by CCobb on April 6, 2010
Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple. – Ps. 65:4
I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.” – 2 Cor. 6:18
We’re invited to live in God’s courts, and it is here that we are filled with good thing . . . and He said He’d be a Father to us.
This is a great place to be . . . in the courts of our Father to fellowship with Him and receive of Him good things. This is result of our Father, the Son and the work fo the Holy Spirit. Everyday and everywhere we go we can have access to this place . . . it’s the secret place of the most high. But it’s not a secret to us. Its a place for us to go, live and worship Jesus. It’s a place where no harm can come our way as we trust and rest in Him.
Father God, thank you for the invitation. Yes, thank you for the opportunity to live, dwell, and rejoice, worship and be blessed in your courts . . . and most of all, for being a Father to me.
by CCobb on April 4, 2010
“knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus . . . 2 Cor. 4:14)
Today is Easter Sunday – Ressurection Day!
Look at the whole of 2 Cor. 4. Paul starts off by saying that he received mercry, didn’t loose heart, renounced shame and endured hardship . . . and then he says that the the treasure he has is in earthen vessels . . . that the excellence of the pwoer may be of God . . . tha the life of Jesus may be manifested in our body.
Paul knew that he was to be raised up with Jesus. Therefore he endured all things so that the power of this ressurection may be experienced now. This was his goal, to experience the life of Jesus today! He received God’s mercy, he renounced shame, he was not crushed, not in despair, not forsaken, not destroyed . . . all so that the life of Christ would live in him today.
There he does not lose heart, but rather the inward man is renewed day by day.
So Father God, this day being Easter Sunday, I pray to not allow the life of your Son to live in me today. And as a result I’ll be able to live like Paul did . . . above it all, so that I can be renewed today . . . and live a ressuretion life today.
Thank you for coming into my life on February 8th, 1976. It seems along time ago, and then just yesterday. I was raised up that day . . . and will never be the same again . . . thank You!
by CCobb on March 27, 2010
But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way. 1 Cor. 12:31
God’s gifts of the Holy Spirit. Much has been taught, much has been written, much has been preached on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. But, today, how are we doing in the Body of Christ with the gifts of the Spirit?
Paul also talks about the body of Christ in this chapter being one and the various parts working together so that we would be one. But, today, how are we doing in the Body of Christ with being one?
And then, Pual knowing the challenges of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and Oneness tells us a more excellent way of executing the desires of the Lord . . . He presents the opportunity and the challenge and then gives the way to make it all happen. Thus he leads into the love chapter . . . for it is His love that is the basis and motive for the gifts of the Spirit.
Lord this day help me to walk in the love that you have ordained so that the power gifts and oneness may be a part of my life and those that I come into contact with. . .
by CCobb on March 26, 2010
Be very strong; be careful to obey – Joshua 23:6
Notice . . . one of the key exhortations from Joshua was a call for strength and obedience. Yes, Isarael was to be strong to do the will of God in taking the land that was before them. But their strength was founded and resulted from obedience. For, when they obeyed they had confidence in God to fulfill what He said he would do . . .
“Beloved, if your heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. And whatever we ask we receive from Him” 1 John 3:21-22.
So, strength will be received and lived out in direct proportion to ones obedience and faith in God. Lord this day, is a day of strength and obedience for me and my family. We will be strong, we purpose to obey. And we will take the land . . . we will experience . . .
The LORD your God himself will drive them out of your way. He will push them out before you, and you will take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you. – Josh 23:5
by CCobb on March 25, 2010
For thought I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more . . . 1 Cor. 9:19
Paul was a free man. He was free from all men. Not subject to any ruler, military leader, or soiceital demands. He was a free men . . . except to the Lord. And in this free position his aim was to serve all men so that they too would become free men.
Many times men are bound up and not free because of a variety of reasons. Fear, apprehension, doubt, undogly soul-ties, and many times all for the wrong motives. . . .
Lord this day I thank you for freeing me from all that I may serve all . . . thank you for setting me free
