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'Humans are like a passing breath; their time on earth is like a shadow that passes over us during the day and soon is gone.' Psalm 144:4 (VOICE) Humans compared. Only a passing breath? A vapor! Breathe on a mirror and watch how quickly your breath fades away. Why? How can this be? My life. A life lived moment by moment with little substance. Then why do I care so deeply about so many things? Why do I think and over-think all my decisions? A shadow. I can see it all so clearly now. My eternal soul is passionate about so many things in life while I am trapped in this poor as a shadow dying body that will soon pass away. So I must decide to live differently and to hold onto the things that will stand. Then God. God's timing is flawless, He saves me from myself, my self-importance and my disrespectful behaviors by sending His Helper to me. When all else fails, I know where to turn.  Dear Father. Thank you for giving me life. Thank you for breathing Y...

Today I focus my morning prayer on the oppressed and the persecuted Church. This blog has had 9.303views to date and for that I am grateful. I do not take that amount of support for granted. I cannot ignore my brothers and sisters that find themselves living in hostile countries. Based on my own research I have found that many of my readers live in the most dangerous places on earth. So this day, I pray for God's peace and protection to surround them. I pray that God guide and direct them through their own storms. I pray that God give them power to overcome their abusers and enemies. I pray that God covers them with His feathers and comforts them with His Word. I pray that God reveals Himself to them in a personal way today. I pray that seeds of righteousness be planted in these regions. I pray that workers be sent to plant the seeds of goodness and truth. I pray that workers be sent to harvest the fields of souls. I pray for a huge harvest to be gathered for God...

  Don’t be fooled by those who speak their empty words and deceptive teachings telling you otherwise. This is what brings God’s anger upon the rebellious!  Don’t listen to them or live like them at all . Once your life was full of sin’s darkness, but now you have the very light of our Lord shining through you because of your union with him. Your mission is to live as children flooded with his revelation-light ! And the supernatural fruits of his light will be seen in you—goodness, righteousness, and truth.  Then you will learn to choose what is beautiful to our Lord. And don’t even associate with the servants of darkness because they have no fruit in them; instead, reveal truth to them.' Ephesians 5:6-11 (TPT) God prefers that I be hot or cold, not lukewarm. Not lovers of the flesh. With the likes of those I am not to associate. Shake our foundations. Filthy lusts must be rooted out. When the creator of the universe is called Truth, then those that...

  You may think that the situation is hopeless, but God gives us more grace when we turn away from our own interests. That’s why Scripture says, God opposes the proud,      but He pours out grace on the humble. '    James 4:6 (VOICE) In their own way, they corrupt the very nature of God and resist Him. The proud resist God. In their understanding they resist the truths of God. The proud resist God. In their will they resist the Laws of God. The proud resist God. In their passions they resist the providence of God. In their own words they are an enemy of God. In their own way they are at enmity with Him. Is there any wonder then why God opposes the proud? God opposes the proud but to the humble He gives them more grace. They are given more grace because they need it and they ask for it. In a culture where the spirits that oppose God have infiltrated every area of life, God's favor is critical for survival. Even though...

'But now I’m writing to you so that you would exclude from your fellowship anyone who calls himself a fellow believer and practices sexual immorality, or is consumed with greed, or is an idolater, or is verbally abusive or a drunkard or a swindler. Don’t mingle with them or even have a meal with someone like that. What right do I have to pronounce judgment on unbelievers? That’s God’s responsibility. But those who are inside the church family are our responsibility to discern and judge. So it’s your duty to remove that wicked one from among you.' 1 Corinthians 5:11-13 (TPT)   If it is written in the Word by Paul, then we should consider what he is saying and do it.  Don't these words appear to contradict what we are called by God to do? Love the sinner and hate the sin! And yet, Paul writes these words to warn us, that we are not to mingle with or even have a meal with a fellow believer that is a practicing sinner. We all sin, yet, it is our duty to discer...

' Yours, O Lord , are the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O Lord , and you are exalted as head above all.' 1 Chroncles 29:11 (NRSV) Be exalted, O God, above the heavens,   and let your glory be over all the earth.' Psalm 108:5 (NRSV) Dear Father. I am so thankful for Your Word and the power of those words that helped me with this daily devotional. When my heart is set on You Lord, with humble adoration, then my tongue, in grateful praises, is my glory. Continue to use me I pray. Your gifts, as the freshly fallen snow has done for me this morning, honors me, and so I use the gifts and power of the Holy Spirit to win the victory and in turn to bring You Glory. Expand them. Through You, I find my hope and in You gain in all things. Wake me up every morning to see the potential and the possibilities and to the glory of You. To God be the Glory. Let Your ...

' This time the dove came back to him in the evening, and there, in its beak, was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew then that the waters had begun to retreat from the land.  For good measure, Noah waited another seven days. Once more, he sent out the dove. This time, it didn’t return.' Genesis 8:11-12 (VOICE) 'John the Baptist: Look! This man is more than He seems! He is the Lamb sent from God, the sacrifice to erase the sins of the world!  He is the One I have been saying will come after me, who existed long before me and is much greater than I am.  No one recognized Him—myself included. But I came baptizing with water so that He might be revealed to Israel.  As I watched, the Spirit came down like a dove from heaven and rested on Him.  I didn’t recognize Him at first, but the One who sent me to baptize told me, “The One who will baptize with the Holy Spirit will be the person you see the Spirit come down and rest upon.”  I ha...