How to Find Joy Being In the center of God’s Will by Beverly Yancey
Faith in Prayer – Jessica Smallwood
Shine As The Brightness Of The Firmament
Look and Live
Cast Thy Burden
We Can Do It!
Jesus – Jesus Christ
Jesus – Jesus Christ
Philippians 2:10-11 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Christ is the Lord’s most well-known title, whereas Jesus is the Lord’s most well-known name. Jesus is His earthly name which means “Jehovah is salvation”, whereas Christ is His heavenly name which means the “anointed one”, who is the Messiah.
Christ not only took on Him the form of a servant and was born in likeness of man (Philippians 2:7), but He was was born of low estate (Luke 1:48). He was even further humiliated by the crucifixion and death on the cross (Luke 23), yet He rose triumphantly on the third day (1 Corinthians 15:4).
One day, Jesus Christ will be acknowledged and worshipped by all for who He truly is. It is to God’s glory that everyone believe and confess that He is Lord (John 5:23).
May you have a Christ filled day🎄
Jesus – Daysman
Jesus – Daysmen
Job 9:32-33 – For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
Daysmen in the dictionary is an adjudicator, judge, or intermediary. A daysman must judge without partiality.
There is only one person I know who can rightfully be the mediator between God and man.
1 Timothy 2:5 says, “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”
Christ purchased peace for us with His blood on the cross. If we trust in Him, our sins will be buried in the deepest sea (Micah 7:19), and will wash them white as snow (Isaiah 1:18). This causes for no offense to be able to be laid to our charge.
Thankful that Christ is ever interceding on our behalf.
Praying you have a blessed day 🎄
What Do You Believe? by Julie Myers
Happy November 15th! Can you believe next week is Thanksgiving??? I love this time of year! This week’s devo is “What Do You Believe?” written by Julie Myers! Please take the time to read as she shares with us this week! I hope that you have an awesome week!!!
What Do You Believe? – Julie Myers
John 11:18-26,38-44
What do you believe? Not just what you think you believe or what you say you believe. What do you believe in your heart about Christ?
This story is one that hit me like a ton of bricks. I had been struggling in conversations with a friend who had decided that God wasn’t for her anymore. She had a lot to say about everything that was going on in the government and with the pandemic. Though, I had noticed her behavior coming up to this confrontation, it seemed like she wasn’t living as she believed it for a long time. It began with head knowledge and never seeped into her heart.
John 11:23-27 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
If you read these words at a glance, you would think that she agreed with Him. Look closely though. She did not agree with what He said He was, she agreed with what she thought He was.
This is our struggle. This is a real thing. WE put it in our heads what we think He is saying instead of reading the words and meditating and believing. We move forward with our heads in our Christian walk instead of it manifesting in our hearts and then when things do not work out the way we believe they should (our perception or expectation fails) we doubt God’s goodness.
John 11:38-39 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
Jesus knows what He is going to do. He knows what He is capable of and though Martha is right there in the presence of the Lord her gaze is not on Him it is on the physical things of this world. Her words betray her thoughts. The physical death of her brother and even the smell are her focus. They are very real things yes but they are the things of this world, not the things of eternity and the miracles of God.
Though in verse 40 Jesus says to her Said I not unto thee, that if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
He gently reminds her that she has to believe to be able to see it. Not just in her head but in her heart. And though we continue to doubt and forget, our God is still good and still providing though we are not looking at it and watching for it. Do we believe it?
John 11:41-44 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. And when he thus had spoken, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with gravesclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
Jesus even says in His prayer to the Father – He knows His Father hears Him always but because of the people who are standing by He said it so that they would believe. Even with Martha, though she was caught up in the here and now, in today’s moments and drudgeries- He showed her a miracle still.
I don’t know if Martha ever saw the miracle through the circumstances of her “now’s.: She isn’t mentioned past this passage. I do know that my friend –‘my Martha’ – gained a new view and started looking for them.
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
O soul are you weary and troubled
No light in the darkness you see
There’s light for a look at the Savior
And life more abundant and free.
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in his wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of his glory and grace
His word shall not fail you he promised
Believe him and all will be well
Then go to a world that is dying
His perfect salvation to tell
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in his wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of his glory and grace
O soul are you weary and troubled
No light in the darkness you see
There’s light for a look at the Savior
And life more abundant and free
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in his wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of his glory and grace.
https://www.sappsolutely.com/devotions/what-do-you-believe-julie-myers
Salvation
Biblical Character Trait
Salvation-deliverance from the power and effects of sin
Everyone has the need of salvation. All men are sinners. Our sin separates us from God.
Jesus made salvation possible through his death on the Cross. We must believe and confess our sins. Only then can we be made whole in Jesus.
John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Additional Scripture:
Acts 4:12, Acts 16:31, Psalm 62:1-2, Romans 10:9-10, Titus 2:11-12, Luke 19:10, 2 Peter 3:9, Romans 1:16, Mark 20:52, Psalm 62:7, Titus 3:5, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:13, 1 John 1:9, 1 Corinthians 1:18, 2 Timothy 2:10
Prayer:
Lord, thank you for Your sacrifice at Calvary and for forgiving my sins through Your blood. I pray that my family will obtain salvation and learn to have a personal relationship with You. Help me to be a light to others around me that they may want to know You too.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Songs of Praise:
- Come and Dine
- Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
- Jesus Saves
- Look to the Lamb of God
- The Light of the World Is Jesus
