Good morning to everyone. Grace and Peace be with you.
The birds are singing, my coffee is hot, my back hurts (not sure why), and I slept like an unmovable rock (probably why my back hurts). Today is a beautiful day in which many blessings are just waiting to be discovered.
I have shared many times that, for the longest time, my prayer life was far from a prayer life. It has improved to the point where I pray at least twice a day. Once in the morning, before my feet hit the floor, and then at night, before my head hits the pillow. Each time I first give thanks for the day, the provision, the obstacles, and guidance…then I close with the Lord’s prayer. I have also shared how in the Lord's Prayer (Matthew version) it says debts/debtors, but I preferred sins/those who sinned against us. I learned that the way I say it is the Book of Luke version. I had never seen it that way until I started researching the actual translations.
I remember a lesson in one of my Sparkling Gems devotional (I think that was the source) that the translated word ‘debt’ from the Greek was a banking term that Matthew used and he did so with the purpose of exposing the ‘DEBT’ that Jesus paid for us and how we should look at the wrong doings that have been done to us or at us in the same fashion.
For about a month or so, this routine of mine has conjured up some internal discussion (the proper translation of the prayer and not my preference), which led me to find that, depending on what version of the prayer I follow (Matthew or Luke), I am fine. But the idea of debt owed really struck a chord with me. The mess that I am and the debt that I owe … that concept really changed the way I think about those who I feel have ‘wronged’ me. Now, that does not mean that I don’t get mad or lash out verbally in the moment, it simply means that I take accountability even deeper for my actions in their part of my situation.
Yesterday, I spoke about the Old Testament being the foundation and building block of the New Testament and that we did need to following it’s guidelines … within the guidelines of what Jesus taught. I actually used a portion of that paper in a conversation yesterday about the one part of the old that we do not follow is ‘An eye for an eye’ … Jesus taught that we turn the other cheek.
In giving thanks and closing with the Lord’s Prayer, I have found that I will remember something that I need to remember to pray for, that different situations come to light that need to be prayed for, that sometimes just silence is what is called for, and an internal and deeper desire to better understand the Word of God. I realize that today’s paper is a bit scattered, but the true takeaway is this … in prayer … a true devotion to God prayer … our eyes are opened to areas that pertain to our walk and the direction that He is leading us.
To be clear, I have not reached the level of prayer life as depicted by the elderly woman in the movie War Room, however, it also is no longer a “Hey can you please look over and bless … or I know you are in control use me … Amen” either. My prayer life, now, is intentional … not a pop-up. My prayer life is direct and reflective, and most of all … reverent to the One who asked me to talk to Him.
Today, I encourage you to start an intentional prayer time. Whether is like I do before the day starts and when the day ends, or if it is in your car while you are eating lunch … start a devoted prayer time and spend time with Him. You will be amazed at what you will see when you do.
Be blessed.
**We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. –1 Corinthians 2:6-7
The birds are singing, my coffee is hot, my back hurts (not sure why), and I slept like an unmovable rock (probably why my back hurts). Today is a beautiful day in which many blessings are just waiting to be discovered.
I have shared many times that, for the longest time, my prayer life was far from a prayer life. It has improved to the point where I pray at least twice a day. Once in the morning, before my feet hit the floor, and then at night, before my head hits the pillow. Each time I first give thanks for the day, the provision, the obstacles, and guidance…then I close with the Lord’s prayer. I have also shared how in the Lord's Prayer (Matthew version) it says debts/debtors, but I preferred sins/those who sinned against us. I learned that the way I say it is the Book of Luke version. I had never seen it that way until I started researching the actual translations.
I remember a lesson in one of my Sparkling Gems devotional (I think that was the source) that the translated word ‘debt’ from the Greek was a banking term that Matthew used and he did so with the purpose of exposing the ‘DEBT’ that Jesus paid for us and how we should look at the wrong doings that have been done to us or at us in the same fashion.
For about a month or so, this routine of mine has conjured up some internal discussion (the proper translation of the prayer and not my preference), which led me to find that, depending on what version of the prayer I follow (Matthew or Luke), I am fine. But the idea of debt owed really struck a chord with me. The mess that I am and the debt that I owe … that concept really changed the way I think about those who I feel have ‘wronged’ me. Now, that does not mean that I don’t get mad or lash out verbally in the moment, it simply means that I take accountability even deeper for my actions in their part of my situation.
Yesterday, I spoke about the Old Testament being the foundation and building block of the New Testament and that we did need to following it’s guidelines … within the guidelines of what Jesus taught. I actually used a portion of that paper in a conversation yesterday about the one part of the old that we do not follow is ‘An eye for an eye’ … Jesus taught that we turn the other cheek.
In giving thanks and closing with the Lord’s Prayer, I have found that I will remember something that I need to remember to pray for, that different situations come to light that need to be prayed for, that sometimes just silence is what is called for, and an internal and deeper desire to better understand the Word of God. I realize that today’s paper is a bit scattered, but the true takeaway is this … in prayer … a true devotion to God prayer … our eyes are opened to areas that pertain to our walk and the direction that He is leading us.
To be clear, I have not reached the level of prayer life as depicted by the elderly woman in the movie War Room, however, it also is no longer a “Hey can you please look over and bless … or I know you are in control use me … Amen” either. My prayer life, now, is intentional … not a pop-up. My prayer life is direct and reflective, and most of all … reverent to the One who asked me to talk to Him.
Today, I encourage you to start an intentional prayer time. Whether is like I do before the day starts and when the day ends, or if it is in your car while you are eating lunch … start a devoted prayer time and spend time with Him. You will be amazed at what you will see when you do.
Be blessed.
**We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. –1 Corinthians 2:6-7
Good morning to everyone. Grace and Peace be with you.
The birds are singing, my coffee is hot, my back hurts (not sure why), and I slept like an unmovable rock (probably why my back hurts). Today is a beautiful day in which many blessings are just waiting to be discovered.
I have shared many times that, for the longest time, my prayer life was far from a prayer life. It has improved to the point where I pray at least twice a day. Once in the morning, before my feet hit the floor, and then at night, before my head hits the pillow. Each time I first give thanks for the day, the provision, the obstacles, and guidance…then I close with the Lord’s prayer. I have also shared how in the Lord's Prayer (Matthew version) it says debts/debtors, but I preferred sins/those who sinned against us. I learned that the way I say it is the Book of Luke version. I had never seen it that way until I started researching the actual translations.
I remember a lesson in one of my Sparkling Gems devotional (I think that was the source) that the translated word ‘debt’ from the Greek was a banking term that Matthew used and he did so with the purpose of exposing the ‘DEBT’ that Jesus paid for us and how we should look at the wrong doings that have been done to us or at us in the same fashion.
For about a month or so, this routine of mine has conjured up some internal discussion (the proper translation of the prayer and not my preference), which led me to find that, depending on what version of the prayer I follow (Matthew or Luke), I am fine. But the idea of debt owed really struck a chord with me. The mess that I am and the debt that I owe … that concept really changed the way I think about those who I feel have ‘wronged’ me. Now, that does not mean that I don’t get mad or lash out verbally in the moment, it simply means that I take accountability even deeper for my actions in their part of my situation.
Yesterday, I spoke about the Old Testament being the foundation and building block of the New Testament and that we did need to following it’s guidelines … within the guidelines of what Jesus taught. I actually used a portion of that paper in a conversation yesterday about the one part of the old that we do not follow is ‘An eye for an eye’ … Jesus taught that we turn the other cheek.
In giving thanks and closing with the Lord’s Prayer, I have found that I will remember something that I need to remember to pray for, that different situations come to light that need to be prayed for, that sometimes just silence is what is called for, and an internal and deeper desire to better understand the Word of God. I realize that today’s paper is a bit scattered, but the true takeaway is this … in prayer … a true devotion to God prayer … our eyes are opened to areas that pertain to our walk and the direction that He is leading us.
To be clear, I have not reached the level of prayer life as depicted by the elderly woman in the movie War Room, however, it also is no longer a “Hey can you please look over and bless … or I know you are in control use me … Amen” either. My prayer life, now, is intentional … not a pop-up. My prayer life is direct and reflective, and most of all … reverent to the One who asked me to talk to Him.
Today, I encourage you to start an intentional prayer time. Whether is like I do before the day starts and when the day ends, or if it is in your car while you are eating lunch … start a devoted prayer time and spend time with Him. You will be amazed at what you will see when you do.
Be blessed.
**We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. –1 Corinthians 2:6-7
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