Good morning, My Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
May God’s presence sweetly surround you this morning. Make room for God today. May your life create a constant atmosphere for the Spirit’s presence.
May God enjoy dwelling and walking with us. This morning, as I was praying, I kept thanking God for His sweet presence. Then I began to sing today’s worship song.
Set aside special time with God today.
Good morning, Beautiful Blessing:
First, I want to say, “Thank You,” for taking the time to read the morning devotional. You are purposefully taking time for God and you are trusting me to be a vessel.
Several, several years ago I purchased a VHS recording of one of T.D. Jake’s most powerful messages. The sermon was entitled, “Tell the Devil, I Changed My Mind.” Let me tell you, that sermon equipped me with a boldness and an assuredness that I had never possessed before.
So many times, as Christians, we forget that our mind is a spiritual battlefield. Our daily wars are fought in an unseen realm and they manifest based on how strong our mind is equipped for battle. There is a reason that the bible says:
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
New International Version (NIV)
3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
Today, and every day after, train, equip, and prepare your mind for battle. Who do you keep company with? Do their words and actions influence you or do your words and actions influence them? What do you fill your mind with every day, in terms of TV, social media, music and entertainment? It all shows up in your mind. It Matters!!!
Be Transformed! Change Your Mind!
Isaiah 40:27-31
New King James Version (NKJV)
27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
And speak, O Israel:
“My way is hidden from the Lord,
And my just claim is passed over by my God”?
28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
Good morning, Children of the Most High God:
This morning, I was humming a song that we would sing in vacation Bible School, when I was a little girl.
Do you remember these lyrics?
“Rise, Shine, give God the glory, glory.
Rise, shine give God the glory, glory.
Rise and shine and give God glory.
Children of the Lord.”
For whatever reason, I can’t get that song out of my head this morning. I thank God that he still uses ways to always encourage and uplift us. Singing the song put instant smile on my face and in my heart.
The actual original song is from Albertina Walker. Take a listen and see if you can hear the similarities. I’m sure for vacation bible school some of the lyrics were changed to fit the understanding of children. Either way, both songs teach children about the Word. Amen!!!
Give God all the glory today. Remember to love on God today. He loves to know that you are thinking of Him.
Mark 12:30-31
New International Version (NIV)
30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.”
Write God a love note today. Put it in your bible.
Good morning, Beautiful Lights of the Most High God.
This morning, I want to especially acknowledge and exalt our God. When I was having my prayer time this morning, I went into a deeper level of prayer.
When praying the Lord’s Prayer this morning I got to the sentence that says, “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” The Holy Spirit had me to continue with, “Lord may my life be in perfect alignment with the will and energy of God. The Alpha and Omega. The Beginning and the End. The Everlasting God. The One who set the moon, stars, and the planets. May my life vibrate with the energy of heaven.”
I wondered why the Holy Spirit had me pray that way. In my heart I knew that a new season and level is quickly approaching and God is preparing me and others for the next level.
My prayer this morning is that we don’t miss what the Spirit of God is doing.
We glorify you, Father. Have your way. Use us and lead us in your perfect way. May your name be glorified through our demonstrated walk with you.
An Essay on Criticism is one of the first major poems written by the English writer Alexander Pope. It is the source of the famous quotations “To err is human, to forgive divine..”
As human beings, living according to our fleshy carnal nature is natural. As Christians, however, we are lead by the Word of God, the Holy Spirit and our Wayshower, Jesus Christ.
If the world cannot tell us apart, what is the point of our walk? If we can’t be living, walking, breathing epistles of Christ then we have to ask if our living is in vain. (Meditate on 2 Corinthians 3)
Ephesians 4:31-32
New International Version (NIV)
31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Matthew 6:14-15
Contemporary English Version (CEV)
14 If you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, your Father in heaven will forgive you. 15 But if you don’t forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.
I pray that you had a marvelous Monday and I hope that your Tuesday will be terrific.
The first words I spoke this morning, as I was getting out of bed was, “Oh Lord, you’re so beautiful. Thank you for waking me up this morning, just so I could get the chance to love on you. Thank for your faithfulness, grace and mercy.”
When I was in my senior year of high school, a good friend of mine introduced me to the music of Keith Green. He played a song for me entitled, “Oh Lord, You’re Beautiful.” I cried and cried because that song was the exact sentiment of my heart. I just wanted to live a life that was pleasing to God.
Psalm 139:23-24
New International Version (NIV)
23 Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
My life has been filled with a desire to make God smile. My heart longs for the continuous presence of God. My hunger and thirst never fades.
As you go along your day today, may a song to God bubble and burst forth in your heart. The song below is the original extended version.
Last week, Christian churches, around the world, celebrated Holy Week, which culminated in Resurrection Sunday. The Resurrection of Christ, from the dead, gives us a promise and a hope that if we call on the Lord and believe that he is the Son of God, we will be saved. We will be raised with Christ and allowed to live in victory.
We are Redeemed because our Redeemer is alive and sitting victoriously at the right hand of the Father, interceding on our behalf.
23 I wish that my words
could be written down
24 or chiseled into rock.
25 I know that my Savior lives,
and at the end
he will stand on this earth.
26 My flesh may be destroyed,
yet from this body
I will see God.
27 Yes, I will see him for myself.
20 On Sunday morning while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. 2 She ran to Simon Peter and to Jesus’ favorite disciple and said, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb! We don’t know where they have put him.”
3 Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4 They ran side by side, until the other disciple ran faster than Peter and got there first. 5 He bent over and saw the strips of linen cloth lying inside the tomb, but he did not go in.
6 When Simon Peter got there, he went into the tomb and saw the strips of cloth. 7 He also saw the piece of cloth that had been used to cover Jesus’ face. It was rolled up and in a place by itself. 8 The disciple who got there first then went into the tomb, and when he saw it, he believed. 9 At that time Peter and the other disciple did not know that the Scriptures said Jesus would rise to life. 10 So the two of them went back to the other disciples.
11 Mary Magdalene stood crying outside the tomb. She was still weeping, when she stooped down 12 and saw two angels inside. They were dressed in white and were sitting where Jesus’ body had been. One was at the head and the other was at the foot. 13 The angels asked Mary, “Why are you crying?”
She answered, “They have taken away my Lord’s body! I don’t know where they have put him.”
14 As soon as Mary said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there. But she did not know who he was. 15 Jesus asked her, “Why are you crying? Who are you looking for?”
She thought he was the gardener and said, “Sir, if you have taken his body away, please tell me, so I can go and get him.”
16 Then Jesus said to her, “Mary!”
She turned and said to him, “Rabboni.” The Aramaic word “Rabboni” means “Teacher.”
17 Jesus told her, “Don’t hold on to me! I have not yet gone to the Father. But tell my disciples that I am going to the one who is my Father and my God, as well as your Father and your God.” 18 Mary Magdalene then went and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord. She also told them what he had said to her.
Good morning, Beautiful Lights:
I thank God for you, each and every morning.
May you feel the love of God, at every turn today. Look for “God Kisses” today.
Keep your faith strong, your hope stronger and your love at level 10! Change the world, one person at a time. Allow God to use you.
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