IDOK DEVOTION FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2010

FOR PRAYER AND PRAISE:

To review the list of names for prayer, please click here.

On page 142, of John 90 Days with the Beloved Disciple, Beth (Moore) wrote:

“Lord God, in those times when I fight to reconcile the facts of life with the words of faith, I depend on the fact that You give strength to the weary and strengthen the powerless. Youths may faint and grow weary, and young men stumble and fall, but those of us who trust in You will renew our strength. We will walk and not faint (Isa. 40:29-31)–not just when things are going well but when everything inside me feels like giving up and shutting down.

Can we amen that? And yet would you agree there are a lot of weary people among us?  Would you agree there are a lot of  earth bound ‘eagles’ walking among us rather than soaring the heights? And wouldn’t you agree there’s a bunch of folks just down right tired?  Do we not hear it over and over professed from our mouths … how tired we are?

Why?

Isaiah 40: (New American Standard Bible)  ²⁹He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power.  ³⁰Though youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly, ³¹Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.

Is this Passage of Scripture true or not? Of course it is!  So what’s the problem?  What’s up with all these fatigued Christians?

³¹Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.

And there is our answer.  Those who wait for the LORD gain new strength. And that word wait is a mighty word in Hebrew.  It’s a waiting that means looking for with an expectant hope.  That’s some powerful waiting and  the Holy Spirit of God within us can wait that way … right?

So!

Tired?  Weary? Ready to give up?

And now for the question: Am I waiting for the LORD? Or am I just waiting?

I’m saying it again, ABBA, I am grateful for Beth and the ministry and the Word You have given her.  I am grateful that she has disciplined herself and sat before You to receive it and then disciplined herself to pass it on to us. And as she said no prayer said for her is wasted; so thank You and be HUGE on her behalf today.

And, ABBA, be HUGE for all our IDOKs; inspire us to wait for You that we be not weary and tired and struggling, seeing no way but to give up.  Let us not give up anything but sin. Let us refuse to keep on struggling in our own flesh.  And we pray now for our Praying For These names; we’ve remembered them by name to You and we are trusting You to do Your Best for them and we pray that Your Best will be welcomed by them.  We pray for our IDOK Troops too and we ask for safety and protection for them again today and for safe returns home.  Again we pray for the peace and safety of Israel and the repentance and salvation of America.  Amen and amen in JESUS NAME.

IDOK DEVOTION FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2010

FOR PRAYER AND PRAISE:

To review the list of names for prayer, please click here.

If you follow the recipe below, the results is a delicious cake.

Honey Bun Cake

cake
Pillsbury yellow cake mix (1 box)
1 Egg
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup water
8 oz sour cream
1/2 cup dark brown sugar (packed)
1 tsp. cinnamon

Glaze
1 cup confectioner sugar
2 tbsp. milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla

combine 1st five ingredients in mixing bowl. Beat at medium speed 1 to 1 1/2 minutes.  Set aside. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon.
Pour 1/2 batter into greased 13 by 9 pan
Sprinkle 1/2 sugar mixture over batter.
Repeat process and gently swirl with knife

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes or until done.

Make glaze by blending sugar, milk and vanilla with mixer.
Drizzle glaze over hot cake.

ENJOY!

Similarly for a ‘delicious’ life there is a recipe.  Follow this ‘Baker’s Dozen’ closely and you and all those who partake life with you will be nourished and blessed.  Measure, stir, pour, and serve as instructed by the Holy Spirit and your family, friends and associates will not tire of this recipe nor will they complain especially if you serve it daily.

1.         Appreciate/esteem your elders – spiritual leaders, expressing same to them in word and deed – often.

2.         Live in peace with one another

3.         Admonish the unruly – in love and under the leadership of the Holy Spirit; otherwise hold your peace.

4.         Encourage the fainthearted

5.         Help the weak

6.         Be patient with everyone

7.         See to it that you do not  render evil for evil but rather good

8.         Rejoice always in all things, not for all things but that in ALL things GOD is with you and is working for His glory and your good

9.         Pray without ceasing – keep the communication lines open between you and ABBA; let no sin short circuit your fellowship

10.        In everything, give thanks – again not for all things but that in All things GOD is with you and is working for His glory and your good

11.        Do not quench the Holy Spirit – When He speaks, listen.  Do not turn a deaf ear to Him, refusing to obey Him.

12.        Do not despise prophetic utterances (do not hastily reject what you have no knowledge of) … BUT examine everything carefully and out of that which you have examined …  Hold fast to what which is good

13.        Abstain from every form of evil.

1 Thessalonians 5: (New American Standard Bible) ¹²But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction,  ¹³and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another.  ¹⁴We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.  ¹⁵See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people.  ¹⁶Rejoice always;  ¹⁷pray without ceasing;  ¹⁸in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.  ¹⁹Do not quench the Spirit;  ²⁰do not despise prophetic utterances.  ²¹But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good;  ²²abstain from every form of evil.

Thank You, ABBA, for recipes; for food to nourish and balance us. I pray You will minister this devotion in proportion to each of us as needed.

Thank You for the privilege of prayer and we pray now for each name on our List for Prayer asking for that precious and specific recipe You have for each life to be measured and presented to and through each of them.  We pray too for our IDOK Troops for a portion of safety and protection for each of them that will bring them all home safe and sound.   We pray for Israel for peace and safety and for America we continue to pray for repentance salvation, all in the Name and Merits of our Savior JESUS THE RIGHTEOUS ONE.  Amen and amen.