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.

Failure May 2

 

        Try not to spend much time thinking back upon your failures, dwelling on your excuses, or even any immaturity from them. Lean on the Holy Spirit and you will have the power to put all things in the proper place. Your age may not matter. Your attitude and character does. Heavenly Father has placed many things in subjection to humanity, but He has not given up total control. Search with the Holy Spirit for your special insight. He still guides any journey when allowed.

 

Prayer: Lord, keep reminding me today that you direct our path.

Struggles May 1

 

        When you enter the path of joy or pain, comfort or discomfort, knowledge or questions, the journey may not always be for your direct edification. The Lord continually seeks those who need salvation. You may enter a struggle with Christ for the sake of someone else. God’s compassion leads to your passion. Even if you are tempted to question or fear . . . remember, God looks to save throughout the universe, and you may be traveling with Him. He will lead. You are to pay attention and follow.

 

Prayer: Lord, help me remember the Holy Spirit works always through pain or prosperity.

Forgive Behavior? Apr.30

 

           What about passing judgement on someone’s behavior? Even forgiving another’s behavior? We need to leave that for heavenly Father to judge. We are to let the Father’s Love settle in us, so we can forgive another person’s original humanity made in the image of God. There may be exceptions, but Who they are may be innocent or guilty, depending on their choices or circumstance. Believe it or not, the Heavenly Father loves them more than we can, including our deliberate enemies we think need justice. Pray and desire for the best, even for those who appear vilest in behavior. “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do” must remain our attitude.

           Prayer: Lord, help us love more and judge less.

 

Work Apr.29

 

           You need not force yourself to do God's work. Your body should not force the Spirit. Relax in Christ, be receptive enough to accept his work and endure, and then have your spirit bring the body along. God is not a scorekeeper. If thought as a game, it stays already won. Christ will give the opportunities for any task. Heavenly Father is the Love-life that energizes the body and soul. He grows your spirit essence for your decision-making soul that influences your body, while His kingdom keeps moving along.       

           Prayer: Lord, help me daily to keep my spirit in harmony with your Spirit and with my body.      

 

What is Sin? Apr.28

 

           Earthly definition may give a rational explanation for sin, like there could be no good without evil-sin, but all the reasons are too human. When you cross over to the other side, heavenly Father will show the real reason for evil and that knowledge will bring you such joy that it will take the heavenly atmosphere for you to be able to stand it. Know this: Ending Sin is not the complete point of salvation. You can only partially understand God’s eternal balance right now. Have the passive energy in faith in the not knowing of this dimension and what is yet to come. Have faith in the All-Knowing, All-present heavenly Father.

           Prayer: Lord, all I really know is. . . thank you for saving us from sin destruction.

When tired Apr.25

 

           Heavenly Father made creative energy to work its way throughout our step-by-step linear time. The Holy Spirit does the connecting. Yet, energy flows through establishment and change. Sometimes God works changes outside of earthly operating time by rearranging the distribution of energy without consuming it. Remember the burning bush and Moses, the Cross and Jesus’s resurrection.  Sometimes the energy may be light [insight], sometimes music [peace], sometimes art [beauty], suffering [character building], life in a seed or person[future change]. Life challenge is all around you. When you feel you cannot go any longer, tap into the energy.

           Prayer: Lord, thank you for giving us hidden strength when most needed. Help us trust.

Your journey Apr.24

 

           Because the Holy Spirit stays jointly with you, when you practice God’s presence, you have a divine partnership. God can and will prepare the way. Many obstacles may appear in your path. That does not mean divine help is absent. Disrupters of life appear but the Spirit will guide you through the journey. He is present although you are unaware. You will get through as scripture promises. Your final challenge is not each hurdle, but the waiting for God to carve out the way. He prepares the seasons, the flavor of life, and the hearts to make your way for the right connections. Pay close attention. All things do work for what's best who remember Christ.

           Prayer: Lord, thank you for giving the true Way and helping us recognize what we should learn.

 

Behavior Apr.23

 

 

           One small deed that honors heavenly Father will be worth countless words. In the beginning, like in Eden, when humans replaced God’s trust with the substitution of false words, humanity started hiding itself behind language. Words are of the physical senses. The Lord may speak to you with other means, heavenly connections, often seeming invisible. Like a generous act of giving shows and speaks more volumes than words.

           Prayer: Lord, help us keep growing with the fruit of the Spirit, displaying generous action with all we learn to serve.

Winning Apr.22

 

 

           You have already won because you have the ‘more than’ from the DeVine creator. Do not fear any changes in your life. Change brings greater opportunity to practice more of heavenly Father’s  presence. In practice comes the assurance you can conquer. Holy Spirit being with you gives a constant reminder of your personal forgiveness and mercy. Walk as truly forgiven, fully renewed, and fully accepted by the Grace of the Father. No earthly event can satisfy your thirst like knowing God’s consistent presence with you.

           Prayer: Thank you, Lord, that with your help, we are more than adequate for any task.

 

Home Apr.21

 

           Your body, as a house, remains My home. Your house is My home as well. Turn no one away without some little Love kindness. I, the Lord, may have sent someone to you, put in the heart an impression to visit you. When you serve them, you serve Me.

 

           Prayer: Lord, remind me to pay attention to any person who surprises today. Help me honor you.

Joy Apr.20

 

 

 

           Joy is not just a state of being but a process as well. You experienced the first real joy at your salvation, the awe and wonder of unmerited favor, filled with love and mystery. Now, joy needs to spread through a journey of discipline. With daily practice God’s Word develops the joy of knowing, not just knowledge, but a completeness to know the overall strategy of the Father in the spiritual realm. Sometimes you will not feel the joy because pain, doubt, or questions plague you. But if you seek heavenly Father daily, you will reawaken wonder, praise, and the knowledge that you know that you know God’s Will.

        Prayer: Lord, flood my soul with your joy. Remove any negative that blocks my true journey.

Hope Apr.19

 

           When you need extra energy the most, look for a rising up inside. God's Holy Spirit, as your plus energy, will remind you that hope gives you power to love in the most desperate circumstances. Remember that hope vibrates through the kind of faith which goes beyond fact-belief. . . in that you act upon what you had faith in as if it were fact.

 

           Prayer: Lord, thank you for love you gave us, so we can keep hope in any hour of need.

Balance Apr. 17

 

                 When you feel yourself off-center, stop and ask for realignment. Christ is your balance. To be in balance with Jesus promotes the peace that goes beyond human understanding and rests in the Creator. Just as a precision instrument needs all parts working smoothly in cooperation with each other, you need body, soul, and spirit vibrating in His harmony. This shows the true power of Holy Love. Only God’s holiness gives you true holy.

                 Prayer: Lord, help us do our part to remove any disruptor that would hinder harmony with you.

Resurrection Apr.16

 

             When Jesus traveled through a town called Nain, recorded in Lk 7:11, some people carried the body of an only son of a widow. Earlier, he died. One reason may be Jesus’s heart went out to her because he was a son who would die but would be raised, so he raised the boy from the dead. Heavenly Father would raise his son from the dead. Resurrection surrounds us everywhere. We can live the resurrected life now. Something must die for something to rise. The Resurrection Principle vibrates all around us. Look for it as a reminder that Jesus’s death actually conquered death.

             Prayer: Lord, thank you for giving us the Way to live again.

 

The Blood Apr. 15

 

                 Think on Jesus’s pure blood that was spilled for humanity. It has no decomposing quality in it, no corruption. It cannot decay. [Psalm 16:10; Acts 13:37] Where did it go? It has blanketed the universe, spread throughout eternity to cover the sins of humankind forever. The blood is so richly pure that when one drop fell to earth, it helped the reclaiming of creation. When Jesus took blood to heaven, somehow he layered it throughout the heavenly bodies. When it was shown to hell, it announced His true salvation. Like gravity or the unseen, Jesus blood stays cleansing even today, vibrating for renewal until He comes again.

 

                 Prayer: Lord, I remain in awe of your gift and stay humbled by your sacrifice. Words are not enough. Take my heart and blood always. Thank you, thank you for the blood.

Seeking Apr. 14

 

                 Seek you first the kingdom of heavenly Father. Look for life (anything that promotes God’s life-creations) in the smallest events or in the largest decisions to be made. The Holy Spirit will sharpen your senses, when you seek and then obey. Following Holy Spirit will show you the Love for motivation, the path of the kingdom road, and the resources available. God’s answer is YES! He will help conquer your fears and doubts. He will show you heavenly principles joining the earthly creations.

                 Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for your continual watch care and the magnificent promises you place within our thinking.

 

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.

 

Clear Thought Apr.12

 

 

           You can get so blinded by the attractions of the world that you see only through foggy lenses because you get distracted. Concentrate more on watchfulness. Seek clarity. Clarity is linked with your alert ability. Alertness comes by your permission. Ask for God’s Light that clears away the fog. Your spiritual lenses can be cleaned. The true perspective is to see through God’s eyes, the windows of eternity.

 

           Prayer: Oh Lord, I want to see clearly what you would have me be and do.

 

Self April 11

 

          One reason Heavenly Father sent his Son is to reaffirm a

Kingdom free from the trappings of self-centered rule.

We are a part of a new race of people. We are given strength to out-

love, out-think, out-hurt, out-give, out-live the finest worldly intellect.

We do this through humble faith and grace given by the Holy Spirit.

When the world says: Revenge, you say Forgive. When the world says reason only, you see through Jesus’s eyes. When the world says: Suffer, you say hope for Jesus’ sake. When the world says: Give in your own name. You say give for the sake of the Father’s kingdom.

           Then, your new wisdom will confound the intellects of the

world, and they will ask: “By what authority do you speak? And you

may then share God’s Grace with them. The Holy Spirit waits for you.

           Prayer: Lord, help me share who you are in every opportunity.

Earth Concerns Apr.10

 

                    With conscious effort, let go of worry about earthly functions. Consciously discover how to appreciate worldly things without the need to own them. Meditate on their individual beauty. A flower shows its individual beauty to anyone looking. To feel you have to own a thing tempts you to be possessed by it. Appreciate, then let go. If something holds you stronger than a kingdom principle, it may control you by blocking Jehovah’s path, slowing personal growth for you.

 

               Prayer: Lord, help us remove those false issues and possessions that try to consume us and control us.