09.21.07
Devote Yourselves To Doing What Is Good
Father,enable us, by putting our trust in You, to be careful and to devote ourselves to doing what is good and well pleasing in Your sight.
This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone. (Titus 03:08 )
Prayer is a powerful way to open the heart when you are stuck in anger, fear, self-judgment, resistance or depression. When you can sincerely pray for spiritual help in opening your heart and taking responsibility for your own feelings and needs, help is there. Spirit will find some way to support you when you really desire the help. Spiritual help may come through words that pop into your mind, through images, feelings, dreams, or through other people – but it will come.
Happiness, peace and joy are the result of loving ourselves and others rather than from being loved.
When you really understand this and take action based on this truth, you will find your joy.I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing. (1 Timothy 02:08 )
Prayer for the day:
Dear Heavenly Father, release us from the pressures that sometimes bring us to anger. Help us to seek a way that we may break the bond of anger and leash it, for there is no good use for it. Enable us, by putting our trust in You, to be careful and to devote ourselves to doing what is good and well pleasing in Your sight. Father, when we face several problems in our life and pass through turbulent circumstances, help us to rely upon Your everlasting love. Help us to love others with the love that You bestow on us. Bless me so that I will forgive all past hurts and wounds. Father, this is my prayer to You from the bottom of my heart. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
09.19.07
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due
“Father, help us to be sensitive to the needs of those around us and not to just walk by when someone needs the help that we could give them. Help us to share our faith, our love, and our time with those who need encouragement and help.”
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so (Proverbs 3:27). Open to us, Lord, your great Door, O Fountain of all mercy, hear our prayer and have mercy on our souls. Lord of the morning and ruler of all seasons, hear our prayer and have mercy on our souls.
The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace. (Exodus 14:14 )
Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin (James 4:17).
We all stumble many times in such things. Forgetting to pray and help someone when we have the power to do so. That is the reason as to why the Lord Jesus Christ is interceding for us. Since He is alive forever, He is interceding for us. If we do not pray for others, we would be sinning against God. Many times we forget to pray.
Prayer of the day:
Dear Heavenly Father, help us to remember You always in our life. We confess that You are a living God. May we make it a point to always give the first place to You in all that we do. Bless the works of our hands. Let the thoughts of our mind glorify Your name. May we reach out not only to the poor and needy, but to all those who You lead us to help. Strengthen us not only give of our money, but also to give of ourselves. Father, help us to share our faith, our love, and our time with those who need encouragement and help. Help us to be sensitive to the needs of those around us and not to just walk by when someone needs the help that we could give them. We humbly ask this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.