What Prayer?? Aug.4

 

                Conversation with God is not some leisure-time activity, like some occasional remembrance. Prayer is much more than habit or ritual. It is energy like vitamins are to the body. Prayer can absorb so many parts of you that it wells up from within when you might least expect it. Practice by making conscious effort to pray, something like “Heavenly Father, thank you and help me see everything that can remind me to pray. Help me know Christ in all His purposes and to love those more than I love my own desires.” Repeat the prayer three times a day and soon, prayer will become deeply buried and imprinted on your soul. It will rise again when needed.

                Prayer: Father, help me know your voice and your impressions in my prayer life.

Why Patience? Aug 3

                Why is patience [for Jesus followers] so important?  Image this example. . . When you die, you will given a new name, a new song, and a new crown-position of perspective. What if you get to tell all in heaven your experiences [without sin mishaps] in clear story form? You may get to tell every angel, every individual being your story throughout eternity, every detail about serving and honoring Christ. You will do this from the right perspective then. It would take an eternity of patience to share with every being, especially as you listened to others who shared to you as well. Think of learning patience, here on earth, as some kind of preparation for that time.  Also, your patience can motivate the meek on this earth, and the meek are blessed. Remember, you can trust the truly meek because they do inherit the earth.

                Prayer: Lord, teach me the heavenly patience to really hear you as we interact with others.

The Material Aug.1

                In all practical ways, you cannot live beyond the material nor can you, in good conscience, just live within the material. Your task is to learn to live through the material for something beyond, like how to use material prosperity to combine with God’s spiritual prosperity. Behind every material action vibrates a spiritual idea. A loaning of a tool or baking a cake to give to an unworthy neighbor can become an act of spiritual giving and material act when given with the motivation of Christlike attitude. Whatever Yahweh has created is set up on earth and can be assured in heaven. Think long upon this.

                Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for reminding us that the right spiritual life should motivate our true direction in every action on earth.

Personal Bond July 31

 

As followers of the Jesus Way, we are linked together and He bears the entire journey with us. Think what Jesus said: “Take My yoke upon you” does not  mean you should just withstand some burden. HE SEES AND UNDERSTANDS EVERY BETTER PATH.         If you float on the water, He is there. If you climb a mountain, He is there. If you fly in the air, He is there. If you order groceries online, He is there. He joins everywhere and everywhen with you. He IS your constant partner.

Prayer: “Abba Lord, thank you for providing your trustworthy eternal connection.  I submit. . . hold my hand and make any connections I need.”

Life Twists July 30

 

Spiritually prosperous. . . are you. . . when you enjoy salvation and favor with Jehovah God the Father through Jesus of Nazareth. But sometimes when you misunderstand or are misunderstood, if you miss an important point in life, you are simply on the verge of some new insight or wisdom. Opportunity will come around again. You may experience some advancement in your growth, that may be prosperous or painful. Keep exercising your faith with any of what might be spiritual Kingdom-growth functioning today.

Prayer: Lord, help me today keep aware and accept any growth in You.

Human Three in One June 29

 

                When scripture said you must love the Lord with all your heart- soul-mind, you must understand each as an avenue for a potential strength of the other. The heart stands for emotion and all hidden undercurrents that feelings embrace in personal life. The soul refers to the self, that willful decision-maker, the part that can give or take. The mind has to do with your insight and any perspective that leads to understanding and moral intelligence. Combining them shows your true essence, your spirit, who you essentially are, like no other. All become significant when entering your spiritual travels and your ultimate spiritual existence, even heaven.

          Prayer: Dear Lord, help me understand the short and long-term implication of every part of my being for now and later.

Think About IT! JULY 28

 

        In the beginning was the Word. But before the beginning of all beginnings, there was only what we might call THOUGHT. Jehovah already vibrated as the word Before he was the word. He is the heavenly Father, the only God, who remains a kind of everlasting thought, unknowable completely, in the fullest sense, only through His Son Jesus of Nazareth. Yet Jesus and heavenly Father exist as one, like salt and water together produce salty water. They have an eternal blending and remain a kind of thought in process. Jesus is His Word in action. Know the Word. Know Jesus and you will know the Father. He has given us words so we can create relationships.

        Prayer: Thank you, Jesus, for giving us a way to know you and the Father as one. Help us share THE WORD!