Welcome! The purpose of this blog is to encourage followers of Jesus Christ to have daily time in which they intimately connect with the Lord Jesus. It includes an aspect of praise to God, some of how I sense the Lord speaking to me, and then a topic for prayer. My hope is that this blog will help you in three ways;

1. A balanced spiritual diet of Scripture reading - Using the lectionary readings for the day, this will give you a balance of passages from the Psalms, the Old Testament, the New Testament Epistles and the Gospels.Don't feel obliged to read all the passages ... unless you have the time and the inclination!

2. An example of Spiritual Journaling - I have committed to write this daily post, not for teaching purposes but as my daily spiritual journal, sharing what I hear from the Lord and how I experience Him with me each day.

3. An online discipler – One of the reasons that so many Christians do not have daily devotion is because they do not have a discipler. A discipler can help them build up this basic element of discipleship when they first become Christians. The best way for you is to have a discipler to walk with you for a certain period of time so that daily devotion become a good habit. Or, you may have a group of 2 or 3 people to encourage and be accountable to each other so that you won’t stop your daily devotion. I offer myself as your online disciple to walk with you daily to enrich your spiritual journey, trusting that you will in time, offer yourself to others.

So let us start this journey with Jesus our Lord . . . click here for today's readings

Monday, February 1, 2010

God's pleasure in a faith that pursues Him and is not passive

Praise: God the Creator. "Creator God, I praise You because 'You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship You'".

Scripture: In the reading from Hebrews, the writer says, "And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who (diligently) seek him." [Heb 11:6] We are reminded of the place of faith (or we might say 'trust') in God's economy, but more importantly it is a faith that leads to action, action in the sense of pursuing God, and doing so diligently as we are encouraged in the authorized version. Am I pursuing a deeper, more intimate relationship with God through His Son Jesus Christ? How fitting that as we begin this journey together, this should be a part of our readings. Thank you Father.

This is more than just a faith that God exists, but a freedom to trust in this God who desires to be a loving, compassionate Father to us, who desires to share himself with us. I am reminded of some of the words from the Psalmist when he said, "This I know, that God is for me .. in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? .. For you have delivered my soul from death .. that I may walk before God in the light of life." [Psalm 56:9,11,13] This God has known my pain and gathered my tears in a bottle. This God I feel safe to open my heart to. Help me in this Father that I may walk in the light of your life.

Prayer: Pray that God's Word would be read, meditated upon and proclaimed by his people, with boldness and clarity. That Jesus, the living Word, would be exalted in our lives and communities. Thank God that his word never returns empty but always accomplishes that which he determines.
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