Read:
14 The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment:
16 "For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
One day I was driving down the road and looked into my side view mirror. It looked really foggy and for a moment I thought that my car was smoking, but realized as I looked closely at the mirror, it was just needing to be cleaned. How many times do we look at things that are not really there? We see things that maybe the enemy put before us, our own natural ways of thinking, or how even preachers in the pulpit portray our perspective of how we should see ourselves in Christ Jesus. God wants us to see ourselves in Him as righteous by the blood of Christ, above and not beneath, and having the power to overcome the flesh by walking with a revelation of who we are in Him. I want us to see things in a different light today. Let's see ourselves how God really sees us, and lets realize that we have the very mind of Christ to discern and know God's love for us. You may see alot of smoke in your side view mirror today. It could be alot of smoke from your past failures, or it could be how the enemy wants you to look at things. Remember, the past is the past and we need not look at the things that have been put under Christ' blood.
prayer:
Lord, we come to you in you mighty name and ask that you give us a fresh perspective of how you really see us. Let your spirit quicken us today to see how you see, and to have your eyes to help those in need, Amen.
by Keith Edwards
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
April 22nd Devotional
Read:
Galatians 5:1-6
1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
2 Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. 3 Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. 4 You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. 5 But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
How many times do we hold on to prison bars in our christian walk with the Lord. Imagine us holding on to some prison bars, yet no bars in the back of us or on either side of us, and then all of the sudden we hear God speak very sternly, "Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery!" So many times we feel so condemned and feel like we can't live up to the expectations that maybe a preacher, friend, or the enemy himself puts before us. The question is, "do we live out our christian walk to stay out of hell?" or do we live out our born again experience because we "LOVE" God? I can remember getting born again and again and again and..we'll you get my point. I'm not going to debate on this devotional about whether I believe in eternal security or whether I don't. This belief that you can lose your salvation at a drop of a bucket can make a christian literally lose there mind. I can remember getting baptised so much I knew the fish by name lol. I think that both sides of theology can get crazy. They are so right in what they believe, and both sides can get nutty. I'm not saying that we are to live a lose lifestyle. Scripture tells us that we are to live a holy life so that the world can see the fruit, but you can't grow in the Lord if you are feeling condemned all of the time, or if you are holding on to some prison bars that God never attended for you to hold on to. There is a time for preaching hell to those that don't know God, but if we are preaching hell hell hell to the church that has truly repented then I promise that they are going to be feeling pretty bad by the time the next Sunday service comes there way.Can you imagine Jesus asking Peter, "Peter! do you love me. Then beat my sheep! No, Jesus never attended for preachers to flog the goats but to feed the sheep. Now there is a time for correction and exhortation from pastor's and those spankings can hurt, but it is done out of love. I've got alot of spankings from minister friends and from God Himself and man does it hurt, but God will do it in love. If we can submit to God with some rich devotion and prayer everyday, then we will begin to act out good works. We have to submit and let God work through us. God does deal with us as we walk with him, and that will cause us to feel some pain within our soul at times. We have to let God do a work in us so that we can grow with Him. For we are in Him and He is in us to work through us mighty things. Let's let go and let God.
Prayer:
Lord we ask that you reveal your love to us in a deep way. We want to walk in the spirit and we want to walk in holiness, but sometimes Lord we feel so condemned and we feel like we can't measure up to the things that only you can do through us. We love you Lord and we need you so much in our life. We submit to you now with all of our heart, mind, and soul in Jesus name we pray. Amen.
by Keith Edwards
Galatians 5:1-6
1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
2 Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. 3 Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. 4 You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. 5 But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
How many times do we hold on to prison bars in our christian walk with the Lord. Imagine us holding on to some prison bars, yet no bars in the back of us or on either side of us, and then all of the sudden we hear God speak very sternly, "Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery!" So many times we feel so condemned and feel like we can't live up to the expectations that maybe a preacher, friend, or the enemy himself puts before us. The question is, "do we live out our christian walk to stay out of hell?" or do we live out our born again experience because we "LOVE" God? I can remember getting born again and again and again and..we'll you get my point. I'm not going to debate on this devotional about whether I believe in eternal security or whether I don't. This belief that you can lose your salvation at a drop of a bucket can make a christian literally lose there mind. I can remember getting baptised so much I knew the fish by name lol. I think that both sides of theology can get crazy. They are so right in what they believe, and both sides can get nutty. I'm not saying that we are to live a lose lifestyle. Scripture tells us that we are to live a holy life so that the world can see the fruit, but you can't grow in the Lord if you are feeling condemned all of the time, or if you are holding on to some prison bars that God never attended for you to hold on to. There is a time for preaching hell to those that don't know God, but if we are preaching hell hell hell to the church that has truly repented then I promise that they are going to be feeling pretty bad by the time the next Sunday service comes there way.Can you imagine Jesus asking Peter, "Peter! do you love me. Then beat my sheep! No, Jesus never attended for preachers to flog the goats but to feed the sheep. Now there is a time for correction and exhortation from pastor's and those spankings can hurt, but it is done out of love. I've got alot of spankings from minister friends and from God Himself and man does it hurt, but God will do it in love. If we can submit to God with some rich devotion and prayer everyday, then we will begin to act out good works. We have to submit and let God work through us. God does deal with us as we walk with him, and that will cause us to feel some pain within our soul at times. We have to let God do a work in us so that we can grow with Him. For we are in Him and He is in us to work through us mighty things. Let's let go and let God.
Prayer:
Lord we ask that you reveal your love to us in a deep way. We want to walk in the spirit and we want to walk in holiness, but sometimes Lord we feel so condemned and we feel like we can't measure up to the things that only you can do through us. We love you Lord and we need you so much in our life. We submit to you now with all of our heart, mind, and soul in Jesus name we pray. Amen.
by Keith Edwards
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
April 18th Devotional
Devotional Scripture:
Philippians 1:6
6 He who begun a good work in you will be faithful to complete it until the day of Jesus Christ
It's cold and lonely and you get lost in a snow storm losing your way. It's been about two days, yet you don't know for sure how long it's been since you have wandered away from your car. Then after a long ordeal of discouragement you come across a trail that you recognize and look up and to your surprise you see your car sitting there about a hundred yards from where you are standing. How many times do we get off track from the destiny trail that god has got f0r us here on earth and we find ourselves wandering around in pain and misery. You have a dream and it seems like one door after another slams in your face time and time again. Sometimes we pave our own path and impatiently try to fulfill a dream or even our calling that God may have for us, and remember that just because you may be in a rough place at times on your way down the right path that God has got for you doesn't mean that God can't use you right where you are at. God does deal with us in that self-made path that we put yourself in from maybe some wrong choices or impatience, whether it is a job situation, ministry position, or any other place we don't want to be in. We can learn from Jonah to prove it. God's got a plan for all of us, and as long as we keep our eyes on Him we will get back on the right path and continue to walk with Him. As our daily devotion, worship, and prayer life increases so shall the destiny and gifts that God has got for us begin to unfold right before us, yet it is a choice everyday to walk in the spirit. If you have gotten off course it's not too late for you. You may stumble along a wrong path for a while and can't seem to find your way, but God is right there to help you. You have to fix your eyes upon the very thing that will get you back on track. Sometimes we get to a place where we want to give up completely and all of the sudden we look up! and there is Jesus standing there holding our hand, guiding us, directing us, and loving us right back down that path we need to walk down. Philippians 1:6 says that He who begun a good work in you will be faithful to complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. We have to trust in the fact that God is able to open doors, step across boundaries in certain situations to fulfill our earthly destiny.
prayer
Lord we come to you today and ask that we will keep our eyes on the road that you have paved for us. Give us direction Lord to walk in the way that you desire for us. Forgive us if we have gone our own way as a child will do at times, and give us revelation of why we are here in the first place. We surrender our whole life to you in Jesus name we pray, amen.
by Keith Edwards
Please view this video after reading this devotional and think upon how you are God's chosen child as you walk down that road He has for you, and just remember that when you are at that crossroad in your life you can let God guide you back to that place in Him. He can calm the storm in you and you can call out to Him now.
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