Psalm 51: 10

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me” (Psalm 51:10) David the king, was aware of His great need for God’s forgiveness! He had been measured and found wanting. Sin begins in the heart of mankind. It always promises high but always delivers low. Leaving us still wanting. When the reality is all we need is Jesus! If we have sin in our hearts when we read the Word of God, we risk missing the beautiful and crucial messages the Lord has for us! Daily we should begin our day in prayer requesting our hearts to be changed that it is in line with the heart of Jesus! Holy Spirit we want to love what Jesus loves and hate what Christ hates! Oh church do you not know? God is ready and willing to forgive us (1 John 1:9), but He doesn’t leave us there. Jesus searches the hearts of mankind! Jesus said to the adulterous woman,“go and sin no more” Jesus forgave her and then called her to take action. Change comes from asking for the Lord’s help and being willing to act. Before you pick up your Bible. Make time to pray that God chsnges your heart. Invite God to complete the work in Hearts that He promised He would complete. To change our hard hearts. In Ezekiel 36:26 We have a promise from God! One that we must hold fast to. “ I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” Oh Lord, create in us a clean heart and have mercy on me. According to your Word, we can come to you and obtain forgiveness. Please change our hearts to be in line with your perfect will.

Psalm 37:4

Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. (PSALM 37:4) Interestingly enough as a child of God. Our desire should be to have more of Jesus. To know Jesus on a deeper level. To worship Him with our whole being! That must be our desire, that our lives be not about us. But all about our Redeemer, who set us free from our bondage to sin! Let the church seek to know the will of God for our daily lives and the strength to do His and our own sinful will!

Romans 5:1

Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. ” (Romans 5:1) Oh, church never forget that before we became Christians, we were in a war with God. We’re opposed to Him (the King of Kings). But when we, by His grace, came to repentance at the feet of the cross! We then surrender ourselves to Jesus Christ, and we have peace with God. It was the love of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. We once were divided from God, we are now adopted into the Royal family of God. Oh children of God when you’re seeking to live a godly life it causes division in your family. Don’t lament. Instead, think of it this way: it’s better to temporarily offend someone who doesn’t know Jesus Christ with a convicting message of the gospel and see them ultimately come to faith than to never offend them in any way and see them go into a Christless eternity.

John 14:15

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments. (John 14:15) If this is a true characteristic of a child of God. Lord search my heart and remove all that is not of you! Let my life speak of you. Oh children of the true King. Let us love the Lord our God. With all our heart soul and mind. Let us love our neighbors ( spouse, children, church members friends, co-workers), as Christ did! So that the world will know for certain we are the true children of God. Holy Spirit, I cry out to you to pour out upon the body of Christ, the Agape love that can only come from God! That daily we may be found active in His perfect love. Which always seeks the greater good of others before itself.

It is common to all

No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he'll never let you be pushed past your limit; he'll always be there to help you come through it. (1 CORINTHIANS 10:13) Daily I feel overwhelmed and want to say please take me home! I'm not strong enough for this! At some point, all of us will be tempted to lose hope and give up. But we always have a choice: focus on God and stay in faith, or focus on the problem and give up. Problems no matter how huge they seem to us are no problem to God. Nothing is too hard, or complicated, for God to solve. But God wants us to trust Him. So what should you do when you are being tempted and feel like giving in and giving up? Refuse! Just keep your focus on the Lord and rejoice in His faithfulness. Remember that God cannot lie, and will never fail. God will see you through.

He is worthy

Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who covers thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind.” (Psalm 104:1-3) David directs the follower of God to lift their voices to the Creator of the universe. Our whole being is called to bless the Lord at all times. He is my Redeemer and my Savior and Lord. Before the foundation of the earth was established. He knew you! What great love the Father has for mankind. What other god, do you know of, that would leave their thrown? To suffer in the place of the guilty? Let us bless the name of our Redeemer and Lord! For He is worthy of all the praises.

All that is

All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not. (John 1:3-5) Do you not know? That the creator of the universe is mindful of you! Yes, you! He left heaven to come and see about us in our lost state! He is the light of the world. If you are His, then let the world which dwells happily in darkness see Jesus' light shining brightly in you! Stephen's light shined so bright that they decided he had to die. But Jesus' light can never be put out. Lord may your light be found operating daily in our lives. May all we do and say reflect your love to a world in darkness. May they see the light of Jesus operating in your life and desire to walk in the light of Jesus.

Are you an Ambassordor for Christ

We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God. Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him. (2 CORINTHIANS 5:20-21) An ambassador is a resident representative for the head of state of their own country. As citizens of Heaven, we are authorized to represent our King, the Lord Jesus Christ, here on Earth. Because of what Jesus did on the cross at Calvary you! Yes, you! Have been put in right standing with God. By the shedding of the blood of the Lamb of God! No longer are you a slave, but now a child of the King. The logic supporting the plea in verse 20, to be reconciled to God, is found in verse 21: the sin separating us from God has been dealt with through Christ. So we no longer need to hide from God, or fear His judgment. Instead, we can enjoy His gift of being made right with Him. A good ambassador for Heaven must know the Word of God, and live it out accurately and according to the will of God! So that others will want to accompany you back to your Father's house. After He has many rooms, He wants His house full!

Jesus choses

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. (John 15:16) Oh Church, let us rejoice in being the redeemed of the Lord! God so loved you, that He sent His only begotten Son down from Heaven! To redeem that which was lost. What love the Father has. I'm so thankful for Calvary, for there is where we were set free of sin. You are no longer a slave to sin. So stop acting like one! You are a child of the King of the universe. Act like a child of the King, so that the world might come to believe and know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior!

The wages of sin

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23) This is why oh children of God. Our hope must be in Christ alone. Not in works plus Christ! Those that accept the gift of Salvation, that Christ offers to all of mankind. Is freed from slavery to sin. We must decide to trust and follow Christ. For there is no other name by which we can be saved!