Word in Christ

You have to be in His word and in prayer everyday, you can't get too busy. That's what happens when you get too busy, when you let the things of this world become more important than the things that Jesus has, that He wants you to do. Stephen Baldwin's Testimony

"Spread love everywhere you go: First of all in your own house.... Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting." - advice from Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Luke 11:33 –54 A clean heart and conscience is far more important than clean hands. What goes on in your heart and thoughts really matters. Your eyes are key  – they are the gate to the inner life. That is why what you look at matters so much. You let things into your inner life though your eyes. Your eyes also reflect what is going on in your heart. Jesus calls you to fill your inner being with light: 'Your eye is a lamp, lighting up your whole body. If you live wide-eyed in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light. If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a dank cellar. Keep your eyes open, your lamp burning, so you don't get musty and murky. Keep your life as well-lighted as your best-lighted room' (vv.34 –36, MSG. ) Luke 11:33 –36 33  "No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light. 34  Your eye is the...

Press Through   A river cuts through rock not because of its power but because of its persistence. Seeking God requires discipline and patience – you have to learn to wait  on God. You can miss out if you are in too much of a hurry. Luke 11:9-10 "So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." Seek God's wisdom daily. Lord, thank you that when I find You I find life. Help me to seek You daily, to wait patiently for You and to listen to Your instructions. Amen!   By Nicky Gumbel.

In the middle of the word  SIN is the letter 'I' .  We need to die to self. Jesus says, 'Those who would come after me must deny themselves' Luke 9:23  God may ask you to make different sacrifices in your life, but the only thing we are all required to give up is sin. Every day the challenge of love requires little acts of self-denial.  choose today to die to self (I).  Take up your cross daily and follow Jesus (v 23)   JESUS LOVES YOU!

God tells Moses to bring water out of the rock. Moses strikes the rock twice and water gushes out for everyone to drink (Numbers 20:1  – 11 ). 'Water came out abundantly' (v. 11, AMP). The apostle Paul also tells us how to interpret the water coming out of the rock. He says, 'They... drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ' (1 Corinthians 10:3 –4). He is the one who quenches our thirst. Material things alone do not satisfy. God is so generous to us. Water did not come out in a trickle  – it came out  abundantly. Jesus came to give you abundant life (John 10:10, RSV). He promises to satisfy your spiritual thirst with 'rivers of living water' (John 7:37  38 ).  Lord, my rock, thank you that you satisfy my spiritual thirst. May I, through the Holy Spirit within me, bring the water of life to others.    Nicky Gumbel.