... You May Worship Him... January 30, 2014 Todays Prayer Dear Jesus the mediator to the Father in Heaven, I re-commit my life afresh to You, to follow the path You have chosen for me. Please help me to live life according to Your will, Your plan, Your Word. Continue opening the doors You want to me to walk through and the windows You care that I see through. Please assist me to stay clear of the doors you do not want me to enter. Within this day Jesus, lead...guide...direct and strengthen me that I will make and be the change NOW! Thank You for the lessons I have learned. Most of all, thank You for being there with me through it all and for carrying me all the way. Lord Jesus and my heavenly Father, thank You for my help meet...Genesis 2:18, my lover and friend-my wife...Thank You for her strength and abilities given by You. Continue to be her support and guide in a time such as these...Allow us to continue the growth in You that You have begun...Let not anything even attempt to destroy or come between us in any shape, form nor fashion...help us to remember too, Gods Demand For Obedience and Acceptance of His call... Thank You for hearing my prayer and for working in all of our lives. In Jesus name I pray and praise You. Amen January 30, 2014 Todays Devotional Good Evening All, A Call To Worship God... Exodus 6:1-13 (topic using these verse 9-13 KJV) 6 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. 2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord: 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them. 4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. 5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord. 9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. 10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 12 And Moses spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips? 13 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. It is a great task of difficulty to lead when those you are leading believe they have been mistreated and have lost all hope. It is possible that such was the case when God called Moses to bring the people of Israel out of Egypt. They had lived under many years of oppression and slavery. Yet God heard their cry. He sent someone to bring them out of slavery, And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me. (Exodus. 8:1 KJV). Interesting that God didnt say, to serve Him. Above all else, God desires our worship and praise. Its questionable if a person can enter into true worship of God while still in slavery and bondage both physically and mentally. In Proverbs, the writer tells us, Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. (Proverbs 13:12 KJV). There is a place in life where life becomes so discouraging and hopeless that we lose all hope, and it can actually make us sick. I fill I have been at this place; it is a scary condition. It brings you to the edge of despair. The people would not listen to Moses, just as those you have been charged to lead want listen to you. Yet God did not deliver immediately. In fact, it would be many plagues later before ultimate deliverance would take place. Why does God withhold deliverance at times? It is in order to bring greater glory from the situation to Him. It isnt because He doesnt care. It is because His plan for mankind is resting in these events. It is a finely tuned plan that involves many people and situations; all operating at the same time. It can seem cruel at times. But God knows that His children cannot worship Him if they are in bondage and lose all hope. He wont allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear, so He has a plan of deliverance for each of us. This plan is not always the kind of deliverance we might think is best. It sometimes has pain surrounding the deliverance. When a mother gives birth, that child is delivered into this world through much pain in most cases. But with that pain comes great joy on the other side. Every mother will say the pain was worth it because of the exceeding joy that child brought in the midst of the pain. What are you in bondage to now? What keeps you from entering true worship? Work can keep us in bondage if we fail to enter into freedom in Christ within our home and workday. Today, ask God to show you the areas of bondage that you are living in so that you may freed to worship Him. Be Blessed...
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 05:04:01 +0000
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