THANKSGIVING

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."     Philippians 4:4-7   (N.I.V.) 

"Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is him who made us; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations."       Psalm 100:1-5     (N.I.V.)

"Praise the LORD. (Hallelu Yah)
Give thanks to the LORD for He is good; his love endures forever. Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare his praise."   Psalm 106:1-2  (N.I.V.)


PRAYER FOR TODAY

Father God Yahweh, thank You Father for all my blessings.... For excellent health, for Your favor on my life and the lives of my family and friends. Thank You for Your Word and for Your Son Jesus, Yeshua, who gave His life and blood for my soul and for all those who call on His name, for the forgiveness of all our sins and short comings. Thank You for joy, peace of mind and heart, supernatural provision, wisdom, the gift of song and the knowledge of Your Word and accurate understanding to share with others. Thank You Father God, for good food, hot water, clean air and good water, for freedom, laughter, love, abundance, prosperity, and more than enough to share with others. Thank You Father God, Thank You.... In the name of Yeshua, Jesus, our Lord and Savior, and King... Make it so...  

CONTROL MY TONGUE? HOW?

SCRPITURE FOR TODAY

"If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."       James 1:26-27  (N.I.V.)


PRAYER FOR TODAY

Father God, thank You in the name of Jesus for Your Word to us Your Children. I need You to please help me control my tongue and tone of voice. We both know I have a serious problem with what I say, and when. I tend to say things that are not appropriate or becoming of a true believer in You. I need You to help me with my over all self-control too.. I just can't seem to control my self when it comes to certain desires and habits. Please take these guilt feelings away from me by the power of the Holy Spirit that is in me. Take the wrong and destructive desires away from me and set me free from the guilt and condemnation associated with sin. Cleanse me from all unrighteousness and make me a new person. I love You Father God, I love You Jesus, I love You Holy Spirit! Thank You for loving me and for hearing my prayer. Help me to be the kind of person You would want me to be. Thank You for all my blessings and help me to hear Your voice clearly and share wisdom and knowledge and help orphans and widows and do all that the Holy Spirit prompts me to do because I know that He is my Guide, my Comforter, my Counselor and my Helper....Thank You...In the name of Jesus, Yeshua, make it so.....      


IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE?

Is it even possible for some of us to control what we say and when we say it? I don't understand why I have such a keen interest and obsession with the Word of God, why I can't seem to get enough Biblical teaching, knowledge, and wisdom, and how I can go around and talk to people about God and the Bible and still have all these sin (strongholds) in my life. It's been years since I first believed and was saved, I don't know how many, but it's been plenty long enough that I should have been delivered from these things. I could name them off one by one but I am too ashamed to make these things public. These are the things only God and a few close friends know about that I struggle with daily...As much as I pray and ask God to deliver me from these things He doesn't seem to hear me, or He just doesn't want to help me (yet) with these things...
 Maybe I'm suppose to be like this in order to let others see that we can be blessed and loved by God despite our sinful nature. That we don't need to clean ourselves up before we come to Him and that when we submit to Him our lives are now in His hands and it's up to Him to cleanse us. Does that even make sense? I mean, when I pray to God for other things He makes it happen, freedom, prosperity, peace, joy, love, abundance...But a clear conscience seems to elude me...Knowing that I am saved by Grace does not give me a license to sin but why then do I continue in it?
 For example, God blesses me with financial blessings and I turn around and take it to the gambling hall. I know that's gotta be wrong but I can't seem to help myself. I justify it by telling myself that "I give my tithe who knows I might win and then be able to give more." Then I get with some friends and have a little too much wine and start talking about Jesus and the Bible. I can't seem to help myself not to talk about those things even when I'm drinking, not thinking that some people may get offended by that. And that's another thing I need help with. Nearly every fleshly sin you can think of I am guilty of. I confess daily, or almost daily all my sins and I know from His Word that "if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive our sins."  And, "His mercy is new every morning." Maybe it's the enemy working on me and bringing these "guilt and condemnation" thoughts into my head.
I've said the "Salvation Prayer" many times just to make sure I'm saved, but I still continue in these addictions. But He answers when I pray for family restoration, wisdom, to stop smoking tobacco, understanding in certain areas, but not understanding why I still do what I don't want to do. I remember the Apostle Paul talking about "the thorn in his side" and he said the same thing basically, that he was doing something that he didn't want to do even though he was closer to God than most of us. God still used him even though he sinned and I remember what God told him, "My grace is sufficient for you." OK, what should we do then about our own sin? Did God love Paul more than us because He used him to write most of the New Testament? I'd like to think that the Father loves us all the same, His Word says that "He is not a respecter of persons." "He is not partial."
I just need to vent these feelings and get them out in the open and be assured that the Lord loves me hears my prayers and that I am saved despite my sinful nature. Perhaps, I am still, after all this time a work in progress and I just haven't reached the point where these addictions fall away from me like water of a ducks back...I thank the Lord Jesus for His unfailing love, mercy and grace.        




 

SIN DONE AWAY WITH?

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY

....."But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him."   Hebrews 9:26-27


PRAYER FOR TODAY

Thank You Father God for Your Word. It's so comforting to know that You love us so much that You made a way for us to have life after this life and a wonderfilled life that will never end. Help me through the rest of this life to do what pleases You despite my sinful nature and selfishness. Bless me with all good things in this life so I can be a testimony to Your goodness and love to others who don't know You yet. Thank You for being my Father, my "Abba", my Provider, Comforter, Councilor, Protector, and Healer....I love You Father God and My Lord Jesus, and thank You Holy Spirit for staying so close to me in these last of the last days. In the name of Jesus, Yeshua, make it so.....     

BE JOYFUL ALWAYS?

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY

"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."  1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Thank You Father God, for the wise council and comfort that we find in Your Word. Thank You for Your love and for all my blessings. You are awesome! I praise Your holy name! I lift my hands to you LORD and shout 'Thank You Father'! That You love me and are watching over me and helping me even though I don't feel it all the time. Please let me hear Your voice and see Your smiling face looking toward me. Help my faith grow and help me to share Your Word with others who need Your comfort and council and who long to know You and want You in their lives. Thank You for forgiving me for all my sin and for the gift of "Righteousness" in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Thank You for the teachers who preach and teach Your Word with accuracy and zeal in a way we can understand. Thank You for being my Councilor, my Provider, my Healer, and my Protector. In the name of Jesus, Yeshua, make it so.....    

DEATH THROUGH ADAM, LIFE THROUGH CHRIST

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY

"Therefore, just as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned----for before the law was given sin was in the world. But sin was not taken into account when there is no law."    Romans 5:12-13

"Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous."    Romans 5:18-19


PRAYER FOR TODAY

Thank You Father God Yahweh, for sending Your own Son Jesus to die as a sacrifice to wipe out all our sin so that You will remember our sin no more. Thank You Father God for loving us first before we ever knew You were our God and heavenly Father...Help me to learn to be a "receiver" now as well as a giver. To receive from You all the good things You have for me so that my life will be a testimony to Your goodness and grace. Thank You Jesus for making a way for me where there was no way. I do love You Lord, help me to be the kind of person You need me to be to bring glory and honor to Your name. Thank You for this wisdom which is Your Word...Thank You, thank You and thanks again for helping me to understand Your Word and that I am sharing it with others. Thank You for being my "Everything." In the name of Jesus, thank you for Joy, Peace, Love, Abundance, Prosperity, Freedom, Health, and Happiness....Make it so.....

SPECIAL PRAYER FOR "SHIRLEY"   

Father God, touch Your daughter in Christ Shirley, help her to feel Your love and power, and comfort her in her time of pain and suffering and fear. Heal her now Lord, in the name of JESUS! Take away the spirit of Parkinson's disease and make her whole and happy. Touch her with the power of the HOLY SPIRIT and let her feel Your love and healing power course through her body. Restore her Father God as only You can! In the name of JESUS make it so!