Every Single Day

Every Single Day

Prayer is not something that you always randomly do. Yes there are times when we are moved to pray. Still I believe you should make an appointment to pray. Set a time, and do everything possible to keep the appointment.

I would encourage everyone to do this. Even if it is just a few minutes. Be faithful and pray. I am in my third year of this, and it has changed my life. Embracing this Godly connection is awesome.

The last couple of weeks I have been overwhelmed with the goodness of God.

Sharing with other ministries, building relationships, and simply resting in His presence.

I come to you today in the name of Jesus, to share some thoughts titled, “Every Single Day”

Before I get to the message I want to share a couple of passages to set the tone.

Isaiah 41:8-10

8 “But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, Descendant of Abraham My friend,
9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its remotest parts And said to you, ‘You are My servant, I have chosen you and not rejected you.
10 ‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

Isaiah 43:1-2

1 But now, thus says the Lord, your Creator, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel, “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!
2 “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.

What awesome promises from a Holy God.

Luke 9:23-25

23 And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

24 For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.

25 For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?

Luke 9:23 JB Phillips

Then he spoke to them all. “If anyone wants to follow in my footsteps, he must give up all right to himself, carry his cross every day and keep close behind me.

There is some awesome stuff in these passages. Verses 24-25 have a clear message. You can live a long life, become wealthy. Have many children, and accumulate much property. You may just live normal life. You are still going to die.

If you lose your life, “give up your life for His life in you.” You will have gained everything of eternal value.

Just a little time on verse 23.

Luke 9:23

And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

Pick up the cross daily.

The cross is not a burden. It is an instrument of death. Jesus was going to die on the cross. He used the example to teach us that we must die to ourselves.

Die daily to our ways.

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Galatians 5:24 NASB

Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

So what happens through all this process. I give up myself. Turn from who I am, and become who He is in me. Die to my ways, my desires. YES YES

2 Corinthians 5:16-17

16 Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer.

17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

2 Corinthians 5:17 AMP

Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life].

Accepting Christ means giving up your self and your will, in favor of His. We have to pick this firm commitment up, “Every Single Day.”

I must not fail to mention the benefits.

Psalms 27:1

The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?

Romans 8:11

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

Romans 8:31

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

Our victory in Christ

Romans 8:37

But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.

“Every single day we pick up our cross, and every single day we walk and live in His victory.”

Who is tired of doing it your way? Getting No results!!

Maybe it is time to do it His way. The benefits are awesome, and they are eternal.

Blessings to you all. #inHisname