10/29               Ezekiel 14:10-11

10 False prophets and those who seek their guidance will all be punished for their sins. 11 In this way, the people of Israel will learn not to stray from me, polluting themselves with sin. They will be my people, and I will be their God. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!’”

BE

Be sure your sin will find you out.  The wheels of justice grind slowly with the Lord but they do grind thorough and complete. Know that Jesus loves you and stands ready to forgive you and bring you into the family of God but you have to choose. Don’t wait until it is too late to choose. 

10/28               Job 34:31-32

31 “Why don’t people say to God, ‘I have sinned, but I will sin no more’? 32 Or ‘I don’t know what evil I have done—tell me. If I have done wrong, I will stop at once’?

REPENT

Repent is not a thought it is an action.  Lord I have sinned doing this or this and I wil change immediately.  Forgive me.  Help me change-Your child.  Be quick to repent.  Keep short accounts with the Lord.

10/27               Hosea 2:6-7

6 “For this reason I will fence her in with thorn bushes. I will block her path with a wall to make her lose her way. 7 When she runs after her lovers, she won’t be able to catch them. She will search for them but not find them. Then she will think, ‘I might as well return to my husband, for I was better off with him than I am now.’

CARE

The Lord cares for you.  Once you are His child HE will never lose you.  His love is overwhelming.  Why is the Lord so concerned about us?  Because He declares that He is.  He is our wonderful and mighty Lord.  He is seeking to give us the wisdom we need to organize our lives. 

10/26               Isaiah 10:20

20 In that day the remnant left in Israel, the survivors in the house of Jacob, will no longer depend on allies who seek to destroy them. But they will faithfully trust the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

HE

HE is the Lord. Great and mighty, He is over all things, He knows all things and He is intimately involved in our daily moment by moment lives.  He is the author and finisher of our faith. He is seeking those who are lost to bring them into His family.  The Lord is God and there is no other.  Jesus is Lord of all.  Follow Him. 

10/25               Psalm 78:34

34 When God began killing them, they finally sought him. They repented and took God seriously.

LORD

Jesus is Lord whether we accept that or not He is the Creator of the Universe and all things are under Him.  Cry out to Jesus, Lord Help Me!  He will. Repent (change your ways), recognize your great need and the Lord will bring you back!

10/24               Nehemiah 1:8-9

8 “Please remember what you told your servant Moses: ‘If you are unfaithful to me, I will scatter you among the nations. 9 But if you return to me and obey my commands and live by them, then even if you are exiled to the ends of the earth, I will bring you back to the place I have chosen for my name to be honored.’

RETURN

Do you find yourself a long way from the Father?  Claim His promise: “I will bring you back.”  He will, even if it appears to be impossible He will bring you back from your sin and sinfulness.  What do you need to come back?  Are you tired of the pain?  To be away from the Lord once you have come into His family is to suffer and struggle. There is great joy and peace in Jesus. Come on back to the Father.  Ask for His forgiveness and He will forgive you and bring you back close to Him. 

10/23               Deuteronomy 4:30-31

30 “In the distant future, when you are suffering all these things, you will finally return to the LORD your God and listen to what he tells you. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the solemn covenant he made with your ancestors.

ALWAYS

Our Lord Jesus is seeking us right this moment. When we come to Him and are saved He will never let us go.  It is tragic for His child to struggle and fail seeking to be self-fulfilled.  It is heart breaking to see all of their anguish and pain but Jesus is there to pick up the broken pieces and put us back together. He will never leave you.  There is nothing you can do will make Jesus desert you. You are ALWAYS HIS.  Jesus loves you.

10/22               Isaiah 26:9

9 In the night I search for you; in the morning I earnestly seek you. For only when you come to judge the earth will people learn what is right.

SELF

Man is caught up with self.  Emotionally we are too often sold out to the next great experience.  Greed is rampant.  Evil is overwhelming.  The world is going its own way ignoring God.  We who belong to Jesus struggle with the world and its demands.  Life is often unfair and we struggle with right and wrong and sometimes are overcome by evil.  When we are Christ is faithful to forgive us and get us back on the right track. When you are striving to follow the Lord and mature you will many times find yourself crying out to the Lord early in the morning.  Jesus loves you. 

10/21               Psalm 119:71

71 My suffering was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to your decrees.

LAZY

We often are lazy in dealing with our spiritual disciplines.  Suffering gets our attention and takes us to the Father for growth.  We listen, sometimes cry out and always are able to benefit from a difficult time when we trust the Lord. 

10/20               2 Corinthians 12:9-10

9 Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. 10 That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

DIFFICULT

It is difficult to understand this until you experience first-hand what Paul is saying. Christians are just passing through this world.  Whatever hardship that is faced is met by their faith and the power of God.  He will see us through.  Sometimes we will suffer deep loss and deprivation which results in our growing in Christ.  To see the unseen God in our heart and mind equips us to know Him better and know from experience what Paul is declaring here: whatever we face the Lord is with us and the more difficulty we face the greater we experience His power in us. Life is hard but Jesus is always victorious.