January 20, 2020

Psalm 119:105

105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

It is horrible to be lost. The feeling of not knowing what will happen next, of not knowing what to do, weighs us down and fills us with fear and anxiety. You can remember it as a child with a laugh. The fear is real, but the stakes are often pretty low. When mom or dad take your hand again the relief flows through you and brings such joy!

The Bible isn’t merely a list of do’s and don’ts. It doesn’t exist to trap you in monotony or boredom or to condemn you without hope of change or redemption. The Bible is God’s word spoken to you. As a good Father, with a heart filled with love, He gives us His word to light our way back to Him. Open it today and look for what our loving God is saying to you.

Prayer prompt: Lord, please help me love your word and go to it for guidance daily.

Daily Reading: Matthew 6 (Click or tap the Verses to read them on your device)

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January 17, 2020

John 15:9

9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.

We like that word Abide. It means to live in or to continue without fading or being lost. Jesus is commanding us, with all the authority of God’s voice from the thunder storm, or the 10 Commandments written by the finger of God in stone, to live in His love.

And His love doesn’t leave. It is like a house. The only way to get out of a house is to leave it. The house doesn’t wander off while you’re sleeping, leaving you to wake up under the sky. We wander off into other loves, to seek out other houses. But as God has loved Jesus from all eternity, so Jesus has opened up His love to us. Stay in that love. Live in that House.

Prayer prompt: Lord, help me to learn what it is to abide in your love by seeking you out hour by hour.

Daily Reading: Matthew 4 (Click or tap the Verses to read them on your device)

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January 14, 2020

Hebrews 10:22-23

22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

After what I’ve done, can I stand before God again? Every honest Christian goes through this moment. Forgiven and adopted you walked out into the world full of faith and excitement, then you sin again. If Heaven is God’s presence, and Hell is God’s absence, what do I do when my guilt makes me hide from God? Where else can I go?

It’s here that you have to remember: what got you in is going to keep you in. We become Christians by trusting a promise God made, that by calling on the name of Jesus, we will be forgiven for our sins. When we have an evil conscience because of some horrible new thing we’ve done, it’s time to trust that same promise. Draw near to God, in full assurance, trusting that He who promised is faithful.

Prayer prompt: Lord, teach me to remember the way you saved me so I will trust that you still love me.

Daily Reading: Matthew 1 (Click or tap the Verses to read them on your device)

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