I would be lost without God's
presence and His Word. I do not just mean that I would literally be lost and
going to hell, which I would be, but I would have such a meager life without
Him.
Not having a Bible in my own
language to read whenever I want would leave a huge hole in my life. I read the
Word and write a post for my blog throughout each of my days. I commit verses
to memory each day too.
There are many countries and
people groups without the Bible in their own language. They are starving from a
famine of hearing the Word of God. I cannot imagine the deprivation they feel.
Thankfully, there are groups
dedicated to translating the Bible in the language of every culture around our
globe. We can help by donating to these ministries, such as Wycliffe. You can
even Christmas shop here ( https://www.wycliffe.org ).
The best Christmas gift we have ever
received is the eternal life given to us by God through Jesus Christ. We simply make a searching moral inventory, ask God to forgive our sins and believe that
Jesus Christ is the only Savior of the whole world (John 3:16-17; Acts 4:12;
Mark 1:14-15).
This allows us to be filled with
God's Spirit and to walk in God's presence each moment of our life. I depend
solely on His presence for guidance, comfort, answered prayer and the peace and
joy which only He can give.
Without God's love filling my life,
I would feel alone, fearful, insecure, anxious and be overwhelmed with
excessive sorrow. Yet, with His presence I find the true meaning of life, even in
the negative aspects and the losses.
I would be lost without the
presence and Word of God in my life. I dedicate my life to His service, because
it is the least I can do in exchange for His generous love, provision and
grace.
Prayer:
Father God, thank You for loving
the world so much that You gave Your only begotten Son to pay for the error of
our ways. Teach us Your ways and help us to walk in Your paths (Psalm 25:4,
27:11, 86:11). Help us to share Your truth and love with the lost and dying
world all around us, so that they too can revel in Your presence and Your Word.
Help us to hide Your Word in our
heart, so that we do not sin against You (Psalm 119:11); and so that we can
flourish in this world because of Your presence in our spirit, Your Word in our
heart and Your love providing a miracle in every trial that we will ever
experience.
Thought for the Day:
God's Spirit enables authentic
Believers to be totally capable of fully experiencing the magnitude of God's
astounding and boundless love for us through a personal relationship with God
through Jesus Christ, until we are completely filled throughout our entire
body, soul and spirit with all the fullness of God and have the richest portion
of His presence in our life until we are entirely flooded with God Himself.
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Ephesians 3:18-19, Amplified Bible
