Matthew 16: 19 “And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
Dear God,
Again on this new summer day, I am thankful for the day and that You love me and hear my prayers and answer them beyond my expectation. I sincerely desire a deeper understanding of Your word and to be better able to clarify what goes into my mind from the scriptures. I wish to be Your faithful ambassador, and also ask that I be able to give an introduction of Your grace to other people. I find the gospel story good news to be shared, as Jesus has commissioned His disciples to do. For too long I have been rather reticent to share how my life has been changed and enriched by my belief in You.
Truly the inspired words, that You have given us in the scriptures, are words of life! When any one of us follow the pathway for living in the Holy Bible, all in heaven know and approve, and of course all is known in heaven, when we do not follow You and Your word.
It is no secret that the only way to heaven is to accept Jesus and follow Him, Matthew 16: 24, 25 “Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life for My sake will find it.’”
Thank You for accepting me again today, as I have chosen to follow Your pathway; and tell others the good news.
Amen
Exodus 14:13 “And Moses said to the people, ‘Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today …..’”
Dear God,
How powerful You are Almighty God, for You have created all things, and Your creative power is evidenced every day, in all the universe; taking in all life forms and inanimate objects, from the smallest particle of life, to the largest combination of atoms.
By Your supernatural power, You delivered the Israelites from the Egyptians, through the red sea, unscathed, and then by a moving of the waters and wind, so that the Egyptians drowned. These days Your power is in no way diminished toward mankind, though of course Your power is not used at our ‘beck and call’. Very frequently we see Your mighty power used for your own divine purposes, though not discussed often, people have been saved by Your divine power, or rain has fallen all around the people who filled an open air venue, but not on the place in which the electronics were whilst the evangelist was preaching Your saving gospel; are just a few examples.
Jesus, when on earth healed many sicknesses of the people, by divine power. Divine power meant Jesus arose from the tomb, following His death upon the cross at 3pm with a sudden background of darkened skies; the temple curtain was rent down the middle, by no human hand; and some graves burst open; with the people who had been resurrected to life, going around the town testifying about what had happened. All these events had many witnesses, who in turn witnessed about what they had seen to others.
Isaiah wrote many hundreds of years before the time of Jesus in Isaiah 53: 4 “Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted.” Another passage of Isaiah is quoted in Matthew 8:17 “..….He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses…” I find this prophesies accurately predicting the events around Jesus, another evidence of Your divine power in action.
Thank You Jesus that You in divine power, lift me up, strengthen me and bring me healing in different ways.
Amen