Thursday, September 29, 2011
| Daily Word Dr. James A. Lee
I look within and find truth.
In the business world, companies often take inventory, looking at their business practices that may or may not have worked. This is a learning tool to help them be more successful and make positive changes.
I can take inventory in my personal life as well. Envisioning what I want to accomplish and taking an honest look at my current practices, I find ways to be even more successful.
Do I pray? Do I tend to be self-critical? Am I carrying the burden of resentment? I look within and pray for guidance about the next steps I should take. The power of God within me is mighty. My personal inventory helps me use God's power to learn, grow and experience life more fully.
The power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine.--Ephesians 3:20"
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Our Daily Bread The Joy of Jesus
The Story Of A Wall
Isaiah 7-8; Ephesians 2
While visiting the ruins of Hadrian’s Wall in Northern England, I reflected on the fact that this may be the most remembered achievement of the Roman emperor who came to power in ad 117. As many as 18,000 Roman soldiers manned this 80-mile-long barrier, built to keep the northern barbarians from invading the south.
Hadrian is remembered for building a physical wall to keep people out. In contrast, Jesus Christ is remembered for tearing down a spiritual wall to let people in.
When the early church experienced tension between believers of Jewish and non-Jewish birth, Paul told them that, through Christ, they stood equally in the family of God. “For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation . . . so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace . . . . For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father” (Eph. 2:14-15,18).
One of the most beautiful aspects of the Christian faith is the unity among those who follow Jesus. Through His death on the cross, Christ has removed the barriers that so often separate people and has drawn us together in true friendship and love.
God’s people have so much to do
In serving Christ today
That they should use their precious time
To share, to love, to pray. —Branon
Christian unity begins at the cross.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Daily Word Dr. James A. Lee
I affirm the highest and best outcome for all.
My heart is filled with love as I pray for my family and friends and as I pray for those whose lives may be culturally different from my own. Whether I know someone personally or not, I am filled with compassion as I pray for anyone facing a difficult life situation.
Rather than focus my attention on external impressions, I center my prayers on the powerful presence of God within each person. I affirm that everyone has within them the goodness of God's love and the guidance of divine wisdom and good judgment.
I gratefully acknowledge that divine direction and support are available to everyone. I pray and affirm the highest and best outcome for all.
In our prayers for you we always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.--Colossians 1:3"
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