Raise your alert ability. Watch for someone’s
need; an opportunity will arise. A Christ-Kingdom principle will lead you. If
you are confused, look at the scripture Attitudes of Mt. 5 and review.
Spiritually prosperous are those who hear and do.
Prayer:
Keep me other-centered today as I watch
for someone’s need.
Find a place and settle yourself in a quiet
situation. Admit to Jesus you want to be in his story. Move your thoughts,
talking to Jesus as friend, like he is in the space next to you. Maybe think about a passage from heavenly
Father’s word. As you do this, grip your hands or do something to avoid daydreaming.
The direct voice of Holy Spirit will
speak to you if you set aside the time to listen, time to embrace His
presence. He is never reluctant. He can speak through many things. He wants
to speak to you and join your thoughts!
Prayer:
Lord, help me push away useless self-talk
and truly listen for your impression.
Today. . . look for the counsel of a trustworthy
friend. Jesus of Nazareth is always your friend, but there are believers
in your life, and maybe even non-believers who you may find helpful guidance.
Let them join you in selective moments of your journey of decision-making.
Prayer:
Lord, No matter how strange the situation
may appear, keep me aware of any people today who offer their personal
communication.
As your Savior, Jesus’s goal waits to
guide you without overriding you. He will lead you
and allow you to develop your own personality, all at the same time. Although He
leads, you can have your own plans. His directions are always designed to help
you with your personal decision-making. For instance, he will help you be more
alert and aware of any hidden principles you
can discover and use. The consumer, greedy world doesn’t understand God’s
hidden truths based on service. The Spirit shows you and guides when you ask,
especially about helping others.
Prayer:
Lord, filter my decisions through your
will and help me fully see and accept your
will.
As a believer, remember you have rest in Jesus
Savior. You live in him, and he shares the Spirit to live. You may communicate
with the Holy Spirit on everything through your self-talk, embracing your thinking,
struggling with your ambitions, any of your hopes and dreams, especially for
others. The Spirit is not some tool you just shelve until you need him. He
remains your partner through everything, even your failures, as well as your successes.
It’s ok to start each day with: “Thank you friend Jesus for being with me!”
Prayer: Lord, keep reminding me today, with any of
my surroundings, to turn to you with every detail. Nothing is too small!
Try to avoid the passion of someone’s clueless
opposition to influence you away from the true hope of the Christlike Path.
Remember, even trouble produces endurance, endurance produces character, and
your tested character produces hope. Hope feeds beauty. Watch for any
opportunity to spread more beautiful hope. Even unexpected change gives God
more opportunity to work!
Prayer:
Thank you, Jesus, for the extra hope that
comes from you. I know that in our secret place no real harm can come and your
hope resides.
An honest word is like a rising sun. A dishonest twisted
word is like a waning, declining moon. As a result, any lie promotes darkness.
A lie tries to damage the light, yet truth travels with light. Commit to
ruthless self-honesty. Avoid feeding honesty with darkness. Light can wound
darkness. Commit to the integrity of heavenly Father’s word and make truth your
word. Spread light.
Prayer:. Lord, help me stay fully alert and you
block even the small untruths. It is so easy to let the little lies go.
Sad words are recorded in John 6:66 that from a
certain time many of Jesus’s disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
They returned to their old associations. They missed learning and many
blessings. Special are those who continue in Christ for they belong to the
eternal family of heavenly Father and will possess the Kingdom riches.
Prayer:
Lord, increase my perseverance, so I may
endure whatever comes my way.
As your Lord and constant companion, commit to love Jesus of Nazareth with every aspect of your person:
**Through the above: Love your neighbor
as yourself, as Christ has loved you. Trust the mystery!
Prayer:
Lord, so many times, I seem to love just
so far. Teach me more unconditional love as I follow you.
KNOW THIS:
Harshness does not help others to correct themselves in any permanent
way because they won’t remember any positive lesson, only the harshness. On the
other hand, they remember kindness. Offer kindness, even to those who do not
deserve it. Kindness can absorb hurt!
Prayer:
Lord, help me today to control the tone
of my voice to sound kind instead of harsh.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
