Thursday, April 30, 2020

Open The Mouth Of The First Fish You Catch, And You Will Find A Large Silver Coin. Take It And Pay The Tax For Both Of Us.


Open The Mouth Of The First Fish You Catch,
And You Will Find A Large Silver Coin.
Take It And Pay The Tax For Both Of Us.
Scripture
Matthew 17
24 On their arrival in Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple tax came to Peter and asked him, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the Temple tax?”
25 “Yes, he does,” Peter replied. Then he went into the house.
But before he had a chance to speak, Jesus asked him, “What do you think, Peter? Do kings tax their own people or the people they have conquered?”
26 “They tax the people they have conquered,” Peter replied.
“Well, then,” Jesus said, “the citizens are free! 
27 However, we don’t want to offend them, so go down to the lake and throw in a line. Open the mouth of the first fish you catch, and you will find a large silver coin. Take it and pay the tax for both of us.”
Observation
I don't know about you but I love to hear my friends “fish stories”. Friends like Mike Renner, Orville Renner, Bobby Baker, and Hugh Roberts (just to name a few) love to tell their fish stories.
Some of the most interesting stories are about the ones that are able to get away! It is amazing how much bigger those fish tend to get every time the story is retold!
Well my friends might be able to tell some really good fish stories but none of them can top the fish story that fisherman Simon Peter would be able to tell about catching the fish with the large coin in its mouth.
So what is my take away from this fish story?
For me it is this:
God has millions and millions of ways to meet Eddy's needs. And just like Simon Peter all I need to do is to be obedient to what He tells me to do every single day.
Jesus could have just produced the coin and handed it to Simon Peter, but He didn't do that. No, He required obedience. And He requires the same thing from me today!
Matthew 6:33
33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
Application
I will listen to the Lord today and I will strive to walk in obedience.
How about you? What is the Lord telling you to do today?
Exodus 20:6
6 But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands.
Joshua 1:7-8
7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate from them, turning either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do.
8 Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, I pray that You bless those men that I mentioned in this blog. Bless their family's too. Each one of them has had an impact on my life. You brought them into my life to make me a better person. And I could have added many more men to the list. Help me to walk in obedience today. As I struggle with my emotions and with my thoughts I pray that through it all I would be pleasing to You.
I have to admit that I am very tired of all of this “sheltering in” and I am more than ready to get back to something closer to what I consider “normal”. I pray and I ask You to stop this plague. Help us to learn the lessons from this experience so it will end. You are All-Powerful. Nothing is too hard for You!
Daily Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 6; 1 Chronicles 13; Psalm 68; Matthew 17



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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

How Precious Are Your Thoughts About Me, O God. They Cannot Be Numbered!


How Precious Are Your Thoughts About Me,
O God.
They Cannot Be Numbered!
Scripture
Psalm 139
17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.
    They cannot be numbered!
18 I can’t even count them;
    they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
    you are still with me!
Observation
I was so glad when I saw that Psalm 139 was in today's daily Bible reading! What a great Psalm! Need encouragement? Need a lift this morning? Read Psalm 139! It will only take you a minute.
To think that the Creator God, the One who made heaven and earth is actually thinking about little old me. There are lots of important people in this world, yet God still takes time to think about me and His thoughts about me cannot even be numbered.
Now I have the best wife in the world (sorry to all of you other guys out there) and she hopefully thinks about me a lot just as I think about her a lot, but I don't think this even compares to how much my Heavenly Father thinks about both of us! 
God loved us so much that He left Heaven and came down to this earth to die for us on a cross. As sinful and rotten as I am He still died for me and He thinks about me constantly. And His thoughts for me, they outnumber the grains of sand!
Take a minute and read Psalm 139 and let God encourage your heart today!
Here it is!
Psalm 139
1 O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.
2 You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
3 You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do.
4 You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord.
5 You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!
7 I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence!
8 If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there.
9 If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
10 even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.
11 I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night—
12 but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.
13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!
18 I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!
19 O God, if only you would destroy the wicked! Get out of my life, you murderers!
20 They blaspheme you; your enemies misuse your name.
21 O Lord, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you? Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you?
22 Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Application
I am humbled when I think that God loves me enough to even think about me. I am overwhelmed when I think that He is constantly thinking about me. He knew me before I was even born. He knows my thoughts even before I think them and yet He still loves me. Amazing!
How about you? Has it dawned on you yet just how much God loves you?
Romans 5:8
8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, thank You for thinking about me. Your love for me is overwhelming. I don't deserve it. You know everything about me and yet You still love me and think about me all the time. You are amazing.
I pray for any person who doesn't feel like You love them. I know some people who think that the bad things that happen to them in life is because You are being mean to them. They don't understand at all what a loving Heavenly Father You are. Soften their hearts, Lord. Soften their hearts.
Daily Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 4,5; Psalm 139; Matthew 16



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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Praise The Lord; Praise God Our Savior! For Each Day He Carries Us In His Arms. Our God Is A God Who Saves!


Praise The Lord; Praise God Our Savior!
For Each Day He Carries Us In His Arms.
Our God Is A God Who Saves!
Scripture
Psalm 68
19 Praise the Lord; praise God our savior!
    For each day he carries us in his arms. Interlude

20 Our God is a God who saves!
    The Sovereign Lord rescues us from death.

Observation
Don't think for a minute that we are going through this crisis alone. Psalm 68:19 reminds me that I am not alone and this verse lets me know exactly who is taking care of me. That's right, my God ... my Heavenly Father, is carrying me in His arms. “Our God is a God who saves! The Sovereign Lord rescues us from death.”
I was listening to my good friend Pastor Saul Mateos last night via Facebook as he shared a message to his church family at First Baptist Church of Puebla in the city of Puebla, Mexico.
His message was about Moses. He said that Moses was rescued by Pharaoh’s daughter so that later Moses could rescue the Hebrew children out of slavery. He was rescued so that he could rescue. You and I (if you are a follower of Jesus Christ) have been rescued so we can rescue others!
Look around. Who needs our help? People need to be encouraged now more than ever.
We are all getting weary. We all need a gentle reminder that our Heavenly Father is carrying us in His arms! He's got this!
Galatians 6:9-10
9 So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.

10 Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith.
Hebrews 10:24
24 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.
Application

I will look for opportunities to do good. I will thank the Lord for carrying me in His arms through this crisis.

How about you?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, everyday is a new day. This is a day that You have made! I will rejoice and be glad in it! Show me how to live out this day in a way that pleases You. Don't let me waste it! Thank You for carrying me in Your arms through this difficult time. I am safe in the shelter of Your wings. Thank You for all of Your promises that remind me just how much You love me and care for me.

I pray for any person who may be reading this blog today who is stressed out over this situation. Comfort them, Lord. Encourage them. Send people their way who can brighten up their day.

I pray for Pastor Saul Mateos and his wife Raquel. Bless them, Lord. Encourage them today.

Daily Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 3; 1 Chronicles 12; Matthew 15; I added: Psalm 28, Psalm 58, Psalm 68; Proverbs 28



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Monday, April 27, 2020

“Take Courage! I Am. Don't Be Afraid.”


“Take Courage!
I Am.
Don't Be Afraid.”
Scripture
Matthew 14
24 Meanwhile, the disciples were in trouble far away from land, for a strong wind had risen, and they were fighting heavy waves.
25 About three o’clock in the morning Jesus came toward them, walking on the water. 
26 When the disciples saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. In their fear, they cried out, “It’s a ghost!”
27 But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here!”
28 Then Peter called to him, “Lord, if it’s really you, tell me to come to you, walking on the water.”
29 “Yes, come,” Jesus said. So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. 
30 But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink. “Save me, Lord!” he shouted.
31 Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him. “You have so little faith,” Jesus said. “Why did you doubt me?”
32 When they climbed back into the boat, the wind stopped. 
33 Then the disciples worshiped him. “You really are the Son of God!” they exclaimed.
Matthew 14:27
But immediately, Yeshua spoke to them, saying, “Take courage! I am. Don’t be afraid.” TLV
Observation
Jesus was not just a good man. He was not just a good teacher and He was not just a good philosopher. Jesus was and He still is the Great I AM. He was and He is God Incarnate, God in the Flesh!
This storm that He allowed his disciples to go through was to show them just Who He was! When He showed up that night walking on the water, He said to His disciples, “Take courage! I Am is here. Don't be afraid.”
Do you remember when Moses was going to rescue the Hebrew children and Moses asked God how will they know that You have sent me and God said to Moses, “I am who I am. Say this to the people of Israel: I am has sent me to you.” (Exodus 3:14)
Jesus declared His Deity that night when He said, “Take Courage! I Am is here. Don't be afraid.”
I Am is here with us today in this storm, in our present crisis! Take Courage! Don't be afraid.
Application
I will look up the passages where Jesus declared, “I Am” so I will be encouraged and strengthened today!
How about you? Do you need to be encouraged?
“I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger” (John 6:35).
“I am the light of the world” (John 8:12).
 “I am the door” (John 10:9).
“I am the true vine” (John 15:1).
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep” (John 10:11). 
“I am the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25).
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6).
Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank You for leaving Heaven and coming down to this earth to take on human flesh as Jesus Christ. I know that the Great I Am is still in control of things today. Even when things seem completely out of control they are not out of Your control. The disciples were afraid that night because they were caught in a storm and because they saw Jesus walking on water. Help me not to be afraid. Help me to trust You. You are the only One who can calm the stormy sea. You are the One, the only One, who can put an end to this pandemic, to this worldwide plague. I look to You for help.
Daily Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 2; 1 Chronicles 11; Psalm 142; Matthew 14



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Sunday, April 26, 2020

There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.


There is no greater love
than
to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
Scripture
John 15
9 “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 
10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! 
12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.
13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 
14 You are my friends if you do what I command.
Observation
This passage is today's Sunday School lesson that normally we would be going over at church, but today in a few minutes, my very good friend Orville Renner will be leading our group today online via Google Hangout!
Kathy was reading yesterday preparing for today's Sunday School lesson and she came to me with the Sunday School Study Guide in her hand and she said, “I want to read this to you.”
Kathy read out loud to me,
“Jesus did not leave the command to love nebulous or vague. He directed us to love people in the specific way He loved. How did Jesus show His love? He gave. He forgave. He pardoned. He was gracious, kind, merciful, sacrificial, and intentional. When you love people as Jesus does, you begin to break down their defenses. The spark of relational love is found in unforseen moments of love.”
Then she said, “This is what we have to do with “_________” . She was talking about someone in our family who has been so hard for us to have a good relationship with. This person has been so hard for us to win over with our love. She said, “We just have to figure out how to show this person how much we love him.”
We are not going to give up!
Maybe you have some difficult people in your life too! I hope John 15:9-14 encourages you not to give up on loving them!
Dr. Waylon B. Moore calls these difficult people that God places or allows in our lives, “Spiritual Sandpaper”. God will use them to work on us to make us more like His Son Jesus Christ!
Application
I will continue to pray for this person, and I will continue asking God to show us how to express our love towards this person.
How about you? Do you have any Spiritual Sandpaper People in your life?
Prayer
Heavenly Father, You have shown us how to love unconditionally. Help me to do just that. Show me how to love difficult people. Don't let me give up on them. Give me the capacity to love them even when they act like they don't care for me and when they act like I am a bother to them. Don't let me ever give up.
I pray for any person reading this blog today who feels unloved. Wrap Your arms around them today. May they sense Your love. Encourage them today, Lord. Bring people into their life who will love them unconditionally!
Daily Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 1; Psalm 140; Matthew 13; I added: John 15



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Saturday, April 25, 2020

But If You Remain In Me And My Words Remain In You, You May Ask For Anything You Want, And It Will Be Granted!


But If You Remain In Me And My Words Remain In You,
You May Ask For Anything You Want,
And It Will Be Granted!
Scripture
John 15
7 But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! 

8 When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.
Observation
It shouldn't come as a surprise to me that so many of the nurses that I meet and talk to at the hospital are followers of Jesus Christ. But every once in a while I run into one that may not as yet seen the light.
I asked several nurses at a nurse's station if I could pray for them and one of the nurses made a face along with some kind of noise like a grunt or a sigh. It caught my attention and so I asked her, “You don't believe in prayer?” To which she replied something like, “I don't pray I usually just cry out!”
The very moment she said that, before I had a chance to say anything or even begin to pray there came a voice over the loud speaker requesting that the rapid response team go immediately to a certain room on a different floor of the hospital and so off she went. I yelled out to her … and we are going to pray for you too!
I say to you and I would have said to her, that I am living proof that God answers the prayers of his people.
It is why I love to go to the hospital and talk to patients and I love to pray with them. Nothing is more important.
I brag on all the people that prayed for me every chance I get. I still am overwhelmed with emotion any time I think about how they prayed for me and they did not give up.
Against all odds they prayed and they didn't give up. Tears fill my eyes right now just thinking about what God did because people (many of you) prayed for me.
The odds were greater than 95% that I would not survive, the surgeon told Kathy, “Your husband has less than a 5% chance of surviving from the operating room up to Intensive Care. He even told his Nurse Practitioner (who told me a few weeks later) that the surgeon thought that I would not survive!
At one time they had 17 drips going into me and had pumped (or dripped) 100 pounds of fluids into me trying to save my life. Everyone who saw me said that I looked like I was about to “pop” and that I looked like a “Blimp”. At one point I weighed an unbelievable 289 pounds … l00 pounds of fluids!
John 15:7 is not a magical formula; it is not meant for us to believe that we can just name it and claim it. It is all about us having a relationship that is so close to Jesus that what is on His heart is also on our heart. And so that when we pray we are praying what is on the heart of God.
Does that make sense?
Application
When I pray, I will pray knowing that God wants me to pray and He wants to answer my prayers!
How about you?
James 5:16
16 Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.
Matthew 21
21 Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. 
22 You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”
Prayer
Heavenly Father, teach me how to pray. Show me what is on Your heart. Nothing is too hard for You. What we call miracles are just Your hands at work. Every day is a miracle. Help me to take advantage of every day and not waste them on things that don't matter.
I pray for Kathy Renner today. I pray for healing. I pray for her husband Don and for their kids and grandkids as they anxiously wait for Kathy's return home from the hospital.
Acts 12:5
But while Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for him.
1 Samuel 12:23
“As for me, I will certainly not sin against the Lord by ending my prayers for you. And I will continue to teach you what is good and right.
Daily Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 30,31; 1 Chronicles 10; Matthew 12



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Friday, April 24, 2020

“Come To Me, All Of You Who Are Weary And Carry Heavy Burdens, And I Will Give You Rest.”


“Come To Me, All Of You
Who Are Weary And Carry Heavy Burdens,
And I Will Give You Rest.”
Scripture
Matthew 11
28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 
29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 
30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”
Observation
Weary … does that describe how you feel these days? It describes the way I feel this morning. I am ready for all of this to go away! We desperately need the light that can be seen at the end of the tunnel!
Jesus is saying to me and you morning, “Come to me, I know that you are weary and I know that you are carrying heavy burdens, come to me and I will give you rest.”
You and I were never designed to live in this crazy, dangerous, chaotic world on our own. We were created by God to be dependent on Him.
A few minutes ago Kathy and I were awakened by a tornado alert on both of our cell phones saying take cover in the safest room of your house! Now that is a great way to start one's day – immediately I prayed, “Lord, keep us safe!” I am so glad that I have a Heavenly Father who I can call on in times of trouble.
In these troublesome times it is great to know that Jesus has conquered this evil and chaotic world!
Application
I will quickly call on the Lord when I am in trouble, when I am tired and weary, and when my burdens become too heavy.
How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly Father, trouble seems to be everywhere right now. I am weary and I am tired of all of this coronavirus stuff. Even our weather is totally crazy. Lord, I will be so glad when You take it all away. I pray and I ask You keep my family safe during all these storms. I pray for our government leaders. Give them wisdom to do the right thing concerning opening back up our country!
Daily Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 28,29; Psalm 109; Matthew 11



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Thursday, April 23, 2020

Fear Only God, Who Can Destroy Both Soul And Body In Hell.


Fear Only God,
Who Can Destroy
Both Soul And Body In Hell.
Scripture
Matthew 10
28 “Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it.
30 And the very hairs on your head are all numbered.
31 So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.
Observation
This coronavirus is an enemy, an worse it is an invisible enemy and it doesn't seem to discriminate. When you go out to the store, when you stop to get gas at the gas station, or when you go to work, you never know if you are bringing the plague back home with you. It is an eerie feeling. … Isn't it?
I am glad that I have a Heavenly Father. I have been adopted into His forever family. Nothing touches my life without His permission. He is taking care of me. He even knows the exact number of hairs that I still have left on my balding head!
I know that He highly values me. I am more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows! He delights in every detail of my life! Before I was even created in my mother's womb He knew me by name!
Do you know Him?
Psalm 37:23
23 The Lord directs the steps of the godly.
    He delights in every detail of their lives.
Psalm 139
13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
    and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
    Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
    as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!
18 I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!
Application
I will take time today to thank the Lord for adopting me into His forever family!
How about you? Do you know Him?
Prayer
Heavenly Father, thank you for adopting me. I don't deserve it. I don't know why You did it. I realize that I am a sinner worthy of damnation and destruction but because of Your grace and mercy I know that I am not going to get what I deserve and instead I am going to live forever with You.
I am not afraid of this invisible enemy because greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. You will take care of me. You will take care of Kathy. And it is not because we are good, but because we are Your kids. You chose us and You have adopted us into Your family. We are safe in the shelter of Your wings!
I pray for any person who may read this blog who has never called on You for salvation. Open up their spiritual heart. Help them to place their faith and their trust in Jesus Christ and what He did on the cross for them. Save them, Lord. Help them to turn from sin and self and help them to turn to You for salvation!
Romans 10:9-10,13
9 If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.
13 For “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Daily Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 27; Psalm 141; 1 Chronicles 9; Matthew 10



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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Follow Me And Be My Disciple.


Follow Me
And
Be My Disciple.
Scripture
Matthew 9
9 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.
10 Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. 
11 But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum?”
12 When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.” 
13 Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
Observation
Follow me and be my disciple. It is what Jesus Christ is asking us to do. Are you a follower of Jesus Christ? Right now He is speaking to you saying, “Follow me and be my disciple.”
To many this is not a new invitation, maybe you have been saying “no” to Jesus for years. Now is the time to say “yes” and follow Him.
You are never too old to say “yes” to Him. Kathy's Dad, Clayton Bearden, was 67 years old when he finally said “yes” and became a follower of Jesus Christ.
My good friends Jack Roush and Aaron Myers were both in their fifties when they finally said “yes” and became followers of Jesus Christ. It is hearing their stories that gives me hope for some of you!
Matthew was a tax collector. He was a sinner for sure. People hated tax collectors because they were so dishonest and cruel. Jesus didn't call Matthew to follow Him because Matthew was a good person. Matthew was a rotten sinner just like you and just like me.
When Jesus called me to follow Him I was nineteen years old. And it was not because I was a good person. When God extended the call for me to follow Him it was not because of anything about me that was good.
If Jesus is speaking to you and asking you to follow Him, then please say, Yes! I am praying that you will say, YES!
Application
I will keep praying for people that are still saying “no” to following Jesus!
How about you? Have you said “Yes” to Jesus?
Prayer
Heavenly Father, thank You for not giving up on me. Thank You for sending someone into my life who challenged me to follow Jesus. It was not my idea to start following You. You worked in my life and changed the direction of my life and I know that You can do the same thing for those who I am praying for. Nothing is too hard for you!
Daily Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 25,26; Psalm 63; Matthew 9



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