Before we begin today, I have to share what a wonderful day of love and ministry I experienced yesterday an some good news too! God is with us for sure and working all things together for our good and for those who are yet to come! Keep praising and praying! God is with us!
Bread ministry was another awesome time of serving, loving, fellowshipping and prayer. God continues to bless and use us! PTL! We also continue to grow closer to each other and those God is sending. Pray for relationships to continue to blossom and lead to a deeper relationship with Jesus! Amen!
Last night we had an awesome time of Acts 2:42 type table ministry! We also made some great connections to the leaders of Revival Church as we began plans for our Light in the Night Trunk or Treat. I love how God is uniting us to go love and providing workers for the harvest. Remember we are collecting candy or donations for candy for this as we expect around a thousand moving through our lot that night. Keep praying in to this outreach and for God's favor and provision! We will be collecting candy (or donations) instead of stuff for the pantry in Oct.
We had some good news on the roof and are still assessing but it appears to not be as bad as first thought. We are getting some money back from insurance to help with damage replacement too! PTL! All of this may help for us to get insurance quicker too. Keep praying into God's provision and wisdom for that so we don't have to close our doors while roof is being repaired due to lack of insurance. God is our Source and Enough! Amen!
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Good Morning Discerning of the Times, Standing on the Word, Followers of the Living Word! Check out our devos below speaking into the importance of seeking, studying and standing on the Word of God in these dark, living-for-self days and days of deception. We know the Truth and He lives in us! PTL! Jesus said that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life and that no one can come to the Father except through Him. Amen! That's Truth! Stand on it! Did you see the backlash of the Pope saying all religions lead to God? Ah sorry Pope but that is a false teaching! Jesus is the only Way! Sarah Young speaks about the battle going on for our minds. Are you listening to the Truth and do you know it well enough to discern false teachings? The Methodist Church leaders are another denomination that has tossed the Word of God and it's Truth and embraced false teaching and is embracing the way of the world. So many of their members are duped by these falsehoods and going along with this unbiblical teachings. And see no wrong in embracing things God detests. Would you know if I taught a false teaching or blow it off? I hope not! Jesus is the Way and the Truth! Open your Bibles daily and spend time in them and with our Living Word. Remember the only offensive weapon in God's armor is the Sword of the Spirit, which is God's Word. Jesus used God's Truths against Satan's twisting of the Bible to defeat him. May we be prepared to do the same. Study, know and hide God's Truth in your hearts and be ready to battle and stand firm against all kinds of falsehoods being touted as truth today. May we always stand firm in Truth! Amen!
We see all around us people who have no clue what the truth is anymore. People willing to drink the "Kool Aid" and swallow whatever is placed before them as truth. Many are seeking to have their itching ears tickled too. Check out TWFYT about that. Know God's Word and be ready to stand firm on it and wield that sword as needed. Charles Stanley reminds us to understand that God's timing is perfect and His promises are true. Some things will take time to come to pass. And we patiently wait and endure as we trust God to bring His perfect plans to life at just the right time. Know this! Studying His promises helps us to stand firm and on His Truth and not go weary or be deceived. The Upper Room reminds us that God is always with us even in the storms--ALWAYS! Focus on Him and stand firm on His Truth in the storm that living in America has become! Check out Psalm 16 from ODB reminder that we get to choose joy as we choose to trust God and His perfect timing. Ask Him to help you grow in trust and to choose joy today. He is able! And He wants to! PTL! And ask Him to keep uniting us with like-minded followers of the Truth to walk with! There is a vicious battle raging for our hearts and minds that keeps intensifying. Choose Joy, Trust and stand firm in Christ. He is coming back with His justice and deliverance for those who remain true to Him and His ways! May that be us Lord! Amen!
Put on that armor today in prayer. Prepare to stand firm in Christ. And remember to allow the Holy Spirit to produce His good fruit in you: Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness and self-control. Amen! Focus on what is lovely and true. Let us work at dying to self and crucifying our sin and foolishness daily as we follow Jesus. Pronounce and work on our salutation for today: We are...Discerning of the Times, Standing on the Word, Followers of the Living Word! Amen!
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I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. - Psalm 73:23 (NIV)
I was riding a bus along a twisting highway between cities. The bus bounced and swayed more than usual, and I didn’t feel well. As I tried to pray and hoped I wouldn’t throw up, I remembered that in Spanish, the same word is used for being carsick and seasick (mareos, from mar, the “sea”). I thought of the disciples in the boat with Jesus when a storm arose on the Sea of Galilee. They were frightened — and perhaps seasick — so they woke up Jesus who was somehow sleeping through it all. “Don’t you care if we drown?” they cried. And he promptly calmed the storm.
What strikes me is that though Jesus had the power to calm the storm and obligingly did so when they asked, he was already in the boat with the disciples. God is with us all the time — in the storms of life and on calm sunny days. God holds us by the hand in every moment and is ready to answer when we call for reassurance. When we trust in God’s loving presence, peace can fill our souls, even in the most difficult times.
Today's Prayer
Thank you, God, for being ready to answer when we call. Help us to trust in your continual presence. Amen.ODB:
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The pandemic was winning. That’s how it looked to Jason Persoff, an emergency room doctor at a large hospital committed to saving patients with Covid. How could he give his best? During off hours, he relaxed by taking enlarged photos of something small—individual snowflakes. It “sounds crazy,” says Dr. Persoff. But finding joy in something small but beautiful is “an opportunity to bond with my Creator and also to see the world in a way that few people take the time to notice.”
Wisely looking for such joy—to ease stress and build resilience—is a high value in the medical profession, the doctor said. But for everyone, he has this advice: “You’ve got to breathe. You have got to find a way to take a breath and enjoy life.”
David the psalmist expressed this thought in Psalm 16 as he declared the wisdom of finding joy in God. “Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup,” he wrote. “Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure” (vv. 5, 9).
There are many unwise things people do as they try to decompress. Dr. Persoff found the wise path—one that pointed him to the Creator, who offers us the joy of His presence. “You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand” (v. 11). In Him, we find joy evermore.
By Patricia Raybon
REFLECT & PRAY
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How does finding wise joy bless your life? As you read Psalm 16, how can it inspire you to name the ways you find joy in God?
In my life’s journey, O God, please bless me to wisely find joy that starts with You.
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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
David’s joy in God, expressed so eloquently in Psalm 16:11, is a joy available to us as well. In fact, for the child of God, all we need for joy in our lives has already been provided—the indwelling Holy Spirit. The apostle Paul included joy in the list of the fruit of the Spirit: “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23). Joy isn’t something we can generate ourselves; it’s the result of the Spirit’s work in us.
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