Free From Sin's Bondage

 

June 11

FREE FROM SIN’S BONDAGE – Are you living as one under the curse of sin? Are you being held by the traps and snares of sin, as skillfully used by the deceiver? Yes, you are a sinner, but you have given your entire sinful being over to Jesus, Conquering Lord and Saviour. Through His Death, you have been set free from guilt, blame and shame. Through His Life, being lived out in you, you must know His peace and calm in all harrowing situations. Jesus calms all manner of storms.

 

Holy Spirit, save me from the deceiver who comes to make me deny Your Peace, when I’m facing life’s vicious, merciless storms. Amen!

 

Read Galatians 5: 1

 

Lord You Know

 

June 10

LORD YOU KNOW –

Lord You know that I am lost, Lost beyond my finding,

So I beg Your mercy Lord, Your gracious reminding,

That I’m here but not alone, You for me are fighting,

Even when hard though I try, of You there’s no sighting.

Grace and mercy still are Yours, to bring comforting,

I can go not one step more, save at Your commanding.

 

Holy, Heavenly Father, You know how lost I am, only You can save me and keep me from falling prey to the attacking enemies. I look to You. Amen! 

 

Read Psalm 18: 1 - 6

 

 

God Our Leader

 

June 9

GOD OUR LEADER – It was a time of unrest, unease and pure fear among the people of God. They were facing a most difficult decision to make and although two of the people of faith spoke to them of God being with them and leading them, the people stubbornly held fast to the fears, throwing faith to the wind. Are you presently facing some unmanageable difficulty? Listen to the Living Word of God. God will lead and guide you if you believe and do not rebel against Him and His ways. Trust God, for He will swallow up your enemies.

 

God, my provider and protector, teach me to follow You and not be held by fears, for You are faithful. Amen! 

 

Read Numbers 14: 5 - 9

 

Another Day

 

June 8

ANOTHER DAY – When another day is over, and you are conscious that it has been spent, do you take time to go before Father God in reverence and sweet repose? God is the One who gave you this day and has brought you to its ending. Is this not then a time to be before Him in quietness, seeking forgiveness for the ways in which you have offended Him and others? Ere you drift off to sleep receive God’s forgiveness and peace. 

 

Our Father in heaven, as another day passes, save me, from the error of my ways, and grant me Your peace, please. Amen!

 

Read Psalm 25: 1 - 11

 

 

The Lions Are Out

 

The lions are out and so is prayer,

Ensure prayer is heard from everywhere,

Undeniable lions of lies,

That all of God’s truth each lie denies,

Have come to rip our faith to pieces,

While chilling fear mounts and increases, 

Lions are out, make it to be known,

For none can face these evils alone,

Keep calling out and keep on saying,

Lions are out, we must keep praying,

Prayer is the only power and might,

That will these wild lions face and fight,

Prayer to our heavenly Father above,

Who alone can these lions dissolve,

Lies are like lions, roaring aloud,

Seeking with their noises, truth to cloud,

Ere the terror of these lying foes,

Remember! Your God already knows,

He sees and hears truth in any place,

And rescues you with mercy and grace,

Be assured! God knows, lions are about,

And He will take every one of them out,

Lions are out, beyond doubt that is true,

Prayer is also out, God will protect you.   

Amen!    

 

Body And Blood

 

June 7

BODY AND BLOOD – When Jesus instituted the Holy Sacrament of His Body and Blood, He was very clear on many things. One thing He openly stated was that whoever, by faith, feeds on Him, that person will be assured of eternal life in and through Him. Sharing in the Eucharist or Lord’s Supper, means that a person abides in Jesus and Jesus in her or him. Jesus stated in the hearing of all, believers and non-believers that He is Life. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. John 6: 55 

 

Jesus, thank You for Your life-giving and life-sustaining Body and Blood, shed for all humankind on Calvary. Grant us faith to believe and receive. Amen! 

Read John 6: 53 - 58

 

Love Beyond Understanding

 

June 6

LOVE BEYOND UNDERSTANDING – Who can understand the Love of Jesus for us sinners?  Why should He love us so? What gain is there for Him in such love? He is no respecter of place, or person, when it comes to finding His own.  If I’m lost in a liquor shop, Jesus comes there to get me. If I’m lost in any miry pit, He climbs down to bring me up. O what Love! Love that dares to be called by my wretched name and look as filthy as I, just to save me. Love that gives Himself willingly, to save the sinner. 

Forgive me Jesus, for my self-righteous, proud and egotistic ways, which have led me away from You. Your love for me is so strong, You will not let me remain lost. Thanks for coming to where I am, to save and rescue me. Amen!

Read Isaiah 54: 4 - 7

 

Lost Sheep

 

June 5

LOST SHEEP - The parable of the lost sheep is well-known. Nevertheless, as well-known as it is, I hold up to you, in bright, bold, vivid colours, this fact. No sheep of Jesus will remain lost forever.  Jesus, our Good Shepherd, never lets any lost sheep of His, stay lost, as He tells in His parable. Whoever you are, or whoever the person is whom you know, as long as you are Jesus’ sheep, you will be found by Him and no other shepherd. What a hope!

 

Thank You Loving Shepherd that You never abandon Your lost sheep. Amen!

 

Read Luke 15: 1 - 7

 

Anxiety

 

June 4

ANXIETY – Aren’t there times when everything seems so urgent, stressful and full of extra burdens? Is this such a time in your life? It is true that anxieties, problems, cares and the like must come, but they do not have to derail you. Why is this the case? It is so because you have been given the means and unfailing assurance of God’s unshakeable Word. Take all your anxieties to God, and never stop taking them, as they come. No amount of burdens are too much for your God to handle. Take all to Him.

 

Holy Lord, in prayer with thanksgiving, I bow before You. I surrender all to You and receive all Your knowledge-surpassing peace. Amen!

 

Read Philippians 4: 4 – 7

 

God's Saving Grace

 

June 3

GOD’S SAVING GRACE - We all are here, in this hour, wholly and solely due to the saving grace of our all-seeing, all-knowing, all-hearing and all-seeking Heavenly Father. We are alive in Jesus and not held captive by the clever, wily deceiver, because of the wonderful, powerful, work of grace wrought on that cross, on Calvary’s Hill. Let us learn and ever keep learning, day by day, hour by hour and moment by moment, of the undefeatable and indefatigable power of the living, saving grace of the shed Blood of Jesus.

 

Thank You Lord, for Your saving grace. Amen!

 

Read Romans 11: 1 - 6