Sabbath Restoration and Renewal

My Heavenly Father, my great and loving Lord Jesus, I come before you now having rested and thought and prayed today with you.  I do needed to be with and near to you.  Thank you my living God.

It is your Sabbath day, and I have spent time with you in silence and contemplative thought.  Please create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew your everlasting spirit within my soul. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. I ask that you please restore me. I ask you for the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing heart and spirit to accept and cherish your wonderful gifts. 

Isaiah 40:31

But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Jesus is our hope. When we hope and have faith in Him, He renews our strength, our spirit and our hearts joy. Jesus,  I thank you for this quiet, peaceful and very calm day  I needed time with you today, and I am so grateful to be able to call out to you every moment knowing that you are right there and you hear me every moment of my life. 

…..and I now pray

My Father….

Who art in heaven  

hallowed be thy name,

thy kingdom come

Thy will be done, 

on earth, as it is in heaven. 

Give us this day,  our daily bread

And forgive us our trespasses 

As we forgive those who trespass against us, 

and lead us not into temptation

but deliver us from evil, 

for thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, 

forever and ever, 

• Amen •

Sabbath Sunday, Reflection and Prayer

Exodus 20:9

“You have six days in which to do your work, but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to me.” 

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Today I need to rest my body, recharge my emotions and refocus my spirit. God intended for me to work. But if we are going to do our best, He also wants us to rest

Sunday is a day to be quiet and rest. To enjoy the comfort of your nest, to reconnect with your precious relationships. Take a reflective walk, sing hymns to yourself and in doing so….you are honoring your God. Read scripture. Think about how you can really reconnect today with your loving creator.

Pray and thank God for your many blessings. Showing gratitude brings a humbleness of spirit. It helps you to open up your heart and your spirit to a conversation with Him that is pure, and ready for His presence right then with you alone.

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Prayer

Dear  Lord, help me to make every Sabbath about you. Quiet my heart, give rest to my soul, and refocus my spirit. I know that true renewal comes only from you. Holy Spirit please help me to be intentional with my time and worship, and encourage me to find rest in you alone. In Jesus’ name I humbly pray. 

• Amen • 

Sunday….Your Sabbath Day

Oh Heavenly and Gracious Father in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name.

Thank You for this beautiful and glorious Sunday morning. I am pondering my day and my time with you. How lucky am I to know your goodness and to receive your everlasting love. You have created this day for all of us to spend some holy time together. I praise and honor your name, Jesus Christ. This is the day that you have made, I will rejoice and be glad for all that You have in store for me. Wrap your loving arms around those I love and stay by my side today. I want to bathe myself in your holiness and your gentle and nurturing ways. I give you all of my day. Thank you for loving me and caring for me. Thank you for your provisions for me and for those who cross my path that need my help. Oh most gracious and loving Savior, I know that everything I am….or forever hope to be….is always from You. AMEM

HOPE …..my path….

Psalm 130:5-6

 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning……

……more than watchmen for the morning.

Prayer

Lord it is your Sabbath Day. I come. Oh Lord  I come. I open my heart to you. I feel you with me in my soul. Time alone with you today. Resting in your peace and comfort. Renewing my spirit in you. I give you my day; your day.
I wait for you more than the watchmen in the morning..My soul longs for you and in You alone I Hope. I trust you and offer my obedience to your sovereign ways. In my heart I wish to be humble and to obey your promises. My Precious Lord take my hand and lead me all the way. You are my refuge and my strength. In You I have no fear or want. You are near…..and that is all I need. I offer you thanks now for  my long life, my awesome blessings, my faith and my having been chosen to be near to you, and I give all honor to you now. Amen Father I love thee. You know my path. Thank you for  giving me “my chosen path.”

• AMEN • 

Psalm 143:8

My trust is embedded completely in you Jesus. You know me, you know my needs and you hear my prayers. I am so grateful for all my blessings. You always provide, you are always near me. You care for and nurture my efforts and you walk with me through challenges and the harder times.  I always rely on you teaching me the way I should go. Your love for me has been constant and sustains me each and every day  I can feel your presence in my heart. Thank you for my life, my strong beliefs, for my loved ones who you also care for. I hope to always do my best for you.

Today is your Sabbath Day. I give you all my honor and praise. Thank you my Father God.  AMEN 

Rejoicing…. in Gods Many Blessings

Father, I Rejoice and thank you for always intervening in my life and letting me have a personal relationship with you. Thank you for your love for me today and forevermore. Thank you for all the many blessings you’ve given me, and my closest loved ones. Help me to use those blessings to bless the lives of all I meet and speak with every day. The “others” need your blessings too,  and I ask that you use me to help open their hearts. May I live a life of true “Joy” as I see “You” at work all around me. In Jesus’ name I Rejoice  in your presence in my heart and my inner being. I love thee Lord Jesus with all my heart, my  mind and my soul.  I honor you now on your Sabbath day.

…..REJOICE ALWAYS….

Amen

 

 

The Sabbath Day

Jun 2

Empty or Full? MATTHEW 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”  ▶︎ LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL Do you recall these words from an old hymn: “Nothing in my hand I bring; simply to Thy Cross I cling.” That is true. We have nothing to bring to God. You know, there are a lot of books about being filled. But one day I think I’ll write a book on how to be emptied. When Christ wants to come and fill us, we can be so full of self and stuff that there is no room left. We have to first of all become empty so that we can be filled, and the emptying begins with brokenness. We acknowledge that we are destitute in our own ability, in what we’ve done, or what we have, or where we’ve been. We are totally broken. Then we are ready for God to come and fill us up with Himself. It is a supernatural event – and it is the first step toward having a brand-new life. My Prayer My Lord and my Savior God. I come to You. I come empty, bare and on my own. I bring you my simple self. I am broken. I have sinned. I need your sweet cleansing. I give you my heart, my spirit and my life, that you will accept me as your child and wash me of my wrongful ways. I give you everything I am and everything I ever hope to be. Please fill me now with your presence that I might be made whole this Sabbath morning. I am sorry for offending you and for my sins. I wish to sin no more. Forgive me. Help me to keep a pure heart in You my Lord and Savior Jesus! I now give you my day….. • AMEN•

The Sabbath Day

You “Unwrapped” May 29

John 1:18

“No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.”

▶︎ LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL

When we talk about our hearts, we are not always referring to the organ in our chests. Instead, we are referring to the essence of who we are – what makes you “you” and what makes me “me.” With that in mind, our verse tells us that Jesus is “the heart” of God. The word used for “declared” is to “unwrap” something. Jesus has “unwrapped” God so all people can see and know Him. Through Christ we see a Holy God who loves sinners and would sacrifice His only begotten Son to save all who would receive Him. Let me ask: When your heart unwraps the real you, what do people see? If your heart is strong for Christ, people will see a godly person. So ask the Holy Spirit to create in you a heart that will reveal in you the “heart of God”, Jesus. Prayer Jesus….”I praise thee with my whole heart.” I open my heart now. I will share my heart in our world. My heart belongs to you. You can work in my heart to bring love to your world. Accept my heart and help me to open it completely for the love of others. Jesus I give you my “heart love” this Sabbath morning. • Amen •

The Lord’s Sabbath Day

May the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit be with you…on this Sabbath Day.  

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The Second SUNDAY of Easter

 

LISTEN TO YOUR HEART

It’s there (deep in my heart) that Jesus speaks to me. When I listen quietly, He speaks intimately with me. His voice is a gentle whisper. His voice is gentle LOVE. My special time of prayer…..I share with no other. I listen often because Jesus’ voice can be drowned by the activity and noise of my world.

John 7:37-39

On the day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shal flow rivers of living water.’ “

Prayer

My glorious God…..I am always thirsty for you, my God. The many vast water bodies of your world remind me of the goodness of your love and your grace. As I listen for You my God, and listen to my own thoughts, my unkind or angry thoughts can challenge me to overcome, so that I can keep my mind focused on your voice and your Love for me. I pray that you will help me with my practice of “attentive listening.”