Devot. Knowing and Trusting

HI Folks,

 

I hope you have had a good week! 

 

 I am going to take a quick turn and give you  different topic, just for this week.

I found some devots. on prayer I really like, but want to save them for the start of a week, instead of the ending.

 

I felt very strongly that I needed to send you a devot. on Trust.   I'm not sure if it's because I need to Trust in the Lord more in my own personal life or also that someone needs this right now.  

Either way, I am going to listen to the Lord's nudging:)

 

Below is the devot. for the weekend along with a favorite song of mine that the Lord used in my life in a powerful way a number of years ago.

 

 Lord bless you!

 

Devot. http://www.icr.org/article/18889  (Used by permission.   Taken from http://www.icr.org/)

 

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmGb3zRv6xE

 

 

Devot. What is Prayer/How to Pray

Hi Folks,

 

I hope you had a good weekend! 

 

Below are two small devots. on prayer.  One is 6 minute video clip that I think would be very useful to you on What is Prayer and the 2nd link is a short devot. on How to Pray.  

 

At first I wasn't sure this was really what I wanted to send, but after re-read the second devot. I knew God wanted me to send it.

 

Pray it blesses your heart and encourages you this week!  Lord bless you and yours.

Devot. Video Link: https://www.intouch.org/watch/new-believer/why-pray-what-is-prayer-for-all-things

(Used by permission.   Taken from https://www.intouch.org/)

Devot. http://www.icr.org/article/18613  (Used by permission.   Taken from http://www.icr.org/)

              "O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to

                                   the rock of our salvation."     Psalm 95:

Devot. In a Father's Footsteps

Hi Folks,

 

I hope you have had a very blessed week! 

 

The devot for today is a throwback to our devot. from Tuesday on Fatherhood and impacting the next

generation with godliness in general.

 

This devot. gives some practical and applicable suggestions on how to bring godliness into your home, life, workplace, the lives of the folks and young people who are in your life.     It is doable!

 

I have also included a link specifically for the guys.   It's a godly, Christian website that offers devotional written by a godly man to men who wish to live a Christ-like life.

 

Ladies, this site also has devotions for ladies written by a godly, Christian lady.

 

Pray the devot. below and the site encourage and strengthen your walk with our Saviour this weekend. 

 

Lord bless you and yours!

 

Devot. https://www.intouch.org/read/in-a-fathers-footsteps  (Used by permission.   Taken from https://www.intouch.org/)

 

Link: http://aboverubies.org/index.php/ar-devotional-archives/men-s-devotional-archive  (Taken from http://aboverubies.org/)

              "O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to

                                   the rock of our salvation."     Psalm 95:1

Devot. The Crown of Fatherhood

Hi Folks,

 

I hope you had a good weekend! 

 

Since Sunday was Father's Day, I'm going to give you Father's Day Devot. this week and jump back to our new series on prayer next week.

I know that for some folks, Father's Day may not be easy for various reasons.  Maybe your father is no longer with you and you miss him, or he is still alive, but you don't have good relationship, or you never knew your father.

All these reasons and more can make an occasion such as this bittersweet or painful.

With this in mind, I want us all to remember some important, life changing and comforting facts:

~God is our Heavenly Father.   He is perfect in all His ways (Ps. 18:30~https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ps.+18%3A30&version=KJV)

 ~He disciplines us out of love-He loved us enough, even while seeing us in our sinful state, to send Jesus to pay for our ticket to Heaven in full by His death and resurrection (Romans 5:8~https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=rom.+5%3A6-10&version=KJV)

~He is preparing a Home in Heaven for those who have trusted Jesus alone for salvation and we are called one of His children by faith in Him.  

~We are adopted into God's family!  Galatians 3:26 says, "For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus."

~He will never leave or forsake you (Hebrews 13:5-6~ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=heb.+13%3A5-6&version=KJV)

~He is a father to the fatherless (Ps.68:5-~https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ps.+68%3A5&version=KJV)

~He promises to take care of us when our earthly parents are no longer here (Ps. 27:10)

My mom once said to me that it was easy for her to come to faith in Jesus and see Him as a loving Heavenly Father, because her own father was so kind, loving and gentle. 

If your own father was not like this, it may be hard for you to wrap your mind around God being any different.   But He is.  And descriptions of His character is seen throughout Scripture as being wise, just in discipline, faithful and constant, a provider to those in need and much more.

I pray you will give that some thought and I will be praying for you.

The devot. below I think can apply to anyone, not just dads.   

How do we pass along godliness to the next generation?

I have also included a song link below that describes many of the character traits of God that I listed above.    This songs background is based off of Scripture as well.  

 

Pray it blesses your week and that the Lord keeps you and yours this week.

Devot.  http://www.icr.org/article/crown-fatherhood/   (Used by permission.   Taken from http://www.icr.org/)

Song Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXsiWoyjw60

Devot. Careful for Nothing

Hi Folks,

Hope you are having a blessed week!  This devot. is a throwback from Tuesday devot. and looks deeper into prayer as referred to  in Philippians 4:6.

Pray you learn much and that is a blessing!  

Lord bless and keep you and yours this weekend.

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May 17, 2017 Careful for Nothing “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” (Philippians 4:6)   Many of us know those types of precious people who seem to thrive on making sure the details are right. They keep us careful, ensure our safety, and strengthen our plans, and yet that same strength can lead to anxiety, troubling our souls and dominating our lives. Our verse today warns us about this facet.   Our Lord gently admonished in Luke 10:41: “Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things.” Martha, Mary, and their brother Lazurus were longtime associates of the Lord Jesus. He had spent many hours in their home and had come to love them as close friends. No doubt Martha had often “given thought” to Christ’s visits and had been “in turmoil” over the details many times. But our gracious Lord saw the circumstances controlling Martha, and He softly insisted that she not lose the thing of greatest value by sacrificing the permanent on the altar of the immediate.   And that is the admonition in our text. Nothing should absorb us so much that we attempt to solve things on our own before submitting our requests to our Lord. Jesus made it pretty clear: “Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on” (Matthew 6:25). Look around, our Lord insisted. The birds and the flowers can’t be altered by our “thoughts.”   After all that Job’s friends did to “encourage” him, our great Creator reminded Job of the many wonders that he could see if he paid attention. Nothing is beyond the care of our Lord. Sometimes, we need reminding, too. HMM III     This email was sent to | Print this article

Devot. The Priority of Prayer

Hi Folks,

 

I hope you had a good week! 

 

I am going to start a series on prayer.  I'm not sure how far I will go with it, but we will start and see where the Lord leads us:)

My mom and I have been seeing the power of prayer, how important it is in applying to everyday life issues and how amazingly God can answer.  I want to share stories of answers to prayer from my own l life and help you to see the power behind prayer as well.

 

Below is a link for a sermon on prayer by Dr. Charles Stanley.   He is an amazing pastor, speaks straight from the Bible and does not deviate, and explains things in a simple, understandable, practical way. 

My mom greatly enjoys hearing him speak and has always gotten a lot of his sermons.

 

Now with the sermon link are the sermon notes (off on the right hand side of the screen, like a side bar) that go with the sermon.   I want you to read the notes first as the devot. for this week and listen to Dr. Stanley has you have time (his sermon is only 26 minutes long).

 

I pray what you read about prayer will encourage your heart this week!

 

Lord bless you and yours.

 

Devot.   https://intouch.org/watch/the-priority-of-prayer   (Used by permission.   Taken from https://intouch.org/watch/the-priority-of-prayer)

 

Devot. Blessed Assurance

Hi Folks,

I hope you having a good weekend! 

Here is another reminder that Jesus is forever near us and the salvation He offers ot all is free and permanent because we have placed our faith and trust in Him. 
Below is a song link that ties into the devot. and a history behind the song.  

Lord bless you and yours this weekend!

Story/Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev_27ANms-g

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April 17, 2017 Blessed Assurance “And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.” (Isaiah 32:17)   As expressed in the old gospel hymn, the “blessed assurance, Jesus is mine” is a “foretaste of glory divine.” According to our text, this “assurance for ever,” together with true peace of soul and quietness of spirit, are products of the “work of righteousness.”   The New Testament exposition of genuine righteousness makes it clear that we who have received Christ’s work of righteousness by faith have been “made the righteousness of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21). “To him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness” (Romans 4:5).   Thus, salvation is the priceless possession of those to whom Christ’s work of righteousness has been imputed, through faith. On the other hand, the assurance of salvation, accompanied by quietness and peace of heart, is “experienced” only by saved believers who practice the work of righteousness in their daily walk with the Lord. If we truly have salvation, then we ought to manifest the “things that accompany salvation. . . . For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have showed toward his name. . . . And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end” (Hebrews 6:9-11).   We can, indeed, know that we are saved simply through faith in His work and His Word (e.g., 1 John 5:13). Nevertheless, to know that one’s faith itself is genuine, God has given us this test of faith. “And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments” (1 John 2:3).   This is surely blessed assurance of salvation and a foretaste of glory divine! HMM     This email was sent to | Print this article Unsubscribe | Subscribe

Devot. Peaceful Security

Hi Folks,

I hope you had a peaceful week.   In light of the London terror attacks (please keep those folks in your prayers),

 I felt we could all use a reminder that God promises to send us His peace in times of anxiety.   

Jesus said in John 14:27, " Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."

I pray the Lord uses this devot. as a blessing and brings some calmness of spirit to you.

Lord bless you!

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May 18, 2017 Peaceful Security “And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:7)   This precious promise is rooted in the “garrison guard” that God will set around our hearts and minds through His peace. Imagine the war circle of angels “full of horses and chariots of fire round about” that Elisha spoke of (2 Kings 6:17).   And it is a war! “But I see another law in my members,” Paul wrote, “warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members” (Romans 7:23). Were it not for the peace that exceeds human comprehension, we would quickly succumb to the fact that “in the world [we] shall have tribulation;” but Jesus also said, “be of good cheer; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).   The “peace of God” is a supernatural peace, not a false calm of meditative hypnosis or a denial of the turmoil that surrounds the “roaring lion” who seeks to devour (1 Peter 5:8). This peace is from our Lord Jesus and “not as the world giveth” (John 14:27). It comes through the “things I have spoken unto you,” Jesus said, “that in me ye might have peace” (John 16:33).   Since, however, this kind of supernaturally guarded and God-given peace comes from and through the message of the Scriptures, this peace must “rule in your hearts” (Colossians 3:15). There can be no vacillation, no hesitation about the source, the authority, the capability, or the stability of such peace—or the war that rages in the members of our body will dissipate the vision of God’s garrison surrounding our hearts and minds. “For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace” (Romans 8:6).   “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful” (Colossians 3:15). HMM III     This email was sent to | Print this article Unsubscribe | Subscribe