Jesus will return

 Dear Christ followers, of one thing we can be very sure, Jesus will come back to this earth in exactly the same way that HE left the earth as HIS disciples saw HIM leave.

We serve a GOD who always keeps HIS promises.  Our FATHER has promised us that we have a place prepared for us in Heaven and as HE left the earth, so HE will return to fetch HIS bride, the Church.

We do not know the time, the day or the hour, and in fact no one knows.  Our FATHER is the only one who knows the hour of the return of Jesus.

But we need to be ready to go at any moment.  This is why it is so important to be in a close, living, loving relationship with our FATHER.

Should our SAVIOUR come today, let HIM find us ready.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that YOU are so true and so faithful.  I thank YOU that I can depend entirely on the TRUTH of YOUR words, the Bible.

FATHER I humbly pray that I am ready to go with Jesus at any moment.  FATHER fill me anew with YOUR Holy Spirit and convict me of any unrepented sin.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay faithfully Jesus Blessed today!

Go and make disciples of all nations!

 Dear Christ followers, we are required to tell others about Jesus.  We are so often afraid to evangelise.  But this is something that we need to do.

However, when we are about our FATHER's business, Jesus will always be with us.  Talking to people who want to hear about Jesus is easy.  But talking to people who do not want to hear is much more challenging.

This is why it is very important that we know and fully comprehend the Gospel message.  And it is a very simple message.

Jesus came to this earth to save us all from our sins.  What we need to do is to repent, believe in Jesus as the Messiah and be saved.

We need to be ready to tell others at any time.  

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, we thank YOU for YOUR grace and favour.  FATHER help me to always be ready and willing to tell others about YOUR grace.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay willingly Jesus Blessed today!

Stand firm in the LORD!

 Dearest Christ followers, as Paul says in the verse above, let us stand firm in the LORD!  We are under constant attack from the evil one and now, more than ever, we need to lean into our FATHER.   We do this in the sure knowledge that our FATHER will never leave us nor forsake us.

As we go about our FATHER'S business let us do it diligently and with fervor and zeal.  Our labour is not in vain.  The reward is eternity in Heaven in the loving arms of our ABBA FATHER.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER  I thank YOU that YOU are always with me  FATHER show me what YOU want from me and guide me in YOUR ways.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Stay steadfastly Jesus blessed today!

Jesus is the vine

 

Dearest Christ followers. Jesus is the Vine and we are the branches.  Without Jesus we cannot bear fruit.  But the GOOD VINE bears only good fruit. 

Once we are in Jesus we belong to Jesus and we need to bear this fruit.

This is not a way to "work" our way into Heaven.  But rather the fruits are evidence of our belief in Jesus.

When we work for Jesus and do the works HE has prepared for us, whatever we ask for or need to accomplish these fruits will be freely given to us by our ABBA FATHER, when we ask for this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER  I thank YOU that YOU give me fruit to bear.  FATHER I humbly pray that YOU help me to be faithful and true with the fruit which I  bear.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen. 

Stay faithfully Jesus blessed today!

Believe and be saved!

 Dearest Christ followers we can see the earth growing darker.  It is time for a call to action by all of us.

It is more important than ever to tell people about Jesus and what HE has done for all people on this earth.

Salvation is not dependent upon anything but repentance and belief. 

The message is simple and all are invited to accept the gift of grace from our beloved FATHER in Heaven

Let us use every opportunity to spread the good news   Time is short!

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER   I thank YOU for  sending YOUR Son Jesus Christ to die for the sins of everyone.  FATHER help me to deliver the Gospel wherever I go.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.   Amen

Stay graciously Jesus blessed today!

Pray correctly!

 

Dearest Christ followers, we are so blessed to be able to ask our ABBA FATHER for whatever it is that we need.  

This does not always mean that we will get whatever it is that we ask of our FATHER.  

As good fathers do, sometimes what we ask for is not going to be good for us to receive, so we do not get it.

However, if we ask for anything and it is in accordance with the plans and the will of our FATHER, we will definitely get it.  

Our FATHER loves us dearly.  HE wants the very best for us, and HE is always listening to our prayers.

This is why it is so important to pray correctly. Our prayers need to give our FATHER the glory and we need to to ask that HIS will be done in our lives on earth as it is in Heaven.  

We also need to pray with Thanksgiving.  

Most importantly of all, we need to believe that we will receive.  Or, as James says, we are like the rolling seas being tossed about.

Let us therefore order our prayers and pray with sincerity,  thanksgiving, humility, and with expectations that are in line with the will of GOD.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER we come before YOU with thanksgiving for the blessings we have received.  We ask that YOUR will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. FATHER YOU know what we need today.  Give us today what we need FATHER.  We ask this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Stay faithfully Jesus blessed today!

Dearest Christ followers, our FATHER is truly faithful to keep HIS promises. When we believe the promises of GOD we are blessed.

GOD sent HIS only Son to this earth to save us from our sins.  The Old Testament prophesies about Jesus  coming to this earth as the Messiah were all fulfilled.  

Here in Luke, we are once again told that she who has believed that the LORD would fulfill HIS promise to her is blessed.

We who have believed in Jesus should therefore know  that by grace, we have been saved. 

Knowing this and believing this, we are truly blessed.

Prayer:  ABBA Father, I humbly thank you for the blessing of YOUR grace, which I do not deserve and which I have not earned.  I thank YOU in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ Amen.

Stay graciously, Jesus. Blessed today!

Be a true follower of Jesus

 

Dearest Christ followers We all need to be like Ruth in our walk on this earth. But we need to follow Jesus. Jesus needs to be our "Naomi". Let us pray to our Abba Father that HE give us hearts that seek HIM continually in every aspect of our lives.

Prayer: ABBA FATHER I humbly pray that YOU give me heart that desires to follow you anywhere and always I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Stay loyally Jesus blessed today!

The LORD is faithful!

Dear Christ followers, if we will but trust in our FATHER, HE is so faithful to guide us and guard us.  What we need to do is to put all of our trust and all of our hope in our FATHER.  

This is often a thing that we do not do.  We tend to want to rely on our own strength in on our own abilities.

But in this world, that is simply not enough.  The devil is roaming around like a roaring lion devouring souls as he does not want to be in hell by himself.

Therefore, it is much more important to know that without GOD we can never withstand the onslaught.

Today, let us resolve to trust only in GOD.  And if we do this, HE is so faithful to protect us from the evil one.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly pray that YOU protect me against the evil one.  I know that YOU are my strength and my shield.  In YOU alone will I trust.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay faithfully Jesus Blessed today!

By HIS stripes we are set free!

 Dearest Christ followers, some seven hundred and fifty years before Jesus came to die for us, Isaiah prophesied that this would take place.

We serve a GOD who keeps HIS promises.  That is how we know that when we die, we have a home a Heaven.

All we have to do is to believe in Jesus.

What an amazing FATHER we serve.  And we definitely do not deserve the love our FATHER has lavished on us. Today, let us bow down and worship our faithful FATHER who loves each one of us so dearly.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly thank YOU that YOU are a keeping GOD.  YOU keep YOUR promises.  YOU keep us from falling when we are weak.  YOU are with us always.  I humbly thank YOU in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay faithfully Jesus Blessed today!

Do not grow weary!

 Dearest Christ followers, we are called upon to do the works that our FATHER in Heaven has prepared for us to do once we are Christ followers.

Paul warns his readers not to grow weary whilst doing the deeds we are called upon to carry out.  If we persist and do not grow faint, we shall reap our rewards.

This may only be in Heaven.  So please do not see this as me teaching that rewards on earth come from doing good deeds.  They do not!  Our eyes need to be firmly fixed on our eternal home.

When we are about our FATHER's business, the things of this earth grow strangely dim.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly ask that YOU keep me from growing weary while doing things that bring YOU Honour and Glory.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay amazingly Jesus Blessed today!

We also ought to love one another!

 Dearest Christ followers, we are so blessed to have our FATHER in Heaven who has loved each one of us so dearly.

Could we send our child to die for the sinful people of the world to be saved?

That is the question we need to ask ourselves.  Then consider how very much GOD loves each and every person on earth.  HE wants to none to die but all to come to Heaven.

Through repentance of our sins and acceptance of Jesus as our Redeemer, every single person can be saved. 

The question is not whether GOD loves us.  The question is, why do all people not love GOD?

This leads to the statement above.  If GOD so loves all people on earth, so we ought to love all people on earth.

Personally, I find this so difficult, particularly watching the darkness on earth at the moment.  Yet this is what we are called to do. 

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that YOU loved us all so much.  FATHER, I humbly pray that YOU help me to love all the people on earth like YOU have loved me.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay amazingly Jesus Blessed today!

Humble ourselves before GOD!

 Dearest Christ followers, we need to humble ourselves before our GOD.  This is so important when we are asking GOD to help us.  It is also important to remember our FATHER is HOLY.  Our FATHER is our FATHER and as such, HE needs the respect of humility.  Let us not come before HIM with an attitude which is casual. 

When we humble ourselves before GOD, Peter tells us that in due time, GOD will lift us up.

When we are in a humble, respectful attitude, then we can cast our anxiety on our FATHER and HE will care for us. 

Remember that GOD reads our hearts.  GOD knows our thoughts.  GOD knows our going out and our coming in and there is nothing that HE does not know.  But HE still wants to hear from us.  Doing our prayer in deference shows our FATHER that we are enormously grateful that HE hears us.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly ask that YOU show me how YOU want me to live my life.  I humbly ask that YOU guide my path and show me YOUR perfect plan for my life.  I humbly ask this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay amazingly Jesus blessed today!

Search me GOD and know my heart!

 Dearest Christ followers, we all need to pray like this.  After all our FATHER made us.  HE knows our going out and our coming in.  HE knit us together in our mother's womb.  We are fearfully and wonderfully made.

And what we need is our FATHER to guide our footsteps.  We need our FATHER to guard our hearts and our minds and to turn us from our sinful ways.

We need the love of our FATHER, the goodness of our FATHER, the mercy of our FATHER, the forgiveness of our FATHER, the enormous grace of our FATHER.

Let us face facts, we need our FATHER.  Without HIM, we are nothing. We are lost.  Today let us pray that our FATHER turns HIS face to shine upon us in all that we do. 

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER today I humbly pray that YOU make YOUR fact to shine upon me in everything I say and everything I do.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay graciously Jesus Blessed today!

The grace of GOD is sufficient for us!

 Dearest Christ followers, if we will but accept that the grace of GOD is sufficient for us.

The power of GOD is made absolutely perfect in our weakness.  This is why we need to glorify our FATHER in our weakest moments and fall down and worship our MIGHTY GRACIOUS FATHER.  HE, who sent HIS only begotten Son to die for us so that we might have access to HIM.

The next time we are feeling weak and low, let us fall down and worship our FATHER in Heaven and let HIS mighty power be manifest in our weakness.  

This is the perfect GRACE of GOD!

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly pray that in my weakest times YOU are most glorified in me.  I humbly pray that YOU pour out YOUR Holy Spirit on me to convict me that I am so blessed by YOUR unending GRACE.  I humbly thank YOU in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay graciously Jesus Blessed today!

Pray earnestly!

 Dearest Christ followers, we need to be praying earnestly and with thanksgiving.  This is what we are called to do.

Our prayers are so necessary in this darkening world.  We need to pray for the salvation of our family, our friends, our associates, our leaders.  We need to pray for all of those who do not know Jesus, that they may come to know HIM and they may be saved.

Time is short and we have a lot to accomplish.  Let us resolve to pray far more often, with far more fervour.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, today I thank YOU that I have been saved by YOUR grace through my faith in Jesus Christ.  FATHER, today I pray for my family, my friends, my associates that they may all know YOU and accept Jesus as their REDEEMER.  FATHER, I pray for the leaders of our country and of this world that they may come to know YOU and Jesus.  FATHER help me to pray for this each and every day.  I humbly ask this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay amazingly Jesus Blessed today!

The LORD's justice and righteousness!

Dear Christ followers, we serve a just and righteous GOD.  And our FATHER wants us to come to HIM.

In order to get our attention, our FATHER will use HIS justice and HIS righteousness to refine us.

Refining is never pleasant, but if is necessary.

When our plans do not align to those of our FATHER, we are going to encounter difficulties.

What we need to do when everything seems to be going the wrong way, is to stop and ask our FATHER to draw us into HIS plan for our lives.

Everything we do should be done through prayer and through consulting with our FATHER, before we take decisions.  This is important.

If your life seems topsy turvy, then take a pause and go to the LORD in earnest prayer.  With praise and thanksgiving, ask our ABBA FATHER to guide your feet towards HIS path for your life.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, today I humbly ask that YOU guide my steps to be in YOUR perfect plan for my life.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay amazingly Jesus Blessed today!