October 21 Devotional

Posted on October 21, 2013 by drscott

Dear Friends,

We’re off and running with our newest sermon series and stewardship campaign.  It’s an exciting time in the life of our church.  I really appreciated Mike’s sermon this past Sundayand the questions he asked: 1. What do you really want in life? 2. What are you looking for? and 3. What should we be looking for?  It seems the older we get, the more simple our desires become.  I also agree with Mike’s affirmation that our society thrives and promotes discontentment.  Every ad or commercial perpetuates this sentiment.  Peace and contentment seem to be the way to live a fulfilling and Christ-centered life.  May it be so for you and for me!  Be blessed loved ones.  Scott

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To Live in My Presence consistently, you must expose and expel your rebellious tendencies.  When something interferes with your plans or desires, you tend to resent the interference.  Try to become aware of each resentment, however petty it may seem.  Don’t push those unpleasant feelings down; instead, let them come to the surface where you can deal with them.  Ask My Spirit to increase your awareness of resentful feelings.  Bring them boldly into the Light of My Presence, so that I can free you from them.

The ultimate solution to rebellious tendencies is submission to My authority over you.  Intellectually you rejoice in My sovereignty, without which the world would be a terrifying place.  But when My sovereign will encroaches on your little domain of control, you often react with telltale resentment. 

The best response to losses or thwarted hopes is praise: The Lord gives and the Lord takes away.  Blessed be the name of the Lord.  Remember that all good things-your possessions, your family and friends, your health and abilities, your time-are gifts from Me.  Instead of feeling entitled to all these blessings, respond to them with gratitude.  Be prepared to let go of anything I take from you, but never let go of My hand!

Psalm 139:23-24 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

1 Peter 5:6 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

Job 1:21 (NASB) 21He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked I shall return there The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away.  Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” from Sarah Young

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