Good Morning!
I hope these messages find all for you walking in GOD's Light!
I hope that these few devotions help with your daily walk with our Father.
I will be posting these every weekday morning and doubling up on Monday's with weekend posts!
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!
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Sean
Pathway to Paradise
And I know such a man--whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows--how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words....
2 Corinthians 12:3-4
Quite often we hear stories recounted by people who felt that their spirit was leaving their body. It is not uncommon for someone to say "I remember feeling my spirit leaving my body; I was propelled toward a light at the end of a path. A force pushed me along, but it wasn't unpleasant. Flowers were blooming on both sides, though I didn't recognize the varieties. I heard beautiful music, but wasn't familiar with the songs. At the end of the path, a man in white was beckoning me to come. Suddenly he held up his hands and motioned for me to go back. I guess that's when the doctors managed to revive me."
Such stories intrigue us, and many Christians have experienced a similar incident or know someone who has. The apostle Paul himself got a brief glimpse of Paradise. But our best information about heaven doesn't come from dreams or near-death experiences. The Bible gives us detailed data about our eternal home. Because we can't see it, we sometimes lose sight of heaven. But many passages in the Bible are a virtual travel brochure of our eternal home, and they are given to fill us with anticipation. It is our blessed hope!
We shall be blest with a new heaven above us and a new earth beneath us and a new eternal home around us.
W. A. Criswell
MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2010
Your Heart, a Battlefield
Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil.
— Ephesians 6:11
I am sure the greatest day in your life was the day you put your faith in Jesus Christ. And as we grow in our faith and knowledge of what God actually did for us, we become more aware of how significant that day really was. That was the day when we literally had our eternal address changed from a place called hell to a place called heaven. That was the day when we turned from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God. That was the day when, according to Jesus, there was a party in heaven given in our honor—a victory shout, if you will, from the angels and from those who have gone before us.
But it was also the day when a very real spiritual battle began. In fact, it has been said that conversion has made our hearts a battlefield. Just as surely as there is a God who loves you, there is also a devil who hates you—a devil who wants to stop the work God is doing in your life.
In the Parable of the Sower, Jesus talked about the seed that fell on the roadside and was eaten by the birds. He said, "Then the evil one comes and snatches away the seed that was planted in their hearts" (Matthew 13:19). It is called an attack, and you had better get ready for it.
If you want to be a spiritual pacifist, then you are going down. You will have to toughen up and put on the armor of God, because in this spiritual battle, you are either advancing or retreating. You are either winning or losing. So you must fight to win. And it is a battle that can be won—if you march with Christ.
Harvest Daily Devotional
Pastor Greg Laurie
K Love Daily Devotional
The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in those who tell the truth.
~ Proverbs 12:22, NLT