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

 

 

God Knows

 

June 2

GOD KNOWS – There are times when you feel so lost, so afraid, so weak and wounded in heart, mind and spirit, you don’t even know where you stand with Father God. You are given a word, or you see something which reminds you that you are not alone, but nothing changes. The unrelenting battering of life’s problems persist with even greater force, each time. You feel yourself being beaten down to the ground; you can’t hold out much longer.  God knows it, and though you don’t know it, He is saving you from falling. His victory will be shown in you.

 

Holy Ghost, grant me the spirit of boldness, to throw my entire weary, battered self upon You. Amen!  

 

Read Psalm 130

 

Rejoice, You Are Found

 

June 1

REJOICE, YOU ARE FOUND – In Jesus’ parable about the lost things – the coin, the sheep, the son – there’s jubilation at the end. This merriment was the result of what was lost being found. Note! Our Lord never found the sheep, gave it a good scolding and then told it to find its way back. No! A thousand times no! He’s so happy that He has found His missing sheep that He gently takes it up, attends to it and takes it home. Have you heard? The disobedient, lost, stray one, now found, goes home in the arms of the rejoicing Shepherd. Only faith allows you to accept and show this fact. 

 

Saviour of Love, I rejoice in my salvation, because You are rejoicing in me and with me. Amen!

Read Luke 15: 5 – 7. Luke 15: 9 – 10. Luke 15: 23 - 24

 

Witnesses To Jesus

 

Witnesses to Jesus, that’s why the Spirit came,

Not to give believers any glamour or fame,

But to endue them with power in lives aflame,

To be witnesses to Jesus, His mighty Name.

 

Witnessing to Christ is only through the Spirit,

By no other means can we to such work commit,

For all human works bear in them human limit,

Witnesses to Christ are those whose lives they submit.

 

To be witnesses to Jesus comes through one way,

Not in the things we do, nor in the things we say,

But the Spirit living in us day after day,

So all of Jesus our indwelt lives will convey.

 

Jesus died and rose again to live evermore,

With us here on earth, dead, broken lives to restore,

Thus lives indwelt by the Spirit all know for sure,

Through the Spirit, they’re Jesus’ witnesses pure.

Amen!