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Posted on 03/31/2008 8:29:34 AM PDT by Kitty Mittens
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Be Magnified, Father, in the Praises of Your Loving Flock. To You be All Glory and Splendid Honor, Both Now and Forevermore! (2Pet.3:18) Your Grace Brings us Peace, and Your Joy is our Everlasting Strength. With All our Hearts, we Exalt the Great Majesty in Heaven. Our Spirit's Soar; we Walk Hand in Hand with Eternity's King. No Weapon Formed Against us Shall Prosper. (Is.54:17) We are Safe; we are Saved, and our Righteousness is of Thee. With Thanksgiving we Rejoice in the Grace of our God. Thank You for Accomplishing our Salvation Upon Calvary's Cross!
Father of our Heart, we Lift our Brother-President to Thee. May the Power of the Lord be Upon him Everyday. Please Lead him to those who will be Heirs of Eternal Life. May he Announce to them the Word of Your Grace. Through his Ministry, Bring Life to the Spiritually Dead. Thank You for Showing him Great and Mighty Things. Thank You, our Savior, for Your Work through Your Dear Child!
Our Master, for our Troops we Pray the Promises of Your Word. They that Wait Upon the LORD Shall Renew their Strength; they Shall Mount Up with Wings as Eagles; they Shall Run, and not be Weary; and they Shall Walk, and not Faint. (Is.40:31) Thank You, Your Highness, for Your Daily, Tender Care. Send them Wave Upon Wave of Sustaining, Great Grace. Put Thy Glory on Display, our Master, and be Praised. We Pray that Every Heart will be Filled with Jesus Christ.
O Lord of the Nations, we Weep for America's Sins. Oh, Come to us, Lord, as the Former and Latter Rain! Awaken us, our God; Raise us from the Dead. Forgive us, our Lord; Immerse us in a River of Life.
Thank You for Hearing us, our Caring Shepherd-King. Be Exalted to the Highest Heaven, our Magnificent, Eternal God. In Jesus' Name, through Your Holy Blood we Pray, amen.
If I asked the question, “Where’s Waldo?” you might recall those popular children’s picture books from the 1980s. That little guy in the red-and-white-striped shirt and hat loved to hide in the pages amid a busy blur of images that made it nearly impossible to find him.
Thankfully, finding Jesus is a lot easier than finding Waldo. Jesus doesn’t play hide-and-seek. He says, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock” (Rev. 3:20). You can find Him at the door of your heart—the core of your existence—waiting to come in. He doesn’t just want to meet you at church, or to be kept at bay on the outer edges of your life. Rather, He longs to be in the center of your dreams, deliberations, and desires. He wants a real relationship with the real you.
And as wonderful as that is, I need to warn you that it may be a little unsettling. Your heart is no doubt harboring a few things that He will want to deal with. But there is nothing that is more valuable than intimacy with Him. Welcome Jesus in and He will clear out the clutter until the air is fragrant and fresh with the purity, power, and pleasure of His presence.
Who’s knocking at your heart’s door? It’s Jesus! How wonderful is that! Sweetest of all of life’s blessings,
Bible in One Year: Joshua 1–3; Proverbs 31:10-31
Dear Lord, we lift up those under constant threat, our Christian brothers and sisters that stand for You, no matter the cost.
Let them know that we are bound together, united, in one purpose, to honor You in our daily lives. Our prayer is that one day we will all join together as a single chorus, in Your name, and sing Your many praises.
Until that time, watch over each of us, and help us to support each other in ongoing trials.
Support our President, our warriors and those the stand with us against the evil in this world. Help us to overcome hatred and the anger it empowers.
Bless each one this day.
Thank you for the Uplifting Devotional, your Honor. Our Wonderful Lord Bless you and your Ministry.
Thank you...you are very kind. I believe I have turned a corner.
I stayed home from work and feel a little stronger today.
Thank you and Thank you for your continued Prayers for this country.
Thank you, my Sister and Brother in Christ, and I’m Grateful to our Lord that you are Feeling Better, LUV. Thank You, our Loving and Merciful Lord Jesus!
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AMEN SISTER AND GRACE TO ALL CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS!
Day By Day By Grace
Bob Hoekstra
March 31
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation. Galatians 6:15
In the relationship we have with the Lord through the new covenant of grace, there is intimacy, fullness of life, spiritual victory, and so much more. These blessings (that are not available to those who are related to Adam) are aspects of the new life that comes to new creatures “in Christ.”
“In Christ,” everything is so different from how it was “in Adam.” The family of man, having only natural life from Adam, puts great significance in human heritage or personal inclinations. Whether a person is a Jew or a Gentile can be of enormous consequence to many among the unredeemed community. Whether a person is religiously inclined or secularly motivated avails much with many unsaved people. On the other hand, those who have been brought into union with Christ can learn that God’s perspective on such matters is vastly different. “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything.”
In the kingdom of heaven, these distinctives among the sons of Adam mean nothing. Human differences do not cause the work of God or the will of God to be advanced or prevented. They avail nothing. What matters for all who are “in Christ Jesus” is not a “human category,” “but a new creation.”
When we come to know Christ by grace through faith, He gives us new birth. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again” (1 Peter 1:3). We are created anew. We become a new spiritual being before the Lord. We have “put on the new man” (Colossians 3:10). In this heavenly kingdom of new men and women, “there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all” (Colossians 3:11). All that ultimately matters is that the Lord Jesus Christ dwells in all of His people, and He wants to be all that they will ever need. All that matters is the Spirit of Christ is the living water that we have begun to partake of and that He makes us one. “For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:13). Any person in any human category who will cry out to the Lord in faith can experience this richness. “For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him” (Romans 10:12).
Dear Lord, giver of new life, my heart celebrates the wondrous fact that I am a new creation in Christ. I am delighted that my old human categories could not prevent Your work of grace from being offered to me. I praise You for Your glorious grace, Amen.
I join in prayer for President Bush, the Administration, the election and our heroes standing in harm’s way!
Amen.
Thank you for Posting this Blessing for our Master's Flock, my Dearest Elect Brother in Christ, and May He be Praised Forever for Pouring Out the Riches of His Grace Upon His Flock!
The Great Shepherd of the Sheep Surround you and my Sweet Sister with Limitless Blessings.
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