Sunday, February 28, 2021

The Purchase Of Our Freedom Text 1st Peter 1 Verses 17-21


 

✝️ Desired Treasure Text Proverbs 21 Verses 20-21


 

God’s Grace And Peace I Text Colossians 1 Verses 1-6



The Homeless Man

It was a cold winter’s day that Sunday. The parking lot to the church was filling up quickly. I noticed as I got out of my car that fellow church members were whispering among themselves as they walked to the church. As I got closer, I saw a man leaned up against the wall outside the church. He was almost lying down as if he was asleep. He had on a long trench coat that was almost in shreds, and a hat topped his head, pulled down so you could not see his face. He wore shoes that looked 30 years old, too small for his feet, with holes all over them. His toes stuck out. I assumed this man was homeless and asleep, so I walked on by through the doors of the church. We all gathered for fellowship for a few minutes, and someone brought up the man lying outside. People snickered and gossiped, but no one bothered to ask him to come in, including me. A few moments later, the church service began. We all waited for the preacher to take his place and to give us the Word when the doors to the church opened. In came the homeless man walking down the aisle with his head down. People gasped and whispered and made faces. He made his way down the aisle and up onto the pulpit. He took off his hat and coat. My heart sank. There stood our preacher he was the “homeless man.” No one said a word. The preacher took his Bible and laid it on the stand. “Folks, I don’t think I have to tell you what I am preaching about today.”

Saturday, February 27, 2021

✝️ The Care And Compassion Of Jesus Text John 11 Verse 35


 

Listening For The Sound III Text 2nd Samuel 5 Verses 23-25


 

The Candle With No Flame

A man had a little daughter an only and much-loved child. He lived only for her, she was his life. So when she became ill and her illness resisted the efforts of the best obtainable physicians, he became like a man possessed, moving heaven and earth to bring about her restoration to health. His best efforts proved fruitless, however, and the child died. The father was irreconcilable. He became a bitter recluse, shutting himself away from his many friends, refusing every activity that might restore his poise and bring him back to his normal self. Then one night he had a dream. He was in heaven and witnessing a grand pageant of all the little child angels. They were marching in an endless line past the Great White Throne. Every white-robed, angelic tot carried a candle. He noticed, however, that one child's candle was not lit. Then he saw that the child with the dark candle was his little girl. Rushing towards her, while the pageant faltered, he seized her in his arms, caressed her tenderly, and asked, "How is that your candle is the only one not lit?" "Father, they often relight it, but your tears always put it out again," she said. Just then he awoke from his dream. The lesson was crystal clear, and its effects were immediate. From that hour on he was no longer a recluse but mingled freely and cheerfully with his former friends and associates. No longer would his little darling's candle be extinguished by his useless tears.

Friday, February 26, 2021

✝️ Getting Past Anxiety Text Philippians 4 Verses 4-7


 

Listening For The Sound II Text 2nd Samuel 5 Verses 23-25


 

Christ Is Coming Back Soon

For the devout Christian, one of the ways we can think about Christ’s return is that He is “on His way”. In our daily life, in all our problems, fears, troubles, and trials, we can always look forward to a time when He will be, perhaps is even now, on His way. As much as we experience the presence of God within our hearts, there has never been, nor will there ever be, anything in our life like seeing Him with our physical eyes. In addition to mountains trembling, on the day when Jesus makes His return, there are going to be many knees trembling, some from fear, others from excitement. His return is an absolute ironclad guaranteed certainty! He is on His way. We have waited a long time for Him to come back. Of course, we can wait a while longer even when we don’t want to wait. While He is on His way, all it takes is a little patience on our part is waiting to see Him. Get ready, be ready, the time for His return is getting closer and closer each minute. O Happy Day! He is coming back!

Thursday, February 25, 2021

✝️ Getting Past Fear And Worry Text Luke 12 Verses 22-34


 

Listening For The Sound I Text 2nd Samuel 5 Verses 23-25


 

The Best Rewards Of Life

If you look at the lives of the people in your life who have money, power, fame, and worldly success, look deep and you may see something lacking. Look deep and you may see the worldly reward of others often comes with spiritual emptiness. Look deep within yourself and you will see it is better to have inner peace, even in your pain, than to have only your worldly rewards and live in spiritual emptiness. Many of the people you know only live for worldly rewards. Their inner life, if you could see it, would be a life full of emptiness, torment, meaninglessness, depression, and loneliness. It is because people live for worldly rewards and receive emptiness, torment, meaninglessness, depression, and loneliness that so many people drink, use drugs, become addicted, as well as living a life full of anger and hate. Think long and hard about this issue. Do you want the world or do you want Christ alive in you? Satan will offer you the rewards of the world, but do you want the rewards of the world and all the pain in the world? God will not offer you the world. God will offer you His only begotten Son dying on the cross for you, hoping above all hope you accept Christ and receive His reward of eternal life. What reward will you choose today?

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

It's Time To Come To Jesus Text Matthew 11 Verses 28-30


 

✝️ Thou Art God! Text Psalm 86 Verses 1 through 10


 

Obedience Through Suffering Text Hebrews 5 Verse 8


 

A Message From The 23rd Psalm

The Lord is my Shepherd – That’s Relationship!

I shall not want – That’s Supply!

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures – That’s Rest!

He leadeth me beside the still waters – That’s Refreshment!

He restoreth my soul – That’s Healing!

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness – That Guidance!

For His name sake – That’s Purpose!

Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death – That’s Testing!

I will fear no evil – That’s Protection!

For Thou art with me – That’s Faithfulness!

Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me – That’s Discipline!

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies – That’s Hope!

Thou anointest my head with oil – That’s Consecration!

My cup runneth over – That’s Abundance!

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life – That’s Blessing!

And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord – That’s Security!

Forever – That’s Eternity!

AMEN

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

✝️ Looking Forward To Glory Text Romans 8 Verses 18-21


 

Keeping Your Temple Clean III Text 1st John 1 Verses 4-9


 

500,000 Dead Telling The Truth About Death

Death is the end of our life on earth. Death is sad for those left behind. Death is a grievous event in the life of those left behind because we treasure the life of those who died. When others pass away, we miss them. Death is the end of our earthly life but death can also be the beginning of our life in heaven. Conversely, death can also be the beginning of our life in hell. Death is fearful because death is unknown in our direct life experience. Our fear of death can be taken away by our blessed assurance Christ has saved us from the eternal fire of hell. Some people have trouble telling the truth about death because they have no faith there is a heavenly life. If people of no faith told the truth about death, they would tell a tale of terror and horror. With no faith, persons face unknown outer darkness…a place of terror and horror. However, the terror and horror of death need not grip a person. Death can be the beginning of heaven if we accept Christ as the Savior and Lord of our life.

Monday, February 22, 2021

✝️ God’s Help And Mercy Text Psalm 94 Verses 16 through 23


 

Keeping Your Temple Clean II Text 1st John 1 Verses 4-9


 

Sharing With And Telling God About Hurts

It should be obvious to everyone God knows all. For this reason, we may sometimes forget to talk to God and tell God where it hurts. God does not need us to tell Him where we hurt because He already knows. God needs us to tell Him where we hurt because our talking to God helps us. Telling God where we hurt does not need to be a time of whining and complaining to God. Instead, telling God where we hurt can be a time when we are honest with God about how things are going in our life. God is with us and He always wants us to talk with Him in total and complete honesty, especially when we hurt. Amazingly, when we are honest with God about where we hurt, He will respond to us as He gives us comfort and hope for the future.

Sunday, February 21, 2021

Prescription For Spiritual Health Text 3rd John Verse 2


 

✝️ Getting Past The Root Of Evil Text 1st Timothy 6 Verses 6-10


 

Keeping Your Temple Clean I Text 1st John 1 Verses 4-9


 

Striving For A Life Of Success

A Christian must strive for success in matters both large and small. You should not accept anything from yourself that is not successful. We all fail, but you must never accept failure as if failure were acceptable. When you fail, glorify God by coming back with a renewed spirit and new determination to be successful. You must never falter in striving to be successful in your walk of faith. If you accept failure as normal, you will fail at being Christ-like. You must not shrug off failed attempts. You must work hard to be successful in your relationship with Christ, with others, and in your daily endeavors. Christ expects you to achieve great things for Him. One of His expectations of you is that you give 110% of all you are and all you have in working towards His destination in your life.

Saturday, February 20, 2021

✝️ Protection From The Lord Text Psalm 3


 

There Is A Hole In The Bucket III Text Isaiah 12 Verses 2 and 3 Psalm 51 Verses 10 through 12


 

Staying Focused On God’s Truth

There will come a time when life erupts into chaos. Each of us has a time when life seems to come apart at the seams. Some of us may live to see a time when all of life on earth is plunged into chaos. However, we need not fear. In times of chaos, when things seem to come unraveled, we need to keep our focus. In times of chaotic happenings, we are to keep our heads and our wits about us. Our ability to control our life is of critical importance. We must, when things turn dark in life, maintain our focus, and preserve our self-control. We cannot witness or help others in Christ's name if we have turned helpless and have lost control over our life. When tough times come, we are to endure. We are not to wilt under pressure. When difficulty rages in our life, we are to humbly be in prayer each hour, humbly go where Christ leads us as we show His love. Chaos comes into a person's life and ends up being a test of faith. Whether we pass or fail a test of faith depends upon how much we are willing to endure. We pass or fail according to how much effort we put into living a life of faith.

Friday, February 19, 2021

✝️ The Lord Will Strengthen You Text 2nd Timothy 4 Verses 16-18


 

There Is A Hole In The Bucket II Text Isaiah 12 Verses 2 and 3 Psalm 51 Verses 10 through 12


 

Looking Into God’s Face

We cannot see God. We cannot see Christ. We can see only the images of Christ created by human beings. Images of Christ created by human beings are poor images. For if we could see Christ in real life and real-time, His real image would make the pictures, statues, and icons seem to be just a poor reflection. Although we see Him only as a poor image now, someday we will see Him. Perhaps we will soon see Him coming to us on the clouds. Someday we will see Him face to face when we reach Heaven. When we see Him in Heaven, our being, our spirit, and our soul shall beam out in infinite joy. When we finally see Him face to face, all our suffering will be gone…all our worry, doubt, anxiety, fear, depression, and darkness shall have passed away.

Thursday, February 18, 2021

✝️ Lord, You Are My Hope Text Psalm 70 Verses 3 through 8


 

There Is A Hole In The Bucket I Text Isaiah 12 Verses 2 and 3 Psalm 51 Verses 10 through 12


 

Seeing And Acting On God’s Blessings

We can count our blessings in a grand and glorious mental exercise. However, counting our blessings in our hearts and mind is often not enough. We become a blessing to God as we see His blessings poured out in our life. Just thinking about how God blesses us with the freedom to worship is not enough. We become a blessing to God when we do worship. Just thinking about praying and how we can come close to God in prayer is not enough. We become a blessing to God when we actually do pray and come close to Him in prayer. Blessings are poured out in our life not just to be counted. God pours blessings out in our life so we can see His blessings, absorb them, and take them in. When we see His blessings, when we absorb His blessings, and when we take His blessings in, we can fully become His work and witness. Living in His blessings gives us His power to be humble, contrite, and forgiving.

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Wednesday 2/17/2021 Prayer Time and Bible Study God Pleading With His Own People Text Micah 6 Verse 3


 

Seeing The Goodness Of God Text Psalm 27 Verses 11 Through 14


 

Enjoying Your Salvation III Text Isaiah 43:1-7


 

The Blessing of Christ's Compassion

Christ's compassion is pouring over us every moment. We cannot find Christ's compassion by physical or mental effort. We cannot find His compassion on our own with just our effort. To receive Christ's compassion we must have the heart to receive His compassion. A heart able to receive Christ's compassion is a heart already giving compassion. Receiving Christ's compassion requires we open our hearts to Him and others. We must open our hearts to His love for us. We must open our lives to His will. We must open our minds to His tenderness. To receive Christ's compassion we must not only open up our heart, but we must also be wise enough to close off our mind to the darkness seeking to destroy His touch within us. Receiving Christ's compassion means we open our arms to Christ because He opens His arms to us. To receive Christ's compassion we must give up our selfishness. We must then give in to His call upon our hurting heart to receive His love and Holy Spirit. We must give away His compassion to receive His compassion. In everyday life, the more compassionate and caring we are toward others, the more compassionate and caring Christ will be toward us.

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

PRAYER FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

 


✝️ Living God’s Word Text Deuteronomy 6 Verses 4-9


 

Enjoying Your Salvation II Text Isaiah 43:1-7


 

Helping Others Through Trials

When we are besieged and under attack within the trials of our life, the natural activity is to not do anything or to pull back into a protective mode. Certainly, the last thing we want to do when we are under attack is to reach out to help someone else. When we are undergoing great trials, the first thing our instincts tell us to do is to get others to reach out to help us. Yet in our faith and our trust in God, we must go against our instincts and reach out to help others rather than having them reach out to help us. When we are wounded, according to God's supernatural laws and ways, we are to reach out to heal others with no thought about our pain. How can we do this? We can reach out to help others in our trials with no thought for ourselves only with supernatural help. In the eyes of God and the will of God, we are to always go against our human instincts and reach out to others in our trials. We are to reach out to help others in our trials because when we reach out to help others in our tragedy and trauma, great and mighty supernatural things happen for others and us. We can only do what is truly unnatural with supernatural help. When we reach out to help others in our trials, then blessings will flow. The blessings will flow but not always as we want or when we want. Sometimes the blessings may not flow at all in our lifetime. However, the blessings will surely flow when we get to heaven. In Heaven, we are immersed in our Lord's healing stream of love and grace.

Monday, February 15, 2021

Allowing God To Direct Your Steps Text Proverbs 16:5-9


 

Enjoying Your Salvation I Text Isaiah 43:1-7


 

Stay Focused On God During The Dark Times

In every person’s life, there are times when all earthly hope seems to be gone. The pain, suffering, uncertainty, and anguish of these moments has destroyed persons, families, groups, societies, and even nations. In many dark moments, there is no earthly glory or hope. However, God is never more praised or glorified than when you turn to Him in these dark moments. God is never more praised or glorified than when your will is set aside in the earthly darkness and you say to Him, "Thy will be done." When you glorify God in this way, the emptiness and darkness of your earthly soul are filled to overflowing with the eternal blazing Light of His Love and Grace.

Sunday, February 14, 2021

The Joy Of Knowing Jesus Text Romans 15:13


 

✝️ Having Love For Everyone Text Romans 12: 9-11


 

What Really Is Love? Text—1st Corinthians 13:4-8


 

Having Courage to Stand Against Evil

Many people want to deny evil exists in the world. For many people, denying evil exists in the world is easier than trying to stand against evil. Christians must make commitments if they want to lead victorious lives against evil and darkness. Christians need perseverance and courage to be victorious over the evils wanting to destroy us. Lasting perseverance and courage against evil are possible only through Christ. Having Christ alive within you is necessary to muster up perseverance and courage. One of evil's ways of destroying you is to erode your perseverance and lessen your courage. Evil wants to make you give up and be fearful. With Christ, you can find the courage to stand against evil in all its forms because you know He is with you. In Christ's presence, you can find a reason for living. Your reason for living then gives you the power to fight against the dark ways of evil. Christ gives you power and courage when you experience fear, doubt, or anxiety. With Christ living in your heart, you can live in perseverance and courage as you glorify God while you do battle against the evil one.

Saturday, February 13, 2021

God Can And Will Hear Your Prayer Text Psalm 66 Verses 17 through 20


 

The Understanding Christ III Text Matt. 19 Verses 13 through 15


 

The Reason to Hope and to Believe

 At the time of man's fall in the Garden of Eden, God saw our dilemma of how we have no hope in our life. God sent Christ to audibly tell us and visibly show us there is a power of Light and Love. God sent Christ from God's very heart to show us He loved us. However, in the darkness of our sin, we crucified Him. Christ came to tell us and show us there is a reason to hope and believe in the future. However, we did not believe Him and we tortured and murdered Him. Christ came as a living example of God's love, but we rejected Him. After we crucified Him, Christ came back from death not to get even with us or mete out a form of punishment against us, but to love us and forgive us. Christ came back from death not to make us pay a terrible price for what we had done. Christ came back to assure us our life can go on after death in the glory of Heaven, or the horror of hell, depending upon whether we accept Him as Savior and Lord.

Friday, February 12, 2021

✝️ The Lord Our Deliverer Text Psalm 37 Verses 39 and 40


 

The Understanding Christ II Text Matt. 19 Verses 13 through 15


 

The Real Source Of Power

You have the power to heal or hurt. You have the power to forgive or seek revenge. You have the power to love or hate. If you accept you have power then be a true child of God by accepting the responsibility of using the power you have. Your power comes from God. God gave you the force or energy we call life. When you are mature, you can direct the power of your life into doing God's will. Using your power according to God's will produces a blessing for God. When you are immature you, unfortunately, let the power of your life be corrupted by your sin. God gave you the power of life for a reason and a purpose. God gave you the power of life so you can shine His love out to a world steeped in darkness. The world is thirsting for Christ's Living Water. Your life is to be lived so you are a vessel pouring out His Living Water to others. In a world full of darkness, you can bring the hope and promise of life to millions. Perhaps you do not believe you reach millions, but the power of God within you is supernatural. Within the realms of the supernatural, you can do the impossible. Your heart, filled with the power of God's love, touching just one other heart, can bring the power of God down into the heart and life of many others. Using the power God gave you, you can, by the way, you live, reach generations of people you will never know. Your silent prayers, your spoken prayers, your godly thoughts, words, and actions, bring God into the world.

Thursday, February 11, 2021

✝️ Staying Focused On Jesus Text Matt. 14 Verses 22 through 31


 

The Understanding Christ I Text Matt. 19 Verses 13 through 15


 

God Is An Encouraging God

Philippians 1:13-14---So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

What a mighty God we serve! What a creative Creator we serve! What a utilitarian God we serve! Paul is bound in chains but the very chains supposed to keep him quiet and stop a religious revolution are encouraging others. Your chains, your difficulties, your problems, your traumas can be used by God if you let Him work in you and through you. The burdens you bear can be dedicated to God. When you truly turn the chains and burdens put upon you by Satan into a renewed dedication to serving Christ then the incredible will happen in your life.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Activities Of The Christian Life Text—Matthew 5 Verses 14-16


 

✝️ A Wonderful Gift Text—Romans 6:23


 

Jesus Is Coming Soon III Text—Acts1 Verse 11


 

Jesus Loves Little Children

When I look at a patch of dandelions, I see a bunch of weeds that are going to take over my yard. My kids see flowers for Mom and blowing white fluff you can wish on. When I look at a homeless person and he smiles at me, I see a smelly, dirty person who probably wants money, and I look away. My kids see someone smiling at them and they smile back. When I hear music I love, I know I can't carry a tune and don't have much rhythm, so I sit self-consciously and listen. My kids feel the beat and move to it. They sing out the words. If they don't know them, they make up their own. When I feel the wind on my face, I brace myself against it. I feel it messing up my hair and pulling me back when I walk. My kids close their eyes, spread their arms, and fly with it until they fall to the ground laughing.When I pray, I say thee and thou and grant me this, give me that. My kids say, "Hi God! Thanks for my toys and my friends. Please keep the bad dreams away tonight. Sorry, I don't want to go to Heaven yet. I would miss my Mommy and Daddy." When I see a mud puddle, I step around it. I see muddy shoes and clothes and dirty carpets. My kids sit in it. They see dams to build, rivers to cross and worms to play with. Sometimes I wonder if we are given kids to teach . . . or to learn from. No wonder Jesus loves little children!

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

✝️ The Lord Is Faithful Text 2nd Thessalonians 3 Verse 3


 

Jesus Is Coming Soon II Text—Acts1 Verse 11


 

Being In Christ

The will of God is always for you to live in His contentment rather than living in turmoil. In Christ’s contentment, no matter what your circumstances might be, you can rest for just a minute and look up to see Christ’s love beaming down upon your heart. In Christ’s contentment, you can rest for just a moment and fully experience His love and grace. In Christ’s contentment, you can hear Christ telling you about the blessings and grandeur just ahead for you. In Christ’s contentment, you can bring every burden, every hurt, and every trial to the foot of His cross. In Christ’s contentment, you can find His peace to renew and restore your energy. In Christ’s contentment, you can laugh and rejoice even when darkness falls upon your life. In Christ’s contentment, Christ can give you the power to be grateful for even the smallest of blessings. In Christ’s contentment, you will find you are never alone or lonely. In Christ’s contentment, you can find the power to overcome every temptation. In Christ’s contentment, you find His love

Monday, February 8, 2021

✝️ God Is Great, God Is Good Text 2nd Samuel 7 Verse 22


 

Jesus Is Coming Soon I Text—Acts1 Verse 11


 

What Is Your Life?

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2 inches in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was and laughed. The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. “Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this is your life. The rocks are the important things – your family, your partner, your health, and your children anything that is so important to you that if it were lost, you would be nearly destroyed. The pebbles are the other things that matter, like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff." "If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your energy and time on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. “Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take care of your body. Take your partner out dancing. Talk to your teenager. Show the love you feel for the people you care about. Take care of the rocks first, the things that matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.

Sunday, February 7, 2021

Prayers We Need To Pray Text—Psalm 119:9-16


 

✝️ Being An Overcomer Text John 16:33


 

Christ Is The Heart Of It All Text—Jeremiah 24:6-7


 

Knowing Yourself

To know yourself, know your true thoughts and emotions about God as love. Too often we can think of God in ways in which we leave out the substance of God, and the substance of God is love. We can think of God as a punisher. We can think of God as a controller. We can think of God as a destiny maker. We think of God in many ways, and sometimes we would be correct in how we think. However, the being who created us is love. Love made us. Love made the universe. Love lives inside of us. We can know this love that is God if we would just seek, ask, and knock. Our mind cannot easily see or conceive of God because God is love. Love lives in our hearts. When we want to know more about ourselves, when we want to know more about our life and God's place in our life, we must think of God as love, because God is love. The more we come to know about God, the more we come to know about ourselves.

Saturday, February 6, 2021

✝️ Dying Daily Text—Galatians 2:20


 

A Plea For God’s Presence III Text—Isaiah 64:1


 

You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover

The following story appeared in the newsletter "Our America": Dodie Gadient, a schoolteacher for thirteen years, decided to travel across America and see the sights she had taught about. Traveling alone in a truck with camper in tow, she launched out. One afternoon rounding a curve on I-5 near Sacramento in rush-hour traffic, a water pump blew on her truck. She was tired, exasperated, scared, and alone. In spite of the traffic jam she caused, no one seemed interested in helping. Leaning up against the trailer, she prayed, "Please God, send me an angel... preferably one with mechanical experience." Within four minutes, a huge Harley drove up, ridden by an enormous man sporting long black hair, a beard, and tattooed arms. With an incredible air of confidence, he jumped off and, without even glancing at Dodie, went to work on the truck. Within another few minutes, he flagged down a larger truck, attached a tow chain to the frame of the disabled Chevy, and whisked the whole 56 foot rig off the freeway onto a side street, where he calmly continued to work on the water pump. The intimidated schoolteacher was too dumbfounded to talk. Especially when she read the paralyzing words on the back of his leather jacket: "Hell's Angels - California." As he finished the task, she finally got up the courage to say, "Thanks so much," and carry on a brief conversation. Noticing her surprise at the whole ordeal, he looked her straight in the eye and mumbled, "Don't judge a book by its cover. You may not know who you're talking to." With that, he smiled, closed the hood of the truck, and straddled his Harley. With a wave, he was gone as fast as he had appeared. Given half a chance, people often crawl out of the boxes into which we've relegated them.

Friday, February 5, 2021

✝️ A Plea For Forgiveness Psalm 51:1-4 and 1st John 1:9


 

A Plea For God’s Presence II Text—Isaiah 64:1


 

Peace Within

Inner peace is not just the absence of inner war and conflict. Inner peace is the presence of God's love, care, kindness, and compassion within your heart. So many people do not have inner peace. They, unfortunately, try to find inner peace in drugs, alcohol, relationships, careers, hobbies, and numerous endeavors only to come up empty and lost. Inner peace is not found in some kind of selfish endeavor. You find inner peace by surrendering up and giving up to God all you have and all you are. God loves you and cares for you. God gave up the life of His only son so you could have eternal life. What seems important in the world causing you so much conflict, war, chaos, and turmoil are not important. The most important quality of life is having inner peace with God. When we have inner peace with God, whatever uncertainties we have or whatever doubts and questions we have are all put to rest. When we have inner peace with God we may have questions but the questions are of little real importance. When we have inner peace with God we have answers instead of questions.

Thursday, February 4, 2021

✝️ Walking With Integrity


 

A Prayer For Today!


 

A Plea For God’s Presence I


 

You Are Loved

Someone you may not know loves you. You may never have heard the person's voice or seen the person's face. You may not believe you are loved, but believing or not believing makes no difference because you are loved anyway. You are loved despite who you are and what you have done. There are no requirements or stipulations for being loved because you are loved without any conditions whatsoever. You can run away and hide when you think you are being loved. You can deny and make excuses when you think you are being loved. You may be afraid of being loved. You may even not want to be loved. But no matter what you do, or the attitude you have, you will always be loved. You will always be loved no matter where you go or where you are now. Even if the whole world turns against you, you will still be loved. Even if you make grievous mistakes, you will still be loved. Even if you are the richest or poorest person on earth, you will still be loved. God loves you!

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Searching For Direction Text—Psalm 25:4-5


 

✝️ The Forgiveness Found In Jesus


 

Christ Offers Immortality


 

God Wants To Change Your Life

If God took you out of your present circumstances and He gave you a new place to live, He gave you a new job, He gave you a new family, and He gave you a new part of the world in which to walk, you would still be the same old you? You would still see others with the same old eyes, you would still walk in the same old shoes, you would still have the same old mind and old heart you have now. Perhaps for a time, all things would be different for you. However, your world is made up of more than things, people, or places. Your world is also made up of your perceptions, your ideas, your opinions, your knowledge, your attitudes, and especially your past experiences, no matter what your past experiences might have been. The fact is, you can totally change the exterior part of your life, including the people, places, and things, but you would still be the same old you on the inside. God wants to change your life, not by changing the outside conditions of your life, but by changing the inside conditions of your life. Of all the miracles God does in the world, changing a person's life on the inside is one of His greatest miracles. No matter who you are or where you are, no matter what conditions you live in or face, God can change your inner life this instant. God can change your inner life this instant if you come to His love for you by accepting Christ into your heart as your Savior and Lord.

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

✝️ God Preserves His People


 

Praise God For Health


 

Hearing God Say “I Love You”

The most profound experience you can ever have in life is hearing God say, "I love you." No other statement to you from the heart of God can rise above the magnitude of this statement. No other experience in religious life can outshine the experience of hearing God tell you He loves you. It is not enough to hear God use audible sounds you hear with your physical ears. With God, hearing His voice with your physical ears is not enough because He wants you to not just hear Him speak, but to also experience His love. God wants you to experience His love as proof positive He loves you. With God, it is not good enough on His part to have you living your life on planet Earth believing He exists but not experiencing His love. It is not good enough for God to have you living among millions of other humans trusting Him without knowing for sure He loves you. It is because God wanted you to know for sure He loves you that He sent Christ to you. It is because God wanted you to know for sure He loves you that Christ died for you. It is because God loves you that He walks with you and talks with you every second of your life…telling you in supernatural ways every second of your life… “I love you.”

Monday, February 1, 2021

✝️ Be Sober (ALERT)


 

Need For Friendship And Comfort


 

God’s Wisdom

Praise Jesus for trusting you enough to give you His wisdom. Praise Jesus for giving you His wisdom to a fuller and better life. In His love and His grace, Christ enables you to use all He has given you for His glory. He enables you to live a life blessing others. He enables you to live a life blessing Him and His work upon the earth. When you have doubts about what Jesus wants you to do, He will remind you of what He has already told you. When you have difficult days and want to quit, He will push you onward and upward by showing you His wisdom and truth. In His love, Christ will show you the present trouble and pain of your life overflows with His meaning and His purpose. In His will, Christ will show you how His meaning and purpose in all things can lead to a glorification of His love on earth.