Day 15

1 Thessalonians 4:3

It is God's will that you would be sanctified.

Sanctified means to be set apart, holy, free from sin, consecrated.

God wants us to pray to him and he also wants us to live a pure and holy life.

If we are having trouble with such a thing as this, we need to pray that he may reveal this to us.

God promises us all over the Word that he will answer us.

He told us that anything that is asked in His name and according to His will will be answered in His timing because he knows what's best for us.

Matthew 7:7 is one of the promises, "Ask and it shall be given you, seek, and ye shall find, knock, and it shall be opened unto you." All we have to do is ASK.

Asking takes another step and effort also. It takes confidence. When we pray, we need to pray confident prayers. Prayers knowing and trusting God that he will reveal himself to us, bring us into a deeper level with Him, loving others,  and freeing us from anything that holds us down.

Psalms 51:10 -- Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

When we pray we need to start off with sincerity and truth, going to Him and asking him to renew the Spirit that gets so easily entangled with worldly passions and allow the spirit to stand firm in the faith and knowledge of God.

It is God's will for us to be sanctified, now it's our choice to allow God to do this miracle in our life or not.

Day 12

Romans 12:11

Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

Amen.

Day 11

1 John 5:13

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

Many people look at this and say this is not true. This "religion" everyone follows is false because I will only believe it if I see God. And eternal life? Please stop living in fantasy world. 

People always want to hear about the unusual and the spectacular. They want to hear about everything exciting and what's more exciting than hearing about the Truth, the word of God?

Yes, it seems like just a Bible filled with words written by dead people who proclaimed they were inspired by God. But in the Bible are amazing things that talk about everything for our lives, now that's unusual. Where in the world will we find a book like that, ever?

Jesus dying on the cross for us is even more spectacular. We will never again see a human being suffer and shed his blood for the sake of mankind. Now that's love. Excitement mixed with love? Even better.

Many think Christian life is boring, that Christians just pray and go to church and sing hymns. That may be true in some aspects but there's so much more to this walk then meets the eye and  some people just haven't seen it yet.

Day 10

Revelations 7:13-14

"Then one of the elders asked me, "These in white robes -- who are they, and where did they come from?" ... "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."

Revelations 6: 9

"...I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained."

We all know that suffering for good is always worth it and of some kind of value.

Wouldn't it be awesome if someone were to know you as a person who followed the two verses up there? To say, though all the trials and tribulations have been put in front of him, he withstood is with the power of God, maintained his faith, and were able to claim victory over the devil. His testimony is that he remained faithful to our Lord Jesus Christ.

Day 9

Revelations 4:8

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.

How amazing is it that we have the wonderful privilege to say this to the most highest of highs, the King and our father.

From the beginning he deserves all the glory, and in Heaven, that's exactly what everyone is doing, spending eternity with him. Giving him all the praise and honor and worshipping him with spirit and in truth.

We do that now, back in our churches, in our retreats and conferences and most of come back stating that it's always a blessing. It's always so great to see the people of God sing in one accord, lifting up their hands, and crying out to God. We always have an awesome time doing that and it's always such a spirit filled moment. Now imagine that in Heaven, how would it be like?

And how do we get into heaven? It's simple, just open the door of your heart and let Jesus Christ come in. Revelations 3:20 states, "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the odor, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me."

God only rebukes the ones he loves, and he shows them his care and grace for them. We have the most precious gift of all and let's not take it for granted.