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

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Just keep it between you and God

Praise: A Personal God. "I praise You, God, because You are a personal God, who gives me the honor of knowing You personally, even inviting me to feast at Your kingdom's table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob" (Matt 8:11)

Scripture: "The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God." This could be a bit misleading to some. Aren't we supposed to share our faith with others, after all? But for Paul, it seems that there are to be some self-imposed limits on on our 'exuberance' for Christ and how we communicate with other believers what we are excited about. It strikes me as an attitude problem - do I find myself more concerned with proving myself right, or am I more concerned with the faith and freedom of my brother.

When it comes to different foods, drink, holy days, etc., it is a good thing to have our minds made up as to what is important and how we are to live. But we are to be careful about imposing these interpretations (even if they are true), upon other brothers and sisters in the Lord, when they are in a different place. In other words, be careful not to judge fellow believers over issues of faith and practice so as to make them feel condemned. Right relationships 'trump' right belief and right behavior. Orthodoxy without love is very dangerous ... and displeasing to our Father in heaven.

Help us Lord, not forget the importance of love and unity in the Church.

Prayer: Pray for purity in thought, word and deed for each other. Pray that we would be a people who confess our sins, receive forgiveness and are purified from all unrighteousness. Proclaim that we are a people who, like King David, cry out: "Create in me a pure heart, O God." Take joy in the promise, "The pure in heart will see God."
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