August 22, 2021

John 6:57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.

When Jesus was trying to explain how important it was He should give His life for each of us, He needed to say it many different ways!

Never before had anyone stood up and said everything depended on them – but if He just said that, the disciples may not have believed Him!

God sent Jesus who lived for God. Jesus sent the disciples who lived for Jesus. So should we!

August 21, 2021

Psalm 128:1 Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him.

To fear the Lord does not necessarily mean to tremble at the sound of His voice of command.

To fear God means to have absolute respect and love for God.

When we truly love and respect God, we listen to His commandments, and we try to obey them.

Blessings come from listening to others and obeying what they are encouraging – God is pleased when we do listen and obey.

August 20, 2021

Matthew 22:37 Jesus replied: ‘“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”

When the Pharisees tried to trick Jesus into mistakes, they always got the truth told back to them which gave them things to think about!

Jesus told them the greatest commandment was to love God with everything we have!

We need to set aside our love for worldly things and give God a bit more praise – that way we get closer to loving Him with everything!

August 19, 2021

Psalm 40:4 Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.

Where do you look for blessings? May sound a silly question, but many times we look to worldly things to gain so called blessings instead of looking to God!

When we turn our back on God to follow other things, we should not expect God to bend the rules just so we can gain a few blessings!

Always look to God. Always seek His blessings through your worship for Him.