10/04          Galatians 2:20

20 My old self has been crucified with Christ.  It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
UNDERSTAND

I understand the difficulty of living for Jesus. 

It is impossible for me to stand in the face of evil. 

I am weak and burdened. 

But in the power of God through the residence of the Holy Spirit in me,

I can do all things in Christ.

When I am weak, He is strong. 

Jesus is my Lord and Savior. 

10/03          2 Corinthians 5:7

7 For we live by believing and not by seeing. 

WEAK

The Lord uses the weak of this world to show His power.

Are you weak?

Jesus will empower you and lead you step by step in your spiritual life. 

If you listen, He will lead you step by step in your daily life.

Submit all your needs to Him and He will meet them. 

What do you need?  Ask Jesus and He will meet that need. 

Trust in the Lord and do good-HE is with you. 

10/02          1 Corinthians 2:1-5

When I first came to you, dear brothers and sisters,[a] I didn’t use lofty words and impressive wisdom to tell you God’s secret plan.[b] 2 For I decided that while I was with you I would forget everything except Jesus Christ, the one who was crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness—timid and trembling. 4 And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit. 5 I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the power of God.

TRUST

Trust Jesus. 

Trust His Word.

Believe in the activity of the Holy Spirit in you and call upon Him. 

Let Jesus guide you.

Learn to pray to Him and study His Word – the Bible. 

The power of God will be evident in your life.

Trust in the Lord and in His power to lead, guide and direct your life. 

He will. 

10/01          Hebrews 11:1

Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see. 

BELIEVE

First believe in Jesus and He will save you and build your faith.

Second grow in Christ-study His Word, pray, spend time with Him,

Learn to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

Third get to know Him better and recognize that Jesus is God’s everything. 

Our faith grows. 

We develop hope. 

We know Him and experience Him,

And the Spirit bears witness to Him to us. 

Jesus is Lord. 

We trust Him.

Our belief in Him grows.

Our hope matures and we trust Him. 

Jesus brings our HOPE to maturity in our relationship with Him. 

Jesus is our Hope. 

09/30          Job 20:12-13

¹² “They enjoyed the sweet taste of wickedness,
    letting it melt under their tongue.
¹³ They savored it,
    holding it long in their mouths.

HORROR

Oh the horror of evil.

Held close, practiced, adored.

Such are the lost.

Blind to sin, dead in their trespasses and sin.

Not so the saved.

Jesus saves, gives us life and light.

Follow Jesus and turn away from your sin. 

09/29          Matthew 17:19-20

¹⁹ Afterward the disciples asked Jesus privately, “Why couldn’t we cast out that demon?”

²⁰ “You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.

HARD

When it is hard, turn to Jesus.

Spend time with Him. 

Let Him have His way with you and He will do it.

Jesus makes the impossible possible. 

Turn to Jesus.

He will see you through. 

09/28          Mark 9:24-29

²⁴ The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”

²⁵ When Jesus saw that the crowd of onlookers was growing, he rebuked the evil^[f] spirit. “Listen, you spirit that makes this boy unable to hear and speak,” he said. “I command you to come out of this child and never enter him again!”

²⁶ Then the spirit screamed and threw the boy into another violent convulsion and left him. The boy appeared to be dead. A murmur ran through the crowd as people said, “He’s dead.” ²⁷ But Jesus took him by the hand and helped him to his feet, and he stood up.

²⁸ Afterward, when Jesus was alone in the house with his disciples, they asked him, “Why couldn’t we cast out that evil spirit?”

²⁹ Jesus replied, “This kind can be cast out only by prayer.^[g]”

PRAYER

Prayer is important.

Prayer changes us. 

Prayer changes our situation.

God answers prayer. 

Trust Jesus-Pray. 

09/27          Mark 9:23

²³ “What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.”

BELIEVE

Believe in Jesus. 

Believe also in God.

Jesus created us, saved us, unto eternity. 

Believe in Jesus and He will change your life,

From failure and chaos to peace and joy. 

Jesus is Lord. 

09/26          Psalm 91:2
This I declare about the Lord:
He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;
    he is my God, and I trust him.

JESUS

Jesus is God’s everything. 

He is our only refuge, our place of safety.

He sent the Holy Spirit to us to fill us with the power of God. 

In His power we walk in victory. 

Praise the Lord, Jesus is our Lord and Savior.  Amen. 

09/25          Psalm 44:5

Only by your power can we push back our enemies;
    only in your name can we trample our foes.

HOLY SPIRIT

We cannot fight the spiritual battle in our own strength,

So the Lord gives us His power and strength through the Holy Spirit.

He fights for us.

He stands before us in the battle.

He holds us and we hold Him. 

Praise God that He gives us the victory in Jesus.