Jesus as Reality July 1

 

Some time may pass when you do not feel heavenly Father’s presence, when the smallest feeling of irritation, unrest, or fear starts to cause disturbing thoughts. In those times, use conscious effort to think toward God’s presence. If you start to hurt or even complain, focus back to God’s existence. If you feel left out, come back with conscious focus to the Holy Spirit. If you start to feel unloved; accept again God’s unending love. Do this over and over until you recognize more that God dwells with you continually. Just as Jesus, has intimacy with heavenly Father, so do you when you stop to give recognition. Any new day, you may start over!

Prayer: Oh Lord, bring me back to your center when I start to feel at odds with anything, especially with other people’s actions when I don’t approve.

 

Soul Sickness June 30

        The writer of the scripture Hebrews talks about the ability to rightly divide the soul, spirit, and body. Here the soul is still that free will in you. The spirit vibrates as life force embedded in humans by heavenly Father and makes up what is uniquely you. The emotions may be associated with spirit or soul, but the soul is an individual’s decision-making power. The body is the house, the recorded moving picture of spirit and soul. The soul creates your ability to choose as a Self. The spirit houses your true essence, the underlying authentic you. God’s Spirit joins with your spirit to grow His will in all of us as salvation reality. Many today are still soul sick because they have been too willful, thinking they can fix things by wanting to go their own way.

        Prayer: Father, I may not understand fully your design for me, but I genuinely want to know my complete essence and follow your purpose. Yet I still tremble at the thought.

Do the Unusual June 29

 

        Remember believers…Jesus would hug the Leper. He saw beneath the hurt…so today, hug a homeless, either literally or give money, time, or some concern. There is beauty beneath the hurt. Stay alert. Any person may have a ‘leprous day’. Encourage the person beneath the hurt. They too are made in God’s image!

        Prayer: Oh Lord, help me recognize and move beyond the wall of pretense of persons and see, with action, the beauty there.

Freedom June 27

 

        Just know that one important aspect of freedom suggests you do not have to view God like some scholar theologian. There are certain Christians you can trust. But while a correct spiritual agreement can be acceptable, you do not have to see God exactly as the preachers of old, what someone just tells you, or what may be written in popular books. The Holy Spirit can guide you how the disciples and writers of the Book viewed life. The scripture presents the Kingdom truths, and Holy Spirit filters them through your personal well-being because heavenly Father meets your specific need. But you must pay attention. God may speak to you from the Bible or some other place of truth. All real truth belongs to Jesus Christ.

        Prayer: Our Father, raise my awareness so I’m looking for your Kingdom truth and action in all I experience.       

 

An Emotional moment June 26

 

            When you feel praise and thankfulness rising up from somewhere deep within… that is God’s devotion to you, combining with you to enrich a particular moment for worship. The moment can happen anywhere, anytime. The resulting thankfulness may be great or small. What truly matters is that you connect.

            Prayer: Thank you, heavenly Father, for the Spirit that moves up within, even when not thinking good thoughts.

Repair the Split June 25

 

            Jehovah has said to you, if you will throw off what enslaves you, such as judging others, and if you will make yourself available to the less fortunate, then illumination will be your theme for life.  The Lord will guide you when you ache in your very own bones, so that you may continually give away sustenance. You may then rebuild the people and places of waste, and you may be called the Repairer of the Breach and the Restorer of the dwelling Streets as Isaiah writes in chapter 58:10-12.

            Prayer: Lord, help me do my part to rid myself of anything that pulls down the Spirit, so I may pay attention to those in need of your care.       

Divine Light June 24

        There are persons who do not want to hear the Truth because their deeds will be exposed. The scripture says they will flee the light. However, persons who move toward the light, while you may disagree with them in some way, may be working through something you know nothing about. Leave them alone. Spend your compassion and concern on those who place too much value on their darkness and run away from My light.

        Prayer: Lord, always keep me searching and looking with your light!

Rage and Violence June 23

 

        “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world my servants would fight . . .” John said in chapter 18 verse 36. He is quoting God from scripture. Negative aggression or violence tends to be the response in a world for most wrongdoing. “You hit me, I’ll hit you back.” This is not the response of heaven. Because you live a servant attitude, you are to forgive by showing mercy. Forgive all negative, evil–doers --- not their behavior, for that is God’s realm of judgment. You must, however, forgive the part of them that is blinded and knows not what they do. Forgive their broken humanity. Remember, once, you were in a state of unforgiveness yourself, then you found Grace.      

        Prayer: Lord, help me remember that others may not experience the same things I do, but they need a Savior in the same way.

Claiming June 20

 

        Many people think claiming big things for God include wealth, power, recognition, and even treasure. Sometimes those happen, but there is still much more in the spiritual realm. FOR INSTANCE,  you can claim wealth in wisdom. Claim power in His Grace. Claim recognition by accepting joy of salvation. Claim treasure for the Father’s love in His kingdom and becoming joint heirs with His Son. True and lasting riches stay available in the unseen kingdoms of mercy, kindness, and love. Mercy distributes hope. Kindness creates an absorbing nature for service. Love overshadows and covers every fault. You can become what Jehovah originally meant for his creation.

    Prayer: The best I know how today, Lord, I DO claim all you have for me and those I should care about consciously and unconsciously.

Prayer Talk June 19

 

            The scripture reminds us heavenly Father’s ways are different than earthly negatives. When you experience the negative, you will not FEEL like asking for some positive. But turn to the Holy Spirit with your surrendered preference. Since His ways are not usually humanity’s first thoughts, work on doing and asking an opposite. For example, when you feel lonely, don’t ride the wave of pity. Rather say: “Lord, thanks for being my friend.” When you are in pain, say thanks for the pain that reminds us of life. When you are tired, say thanks for the chance to rest in Christ. When you feel distrustful, say thanks for heavenly trust. When you are sad, ask for delight in a permanent future with Christ. When you feel impatient, ask to understand any connectedness in God’s work. Work on unconditional love and then, pray to make any necessary change.

            Prayer: Lord, help me to lean on your every word, even when I do not feel like it. Grow my assurance that you are always present.

 

Missing the Point June 17

 

            Remember, when you do something, and it is not of Christlike faith, you miss your kingdom potential. What you do may be morally or ethically accepted, but true faith in the heavenly Father establishes specific focus, which intentionally comes from God’s assured word. True faith often answers a question: Have you experienced or accomplished what the Father desires according to His Word?  In addition, your Christ centered, growth-need may often appear opposite from the world’s reasoning.  

            Prayer: Down deep, Lord, I know that your eternal love sustains my faith. Help the quality of my love to grow to combat the bad times.

 

For Everyday Jun.16

        Jesus is the only Son of the One true God, Jesus of Nazareth.  Think of Him each day. When you see a child smile, know that he is there. When you see a flower bloom, thank him for its beauty. When you feel a breeze on your face, the wind can remind you the Creator is everywhere. When you begin a day with any tired and grueling task, talk to Jesus like a friend. The Holy Spirit graciously interprets. The more you remember and recognize His presence, the more natural and ingrained he can become as part of you.

        Prayer: Help me remember today: You are the Savior and creator who shines through all things you have designed.

 

 

Gain Apr. 13

 

           Often. . . .You try to get ahead... Instead. . . get- a- heart, that which you have dedicated to the Christ. Any gift to heavenly Father, whether large or minor enhances the kingdom. Even tiny gift -upon tiny gift -upon tiny gift, given in true Love, will support the foundation of what was begun from the beginning. Count the gains of this world as loss by giving them away to the heavenly Father’s glory.

           Prayer: Lord, help our vision stay directed toward your light and your love. Help us live the Resurrected life NOW.

 

What is mature? June 12

 

        Jehovah-Yahweh could have taken only one dimension, one world, one lifetime, to create what was needed, but He designed two. There are still  reasons for this world and the next. He gave us eternal life as part of knowing we will not stop a kind of growth when we pass from this realm to the next. He gives us the heart of truths to consider and mature in earthly dimension as a possibility we might be more ready somehow for the next dimension to come. Still His complete forgiveness covers all. We will see and understand connections much more.

        Prayer: Lord, help me understand the spiritual principles embedded in this world’s challenges.

 

Divine Will June 11

 

        Trust seems so simple with Jehovah and yet, so difficult for you. But when you faithfully accept his will, joy may be found even through your difficulties. Do you have pain and yet no joy? His unusual care and love stay a swinging door that bumps both ways.  Trust in your established redemption.  Accept His joy and practice the silence of getting through any irritability. There is a reason for suffering you may never know. Endure in Christ’s name. Remember: in His kingdom, the right joy and praise honors heavenly Father. A renewed human spirit can come from knowing his joy when suffering. Think about this over and over and move beyond.

    Prayer: Lord, I want and need to make time to meditate with you every day.

 

Silences June 10

 

        Today, make a decision. Design your life so you can pay attention to the silences. You live in an extremely noisy world. Work on your schedule so you can listen to the silences, like viewing Nature, the spaces between the noises. God can and will speak to you in the silences. It may appear as a ringing. It may be a gentle breeze. It may be a buzz. It may be just a feeling or sight. It may be words. BE ALERT and LISTEN, so you really hear. Holy Spirit vibrates with you always.

        Prayer: Dear Lord, help me remember when I am talking, I do not see or learn much!

A Sharing Attitude Jun 9

 

        Try to avoid the entangled consuming ideas that advertise you can live without problem and live longer. They become traps! Life is too rich to get caught in keeping up with stuff. Share all. Try not to accumulate too much. To stockpile or hoard things in your life confuses a major principle of God’s kingdom.  Live to be a channel of giving for every talent, every bit of money, each gift and every resource. Let them flow through you in ways that can enrich the kingdom. Even try to think of your forced bills as gifts to help keep someone’s job. The risen Lord will supply your needs through your faith. Let abundance become what you only need to use by passing all you can to others.

        Prayer: Help me live through a gift economy to honor you, everyday you give me.

 

Thoughtful Meditation Jun. 8

 

        On many occasions, Jesus explained in scripture that if you were thirsty to come to Him and drink. When the body craves water, it yearns for something it cannot do without. When your spirit dries out in drought, it craves a symbolic moisture.  When you drink the Holy Spirit, He will indeed cause the living waters to flow from you. But you have to say, “Make the connection.” Into your reason and emotions will rush the correct ways of the kingdom. Persistent meditation helps condition and absorb your spiritual drink and food.

        Prayer: Lord, every day, direct and go with me to that place flowing with living waters.

 

Remember Jun 5

 

        What Jesus the Son, reveals to you is a living WAY of life, not just some different ideas. But while growing for the latter kingdom, your physical thinking experience comes first, then follows stimulated, expressed reason from the Holy Spirit. As you think about the quality energies of things of the Kingdom, like hope, love, trust and peace, place them into your day-to-day routine. Holy Spirit gives you divine action within, as Jesus responds to his own action on your behalf. Your partnership motivates your calling which has divine behavior backing human action.

        Prayer: Heavenly Father, help me understand and mold my conduct more clearly today by your design.

 

 

 

Support Jun 4

 

        A random event, some misconceived fate or some accident does not guide you. Slow down, Stop and remember Jesus IS THE Christ! Never feel strange when you think otherwise but keep faith and believe in God’s all-powerful Grace. Trust everything to Him.  He keeps you.  You have His purposes to fulfill, and he will keep you on the path if you pay attention. He is always your hope and strength.

        Prayer:  Lord, help me pay close attention today for heavenly guidance you have given to earthly matters.

 

Who Speaks? Jun. 3

 

        As you read and meditate on these words, remember who can speak to you.  Jesus and Holy Spirit are one. Be not afraid but stay in the shade of the Almighty. Resting in that covering is your safe place. Walk with him as a friend. He will never let you down even when you do not always understand.

 Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for being a Savior and friend.

 

Eternally linked Jun.2

 

        Since you are connected to Jesus by heavenly Father’s divine will, who you are and what you do keeps an eternal link established. For instance…Can your lungs do without air? Can your senses do without response? Can your emotions do without love? Can your spirit do without truth? Can your better nature live without beauty??  Trying to be a whole person without Christ is like trying to sit on a three-legged stool that has only two legs standing. Stay faith-bound.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, may I remember, just as you reveal your Son, we can be connected completely to you.

Knowledge Jun.1

 

        You will know as much of heavenly Father as you are willing to see his truths and put them into practice. Often think of Jesus as your daily partner. Be careful of impulse which often runs on emotion. Emotion with reason can feed intuition. The Holy Spirit can and will work through your intuition. Then, correct action will become the result of your intuitive thinking.

 Prayer: Lord, help me reduce the spaces today when I don’t think of you.

 

One Christian Signpost May 26

 

        No matter how someone else treats you, love them in Jesus’s name and do not let their behavior, which may be frustrated against God’s kingdom guidelines, change how you treat them. You are heavenly Father’s clear representative in the world. For you to keep peace when being misunderstood, practice responding to everyone with courtesy and generosity, even to those who on the surface do not seem to deserve it, all honors spirit growth. You do not have to throw your pearls before swine but let your nature be one of generosity. If you must err, do so on the side of Love. [Jo. 13:34.]

Prayer: I need you to increase my love today, Lord.

Decisions May 25

 

        One of the greatest things heavenly Father has created, besides the whole universe, exists as… the ability of choice in growing human character. The ability to choose is an extension of the Father’s love and creativity. Along with this, He will help you change by choosing to become more than your givens. You may think you have no choice in certain things. However, look for other opportunities already in place, believing your decision to go beyond your circumstances. He will give you signposts right in front of you. His power continually flows for you. You can always choose.

Prayer: Oh Lord, I do choose your way this day and more that you have I may not even realize.

Meaning of Forward motion May 23

 

        In your life journey, living can move up, down, front, back or sideways. The life-positive music the Lord sends may help you step sideways and up. Distorted earthly music, life/negative, causes you to step down. Sometimes you must go sideways and then up as a time of reflection. But Christ wants you always to go up and forward. The past stays in the past. You are more than conquerors. Your yesterday is today’s future. The present was yesterday. God’s time and connections will differ from yours. Stay alert. Move forward with decisions.

Prayer: Lord, help me forget the past negatives and move forward.

Best Prayer May 22

 

        Your best prayer is the time during the day you consciously remember God’s presence. Talk with Jesus more throughout your specific activities. Discuss things with him as with your best friend who truly listens, at the right moment, without answering back. This action makes walking in the Spirit a practical, everyday experience.

Prayer: Lord, wake me each day in prayer to heavenly Father. Jesus, help me remember to pray every breath I take.

Shared Trust May 21

        And Jesus said: Even as Savior, you are My friend, My joint heir, but also My disciple. Just as the first disciples of old went about sharing with no thought of their immediate needs, you can go with the truth of abundance. With a cheerful heart, make everything you do a gift in God’s name. And I, the Holy Spirit, will take care of all your needs. The sharing creates one road to Joy.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for your abundance, and help us remember to share.

Past Behavior May 19

 

        Let go of the past. Jesus has forgiven, blotted out your past. All is healed. Why pick it up again?  When you travel on a journey, you do not go back to each place and dwell upon where each place takes you to get to the next place. The present moves to the future so each day heavenly Father helps you live anew. Whether triumph or failure, let the past go. Anticipate with faith the present. Dwell upon the prayer of the Now and move forward. Who will you meet today that needs help?...maybe just you or some person you see every day. What shall you and the Holy Spirit do together today to honor the heavenly Father? “…Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven…”

Prayer: Lord, keep us aware to find ways to live correctly in the now-future. 

 

 

 

 

Listen May 18

        The right word, clearly spoken on God’s behalf, promotes a good thing. But today…. listen someone into forgiveness, allow time for clarification; you might listen someone into health. Listen to their pain, their anguish, their frustration, all their underneath meanings without you trying to give any answer or correction. Hear their story.  Let them know you really do hear. Do this in the name of your Lord. Remember, words are the avenue to define relationship.

 

Prayer: Lord, in our better moments, we admit our tongue is too busy. Help us remain compassionate hearers of others. 

Heaven Stories Mar.17

 

           Suppose while in heaven, you had the chance to tell each angel a story of your good experiences and each would hear it as new and each angel could feel the experience, would you be able to share events that showed your best potential in Christ? Would those episodes prove worthy in eternity? What if you could see all the connections?

           A significant goal in this life is when you can fully accept what you are potentially in Christ; this then begins the framework what you may actually become in heaven reality.

           Prayer: Lord, help me to think less of past experiences and move forward by setting my mind upon what I can become for Christ.

 

What is Right? Mar.16

 

           Any work to which the Heavenly Father commits Himself will be empowered by His  glory. Glory means He remains in a magnificent only first. He allows us to share through his Son, but He remains in control. Any work needs to answer the question: Is some work effort following glory to heavenly Father or just to individuals only?  There often exists a divine principle: The greater a work’s true value to Jehovah, the less eternal human recognition there will be. Any work becoming effective in the divine purpose must be conceived by the Holy Spirit who stabilizes the existence of Jesus, the Son… See the everlasting word in Eph.1: 11-12. 

           Prayer: Lord, help us remember to live your glory which only  honors your Son through any of our personal works.

 

 

Best Contentment Mar.15

 

           When you happen to feel a contentment in your will for what the Holy Spirit is doing, then that peculiar ease becomes a substance guiding completeness. You may then vibrate in love, God’s Grace, as your exercised faith as you grow endurance. You can continue unlimited contentment, every day spent, as a God-given strategy for living. James 1:2-4 shows insightful consideration.

 

           Prayer: Lord, help me recognize and do my part to remove any defects that hinder my covenant with you, so I can journey closely on your path of Grace.

 

Find Patience Mar.14

 

           Because of your earthly, linear time that continues straight ahead, whether backward or forward, many prayerful desires or requests seem to linger by delays without answer. If your concerns diminish by delay or lose specific momentum, they may have entered a different time frame like that of heavenly Father or not have been according to the will of God in the first place. Heavenly values are not disregarded by your misdirection.

          

Prayer: Lord, thank you for reminding us, our time is not the only time. Your heavenly existence embraces our time. Although we do not always understand, help us grow our patience.

Soul Need Mar.13

           As a Jesus believer, sometimes you hunger for an alone time, a time to float, collect yourself, silence trials of internal thinking, stop internal noise of your everyday strivings. At other times, you wish for like-minded souls with whom you can relate and identify, those who create feelings of togetherness, caring and community. When you have too much solitude, you yearn for community. When too much community exists, you thirst for some time alone. For your soul’s best stability, try to create a contentment by focusing on a deliberate balance. You choose the adjustments and action for helpful balance, but Holy Spirit never leaves you alone.

 

           Prayer: Lord, through every day given, help me harmonize solitude and community.

 

Personal Prayer May 12

 

        Can you see why prayer pleases God? It is because He is teaching you what to pray for; not some mode of praying but talking on a regular basis aligns your conscious concerns. You will discover praying for the things God will be doing anyway but learn to pray with your questions. Prayer re-creates divine awareness and consciousness in your spirit as you struggle in the physical world. You are never alone without God’s embrace.

Prayer: Lord, thank you, for giving us a direct connection to your Spirit.

Routine May 11

 

        Each new day demonstrates a spirit awakening. Struggle to turn around your strategy and adventure. Instead of getting up each day focusing on what will happen physically, think about the possibilities of your spirit. Each principle of heaven mixes with earth. They connect. If you seek first the kingdom of heaven that surrounds the believing, covenant people of Christ, each need will be added to you. The Lord gives and wants you to enjoy the physical as you apply spirit lessons of growth. Advancing your career, making money, any physical necessity can flourish within a gift economy of fun, peace, and delight for others as you cultivate Christ friendship. When life is too hard, you have put too much value and search on buying life instead of trusting heavenly Father to provide. When waking in morning, think: “Lord who are we to be today?”

Prayer: Lord, help us see the fun and adventure in spiritual growth.

Daily Action Plan May 8

 

        When you plant even a small seed every day for Lord Jesus, he will take care of the fruit. Share a kind word, a gift of money, a touch in his name, a directed prayer not usually asked, sharing a compassionate presence. Do this in Jesus name because He already hears and you have lived the greatest parable in Mark 4:8. Send out a good seed every day. Push it out there and let the Spirit grow it. There are never too many seeds. Some make it and others don’t. But Holy Fruit knows how to honor the heavenly Father.

 

Prayer: Lord, help me pay attention today to sow a seed for you.

Your Pace May 7

 

        The world may hurry you to keep its pace. This may cause you to spend time with the wrong things. Pause and take time with the Holy Spirit. He will lead one step at a time. When you rest and contemplate in your soul, God’s Spirit can guide your thoughts and actions. Do not panic---that is the flesh and the world pressing in on you. When the world says “hurry,” pause and rest in Christ. The Lord, does not want you to stumble. You fall because you are not closely paying attention to what scripture teaches….Rest, pray, think with Jesus as your friend. Embrace the scripture word, then, talk with the Holy Spirit and listen with your spirit. 

Prayer: Lord, I am so grateful I can talk with you daily and I know you listen because you never get in any false hurry.

Beauty Exists May 5

 

        Heavenly Father’s Spirit, His Beingness moves from everwhen to everywhere to everlasting. Try to filter everything through the Spirit. With much ugliness in the world, he has given us Beauty through the Spirit to offset some evil. When pleasing music abounds, He is here. When the right art captures the eye, He is here. When written words speak truth, he is here. When a bright moon or a comet touches the awe and wonder in us, He is here. Beauty represents his purity of innocence, found in His Son, his intended love and forgiveness happening through creation. Slow down to absorb beauty for soul peace.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for the beauty of innocence, like that of a child or the fragrance of a flower.

 

A True Highway May 4

 

 When Jesus spoke of spreading the kingdom of heavenly Father in Mt. 5, some suggestions follow:

Poor in spirit—the kingdom of Need. . .connects and describes a condition of surrender to fight lostness and loneliness.

Mourn—the kingdom of Sorrow. . . fights selfishness because feeling for another’s pain and hurt for confused world.

Meek—the kingdom of Yielding. . .overcomes stubborn pride by submitting self-will instead of power makes right.

Hunger and thirst—the kingdom of Appetite. . .search to define balance of  right and wrong ways to live this world.

Mercy—the kingdom of Kindness. . . rids harshness and misplaced pride. Tool for creating ability to absorb hurts of people and learn forgiveness.

Pure in heart—the kingdom of Cleanness. . .defeats making excuses, develops clear honesty when any lying, jealousy, or envy slips in.

Peacemakers—the kingdom of Harmony. . .disarms roots of anger that lead to hate being a way to correct.

Persecuted—the kingdom of Loyalty. . .endures being betrayed, helps to learn love even for the unlovable.

Accused falsely—the kingdom of Perseverance, withstands being judged and misunderstood while Heavenly Father recreates the universe.

        You may not succeed in one kingdom until you have grown sufficiently through the kingdom that goes before or after. They are linked, but from time to time, you may move in and out of one or all of them in order yet sometimes out–of-order. They connect and reconnect!

 

Prayer: Lord, thank you for the blueprint of your greater kingdom through the smaller kingdoms. Help us follow each day.