WWJD Revisited

 “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”Matthew 22:37-39. 

WWJD became popular a few years back as a way to ask yourself “what would Jesus do” when you caught yourself in some situations you didn’t want to compromise your faith. So I decided to revisit it. 

Are you truly loving your neighbor? When you love people that doesn’t mean you approve of things they do but you simply act as Jesus would act as kindness leads to repentance it says in Romans 2:4. 

Do you have a moral or spiritual dilemma now? Pray and ask God to show you how to love like He loves. 

PRAYER:Help me Lord to be a living example of showing your love even when hard to. In Jesus’ name. Amen. 

God Allows Do Overs

“His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness,” Lamentations 3:22-23

Have you messed up someway and you think you have blown it and God will never give you a second chance? 

The thief on the cross got a do over when Jesus said to him “tonight you will be with me in paradise.” (Like 23:43). The woman caught in the act of adultery got a second chance when Jesus  said “go and sin no more.” (John 8:11) 

God is full of grace and mercy. He doesn’t wish anyone to perish it says in scripture. (2 Peter 3:9)Whatever it is that has separated you from God and kept you from wanting to follow Him confess it to Him now in prayer. He loves you my friend. Your sins can be whiter than snow. (Psalm 51:7). 

PRAYER: Lord God thank you that you love me no matter my past and I know I have a future with you. In Jesus’ name. Amen. 

Note- forgive the lateness of my post as I was in a remote area camping with no cell coverage. 

Learning To Forgive

"Be kind and tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you" Ephesians 4:32

Has someone done something to you said something to you or hurt you by the actions or lack of action? If you are honest you probably say yes. So what to do? 

Hold a grudge til the bitter end? Not stop talking about it? Pay them back some way? 

The answer of course is to move on beyond whatever it was trying to forget it and don’t let resentment build a wall between this person. Be the bigger person and show love even if you were deeply hurt by what happened. 

PRAYER: I am choosing to forgive Lord so please give me supernatural strength to do so. In Jesus’ name. Amen. 

Garbage In, Garbage Out

 "Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies."1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Our physical bodies and our mind and spirit kind of operate in a similar way. You feed your physical body a bunch of junk with fat and sugar and then find out you have health issues. You don’t feed your spirit many scriptures and are weak when you have to face a crisis in your life.

Your body is the temple of Jesus Christ and we are to take care of it. Not getting into judgmental area of tattoos as that has become real mainstream even with believers but your body is God’s temple so no matter what you do, think of that. 

Take care of your physical body and your mind. Fill your mind with good thoughts, good books, edifying movies, scripture and so forth. Fill your body with healthy food and get exercise too. Be committed to a healthy spiritual life and ask God to guide your life choices. 

PRAYER: Father guard my heart from ugliness or deceit or anything vulgar or profane. Help me have a loving spirit and be kind even to those I may disagree with. In Jesus’ name. Amen. 

Unsubscribe From Sin And Distraction

 "Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out" Acts 3:19 

Are you subscribed to lots of email feeds or social media that at times overwhelm you? Maybe it is time to unsubscribe from all the distractions of this world and tune in to God. 

Why do you need a bunch of junk coming at you anyway. Try to get away from social media and put down your devices and truly seek God and pursue lasting peace. 

Maybe it is time  to unsubscribe from the things of this culture that could cause you to fall into sin. 

PRAYER: Father help me as I seek to keep my focus on you and not issues overwhelming my senses. In Jesus’ name. Amen. 

Can You Really Truly Rest In God

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."Matthew 11:28

That is a question I asked myself one night when listening to a Lectio 365 devotion. Can I rest no matter what and do I rest?Resting meaning letting go of burdens wearing you down. Do I do this? Can I do this? 

Is God truly the strength of your life? Then if He is and you believe it then let Him be that strength. I am talking to myself now too not just my readers. 

You can’t have true rest in your life if you say you have surrendered but keep picking up the burdens all over again. God wants to help you but you have to want to be helped. What are you mulling over in your mind and why is it so hard to let God have it so you can indeed trust He is working. Go be at peace. Trust God. 

PRAYER: I thank you Lord for your constant protection over me yet when I fail to let you be totally in control I am restless. Help me trust you. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

GV2Bless

"Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again."Luke 6:38

I  am a huge fan of vanity tags particularly ones conveying a message of hope or comfort for people who see them. Today’s title is once again a vanity tag messaging to the reader ‘give to bless’ but I guess it could mean ‘give to be blessed’. Either is fine. 

You should not give in order to get but to be a blessing to someone. You never know what a person may be going through. Even those people we all see at intersections with their hand lettered cardboard signs, whether truthful or not, still need a touch from God. If you feel you are led to give the person is responsible to God for misrepresenting aka lying about any need they may have. If you did it out of love then you did the right thing. 

I often wonder about those who really need help. What do they do where do they go. One thing is when you give do t shout it from the rooftops but it should be between you and God. (See Matthew 10:27). Go find someone you can bless today. 

PRAYER: Today I need you Lord as I do daily. Stir the hearts of those who don’t pay attention to you anymore or never did. Bring children to the kingdom of God. In Jesus’ name. Amen.