daily prayer

     Great morning! How are we faithing? So many distractions that move our eyes off God. Being able to recognise that ones focus is shifting is crucial to walking this christian walk and not just talking it. I have, as I'm sure you have, known Sunday believers. Man that is so dangerous. Have you ever thought about how your actions, attitude, speech, habits influence your witness? Someone who talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk is sort of hedging his bets. That person is hoping his "service"  saves him. That person thinks that by doing church, being a member of said church guarantees a place on the ride to heaven. That person misses or fails to see that by living one way and professing another proves them to be hypocrites. No one will believe or follow a hypocrite. Why is this an issue? Here's something to ponder; my actions could cause another person to not find Jesus thus end up in hell. Does this mean we earn or perform for others? Not at all. What it means is we have a tendency to walk the walk when we truly believe rather than "cover all bases...just in case". I understand that the world is indeed difficult to live in sometimes and we as people want to be comfortable without suffering. This really points to what we've talked about before , selfishness. My comfort, my life, my peace, my savior is mine. Sorry charlie, that is not at all what scripture teaches. We must seek God in everything we do. We must try to see the heart of matters and not be concerned with what others think. We need to follow what we believe and I pray you believe Biblical truths and not mans, or your own...

1 John 2:15-17

Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. And the world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God abides forever.
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Matthew 24:35
"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words shall not pass away.
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James 4:14
Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
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think on this...
Psalms 39:6
"Surely every man walks about as a phantom;
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
He amasses riches, and does not know who will gather them.
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Remember Megan and Heidi...


Heavenly Father,
   Thank you for your Word that holds all truth. Thank you for being ever present. Lord, we ask forgiveness for not always walking in your way and fearing man. Help us be courageous in the face of the world. Help us be beacons of your light. We lift the unmentioned prayers to you and the ones that are on your peoples minds. Heal, comfort and guide us, in Jesus name, amen