Scripture:Galatians 6:8 "For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life." (NASB)
Observation:Paul shares with those who teach other the direction of our heart should be as a teacher and as a student who seek to grow. We live in a world where we are so caught up with small things that we lose the "big picture". We are so preoccupied of protecting what little we have and the selfishness consumes us and distances us from the bigger picture of eternal growth which we should seek to protect. We can only grow when we invest the time and work to plant the seed of eternal life. God can provide the basic tools and he can water the plants to grow but he cannot baby spoon feed us, dig the hole and plant the seed for us.
We cannot cheat out of the system, God knows every fiber in us, and what surrounds us. It is only mocking his love when we try to cheat the system. God wants us to be selfless and to love others. He wants us to grown within our community and account for one other.
Application:Daily, we struggle with out worst enemy of all. Our flesh, though our minds can stray away and remind us to live for God and remind us of his Spirit, but if our flesh gears toward desires and greed, it take more then self control of our flesh. All things around are distraction for our flesh, and through prayers and spending time in Gods word we are planting our seeds and watering the seed to grow graciously with the guidance from our eternal Father. God will see to make it happen that the seed will be grown gracefully and surely. It take patience and much endurance of lesson and prayer that we will get our eternal life and reach for the eternal long term goal that God has for us.
Prayer:Father God, thank you for providing for me and my family in such hard economic times. There are much more who suffer and yet you provide enough and sometimes more the we can bare. Father teach me to endure the lessons patiently, guide and lead me to the eternal truth and bigger plans you have. Father God be patient with me through my ignorance and stubbornness. Remind me the spirit and eternal sacrifice you made for sake of your plans for me. In your holy name AMEN.
11/3/2011 - LJ "Kneeling of guilty"
Scripture:
Mark 14:72 Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times." And he began to weep. (NASB)
Observation:
It is common mistake for all of us, just as Peter to neglect or ignore God's existences. And the works he bring into this world. The more we watch the news of bad, horrific things, we feel bound to do something about it. But when small things around us are impacted we can't seem to recognize what God is telling us. Stir and gear towards the close, direct and smaller scale of problem. Just recognizing the bigger issue and feels to do something about it, we are being ignorant and not listening. Basically denying what God had plans for us. God's plan for us is not to over the horrific famines around the world but to teach of the Lord and his love unto people around us.
Peter had denied Lord 3 times before rooster can cry, he was afraid and the fear overcame him. What is stopping us? What is the fear that is still holding me down? Though Peter denied he wept for his ignorance, and though with multiple failures within his walk with the Lord he wept and conquered those fears and lack of confidence. He didn't justify and try to validate his behaviors, rather he wept and cried out for forgiveness for his ignorance. To coach him to overcome such fear.
Application:
What life throws at me, need to stop with justification, assessments, and validating. Do not let fear consume that I will close the doors from hearing and letting God's plan be revealed. When I stumbled, don't let my guilt overcome and cloud my judgement of the Lord. Regardless, repent, recap and fall back onto the Lord. For he is the only path to the light. Be like example of Peter, with much failure and betrayal he brought onto his relationship with the Lord, he once never blamed or try to explain for his actions to the Lord, but let God come into him and allow him to fall back o to his teaching.
Prayer:
Father give me the courage, heart of steal to acknowledge you and your plans. Your plans may be bestowed upon me and that I may not ignore or deny your plans for me. Father stroke my heart to your plan and goals you have, I will gear to focus on that.
Mark 14:72 Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times." And he began to weep. (NASB)
Observation:
It is common mistake for all of us, just as Peter to neglect or ignore God's existences. And the works he bring into this world. The more we watch the news of bad, horrific things, we feel bound to do something about it. But when small things around us are impacted we can't seem to recognize what God is telling us. Stir and gear towards the close, direct and smaller scale of problem. Just recognizing the bigger issue and feels to do something about it, we are being ignorant and not listening. Basically denying what God had plans for us. God's plan for us is not to over the horrific famines around the world but to teach of the Lord and his love unto people around us.
Peter had denied Lord 3 times before rooster can cry, he was afraid and the fear overcame him. What is stopping us? What is the fear that is still holding me down? Though Peter denied he wept for his ignorance, and though with multiple failures within his walk with the Lord he wept and conquered those fears and lack of confidence. He didn't justify and try to validate his behaviors, rather he wept and cried out for forgiveness for his ignorance. To coach him to overcome such fear.
Application:
What life throws at me, need to stop with justification, assessments, and validating. Do not let fear consume that I will close the doors from hearing and letting God's plan be revealed. When I stumbled, don't let my guilt overcome and cloud my judgement of the Lord. Regardless, repent, recap and fall back onto the Lord. For he is the only path to the light. Be like example of Peter, with much failure and betrayal he brought onto his relationship with the Lord, he once never blamed or try to explain for his actions to the Lord, but let God come into him and allow him to fall back o to his teaching.
Prayer:
Father give me the courage, heart of steal to acknowledge you and your plans. Your plans may be bestowed upon me and that I may not ignore or deny your plans for me. Father stroke my heart to your plan and goals you have, I will gear to focus on that.
11/1/2011 - LJ "Prayer be resilient once again"
Scripture:
Mark 9:26 - "After crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, "He is dead!" (NASB)
Observation:
God sees and through prayer anything can turn to possibility, even the impossible. A father of child came to Jesus asking for his mercy and help. Regardless what characteristics or past this Father might have, the genuine heart of the father asking to take pity on his kid, Jesus did what no on else can fathom. The crowd questioned when Jesus cast the demon out from the child, if the child was dead.. But Jesus showed his power of healing and prayer, above all his name that child did live and in clean health.
The demon inside that possessed the child is manifested in all of us. Especially this past months has be struggle, just getting back to track. Accepting and not ignorance of prayer life and intimate time with has been affecting me, it is quiet evident that the virus not only affect physical health but is form of demon when at the most vulnerable time can consume you.
The struggle with milestone and changes around me, has kept me vulnerable and perfect time for the virus (e.g saint) to come take control of my life. Which I allowed and rebel from the normal track. But as the scripture goes on, through prayer and genuine believe in Jesus grace and mercy, all can be forgiven and when life seems impossible, it naturally plays out to be the possibilities and "I can".
Application:
Open my eyes and allow to let God direct me to see what I need to see. And she the wonders and works he has done. Let prayers be resilient in my life once again, let God take pity on me and forsake me for rebellious behavior. Let God vision and plan be manifested through, my material and unconventional circumstance which is part of God plan be not the major factor of me but God grandeur plan he has for myself and ever individual Christian out there.
Prayer:
Father bring me back to your visions and goals. Father hold me strong headed in the mist of hopelessness and obstacles, let your image never hinder in me. Let your eyes be my eyes and let your heart be lead that I may follow your goals and heart for your vision. Father compulsively shake me to cast the saint inside me. Father let your mercy and pity be resonated and I may not be vulnerable to the hopelessness but be vulnerable to your ultimate and Almighty plan. In your precious name AMEN.
Mark 9:26 - "After crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, "He is dead!" (NASB)
Observation:
God sees and through prayer anything can turn to possibility, even the impossible. A father of child came to Jesus asking for his mercy and help. Regardless what characteristics or past this Father might have, the genuine heart of the father asking to take pity on his kid, Jesus did what no on else can fathom. The crowd questioned when Jesus cast the demon out from the child, if the child was dead.. But Jesus showed his power of healing and prayer, above all his name that child did live and in clean health.
The demon inside that possessed the child is manifested in all of us. Especially this past months has be struggle, just getting back to track. Accepting and not ignorance of prayer life and intimate time with has been affecting me, it is quiet evident that the virus not only affect physical health but is form of demon when at the most vulnerable time can consume you.
The struggle with milestone and changes around me, has kept me vulnerable and perfect time for the virus (e.g saint) to come take control of my life. Which I allowed and rebel from the normal track. But as the scripture goes on, through prayer and genuine believe in Jesus grace and mercy, all can be forgiven and when life seems impossible, it naturally plays out to be the possibilities and "I can".
Application:
Open my eyes and allow to let God direct me to see what I need to see. And she the wonders and works he has done. Let prayers be resilient in my life once again, let God take pity on me and forsake me for rebellious behavior. Let God vision and plan be manifested through, my material and unconventional circumstance which is part of God plan be not the major factor of me but God grandeur plan he has for myself and ever individual Christian out there.
Prayer:
Father bring me back to your visions and goals. Father hold me strong headed in the mist of hopelessness and obstacles, let your image never hinder in me. Let your eyes be my eyes and let your heart be lead that I may follow your goals and heart for your vision. Father compulsively shake me to cast the saint inside me. Father let your mercy and pity be resonated and I may not be vulnerable to the hopelessness but be vulnerable to your ultimate and Almighty plan. In your precious name AMEN.
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