I apologize to everyone about the Daily Devotional not being so daily lately...just been busy and I'm going to try and do a better job of it. so here goes:
A Life Worth Living “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10)Sometimes, people think Christians live the most boring lives imaginable. But nothing could be further from the truth. The fact of the matter is that a happy life is a holy life—a life that is lived for God. Jesus not only promised us life beyond the grave, but He certainly promised us a dimension of life on this earth that is worth living when He said, “I have come that they might have life and have it more abundantly.” There are two ways we can live our lives: the right way and the wrong way. There are two paths we can take: the narrow path that leads to life or the broad way that leads to destruction. There are two foundations we can build on: the rock or sinking sand. The result is that we can either live a happy and holy life or a miserable and unholy life. When most people think of a life dedicated to God, they envision something full of misery and rules and regulations. The picture that most unbelievers have of a Christian is one of gloom and boredom.But when you know God and you realize that the Bible is not a mere book, but God’s living Word to each of us, it takes on a whole new meaning. When you realize that prayer is not just going through some ritual, but it is communicating with the all- powerful, all-knowing, all-loving God who is interested in you, that means a lot. That is something the world does not have. There is nothing like it out there. When you truly come to know God, you realize the Christian life is the greatest life there is.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Daily Devotional
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Make the Right Choice
16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16:16)
As we look over the pages of history, it’s interesting to read the statements that have been made about Christ.
Pontius Pilate said, “I find no fault in Him.” Napoleon said, “I know men, and Jesus was no mere man.” Strauss, the German rationalist, said, “Jesus was the highest model of religion.” The French atheist, Renan, said, “He was the greatest among the sons of men.” Theodore Parker said, “Jesus Christ was a youth with God in His heart.” Robert Owen said, “He is the irreproachable one.”
Yet all of these titles and descriptions fall short of identifying Jesus for who He really was: the Son of God, God in human form, the Messiah.
Many today would describe Jesus as a great moral teacher. But in his book, Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis responds to such a statement by saying that if this were the case, then Jesus was either a lunatic or a devil. He goes on to say, “Let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.”
We don’t have the option of saying that Jesus was a great moral teacher. How could He merely be a teacher and say the things He said with His exclusive claims of divinity? And what about saying He was the only way to God the Father? Certainly, that would be wrong if it were not true.
So Jesus really leaves us only two choices: to either accept Him, believing that He is indeed God the Son, or to reject Him. But to say He was a great man or a religious man is simply not an option.
Now my question to you is who do you say he is. Savior? Do you know him as Lord of your life? Have you accepted him as Savior? This is the most Important question we will ever answer. It will decide where you and I will spend Eternity.
Make the Right Choice
16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16:16)
As we look over the pages of history, it’s interesting to read the statements that have been made about Christ.
Pontius Pilate said, “I find no fault in Him.” Napoleon said, “I know men, and Jesus was no mere man.” Strauss, the German rationalist, said, “Jesus was the highest model of religion.” The French atheist, Renan, said, “He was the greatest among the sons of men.” Theodore Parker said, “Jesus Christ was a youth with God in His heart.” Robert Owen said, “He is the irreproachable one.”
Yet all of these titles and descriptions fall short of identifying Jesus for who He really was: the Son of God, God in human form, the Messiah.
Many today would describe Jesus as a great moral teacher. But in his book, Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis responds to such a statement by saying that if this were the case, then Jesus was either a lunatic or a devil. He goes on to say, “Let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.”
We don’t have the option of saying that Jesus was a great moral teacher. How could He merely be a teacher and say the things He said with His exclusive claims of divinity? And what about saying He was the only way to God the Father? Certainly, that would be wrong if it were not true.
So Jesus really leaves us only two choices: to either accept Him, believing that He is indeed God the Son, or to reject Him. But to say He was a great man or a religious man is simply not an option.
Now my question to you is who do you say he is. Savior? Do you know him as Lord of your life? Have you accepted him as Savior? This is the most Important question we will ever answer. It will decide where you and I will spend Eternity.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Daily Devotional
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight.
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. I have blotted out as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. Your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. That he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean. They shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ: not by water only, but by water and blood.
I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight.
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. I have blotted out as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. Your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. That he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean. They shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ: not by water only, but by water and blood.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Daily Devotional
Proverbs 20:2-3 (AMP):
2 The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger or angers himself against him sins against his own life.
3 It is an honor for a man to cease from strife and keep aloof from it, but every fool will be quarreling.
2 The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger or angers himself against him sins against his own life.
3 It is an honor for a man to cease from strife and keep aloof from it, but every fool will be quarreling.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Daily Devotional
Today's Scripture
”You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.” Exodus 20:4 NIV
Thoughts for Today
This is the second of the Ten Commandments and shows that we are to worship only God. God forbids us to worship or use created things or even creation itself as an approach to him. The only correct image of God to worship is his son, Jesus Christ. Not trees or flowers or land. Not statues or monuments or traditions. Only Jesus.
We should have no God-substitutes. When we look to anyone or anything other than Christ as our primary source of meaning, self-worth, comfort or fulfillment, we are in danger of having an idol in our lives. An idol is anything that we depend on for solutions that only God can provide. Three common types of idols are substances, behaviors and relationships that control our lives.
Consider this…
God doesn’t want us to serve idols because he loves us and knows what is best for us. Let us come before him daily, seeking his will and his plan for our lives. Let us worship Jesus.
Prayer…
Lord, forgive me for trying to find comfort … solutions … happiness in things or activities or relationships. Although you may use some of these things or people to enrich my life and to help me, I know that you are the source of all good things. Help me to never again depend on a substitute. In Jesus’ name …
Monday, June 30, 2008
Daily Devotional
Proverbs 19:28-29 (AMP):
28 A worthless witness scoffs at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity.
29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the back of (self-confident) fools.
28 A worthless witness scoffs at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity.
29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the back of (self-confident) fools.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Daily Devotional
Proverbs 19:19-20(NIV):
19 A man of great wrath shall suffer the penalty, for if you deliver him (from the consequences), he will (feel free to) cause you to do it again.
20 Hear counsel, receive instruction and accept correction, that you may be wise in the time to come.
19 A man of great wrath shall suffer the penalty, for if you deliver him (from the consequences), he will (feel free to) cause you to do it again.
20 Hear counsel, receive instruction and accept correction, that you may be wise in the time to come.
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