September 30, 2016

Prayer:

      Luke 11:1 
And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

Jesus’ disciples observed that Jesus prayed and prayed often. They also observed that He received answers to His prayers. They finally asked Jesus to teach them to pray also. Jesus response to them is what has been labeled “The Lord’s Prayer”. There is so much we can learn from this passage. We will take it one phrase at a time. One more general thought as we begin is that as we pray we must understand that we only see what is immediately around us, while God sees the BIG picture, the WHOLE picture, the FUTURE picture. We think we know best when actually it is GOD who knows BEST! Let’s open our hearts to learn and become more effective in our praying!

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September 29, 2016

Prayer:

      Luke 11:1 
And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

It has been said that as we pray, prayer changes us. That is true. But prayer is more than that. It is the vehicle God has chosen to bring heaven’s answers into our lives and the lives of those around us. Unfortunately, we have a warped idea that God should just zap His answers and His will into our lives and our loved ones lives. That is not what we find in scripture. God has given all of us a free will and He does NOT VIOLATE our free will. Prayer is an awesome sacred privilege! We do not HAVE to pray we GET to pray!

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September 28, 2016

     
Prayer

     
      Luke 11:1 
And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

We are going to start a series of devotional thoughts on the topic of Prayer. I know we often cringe when we read that. J Prayer, however, is a PRIVILEGE we get to do and NOT a DUTY that we need to PERFORM. That thought right there can change our praying forever! Jesus did not say “unless you pray a certain amount of time each day you are out of my favor” Rather, He invited us into His Father’s throne room and gave us this amazing privilege to have the same access to God His Father as He does! If that does not blow you away, I don’t know what will! When we perceive prayer as an awesome privilege instead of a dreadful obligation it is life-changing! Prayer is not only a privilege but a full-blown benefit!

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September 27, 2016

The Promises of God:

"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin" (2 Chronicles 7:14).

Another promise of God's mercy - we are bombarded with messages that God is NOT merciful by a media that does not KNOW GOD! Manasseh was a King of Israel that reigned for a very long time and did enormous amount of wickedness but when he heard God's judgment pronounced he humbled his heart and God heard him and held off the judgment until after his lifetime! What amazing MERCY! Remember HIS mercy is towards you today and HIS MERCY endures forever!!!

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September 26, 2016

The Promises of God:

"The LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him" (2 Chronicles 30:9).

What a comfort that God is merciful - along with all the other things He is - we would be in big trouble without His abundant MERCY! If you find yourself in need of His mercy today - go to Him - He is waiting for you!

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September 25, 2016

The Promises of God:

"And there shall be no more curse" (Revelation 22:3).

"The LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended" (Isaiah 60:20).

"Treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal" (Matthew 6:20).

"God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away" (Revelation 21:4).

The promise of heave is REAL - we're on our way home - there are a lot of things we DO know about heaven. It is easy in the daily day to day grind to forget that we are on our way HOME! This world is not our home - we just camping out here for a short time! Hallelujah!

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September 24, 2016

The Promises of God:

"Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him"
 (1 Corinthians 2:9).

There's MORE immeasurably MORE! The question is do we want it?

"We can only see a little of the ocean

Just a few miles distant from the rocky shore

But out there - far beyond our eyes' horizon

There's more - immeasurably more."

"We can only see a little of God's loving

A few rich treasures from His mighty store

But out there - far beyond our eyes' horizon

There's more - immeasurably more."

~~Springs in the Valley

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