Author - Clay Corvin

07/14               Psalm 40:1-3
I waited patiently for the LORD to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry. 2 He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along. 3 He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see what he has done and be amazed. They will put their trust in the LORD.

TALK

Talk to the Lord.  Tell Him what you think.  Let Him hear your pleadings.  Let Him know you trust Him.  Keep on living and doing the next right thing and the Lord will be constantly with you.  He will guide you.  He gives you life and light for living.  Jesus is alive and He is alive in you. 

07/13               Isaiah 41:10
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.

JOY

Today you can have joy, God is with you.  He declares through His prophet Isaiah 2,800 years ago that He the Lord cared for you.  He declared in Jesus Christ that He cares for you.  You do not have to live a life of fear for God is with you and He will strengthen and help you.  Real joy!

07/12               Deuteronomy 31:8
Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you.

FEARLESS

You have faced fear and known fear.  Now in Christ you can be fearless.  Jesus knows all about you.  He knows your need before you do.  Christ is your victory, your strength your shelter.  He will protect you.  You can be fearless!

07/11               Ephesians 1:19-20 

I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power 20 that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms. 

VICTORY

He has displayed His victory in Jesus Christ.  He conquered death when He raised Him from the dead.  No longer do we have to dread death for Jesus has already conquered death for us.  Jesus, Jesus, Jesus-Just the mention of His name. 

07/10               Ephesians 1:18 

I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance. 

WE

We belong to the Lord.  We are His and He is ours.  Today count your blessings and include His ownership of you in those blessings.  Jesus is Lord.  He is Lord of us.  He is Lord of all. 

07/09               Ephesians 1:15-17 

Ever since I first heard of your strong faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for God’s people everywhere, 16 I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, 17 asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. 

PRAY

We are called to pray for one another.  Lord help me to remember to pray for family, friends, co-workers, enemies, people I pass in the street, people I see driving and everyone that comes to my mind.  Help me Father to devote an adequate part of my time each day praying.  I need you Lord.  I need you desperately.  Thank you. 

07/08               Ephesians 1:14 

The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him. 

SPIRIT

The Spirit of the Lord-the Holy Spirit- is active and protective of our life.  He speaks to our heart.  He resounds in our mind.  The Holy Spirit connects us with the Father and guarantees to us that we will never be apart from the Lord.  He will never leave us or lose us.  He is our Father and desperately and wondrously loves us. 

07/07               Ephesians 1:12-13 

God’s purpose was that we Jews who were the first to trust in Christ would bring praise and glory to God. 13 And now you Gentiles have also heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago. 

HIS

We belong to Jesus and thank the Lord we do.  He cares for each one of us.  We have a personal relationship with Him.  His forgiveness has cleansed our past and His grace covers our future.  Praise the Lord, Jesus is my King. 

07/06               Ephesians 1:11 

Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan. 

SAFE

Thank you Father for our life.  Thank you that we are safe in Christ.  Thank you that we can know that you care and are here with us-you lived as we live and yet without sin and then died for us.  Thank you Lord.  We are so grateful. 

07/05               Ephesians 1:9-10 

God has now revealed to us his mysterious plan regarding Christ, a plan to fulfill his own good pleasure. 10 And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth. 

JESUS

Jesus is God’s everything.  He will do all things and in end receive all things.  He is Lord of creation and completion.  Follow Jesus and He will lead you in the way you should go.  Jesus will not desert you nor will He let you drift away from His way.  Lord God almighty hear our need and answer our prayers and we know that you will.