I want you to stop and think about this, with me for a minute. Jesus’s way, is not the world’s way. We are called to Love our enemies, not destroy and overcome, like the worldly view. We overcome with Love and Compassion, just as Jesus did. Think about an enemy, or someone you are at war (there is strife of some sort) with right now. Show compassion and love to them, but don’t do it to get something. Do it because that is how Jesus did it. The rest is not up to us. God Bless you today.

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
LUKE 6:36 NASB
https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/luk.6.36/420

Lord, may our hearts humbly bow before you, in persistent prayer. May we be alert, to the needs of others, so we might lift them up. Reveal yourself to us, through answered prayer, even though it may not be, what we wanted the outcome to be. May we always remember, that you care about us and love hearing our petitions.

Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;
COLOSSIANS 4:2 NASB
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.4.2.NASB

Warning: This was a warning of Judgement to those who did not seek the Lord. The nation had fallen into pagan worship and idolatry. It had lead, them into many forms of unrighteousness, and God was saying to brace yourselves! Does any of this sound familiar? Let us confess our sins and turn from them. Let us pray for our nation, who has gone astray. Let us be a light in a dark place and be used by God, as a lighthouse, to save those who will listen and receive God’s truth!

“But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
AMOS 5:24 NASB
https://bible.com/bible/100/amo.5.24.NASB

Dark days may come Lord, but as David states, you are there to comfort us. Fill us with your Holy Spirit to comfort, and give us courage, to meet head on in your strength, whatever comes our way. And all of God’s people said?

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Psalms 23:4 NASB
https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/psa.23.4/7417

We seemed to have lost this, in the church. You don’t necessarily need to publicly, go on social media and tell the world, but you need close friends that you can trust and will hold you accountable. I’m not saying that social media is not a powerful tool to share, but you may want to have your closest friends, walk with you through it first. It takes a lot of courage, to bare your soul, to the whole world. Especially for those who don’t understand, but……How healing to those whose lives are forever changed, by your courageous obedience, to this verse, who may be also struggling with he same issue. Also, this verse is talking to believers in the church, and not to those who have never given their lives to Christ.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.
James 5:16 NASB
https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/jas.5.16/10787

Nourish your soul, today, meditate and delight, on God’s Word. You will not be disappointed. May we be filled with his spirit, today, that we may shine a light, on the Living God, who walks with us daily.

When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul.
Psalms 94:19 NASB
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.94.19.NASB

How great, that we have such a great and merciful God!  How sweet that we can fall before him with repentance in our hearts, and he will embrace us.  Thank you Lord, for loving us, in spite of our failings, and imperfections!


“Yet even now,” declares the Lord , “Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting, weeping and mourning;
Joel 2:12 NASB

https://bible.com/bible/100/jol.2.12.NASB