Abba's Girl

  Good Morning Lord Jesus, John 10 tells us You call Your own sheep by name and we know Your voice. We want to hear You and recognize Your voice at all times. You give us eternal life and we will never perish or be snatched out of Your hand. We want to be in Your word not to know more about You but to know You more, in this world we throw the word love around - I love my dress, I love enchiladas, but we want to know You more so we fall more in love - real love - with You each day. There is no point in this life if we are not fellowshipping with You, serving You, spending time with You. We are created in Your image, help up be more like You in every way as we press in and continue the race You have set before us. Revive us when we need it, remind us You are waiting at the finish line, speak to us in the quiet, speak to us in the clamor, help us always hear You, the Good Shepherd. For Your glory we pray. Amen

 Luke 15 gives us the Parables of the Lost, we read about the lost sheep, the coin, and the son.  It becomes clear God has a heart for the lost and so should we.  1 time a relative told me her son wasn't a believer and said if he goes to hell it's his fault. He was 20, so he was and adult and was responsible for his own choices.  I was quite sad over 2 things - the young man's lack of Salvation and his mother's attitude which was shallow and seriously nonchalant.   I've prayed for him for years. He excelled in college, excels in work, and has a beautiful family. What he does not have is the greatest, most costly Gift ever given in the history of creation - Salvation. I continue to pray for him. From Luke 15:  And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them.  Not many days later, the younger son gathered...

  Most Holy Lord, You have clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of [Your] righteousness. Your Word tells us to put on love and wear the armor Your provide. But in my Christian walk at times I ignore wearing love and putting on my armor, I walk around in sinful rags, my prayers are stained with sin and self. I have been guilty of pride, unbelief, neglecting to seek You first, not caring about Your will for my life. At times I have been slow to repent and confess, slow to learn, and quick to forget. Holy Spirit, I ask You to show me any vain imaginations flowing through my thoughts, self-righteousness I am am wearing, and pride I am so accustomed to I no longer see. I don't want any part of them. Please give me a new heart and put a new spirit in me; please remove from me my heart of stone and give me a heart of flesh. In Jesus' holy Name I pray. Amen

 Lord Jesus, our Redeemer,  Before your Cross, I kneel and see my sin, my iniquity that caused  You to be made a curse and die for me.  You were arrested, beaten, and mocked. A crown on thorn was placed on Your head and bets were made for Your clothes.  Your body was broken and Your blood was shed, You paid the price in Your infinite  compassion for me, Your love endured my curse, Your mercy bore my stripes.  I kneel before You, a sinner saved from God's wrath by Your grace. Absolved of my guilt. I am forgiven of all my sin. Past, present, future. Redeemed by Your blood - the blood of God's Lamb.  I am forgiven! Hallelujiah! How then could I ever withold my forgiveness from other people? Lord, I forgive: ___________________________________________________ In expression of my worship of You, I forgive others as I have been forgiven.  Jesus, I pray in You holy Name. Amen