Agree With Your Adversary Quickly

Jesus said to Judas Iscariot "Whatever you have to do, then do it quickly." What does He mean by that? In part, it is His desire to reconcile all things to Himself. Secondly, whenever your enemy seeks to bring something against you, it is better to let him do it quickly, otherwise it will be given time to grow and fester into a greater problem than if it is vented suddenly and put to rest. Our Lord seeks reconcilation in all forms. He prefer that you leave your gift at the alter and reconcile yourself with your brother and then come back and present your gift.

Daily Prayer: We know that all things work together for good to those who love the Lord and are called according to His purposes. Father, lead me in the way that I should go and help me remain faithful to the task. In Jesus name I pray Amen.

When God Lays Hold Of Your Spirit

Flesh was created to serve flesh. Spirit was created to serve Spirit. Never approach service to God in the flesh because that service is not from God, but from man. In the same way, if I am called to preach the Word for God, be sure it is not my words I preach, instead the Word of God.
We in our flesh cannot satisfy a Holy God. What we can do is obey Him in spirit and in truth.

Daily Prayer: Father, just as you had chosen Jonah to proclaim Your message to the unregenerate, when You lay hold of me, let me not run away as with Jonah. Instead,
create in me the spirit of obedience so that I may speak the words given to me so that
Your purposes can be accomplished in me. In Jesus name I pray Amen.

God's Grace Is So That We Can Live-Out Our Salvation

We know that by grace we are saved by faith apart from works. We, however, need to examine our selves daily so that we can continue to draw on God's grace so that we may experience the joy of our salvation. We should not have the attitude that I will suffer until I arrive at my time of prayer. Draw on God's grace now. Now is the key component in God's gospel. We were not saved so that we can work in the flesh for awhile and then in the Spirt for awhile. We were saved to walk in the light like He is in the light step by step by grace.

Daily Prayer: Lord, once we have been saved without works, don't let us backslide with the feeling that we must somehow have to earn God's merit in the future. We cannot on our best day earn God's favor. It was yesterday, it will be today, and again in the future be dependant on God's grace for you now and then again tomorrow. In Jesus name I pray Amen.

Receiving Yourself in the Fires of Sorrow

Sin, sorrow, and suffering are, and it is not for us to say that God has made a mistake in allowing them. Sorrow removes a person's shallowness, but it does not make us a better person. Suffering gives us over to ourself or destroys us. You cannot find or receive yourself through success, because you lose your head over pride. You cannot receive yourself through monotony because you give in to complaining. The only way to find yourself is through the fires of sorrow.
You can tell the person who has been through the fires of sorrow, because in the time of trouble, this one is a benefit to many. For the one who has not shared that same experience, he is contemptuous and turns away others.

Daily Prayer: Father, we know that all things come together for good to those who love you. Allow us to receive from Your hand whatever You will knowing that all things you do are for good even if we cannot see the end from the beginning. Let us decide to trust You in all matters.
Amen.

Where Sin Is, There Grief Dwells

The Bible says that our Lord was acquainted with grief. This is because He realized something that we do not see. He understands that sins effect on God's good life is to kill and destroy it.
Sin has no life of it's own. It can only live off the life God has given. This is the very reason Jesus
suffered on the cross, died, and rose again so that sin can itself be put to death, not only by Him, but every believer in Jesus Christ. So the mission then, for every believer, is to by the power of the Holy Spirit within them, die to sin and live to God.

Daily Prayer: Father, all Christians who confess the victory at the Cross agree with You concerning the plight of sin in the lives of people. I thank You for sending the Son and the Holy Spirit to rescue us. Let us not fail to relive the Cross daily and let us not grieve the Holy Spirit.
Instead, let us trust in Jesus and depend on the Holy Spirit, so that we can live the live you gave us. In Jesus name I pray Amen.

BE WARY OF JUDGING OTHERS

The reason Jesus warns us not to judge others is because that same standard will be used against us. Jesus says that to judge others means that you have that same sin in your own heart. Jesus' preferred way of handling judgment is for Him to take it upon Himself on the Cross so that men and women can be reconciled to the Father and inherit eternal life. The one who makes judgment is doing the very opposite of what Jesus would do. Jesus offers grace by faith and the one who judges seeks to take vengence into his own hands. This is why Jesus told the parable of the two who were forgiven there debts. One was forgiven much and should have been most thankful. Instead of giving thanks, he seeks judgment on another who owes him very little. In the parable the one who forgave much brought back judgment on this man and put him in jail because he offered no compassion on his brother.

Daily Prayer: Lord Jesus, let us learn from this lesson. As long as we have a Savior, we never need to take things into our own hands. Let us live our life how You lead Yours and that is dependance of God to handle our problems. Amen

Putting One's Self To Death So That We Can Live Our Life "In Christ Jesus"

The Apostle Paul said that in my flesh dwells no good thing. Yet Christ went to the cross for the atonement of the saints. Christ's mission was not to improve the physical life of the saint, but instead to make a way for the saint to dwell under the shadow of the Most High. It is in Christ were our righteousness can be found. One can work oneself to death trying to please God, but if you approach God in Christ, God welcomes you as a son or daughter for whom Christ died for.
We become co-heirs with Christ and we inherit Christ's holiness by our faith in Him.

Daily Prayer: Father, let us quit trying to come to you through our own good intentions. You have made a way for me to please you and be with You if I believe in the One whom You sent to redeem my soul. Let that be my sufficiency for You. This I pray Amen.