Ps. 145:18 "The Lord
is close to all who call on Him." NLT
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AS WE RECOVER
FROM HURRICANE KATRINA IN NEW ORLEANS. PRAY FOR NEW ORLEANS,
THE GULF COAST
AND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN DISPLACED. BLESS YOU ON YOUR
SPIRITUAL JOURNEY.
Clay Corvin
11/12
Ro
5:3
We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know
that they are good for us – they
help
us learn to endure.
ENDURANCE
Endurance is a very difficulty thing for the human mind to come to grips
with. Our society demands that now is when things happen. We pray for
growth. Problems are required for us to grow. Rejoice in the midst of your
problems not for what you are going through but for what you will become.
Help us Father to endure.
11/13 Romans 7:17
But I can't help myself, because it is sin inside
me that makes me do these evil things.
SIN
You and I are sinners. We are always dealing with sin either in a positive
or negative way. Jesus saves us from our sin. The key to dealing with sin
is to surrender to Christ. In my surrender I develop a consistency in my
daily Bible reading and prayer. As I go through my day I am constantly in
touch with Christ. Not by proclaiming that I am not in the world but
instead putting the daily actions of my life before Jesus. I ask and I
respond. By simply stopping and asking I am giving the Holy Spirit
opportunity to correct and amend my actions. Walking in Christ is making
His Word effective in my life.
11/14 Romans 10:6
But the way of getting right with God through faith says, "You don't need
to go to heaven" (to find Christ and bring him down to help you).
PRESENCE
Jesus is here. He is in the present. He knows my needs and is willing to
meet them. Surrender gives Jesus the opportunity to speak with me and guide
me each step of my life.
11/15 Romans 12:13
When God's children are in need, be the one to help them out. And get
into the habit of inviting guests home for dinner or, if they need lodging,
for the night.
COMMUNITY
The Christian life is a life that is lived in community. Jesus loves
people. As His child we are called to love people. In this day and time it
requires that we be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves so that we
do only those things that will protect our community. Help when you get the
opportunity. When we act like Jesus we will grow in Christ. When we grow
in Christ we will act more like Jesus.
11/16 Romans 13:4
The authorities are sent by God to help you. But if you are doing
something wrong, of course you should be afraid, for you will be punished.
The authorities are established by God for that very purpose, to punish
those who do wrong.
PEACE
Peace is a critical part of our daily life. It is so important for the
spread of Christianity that the Lord ordains governments to maintain peace
in society. Look to your own life. Permit Jesus to bring peace into every
facet of your life.
11/17 Romans 14:4
Who are you to condemn God's servants? They are responsible to the Lord,
so let him tell them whether they are right or wrong. The Lord's power will
help them do as they should.
CONTROL
It is wrong for any one of us to seek to control another. We are to look to
our own lives. The questions we try to ask of others must be asked of
ourselves. Am I the kind of person that Jesus wants me to be? How is my
prayer life? Is sin in control of any area of my life? What has Jesus
equipped me to do and am I doing it? These are indeed questions we need to
ask and answer ourselves but not others. When we condemn the Lord’s servant
we are condemning ourselves.
11/18 Romans 15:5
May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in
complete harmony with each other – each with the attitude of Christ Jesus
toward the other.
LIFESTYLE
People count with Jesus and they should count with me. The world puts the
strong and often heartless as its head. The Christian community calls each
one of us to value the other. Service is important and a trait of Christ’s
servant. The first will be last. The servant will be first.
11/19 Romans 15:27
They were very glad to do this because they feel they owe a real debt to
them. Since the Gentiles received the wonderful spiritual blessings of the
Good News from the Jewish Christians, they feel the least they can do in
return is help them financially.
GENEROSITY
You and I are required to give all that we have to Jesus. This means that
the tithe, ten percent, is only the beginning. The Christian responds in
all situations with generosity. My largess is useful as a blessing for
those in need.
11/20 2Co 6:2
For God says, "At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of
salvation, I helped you." Indeed, God is ready to help you right now. Today
is the day of salvation.
SALVATION
The Holy Spirit calls us to salvation. You and I accepted Jesus as a result
of His call of us. When we minister to the lost we are to be sensitive to
the movement of the Holy Spirit. He will often use us as His agent to
verbalize the Lord’s call of a lost brother or sister. We can always
inquire at the appropriate moment if another is a child of God. When we ask
we must remember that it is the Lord’s invitation and not ours.
11/21 Mark 12:30
And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul,
all your mind, and all your strength.'
DEVOTION
Too many think of football teams and sports events when the idea of devotion
is brought up. In our society people are devoted to things that please
them. The Biblical idea of devotion is my striving to please the Lord. I
think of Him, obey Him and lay my entire life before Him for His review,
direction and strength. My life is His to use not mine to waste.
11/22 Mark 12:33
And I know it is important to love him with all my heart and all my
understanding and all my strength, and to love my neighbors as myself. This
is more important than to offer all of the burnt offerings and sacrifices
required in the law."
DEVOTION
I love because He loves me. I don’t wait for convenient times or lovable
people; I simply care for those the Lord has placed me with. Life is never
about what I don’t have. Life is about what I give.
11/23 Luke 10:27
The man answered, "'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart,
all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.' And, 'Love your
neighbor as yourself.'"
DEVOTION
I count with Jesus. I am called to take what I am and what I have and give
it to others. Time, money, friendship and sacrifice in service to those I
am with are a significant part of my devoted Christian life.
11/24 Mt 13:11
Then he explained to them, "You have been permitted to understand the
secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others have not.
HEAVEN
Heaven is a real place. Jesus is in charge there. You and I as His family
members are headed there. This place is not my home. Clutch the things of
this world loosely. When your time of trouble comes it will be easier to
make the right decisions.
11/25 Mt 13:19
The seed that fell on the hard path represents those who hear the Good
News about the Kingdom and don't understand it. Then the evil one comes and
snatches the seed away from their hearts.
KINGDOM
We were
bought with a price. His shed blood did for me what I couldn’t do for
myself, it paid for my sin. When Satan comes seeking me I can simply reply
that I belong to Jesus.
11/26 Mt 13:24
Here is another story Jesus told: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer
who planted good seed in his field.
FAITH
Faith
is at once a gift and indistinguishable from an activity. It is what we as
children of God do. We live our lives with the full confidence that what
Christ has said He will do and that He is here with us this very moment.
Jesus is alive. He is alive in me. He is changing, equipping, enabling and
using me each day.
11/27 John 18:36
Then Jesus answered, "I am not an earthly king. If I were, my followers
would have fought when I was arrested by the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom
is not of this world."
KINGDOM
Heaven will be a great place. No longer will be live by faith but face to
face we will see and hear Him. Now we struggle. In heaven where all things
are in His presence we will know in reality the presence of the Lord. This
world is passing away. His kingdom is eternal.
11/28 Acts 8:12
But now the people believed Philip's message of Good News concerning the
Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ. As a result, many men and women
were baptized.
LORD
Jesus is Lord. He is Lord now and forever. He will not leave us nor will
He sacrifice us. The Lord Jesus Christ is our king and Lord and Father.
Blessed be the name of the Lord. Jesus is alive and He is coming back for
you and me.
11/29 Romans 14:17
For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of
living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
HOLY
I am called to be different from the world. I am called to radically change
the way that I make decisions and act. Holiness is simply letting Jesus
live through me. I obey Him. Christ is the giver of life and when He is in
control of me I have real life.
11/30 1Corinthians
4:20
For the Kingdom of God is not just fancy talk; it is living by God's
power.
ACTION
What I do is important. The Christian life is not the things I don’t do.
It is what I do. I love. I serve. I pray. These are things that
Christians do. When I am filled with Jesus my life will be like His.
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