Good morning,

This morning’s devotion is in a different format than usual.  As you know, I love worship music. The lyrics to today’s worship video are so powerful that I decided to make the song the message for today.

LISTEN and sweetly sing the song to God this morning. (Can you imagine going outside and singing this song as the sun begins to rise?)

Please meditate on the words of this song as you watch the video.

Have a wonderful day. I love you with an AMAZING LOVE.

Rev. Marcia Davis

Today’s devotional is extremely important, please do not ignore. 

God loves his children. God is very protective and jealous. If you are in relationship with God and are sensitive to the voice and promoting of the Holy Spirit, you will receive divine  instructions and revelations.

If God begins to show you things about a situation, DO NOT IGNORE WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN SHOWN. Get your feelings and emotions out of the way and LISTEN. What you are being shown may very well save your life.

Ask three questions:

1. Why is God showing me this?

2. What are my instructions?

3. When do I need to act?

After you ask your questions, be quiet and LISTEN. Don’t call three people and ask them what they think. They weren’t the ones that gave you the instructions, so why go to them for the answer.

Be still…

Our society is so used to microwave gratification that we have grown uncomfortable and anxious when we have to wait.

Still your mind and heart , and wait on God for the answers. Most importantly, once you receive the answers, OBEY.

There is a reason that 1 Samuel 15:22 says that Obedience is BETTER THAN Sacrifice.

1 Samuel 15:22

Expanded Bible (EXB)

²² But Samuel answered,

“What pleases the Lord more:
    burnt offerings and sacrifices
    or obedience to his voice?
·It is better to obey [Obedience is better] than to sacrifice.
    ·It is better to listen to God than to offer [Submission/Heeding is better than] the fat of ·sheep [rams].

I know that going where you have never gone before may be a little scary, but know that God would never tell you to do anything, or go anywhere, that he had not already prepared for you. Stand in faith. Walk out into the deep waters, as deep calls out to deep.

Saints of God, I love you and I want the very best for you. I pray that you would have every blessing that heaven has ordained for you to have. I also pray that you would be a blessing to someone else as well.

Please enjoy the worship video today performed by Hillsong United entitled  “Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)”

Good morning, Saints of the Most High God:

What an amazing feeling it is to be loved, beyond our faults, beyond our sin and beyond our imperfections.

What is the Grace of God? The Grace of God can really be summed up in one word…Relationship.

Ephesians 2:8-9

New International Version (NIV)

⁸ For it is by grace you have been saved,through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— ⁹ not by works, so that no one can boast.

Grace cannot be earned, bribed, or coerced. Grace is an ummerited gift. God’s Grace was provided by Jesus Christ. Jesus had no sin and was unblemished. He became the Sacred Sacrifice for our sins.

The blood of the Cross and the resurrected Savior is the only reason that God can see us perfected. God is looking at us through a pair of blood stained glass. He doesn’t see our sin because the blood sacrifice was made on our behalf.

We are the children of God. We should be wearing the same grace-covered glasses as we look at others. With the same Grace that God has given to us, so must we give to others.

It is not up to us to judge others. We must love as Jesus did and pray for those who are still learning and growing in the Lord.

We were given a gift. Let us be grateful every day for God’s Amazing Grace. As we walk the earth, let us shine and encourage others so that they to may be partakers of the greatest gift ever given.

Be blessed today. Please enjoy the worship video performed by Chris Tomlin entitled, “Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)”

Remember, I love you with an AMAZING LOVE.

Rev. Marcia Davis

Good morning, Saints of the Most High God:

Every Monday, at the Sacred Journey, we begin the day with prayer. Please join me.

Heavenly Father,

We pause for a moment in our day to say, “Thank You.” Even when times are tough and so many things may not be going our way, we still say, “Thank You.”

Great Jehovah, we understand that you know the end from the beginning. We understand that your thoughts are much higher than our thoughts, as we are your creations and you are the Creator of all things.

We run to the Throne Room and cry out with the angels and elders:

 “Our Lord and God,
    you are worthy
to receive glory,
    honor, and power.
You created all things,
and by your decision they are
    and were created.”

Amen.

Revelation 4:9-11

Contemporary English Version (CEV)

⁹ The living creatures kept praising, honoring, and thanking the one who sits on the throne and who lives forever and ever. ¹⁰ At the same time the twenty-four elders knelt down before the one sitting on the throne. And as they worshiped the one who lives forever, they placed their crowns in front of the throne and said,

Please enjoy today’s worship video performed by Kim Walkee-Smith entitled, “Throne Room.”

WHAT DAY IS IT????!!!!

It is Praise Friday.

Today we set aside this morning to give God an all out crazy praise. Not because we feel obligated to, but because we WANT to praise the Lord.

Why do we praise? We praise because our  beautiful relationship with God. We praise because of the faith we have in God to always come through in his perfect timing, under Grace and perfect conditions.

It would be strange if someone gave us a gift and then we said nothing and just walked away.  We would naturally respond to the gift with a grateful and humbled attitude. So it is when we are in friendship with God. Our friendship leads us to put our faith into action.

Meditate on the scripture passage below, this weekend.

James 2:18-26

Contemporary English Version (CEV)

¹⁸ Suppose someone disagrees and says, “It is possible to have faith without doing kind deeds.”

I would answer, “Prove that you have faith without doing kind deeds, and I will prove that I have faith by doing them.” ¹⁹ You surely believe there is only one God. That’s fine. Even demons believe this, and it makes them shake with fear.

²⁰ Does some stupid person want proof that faith without deeds is useless? ²¹ Well, our ancestor Abraham pleased God by putting his son Isaac on the altar to sacrifice him. ²² Now you see how Abraham’s faith and deeds worked together. He proved that his faith was real by what he did. ²³ This is what the Scriptures mean by saying, “Abraham had faith in God, and God was pleased with him.” That’s how Abraham became God’s friend.

²⁴ You can now see that we please God by what we do and not only by what we believe. ²⁵ For example, Rahab had been a prostitute. But she pleased God when she welcomed the spies and sent them home by another way.

²⁶ Anyone who doesn’t breathe is dead, and faith that doesn’t do anything is just as dead!

It is so good to know that we are a FRIEND OF GOD. I hope and pray that by now you know that I have a great love for you. Go with God today and be blessed.

Please enjoy today’s worship video performed by Israel and New Breed entitled, “I Am a FRIEND OF God.”  Rev. Marcia Davis

There is a name I love to hear, I love to sing its worth; it sounds like music in my ear the sweetest name on earth. Oh, how I love Jesus. Because he first loved me. 

This song always makes my heart so full of love and joy.  It is a precious song that reminds me of God’s great love.

John 3:16

Contemporary English Version (CEV)

I don’t know too many parents that would offer their first born child as a way to show love, but God did just that. He gave the ultimate gift, his life.

When all hope is gone and you can’t seem to make your way through the heaviness, remember how much God cares for you and truly loves you. It will all work out for the good of those that love him

Have a blessed day. Be a blessing to someone else. Keep the light shinning.

Please enjoy today’s worship video performed by Ann Nesby entitled, “Oh, How I Love Jesus.”

Rev. Marcia Davis

James 1:2-8

New International Version (NIV)

Trials and Temptations

² Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, ³ because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. ⁴ Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. ⁵ If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. ⁶ But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. ⁷ That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. ⁸ Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do. 

When a test comes, how do you respond?

A lot of natural disasters have been happening around the world. Tornados, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and fires. Do we panic? Do we question God? For some people the answer is yes. I can understand why. I wouldn’t be human if I didn’t understand.

However, if we are anchored in Christ we are called to respond differently.  The Word of God tells us that the trials come to strengthen us.

Where do we go for shelter, for hope, for a place to catch our breath?

I Go to The Rock!!!

Good Tuesday evening, Beautiful Beams of Light:

I know that I am coming to you later than usual, but a hurricane and power outages hindered me from writing this morning. We still have no power, but even in the coming  darkness, I want to bring you a word of hope and encouragement.

The on-line devotional, that I write each morning, has NEVER been about me. This devotional is all about the God-head that I serve, which I refer to as the Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit — 3 in 1)

So before I lose power on my cell phone let me leave you with this word.

John 1:1-5

Contemporary English Version (CEV)

The Word of Life

Today is Monday. We begin every Monday with prayer.

Father God,

Thank you for watching over us. We love you and praise you for your continous care. Continue to hide us under the shadow and protection of your mighty wing. Be our guide and our shelter. May every family affected by the hurricanes find hope in you. May we, your people, be your ambassadors of love as we help our brothers and sisters around the world. We love you, Lord. We thank you for your faithfulness toward us. Continue to remind us who we are in You, in Jesus name. Amen. 

Sixteen years ago today was the terroristic attacks of September 11, 2001. During the tragedy, the country joined together as one nation and every stranger became our brother and sister. 

This month, parts of the country has been ravaged by hurricanes. Once again every stranger has become our brother and sister. 

This tells me two things…

1. Hate is a learned behavior.

2. We have the capacity to love on a great scale.

John 13:34-35

New International Version (NIV)

³⁴ “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. ³⁵ By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

Genesis 1:27

New International Version (NIV)

Galatians 5:22-23

English Standard Version (ESV)

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,²³ gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Happy Friday, Everyone. 

I hope you had a good week. I also hope that you have a wonderful day and a great weekend.

I encourage us all to plant good seeds as we go along our day today.

Today Is Praise Friday, so we get to up and get moving for the Lord. Give God your best praise this morning.

Let’s praise God to the tunes of Zach Williams as he performes, “Old Church Choir.”