Daily and Weekly Christian Inspiration
We cannot manufacture humility
Because humility is not something we say or do,
But rather it is something we are.
1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility:for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble
An excerpt from my book “Developing a Secret History with God” page135
Dear Child,”You see just seeds BUT I see the harvest” thus saith Papa
We may have the ability to count the amount of seeds in an apple BUT who of us has the power or ability to count the amount of apples in a seed?
Mark 4:25 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
Dear Papa,
Help me to understand “laying down my all” on the altar, that I may walk in Your power and might. As I offer my life as a living sacrifice, I want it to be holy and acceptable to You, that the fire from heaven may fall, for only then will I know that my sacrifice is acceptable to You. Help me that it might be a sweet savor to You, Papa.
Dear Child,
Sacrifice has cost! Something must die! Self must die! The flesh must die!
Present your whole being on the altar and My fire will consume that which is of the old man, and that living sacrifice which remains will burn with power but not be consumed and will be a sweet savor to Me.
A living sacrifice doesn’t have to stay on the altar, as My Son didn’t have to stay on the cross, except by cords of love!
When you present yourself as a living sacrifice, it is only the motivation of love for Me that will keep you there. Regrets and ‘should haves’ will not secure you there. Good intentions will only slack the cords of love! Disobedience will break the cords of love!
Only obedience will keep you secure in My presence, and will be a sweet savor.
If you love me keep my commandments.
Obedience born out of love for Me is a sweet savor!
Obedience to Me will nourish the spirit and starve the flesh. Lose your soul life that you may have everlasting life in the spirit.
Thus saith Papa
Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
He was a willing sacrifice as He hung on the cross, He could have come down from the cross and saved Himself! Likewise, when we present ourselves as a living sacrifice, we could crawl off the altar, only a dead sacrifice doesn’t have a choice! A living sacrifice must be a WILLING sacrifice! A dead sacrifice has no choice!
As I reflected on the oxymoron of the words “living sacrifice” the Lord impressed the words of the following prayer on my heart. I pray these words will be your prayer.
CHALLENGE: Pray this prayer as a yielded vessel:
“ A living sacrifice,
Dying to self and alive to You.
In losing my life, I find it.
In dying I live,
A living sacrifice.
Consume that which is not of You
That You may fill me with that which is of You.
Salt the sacrifice
That I may thirst for more of You.”
Excerpt from my book “Developing a Secret History with God” Page 80-85
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I may not be perfect but Jesus thinks I am to die for…
We are not worthy but He thought we were worth it…
Is what you are living for worth Jesus dying for?
Rev. Dr. Charles Reynolds O. B. E. who was my uncle, invested his life in ministry in India. He and his wife, Maud, spend two missionary terms in the remote forest villages of India. He served as Executive Director of Ludhiana Christian Medical College in the Punjab for many years raising millions of dollars for the college, spent time with Mother Teresa, Mrs. Ghandi and the Dalia Lama, sponsored and opened schools, churches, and medical facilities. He also penned several books about India. In 1995 my uncle was awarded The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by the Queen for his many years of service to India and in 1998 he was honored with the award of a “Talwar” the Sword of Honor, by the citizens of Ludhiana for his forty years of dedication.
Now many years later I recently met Pastor Fredrick Anthuraj who ministers in Bangalore and is the Director of Aid 2 India International. He has invited John and myself to minister there in the coming year. Pastor Fredrick will also be working on translating my book “Developing a Secret History with God” into his native language.
Thanking God for the open door to invest part of my life in my uncles’ legacy in India.
Mark 16:15 Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.