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A Willing Vessel Prayer

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My prayer for today!

Lord,

Lately, I’ve been grieving my sinful nature.  I really don’t like how ugly my heart can be at times.  I hate and despise this wickedness I see inside of me.  I just want to be free from the sins that so easily entangle me, so I can better run the race You have marked out for me.

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”  ~Hebrews 12:1

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Bow Now or Bow Later

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 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. (Revelation 22:13

I pray that 2014 will be a year you find out who Jesus is for you.  For those of you who know the Lord, I pray you will gain a fresh perspective of God’s Word.  I pray that you will see how much God loves you and the mercy He so readily pours out on your life.  I pray that you will be renewed and strengthened for every step ahead.  I pray that you will find joy in every circumstance this year and that you will find reason to celebrate who God is every day.  I pray that you will come alive in a new way and with a new awareness of God’s rich blessings on your life.

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The Body of Christ

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Just as each one of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. (Romans 12:4-5)

The body of Christ functions best when every part of the body plays it’s role.  It doesn’t matter how small you think your role may be, it’s important to the body of Christ.

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Transformation Begins in the Mind

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And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His plan and purpose for you]. (Romans 12:2, AMP)

When we decide to take Romans 12:1 serious and become Instruments of Worship, then we can follow Romans 12:2 fairly easily.  When we learn to offer our bodies as living sacrifices to God, wholly devoted to His purpose… then we find ourselves less and less conforming to this world.  We start to look a little different.  Our hearts long for God and His purpose.  We start to see the world a little differently and somehow it doesn’t ensnare us quite as easily.

As our love for God increases, our love for this world should decrease.

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A Joyful Life

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This [day in which God has saved me] is the day which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24, AMP)

Do you know that the word joy is mentioned over a hundred times in the Bible?  Wow, there must be something to this.  So let’s take a look at some of these Scriptures and see how we can live a life of joy.

“…Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” (Nehemiah 8:10)

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