01/19          Jeremiah 29:12-14

12 In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13 If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. 14 I will be found by you,” says the LORD . “I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I sent you and will bring you home again to your own land.”

LOOK

Look for the Lord.  Search for Him diligently by the way you live, by the things you say, by the love you have for the brethren.  Look for the Lord and you will find Him and He will deliver you from your sin. 

01/18          Jeremiah 29:11

11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD . “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

PLANS
The Lord God has plans for your life.  He is thinking about you and every thought the Jesus has towards you is a thought for good.  Listen to the Lord.  He will give you His plans for your good. 

01/17          Deuteronomy 7:6

6 For you are a holy people, who belong to the LORD your God. Of all the people on earth, the LORD your God has chosen you to be his own special treasure.

REMEMBER

Remember who you are and whose you are.  You are the focus of the Holy Spirit.  Jesus is alive in you.  You are loved. 

01/16          Ephesians 4:24

24 Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.

LIKE
We were created to be like God and with His power and strength in our life we can grow into Christ likeness.  Jesus is Lord.  We love Him.  Therefore we will surrender ourselves to Him and become more like Him. 

01/15          Ephesians 4:21-23

21 Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, 22 throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. 23 Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.

HEARD

We have heard.  You have heard.  We know the right thing to do now we must do it.  Listen to the Lord.  Follow Him.  Do the next right thing. 

01/14          Philippians 3:13-14

No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

FINAL

We live for that final day here on Earth.  We know that it will come.  We don’t know when it will be but this thing I do: everyday seeking to know Jesus more.  Everyday serving Him. 

01/13          Philippians 3:12

I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.

PRESS ON

I keep moving forward.  Yesterday is a cancelled check.  Today is the opportunity for service.  Today is where we always live.  We will never live in tomorrow or Yesterday-Today is the time for service.  Do it now.  Do it. 

01/12          Philippians 3:10-11

10 I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, 11 so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!

KNOW

I want to know Christ.  Not know about Him.  I want to know Him.  I want to share His suffering.  I want to be a good servant.  Every day die to self and serve Him. 

01/11          Psalm 51:10

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.

CREATE
Create me Lord Jesus to be a faithful follower with a clean heart and a faithful lifestyle.  Jesus is Lord of me and Lord of my life.  Praise the Lord. 

01/10          1 Peter 1:3-5

3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, 4 and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. 5 And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see.

FAITH

By faith we live and breathe under His control.  By faith we see the relationship we have with Jesus and with the Father.  By faith we believe and live under His control.  Our faith is the foundation stone that steps us into the presence of the Lord Jesus and the Father based upon their promises in the Word of God and the activity we experience from them in our daily life.  Faith is the victory.