Daily and Weekly Christian Inspiration
Today as we take a day to rest from physical labor and celebrate Labor Day we can also celebrate a Labor Day that offers rest for our souls not just for a day but forever!
Matthew 11:28-29 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Happy Labor Day!
As you know I always love to wear fashionable hats but this hat is not one you wiIl see me wear too often, although it is fun! The English poet, William Cowper coined it better when he wrote “Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavour.’
Dear Child,
A heart of integrity will lead you to a life of righteousness. Let your ‘nay’ be ‘nay’ and your ‘yea’ be ‘yea’. Do not be doubled minded.
A heart of integrity will lead you to trust yourself and you will have peace within.
A heart of integrity will not act in haste because you know your heart will hold you accountable.
A heart of integrity will have a conscience clear before God and man, and will thus hear My voice clearly.
Thus saith Papa
Proverbs 11:3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them:
Psalm 15:1- 4 A psalm of David. LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman, who despises a vile man but honors those who fear the LORD, WHO KEEPS HIS OATH EVEN WHEN IT HURTS.
Whatever the nature of the contract, when the word of a Christian has been given, the promise must be honored. Because God keeps His word we have salvation; He is true to His pledge. The Gibeonites craftily deceived Joshua, and he made peace with them before discovering their plot (Joshua 9:19). Nevertheless, God insisted that the terms of the covenant be honored, and generations later withheld rain because King Saul went back on that undertaking. God will not permit us to carelessly destroy a covenant. He who insisted that Joshua should spare the Gideonites, and later that King David should avenge the wrong done to them, expects us to be true to our word, even if it be to our own disadvantage
Integrity means “a quality or state of being complete or undivided”
When our lips say “yes” in haste, yet our hearts are saying “no” we have become a divided person! To have a heart of integrity we must say what we mean and mean what we say!
Challenge: Always count the cost before making any promise, because God will hold us accountable to keep our word whether it was made wisely or unwisely, whether it will be to our advantage or disadvantage.
Dear Child,
Shine! Shine! That I may be glorified on earth as I am in heaven. May your love for Me be your motivation to obey Me and thus honor Me in your life, body, soul and spirit.
You honor Me when you reverence My word,
You reverence My word when you are obedient,
When you obey My word your light will shine,
When your light shines I am glorified.
Thus saith Papa
Dear Child,
If you truly fear Me it will set you free! not punish you, because that fear will give you the courage to let go, the motivation to walk away from that which holds you in bondage. It is sin that is the slave master, not the fear of my presence and facing me as you come to fellowship with me.
As you reverently fear me, child, you will walk uprightly and have no reason to lack boldness and confidence to come into my presence.
Thus saith Papa
Surely the fear of God is the motivation to cause us to change our ways, not only for our own good but for the good of our children!
Jer 32:39-40 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Proverbs 14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
2 Corinthians 7:1 Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Where we find a lack of the fear of God we also find a lack of holiness.
CHALLENGE: Have we lost a reverent fear and respect for God’s holiness in our lives and churches? Has society lost respect and fear of all earthly authority because the church has lost respect and fear for God’s authority? If the church is God’s light in the world surely we lead the way for the world!
Excerpt from DEVELOPING A SECRET HISTORY WITH GOD page 170
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