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October 23 Devotional

Dear Friends,

Be blessed as you are infused with Christ through the Holy Spirit!  Amen!  Love, Scott

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As You Turn Your Attention to Me, feel the Light of My Presence shining upon you.  Open your mind and heart to receive My heavenly smile of approval.  Let My gold-tinged Love wash over you and soak into the depths of your being.  As you are increasingly filled with My Being, you experience joyous union with Me: I in you, and you in Me.  Your Joy-in-Me and My Joy-in-you become intertwined and inseparable.  I suffuse your soul with Joy in My Presence; at My right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

John 7:20-23 20 “You are demon-possessed,” the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?” 21Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle, and you are all astonished. 22Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a child on the Sabbath. 23Now if a child can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing the whole man on the Sabbath?

Psalm 16:11 (NKJV) 
11 You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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Upcoming Anthems

Here are recordings of upcoming anthems:

Majesty & Glory– November 3

God Is Working– November 10

Giving My Best– November 17

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October 22 Devotional

Dear Friends,

This is a beautiful devotional full of wisdom and insight.  This indeed is the day that the Lord has made!  Let us rejoice and be glad in it.  Amen!

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No Matter What your circumstances may be, you can find Joy in My Presence.  On some days Joy is generously strewn along your life-path, glistening in the sunlight.  On days like that, being content is as simple as breathing the next breath or taking the next step.  Other days are overcast and gloomy; you feel the strain of the journey, which seems endless.  Dull, gray rocks greet your gaze and cause your feet to ache.  Yet Joy is still attainable. Search for it as for hidden treasure.

Begin by remembering that I have created this day; it is not a chance occurrence.  Recall that I am present with you whether you sense My Presence or not.  Then, start talking with Me about whatever is on your mind.  Rejoice in the fact that I understand  you perfectly, and I know exactly what you are experiencing.  As you continue communicating with Me, your mood will gradually lighten.  Awareness of My marvelous Companionship can infuse Joy into the grayest day. 

Psalm 21:6  6 Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence.

Proverbs 2:4 
4 and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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October 21 Devotional

Dear Friends,

We’re off and running with our newest sermon series and stewardship campaign.  It’s an exciting time in the life of our church.  I really appreciated Mike’s sermon this past Sundayand the questions he asked: 1. What do you really want in life? 2. What are you looking for? and 3. What should we be looking for?  It seems the older we get, the more simple our desires become.  I also agree with Mike’s affirmation that our society thrives and promotes discontentment.  Every ad or commercial perpetuates this sentiment.  Peace and contentment seem to be the way to live a fulfilling and Christ-centered life.  May it be so for you and for me!  Be blessed loved ones.  Scott

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To Live in My Presence consistently, you must expose and expel your rebellious tendencies.  When something interferes with your plans or desires, you tend to resent the interference.  Try to become aware of each resentment, however petty it may seem.  Don’t push those unpleasant feelings down; instead, let them come to the surface where you can deal with them.  Ask My Spirit to increase your awareness of resentful feelings.  Bring them boldly into the Light of My Presence, so that I can free you from them.

The ultimate solution to rebellious tendencies is submission to My authority over you.  Intellectually you rejoice in My sovereignty, without which the world would be a terrifying place.  But when My sovereign will encroaches on your little domain of control, you often react with telltale resentment. 

The best response to losses or thwarted hopes is praise: The Lord gives and the Lord takes away.  Blessed be the name of the Lord.  Remember that all good things-your possessions, your family and friends, your health and abilities, your time-are gifts from Me.  Instead of feeling entitled to all these blessings, respond to them with gratitude.  Be prepared to let go of anything I take from you, but never let go of My hand!

Psalm 139:23-24 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

1 Peter 5:6 
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

Job 1:21 (NASB) 
21He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked I shall return there The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away.  Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” from Sarah Young

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October 16th Devotional

Dear Friends,

Continuing what we read yesterday, this devotional reminds us once again that God is always with us, guiding us and speaking to us no matter where we are.  It is the one constant that we can rely on, regardless of our circumstances.  Be it in a hospital room, foreign country or in your car driving down the road, God is with us.  Talk to him.  Listen. And know that you’re never alone.  Peace and Love, Scott

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Look To Me Continually

 

for help, comfort, and companionship.  Because I am always by your side, the briefest glance can connect you with Me.  When you look to Me for help, it flows freely from My Presence.  This recognition of your need for Me, in small matters as well as in large ones, keeps you spiritually alive.

When you need comfort, I love to enfold you in My arms. I enable you not only to feel comforted but also to be a channel through whom I comfort others.  Thus you are doubly blessed, because a living channel absorbs some of whatever flows through it.  

My constant Companionship is the piece de resistance: the summit of salvation blessings.  No matter what losses you experience in your life, no one can take away this glorious gift.

Psalm 34:5 5 Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.

Psalm 105:4 
4 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 
3Praise be to the God and Father of our LordJesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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