“Don’t love the world’s ways. Don’t love the world’s goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from him. The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out—but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity.”
1 John 2:15-16 MSG
May God’s overflowing blessings and unfailing love abound in you and your family this coming year..A Blessed Happy New Year from my family to yours!!
Father God, we all fall short of your glory and unfortunately you know this all too well! Therefore, today we want to make it right with you. Father God, please forgive us for our sins, transgressions,and iniquities. O’God your word in 2 Chronicle 7:14 says, “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” Father God, it was confirmed in your word written I John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” Lord Jesus thank you for not abandoning your mission to pay our sin debt in full. It’s because of You that we stand on the words written in Hebrew 8:12,”For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, and thank you again Lord Jesus through the conviction of the Holy Spirit we repent and turn our lives back to you! We ca never undo what Christ has done in reconciling us back to You O’God in Jesus name we ask these things; amen and amen!
Father God, there is always uncertainty in tomorrow and not to mention the uncertainty that piggybacks at the dawn of a new year. Although our minds will vacillate between the known and unknown we still strive today as though tomorrow is promised. Your word decrees that today has enough of its own and we should depend upon You and You alone as to what we shall eat and wear. Lord Jesus, clothe us with Your love today and feed us with Your word so that as we sojourn throughout today we shall not suffer lack in any thing we do, say, or strive for in our endeavors. O’God, we stand grateful, faithful, and hopeful in Your touch and blessing. Therefore, we choose to focus on the only thing that is truly certain in life and that is Your word will never return void and that Your promises are always ‘YES’ & ‘AMEN’! Holy Spirit thank You for moving in and through every aspect of our lives; in Jesus’ precious and forever righteous name…amen!
Father God, you are the master of life and death. Everything I have is yours, and I love you very deeply. Just one touch from you restores the sick, heals the broken, and transforms the darkness. Only you can do this! Therefore, I ask that you would be Touch every soul that reads this prayer right now. May they sense Your divine presence and feel Your power.
Lord Jesus, may they know Your love and their body be overwhelmed with light, truth,
healing, and wellness! Father God, just as it was in the beginning as You first intended us to be restored physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Thank you O’ God that You hear my prayers, that You have overcome the world,
and that You hold all of heaven and earth in Your loving hands. And that you have given us the promise of eternity in our hearts forever. Father God, no matter the season of difficulty we endure we are reminded by way of Your Holy Spirit that You are still God and You are still in control! Father Thank you, in Jesus’ healing name, amen and amen!
It’s has been circulating for years that putting an “X” in your Merry Christmas is taboo and disrespectful. Well, I learned something new today as I try to do everyday. The late and greatest apologist R.C. Sproul observed on 12/11/17, 3 days following his death: “X can mean so many things. For example, when we want to denote an unknown quantity, we use the symbol X. It can refer to an obscene level of films, something that is X-rated. People seem to express chagrin about seeing Christ’s name dropped and replaced by this symbol for an unknown quantity X. Every year you see the signs and the bumper stickers saying, “Put Christ back into Christmas” as a response to this substitution of the letter X for the name of Christ.
First of all, you have to understand that it is not the letter X that is put into Christmas. We see the English letter X there, but actually what it involves is the first letter of the Greek name for Christ. Christos is the New Testament Greek for Christ. The first letter of the Greek word Christos is transliterated into our alphabet as an X. That X has come through church history to be a shorthand symbol for the name of Christ.
We don’t see people protesting the use of the Greek letter theta, which is an O with a line across the middle. We use that as a shorthand abbreviation for God because it is the first letter of the word Theos, the Greek word for God.
The idea of X as an abbreviation for the name of Christ came into use in our culture with no intent to show any disrespect for Jesus. The church has used the symbol of the fish historically because it is an acronym. Fish in Greek (ichthus) involved the use of the first letters for the Greek phrase “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior.” So the early Christians would take the first letter of those words and put those letters together to spell the Greek word for fish. That’s how the symbol of the fish became the universal symbol of Christendom.
There’s a long and sacred history of the use of X to symbolize the name of Christ, and from its origin, it has meant no disrespect.”
Merry Christmas family!
Father God, we at times allow the stuff in our lives to frazzle and shake our spirits. Mainly because our hands/plates are full and our minds are reeling with all the things we have to do. Lord Jesus, please help us to accomplish all that needs to get done each day and to find rest. As we work, help us to be productive and not destructive; peace-filled and not stress-filled. As we continue to love others, help us to be calm and encouraging. 2 Thessalonians 3:16 reminds us the Lord of peace Himself give us peace at all times and in every situation. Holy Spirit, we need this kinda peace in every area of our life today and we thank you in advance for pouring out this kinda peace in and through our lives. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
I didn’t know that Charles Spurgeon the renown Baptist Preacher from London had a love-hate relationship about the celebration of Christmas. In his sermon preached on 12/24/1854 called, “The Birth of Christ” he said, “Now a happy Christmas to you all; and it will be a happy Christmas if you have God with you. I shall say nothing today against festivities on this great birthday of Christ.” But 17 years later he had a change of heart. He said, “WE HAVE NO superstitious regard for times and seasons. Certainly we do not believe in the present ecclesiastical arrangement called Christmas: first, because we do not believe in the mass at all, but abhor it, whether it be said or sung in Latin or in English; and, secondly, because we find no Scriptural warrant whatever for observing any day as the birthday of the Saviour; and, consequently, its observance is a superstition, because not of divine authority. Superstition has fixed most positively the day of our Saviour’s birth, although there is no possibility of discovering when it occurred.” Jordan Standridge wrote, “Spurgeon was no Buddy-the-Elf when it came to Christmas, in fact, he resembled the Grinch more, but no one can deny that he loved the opportunity Christmas created to exalt and point people to Jesus Christ.” Let us all opt to make this Christmas a celebration to Christ and not ourselves by pointing our family and friends not only to the manger but to the cross because when we recognize His birth, we must also recognize His death, burial, and resurrection!
#Isaiah9:6
If you are going through a rough patch this season, worship! Still displaced due to the Harvey floods, worship! If you are experiencing marital issues, worship! If your boss or employees are trippin, worship! If you have more liabilities than assets, worship! If your children and adult children lost their minds, worship! If you are in between jobs, worship! If you have been diagnosis with an illness, worship! If you are struggling with any form of addiction, worship! Psalm 22:3 guarantees us that our God who is Holy and righteous inhabits or worship and where there is the Spirit Lord; there exist freedom and liberty (2 Cor 3:17). REPEAT AFTER ME: I AM WORSHIP! WORSHIP IS WHO I AM AND WHAT I DO!!
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We must learn to trust in God’s will, so that we can accept God’s no! Jesus prayed to God 3 times saying, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”(Matthew 26:42). Jesus’ cry for relief wasn’t greater than God’s plan. You see, Jesus knew His Father well enough to understand that it might not be His will to remove the cup. So the story does not end with the words, “And the Father repented of the evil He had planned, removed the cup, and Jesus lived happily ever after.” The “cup” aka God’s will was non-negotiable! With sweat like blood Jesus earnestly sought to understand The Father’s will. Though the text is not explicit, it is clear that Jesus left the garden with the Father’s answer to His plea and it was Jesus’ response that led Him to the cross on Calvary!
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