Hebrews 11:6
Without faith, it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
What of Today’s Verse…
I believe! I believe that God not only knows me, but cares about me. I believe that God not only created the universe, but he knows the number of hairs on my head. I believe that God not only sent his Son to save the world, but that he is sending him back to bring me home. What’s more, I believe that God is pleased by my belief.
Let us Pray:
Almighty, Most Holy Lord, I thank you for your steadfast love and enduring faithfulness. I thank you for your grace and mercy. I thank you for your might and power. I thank you for your awesome holiness. I thank you… for being you and choosing to reveal yourself to mortals like me. Through Jesus, your final Word, I pray. Amen.’
Words of Wisdom
Abide In Christ
If we would abide in Christ, we must have no confidence in self. Self-repression must be ever the prime necessity of divine fullness and efficiency.
Now you know how quickly you spring to the front when any emergency arises. When something in which you are interested comes up, you say what you think under some sudden impulse, and then perhaps you have weeks of taking back your thought and taking the Lord’s instead.
It is only when we get out of the way of the Lord that He can use us. So, be out of self, always suspending your will about everything until you have looked at it and said: “Lord, what is your will? What is your thought about it?”
Those who thus abide in Christ have the habit of reserve and quiet; they are not rattling and reckless talkers, they will not always have an opinion about everything, and they will not always know what they are going to do. There will be a deferential holding back of judgment, and walking softly with God. It is our headlong, impulsive spirit that keeps us so constantly from hearing and following the Lord.
“Bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” –2 Corinthians 10:5
