Monday, September 1, 2025
Luke
9:23-24
23 And he said to them all, If any man
will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and
follow me.
24 For whosoever will save his life
shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall
save it.
Do not suppose that becoming a
believing Christian will
repair everything that is torn in your life. The results of sin damage
everything and life may never be rainbows and gumdrops. Jesus warned us that
following would require a cross.
He may not keep you from
suffering pain and humiliation! Peter and his friends were jailed, beaten, and then
sternly warned to never speak in the name of Jesus again. At this point they
had a choice, and their choice was Jesus.
Acts
5:41
41 And they departed from the presence
of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his
name.
He may not heal the rift in
your family!
Remember that each family member has his own personal responsibility to either
follow Christ or deny Him. Pain may remain and continue in your family but now
the difference is that you have the peace of God that passes all understanding.
Matt
10:34-36
34 Think not that I am come to send
peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at
variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the
daughter in law against her mother-in-law.
36 And a man's foes shall be they of
his own household.
He may not line your pockets
with wealth nor
bless your body with health! The prosperity gospel is deceitful and brings
prosperity only to those who espouse it. Many times, Paul suffered the lack of
supplies when churches forgot his support. On at least one occasion he had to
resort to his trade as a tent maker to provide for his needs. God did not give
Paul every convenience, but He instead gave him contentment.
Phil
4:12-13
12 I know both how to be abased, and I
know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be
full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all
things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
He may not always punish your
enemies! We
are told to pray for our enemies and to persevere in a steady walk with
God. We are to walk through difficult and dry places and leave those
places better than we find them.
Ps
84:5-6
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is
in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
6 Who passing through the valley of
Baca [weeping] make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
Dear Lord, let me be a refreshing
drink to the thirsty today. AMEN
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