Daily Prayer

Good morning! How are we faithing? It is easy to get off track with the world the way it is. Huge swings in the stock market, trouble all over the globe, good perceived as bad and visa versa. It's easy to get dismayed and want to just stay home. We even want to slap the crap out of people but does that bear good witness for Jesus? Does that bode well for our faith? As much as we as humans would like to react that way it is not what Jesus taught. Jesus taught to love people, hate the sin and not the sinner, do unto others as we would have them do to us, pray for our enemies, prop up those who are downtrodden. Are these things earning our way to heaven? Nope. These things are manifestations of our belief and love for our savior. The actions we take to this world of woe is directly related to our faith. As we concentrate on the Word and our savior these values will take place and bear witness to the world of whom our allegiance is to. There is a advertising campaign going on from some atheists that says "be good for goodness sake", kind of a rip off of the Santa song. You know, if that were possible without God, we'd do it. It ain't possible as we all are aware because we are fallen. Look at history and the stuff we've done to each other. All this humanistic junk that is spewed all over is such self serving egocentric garbage. The more I see myself drop the ball on Jesus' teaching the more I realize I am a man in need of a savior and without him I am lost. We see it all around us and yet we still seek advise from the world. Why do we do that? I don't know but it is wise when we recognise that action we back up and search the Word instead for the advice we are seeking.

Hebrews 13:7-9
Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.
NKJV

1 John 4:1-3
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
NIV

Ephesians 4:17-24
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.
You, however, did not come to know Christ that way. Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
NIV

Look to Jesus in everything and trust the Holy Spirit who lives in us to let us see truth in every situation.

Heavenly Father,
We ask for wisdom. We pray you renew our minds to think holy and not like the world. Lord we praise and worship you. Lord thank you for your grace that allows us to be saved from evil. Lord teach us your ways so we may be fine witness for you. Lord teach us to love and deal as you do. Grant us the patience to look at things and not react contrary to your ways. Lord we ask for protection of our kids, in Jesus name, Amen