Take on the Day
and are ready to face and praise another week. Maggie
This morning when I wakened and saw the sun above,
I softly said, "Good morning, Lord, Bless everyone I love."
Right away I thought of you and said a loving prayer,
That He would bless you specially, and keep you free from care.
I thought of all the happiness a day could hold in store,
I wished it all for you because no one deserves it more.
I felt so warm and good inside, my heart was all aglow.
I know God heard my prayers for you, He hears them all, you know.
Brag on God
We're to live in hope. We're to rejoice. So, when Satan comes to steal your victory and tell you that God is not going to help you this time, you just think on the Word of God and start rejoicing. Rejoice that you're in Him. Rejoice that heaven is your home. Rejoice that greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. Rejoice. Brag on God today. The devil can't stand it!
"Be steadfast and patient in suffering and tribulation...." Tribulation means "being under pressure." When pressure comes, don't cave in. Don't faint. Instead, go to the throne of grace. Go boldly in the Name of Jesus and get the help you need.
Remember this: When things get hard isn't when you let go of the Word. That's when you double up on it. That's when you are "constant in prayer" so that you are unmovable.
Rejoice. Be patient under pressure. Be constant in prayer. The devil won't be able to steal one thing from you!
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CBN.com – What kind of life is so satisfying? We usually think that if we make a difference in this world that our life will have meaning and purpose. That is good and true. However, it is not that we did our job well, as important as it is. It is also not that we helped someone, which is really important, that makes us feel so special. This still isn't total fulfillment. Do you know what is? It is when we please our Father in heaven in WHATEVER we say or do. Our purpose in life is to glorify our Father God.
Did we pray and have fellowship with the Lord today? Did we read His Word and gain insight for our spiritual walk? If we didn't, we will not grow in the things of the Lord. If we are not drinking from the river of Life, which is Jesus, then we won't be of much use to anyone or ourselves.
There was a message in our chapel and the minister exhorted us by asking, "Are you Thirsty? Are you Empty?" We all need to be refreshed in the Lord whether we are a new Christian or one that has walked in Christianity for a while. Even if we are in the five-fold ministry (apostle, prophet, pastor, teacher, and evangelist), we all need more of the Lord.
"My inner self thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?"(Psalm 42:2).
I was reminded of the song, Fill My Cup Lord. I decided not to hold up a cup like the song says, "Fill my cup Lord, I lift it up Lord, come and quench this thirsting of my soul." I decided to hold up a BUCKET! I want to be filled up, spilled out and overflowing. I don't want any more dryness and emptiness. I will not continue going through the motions of being a Christian. Let me be like a child in the rain running and laughing and feeling refreshed.
"Oh God, You are my God, earnestly will I seek you; my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint for You, in a dry and weary land where no water is" (Psalm 63:1).
"I spread forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts after You like a thirsty land [for water]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!" (Psalm 143:6, Amplified Bible).
We had a storm about a week ago. My son, who is 35 years old, is a very mature, serious, yet fun loving guy. He put on some shorts and an old shirt and ran outside. He let the rain pour all over him. When I walked in the kitchen, he came in with a towel and said, "That sure felt refreshing!" He was dripping wet. I mean really drenched! What we do in the natural, like getting soaked in the rain, we need to do in the spiritual realm. We need to be refreshed, revived and filled up if we are to minister to the Lord, to others, and to ourselves.
Let's go to the River of God by spending good quiet time with Him. Let's drink until we are full. Jesus said that if we are thirsty, He alone could satisfy the deepest longing of our souls.
"Jesus answered, …but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life" (John 4:13-14).
- By Cathy Irvin, Staff Writer
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