09/04          Isaiah 41:10

10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. 

TODAY

Today the Lord is with us.  He operates in the present time that we live in and will never forsake us.  Jesus works in us and through us and works within the reality of our life.  He is here now and that is the only place that I can serve the Lord-NOW.

09/03          Hebrews 13:8

8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 

FOCUS

Focus your life on Jesus.  He never changes.  When things get odd and you are wavering remember that He is our sure foundation.  Do the next right thing and walk your way back to Jesus.  He is Lord. 

09/02          Hebrews 13:7

7 Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and follow the example of their faith.

FOLLOW

Follow another seems to be a lost art.  We are to observe the life of our leaders and follow them as we grow in the faith.  Too often today we disparage our leaders and abuse them.  Serve the Lord in all humility thinking more of others than you do yourself.  Follow those the Lord has put in leadership positions over us.  Learn to be a follower first and then in the appropriate time you will be in a position for the Lord to use you as a leader. 

09/01                   Galatians 6:9

9 So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. 

STOP

Stop where you are, never give up.  Do the next right thing.  Serve the Lord with gladness.  Never, never, never give up because Jesus loves you and He will never leave you ever.

08/31               Psalm 18:30-31

30 God’s way is perfect. All the LORD ’s promises prove true. He is a shield for all who look to him for protection. 31 For who is God except the LORD ? Who but our God is a solid rock? 

HIS WAY

There is a way that to man seems best but the Lord says “here is the way you are to go.”  We need to listen to the Lord.  We need to hear his directions.  Jesus calls us to do those things that glorify the Father and leads us in the everlasting way-His way. 

08/30               1 Corinthians 1:18

18 The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God. 

POWER

The amazing saving power of our loving and all-powerful God.  Jesus is Lord and He is in charge of us-we are in good hands with Jesus. 

08/29               Zechariah 4:6

6 Then he said to me, “This is what the LORD says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

SPIRIT

The Spirit of God is actively pursuing the goals of the Father.  He is all the same characteristics, indeed He, Jesus and the Father are one.  Hard for us to comprehend that but in fact the Lord God Almighty is in control and He decides what people do or don’t do.  He raises up on group and destroys another.  The Fear of God is the beginning of Wisdom. 

08/28               Ephesians 3:20-21

20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.  21 Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.

WISDOM

To fear God is true wisdom.  We will walk in understanding and be equipped to forsake evil.  Our Lord is a mighty God and is able to save us unto forever. 

08/27               Mark 12:30

30 And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’ 

ALL

The operative word is ALL.  Every part of our being, the focus of our moment by moment experience is that the Lord Jesus is God’s everything.  He is our salvation.  He is our peace and joy.  Jesus will never leave us therefore I can say “EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY”

08/26               1 Chronicles 29:11

11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O LORD, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things. 

ADORE

I think about the Lord all the time.  I am so overwhelmed at times by His great love.  His care and attention to my needs humbles me.  Our mighty Lord Jesus is trustworthy, tried and true.  He loves you.