February 13 2019

Today’s Prayer


For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:14-21

My prayer for you today: 
That through the riches of the glory of Christ you would be strengthened. 
That you would understand how much you are loved. 
That you would be open to allow God to fill you up! 
That you would know without a doubt that God is able to do abundantly above all that we think and can imagine.  
That you would remember that it is His power working in us! 
Go forth and take on the world, loving them with the love of Christ!

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February 12 2019

Rejoice

This is the day the LORD has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 20:5

Rejoice=giyl =to leap for joy, to rejoice, to spin round, to be glad or joyful.  
Rejoicing is an active word.  It doesn’t mean to smile and say “I’m so happy”. 
It means to outwardly show your joy by leaping and spinning. 
Rejoicing doesn’t happen inwardly where no one can see it, it happens outwardly for all to see.  
We often quote this verse, but do so in a fairly noncommittal and monotone voice.  
This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.  
When in reality, it calls for some excitement. 
This is a new day.  
We are alive! 
The sun is shining and the day is full of possibility. 
That calls for some shouting and leaping, don’t you think? 
Don’t get caught up in the same ole, same ole.  
Get excited about the day ahead of you and see how it changes your perspective on things!

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February 11 2019

The Beginning


In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Genesis 1:1-2

In the beginning the Spirt of God hovered over the waters – hover= rachaph-to be moved, affected, especially with the feeling of tender love, hence to cherish.
The Spirit of God hovers over us today in the same way, over every new beginning, whether it is a new day, a new week or a new start.  
Monday’s can be a challenge for many of us.  
Back to work after a weekend where we may or may not have done all the things on our to- do list, especially the “relaxing part”. 
A return to the routine where we don’t seem to have enough hours in the days or days in the week to accomplish the things we feel we need to accomplish.  
But when we think about the fact that the Spirit of God hovers over even our Mondays, tenderly, cherishing both us and all the things that Monday’s represent in our lives, that could change the perspective a bit.  
Monday’s are a new beginning. 
And perhaps if we looked at them more like new beginnings rather than a return to the same ole, same ole, we could get more excited about them.  
Would it be possible to begin to look at them tenderly, cherish them as new and exciting and filled with potential? 
Let’s work on that this week!

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