In The Spirit
Ephesians: Chapter 6 Verse 18
And pray in the Spirit
on all occasions
with all kinds of prayers and requests.
With this in mind,
be alert and always
keep on praying for all the saints.
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Pray in the Spirit, The Holy Spirit of Jesus, ask Him to help you pray and He will. God loves us to pray, it is our way of talking to Him. We need to know Jesus in our hearts before our prayers can be accomplished by Our Heavenly Father through The Holy Spirit. Yes we do need to pray for each other, all of us need help, none of us are clever enough to go through life on this earth without the Love of God and the prayers of the saints.
Taken from the book: ‘Drink from the Cup’ by J.M.R.Larman
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Well – it is good to know that God wants us to pray for each other.
When we pray it is best to ask that it is His will to be done in regard to the person or persons that we are praying for.
Just think of it – our soul prayers, things that we think would be best, are not always in accordance with God’s will and if we continue to pray against His will then that person does not receive the correct blessing that Our Father God in Heaven has for them.
So what should we do?
First of all I think it best not rush in (where Angels fear to tread) as the saying goes and wildly pray what we think is best for maybe our friend or loved one.
Wait and think about what Jesus would pray for in the circumstances in regard to the situation.
Remember our own mind can be fickle – thinking that we know best and not considering the outcome of what we are really praying for.
Also we need to pray for ourselves and thank God for all our Blessings day by day. Thank Him for our families, food and shelter, our health, our finance, our pets (if we have any). Also thank Him for Joy and Laughter.
Thank God our Father in Heaven for Jesus His Son and for The Holy Spirit who is with us always and will help us to pray (especially when we ask Him).
* Have a Lovely day Today *
Amen.
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Whiter than Snow
Snowflakes are beautiful and are White as Snow.
Psalm 51 verse 7
……”Wash me
and I shall be
whiter than snow.”
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Only you O God can cleanse me and make me whiter than snow, continue to take out of me anything that is unclean day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute to enable me to be fit for your Kingdom and to do your work please. Amen.
Taken from book ‘Drink from the Cup’ by J.M.R.Larman.
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How can we become whiter than snow? Do you think it means that we should get rid of all the unholy things that maybe in us.
Like selfishness, anger, sloth (that is lazyness), greed, meanness, unholyness, addictions (there are lots of different addictions that can take hold of us) they are the really hard ones that we may need a lot of help to be removed from us.
So when we think about it – to be washed clean seems to be an ongoing thing for most of us.
To be clean means to get rid of all the unholy things in our everyday lives.
God Bless You Today wherever you are and whatever you are planning to do today.
I pray that you will feel washed and much cleaner when you repent and give your problems to Jesus Christ our Lord, who cleanses us from all our sins.
Know the Peace and Joy of God today.
Amen.
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Perseverance?
James: Chapter 1 verse 3-4
Because you know that
the testing of your faith
develops perseverance.
Perseverance must finish its work
so that you may be
mature and complete,
not lacking anything.
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Reading this we can see that we need to persevere, whatever the task is before us we must press on, we must not give up. Whatever work we have to do today or whatever trouble or concerns are with us, we must persevere for Jesus sake, so that even today we can become that bit more mature in Christ.
Taken from book: ‘Drink from the Cup’ by J.M.R.Larman.
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So there we are…….what are we trying to do today that is an effort for us to do or to complete. We must not give in to those thoughts – that is all too hard.
If we are a Christian we can pray and ask the Holy Spirit to help us. He is our helper and comforter. But remember this although Jesus knows our needs, God our Heavenly Father will not do the work for us. He likes us to ask His help.
Yes, He does help us but not always in the way that we would like, because somethings we ask for that we would like to do are not possibly the best at that particular time of asking.
But we must persevere – when we persevere with whatever it is, we are becoming more mature.
Then just think……what a joy it is when we have overcome and completed the task that we thought was too hard for us.
Even simple tasks seem like a mountain sometimes but – if we take one step at a time we can overcome – that is perseverance I believe.
As Christians we are to persevere, especially if we are called to work in the Kingdom of God while we are on this earth.
Let us work with the Joy of The Lord Today. Amen.
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Knowledge
Proverbs: Chapter 1 verse 7
The fear of The LORD is the beginning
of knowledge
but fools despise wisdom
and instruction.
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I think I shall ask The LORD for more knowledge and wisdom today. I do not want to be a fool. I pray that I do have the fear of The LORD and I certainly do not despise wisdom and knowledge. For my part I know that I do love wisdom and knowledge.
I do know that I definitely need more!
Thank you LORD God that you continue to fill me afresh each day.
Also with the knowledge and love of Jesus.
Taken from ‘Drink from the Cup’ book by:J.M.R.Larman.
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Well then what are we waiting for, just think we are priviliged to be able to ask God our Heavenly Father for more knowledge and wisdom.
Then of course we are to use it to the best of the ability that God gives us.
A good thing to ask for as well is discernment……so that we can discern what we are about to do at any particular time in our livcs. Day by day we need help with the decisions that we are to make in our every day living. We live only by the grace of God. As we said last time our God is an Awesome God. Just to think He alone gives us the knowlege and wisdom that we need to live our everyday lives here on this earth.
What a privelidge it is to belong to the one true Living God who is our Heavenly Father.
I pray that you recieve ‘The Peace of The Lord” today in your heart, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Especially if you are a Christian living with The Holy Spirit dwelling in you where ever you are at the moment.
Have a lovely Day
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Awesome
My Angel Drawing;
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Psalm: 47 verse 2
How awesome is
the LORD Most High,
the great King
over all the earth!
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* God is awesome*
Imagine how beautiful He must be surrounded by angels and by glorious light.
What a privilege to belong to Him.
When we go home to heaven we shall see Him as He is!
Taken from the book:’Drink from the Cup’ by;J.M.R.Larman.
This is my picture of a Snowflake.
I would just like to say today that when we go to heaven, like it says above, that we shall see Him as He is….that is our God of course……..
Well imagine this – He can see us as we are today –
We are all individuals, all different as people, just as Snowflakes are differnt but are still Snowflakes.
God made everyone according to a pattern.
So we are made, according to a pattern.
We are made in the image of God.
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So you see we did not evolve from monkey’s or ape’s or any other sort of creature. They are made from God’s pattern for them, so we are made Praise the Lord in His image just like God’s Son Jesus who did not evolve from any animal species.
This is all what I believe:
Creation is what our God made,
including us Human Beings
just as we are.
* Praise The Lord…..*
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Do you Love Money?
1 Timothy: Chapter 6 verses 5 – 6
……, who have been robbed of the truth
and who think that godliness
is a means to financial gain.
But godliness with content is great gain.
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This Scripture applies to those who love money, yes we do need money and we have to work to earn it but we must not make it a god in our lives. Because God supplies all our needs, we cannot think that we can pray – please God send me a fortune in money. Best to read the above Scripture to get a really good meaning of this for our lives today, then get on with our Godly living in the knowledge that God supplies all our needs, financial or otherwise.
Taken from the book ‘Drink from the Cup’ by J.M.R.Larman
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We must remember that when we trust in God to supply all our needs – it can sometimes be like a Cornucopia which is filled with all good things.
God knows our needs even before we ask or pray about them – but remember He does like us to ask.
Sometime He does not allow some of our requests because being an all knowing God He knows that some things we ask for are not really good for us.
That includes saying – please God give me a million dollars or a bigger and better car, or house or anything else that you think we can ask for that may not really be good for us!
So what is best to do or pray for then?
Well, we can pray – Dear Lord God our Heavenly Father, please help me, you know what my needs are, I am not sure how best to pray, so please would you send the help I need today and in the days to come. I thank you that you do know me, please hear my prayer. Amen.
You see it can sometimes be just a simple prayer, just talk to God in a normal way.
If you don’t feel you can do that – another way is to pray ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ which includes everything that we need to ask for.
I Pray that God our Father in Heaven supplies all your special needs today and in the future. Amen
* God Bless You *
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Grow in Grace
2 Peter Chapter 3 verse 18
“Grow in grace
and in the knowledge
of our LORD
and Saviour Jesus Christ”.
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One of the best ways to grow in grace and knowledge of God is to read The Bible> Getting things second hand is not a good idea and really dosn’t get us very far. So…..if you are not reading your Bible, Today is a very good time to start.
However if you are reading your Bible daily, then I pray that you will continue to grow in the knowledge and grace of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
The above is from the book ‘Drink from the Cup’ by: J.M.R. Larman.
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The rest of verse eightteen says … To Him be Glory both now and forever! Amen.
So that should make us think – what are we doing even today to give God our Father in Heaven any Glory.
Well what can I do? Not too sure about that – I could try to be good! (Well there is always hope!) I could be nice to some one. I could tell someone about the Gospel of Jesus. I could phone or write to someone to bless them if they have been waiting a long time for me to keep in touch. I could cook someone a nice meal…..we are supposed to show hospitality to people especially if we do happen to be a Christian.
All the above would give Glory to God if we actually manage to do any of them.
One of the best things I suppose is to make sure that we read something in the Holy Bible each day. It does not have to take long even a few minutes would be better than none at all.
Best of all is to have a special time to sit with God each day – to read His word and thank Him for the Salvation that Jesus has allowed us to have.
Let us soar on Eagles Wings to Heavenly places while we sit and pray – especially The Lords Prayer – I am sure that would be acceptable to God if you are not sure how else to pray.
* May you Grow in Grace each day as you sit with our God *
Amen.
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Psalm 29 verse 1
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Psalm 29 verse 1
Ascribe to The LORD,
O Mighty Ones,
ascribe to The LORD
glory and strength.
We may not be mighty ones but we can give The LORD Glory by the things we say and do each day. Let us do something nice for The Lord Jesus today through Him God will receive the Glory from us! One thing we can do is to praise and thank Him for our Salvation and how blessed we are through Jesus.
The above is taken from the book: ……… ‘Drink from the Cup” by J.M.R. Larman.
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So today maybe we can really pray and thank our Heavenly Father, not just for all the blessings that he allows us to have but we can thank Him for Jesus Christ who is the Lord of our lives when we have invited him into our hearts.
Well, we can also give God the Glory because allows The Holy Spirit to be with us today and always while we live on this earth.
The Holy Spirit – is the Spirit of Jesus
and is our
helper and comforter.
I am grateful that we can talk to Jesus through His Holy Spirit who never sleeps and will be here for us day and night.
We can talk to Him and give him all our fears and worries and then feel the comfort of The Lord Jesus.
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I pray that you receive the COMFORT
of The Lord Jesus.
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Love
I am the baby in the above photo and it has been good to be brought up in a family that shares the Love of God.
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1 Corinthians Chapter 13 verse 1
……………but if I have not love,
I am only a resounding gong
or a clanging cymbal.
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Imagine being empty and sounding like a clanging cymbal, we do need to be filled with love, the kind of love that only Jesus can give us. To receive His love so that we can give it out to others we really must want the love of God our Heavenly Father and of Jesus Christ His Son to be in our hearts. By the Holy Spirit we then can share the Love of the Lord.
Taken from the book ‘Drink from the Cup’ by:J.M.R.Larman.
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So do we have love in our heart
for someone
or something?
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We do need to have love in our hearts for our family and friends, our pets, our neighbours. Also for those lost souls in the world who do not know The Lord Jesus.
Just think if we do not share the love of Jesus our Lord with others how will they come to have that special love in their hearts that they too can give or show to others.
Well – if we have not asked Jesus to come into our hearts and take charge of our life…..then no, we do not have the LOVE OF GOD in our hearts to give out to the world.
Why not invite Jesus in today?
May God Bless you today with
* HIS LOVE *
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Majestic
Psalm 8 verse 1
O LORD,
our LORD,
how Majestic is your name
in all the Earth!
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Your Name is Majestic in all the Earth God. No other name can ever match your Name and the Name of Jesus. Your Name Jesus is beautiful, the Name above all Names. May we praise your name God our Heavenly Father and the Name of Jesus with all that is within us today.
The above is from the Book ‘Drink from the Cup’ by J.M.R. Larman.
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What about our Names then?
Do you like your Name?
You can of course change it if you like but not a good idea! Mainly because family love your name or they would not have given it to you.
Also all your friends know you by the name that you have…….
God our Heavenly Father knows our names.
When we become a Christian our Names are written in Lamb’s Book of Life.
What an incredible honour
– yes it tells us this in the Bible –
Revelation Chapter 21 verse 27
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*May God Bless your NAME today*
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