Temptations Oct.14

Temptations                     Oct.14

I have said I would not allow you to be tempted beyond your endurance, but with it, will come a way of escape. However, sometimes you may not see an immediate way out, but I am there just the same. Sometimes it takes earthly time to work things out. The working out of any problem becomes much like healing. At times, healing comes instantaneously. Others have to go through a process which may mean doctor involvement or other systems of health. Just as the angel could not come to help in war because he was busy in another place, I use time for the Holy Spirit to arrive at the proper connections. All things DO join together in Me. Trust I am working even when you feel abandoned.

Prayer: Lord, help me see your connections so I can know your overall picture.

Surprises Oct.13

Surprises                  Oct.13

I am not some kind of reluctant Savior, meaning you have to beg each day for my attention. In fact, every day I plan a new surprise, a new gift for you which contains My joy. Are you listening to receive? Pay close attention. My ways are not the world’s ways. Often, through opposite thinking or action, I am sending you a blessing. It may appear as some hardship, a health issue, a financial message, or a family event. Potentially, any activity may become My channel because I love to give.

Prayer: Lord, help me remember you have injected your love in every cell of my mind, body, and spirit; that every neuron fired in my brain is bathed in your love.

Significant Connection Oct.12

Significant Connection              Oct.12

Never overlook the constant connection of your inner being and your outward behavior. Even though you live in this world but are not truly of it, you are to build bridges between spiritual devotion and behavioral outcomes. Remember the differences between the examples of Mary and Martha in scripture, but they were still sisters. True fellowship remains the goal.

Prayer: Lord, in this world of great connectedness, help me know where and when I fit.

Opportunity Experience Oct.11

Opportunity Experience                     Oct.11

I want you to try something for one day. You may or may not see results. Every time you meet someone, in the quiet of your mind, I want you to fire a bullet prayer at the person. Do this with every person you come in contact with: store clerk, family member, worker, anyone. Just pray at them, like “Lord help that person” or “give her strength”, or “in Jesus name peace”. Just say whatever you feel impressed to say. Do it a whole day and then, you might want to extend it longer. With this, you are practicing My presence.

Prayer: Lord, remind me through the day to keep praying for any I see.

Genuine Help Oct.10

Genuine Help                    Oct.10

On many corners of your world, you can see institutions that promise to offer help. Will you be set free from the struggles and troubles? Do you desire the condition of the non-believers who seem to have no problems? Does not everyone eat, drink and get rained on? Is your constant goal to avoid suffering? The Psalmist [121] points you to a magnificent truth: Believers and non-believers can have the same difficulties, but the Father will keep you from evil. Events that happen to you are neither good nor bad but have the potential seed of either one. I may allow you a hard, difficult, uncomfortable event, but My Spirit keeps you from doing evil. However, it remains no accident in My model prayer that I prayed “. . . deliver us from evil.”

Prayer: Lord, I do pray to deliver us from evil thoughts and ways.

Small Things Oct.9

Small Things                     Oct.9

Life intermingles like a mosaic. I am just as interested and concerned about the everyday little pieces of life as they fit together. Nothing stays too small or mundane but what it may be important to the overall kingdom. At the end, you will present the full mosaic to the Father.

Prayer: Oh Lord, help me pay attention to all the little interruptions in life.

    

Your Divided Self Oct.8

Your Divided Self              Oct.8

Surrender your divided self into My hands and make certain what you give yourself can sustain you fully. Any appeal to your energy needs to call out your best potential. If some matter brings NOT the best, it may not be of Me. What becomes best always promotes the Father’s will.

Prayer: Lord, help me know the difference between selfishness and legitimate self-interest.