What Need Do We Have Today—God IS . . . God IS God . . . HE IS . . . GOD IS GOD!
God IS God IS God IS God IS God!
How much do we trust Him?
How much of ourselves are we willing to give?
How much of our autonomy are we willing to relinquish?
GOD IS . . .
JESUS IS . . .
GOD IS HERE . . .
GOD IS THERE . . .
GOD IS IN OUR STRUGGLES . . .
GOD IS . . .
GOD IS EVERYWHERE
GOD IS . . .ALWAYS . . .
What prayer concerns are we lifting today? Do we trust God’s presence? Do we trust God
s deliverance? Do we fully trust God’s answer?
DO WE . . . AS HIS CHILD—TRUST the FATHER?
DO WE?
Today, I find myself reflecting upon the task of a substituting teacher. My daughters are both substitute teachers. Substitutes. One standing in the place of another. One teaching in place of another. In 1991, I too served as a substitute, and I remember the task well. I remember what I could control and what I could not. I remember well. Thirty years ago, an eternity that seems like—well, like yesterday. Early this morning, I read an article about kids, and I found the reminder—KIDS CAN TEACH US SO MUCH!
Kids live (Almost) Entirely in the moment.
Kids do not live in the past.
Kids do not live in the future because the future seems so far.
Kids Trust.
Kids Trust Authority.
Kids Jump, and Kids Trust that the One With the Outstretched Arms Will Catch Them.
Kids Trust.
Kids Possess An Innocence.
Kids have not yet learned how to play mind games.
Kids Are A “What You See Is What You Get.”
Kids Are.
Kids Don’t Wear Metaphorical Masks Over Their Actions.
Kids Don’t.
KIDS ARE GENUINE.
We are God’s Kids!
Last night at church, I found myself admiring the beauty of a three-week-old baby—Baby Harley. Clearly, she was perfect. She slept in her grandmother’s hands, and as I listened to her grandparents speak of “how easy” it was to care for baby Harley, so easy compared to the time when they raised their own children, I began to wonder why it is that we find—EASE & PEACE with age.
God blesses us with sanctification. God blesses us with growth in Him. God blesses us, who believe and belong to Him.
Thank You, God, for Your Blessings.
WE ARE THE CHILDREN of GOD!
WE, WHO HAVE ACCEPTED HIM AS SAVIOR—WE ARE GOD’S!
WE BELONG TO HIM & WE ARE NOT OUR OWN!
GOD’S . . .
WE ARE GOD’S CHILDREN.
Are we acting & reacting & living & interacting with others—AS GOD’S CHILDREN SHOULD?
Our lives are on display, & we may not even realize how our lives are on display. Do we believe in the absolute TRUTH of God? If we do, then the absolute TRUTH of GOD is on display through us—today!
“If we love Christ much, surely we shall trust Him much.” –Thomas Brooks
We influence everyone we come into contact with today.
EVERYONE.
INFLUENCED to SEE GOD.
Let us take seriously our position as God’s Children. & Let us take seriously our witness, our testimony. & Let us live on MISSION—Today. & Let US, Each ONE of US!
In the Bible, we see a young person, a boy, who decided BEFORE he was faced with temptation how he would react when faced with temptation.
Daniel was a child, a boy, just like us, human flesh; yet Daniel was a giant IN HIS FAITH!
WE CAN LEARN SO MUCH FROM THE STUDY of DANIEL—SO MUCH FROM THE OBEDIENCE of DANIEL—SO MUCH FROM HOW DANIEL SAW GOD in his life.
SEE WITH ME.
“Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some of the royal family and of the nobles, youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for serving in the king’s court; and he ordered him to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.
The king appointed for them a daily ration from the king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and appointed that they should be educated three years, at the end of which they were to enter the king’s personal service.
Now among them from the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.
Then the commander of the officials assigned new names to them; and to Daniel he assigned the name Belteshazzar, to Hananiah—Shadrach, to Mishael—Meshach and to Azariah—Abed-nego.
But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself . . . .
(Daniel 1: 3-8)
Let us stand firm today, firmly planted in WHOSE we are, & firmly rooted in WHO WE CALL OUR FATHER.
Let us TODAY.
Let us see our world, not as a playground where children play but as a battleground between the Devil and Almighty God. May We Be On Mission TODAY.
God IS . . . God IS . . . God IS God . . HE IS . . .
GOD IS GOD.
Let us react, act, and BE HIS CHILDREN, & LET US REFLECT OUR FATHER—GOD!
Let others see our minds “made up” to “not defile ourselves,” and let others see GOD—TODAY.
BE A POWERFUL INFLUENCE FOR GOD TODAY!