Ephesians 4: 30 - 32
"And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption, get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as Christ God forgave you."
In life we all experience different kinds of pains, while living and growing up in your parents house it is normal things that takes place. Then you start your own adult life and people start to disappoint you. You find that people tend to lie and gossip and they are saying hurtful things about you.
Before you know it you are tending a garden filled with bitterness, growing your rage and anger, and out of these couple of fruits brawling and slander obviously sneaks in. Its not long before there are signs of all kinds of malice growing too.
The first signs of becoming bitter is when you cannot drop something, a friend, husband or relative has done. You just cannot believe these things can happen, now it starts to take root and you keep feeding on it. Going back to the day something happened, you keep nursing it and before long you have grown a tree of bitterness, the best part is the rest follows suit as it all started with that little seed.
It is my hearts desire to get rid of any bitterness I may have in my own life and I pray the Holy Spirit of God will come and show me what I should be confessing. Do yourself a favor and do some in-depth soul searching and see what you need to confess to become Holy and pure before the Lord today.
Holy Spirit I pray that each person reading this devotional today will look into their own hearts and find the seeds and trees that are clouding their minds. Praying and confessing it aloud and asking for forgiveness in the most wonderful name in this world, Jesus Christ. Amen
You are a blessing to me, may the Lord Jesus Bless You today!
"May the best day of your past Be the worst day of your future." My Dad always wished me this Irish Blessing and I want it to matter today and every other day in my life.
Sunday 11 October 2015
Wednesday 7 October 2015
Pray for your Pastor
Ephesians 6: 19 (AMP)
19 And [pray] also for me, that [freedom of]
utterance may be given me, that I may open my mouth to proclaim boldly the
mystery of the good news (the Gospel),
Paul
asks the believers in Ephesus to “Pray
for me, that freedom of utterance may be given me, that I may open my mouth to
proclaim boldly the mystery of the good news ~ the Gospel.”
Do
you ever think of praying for your Pastor?
I never thought about it until our Pastor asked the congregation to
please pray for him.
As
time went by a couple of old people were praying for our Pastor. He mentioned that he felt his preaching was
made a little easier. The Pastor then
asked that the congregation come to church during the week and pray for our
church as well as for the Pastor.
Prayer Father God we pray that
our Pastors will have the freedom of utterance to open their mouths in
proclaiming boldly the mysteries of the good news to us and the world. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen!
Tuesday 6 October 2015
The Secret of the Lord
Psalm 25:14 (AMP)
14 The secret [of
the sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear (revere and
worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them its [deep, inner] meaning.
My BFF (Best Friend Forever) normally is in on all my
secrets, how I feel, if I’m sad and when I’m really happy. The thing to think about is do you only go to
the LORD your God with all your sad secrets?
Or do you take the good things that happen to you, and share them with
the LORD?
Can you too come to the Lord Jesus in prayer and say
“Lord Jesus; Your will be done.” Yes, you can when you have a relationship with
the Lord. By trusting that the Lord
Jesus will help you in everything you do.
Prayer Thank You Lord, it amazes me when You
answer so many of my little desires, without my even asking. Lord thank You for You loving kindness and
companionship in my life. In the Holy
Name of Jesus, Amen!
Monday 5 October 2015
Sharing
Proverbs 23:7 (NIV)
7 for he is the kind of person
who is always thinking about the cost.
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
who is always thinking about the cost.
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
The gift
of hospitality isn’t always present in all people. I have been to see people that begrudgingly
will pour you a glass of water. There
whole demeanor shows they really don’t want you to have this water.
Help me
never to become the person that has a heart that is not with others. Help me to give as much as I can and
more. Sharing is caring so I’m told.
Prayer
Abba
Father thank You for the hospitable people You placed in my life, people who
teach me to be a cheerful giver, in the name of Jesus. Amen
Sunday 4 October 2015
Praying to keep silent !!!
Colossians 1:11 - 12 (AMP)
11 [We pray] that
you may be invigorated and strengthened
with all power according to the might of His glory, [to exercise] every kind of
endurance and patience (perseverance and forbearance) with joy, 12 Giving
thanks to the Father, Who has qualified and made us fit to share the portion which is
the inheritance of the saints (God’s holy people) in the Light.
As Christians we
are reminded by Paul and Timothy in Colossians to pray for the Holy Spirit to
invigorate and strengthen us with all power according to the might of God’s
glory. To exercise forbearance and
patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified and made us
fit to share the portion which is the inheritance of God’s holy people in the
Light.
Prayer Today Lord help me through the Holy Spirit to
show and teach me how to become invigorated and strengthened with all the power
according to the might of God’s glory. Teach
me to make this part of our daily prayer so that we see how the Father will
qualify and equip us for today, in Jesus Name, Amen!
Which way LORD?
Psalm 32:8 (AMP)
8 I [the Lord] will
instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you
with My eye upon you.
In life we need guidance
and we want to sort of know that we are on the right ‘track’. So now we read in scripture ‘The Lord will
instruct us and teach us’.
How do we know we are
getting in line with what God wants from us?
Firstly I believe we need to get down to basics, we need to spend time
in God’s word. The only way to know what
God wants of us is to keep our quiet time with God. Reading our Bibles, keep a journal and praying
and mediating on the Word of God.
We know that we can speak
to God any time of the day or night the thing is; are we prepared to put in the
time to spend in HIS presence? In
spending time in the Word we learn more of God and it gives us the opportunity
to hear the Holy Spirit. We start to
open the line between us and God. The
Holy Spirit moves over our lives and we just come into line with what God wants
for us.
Prayer Lord please
bear with us and please instruct us and teach each one of us the way You want
us to go. We are asking YOU Lord Jesus
for Your counsel and please keep Your eyes upon each one of us. Amen!
Attitude
Colossians 4:6Amplified Bible (AMP)
6 Let your speech
at all times be gracious (pleasant and winsome), seasoned [as it were] with
salt, [so that you may never be at a loss] to know how you ought to answer
anyone [who puts a question to you].
These
days it’s very clear people say and do as they please, never keeping in mind
that what they say might offend or hurt others.
We
are reminded to be pleasant and winsome, our words should be seasoned with
salt. We also need to keep in mind that
when we are asked a question that we would know how to answer it.
As
you step into your Managers office this morning with your excellent idea, think
of what you want him or her to hear.
Keeping a good attitude will help you ‘ace’ the deal.
People
are fickle and you and I know that, so when someone makes you angry remember
Colossians 4: 6 today.
Prayer Lord Jesus help me be gracious in my speech
today, let it be seasoned with salt and help me to know how to answer people
that ask me any questions. Thank You
Lord, Amen!
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