Do you look at your past and believe the lies that you’re too messy to clean up? Too broken to be fixed? Are you struggling to believe that His grace and forgiveness covers whatever is in your past? Paul tells us later on in Ephesians 2:8 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-” [NIV]
via Fresh Start | Day 10 | Acts 9:1-19.
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Ephesians 6:
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.
11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
14 Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
15 and having shod YOUR FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE;
16 in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
17 And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,
via Eph 6 NASB – Family Relationships – Children, obey – Bible Gateway.
This Passage of Scripture is filled with positives for us living in this negative world.
This morning my focus is For our struggle is not against flesh and blood — I MUST remember this!
It is so important that I keep this Scripture in the forefront when I see media news. When I hear the voices and see the faces of people so opposed to truth, this gives me strength and courage.
And so I am offering it to you — It’s Good News Morning.
ABBA, thank You for this ministry we have long referred to as IDOKs; thank You for each soul that takes part. Thank You for this Word that reminds us our struggle is not with people we see, not with news media, not even with Administrations, but rather with him who has deceived so many; thank You for strength and courage. Thank You for Your Full Armor, thank You for the strength and the privilege of putting it on this morning and wearing it throughout this day and into the night. Thank You for supplying our every need in the here and now. Thank You for Your kindness, goodness to each of us. Thank You for Your kind attentions to every petition and every hurting, needy soul that we bring to You this morning. Thank You in JESUS name for loving us and keeping us safe, and making us strong and well able in You to advance Your Gospel. Amen and amen.
We have the Right to do right in this wrong World,
Wednesday!
I’m only here at our Page for a few minutes; have a sermon to listen to, phone calls to return, some other odds and ends, and errands to run mid-morning; but in all this doing I just wanted to say I prayed for each of you by name this morning.
Be positive.
Be thankful.
This is my charge for today. Perhaps for you too.
Ephesians 4:29 King James Version (KJV)
29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
via Ephesians 4:29 KJV – Let no corrupt communication proceed – Bible Gateway.
There are prayers to pray!
I smiled when I read
“He showed me that He saw me as precious–that He is a God who cares about His kids, :)
including whether or not they have a happy birthday.”
in my Journey Devotional Magazine this morning.
He is a God who cares about His kids. I feel loved by Him just reading that. I hope you do too.
We are yet to know the whole, the ALL of His love for us but what we do know already is mighty good – for real it is. :)
Journey went on to ask me if I expect Him to participate in the everyday desires of my heart?
My answer?
Yes, I do. For real I do.
I hope you do too.
Ephesians 3:
16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,
21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
via Eph 3 NASB – Pauls Stewardship For this reason I – Bible Gateway.
Sweet JESUS Blessings upon you today – Go with HIM today, even when those you love most do not.
There are prayers to pray! Praying (PFT) is breathing for Christians!
