Significant Faith July 11

 

Faith is too priceless and compelling to replace it with any intellectual exercise like future guessing. Trying to out-guess and interpret the future tends to chip away your faith. You do not need to guess the future in order to know how to live. Hold on and pursue faith in the One who never avoids your struggle. Accept the Savior Jesus as friend. You then can have the foundation of an accurate kind of faith. Solid faith doesn’t have to rest only in an immediate deliverance. But rest your faith in the eternal, unbending love promises of the Heavenly Father. He will deliver what you need on time. He is never late!

Prayer: Heavenly Father, increase my faith…to have more Faith.

 

 

Give Strong Attention July 10

 

     If you were told there was a $100.00 bill hidden in a Bible, in my library,  and you had to listen to a certain piece of music to discover which Bible translation, you would listen to the music very carefully. Stay alert and remember the value and time for the art of listening. Especially in prayer, always listen for the still small voice from God….not the subconscious voice that always argues, but the voice from the Holy Spirit that never argues. He just says: ‘here it is!’ learn and follow.

Prayer: Help remove any distractions today and help me listen for the Holy Spirit voice.          

Too Self-focused July 8

 

When you are sad, your Self has become too much in focus. You start thinking, ‘why am I hurting so?’ Stop and go do something for someone. When you can help dig them out of trouble, the hole that remains can become a grave they can bury their sorrows and so can you.  Love for others kind of energy can outlive hurt. Heavenly Father’s motivation of love moves you to give and then give some more.

    Prayer: Thank you, Lord, that your Love is greater than the Self. Help me pay attention and let love reign.

Basic Motivation July 7

 

Remember the parable of the Prodigal Son. The one thing that truly got his immediate attention was not just a physical hunger… but a compelling hunger to go back home. One true element that brings you to heavenly Father is appetite for the new covenant Kingdom in Christ. Try not be filled with only earthly delights. Live at being filled with the Holy Spirit that gives direction and mixes properly with earthly involvement.

Prayer: Lord, I pray for the hunger and yearning for the Holy Spirit’s direction in everything I encounter.

 

True Pardon July 6

 

When you think you were doing all that was right and correct; when you feel life has been unfair;  when you feel you should receive reward and yet someone else, who appears unworthy with less merit, gets the credit. . . when others obtain the good things, do not bother. Hidden behind any obvious recognition may be heavenly Father’s Grace working. He controls and makes the right connections. Your situation may depend more on God’s Grace working, even if you do not feel glad. Take a deep breath, stay calm. Be encouraged because never-ending Grace extends to you as well.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for reminding me that your forever Grace covers us all.

Value System July 4

 

True peace comes from the heavenly Father who has covered your anxiety with the Holy Spirit. Experiencing true peace and rest allows you to clarify your value system, those issues you hold most important enough for action. The ‘Isness’ of the present is significant, but you are not stuck in the “IS” of the present. Instead, you may recognize what Ought to happen beyond the present situation and recognize the effort for the kingdom’s sake. Your values are foundations of what you hold most significant. Those become the very things you follow to live by. Often…your feelings become your actions, and your actions become your feelings. They all simmer in your soul as a value system.

 

Prayer: Lord, Help me see what you hold significantly…and help your priorities keep in line while dealing with my values.

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.