Love Maturity Oct.5

 

The Bible exists not just as a book of ideas or theories. It remains a book of historical fact; the things did happen. It has been said that things are not true because they are in the Bible, but they are in the Bible because they are true. You are not only to love scripture for its own sake but because the words bring you into the heavenly presence and Yahweh is all truth.

The magnificence of God’s love isn’t just found in a love object, but in the essence and act of loving. Scripture becomes food to help you stay and grow longer in God’s presence. Jehovah’s beingness is the energy of all life. Think of the newborn who results from a seed because the life force germinates growth. We are the seed; scripture becomes one of the enduring growth sources.  Savior Jesus becomes an enlarging power to produce maturity. A full-blown live-being stays a potential love expression from heavenly Father. A full-blown Christian is a love expression of the Son’s reality and beauty.

Prayer: Thank you, Lord. Just thank you.

A valuable Difference Oct.4

 

One difference in the Holy Spirit being able to work certain powers in your life has to do with recognition. Struggle to maintain conscious effort every day in remembering that, the Christ, can be honored by the little things as well as the large. Your views, attitudes,  abilities, eyes and ears can rest in Christ to make all the difference. Pay attention to everywhere and everywhen God’s Spirit keeps working. There the resurrected Jesus will be.

Prayer: Lord, open my physical and spiritual eyes to see you with me always.

Practice the true presence Oct. 3

 

If you will believe that all things really are held together by heavenly Father and that He can be the source and sum of all you attempt, then every practical behavior and action can be praise to Him through his son Jesus. Your breathing, eating, your beingness, every cell is yours joined by Holy Spirit. So, when you experience any of these, they can serve as conscious acts of praise and honor to God and kingdom growth. Just say so!

Prayer: Lord, let everything I do glorify your name in some way.

Influence Oct.2

 

You may not see what is left behind from your involvement with others. But because the Holy Spirit gives the follower of Jesus  everlasting principles that sustain heaven as well as earth, your influence will also be eternal. Each word or act in Jesus’s name gives off cosmic energy that outlasts earthly time. Stay alert to what you say and do every day.

Prayer: Lord, I stand amazed that something I might say could last eternity. Let the Holy Spirit filter my mouth.

Criticism Oct.1

 

Simply refuse to criticize anyone and soften your corrective methods. Pray instead. Keep your value of sensitive caring turned toward others. Let any tough-minded thoughts stay within yourself, but do not be too hard on yourself. At the point of your harshness, forgive. . . and do not overly criticize.

Prayer: Forgive us Lord. It is so easy to pass judgment on other people’s behavior and often forget about our own misgivings.

Find Distinction Sept. 30

 

 

            Concentrate today and do a specific action that shows what an authentic genuine Christ-follower would do.

 

            Prayer: Lord, help me pay attention to do what you ask with any of my behaviors.

       

Trustful Happiness Sept. 29

 

            The truth remains that you can find thankfulness from any of your opposing experiences. Heavenly Father also wants you to trust happiness along with his Son. Nature, life, light, and any creative-experience can give you joy. As you remind yourself to pray and work through Him. Celebrate all your relationships. Slow down and feel a connection.  

 

            Prayer: Thank you Lord, for family, friends, work and thanks for all the little unmentioned things that you send my way.