One day everyone will bow their knee to God

It is written, “As surely as I live,” says the Lord, “every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God.”
Romans 14:11 New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
“Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Believe it or not, it won’t make any difference when His judgment comes. It doesn’t matter if you call yourself an Atheist and say there is no God. Denial of God is just like denying that there is gravity. But, I guarantee you that if you jump off a 20 story building you will experience gravity whether you believe it exists or not. Yes one day, every knee will bow, in heaven, on the earth, and even under the earth I don’t care who you are or what you believe now. I didn’t say that, God said it! At the judgment you will believe in God like it or not and it might be pleasant if you have denied God in life. But our knees, as believers, already bow before Him. I do not wish to be crushed by the rock and made to submit. I would rather willingly submit to Him now than to be made to submit in the judgment that is to come upon those who will not willingly submit now. As believers we have already submitted to His Lordship over our lives. We live in anticipation of the day when all peoples will bow before our Lord and King. Until that day, let’s do all we can to make sure that we keep Him as our Lord and King! Let us consecrate ourselves anew each day unto the Lord, separate ourselves from the world unto Jesus and let Him prepare us for that Great Day!

MY PRAYER…
Father, I thank You for saving me. May my anticipation of the day of Jesus’ victorious return for His church move me to be Your agent of reconciliation so others may be made ready for that day and welcome it with joy. Give me eyes to see those who need to come to know Jesus today. Give me ears to hear their cries, Lord give me Your heart of compassion for them, that I may minister to them as if I were You for You are in me as I am in You.
In Jesus’ name I pray.
Amen

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Major Heart Surgery

The word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12 New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
Let God do major surgery on your heart.
How often do you let God do major surgery on your heart (your inner man, your spirit)? Let His Spirit use the Word to encourage, judge, motivate, convict, instruct, and inspire you everyday. With such a great tool so readily at hand for most of us, let’s not let a day go by that we don’t let God use His word on hearts. We may not always like what He has to say through His Word, or through the ‘man of God’, or a friend, but did you always like what your natural father had to say? What He does, He does because He loves us. Is it time to let God show you that you must make amends to those you have offended or treated badly? Is it time for you to forgive, forget, and move on? Yes forget, for if you do not forget you have NOT forgiven.

MY PRAYER…
Almighty God, Your will is my heart’s desire. But I realize that I need to be fed more consistently by Your Word. You revealed Your Word in Scripture. You sent Your Word in the flesh, Your Word paid the price for me on Calvary. I realize that I need to read, to meditate, to speak , and to do Your Word more and more every day. Give me strength and consistency in my walk with You through Your Word. Through Your Holy Spirit, inspire me to change what needs to be changed and to be blessed and encouraged in the areas that I need it most. I turn to You and rely on and trust in Your Word to point me in the direction You have for my life. Through Jesus I pray.
Amen

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You can’t see God but He still exists!

The fool says in his heart there is no God. Psalm 14:1 New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
God is like gravity, you can’t see Him but He still exists! To deny there is a God would be like trying to deny there is gravity. You can deny it exists, but jump off a roof and I guarantee you it will prove to you that it does exist! You can deny God now, but on judgment day you will know that He exists, but it will be too late then to acknowledge Him as Lord!
How many of us have ever raised an angry fist to the sky, cursed the darkness, and denied there is a God or worse yet – cursed God! Each of these things is equally ineffective and really very futile. To believe that there is no God is only to rob ourselves of His Love, His mercy, His grace, His hope for our lives, and a heavenly future with Him for all eternity. How foolish indeed to forget or deny that behind a creation of wonder, beauty, greatness, unexcelled pattern, and kingly order is our God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth and all that is therein. The great I AM who was and is and will be forever. Who is far greater than His handiwork in us. Man didn’t just happen to come about nor did we come from some other species or crawl out of the ocean as some slime blob. God created man (us, you and I) in His likeness and in His nature for His great pleasure!

MY PRAYER…
Lord God Almighty, Creator and Sustainer of the universe, thank You for being there, not just then, but for being with me today and everyday. Thank You Lord for creating me in Your likeness, breathing the breath of Your Zoe life into me, for giving me Your Spirit and placing in my character your character and being. Help me Lord to never forget that it was You who gave me life, and it’s You who give it more abundantly. There is only one God, one Jesus, one Holy Spirit and you Father them all in one! In Jesus name I pray.
Amen

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A Child of God

We are assured and know that [God being a partner in
their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [ His ] design and purpose.
Romans 8:28 Amplified Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
Are you really a Child of God?

If we are Children of the ‘Most High God’ then God is in our lives. He is at work right now, “UNDOING” Satan’s destructive messes and leading us to the places He wants us to be, if we will listen and follow Him. But we must choose to follow Him, He will not make us. God doesn’t cause the messes in our lives or bring sickness and disease. That is NOT what this scripture says. Those things are from the curse and the devil is responsible for them. God never put someone in a wheelchair to teach them something or so He could use them as a witness. That is NOT god’s way of doing things and you won’t find scripture to back up that nonsense. That kind of talk and teaching is pure lies straight from the pit of Hell and the author of all lies, Satan. Anyone who is trying to use this kind of garbage as being from God is being used by the devil. But we know that God will take what was meant to be of harm (caused by the devil) and will use it to accomplish His purposes in our lives. He will turn it around and use it against the evil one. The key is for us to seek His purpose, to live His will, to love Him and to honor Him with praise. If that is our goal, if our hearts are pure and true to Him, then we can be sure our God is with us every step of our way.

MY PRAYER…
Thank You, God, for being at work in my life. Thank You for not leaving me alone to my best effort, insight, and choice. Thank You for having a plan for me and being the assurance that I can’t mess that plan up, IF I seek Your will. Thank You for being my God, my Father, and my Partner through all of life.
In Jesus’ name I pray.
Amen

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Pastors Duane & Laura

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Access to the Father

That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Ephesians 2:12-14 King James Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE(s)…
Access to the Father by the Blood of Jesus

God’s Word says that though we were once far off, once aliens to Him, we can now draw near through the Blood of Jesus. And only through the Blood of Jesus. Though we were once strangers to God, Jesus, by the shedding of His Blood on the Holy altar of God, has made a way for us. He has broken down the wall (the sin barrier passed to mankind by the first Adam’s sin) that once separated us from a sinless God, just as the veil of the temple was torn apart when He was crucified. We now have access through the Blood of Jesus to the ‘Most High God’ (El Elyown). No matter what you have done or how bad or evil you think you are, you have access to God through Jesus. You do NOT have to clean yourself up first, that is the Holy Spirit’s job after you come to God through Jesus. Notice however, that the only access to God is through Jesus. There is NO other way.
Not works, not doing good, not being good, not through religion, not through some church program or some other so called god. There is no other way to gain access to God The Father, than through Jesus Christ, No Other way! Jesus said: “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father, except through me.”

MY PRAYER…
Most High God, thank You for access to You through Your son Jesus and the shedding of His Blood for me. Thank You Lord that though I was once separated from You and was far away You are drawing me nearer and nearer each day through the precious Blood of Jesus. I thank You Lord that Jesus has removed that veil , that wall of sin, that was once separating me from You and that I can now come near by my faith in Jesus. I thank You Father for the privilege to come boldly before Your Throne of Grace in the name of Jesus. In Jesus’ Holy name and by the power of His Blood I give praise and glory forever.
Amen

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Casting Your Cares

Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.
1 Peter 5:7 King James Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
Cast your cares upon Jesus for He cares for you! Another word for cares used here from the Greek would be distractions or worldly things. Jesus said if you would cast your cares, distractions, your everyday worldly worries on Him, He would care for you. When you take care of someone do you not do things for them? Do you not do the things that they would have done if you were not taking care of them? This is what Jesus said in His Word, give them to me, I’ll do them for you!! Now if He’s doing them for you, what have you got left to do? What business do you have trying to do them if you have given them to Him to do for you? Once you put them in the box labeled TFJTD (Things For Jesus To Do) do NOT remove them or take them back out, leave them there for Jesus. Just enter into His rest, and allow Him to take care of you, for His yoke is easy and His burden is light. (See Matthew 6:33)

MY PRAYER…
Abba Father, thank You for giving us such a caring Savior. For letting me give You all my burdens, distractions and cares of this world, that You would take them for me. That I might enter into Your rest and find the peace that passes all understanding. That I might dwell in the secret place of the most High and under the shadow of the Almighty. That I might reside under Your wings and trust in Your truth. That truth being my shield and my buckler for ever. In Jesus’ name I pray.
Amen

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God So Loved the “World!”

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:9-10 King James Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
The Bible says: “God so Loved the “World”, that’s everybody folks!” That’s right everybody, sinners included, not just the believers! Love here is a verb, an action, something happening. We can’t say it enough, it must come from the heart (the spirit) of man. Love in the sense being spoken of by in these verses is not the physical love that most of us think of when we hear the word “love”. Love must not only be spoken, but must also be shown. The beginning of love is God. God is love. He showed His love in the most sacrificial of ways so we could know how much He loved us, to know our incredible value to Him. The price of our adoption as sons/daughters was the emptying of heaven of its greatest treasure, God the Son, who is our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He was sent to pay the price for us, because God so loved the world! Jesus was the propitiation ((Theol.) That which propitiates; atonement or atoning sacrifice; specifically, the influence or effects of the death of Christ in appeasing the divine justice, and conciliating the divine favor. ) for our sins.

MY PRAYER…
Loving Father, thank You for adopting me into Your family. I can never thank You enough or ever repay You for Your kindness and Your mercy, but I can offer my self a living sacrifice unto You. Please receive the service of my life today as thanksgiving for Your grace (Your unmerited favor) and my small way of trying to share the love You have given me. Through my Brother, my Ransom, my Lord, and my Savior, Jesus, I pray.
Ame?n

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Laying Down Your Life

By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
1 John 3:16 NKJV

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
Would you lay down your life for the church, your Brethren?
What does it mean to lay down our lives for our brothers? Sounds pretty gallant, full of chivalry, Most of us would think it means dying. But the next verse, “But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?” (1 John 3:17), reminds us that most often it’s very simple to lay down our lives for our brothers (and sisters). If we have a brother or sister in Christ with needs and we have the means to meet those needs, then we need to give up what we have to fill that need! That’s what laying down your life for your brother means. Putting aside your own needs and wants and helping him who is in need. Showing the love of God to them. Really, we should even extend this to those of the world too, that in doing so we would show them the love of God, that we might win them for Christ! That is if God dwells (lives) in you.

MY PRAYER…
Lord God Almighty, I am convicted by Your ultimate sacrifice and ask for eyes to see and grace to act when my brothers and sisters are in need. Father, help me to able to walk in the same love that Jesus walked in, to be able to lay aside my needs and my wants to fulfill those of a brother or sister in need. Father, thank You for the grace and the power through your Holy Spirit to make this possible. For I know I can not of myself accomplish this, but all things are possible through Jesus Christ who strengthens me. In the name of Jesus I ask and pray.
Amen

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Pastors Duane & Laura

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