Today's Godly Reminder - Psalm 27:14

Wait for and confidently expect the Lord. Trust the Lord! Be strong and let your heart take courage. Be brave that You will put confidently your trust in the Lord. Stay with God! Take heart. Don’t quit.

The Daily Grace - A Mighty Stream

The prophet Amos used the metaphor of a stream to illustrate the transforming power of righteousness. Appalled at Israel's dead religious ritual and their exploitation of the poor (Amos 2:6-8; 5:21-27), he called for justice and righteousness to prevail. He saw that God's people were stuck in the stagnant pond of injustice toward others when what they needed was a life marked by "righteousness like a mighty stream". 

Justice is the clarion call for Christians. We cannot step aside from what God said. He has told us how to treat our neighbor. And, we must follow on the path He's led.

Likewise, God desires for us to allow justice to "run down like water" from our lives. One way that can happen is to strive for just laws and to champion loving care for the poor. May we seek to be a part of God's mighty stream of His righteousness until Christ returns. Righteousness follows when truth springs into action.

Today We Pray

Dear God, thank You for the work my hand may find this day. May I find gladness in all its toil and difficulty, its pleasure and success, and even in its failure and sorrow. I would look always away from myself, and behold the glory and the need of the world, that I may have the will and the strength to bring the gift of gladness to others.

I pray to You, in the name of your infinite compassion, to sanctify my thoughts and endeavors this day. Help me not to begin to act without a pure intention or continue it without your blessing. And grant that, having the eyes of my mind opened to behold things invisible and unseen, I may in heart be inspired by your wisdom, and in work be upheld by your strength, and in the end be accepted by you as your faithful servant.

All through this day, O Lord, by the power of your quickening Spirit, let me touch the lives of others for good, whether through the word I speak, the prayer I speak, or the life I live. Let me have the will and the strength to bring the gift of gladness to others. Let me stand to bear the burden and heat of the day and offer you my work, as well as I may accomplish it, in your praise.

Amen

Today's Godly Reminder - Amos 5:24

Let justice and fairness flow like a river that never runs dry. God loves justice. It is because fairness rule in it. And, peace rules in it. He want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living. Let us show Him justice that peace is ruling, that surpasses all understanding.

The Daily Grace - God is Here

Leslie and her two daughters were about to be evicted from their home. Although Leslie believed that God could help, so far He hadn't given a clue as to how. She wondered, Where is God? As she drove to the courthouse, she prayed for God's intervention. Then she heard a song on the radio proclaiming, "God is here! Let the brokenhearted rejoice." Could this be the assurance from God that she was longing to hear?

Inside the courtroom, Leslie stood before the judge, heard his decision, and signed the legal documents, but still God had not given her an answer. As Leslie was walking to her car, a truck pulled up beside her. "Ma'am", said the driver, "I heard your testimony inside the courtroom, and I believe God wants me to help you". And he did. Gary helped Leslie get in contact with a woman from a local church who was able to work with parties involved to reverse the process so that she and her girls could stay in their home.

When people ask, "Where is God?", the answer is, "Right here". One way God is at work is through Christians like Gary who are continuing the work Jesus started - healing the brokenhearted and binding up their wounds (Ps. 147:3). When we love God, we will serve people. Do not fear, Your God is near.

Today We Pray

Dear Jesus, I am coming and coming to You, because You are my only refuge, my only certainty, my only hope. You are the remedy for all my ills, the comfort for all my miseries, the reparation for all my faults, the supplement for all that is wanting in me, the certainty of all my questions, the infallible and unfailing, inexhaustible source for me of light, of strength, of constancy, of peace and of blessing. I am sure that you will never leave me and you will not stop loving me, you will never tire of helping me and of protecting me, because you love me with an infinite love.

Have pity on me, Lord, according to your great mercy. And make of me, in me, and for me, all that you wish. Because I abandon myself to you with full and entire confidence that you will never abandon me.

Let me not put my trust in the words of men, for their minds are weak and their tongues are tainted by the world. Let me not put my trust in the thoughts of my mind, for I am filled with sin and self-deceit. But, let me test everything having to do with faith against our only true teacher, Jesus Christ, and the true Word of God that He inspired the apostles to write in the Bible.

Amen

Today's Godly Reminder - Psalm 147:3

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds"

Are you feeling broken right now or for the past days? Come to our Father. He will heal you. He will bind up the wounds of your broken heart.

Rest assured that you will feel safe in His presence. In your brokenness, seek Him. You will find comfort. You will find peace.