Father's Day

 

June 21

FATHER’S DAY – As we celebrate fathers today, we first give God, our Heavenly Father, thanks and praise for making Himself a Father to all. We give God thanks for fathers whom He has given to us, to care and nurture us, after God’s own heart. Are you a father? Then you are a gift from God to your child or children. As a father, your responsibility is life-long for you are a father forever.

 

Today, we pray especially for you, father. Our prayer is that you may realize the onerous and serious responsibility of service to your children, to love and care for them. May you always seek God to help you to be a good father. Amen! 

 

Read Colossians 3: 21

 

A Father's Love

 

 

You’ve daughters and sons, one or two maybe,

Whoever they are, be not blind to see,

Because they are yours, you are called father,

They belong to you, not to some other,

Be the best father in understanding,

In your giving, more so in your loving,

For a father’s love remains firm and strong,

In times of obedience and times of wrong,

Love of a father comes down from above,   

Love that’s expected, huge problems to solve,

Love so tender, compassionate and kind,

Your offspring will in it, peace and joy find,

Being a father is no easy task,

Daily you must go before God and ask,

That He’ll grant you wisdom and inner sight,

To be an example, living aright,  

That those whom you father, may emulate,

As you with Father God, daily relate,   

Father, grandfather, god-father or more,

Guardian or whoever you are, be sure,

That you look to God, your Father above,

To teach you the way of a father’s love.  

Amen!

 

 

 

 

 

Visions

 

June 20

VISIONS – There are times when God gives us dreams and visions which we simply do not understand. The deceiver can take these and use them as reasons for deep worry, fears and doubts. Our God is not a harbinger of fear. He wants us to know His peace and surety. In such situations, go to God, do not be anxious. As with Daniel, He will bring clarity to you. Trust God, not the deceiver. Remember, worry is a sin and God does not bring us to sin. He delivers us from all evil.

 

Lord, please grant me the patience to trust and wait upon You. Amen! 

 

Read Daniel 8: 13 - 19

 

God's Garden

 

June 19

GOD’S GARDEN – Did you know that you are God’s Garden in whom He delights to grow His luscious, beautiful fruit? Whether you are man or woman, God’s pride and joy is to make you as a garden fountain, a spring of flowing water, to produce crops regardless of the times or seasons. Will you leave your life up to Father, Creator God, so that in Him, whatever your season, He will work His wonders in and through you? You belong to God. You are His child.

 

Like a well-watered garden, O Holy Gardener, tend me and dress me. Amen!

 

Read Song of Solomon 4: 12 - 15

 

 

 

Meagre Offering

 

June 18

MEAGRE OFFERING – Are you one, whose offerings to God, when compared with others, is extremely meagre? Listen to Jesus’ take on any poor offering that is given from the heart. Observing how people gave, He was so impressed by the giving of a poor widow, He preached a two-sentence sermon about it. He preached that the wealth of giving of the rich can’t compare with the meagre giving of the poor who give all. Jesus delights in you giving what you have.

 

Holy Lord, I am not rich in many ways, but the little I do have, I give freely to You. Amen!

 

Read Luke 21: 1 - 4

 

 

Life

 

June 17

LIFE - Just as Jesus, the Light, came into the world, challenged our darkness and dismissed and overcame it, so that in Jesus we no longer have to walk and live in darkness, in a dark world, so too with Life. Jesus, is not only Light, but He is Life. Life has come to end death’s power over you. He convincingly and victoriously conquered all death, hell and the grave, to free you, in this carnal, flesh life, to leave all allegiances to sin and seek Him. Jesus is the Life. 

 

O Holy Jesus, in the midst of our deaths, we receive life, for You are life. Amen! 

 

Read Romans 6: 19 - 23

 

 

 

Saved By Grace

 

June 16

SAVED BY GRACE - Long before you were born, before you were even conceived, God saved you and called you to be His child.  Do you believe this about yourself?  You may believe this about somebody else, but do you believe it is true of you? Listen! Father God, saved you and chose you to be His own. How come? Why me, with all the wrongs and evils I have done?  Why me when I am so totally unworthy?  Yes you! He has come expressly for people like you and me, to save. He saved you and did not leave you on your own. He saved you and called you to stay with Him. Saved and kept by Him.

 

Thank You Jesus for saving grace. Amen!

 

Read 2 Timothy 1: 9 - 10

 

Body Of Death

 

June 15

BODY OF DEATH – As we grow in faith, we become increasingly aware of the evil of self. We begin to understand more and more, why Jesus insisted that all who would follow Him, must deny self. Sinful self and the body of death, are one and the same. Sin is forever lurking at your door and the one and only way to overcome this sinful self, this body of death is through great humility and tears before the Lord, all the time. As you read the suggested text, you will learn from the Apostle Paul, who found the secret of overcoming the body of death.

 

Holy Father, teach us how to serve You with humility and tears. Amen!

 

Read Acts 20: 19

 

Jesus' Yoke

 

June 14

JESUS’ YOKE – We listen to people speak about the yokes they carry, with heaviness, dread and sometimes complaining. Our yokes are mighty heavy burdens under which we struggle more often than not. Do not be fooled! Jesus calls all who are carrying such yokes, all who are tired and weary, to come to Him. He’s calling you also, if you are carrying burdens that are getting the better of you. Go to Him, even if you do not know how to pray. Go to Him in humbled mind and heart, and see what He will do. His will is for you to take His yoke because it is easy and His burden, for it is light.

 

In You O Lord, there is rest for my burdened soul. Amen!

 

Read Matthew 11: 28 - 30