Stop Doubting and Believe …

John 21

Stop Doubting and Believe ...“Stop doubting and believe.” John 21:27

“Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believed in me.” John 21:29

Lord, I claim your blessing for those who believe but have not seen you. Perhaps today you will see fit to release my Caden Chronicles books from the grasp of Harper Collins. I confess that I have not always believed you would help. Instead, as Oswald Chambers said, I have believed in my own abilities. I have not believed in your almighty power apart from my understanding of it. 

“Who Is It You Want?”

John 18

"Who Is It You Want?"“Who is it you want?”

“I am he.”

“Who is it you want?” John 18:4-7

I want you, Lord. I want you.

“I have spoken openly to the world.” John 18:20

Lord, give me your spirit of boldness.

“I said nothing in secret.” John 18:20

Speak openly to me. Keep back nothing.

“If I testify to the truth, why do you strike me?” John 18: 32

Lord, protect those who testify to your truth.

“Everyone on the side of truth testifies to me.” John 18: 32

Help me to speak truth to lies, Lord.

“As the Father sent me, I am sending you.” John 20: 21

“If you do not forgive another of their sins, they are not forgiven.” John 20: 23

“If you forgive anyone his sings, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” John 21:23

Lord, when we stand before you, will we be required to bring charges against others for the offensives they committed against us? 

My Father, we live during a time of Propaganda Persecution – a time when the prince of darkness seeks to crucify you again by destroying your body, the Church. May you give us the strength and discernement to resist the evil influences that seek to destroy your testimony, twist your words, and call sin “love.”

Father, the World Does Not Know You…

John 17

Father, the World Does Not Know You...“I pray for those who will believe in me through their message.” [Those whom God gave Jesus out of the world.] John 17:20

“May they believe in us SO THAT the world may believe that you sent me.” John 17:21-23

Lord, I pray for my boys and girls – that they may believe and know you.

“I have given them the glory that you gave me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me.” John 17:22-23

May those who believe in God, believe his words, and believe in Christ, be unified so that those living in sin will repent and be saved.

“Father, you loved me before the Creation of the world. The world DOES NOT know you. I will continue to make you known to them.” John 17:25-26

 

When our purpose is to seek God and to discover his will for us, daydreaming is right and acceptable. Oswald Chambers

Allow God to be the source of all your dreams, joy, and delights. Oswald Chambers

If you are in love with someone, you don’t sit and daydream about that person. You go and do something for the person. Oswald Chambers

This Is Eternal Life…

John 17

This Is Eternal Life...“This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” John 17:3

Lord, may I continue to know you better. Reveal more of yourself through Christ.

“They have obeyed your word.” John 17:6

Help me, Father, to obey your word above all else.

“Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name.” John 17:11

This is my prayer for my boys and girls. Protect them in the name of Christ.

“They are not of this world any more than I am of this world.” John 17:14

“My prayer is that you protect them from the evil one.” John 17:15

Protect me from temptation. Keep me from the evil one.

 

Drudgery is work that is far removed from anything we think as ideal work. Oswald Chambers

The way a person does a task makes that work sanctified and holy for ever. Oswald Chambers

When the Lord does something through us, he always transforms it. Oswald Chambers

The Time Is Coming When Anyone Who Kills…

John 16

The Time Is Coming When Anyone Who Kills...“The time is coming when anyone who kills you [ a Christian ] will think he is offering a service to God.” John 16:2

“The Spirit of truth will tell you what is yet to come.” John 16:13

Lord, as far as it is within your will for me to know, please prepare me for what is to come.

“I came from the Father and entered the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.” John 16:28

Lord, please give me your words today. Please give me your vision. Help me to write the LPC story with your words, your Spirit, your vision, and your help.

 

“Get up, and do the next thing.” Oswald Chambers

Never let the sense of past failure defeat your next step. Oswald Chambers

You Cannot Bear Fruit Unless…

JOHN 15

You Cannot Bear Fruit Unless...“You cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me. Bear much fruit! JOHN 15:5

“If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be given you. This is my Father’s glory. Bear much fruit. Show yourself to be my disciple. JOHN 15: 7-8

Lord, help me to bear much fruit in my writing and my work with authors.

“May my joy remain in you. May your joy be complete.” JOHN 15:11

Lord, PLEASE place your joy in me. Make my joy complete. Give me success in the work you have given me. Help me to enjoy the favor of those you bring to me. Acts 2:4

“If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obey my teaching, they will obey your words, also.” JOHN 15:20

“They do not know the One who sent me.” JOHN 15:21

If human beings were not capable of depression, we would have no capacity for happiness and exaltation. Oswald Chambers

When the Spirit of God comes to us, He does not give us glorious visions. He tells us to do the ordinary things. Oswald Chambers

Everyday they continued to meet together. All the believers were together. Acts 2:46

Lord, we need to continue to meet together in order to receive and practice sound doctrine, be encouraged and be held accountable for our actions. 

Whoever Has My Commands and Obeys Them…

John 14

Whoever Has My Commands and Obeys Them...“I will ask the Father and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever – the Spirit of truth. Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me.” John 14: 16 & 21

Lord, may your Spirit of truth speak to my spirit today.

“The Father is greater than I.” John 14:28

Lord, you are greater than I. And yet, you still love me, called me, count me as your friend.

“The Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have said to you.” John 14:25 & 26

Teach me your ways, Lord. Train me to be like you. You have promised nothing is impossible with you. I ask that you fix this Caden Chronicles mess. Please move within the hearts of those at Harper Collins.

Help me to see what you are already doing in regards to my writing and books. 

 

Am I willing to be used to disciple men and women to the Lord Jesus Christ? Oswald Chambers

If you allow moral insensitivity, everyone in contact with you will suffer. Oswald Chambers