What's Your Choice

 

February 8

WHAT’S YOUR CHOICE – Let’s track Joshua, a mighty, faithful and courageous leader of God’s people, who had come to the place of public decision-making. God’s children were being stubbornly disobedient, refusing to turn from their idols. Joshua was ready to distance himself, in that he openly said that he and his family would choose to serve the Lord, no other god. What’s your choice? Following the popular ways, or the narrow way? God is not asleep!

 

Holy, One True God, there is no One like You. I have chosen to follow and serve You and You alone. Help me in this please. Amen!

 

Read Joshua 24: 14 - 15

 

Better Days

Better days are coming, better days’ ahead,

Because of Jesus, who suffered and who bled,

By His Blood sufficient, we have hope at last,

Blessed, blessed Jesus, present, future, past.

 

Brighter days are coming, brighter beyond thought,

Bought for us by Jesus, who for our lives fought,

Bringing to all victory, by His grace works wrought,

Boundless! See His bounty, comes in every sought.

 

Bolder days are coming, bolder in its light,

Blinded by no darkness, seeing by faith’s sight,

Blushed with untold mercies, wonderful delight,

Blessings from Christ Jesus, come by day or night.

 

Better days are coming, better we will find,

Brought in full by Jesus, to each trusting mind,

Boldly let us own Him, be not left behind,

Boast we now in Jesus, we are blood consigned.  

Amen!

 

 

He'll Pass You By

 

February 7

HE’LL PASS YOU BY – In the hotel, room service is available every day of the week. Although many rooms are being serviced, you hang a sign on your door and your room is bypassed. No one enters your room because of the sign hanging on the door. Long ago, God told His people to put the blood of animals on their door posts. When the death angel came around, he bypassed those marked houses. We, all who are in Christ, our Blood-stained Saviour, will be passed over, and not know eternal damnation.

 

O the Saving Blood of Jesus! May we always be found in Him. Amen!

 

Read Exodus 12: 12 - 13

 

Keep My Commands

 

February 6

KEEP MY COMMANDS - To keep the Lord’s commands is to remain in His love. Jesus wants us to be as He is and to do as He did. He has pledged His undying Love to us, to love us with the exact Love which He received from His Heavenly Father, while in human clay. Jesus has been humble enough to place Himself in a lowly position, deny all self and self-will to obey His Father. He passionately wants us to keep His commands so that we will know His complete joy. 

 

Holy Father, I know that I’m prone to stray and disobey. I also know that You can save me from my fickle ways and keep me grounded in You. Help me please. Amen! 

 

Read John 15: 9 - 11

 

Obey The Curfew

 

February 5

OBEY THE CURFEW – There was a time when God commanded His people to remain indoors while the angel of death was passing over all of Egypt. They had to be inside a blood-marked house, to be free of the destruction. Will you hear this word as you have never heard it before? No amount of the perfect blood of salvation will save any child of God who refuses to keep the curfew. Even if you belong to a house marked out for salvation, a guaranteed promise to not have the destroyer enter it, you will not be spared God’s wrath, if you disobey the curfew.

 

Keep me obedient Lord, keep me obedient. Amen!

 

Read 1 Peter 1: 13 - 14

 

Our High Priest

 

February 4

OUR HIGH PRIEST – Jesus is our High Priest who has come to us, unlike any other high priest. He entered the Most Holy Place, with His own Blood and He did so once and for all. In so doing, He obtained eternal redemption for us. Think of it! If the blood of animals and ashes, sprinkled on the ceremonially unclean cleansed them outwardly, will not the precious Blood of Jesus be better? O Yes! The Blood of our High Priest, cleanses our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God. Hebrews 9: 14b

 

Jesus, forever our High Priest, we bow before You. Amen!

 

 

Read Hebrews 9: 11 – 14

 

Perfect Pardon

 

February 3

PERFECT PARDON – When we are convicted by the Holy Spirit, of our sinful living, and we repent, perfect pardon awaits us. Then, in spirit and truth, in our quickened clay, we know the complete joy and peace of the Lord, in us. It is this pardon which, by faith, allows us to be and do as our Master desires. We then become perfect testimonies, as demonstrated in our changed lives, of the fact that indeed, the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost. Luke 19: 10.

 

Holy Lord, thank You for sins forgiven. Thank You that we can know perfect pardon in You. Thank You for the assurance of the fullness of Your peace and joy. Amen!

 

Read Isaiah 55: 6 - 7

 

Salvation For You And Family

 

February 2

SALVATION FOR YOU AND FAMILY – As way out and impossible as it may seem, do you know that the salvation of your family may rest with you? Remember Zacchaeus? Jesus called his name not his family’s name. He, not his family, obeyed Jesus’ call. He, not his family, repented and offered to make amends for any wrongdoing of his. Yet when Jesus went to Zacchaeus’ house He pronounced salvation on all. Today salvation has come to this house because this man, too, is a son, of Abraham. Luke 19: 9b

 

You, O Holy God, are faithful to Your Word. We thank You that You will still save families, through one faithful, obedient, member. Lord, keep me trusting and obeying You. Amen!

 

Read Luke 19: 8 - 10

 

Rescued Life

  

When evil is rampant and the battle is fierce,

When faith is very weak and frighteningly scarce,

Keep looking to Jesus, He will not you forsake,

No evil under His watch, will you overtake.

 

When you feel the cold hands of evil around you,

When you see the mischief the enemy can do,

Turn ever to Jesus, though you can’t see His hand,

No evil knows vict’ry, when with Jesus you stand.

 

When the clever deceiver on your frail mind plays,

When defeatist words come, deny all that he says,

Remember promises Jesus to you has made,

He said that He is with you, do not be afraid.

 

When it seems present darkness will not move away,

When it gets darker and darker from day to day,

Jesus remains present, He is still your hope’s light,

He has not been defeated; He for you doth fight.

 

When you can’t stand it longer, this fierce waging war,

When you’re beaten and worn, you can take no more,

Pause for a moment, just listen and you will hear,

The voice of Jesus saying, it’s alright, I’m here.

 

Yes, you are much afraid, empty and powerless,

Yes, you are the perfect picture of great weakness,

Rise up! Your hope must live for your faith's been healed,

Jesus in your rescued life His victory has sealed. 

Amen!