daily prayer

Great morning! How are we faithing? How do you get through every day? Do you whine and moan or do you praise and worship? Do you wish for what isn't or thank for what is? Do you just "get through" or do you savor every moment? Rhetorical questions designed to inspect yourself and find out where your joy lies. Our joy has to be in Jesus because if it is placed anywhere else, it's fleeting. Yes there are tons of things that are joyful but I'm talking about how you are when you are left to just yourself, when nothing else is around but God and the silence. Like we talked about yesterday we all need that rest but are you one who hates solitude? Better ask yourself why. Some people are just plain social and it drives them nuts to be alone and some people are the opposite but if the reason you hate to be alone is you can't stand to look in that mirror well, lets talk. There are so many lies out there that steal our joy. There are so many things that flat mislead us from Jesus and what he taught. His peace and love flies in the face of the world view. Being joyful right in the midst of turmoil is a discipline and more so a state of heart. If you are not content or secure in you state with the savior and what the hereafter is you most likely spin with the wind in the joy department. This by no means is a finger pointing speech but a wake up call to heart condition. There's only one way to true joy and that is Jesus. When you get fed daily, decide to pursue truth and to walk the walk out of love, then the joy comes. Sure we walk many days out of duty but if you think about it, that duty walk is based on truth and on love. A walk based on necessity and survival will lead to drudgery and a sense of "what for?". A walk with the focus on the event will manifest with the events outcome. Gee whiz, if we let our joy ebb and flow with how things twist and turn we will become as neurotic as the world. This is a sin filled world and thus things take on a path that is contrary to Godly principles. Listen today to that still small voice that assures you of your salvation through Jesus and start living in this eternity with confidence and joy. Man, we are children of God and even though this flesh will decay and go away, we are with him forever. If that doesn't instill some joy and confidence then we need to talk....

John 12:47-48
"And if anyone hears My sayings, and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
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John 3:17
"For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him.
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Romans 10:3-4
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
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Heavenly Father,
We seek truth and love and know you are our source Lord. Help us rest in that knowledge and know in our hearts that you are messiah and only through you are we saved to eternal life with the Father. Lord we get so burdened with the world, we ask for peace and an understanding of what is really important. Lord we praise your name and ask for the wisdom and courage to be sound witness' for you love and compassion. When we sin we ask for immediate recognition and we repentance. Thank you Lord for you Word that sustains our days, in Jesus name we pray