. Feelings per se are not sinful, but they can be temptations to sin. Blazing missiles of fear fly at you day and night; these attacks from the evil one come at you relentlessly. Use your shield of faith to extinguish those flaming arrows. Affirm your trust in GOD, regardless of how you feel. If you persist, your feelings will eventually fall in line with your faith. Do not hide from your fear or pretend it isn’t there. Anxiety that you hide in the recesses of your heart will give birth to fear of fear: a monstrous stepchild. Bring your anxieties out into the Light of GOD’S Presence, where you can deal with them together. Concentrate on trusting GOD, and fearfulness will gradually lose its foothold within you.”
In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. EPHESIANS 6 : 16
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 1 JOHN 1 : 5 – 7
“Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.” ISAIAH 12 : 2
Prayer: Lord, I affirm my trust in You, regardless of my feelings. I bring all my feelings to you to sort out and work through. Help me to put on the full armor you have given me and to activate them all with prayer. In the powerful name of Jesus. Amen.
God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind. So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. Hebrews 6:17-18 NLT
There are things we do that make us feel that we are unworthy to serve God. When we became Christians, that was sealed by the blood of Jesus on the Cross. God is not a changing God, he doesn’t disregard you when you miss the mark, I’m sure he is disappointed but still has everlasting love for you good and bad. Today’s prayer is that when we miss the mark we would go to God in repentance and ask by his Holy Spirit to instruct and fix that problem so that we can do bigger things for the kingdom…….Be Blessed
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new 2 Corinthians 5:17
“GOD IS NEARER than you think, richly present in all your moments. You are connected to GOD by Love-bonds that nothing can sever. However, you may sometimes feel alone, because your union with The LORD is invisible. Ask The LORD to open your eyes, so that you can find HIM everywhere. The more aware you are of GOD’S Presence, the safer you feel. This is not some sort of escape from reality; it is tuning into ultimate reality. GOD is far more Real than the world you can see, hear, and touch. Faith is the confirmation of things we do not see and the conviction of their reality, perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses.”
“God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’” ACTS 17 : 27 – 28
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. HEBREWS 11 : 1
Prayer: Lord open my eyes, my spouse’s eyes, and my children’s eyes to find you everywhere. To know you are more real than anything on this earth. Help us to live out our purpose this week – to love God and love others. With your help we can do both well. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
“Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” Colossians 4:5-6 NIV
Do you ever find yourself struggling to witness the gospel of Christ? You feel the opportunity but don’t take it ? This scripture speaks about witnessing to outsiders of the faith, to always be wise and to make what you say penetrate. Today’s prayer is that we would seize God every moment that we can knowing the Holy Spirit will give us the words to speak…..In Jesus Name be blessed
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new 2 Corinthians 5:17
