A prayer for Mondays

I came across this lovely prayer last week and thought I would share it for you all. I pray that you have a blessed Monday.

"Loving Father,
Make my heart like that of a child.
Give me again the excitement and joy of wonder.
How wonderful it is that I am even able to wonder!
Remove the scales from my eyes,
the callousness from my heart,
the stubbornness from my will,
and enable me to enjoy the wonder of it all.
Deliver me from routine worship,
from 'business as usual,'
from form without force and liturgy without life.
May Your Holy Spirit energize that 'new creation'
that is now within me,
And may it be ever new, ever wonderful,
To the glory of Your Name.
Amen." -  Warren W. Wiersbe

John 17:21 - My prayer for all of them is that they will be of one heart and mind, just as you and I are, Father—that just as you are in me and I am in you, so they will be in us, and the world will believe you sent me.

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What kind of feet do you have?

 

 

"At one time Peter had wayward feet, but Andrew brought him to Jesus.

And then one night Peter had some wet feet because he was walking on the water.

Then he had washed feet when Jesus knelt before him and washed his feet (John 13).

He had wandering feet when he denied the Lord. 

(However, in the end he had willing feet.)

What kind of feet do you have?"  - W. Wiersbe

If this little piece makes any sense for us, let it be a challenge as to how we walk with Christ in the days ahead. Even though Peter wasn't always perfect he had the most willing 'feet' out of all the disciples. He was willing to go wherever Jesus went.

Mark 10:28 - Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!”

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Jesus doesn't like religion either

To put Jesus in the same sentence as the word 'religion' is not really accurate, in my opinion. Jesus spoke out so strongly against the religious hypocrisy of his age, because he knew that the 'religious' structures had strangled the life out of the best relationship of all - a relationship with the Father.

Religion should be a vehicle through-which one lives out our relationship with God. In other words, Religion needs to be the servant of 'Christianity', not the other way round. I humbly suggest that when Religion becomes our master, we lose all "vital signs" of LIFE in our faith.

"A religion of rules and regulations, practised to achieve status and praise, is only an invitation to slavery and misery. Of itself, religion does not bring joy.” – Warren Wiersbe

I believe that any committed follower of Christ will seek to honour Jesus, and not necessarily religion. There are times in history, where the two (Christianity and religion) have been closely affiliated, but sadly at other times this hasn't been true. 

So, if  'religion' is stifling your faith, then perhaps we need to redefine what the limits of religion are.

James 1: 27 - Anyone who sets himself up as “religious” by talking a good game is self-deceived. This kind of religion is hot air and only hot air. Real religion, the kind that passes muster before God the Father, is this: Reach out to the homeless and loveless in their plight, and guard against corruption from the godless world.

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Truth will conquer

It is hard to know who to believe anymore. We read of comments made by political and community leaders but there are always some doubts as to the 'truth' in their speeches. The truth seems to be distorted and in the public arena we are left trying to discern the "real" story. I love these words of John Wycliffe:

"I believe that in the end truth will conquer."

I also believe that!
I know that I struggle to understanding the timing of this process but I still believe that the Truth will come out victorious.

How do you feel?

“Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.” - Warren W. Wiersbe

1 Corinthians 14:3 (MSG) - "But when you proclaim his truth in everyday speech, you’re letting others in on the truth so that they can grow and be strong and experience his presence with you."

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