Day 4: 9 July 2011
Scripture: John 8:31 - 8:41
The Children of Abraham
"31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." 33 They answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?" 34 Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are ready to kill me, because you have no room for my word. 38 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father's presence, and you do what you have heard from your father. " 39 "Abraham is our father," they answered. "If you were Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then you would do the things Abraham did. 40 As it is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. 41 You are doing the things your own father does." "We are not illegitimate children," they protested. "The only Father we have is God himself."
Abraham was willing to follow G-D regardless with complete faith. That is not easy to do--if not impossible. It's a matter of (as I say) not living in the question but living in the miracle.
Chris Tomlin singing, "Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)"
Prayer: Day 4: 9 July 2011
God help us live in the MIRACLE and NOT in the Question. Help us to set ourselves FREE.
Scripture: Night 4: 9 July 2011
Isaiah 26:9 (NIV)
"My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness."Prayer: Night 4: 9 July 2011
A Prayer For Peace
"O God, you will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are fixed on you; for in returning and rest we shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be our strength."
--- Isaiah 26:3; 30:15
"O God, you will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are fixed on you; for in returning and rest we shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be our strength."
--- Isaiah 26:3; 30:15
