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

Friday, February 12, 2010

How awesome is this place!

Praise: The Holy One. "Holy, holy, holy (are you) Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come." (Rev 4:8)

Scripture: "How awesome is this place!" Jacob exclaims. What place is he talking about? He goes on to call it the House of the Lord. We know that he was on a journey, on mission we might say to find a wife in Haran. Other than that, we know that he had a rock for a pillow! But what truly made it awesome was that God was there ... and he had not realized. God can set up his House anywhere he wishes and such a 'place' becomes a gateway to heaven.

I found myself thinking about ourselves and what we desire as Church. What if we defined it as the place where Jesus is present with his people on mission (building up the Bride of Christ). How awesome is that, and not a little scary! I love that the picture of how God wants to reveal himself and his purposes, to connect with His people, the 'Church' is seen in such a way even at this early stage, with the man who would become Israel. May we be struck by the awesome, fearful beauty of Jesus and his desire to be with us and us with Him and the Father, as we continue on mission both for Him and with Him.

Prayer: Pray that as the One Who called us is holy, we might also be holy in all that we do. Cry out for grace to embrace God's discipline as beloved sons and daughters, for the revelation that He disciplines us for our good that we might share in His holiness. Worship the Lord in the majesty and splendor of His holiness.
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