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Here is today's communion meditation.
Yesterday we looked at Luke 12:35 where Jesus said, “Be dressed ready for service(action) and keep your lamps burning."
We recently passed through the Day of Pentecost, and Jesus told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they were clothed with power from on high. And now on the other side of Pentecost we have a reminder to be dressed ready for service and action and keep our lamps burning.
In Matthew 25:1-4 Jesus said, "“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps.
To be wise we must keep our lamps burning, which means we need oil, and I think this is the oil of the anointing we have in Christ. We can keep our lamps burning by abiding in Christ.
In today's com...
Here is today's communion meditation.
In Luke 12:35-36 Jesus said, " “Be dressed ready for service(action) and keep your lamps burning, 36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him."
We recently passed through the Day of Pentecost, and Jesus told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they were clothed with power from on high. And now on the other side of Pentecost we have a reminder to be dressed and ready for service and action.
On the Day of Pentecost, there were what appeared to be tongues of fire resting on the disciples, and now we are to keep our lamps burning.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us be dressed ready for service and keep our lamps burning.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
The other day we launched a new program called God's Plan for Accelerated Body Transformation, where the goal is to lose 10 pounds in the next mo...
Here is this week's Yearly Cycle update.
Recently we observed Pentecost. It is the center of the year on God’s calendar, which means we are halfway through the year. The second half of the year is a reminder to take bold action. The next marker on God’s calendar is around the beginning of October.
Think of September 25th as a deadline to be finished with projects. Now is the season to focus taking action on our plans. Through the first half of the year, we should have laid a good foundation of preparation.
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUILD. It is time to commit and take bold action.
Here is our filter for this week... Time to Build
I am praying for you.
Daniel
Here is today's communion meditation.
Yesterday was Pentecost, which is like the midpoint of the year on God's calendar, where the two sides come together. This reminded me of reconciliation and 2 Corinthians 5:19-20 which says, "And God gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us.
Yesterday was a reminder that we get an amazing opportunity to be ambassadors for Christ.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude that God reconciled us to himself, he made us one with him, and we get to be an ambassador for Christ. And we are asking God to help us make the most of this opportunity to be ambassadors in Christ.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Yesterday we launched a new program called God's Plan for Accelerated Body Transformation, where the goal is to lose 10 pounds in the next month... and do it God's way.
The program currently has a main video teaching the plan and a community page t...
Here is today's communion meditation.
Today is Pentecost, which is a reminder of the day when the Holy Spirit came in like a rushing wind. Today is a reminder that we have the Holy Spirit with us.
2 Timothy 1:6-7 "For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline."
When the Holy Spirit came tongues of fire appeared to them and were resting on the believers. Today is a reminder to fan into flame the Spirit that is within us.
Today's communion is a time of gratitude for Pentecost, and we are asking God to help us fan into flame the gift he has given us in the Holy Spirit.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Do you want to lose 10 pounds in the next month?
Today we are launching a new program teaching God's Plan for Accelerated Body Transformation, and I will teach you how to lose 10 pounds in the next ...
Here is today's communion meditation.
In 1 Samuel 10:6-7 Samuel is getting ready to anoint Saul as the King of Israel and he tells him, "Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be transformed into a different person. Once these signs are fulfilled, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you."
Tomorrow is Pentecost and there are a lot of similarities in this verse and what happened on the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came in like a rushing wind, Peter prophesied, and the people were transformed.
Something I have found personally is that we can have our own personal day of Pentecost, where the Spirit rushes upon us and transforms us into a different person.
In today's communion is a time of gratitude for the reminder of Pentecost and we are asking God to help us do what our hand finds to do, because we trust that God is with us.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Do you want to lose 10...
Here is today's communion meditation.
Ephesians 6:14 says, "Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist."
In the original Greek language, "stand firm," could also be translated as ready for action. If you are getting ready for activity you need to make sure your pants aren't going to fall off!
And the word "buckled," can also be translated as clothed. We are getting ready for Pentecost on Thursday 5/25, and Jesus told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they were clothed with power from on high. Part of this clothing is being clothed with the truth, because the Holy Spirit was sent to guide us into all truth.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us understand the belt of truth and how to have it on and ready all the time.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
When tracking results in fat loss or body transformation it's better to pay attention to how your clothes and belt are fitting than just your weight.
Thursday 5/25 w...
Here is today's communion meditation.
Colossians 1:9-12 says, "We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, 12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.
This is a prayer Paul continually prayed for the people and we see in this prayer that God's power has the ability to strengthen us so that we have all endurance.
In today's communion we are asking God to strengthen us with all power so that we have all endurance.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Thursday 5/25 we are launching a new program called God's Plan for Accelerate...
Here is today's communion meditation.
Colossians 2:20-23 says, "Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings. 23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence."
There are two kinds of wisdom... The wisdom of the world vs the wisdom of God. And there are a lot of things have the appearance of wisdom but are really not because they have no power to get to the root of issues.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us discern things that have the appearance of wisdom but are not his wisdom.
Today's Health and F...
Here is today's communion meditation.
Part of our Daily Prayer comes from Ephesians chapter 1, where the apostle Paul prays that the eyes of the peoples hearts would be enlighted to know the hope to which God has called us, the riches of his glorious inheritance that is in us, and the immeasurable greatness of his power to us who believe.
But, what are the eyes of our heart?
We all come to conclusions about what is really true in life, and those conclusions frame our perspectives. And our perspectives change what we see in the world. Therefore for the eyes of our heart to see what God wants us to see we must be seeing with the eyes of our heart from the correct perspective.
In today's communion we are asking God to help us understand the eyes of our heart, and to see with the eyes of our heart the things he wants us to see.
Today's Health and Fitness Tip
Next Thursday 5/25 we are launching a new program called God's Solution for Accelerated Body Trans...
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