𝘽𝙮 𝙨𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚.

( 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝟏𝟔:𝟏𝟖 )

𝐏 𝐑 𝐀 𝐘 𝐄 𝐑

'𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔.

𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒎𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕.

𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔.

𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒔. 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒏 !!!

When you fornicate, you are giving away your soul. when you sin, there is a dent on your righteousness.

Luke 1:37 📖🙏

Challenge to Practicality — John 1:43

The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Come, follow me." — John 1:43 NLT

Jesus found Philip in Galilee. Philip, at his best, was a practical and sensible man.[1] At his worst, Philip was earth-bound and without imagination.[2] Yet Jesus saw something special in Philip. He was of eternal value, just like any other person. However, Jesus also felt Philip had something unique to offer to the work of the Kingdom. So, led by God after a night of fervent prayer,[3] Jesus selected Philip as one of his 12 apostles. Remarkably, when Jesus called him to be his disciple, Philip followed Jesus immediately and gave up everything.

Jesus obviously sees more in us than others see, just as he did with Philip. He also gives us the opportunity to do the daring, awesome, and adventurous: to follow him and to be used by him, in mighty ways. Are you ready for adventure? Then come follow Jesus!

[1] John 1:45-46, 12:20-22.
[2] John 14:8-9.
[3] Luke 6:12-15.

Today's Prayer

Gracious and Almighty God, forgive me for clinging to my habits, my earthbound forms of security, and my fears about surrendering everything to you. Please inspire me to the courage to follow Jesus wholeheartedly. In the name of my Savior and Trailblazer, I pray. Amen.

Related Scripture Readings
Luke 6:12-17
John 6:5-7
Hebrews 2:10

👄🔥 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐄: 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄

📖 “𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆.” — 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟏𝟖:𝟐𝟏

Is your mind constantly being pulled in every direction❔

You sit down to pray, but suddenly you remember something you need to do.
You open your Bible, but your phone lights up.
One notification becomes another...
And before you realize it, your attention has been everywhere…except on God.

Brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, distraction does not always look dangerous.
Sometimes it creeps in quietly.

So if your mind feels scattered today, here are three verses you can take with you in the battle.

⚔️ Battle Verse #1
Psalm 119:10 KJB says:
“With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.”

Sometimes we do not deliberately turn away from God.

We simply wander. Our attention, our thoughts, our priorities all wander...

But when you notice it happening, do not stay there.
Recognize it. Correct it. Return to God.

⚔️ Battle Verse #2
2 Timothy 2:4 KJB says:
“No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.”

There is a difference between living your life and becoming entangled in it.

Work, responsibilities, entertainment, notifications, arguments, worry, and endless scrolling can fill your mind while leaving your spirit starving.

Sometimes fighting distraction means removing something.

Turn the notifications off. Put your phone away, close those open tabs, stop feeding useless thoughts, and walk away from pointless arguments.

Not everything deserves access to your attention!

⚔️ Battle Verse #3
Hebrews 12:2 KJB says:
“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

This is where the battle comes down to one question:
Where are you looking?

You can spend all day trying not to look at distractions…
or you can deliberately turn your eyes toward Jesus Christ.

Open His Word, daily. Pray, daily. Thank Him, Praise Him, Worship Him, and remember all that HE has done for you!

Because, the world will constantly shout:
“Look over here!”

But not everything deserves your eyes, your ears, your thoughts, your time, your energy or your attention.

Jesus Christ does.

Warrior, distraction does not always try to make you abandon God completely.
Sometimes it simply keeps you busy enough that God receives whatever attention is left over, if any.

Do not give the LORD your leftovers.

Give Him your first thoughts. Your best attention, your heart, mind, soul, and time.

He has given you time, so use it for HIM.

Keep moving forward with Jesus Christ.

God is with you, so stand firm!

#BattleVerses #FocusOnGod #Distractions #SpiritualWarfare #DailyVerse #ArmourOfGod
#PrayerRoom #RealChristian

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚 𝙖 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡.

"His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven." — Song of Songs 5:11

Comparisons all fail to set forth the Lord Jesus, but the spouse uses the best within her reach. By the head of Jesus we may understand his deity, "for the head of Christ is God" and then the ingot of purest gold is the best conceivable metaphor, but all too poor to describe one so precious, so pure, so dear, so glorious. Jesus is not a grain of gold, but a vast globe of it, a priceless mass of treasure such as earth and heaven cannot excel. The creatures are mere iron and clay, they all shall perish like wood, hay, and stubble, but the ever living Head of the creation of God shall shine on for ever and ever. In him is no mixture, nor smallest taint of alloy. He is for ever infinitely holy and altogether divine. The bushy locks depict his manly vigour. There is nothing effeminate in our Beloved. He is the manliest of men. Bold as a lion, laborious as an ox, swift as an eagle. Every conceivable and inconceivable beauty is to be found in him, though once he was despised and rejected of men.
"His head the finest gold;
With secret sweet perfume,
His curled locks hang all as black
As any raven's plume."

The glory of his head is not shorn away, he is eternally crowned with peerless majesty. The black hair indicates youthful freshness, for Jesus has the dew of his youth upon him. Others grow languid with age, but he is for ever a Priest as was Melchizedek; others come and go, but he abides as God upon his throne, world without end. We will behold him to-night and adore him. Angels are gazing upon him-his redeemed must not turn away their eyes from him. Where else is there such a Beloved? O for an hour's fellowship with him! Away, ye intruding cares! Jesus draws me, and I run after him.

The Bible strictly condemns lying and views truthfulness as a core reflection of God's Character.

Lying of any type is WRONG in God's sight.

THE DEVIL IS THE FATHER OF LIES. ( John 8:33 )

GOD HATES LYING

LYING is a mark of an unfaithful person. ( Proverbs 14:5 )

LYING reveals a lack of Godliness. ( Proverbs12:17 )

LYING is a cause of unanswered prayer. (Isaiah 59:2-3 )

LYING often accompanies other Sins.( Hosea 4:1-2 )

LIARS will go to Hell and perish. ( Revelation 21:8 )

Ask God to help you stop lying.

👀🔥 THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM!

Everything can be beautifully packaged, but your mind may not always see beyond the packaging.

Your spirit can discern what your eyes and mind cannot.

Learn to rely on your spirit and develop your spiritual discernment. ❤️‍🔥

See for Yourself! — John 1:43-46

The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Come, follow me." Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter's hometown.
Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, "We have found the very person Moses and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth."
"Nazareth!" exclaimed Nathanael. "Can anything good come from Nazareth?"
"Come and see for yourself," Philip replied. — John 1:43-46 NLT

"Come and see for yourself!" What Christianity has to offer the world that no other religion really has is two-fold: 1) a genuine relationship with Jesus, God who walked among us, and 2) grace that makes us acceptable to God rather than our having to earn divine approval. If you really want to decide about Christianity, or you have friends who are wrestling with a similar decision, don't let yourself or them get lost in all the religious debate. Instead, invite them to come and meet Jesus in the Gospel of John, and you do the same. The invitation to "come and see" is repeated several times in the Gospel of John. Meeting Jesus in John won't answer all the questions, but it will point us to the only true answer - Jesus! So if you're doubting, if you're frustrated with the mess that organized religion sometimes makes, if you want to get past the religious hype into the life of God, then heed the invitation Jesus and his disciples give you to "come and see for yourself" who Jesus really is. Begin your own search. Find out for yourself. Seek and you will find!

Today's Prayer

O Father, glorious and holy and mighty, thank you for becoming accessible to me through Jesus. I confess that I sometimes struggle with my faith because of all the imperfections in myself, in your people, and in our churches. However, I thank you for Jesus and his grace, both of which allow me to be your child and know your love even though I am a flawed person living in a flawed world. In Jesus' name, I thank you for your grace. Amen.

Related Scripture Readings
Matthew 7:7
John 7:17
John 3:16-21