Scripture:
Revelation 3:16 "So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth."(NASB)
Observation:
Bluntly stated, being lukewarm, God will spit you out from his mouth. Can it get any more direct then that. We speak and praise of God's glory yet we do not practice and live up to his commandment. Hence we are lukewarm. Life cannot be something for God and sometimes not for God. It has only one direction, that is for God. We cannot have selective hearing or selective actions of God's work. God see right through us, so we cannot sneak in here and there thinking we please God. If we are true servant of God, we need to drop and live for God and God alone. Open our ears, and practice the message God gives. Once we find refuge in God, he will reward us abundance which we cannot even comprehend. God is coming, and in the meantime, don't stall our self from serving God, and fulfilling his grace. Don't put yourself in between of lukewarm, but embrace to love God and live for God. This awesome example of what so called "Christian" do, perfection example will amplify the actions and words of my aunts and uncles and their daughter Amy... How so confused they are as individuals, to be name calling, and extorting lies after lies.. and yet Sunday come or anyone comes along, praise God and thank God. God doesn't accept thanks when your heart has wrong motive, and that will be the case with my aunts and uncles, their heart is set for greed, money, and power and yet they praise with that filthy heart. That cannot be justify in any ways...
Application:
Just like when we drink a hot tea / coffee, and if it is lukewarm you cannot enjoy the flavor or savour on the taste of the tea or coffee.. It's a lot like you want to spit it out. That is how God feel about us. When we become selective of our actions and how we want to serve God, he is not pleased and he will detest it by spitting out. I need to work to be a that warm / hot cup of tea or coffee which God will enjoy every sip and savour on it. I need to be relentless, let down my guard and comfort, and reach out for God's work. My life in this world is temporary and to have the eternal life with our Savior, I need to scrub and work from bottom up... I need to let God show and lead the direction he wants, and let down my guard and fear. In the meantime, rely on his plan and directions, and be glorified in his plans. For he will not forsake me nor lead me in a direction which he will not be part of. He will always be there. All I can say is don't be like my aunts and uncle and their daughter Amy.. Be opposite of who they portray... God has provided those amazing examples so that I will detour my path in that direction. Trust God's plans and judgements. Trust he will provide and lead.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank you for loving me. Thank you for loving suck a lukewarm individual like me. I don't deserve your love or blessing, but Father you have chosen me for reason. Father help me to fulfil your plans and stir my lukewarm heart, to trust you and be restless and rely on you and your master plan. Father mold my heart and me to be fearless to strive for your work.
8/24/2011 - LJ "Testify his love"
Scripture:
1 John 5:11 "And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son." (NASB)
Observation:
God gave up his Son for the testimony of his existence and faith. If we believe in our heart that God is his Son and his Son is God, then we should love unconditionally other children of God. We live because of Gods testimony, Spirit, the baptism and Crucifixion. If we refuse to believe his Son, then we are liars and that means we do not believe in God. Bluntly said, there is never a partial in this world, its all or nothing. You can't say you believe God yet we do not live up to his commandment and expectation. All the children in this world is child of God, and if we love God than we should love his children. Display God's testimony and live my his testimony, which in return God will provide us eternal life, that is what he have done, give us eternal life through his Son.
Application:
Live for the one and only, don't let myself get suck into illusion of what this world portray. God's word and faith is only way to eternal life. We have already received eternal life so many times, but yet we do not recognize it and we abuse it. Start from learning to open my heart and give unbias and unambiguous love unto others. God is the healer and he will heal, so open my hearts to accepting those who have done wrong. Once that acceptance is lived, then let God enter and allow me to show compassion and love unto those individuals.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, heal my heart and open my heart to listen and allow you to enter. Let my heart be renewed. Father it is so hard to love and be kind, but Father I ask for your help, that I may seek and share your testimony and practice love that you have pour onto me unconditionally. Father use me to be your tool to reach out to others. Let me be a set of example for the servant that you laid out to be. Father I thank you and love you, in your holy name amen.
1 John 5:11 "And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son." (NASB)
Observation:
God gave up his Son for the testimony of his existence and faith. If we believe in our heart that God is his Son and his Son is God, then we should love unconditionally other children of God. We live because of Gods testimony, Spirit, the baptism and Crucifixion. If we refuse to believe his Son, then we are liars and that means we do not believe in God. Bluntly said, there is never a partial in this world, its all or nothing. You can't say you believe God yet we do not live up to his commandment and expectation. All the children in this world is child of God, and if we love God than we should love his children. Display God's testimony and live my his testimony, which in return God will provide us eternal life, that is what he have done, give us eternal life through his Son.
Application:
Live for the one and only, don't let myself get suck into illusion of what this world portray. God's word and faith is only way to eternal life. We have already received eternal life so many times, but yet we do not recognize it and we abuse it. Start from learning to open my heart and give unbias and unambiguous love unto others. God is the healer and he will heal, so open my hearts to accepting those who have done wrong. Once that acceptance is lived, then let God enter and allow me to show compassion and love unto those individuals.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, heal my heart and open my heart to listen and allow you to enter. Let my heart be renewed. Father it is so hard to love and be kind, but Father I ask for your help, that I may seek and share your testimony and practice love that you have pour onto me unconditionally. Father use me to be your tool to reach out to others. Let me be a set of example for the servant that you laid out to be. Father I thank you and love you, in your holy name amen.
8/23/2011 - LJ "Commit to Love"
Scripture:
1 John 4:20 "If someone says, "I love God," and hate his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen." (NASB)
Observation:
John shows how to love. He goes to express that love is God, God is love. Therefore if we don't love one another, how do we know God and have that intimate relationship with God. We don't see God but God lives in us, his love is so deeply rooted in us. God's love is complete only when we love one another like God had loved us to sacrifice his only son who had shed blood and died on the cross for our sins. Don't let fears consume us to love one another, to understand total love of God, whom we cannot see, we need to start loving the one we do see daily. Just by boasting we love God when we cannot love our brothers and sisters who we see daily doesn't know God and that life is consumption of darkness and lie.
Application:
Learn to forgive those in direct relationship with me. Starting with my uncles, aunts and cousins (Amy) who have done so much hurt and lies for the sake of their benefit. Especially forgive my past and past relationship. Whether old friends and current friends, stir my heart to forgive as God has forgiven me by sacrificing his son. God doesn't ask us an arm and a leg as a sacrifice of forgiving others, he only ask us to resemble his love onto others. To do that I need to learn to forgive and progress onto loving them as God has love me a sinner and not a greatest investment he made and more of liability, but above all he took that chance and risk with me hence I should too as opening to find peace through forgiveness and love, I have nothing to lose.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, stir my heart to release that fear and anger, and reach to forgive those within my family and past relationship. Regardless the pain, Father you are healer and doer, Father God, heal me and consume my pain and consume me with your love that I may spread that love onto those. Father show me how to forgive and love those, as you have shown and showered me with consistent love and blessing. In your holy name. Amen.
1 John 4:20 "If someone says, "I love God," and hate his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen." (NASB)
Observation:
John shows how to love. He goes to express that love is God, God is love. Therefore if we don't love one another, how do we know God and have that intimate relationship with God. We don't see God but God lives in us, his love is so deeply rooted in us. God's love is complete only when we love one another like God had loved us to sacrifice his only son who had shed blood and died on the cross for our sins. Don't let fears consume us to love one another, to understand total love of God, whom we cannot see, we need to start loving the one we do see daily. Just by boasting we love God when we cannot love our brothers and sisters who we see daily doesn't know God and that life is consumption of darkness and lie.
Application:
Learn to forgive those in direct relationship with me. Starting with my uncles, aunts and cousins (Amy) who have done so much hurt and lies for the sake of their benefit. Especially forgive my past and past relationship. Whether old friends and current friends, stir my heart to forgive as God has forgiven me by sacrificing his son. God doesn't ask us an arm and a leg as a sacrifice of forgiving others, he only ask us to resemble his love onto others. To do that I need to learn to forgive and progress onto loving them as God has love me a sinner and not a greatest investment he made and more of liability, but above all he took that chance and risk with me hence I should too as opening to find peace through forgiveness and love, I have nothing to lose.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, stir my heart to release that fear and anger, and reach to forgive those within my family and past relationship. Regardless the pain, Father you are healer and doer, Father God, heal me and consume my pain and consume me with your love that I may spread that love onto those. Father show me how to forgive and love those, as you have shown and showered me with consistent love and blessing. In your holy name. Amen.
8/20/2011 - LJ "Ask and you will recieve"
Scripture:
1 John 1: 9 "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteous." (NASB)
Observation:
When we accept the light and walk in the path towards the light our sins are cleanse as we seek for his righteousness. When we repent and sincerely seek the light of his way God will give us righteous path to walk towards and to cleanses our sins. Word of light and truth is the path to eternal life, as humans we are never perfect and if we continue to play the innocent and pile on lies after lies to make our self believe we are not sinner, that life is consumed of illusion when in fact darkness has consumed and have not seen the blood of sacrifice. When we far ourselves from reality and do not confess in rightful heart, then God will not pity you nor forsake you.
Application:
I need to relinquish myself from that heavy burden that my actions does not allow God's forgiveness. Regardless how much I repent I still feel the heavy burden that I do not deserve his righteousness. Don't let the Satan consume my emotions which can lead me to walk far from the Lord. Continue daily to speak with the Lord, and Lord will speak to me and guide me in ways to effectively speak to God and hear his answers to my prayer that I may not doubt and feel lost with the emotions of undeserving God's love.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, I come to you in bended knee and ask for your forgiveness. I ask for your righteousness and your spirit to work and mold me in the example image of Christian servant you want me to be. Father help me to listen to you and speak to you in effective ways that you will pleasing to you. Let my prayers not be focus of me, but be filled with prayer of lifting and praising of your blessing and seeking to be your rightful servant. Father cleanse me and forgive me, and guide me that I may repeat my sinister actions but to learn and mature from this. Amen.
1 John 1: 9 "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteous." (NASB)
Observation:
When we accept the light and walk in the path towards the light our sins are cleanse as we seek for his righteousness. When we repent and sincerely seek the light of his way God will give us righteous path to walk towards and to cleanses our sins. Word of light and truth is the path to eternal life, as humans we are never perfect and if we continue to play the innocent and pile on lies after lies to make our self believe we are not sinner, that life is consumed of illusion when in fact darkness has consumed and have not seen the blood of sacrifice. When we far ourselves from reality and do not confess in rightful heart, then God will not pity you nor forsake you.
Application:
I need to relinquish myself from that heavy burden that my actions does not allow God's forgiveness. Regardless how much I repent I still feel the heavy burden that I do not deserve his righteousness. Don't let the Satan consume my emotions which can lead me to walk far from the Lord. Continue daily to speak with the Lord, and Lord will speak to me and guide me in ways to effectively speak to God and hear his answers to my prayer that I may not doubt and feel lost with the emotions of undeserving God's love.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, I come to you in bended knee and ask for your forgiveness. I ask for your righteousness and your spirit to work and mold me in the example image of Christian servant you want me to be. Father help me to listen to you and speak to you in effective ways that you will pleasing to you. Let my prayers not be focus of me, but be filled with prayer of lifting and praising of your blessing and seeking to be your rightful servant. Father cleanse me and forgive me, and guide me that I may repeat my sinister actions but to learn and mature from this. Amen.
8/16/2011 - LJ "Truth, nothing but the Truth so help me God"
Scripture:
John 18: 37 "Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.” (NASB)
Observation:
So Pilate ask our King if his is the real King. Pilate was put into predicament by the Jews of sentencing Jesus to the cross. Jesus answer yes to Pilate's question, that he is the king and his real reasons for being on this earth was to testify to the truth. Our God sacrifice his son to show us the light by bringing his son to the this world to forgive and wash the sins of so many, to share with so many what the eternal everlasting truth is. For those who want or seek to hear him will listen and hear his truth and see the truth. No matter what circumstances Jesus was faced with he never denied his existences and the truth. When we listen and obey his truth, God's mercy will be shown and he will bring so much Glory and joy upon us. But when we continue to deny him like the Jew, God will be hurt and the truth of him will be hidden, will be blocked from entering in you. God will despise the wicked, but he came to save the wicked and sinned, yet Jews wanted to condemn him to death, how ironic is that, Jews can't deliver, accept the truth, loosing authority and power amongst people that they will go so far of denying our God and his truth, when they preach of the truth.
Application:
There is saying "Truth but nothing but the truth so help me God." There is truth and truth comes from our God. To hear the truth open our hearts and listen to our God speaking to us. I had an incident where a friend came by and wanted to learn more about the Bible, and we had very candid discussion, he had open mind and respected what I had to offer. He wanted answer to contridicting portions in the Bible, he was confused yet he had some desire to hear the truth, but those around him who pretend to know is disguised by the truth, they do not want to hear the truth, or over cloud the truth. It is very difficult to get across that God word is the way of life, so if anyone want to hear the truth obey God's word. Not just go off and do whatever we wish and take control of. I myself, need to take leap of faith, and trust and pursue God's word and seek the truth but nothing but the truth so help me God indeed.
Prayer:
Heaven Father, mold me to be a reflection of your truth and that I may speak the truth of you and share your truth with others. My examples may help others to see through me and understand much of your love and find peace in word of truth. Father help me to live and strive to live in your example and in your word, walk with me through my struggles and educate me to be better person then I was yesterday.
John 18: 37 "Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.” (NASB)
Observation:
So Pilate ask our King if his is the real King. Pilate was put into predicament by the Jews of sentencing Jesus to the cross. Jesus answer yes to Pilate's question, that he is the king and his real reasons for being on this earth was to testify to the truth. Our God sacrifice his son to show us the light by bringing his son to the this world to forgive and wash the sins of so many, to share with so many what the eternal everlasting truth is. For those who want or seek to hear him will listen and hear his truth and see the truth. No matter what circumstances Jesus was faced with he never denied his existences and the truth. When we listen and obey his truth, God's mercy will be shown and he will bring so much Glory and joy upon us. But when we continue to deny him like the Jew, God will be hurt and the truth of him will be hidden, will be blocked from entering in you. God will despise the wicked, but he came to save the wicked and sinned, yet Jews wanted to condemn him to death, how ironic is that, Jews can't deliver, accept the truth, loosing authority and power amongst people that they will go so far of denying our God and his truth, when they preach of the truth.
Application:
There is saying "Truth but nothing but the truth so help me God." There is truth and truth comes from our God. To hear the truth open our hearts and listen to our God speaking to us. I had an incident where a friend came by and wanted to learn more about the Bible, and we had very candid discussion, he had open mind and respected what I had to offer. He wanted answer to contridicting portions in the Bible, he was confused yet he had some desire to hear the truth, but those around him who pretend to know is disguised by the truth, they do not want to hear the truth, or over cloud the truth. It is very difficult to get across that God word is the way of life, so if anyone want to hear the truth obey God's word. Not just go off and do whatever we wish and take control of. I myself, need to take leap of faith, and trust and pursue God's word and seek the truth but nothing but the truth so help me God indeed.
Prayer:
Heaven Father, mold me to be a reflection of your truth and that I may speak the truth of you and share your truth with others. My examples may help others to see through me and understand much of your love and find peace in word of truth. Father help me to live and strive to live in your example and in your word, walk with me through my struggles and educate me to be better person then I was yesterday.
8/11/2011 - LJ "Power of Glory"
Scripture:
John 13: 32 "If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glory Him immediately." (NASB)
Observation:
You would think how can you glorify yourself? The context of this verse would be if we find glory through Jesus Christ we can share with others, and the glorification of our God can be shared and passed along to others. When we glorify God, he will show his works of miracles and mercy upon us. When we learn to be like God, we can display the image of being his disciples and applications of his teaching. This can impact others to find salvation through God. God want us to be the tools of his glory and his mercy to impact others. When we boast of God's glory with others, God will glorify us with immediate effect on others.
Application:
Be relentless in doing deeds of what our God has taught us. Don't let all his teaching be sku, but embrace the teachings he has influenced on. Be fearless of doing graceful and merciful with others. God will work his hands to impact and bring positive outcome. In the meantime, bring glory amongst personal issues, with family, that will be a starting point to show glory and share glory of God with others.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, help me to glorify your name as you have brought much glory in my life. Father give me the strength to ensure peace and extend mercy onto others, as you have shown me.
John 13: 32 "If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glory Him immediately." (NASB)
Observation:
You would think how can you glorify yourself? The context of this verse would be if we find glory through Jesus Christ we can share with others, and the glorification of our God can be shared and passed along to others. When we glorify God, he will show his works of miracles and mercy upon us. When we learn to be like God, we can display the image of being his disciples and applications of his teaching. This can impact others to find salvation through God. God want us to be the tools of his glory and his mercy to impact others. When we boast of God's glory with others, God will glorify us with immediate effect on others.
Application:
Be relentless in doing deeds of what our God has taught us. Don't let all his teaching be sku, but embrace the teachings he has influenced on. Be fearless of doing graceful and merciful with others. God will work his hands to impact and bring positive outcome. In the meantime, bring glory amongst personal issues, with family, that will be a starting point to show glory and share glory of God with others.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, help me to glorify your name as you have brought much glory in my life. Father give me the strength to ensure peace and extend mercy onto others, as you have shown me.
8/7/2011 - LJ "I was blind now I see"
Scripture:
John 9:39 "And Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind."(NASB)
Observation:
Jesus has brought so much into this world, yet we are so blind sighted by his gift and splendid blessing because we are so caught up in our own world and darkness that we don't truly recognize his gift and his plan.
He selected every individuals to be his child of light and to live to be like his light. Yet, how often do we really truly focus our lives to fulfilling his will. My family relationship with my aunts / uncles and my parents. My aunts and uncles are so blind sighted with monetary greed, they have lost their purpose in this world. Though my uncles and aunts prophesied of being good christian, how can they call them "good christian" when they cannot live as God has laid bluntly to us. When they have lied after lied to victimize themselves how is that shinning any light? I see them falling deeper and deeper into darkness. Jesus came to this world for judgement, and he will judge for he know all the truth regardless how well you try to consume or cover yourself from the truth.
Let's be honest here we get so soaked into our own world and games of this world that we get deeper and deeper into the darkness, we forget about our Lord and throw him under the bus until something bad goes wrong in our life. Why do we deny his light? What has our God done to deserve such? We are to shine as long as we are saved, let our lights shine upon this world versus dimming our light. This doesn't mean doing devotion daily and blessing with prayer and then forget about our Lord. Routine will not help grow our light into this world. God has given us the wisdom to share his insights and love amongst with the world. We need to remind our self daily that we were blind but God has open our eyes. There is no other way to God's kingdom then opening our eyes and start shinning.
Application:
Open my eyes and embrace his will and his amazing light. My aunts and uncle and even their daughter put a great example of what God is speaking in John. My existence in this world is not to fight to get richer or be wealthy. Sacrifice and disgrace God's blessing by taking control to maximize my wealth or personal relationship. My existence is to share God's light and shine his light in this world has he has shone upon me. Lord didn't keep me blind for reason, this was so that I may resonate his word and light with others. My daily task should not interfere or distract my intimate time of sitting down with Lord. Everything in this world is blessing and Lord is the primary source of blessing. Without him, I do not have anything that I contain today. God is priority and he cannot be last thing in my daily task. God should not be a task, he should be everything and all things. My life should be circular motion of his shinning light. Let the life I live in this world speak the truth nothing but the truth.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank you for your blazing light upon me. Father help me to listen to your whisper of wisdom and help me to be doer of your words. Father help with my will power to be convicted and focus to reach out and work your will in this world that I may shine the light and share the light with the world.
John 9:39 "And Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind."(NASB)
Observation:
Jesus has brought so much into this world, yet we are so blind sighted by his gift and splendid blessing because we are so caught up in our own world and darkness that we don't truly recognize his gift and his plan.
He selected every individuals to be his child of light and to live to be like his light. Yet, how often do we really truly focus our lives to fulfilling his will. My family relationship with my aunts / uncles and my parents. My aunts and uncles are so blind sighted with monetary greed, they have lost their purpose in this world. Though my uncles and aunts prophesied of being good christian, how can they call them "good christian" when they cannot live as God has laid bluntly to us. When they have lied after lied to victimize themselves how is that shinning any light? I see them falling deeper and deeper into darkness. Jesus came to this world for judgement, and he will judge for he know all the truth regardless how well you try to consume or cover yourself from the truth.
Let's be honest here we get so soaked into our own world and games of this world that we get deeper and deeper into the darkness, we forget about our Lord and throw him under the bus until something bad goes wrong in our life. Why do we deny his light? What has our God done to deserve such? We are to shine as long as we are saved, let our lights shine upon this world versus dimming our light. This doesn't mean doing devotion daily and blessing with prayer and then forget about our Lord. Routine will not help grow our light into this world. God has given us the wisdom to share his insights and love amongst with the world. We need to remind our self daily that we were blind but God has open our eyes. There is no other way to God's kingdom then opening our eyes and start shinning.
Application:
Open my eyes and embrace his will and his amazing light. My aunts and uncle and even their daughter put a great example of what God is speaking in John. My existence in this world is not to fight to get richer or be wealthy. Sacrifice and disgrace God's blessing by taking control to maximize my wealth or personal relationship. My existence is to share God's light and shine his light in this world has he has shone upon me. Lord didn't keep me blind for reason, this was so that I may resonate his word and light with others. My daily task should not interfere or distract my intimate time of sitting down with Lord. Everything in this world is blessing and Lord is the primary source of blessing. Without him, I do not have anything that I contain today. God is priority and he cannot be last thing in my daily task. God should not be a task, he should be everything and all things. My life should be circular motion of his shinning light. Let the life I live in this world speak the truth nothing but the truth.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank you for your blazing light upon me. Father help me to listen to your whisper of wisdom and help me to be doer of your words. Father help with my will power to be convicted and focus to reach out and work your will in this world that I may shine the light and share the light with the world.
8/4/2011 - LJ "Bread of Life"
Scripture:
John 6: 27 "Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.” (NASB)
Observation:
It is obvious that our priority are set on the wrong things as we continue on with our life. We work too hard that we miss the primary target of what our work should be for. Jesus is speaking to us and spoon feeding us through his divine mentors in Book of John, that we need to reset our priorities. We consume so much of our daily energy to meet and live to the standard of what the others in this world has set for us. But this standards are artificial as this comes from the media, how enriching is that? We should continue to seek eternal life, seeking light of God. For God guarantee's that when we seek and we will be Spiritually nourished with everlasting life. We will always be full and content with this enrichment of his love and grace.
Application:
Putting "good work" might get you to your goal slowly. God gave us a job and daily task, which is part of his plan. But I am loosing the track of his plan, and I get soaked into the daily routines, of making my time of sitting by feet of the Lord is becoming part of my routine task too. This is just plain "good work" for immaterial to Jesus. I need address the question to myself what will I do with all energy and time? Will I work to be nourished and accepted by media or will I refocus my energy to be nourished with God's words and everlasting eternal life. Work myself and put my energy into spending intimate time to be nourished spiritually for I exist in this world for the cause of God, and listen to Jesus calling and do his will in this world.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, you have written this amazing book for my life, May I work to feed others of your grace as you have fed me with your love. Father may the life I live in this word be to influence others as you have influence me.
John 6: 27 "Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.” (NASB)
Observation:
It is obvious that our priority are set on the wrong things as we continue on with our life. We work too hard that we miss the primary target of what our work should be for. Jesus is speaking to us and spoon feeding us through his divine mentors in Book of John, that we need to reset our priorities. We consume so much of our daily energy to meet and live to the standard of what the others in this world has set for us. But this standards are artificial as this comes from the media, how enriching is that? We should continue to seek eternal life, seeking light of God. For God guarantee's that when we seek and we will be Spiritually nourished with everlasting life. We will always be full and content with this enrichment of his love and grace.
Application:
Putting "good work" might get you to your goal slowly. God gave us a job and daily task, which is part of his plan. But I am loosing the track of his plan, and I get soaked into the daily routines, of making my time of sitting by feet of the Lord is becoming part of my routine task too. This is just plain "good work" for immaterial to Jesus. I need address the question to myself what will I do with all energy and time? Will I work to be nourished and accepted by media or will I refocus my energy to be nourished with God's words and everlasting eternal life. Work myself and put my energy into spending intimate time to be nourished spiritually for I exist in this world for the cause of God, and listen to Jesus calling and do his will in this world.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, you have written this amazing book for my life, May I work to feed others of your grace as you have fed me with your love. Father may the life I live in this word be to influence others as you have influence me.
8/3/2011 - LJ "Serving Who?"
Scripture:
John 5: 44 "How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?"
Observation:
God is setting our priorities straight. how to not be hypocrite Christians. We as christian say we read and try to live life according to God. Yet we get distracted easily. The world itself is distraction, filled with competition (to look better, make more money, status, size of our house and job). We live in a place where we live to meet expectation, and that is how we get judged. Trying to live up to others expectation we lose focus on God. We get caught up with material things versus trying to become one like God. Hence, we try to juggle our self. The only expectation, acceptance and approval we need to seek is to glorify our God and his Son Jesus Christ.
Application:
Life without glory of God is meaningless. All the blessing life is given by God, at a snap he can take that away. Start slowly and daily instead of investing my time to gain material achievements, which are immaterial to God, take that invest to do God's will and to bring glory to his kingdom. Stick to God's words and guidance they are present from God for our ultimate salvation and to save me and deliver me from evil. Disregard what other may judge me by, reset my priorities and refocus to exceed God's expectation.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, help me to glorify in your name. Pray this time you will mold me to be a servant of your grace and mercy. I may work toward your light to become one with you. Thank you for all the blessings which I take for granted, Give me the heart to serve you and only you.
John 5: 44 "How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?"
Observation:
God is setting our priorities straight. how to not be hypocrite Christians. We as christian say we read and try to live life according to God. Yet we get distracted easily. The world itself is distraction, filled with competition (to look better, make more money, status, size of our house and job). We live in a place where we live to meet expectation, and that is how we get judged. Trying to live up to others expectation we lose focus on God. We get caught up with material things versus trying to become one like God. Hence, we try to juggle our self. The only expectation, acceptance and approval we need to seek is to glorify our God and his Son Jesus Christ.
Application:
Life without glory of God is meaningless. All the blessing life is given by God, at a snap he can take that away. Start slowly and daily instead of investing my time to gain material achievements, which are immaterial to God, take that invest to do God's will and to bring glory to his kingdom. Stick to God's words and guidance they are present from God for our ultimate salvation and to save me and deliver me from evil. Disregard what other may judge me by, reset my priorities and refocus to exceed God's expectation.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, help me to glorify in your name. Pray this time you will mold me to be a servant of your grace and mercy. I may work toward your light to become one with you. Thank you for all the blessings which I take for granted, Give me the heart to serve you and only you.
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