TRACK HIM - TRACE HIM - TRUST HIM and BELIEVE HIM!

3-1-2016. . . . TRACK HIM - TRACE HIM - TRUST HIM and BELIEVE HIM!

"Jesus realized what they were discussing and said, "No, that isn't it at all! Can't you understand? Are your hearts too hard to take it in?  'Your eyes are to see with-why don't you look? Why don't you open your ears and listen?'  Don't you remember anything at all?  (Mark 8:17-18 TLB) What a travesty for one to have 20/20 vision and yet be proverbially  "blind as a bat!" How tragic that no matter how loudly the truth is blasted in one's ear, they still don't or more sadly, won't hear it.  If God can do anything, He can do every thing!  If He did it once, He is well able to do it again and again and again!  TRACK HIM - TRACE HIM - TRUST HIM and BELIEVE HIM!

PRAYER: Lord, you are yet the God who does wonders that are beyond understanding and  miracles are cannot be counted!  Do it again Lord!  We trust you and we believe you!  Do it again!  Amen.

Job 9:10. . . .He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted. NIV

HIS PLAN HIS PURPOSE!

2-25-2016. . . .HIS PLAN HIS PURPOSE!  

"Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:" (Phil 1:66 KJV)   The construction project that was begun in us is going according to plan and will be completed!  In spite of the many unneeded interruptions and interjections on our part, the 'Chief Foreman' remains committed and undaunted in working out 'His Plan' and 'His Purpose' in our lives!  

Prayer: Lord, thank you for being committed to us. Forgive us for often getting in Your way and help us to submit to Your will. Amen.  

Ps 138:8. . . . The LORD will fulfill [his purpose] for me;your love, O LORD, endures forever--do not abandon the works of your hands. (NIV)

IN GOD'S POWER!

2-24-2016. . . . IN GOD'S POWER!

"And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."  (2 Cor 12:9 KJV)  Our handicaps do not disqualify us for service to God.  As a matter of fact, in many cases, they qualify us for a greater demonstration of His power through us.  Although, the Apostle Paul had a handicap in his flesh, his handicap was not a hindrance to God accomplishing mighty things through him.  Like Paul, our accomplishments are not in our own strength, but in God's power!  God can be trusted with our handicaps.

Prayer: Lord, your ways are certainly not like our ways.  What we often think would disqualify us, is the very thing you use to demonstrate your power in us!  Thank you that our handicaps are not a hindrance to you. Amen!

Phil 4:13. . . . I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. KJV

INSEPARABLE!

2-23-2016. . . .INSEPARABLE! 

"For I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels won't, and all the powers of hell itself cannot keep God's love away. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, or where we are-high above the sky, or in the deepest ocean-nothing will ever be able to separate us from the love of God demonstrated by our Lord Jesus Christ when he died for us." (Rom 8:38-39 TLB)  The greatest love of all is the love God demonstrated to us through His Son, Jesus the Christ!  No way He would go to that extent and then have anything or anybody separate us from His love and the benefits thereof!  Once His love reaches us, it will most diffidently and forever keep us.  

PRAYER: Lord, thank you for your great love for us.  Nothing and no one will ever be able to separate us from it or you.  Grow us in your love and help us to demonstrate that same love through loving each other.  Amen.

Rom 5:8. . . .But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. TLB

WHO DOES THAT?

2-19-2016. . . .WHO DOES THAT?

"Pride ends in destruction; humility ends in honor.   What a shame-yes, how stupid!-to decide before knowing the facts! (Prov 18:12-13 TLB)  Things are not always as they appear or how they are first presented!  There is usually much more to be learned and many more facts to discover.   Don't jump to conclusions before hearing the full matter.  Who does that?

PRAYER: Lord, continually instruct us in the ways of humility and keep pride far from us.  Help us to be quick to listen and slow to judge; and both with wisdom.  Amen!

James 1:19-21. . . . Know this, my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God.  Therefore put away all filthiness and rank growth of wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 

WHAT MORE DO WE REALLY NEED!

2-17-2016. . . .WHAT MORE DO WE REALLY NEED!

"But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and has made the Lord his hope and confidence.  He is like a tree planted along a riverbank, with its roots reaching deep into the water-a tree not bothered by the heat nor worried by long months of drought. Its leaves stay green, and it goes right on producing all its luscious fruit." (Jer 17:7-8 TLB)  The Lord God is our resource and our recourse!  What more do we really need!

PRAYER: Lord, you are our everything.  Our hope and confidence is in you alone.   All other needs are artificially manufactured. In you we are satisfied.  Amen! 

Ps 40:4. . . .Many blessings are given to those who trust the Lord and have no confidence in those who are proud or who trust in idols. TLB

RELEASED!

2-16-2016. . . .RELEASED!

"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." (Rom 8:1 KJV)  Imagine for a moment being incarcerated and suddenly, someone comes and tells you, you have been released under the condition, you must continue to walk in freedom and never return to this prison.  What prisoner in their right mind wouldn't accept such a release?  Exactly....the answer is obvious!  Having been released from the influence of our old nature and the condemnation of sin, what believer would opt to return to prison.  Walk in freedom....we've been released!

PRAYER: Lord, thank your giving us freedom and release from the condemnation  of sin and the influence of our old nature.  Help us Holy Spirit to follow your lead down freedom's path. Amen!

Gal 5:1. . . . Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. KJV