August 11 1 John 3:1See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him. You are a beloved child of God. That means you are a child of a King. The King who is above all king’s and the Lord who is above all lords. He is the one who has bought you with a price and has put His
August 8 Mark 2:14As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him. Answering the call of God is not as difficult as we sometimes make it. Often times it’s as simple as saying yes, getting up and going. The beauty of it all is that His call is not dependent on us or on our actions and deeds. It is solely depended on Him. That’s why
August 6 1 Corinthians 10:14 “Therefore, my beloved, run [keep far, far away] from [any sort of] idolatry [and that includes loving anything more than God, or participating in anything that leads to sin and enslaves the soul].” Every so often we need to conduct our own personal heart check. This is important because if we get so focused on the monotony our life’s we will stand the chance losing focus and losing faith on the things that matters most. We must check our hearts for idols. Although no one
August 5 Isaiah 40:29 “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” You cannot do this life alone. No matter how strong you may think you are. You need help in this journey called life, and a lot of it for that matter. There are many individuals who can and will render you help but there’s only one source of help that is essential and must remain prevalent among all else. You can look from the East to the west, and you can draw strength
August 4 1 John 3:17-18 “But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.” It is very easy to love someone just by word of mouth. It’s easy to throw around the Love word yet refrain from doing the very things that will prove the love we have in our hearts. Love is an
