Archive for October 2018

Walk with Me

2018-10-08 Devotional with Hymn No comments

“Come, follow me.” (Mark 1:17, NIV) 

I get overwhelmed with the world’s needs. Billions are dying of physical and spiritual hunger. Desperate problems surround me every day.

I ask God, “What should I do?” He answers: Walk with Me.

When I start over-organizing my life, He says: Walk with Me.

When I get too preoccupied with my work and ministry, He whispers: Walk with Me.

That was Jesus’ call to His first disciples. They learned to live and serve by being with Him, listening to Him, and obeying Him situation by situation.

Nothing has changed. Effective living and effective service still flow from walking with Him step-by-step. 

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Hymn: Day by Day in You, Our Lord
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Energetic Waiting

2018-10-05 Devotional Companion to Revelation, Devotional with Hymn No comments

A prayer response to Revelation 14:6-20,
visions of the last days

Father, You call us to
wait on You.
But the waiting You want is not
passive.
Waiting on You is
active and
energetic.
You call us to wait
focused on You,
trusting You,
obeying You,
glorifying You,
serving You wholeheartedly,
eagerly anticipating
our full joining with You.

Father, we believe that You are
all You say You are.
We believe You will do
all You say You will do.
You say You will judge the world
in perfect righteousness.
You say Your judgment
could come at any moment.
You say Your judgment
will determine our eternal destiny:
deep and endless life or
deep and endless death,
unending joy in You or
unspeakable separation from You.

So, today and every day
we will await Your coming
actively and
energetically.
Our hearts will be standing at the door,
waiting,
listening, and
longing for You. 

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Hymn: Come, Our Lord!
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Our Lord I AM

2018-10-03 Hymns One comment

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Hear the worlds all whispering His name.
Mountains flee before Him.
All who know Him tremble at His voice.
All who fear adore Him.
Pure, complete, and evermore the same,
None can speak all His splendor in a name.
I AM. I AM.
Bow down.
He is I AM.

 

Who can stop the torrent of His love?
Who can test its measure?
Who can feel the fire of His heart?
Who conceive its treasure?
Veiled in glory, near and yet so far,
Life and love are the light of who You are.
I AM. I AM.
You are the Lord
I AM. I AM.
Our life, our Lord I AM.

 

Pure, complete, and evermore the same,
None can speak all His splendor in a name.
I AM. I AM.
You are the Lord
I AM. I AM.
Our life, our Lord I AM.

Reflection on Psalm 1

2018-10-01 Devotional with Hymn No comments

O Father, how blessed and wonderful are
Your words to us!
Through them You freely share
Your deeds,
Your ways,
Your character, and
Your heart.

As I read, meditate, and pray over them,
You fill my mind and heart with Yourself,
O magnificent Father!
As I turn to You and
trust You day by day,
Your unbounded life courses through me and
keeps me fruitful and alive in You.
Without You, I am chaff –
dry,
lifeless,
worthless,
temporary,
quickly driven away by the winds of time.

With You and
in You
I am nourished by Your Spirit.
I am known and loved
as Your child.

Praise to You, my Father!

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Hymn: Psalm 1
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