1 Sep 14
Its actually Sept 5 as I write these
devotions
so much for self discipline
Today I am thankful for the fact that I
am alive and have the opportunity to increase my trust and grow my
faith in God, every other blessing I have received is undeserved and
for that I am humbled and convicted.
Mondays Verse
Proverbs
22:6
Scripture
Train
children in the way they should go; when they grow old, they won’t
depart
from it.
Observation
My
failure to do this is my motivation for changing beginning with me.
Application
Take
nothing for granted praise God in everything I do and dont look back
Prayer
Lord
I need your holy spirit, soften my heart clear my thoughts and let
me accpet your never ending grace
2
Sep 2014
Psalm
119:64
Scripture
LORD,
the world is full of your faithful love! Teach me your statutes!
Observation
I
must present myself with sober mind and willing heart in order to
receive the corrections I must make.
Application
Daily
second by second self discipline
Prayer
Lord
keep your holy spirt upon my tugging at my heart influencing every
breath I breath every step I walk
Extra
Manna from Greg Laurie
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Let
us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: fear God and keep His
commandments, for this is man's all.
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Jesus
said it like this: "Your heavenly Father already knows all your
needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously,
and he will give you everything you need" (Matthew 6:32-33,
NLT).
3
Sept 2014
C.S.
Lewis Daily
The
Christian doctrine of suffering explains, I believe, a very curious
fact
about
the world we live in. The settled happiness and security which we all
desire,
God withholds from us by the very nature of the world: but joy,
pleasure,
and merriment, He has scattered broadcast. We are never safe, but we
have
plenty of fun, and some ecstasy. It is not hard to see why. The
security
we
crave would teach us to rest our hearts in this world and oppose an
obstacle
to our return to God: a few moments of happy love, a landscape, a
symphony,
a merry meeting with our friends, a bathe or a football match, have
no
such tendency. Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some
pleasant
inns,
but will not encourage us to mistake them for home.
4
Sept 2014
A
bit of catching up on my reading that I felt the need to share
The
Power of Prayer
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He
said, "Let Me go, for the day breaks." But he said, "I
will not let You go unless You bless me!"
Never
underestimate the power of prayer. When you are praying according
to God's will, your prayer is unstoppable. And how do we know what
God's will is? By careful study of Scripture.
Jesus
made this promise: "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in
you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you"
(John 15:7).
We
gravitate immediately toward the latter part of that verse: Ask
what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
We love that, as though God were some sort of genie. But that
isn't the case. We tend to forget about the first part of this
verse: If
you abide in Me, and My words abide in you
. . . If we are walking in fellowship with God and studying the
Word of God, then we will start praying according to the will of
God. And then we will start seeing our prayers answered.
First
John 5:14-15 says, "Now this is the confidence that we have
in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears
us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that
we have the petitions that we have asked of Him."
Therefore,
we should never give up or back down. We need to keep praying.
That is why Jesus said, "Ask, and it will be given to you;
seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you"
(Matthew 7:7). In the original language there is an ascending
intensity to the terms. It is like starting off with some
politeness. Then you get more aggressive. And then you aren't
letting go, like Jacob, who wrestled with the Lord and refused to
let go until He blessed him.
Don't
give up.
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Bible
Gateway Verse of the Day
2
Timothy 1:13-14
Common
English Bible
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Hold
on to the pattern of sound teaching that you heard from me with the
faith
and
love that are in Christ Jesus. Protect this good thing that has been
placed
in your trust through the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
05
Sept 2014
Scripture
Matthew
28:18-20
Jesus
came near and spoke to them, “I’ve received all authority in
heaven and
on
earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in
the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching
them to
obey
everything that I’ve commanded you. Look, I myself will be with you
every
day
until the end of this present age.”
Observation
If
I believe I therefore must follow
Application
Poop
or get off the fence
Prayer
Lord
take this life and make it yours
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