daily prayer

    Good Morning!  How are we faithing? It is good to be honest all the time but it needs to be tempered with kindness. It is good to be kind all the time but one must be wise to the methodology. It is good to tell the truth always but sometimes it's prudent to say nothing. These things are all done in love and the wisdom to act with love only comes from God and the Word of God. Jesus' examples of these things are all over the Bible. He asked questions many times rather than brutal hurtful answers even though they may have correct. Jesus also was not afraid to show his emotions honestly. He cried , he got mad, he forgave he even stepped where it wasn't "acceptable" in order to help and teach. Not being worried about what anybody else thinks does not give us the right to be mean and hurtful or to just blurt anything out because,"well it's true!" Sometimes things just don't need to be said and sometimes they do. Compassion is the rule.  Yes sometimes an "in your face" reply is required but if it is not that time, much damage can be wrought. I see it all the time in church of all places. We all are in church because we recognize we are lacking and then we point fingers? How idiotic.  I've heard comments made in inappropriate times on the premise that it was honest and true but did it benefit anyone one or the situation? Did it help or hinder? These are the questions we have to ask of ourselves before we act or speak. Sometimes it's as simple as my input isn't even needed,wanted or useful. Just think on this...


Joh 13:34-35
  A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.   By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

1Pe 3:8-9

  Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:   Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 

Eph 4:31-32
  Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:   And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.


remember Jerry...remember the lost...remember our brethren...


Heavenly Father,
   Thank you for the cross. Thank you for your example of compassion.  Please help our actions that they help and not hurt. Lord, we ask for blessings on those who are hurting today. Open their eyes to your grace and love. Help us see beyond ourselves. Lord, we lift our Pastors and leaders up to you. Open their hearts and minds to your ways. In Jesus name, amen