“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Proverbs 1:7 NKJV
Fear of the Lord is not too be afraid of him but to be afraid of disappointing him! Gods grace saved us from eternal hell and to not know the difference between Grace and garbage is death. Today’s prayer is that we would always turn to the word of God for wisdom and instruction and learn to not be afraid but fear out of disappointment…… 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
“COME TO GOD when you are weak and weary. Rest snugly in GOD’S everlasting arms. GOD does not despise your weakness, You are HIS child. Actually, it draws GOD closer to you, because weakness stirs up GOD’S compassion — HIS yearning to help. Accept yourself in your weariness, knowing that GOD understands how difficult your journey has been. Do not compare yourself with others, who seem to skip along their life-paths with ease. Their journeys have been different from yours, and GOD has gifted them with abundant energy. GOD has gifted you with fragility, providing opportunities for your spirit to blossom in HIS Presence. Accept this gift as a sacred treasure: delicate, yet glowing with brilliant Light. Rather than struggling to disguise or deny your weakness, allow GOD to bless you richly through it.” para-phrased – “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young
A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice. ISAIAH 42 : 3
“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you. ISAIAH 54 : 10
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. ROMANS 8 : 26
Prayer: Lord I’m so grateful you are the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. I can always count on you. When the world let’s me down I know I have a Father who adores me and wants to spend time with me. Help me to rest snugly in your everlasting arms, often. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
“A wise man will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,” Proverbs 1:5 NKJV
Have you ever met that “know it all person”? That “been there done that person” I think we all have, and I think we all have been that person to some extent at some point. To be wise is to be humble and continue too learn, to have been there done that is too take a life lesson out of each experience and see if we are using it too Glorify God! Today’s prayer is too apply this Proverb to our lives and pray for the wisdom of Solomon……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
“COME TO GOD. Come to GOD. Come to GOD. This is GOD’S continual invitation to you, proclaimed in holy whispers. When your heart and mind are quiet, you can hear GOD inviting you to draw near. Coming close to GOD requires no great effort on your part; it is more like ceasing to resist the magnetic pull of HIS Love. Open yourself to GOD’S loving Presence, so that HE may fill you with HIS fullness. GOD wants you to experience how wide and long and high and deep is HIS Love for you, so that you can know HIS Love that surpasses knowledge. This vast ocean of Love cannot be measured or explained, but it can be experienced.” para-phrased – “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life. REVELATION 22 : 17
All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. JOHN 6 : 37
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. EPHESIANS 3 : 16 – 19
Prayer: Quiet my heart and mind so I can hear you and feel your presence strengthening me and loving me so fully it’s overwhelming sometimes. Thank you for your unconditional love. May everything I say and do be with love today Lord. For your glory. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
“And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” Colossians 3:17 NKJV The most powerful statement we have is ” In Jesus Name” for his name has the power to cast out demons, heal, deliver, and destroy fear. Today’s prayer is that we would we would speak life over all situations 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
“RELAX IN GOD’S HEALING, Holy Presence. Allow GOD to transform you through this time alone with HIM. As your thoughts center more and more on GOD, trust displaces fear and worry. Your mind is somewhat like a seesaw. As your trust in GOD goes up, fear and worry automatically go down. Time spent with The LORD not only increases your trust; it also helps you discern what is important and what is not. Energy and time are precious, limited entities. Therefore, you need to use them wisely, focusing on what is truly important. As you walk close to GOD, saturating your mind with Scripture, HE will show you how to spend your time and energy. GOD’S Word is a lamp to your feet; HIS Presence is a Light for your path.” para-phrased – “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young
See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. EPHESIANS 5 : 15 – 16 (NKJV)
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. PSALM 119 : 105
Prayer: Lord help me to relax in your healing, holy presence allowing you to transform me through time alone with you. Displace any thoughts of doubt and fear with trust and joy and peace Lord. Use me to be the hands and feet of Jesus this week Lord. Open my eyes to see what you see. In Jesus’ precious name. Amen.
“UNDERSTANDING will never bring you Peace. That’s why GOD has instructed you to trust in HIM, not in your understanding. Human beings have a voracious appetite for trying to figure things out, in order to gain a sense of mastery over their lives. But the world presents you with an endless series of problems. As soon as you master one set, another pops up to challenge you. The relief you had anticipated is short-lived. Soon your mind is gearing up again: searching for understanding (mastery), instead of seeking GOD (your Master). The wisest of all men, Solomon, could never think his way through to Peace. His vast understanding resulted in feelings of futility, rather than in fulfillment. Finally, he lost his way and succumbed to the will of his wives by worshiping idols. GOD’S Peace is not an elusive goal, hidden at the center of some complicated maze. Actually, you are always enveloped in Peace, which is inherent in GOD’S Presence. As you look to The LORD, you gain awareness of this precious Peace.” para-phrased – “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. PROVERBS 3 : 5 – 6
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. ROMANS 5 : 1
Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you. 2 THESSALONIANS 3 : 16
Prayer: God thank you for your peace and your presence with me all the time. Help me to trust you and stay close to you despite any circumstance. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
“Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.” Psalm 84:10
As a believer the personal relationship with the Lord is priceless. This Psalm speaks of spending one day with the Lord than a thousand elsewhere. When you have a personal relationship with Jesus and don’t spend time with him in fellowship, prayer would be like not talking to your husband or wife while they’re sitting right next to you, sooner or later the question will come up ” what’s wrong”. Today’s prayer is that we would take every opportunity to have lines of communication with Jesus for he is there waiting…….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 THINGS SEEM to be going all wrong, stop and affirm your trust in GOD. Calmly bring these matters to GOD, and leave them in The LORD’S capable hands. Then, simply do the next thing. Stay in touch with GOD through thankful, trusting prayers, resting in HIS sovereign control. Rejoice in The LORD — exult in the God of your salvation! As you trust in GOD, HE makes your feet like the feet of a deer. GOD enables you to walk and make progress upon your high places of trouble, suffering, or responsibility.” para-phrased – “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young
Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him. JOB 13 : 15 (NKJV)
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights. PSALM 18 : 33
Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. GOD, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places.To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. Habakkuk 3:17-19
Prayer: Lord when things seem to be going all wrong, help me to stop and affirm my trust in you. Thank you that this world is just short-term housing. My homeland is in Heaven, where I will live with you forever. Set my heart on eternity Lord. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
“SIT QUIETLY IN GOD’S PRESENCE while GOD blesses you. Make your mind like a still pool of water, ready to receive whatever thoughts GOD drops into it. Rest in GOD’S sufficiency, as you consider the challenges this day presents. Do not wear yourself out by worrying about whether you can cope with the pressures. Keep looking to GOD and communicating with HIM, as you walk through this day together. Take time to rest by the wayside, for GOD is not in a hurry. A leisurely pace accomplishes more than hurried striving. When you rush, you forget who you are and Whose you are. Remember that you are royalty in GOD’S kingdom.” para-phrased – “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. PSALM 37 : 7
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. ROMANS 8 : 16 – 17
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1 PETER 2 : 9
Prayer: Lord help me to make time to sit in your presence and let you bless me because of time with you. Help me to slow down my pace to a leisurely pace today. Paying attention to all the blessings and opportunities to be a light you place along my path. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
