Opening:
Another day. Another day to be thankful for God being with us. Even if we go through troubles and struggles just to get by, there are people who go through troubles and struggles and still can’t afford the basics such as food, water and shelter. Let us strive to work and get ahead, maybe we can help when we have our head above water.
Encouragement/Scripture of the Day:
Matthew 5:8 (Jesus said) Happy are the pure in heart; they will see God!
This world tries to corrupt you in many ways. It is hard not to get corrupted in some way. We can still ask Jesus to purify our hearts. There is no heart so corrupted that cannot become pure and beautiful. There is no heart so broken that Jesus can’t mend. There is no heart so dead that Jesus can’t bring life back into their life. Be stoked, if you wanna do right even if others are not, you will see God!
Prayer for forgiveness:
Sometimes we do wrong when we don’t even think we did any wrong. God forgive us for sins we were not aware were even sins when we did them.
Movements of the Holy Spirit segment:(Note:archived from 2 yrs ago)
I normally pray to God for good dreams for guidance, and often receive them. Last night, however; I prayed to God for a small tame nightmare if I was going the wrong way. I had a small tame nightmare of being in a church and the lights barely working. I interpreted it as we should try and stay more pure and have more faith in Jesus. So I am attempting to have a more straight walk on the path of Jesus. So I pray for revival now. An alternate interpretation is my local church needs more income to keep the lights on. So I am also trying to live more frugal so I can tithe later. There might not always be this Movements of the Holy Spirit Segment unless I catch possible glimpses at the Hand of God at work in my life and those around me.
Today’s Blessing:
May we embrace fully the hope of eternal salvation. If we hold true that Jesus died for our sins, and was raised to life then went to Heaven then we too hold onto the hope for life after death. Heaven will be better than we can wish for. There will be infinite experiences over infinite time, and we will never grow existential and tired of it. If we hold it true that we will have infinite experiences in Heaven, then we can get by with less experiences in this life. Since we require less experiences, we can save money we could use on play, and help the poor. Helping the poor now in this life often results in eternal blessings in Heaven. Helping the poor makes us feel better about ourselves too that we’re doing the right thing.
Praise for God:
We as humans might have made a mess of things across the ages, but God always stood by our side. He is good and wants us to be good. If we follow Jesus and try and be good and loving, God stands even closer to us. You can have God fight your battles, reduce frustration, and have life go smoothly if he really be friends you. So let us fiercely live for love, goodness and honesty. This stokes God. Thanks God for caring about us.
Prayer Cues:
Ask for safe travel on people who travel in vehicles: Land/Air/Water/Space
Have an exception for people who need to be stopped from their evil.
I once prayed that the roads are safe, unless someone is doing something evil like robbing a bank then someone ram them. Within a few days, the news had an article about a citizen ramming a bank robber. I should have tracked down the news clipping and saved it.
Ask that kids get a good education.
Ask that the poorest of the poor have access to clean water and food
Ask for blessings on Hospitals, and disease research
Again God bless you guys. I hope you get stoked at God being real and loving you.
Amen,
James Sager