daily prayer

              Good morning!  How are we faithing?  Rationalizing beliefs and behavior so you can sleep at night is dangerous.  I've heard some say,"as long as I get through the gates of heaven" is not a very wise statement. Oh I understand the premise that just being there will be totally awesome but to live as one chooses with the "get out of hell free" card of salvation is a very precarious way to live. If we accept the gift of salvation we have embarked on a life change that does not include continuation of known Biblical infractions.  The point of behaving holy is not to earn salvation, that's free, but Jesus said that if we love him we will keep his commandments. This is old information to most who read this daily but we all can get caught up in worldly things by choice and sometimes just out of ignorance or a simple mistake.  I'm as guilty as anyone for walking into stuff only to realize I sinned against my God but with repentance I am saved.  Sometimes I think back years even decades of stupid stuff I did and I shake my head and pray others around me then were not influenced wrongly and or my actions caused them to miss Jesus. We all grow and learn if we seek out wisdom in the scriptures and as a result old sin comes to mind too. Admitting and repenting is the start to healing and we know once we repent and ask forgiveness our sins are removed as far as east is from west so when the enemy throws it back in our face we can rebuke him and press on. Today when things crop up in your life remember who Jesus is and who you are in Jesus and that with honest facing of these things we can grow and become better people than we were. Just think about it...



Joh 8:12
Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.



Joh 14:6-7
  Jesus said to him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father but by Me. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also. And from now on you know Him and have seen Him.

Heb 7:25  

Therefore He is able also to save to the uttermost those who come unto God by Him, since He ever lives to make intercession for them. 

remember Jim Odom...remember Tenya and Cody Slaton...

Heavenly Father,

   Thank you for being a just and faithful God.  Lord forgive us our sins and help us recognize them and repent. Thank you for this salvation that is available to anyone who asks. Grant us wisdom throughout our days so we can be representatives of yours.  Father, we lift up those mentioned. Reassure them of your presence and encourage them with that peace that only you can provide. In Jesus name, amen