Posts Tagged ‘self examination’
NEW LIFE – A MONTH OF VERSES: JANUARY 24, 2017
Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
VERSE: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter”.(Matthew 7:21)
EQUATION: A person + Not born again in this Life = Eternally Separated from God on Judgment Day
PRAYER: Oh great God and Father in Heaven, Who has given ALL men the means by which we must be saved, we cry out right now, first on our own behalf, that we are 100% right with You, that our sins are forgiven and that we have been accepted into the Family of God through accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Master of our lives. We pray now, for those who have deluded themselves their entire lives, and we pray that they, while there is still breath in their bodies, that they come to a realization of their lost estate before You. Lord we pray they have that moment, or they may even encounter someone who will cause a pause for reflection that if they were to stand before You and You would ask them “why they should be let into Heaven”, that the right answer will be given. Father, so many people think they are Christians or going to Heaven, because they prayed a sinner’s prayer or went to church on Christmas Day or that they were born in a certain country. Open their eyes Lord! Open their dark hearts that they may see themselves as they truly are, before it is too late for them and bring their first awakening of the spirit in the inner man, that leads to repentance and acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and ruler of their lives. We pray and cry out right now, in His Precious and Holy Name, amen and amen.
NEW LIFE – A MONTH OF VERSES: JANUARY 13, 2017
Friday, January 13th, 2017
VERSE: “Righteous are You, O LORD, that I would plead my case with You; Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You: Why has the way of the wicked prospered? Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease?”(Jeremiah 12:1)
FORMULA: If God chooses that some prosper, then let it be of no concern to us.
ACTION: Even in a fallen world, the grace of the Good Lord falls on the Just (Christians) AND the unjust (the majority of the Lost and dying world). From the beginning of time, evil men (and women) have prospered and become even wealthier than the people of Yahweh, who most times scratch and claw for a living. Our role – to accept what God has given us, to strive to do better without sinning against Him and our fellow man and finally to TRUST HIM completely for even the parking spot we lose at the top of the line at the grocery store parking lot.
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, we know that YOUR ways are not our ways. We know that You work all things to those who love God and follow You, in full trust and obedience. Lord we cannot explain why bad people seem to be the wealthiest, and loudest and even the most obnoxious, but help us to be like the Apostle Paul, our role model. He knew what was like to be hungry, cold, poor and persecuted and at times, he was well fed and warm. In all things, Paul trusted fully in You, seeing the reward ahead and the true riches of Christ which are not of this world. We know You will deal righteously as Jesus said of the rich man who was in hell while the beggar Lazarus was in paradise. He was not in hell because he was rich, but because he lived his own way all his life, ignoring You. Lord help us to understand this day that the best thing we can do is pay attention to our own souls and those around us, and then let You, our one True God of Heaven and Earth, take care of the rest, in Jesus’ Strong Name, amen.