Saturday October 30, 2010

Read Colossians  3

You have been raised with Christ. You have died with Christ. Your life is hidden with Christ. You are chosen by Christ.

All the believers you attend church with are in the same boat.  Think about tomorrow’s church service. Together you will stand before your Lord and Saviour. Together you will taste and see that the Lord is good. Together you will sing His glories and praises. Together you will seek His hand in various people’s lives and in certain events. Together you will get a fore taste of heaven.

Will you go tomorrow and stand before your Lord and Saviour with the characteristics of vs 5 in your heart? Will you go with hatred and unforgiveness? Will you stand before God with adulterous thoughts in your heart, with lusts and covetous desires? Or will you go as a dearly loved child of God with compassion and love? Will you go with kindness and compassion ready to give sacrificially? Will you be ready to bear another’s burden, to forgive any sin against yourself? Will you go with gentle and patient words that build up and edify others?

Today is a great time to prepare yourself for tomorrows meeting with the Lord God Almighty.  What will that preparation today look like?

* Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

* Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

* And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Prayer:-

ÿ Pray for this nation of ours. Tomorrow thousands of people will stand in God’s presence in the churches across the land. Pray that the characteristics of vs12-14 will be growing in believers. Pray that the gospel will be faithfully preached and that all who would pervert the gospel for their own ends would be silenced and removed. Pray that God’s Spirit would work powerfully bringing a wide spread and long term revival throughout this land.

ÿ Pray that those who teach our children tomorrow would be faithful and true to the Word of God. Pray that we would see this young generation of believers growing strong in the Word and putting their faith into practice even at their young ages.