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Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for Your love and grace that empowers me to overcome the fear and pride that comes against me. Lord, I do humble myself before You, asking You to be merciful to me and all of my family. We need Your love so that we can overcome evil with good. Lord, help us each, in our families and our offices, to become more like You. Give us patience and forbearance with one another. Let us be gentle and kind to all, and especially may we be so in our own homes.…

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for Your promise of daily provision. You have always been so faithful to supply all of our needs. Lord, help me to be sensitive to the needs of others, and share with them the things that You have blessed me with. Lord, help me not to forget the poor and the hungry, just because I have plenty of food. I pray for the people in the countries of the world who are suffering in famine and war. Lord, send the food and help needed to keep them alive, so…

Faith that stands … quite remarkable! Ephesians 1.4-14

To read: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%201.4-14&version=NKJV&interface=print…

“The power that has conquered the world is this faith of ours.” 1Jn.5:4

Reflection:

   Faith has a conquering power over the world. It joins us to the Conqueror of the world, risen from the grave.

   The more solid my faith is in Christ Jesus, our Lord, the better I will triumph over the world with its sorrows and its joys.

Prayer:

   “Heavenly Father, grant me a living faith that I may discover eternal things behind those that are merely…

“The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.” Ps.118:22

Reflection:

   Rejected by human beings on Good Friday, acknowledged by God on Easter Sunday and made the chief cornerstone - Christ takes His place in the center of history.

   Those who place their foundations in Him and His Church will never be lost. However, those who reject Him will themselves be rejected.

Prayer:

   “Christ, my King, I promise to be…

Dear Heavenly Father, I am thankful for Your love and the opportunity to serve You. I truly want to leave my children and grandchildren a godly inheritance. I pray that they each will be guided by You and that they remain in the will of God. May they all serve and follow You. Protect them each, and keep them from evil. Lord, filter out the humanism of this world so it does not enter into their thinking patterns; may they be influenced by godly thinking instead. Lord, may Your Words…

An answer to the oft-asked question of if masturbation is a sin for believers in Christ Jesus, and what the scriptures teach concerning it.

1Cor 4:6 (Wey) .. in order to teach you by our example what those words mean, which say, "Nothing beyond what is written!"...

The Scripture is strangely silent about this universal issue, while not shy about all sorts of other sexual situations and perversions... in great detail concerning sex with…

HO, EVERYONE WHO IS THIRSTY!

Psalm 42:1-2

"As the deer pants for the water brooks, so…

“Did not the Messiah have to undergo all this so as to enter into His glory?” Lk.24:26

Reflection:

   Every sorrowful way is a Divine way that can lead me to eternal happiness.

   Therefore, I want to follow it strengthened by keeping my eyes on Him Who goes before me and helps me carry my cross.

Prayer:

   “God of love, the Cross is to me the key to paradise. Let me never forget this so that I will never reject it. In the name of Jesus I…

Dear Heavenly Father, I praise you for all of Your goodness to us as Your children. I am blessed to know You and to follow You. Lord, help me to make wise decisions in all the things that I daily face. Give me Your love for all that I meet. Lord, in all of my affairs, help me not to procrastinate in dealing with the responsibilities that are before me. I do need Your guidance to know the things that should be priorities in my life, as sometime I do not know what needs to be taken…

God’s Promises are Life Sustaining.

Confident that there are some who need to consider God’s promises to you at this very time . . . India? Pakistan? Ormond Beach, Florida? Kenya?  UK?  Singapore?  The Philippines?  Wherever you find yourself, in whatever…

“This day you will be with me in paradise.” Lk.23:43

Reflection:

   This is God’s answer to the supplicating cry of the repentant thief.

   God does not reject anyone who even at the last minute raises a longing and repentant heart to Him.

Prayer:

   “Heavenly Father, I come before You like the prodigal son. Be merciful and lenient to me, especially in the hour of my death. In the name of Jesus I pray. AMEN!!!”

Dear Heavenly Father, I do thank You that You have given us Your Word and wisdom. Help us to walk in Your ways so that we will avoid the traps of the enemy. Lord, I am thankful that by following Your commandments You have prevented the devil from harming me. I do ask for Your protection over all of Your children. Lord, help me today to walk in love and be a good witness to all that I come in contact with. Help me to be sensitive to Your Spirit and respond to the things You ask me…

“My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass Me by. Still, let it be as You would have it, not as I.” Mt.26:39

Reflection:

   My Father, if it is possible… But this was not possible for the Redemption.

   In like manner, God cannot take every cup away from me, because this is necessary for my salvation.

Prayer:

   “Father, I know that it is not the human will but only Your will which is our Paradise. May Your will alone…