Honoring Christ with a life of holiness
Father,
May I set my heart and mind on things above this week in my attitude and actions. As one of your chosen people, holy and dearly loved, may I clothe myself with:
~ compassion
~ kindness
~ humility
~ gentleness
~ patience
~ bearing with one another
~ having a forgiving spirit
May I put on love because it binds all this together in perfect unity. Let the peace and Word of Christ dwell in me richly this week. Give me opportunities to teach and admonish those You bring in my life with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in my heart to You.
In whatever I do this week, may I work at it with all my heart as working for You not men.
Colossians 3:1-2, 12-16, 20
Monday, August 29, 2016
Monday, February 29, 2016
Encouragement . . . for the Journey 2016
Experiencing true Peace
You will keep in perfect peace him (ALL) who fix their eyes on You. Isaiah 26:3
Father, today may we:
~ Gaze on Your beauty (Psalm 27:4)
~ Trust in You completely (Isaiah 26:4)
~ Rest in Your love (Psalm 33:22)
~ Delight in the JOY of Your presence (Psalm 16:11)
~ Persevere in Your power and strength (Psalm 68:35)
~ Embrace Your peace (Colossians 3:15, Philippians 4:7-9)
You will keep in perfect peace him (ALL) who fix their eyes on You. Isaiah 26:3
Father, today may we:
~ Gaze on Your beauty (Psalm 27:4)
~ Trust in You completely (Isaiah 26:4)
~ Rest in Your love (Psalm 33:22)
~ Delight in the JOY of Your presence (Psalm 16:11)
~ Persevere in Your power and strength (Psalm 68:35)
~ Embrace Your peace (Colossians 3:15, Philippians 4:7-9)
You WILL keep in perfect peace
him (ALL)
who fix their eyes on
YOU!!!
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Encouragement . . . for the Journey 2016
Winters of your life
Sometimes the winter months, more than any time of the year, can pull us down. Lots of gray, cloudy days and cold temperatures leave us longing for the bright sunshine and warmth of spring and the heat of summer.
Our circumstances can do the same. We often feel as if the winter of our life will never go away. In Psalms 42 and 43, in his honesty, the psalmist obviously felt the same way.
Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
He was giving in to his circumstances and allowing the weight of his situation to define who he was and him pull him down. (see Psalm 139) It left him feeling,
-- depressed
-- forgotten
-- sad
-- oppressed
-- unable to physically function
This was the same psalmist who used to go to the house of the Lord and praise Him with other believers. His soul was hungry and longing for that fellowship with God and other believers. Yet he made the choice to let his circumstances hold him captive and keep him away from the very thing he loved the most ~ leaving him joyless and unproductive in his walk with the Lord.
We do the same thing, don't we? More often than not, we choose to surrender to our circumstances, giving into our feelings rather than embracing the Truth of God's Word. The good news is that we don't have to stay this way. The Psalmist clearly goes on to tells us what to do in our dilemma. He gives us the perfect recipe for the winter of our life.
Put your hope in God, for
I will yet praise Him,
my Savior and my God.
Praise helps us focus on the greatness of our God!!! Even though circumstance may or may not change, our attitude towards our circumstance will. Choose to remember His faithfulness and praise Him that:
-- He is your Hope
-- He is your Savior
-- He is your Strength
Sometimes the winter months, more than any time of the year, can pull us down. Lots of gray, cloudy days and cold temperatures leave us longing for the bright sunshine and warmth of spring and the heat of summer.
Our circumstances can do the same. We often feel as if the winter of our life will never go away. In Psalms 42 and 43, in his honesty, the psalmist obviously felt the same way.
Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
He was giving in to his circumstances and allowing the weight of his situation to define who he was and him pull him down. (see Psalm 139) It left him feeling,
-- depressed
-- forgotten
-- sad
-- oppressed
-- unable to physically function
This was the same psalmist who used to go to the house of the Lord and praise Him with other believers. His soul was hungry and longing for that fellowship with God and other believers. Yet he made the choice to let his circumstances hold him captive and keep him away from the very thing he loved the most ~ leaving him joyless and unproductive in his walk with the Lord.
We do the same thing, don't we? More often than not, we choose to surrender to our circumstances, giving into our feelings rather than embracing the Truth of God's Word. The good news is that we don't have to stay this way. The Psalmist clearly goes on to tells us what to do in our dilemma. He gives us the perfect recipe for the winter of our life.
Put your hope in God, for
I will yet praise Him,
my Savior and my God.
Praise helps us focus on the greatness of our God!!! Even though circumstance may or may not change, our attitude towards our circumstance will. Choose to remember His faithfulness and praise Him that:
-- He is your Hope
-- He is your Savior
-- He is your Strength
. . . I will remember You.
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