daily prayer

Good morning! How are we faithing? The bickering between Christians needs to stop. We are all one - that accept Jesus as messiah. We are going to have differences of opinion but we need to look to the Word and see if the body deserves division over interpretation. There are indeed things that do need clarification and some things deserve a firm stance but before we judge, lets step back and look at the entire picture and remember to present Jesus and let HIM fix those other people, it ain't yours or my job. Mine and yours is to inform people about Jesus and the steps required to meet him on his terms and come to know him as a savior that we all need. We also have the right and the privilege to study God's Word and let him speak to us individually as well as a whole. Jesus is not a respecter of person. Jesus does not count your good deeds towards your entrance into heaven. Jesus quoted in the Word is quite specific when he says,"no one enters but by me", so stop pointing fingers with ire because someone else doesn't live up to your standards. When asked, respond in love and truth and not with disdain and condemnation...

Luke 6:41-42
"And why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? "Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.
NAS


Col 2:6-15
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority. In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature, not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
NIV

remember Mike Moore...

Heavenly Father,
Thank you for your love and sacrifice. Forgive us when we get uppity and think more of our selves. Lord, help us be wise with the council we receive. Help us stand for truth. Lord we lift Mike to you. Lord, we ask for wisdom and knowledge that as only you have. Grant us discernment. Thank you for your mercy and love, in Jesus name, amen