Who Will You Choose Today? God or The World?
Joshua said choose today who you will serve and then he declared that he chooses to follow the Lord, to serve the Lord, to live for the Lord. (Joshua 24:15) This decision is not one you can defer. A failure to choose to follow Jesus is a choice not to follow Jesus. There is no […]
Morning Prayers
Praise you O Lord for you have given us this new day, may we live today with our eyes on Jesus – seeking to follow him in all things and seeking to love God – Father, Son, Holy Spirit, above all else and love our neighbors as ourselves – especially the most difficult neighbor. Forgive […]
Evening Prayers
Bless the Lord O our souls, worship your holy name. Lord, as we review our day, we confess that we have not loved you today with all our heart, soul and mind and we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves – we confess that we have been self-centered, selfish, and we have not opened […]
Evening Prayer
Lord, by your grace, we thank you for the day you gave us And for keeping us safe through the day and now we pray For you to keep us through the night – help us to be at peace In our hearts as we lay down to rest and then may we meditate on […]
Marked by Jesus Christ?
“Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.” (Romans 12:9, ESV) In Romans Chapter 12, God’s Word to us starts off telling us that we should give ourselves fully to the Lord; and, that we should not be shaped by the world but be changed (transformed) by the renewing […]
Who Will You Offend Today? God or The World?
This is an unavoidable daily reality for every one of us – we will either please God or please the world – here is how God says it: “You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes […]
Morning Prayers
Lord, as this new day starts I am so blessed for you to have shown me yet once again it is not that I must see what you are doing – for much of what you have done – in creation and since that has been done outside the eyes of man – it is […]
Evening Prayer
Father, at the close of another day of life you have blessed us with we fall down before you and say thank you Lord, thank you for bringing us into this day and through it – what a gift this has been – how gracious are you O Lord our God – help us to […]
EMANCIPATION PRAYER
“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” (John 8:36, ESV) Lord, help me in my weakness to see the areas where I am enslaved by my old person – by the ruler of this dark world and may I no longer submit to slavery but to the freedom that is […]
Walking In Newness of Life in Christ Jesus
NO! We were cleansed to be vessels of honor in service to the Lord our God. This is not mostly about me / you / us – this is about Him. Lord help each one of us to walk in the newness of life that is ours in Christ Jesus To walk in the new […]