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THEY FOLLOWED JESUS!' — John 1:35-37

The following day John was again standing with two of his disciples. As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and declared, "Look! There is the Lamb of God!" When John's two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus.— John 1:35-37 NLT

John had already talked about Jesus being the "Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." [1] This time, however, his identification of Jesus as the Lamb of God provokes a response from two of his own disciples. They followed Jesus. They shifted their allegiance from the human messenger to the glorious Message.

As disciples of Jesus, our goal is to resist preacher or teacher infatuation - our faith shouldn't be built on a preacher, a pastor, a teacher, an evangelist, or anyone other than Jesus. We should remember the goal of every messenger's ministry should always be to get people to follow the Savior. Make sure your faith and hope are tied to Jesus and not to one of his messengers. The glory of any preacher's or teacher's message should be Jesus, not that particular messenger's style or personality. Let's make sure we follow Jesus; our doing so should be the true objective of a Christian messenger!

[1] John 1:29.

Today's Prayer

Father, thank you for those who have powerfully influenced my life toward faith. Your messengers who taught me about Jesus, stirred my heart to faith, and called me to righteousness are precious to me. However, dear Father, please guard me against valuing your messengers so much that I forget to seek Jesus as your living and enduring Word. By the power of your Holy Spirit, nudge me away from an over-dependence on human messengers and help me to follow your Son wholeheartedly. In Jesus' name, I live and pray. Amen
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Related Scripture Readings
Acts 14:11-15
1 Corinthians 3:5-9
2 Corinthians 4:5-7

Thank you Jesus for loving me even when I don't deserve it, you love me anyway

Have You ever Prayed and felt like Your our Words were going No farther than the Ceiling?

That God was being silent, that you weren't being heard?

You still believe in God. You still love Jesus Christ. You still open your Bible and pray.
But something feels different...

Prayer feels quieter than it used to. Scripture does not seem to hit your heart the same way. Worship feels harder. You look around and inside you are wondering, “LORD, where are You?”

Brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, do not confuse a quiet season with God abandoning you.

There will be moments in your walk with God when your emotions and feelings are strong, and your prayers feel powerful...

There may also be seasons when you feel almost nothing.

But your relationship with God cannot be built entirely upon what you feel, sense, or see from one moment to the next.

Feelings come and go.
Circumstances change.
Your energy shifts.

But the LORD remains faithful; For HE is faithful who promised!

Psalm 145:18 KJB says:
“The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.”

Notice that Scripture does not say the LORD is near only when you feel that He is near.

Call upon Him.
Honestly, and humbly.

If you feel spiritually dry, tell Him.
If prayer has become difficult, tell Him.
If you are discouraged because you do not feel as close to God as you once did, tell Him that too.

You do not need to have some emotional experience before you can come before the LORD.

Come as you are, and keep seeking Him!

James 4:8 KJB says:
“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.”

So what do you do when you do not feel close to God?
Draw near anyway.

Praise the LORD even when your emotions are quiet.

Examine your heart. If there is sin you know you have been holding onto, confess it and turn from it.

Put away some of the noise.
Turn off the phone for a while.
Get somewhere quiet.
Sit with God's Word.

And do not panic if everything does not suddenly change in one prayer.

Sometimes faithfulness looks like continuing to seek God when there are no huge moments.

Sometimes faith is simply saying:

“LORD, I do not feel close right now, but I am not walking away.”

Jesus Christ is still Lord.
The cross still matters.
God's Word is still true.

His mercy and grace is still great.
And you are still invited to draw near.

Do not measure the LORD's faithfulness by the intensity of your emotions.

Keep seeking Him.
Keep calling upon Him.
Keep opening His Word.
Keep walking with Jesus Christ, daily.

Draw near to God. Stay close to Jesus Christ. Keep the faith.

The LORD is near to you, always!

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Knock Down the Appetite for Sexual Immorality

“Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?” Isaiah 58:6

It was God who ordained sex, but He only accepts it in the context of marriage. If you are not married and have sexual intercourse with another person, it is fornication. This generation is deceiving themselves by calling it dating. It is not dating! If a married person goes outside their matrimonial boundaries and has sexual intercourse with another man or woman, it is adultery.

The reason why God approves sex in the context of marriage is because it is the only thing that ties the souls of the people engaged in the sexual act together. When it is not done in the context of marriage, you allow demons to attack you, and afterwards, they will fight you with guilt. You choose your sin, but God chooses the consequences. That is why any sickness contracted from sex is difficult to cure.

Sex is a trusted weapon in the hands of the devil to draw souls to hell. I am concerned about how you cannot control your sex appetite. Anyone who cannot control his food appetite cannot control his sex appetite. Spend time in fasting and prayer and put your body under the influence of God, so you shall not fulfill the desire of the flesh.

Prayer
Help me to walk in sexual purity all the days of my life.

A life rooted in prayer and consecrated to holiness is a life continually transformed by God’s presence. The closer we draw to Him, the deeper we enter into His glory, His power, and His purpose.

"But he answered her not a word." — Matthew 15:23

Genuine seekers who as yet have not obtained the blessing, may take comfort from the story before us. The Saviour did not at once bestow the blessing, even though the woman had great faith in him. He intended to give it, but he waited awhile. "He answered her not a word." Were not her prayers good? Never better in the world. Was not her case needy? Sorrowfully needy. Did she not feel her need sufficiently? She felt it overwhelmingly. Was she not earnest enough? She was intensely so. Had she no faith? She had such a high degree of it that even Jesus wondered, and said, "O woman, great is thy faith." See then, although it is true that faith brings peace, yet it does not always bring it instantaneously. There may be certain reasons calling for the trial of faith, rather than the reward of faith. Genuine faith may be in the soul like a hidden seed, but as yet it may not have budded and blossomed into joy and peace. A painful silence from the Saviour is the grievous trial of many a seeking soul, but heavier still is the affliction of a harsh cutting reply such as this, "It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs." Many in waiting upon the Lord find immediate delight, but this is not the case with all. Some, like the jailer, are in a moment turned from darkness to light, but others are plants of slower growth. A deeper sense of sin may be given to you instead of a sense of pardon, and in such a case you will have need of patience to bear the heavy blow. Ah! poor heart, though Christ beat and bruise thee, or even slay thee, trust him; though he should give thee an angry word, believe in the love of his heart. Do not, I beseech thee, give up seeking or trusting my Master, because thou hast not yet obtained the conscious joy which thou longest for. Cast thyself on him, and perseveringly depend even where thou canst not rejoicingly hope.

Amen

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