Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ...
"The spirit and the bride say, 'Come!' And let everyone who hears say, 'Come!'" (Revelation 22:17)
Lord Jesus, one day You will come again. One day the promises of the Word of God and Your return will be fulfilled: "For the Lord Himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel's call and with the sound of God's trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words" (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18). O glorious day! Come, Lord Jesus, come!
But even today -- even every day between this day and that glorious day to come -- You come again and take us to Yourself here in every heart that's open to You, here in every life that's surrendered to You as Lord and Savior. Even today You invite every one of us to open the door of our hearts wide to welcome You come in and abide intimately with us: "Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear My voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with Me" (Revelation 3:20). In that invitation, You were speaking to "the church in Laodicea," not just the "un-churched" and "non-believers," and not just to the children of God of that age, but to the children of God of every age (Revelation 3:14).
So come, Lord Jesus! Come today. Come here in me. Come again and again and take me to Yourself (John 14:3). Fill me afresh with "the Spirit of Christ" every day (Romans 8:9). Never stop coming, never stop moving, never stop loving and living and saving and encouraging, here in us, here in the ones who are called by Your name, here in me. "Christ in (me), the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
My family, as we look forward to the new year I pray it will be a new season on “coming” in your life. I pray it will a year you come to the realization you desperately need Jesus to fill your life I pray your wish and desire for 2023 is be filled afresh with the Spirit of Christ even day, and that He comes again and again into your heart I pray it is a year your faith awakes and comes out of the Covid sleep and isolation and comes alive again! I pray come to the realization you need other in your walk with Jesus, and come back to church, come back into holy fellowship, I pray You come out into the world and be an agent of Christ in our world and be part of a movement of God that fills our communities that desperately need Jesus with His good news of love, hope, peace, and joy. Oh come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord, in Jesus' name! Please pray the same of me. God bless you, my friends!
I want to thank who have been for journeying with me wether just this past year or some of the 9 years before as I share my reflections and prayers I receive from The Holy Spirit in my morning devotion times with God. I hope they encouraged you in your relationship with God and your neighbors. You are a gift to me. I love you all and want to remind you that Jesus loves you as well!
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