Daily Devotional

GOD IS THE MIRACLE PROVIDER AND CARE-GIVER

August 11

eloved, many of my Children have been tested repeatedly and have failed the test of their Father. You cannot live your life building your own kingdom and life disregarding the fact that your Father in Heaven wishes to add to you everything that you will ever need in a “daily bread” manner. Many Christians waste precious time making slaves of themselves to jobs and traditions to achieve a level of performance that is just like that of the world outside of Christ. It would do you well to invite the Holy Spirit to examine your heart and motives so that you may allow Him to prove out the fact whether you are walking in the light of God or in your own light. Well, what is it? If you see that you are living a life "after the flesh, and not after the Spirit," (Romans 8:1-3) ask your Heavenly Father to wake you up! Repent of this self-centered way of living and pray earnestly for guidance of the Holy Spirit. "For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" (Mark 8:36) You may say, "I will not lose my soul because I am saved!" It may be true that you have had a salvation experience, but what about living the selfless, surrendered life of Christ. If you put your trust in things and financial security, you are exactly like the man who built his house upon the "sand." (Matthew 7:26, 27) You may well be building your spiritual house upon "sand," and when you try to live in it you will find that you have been blind and self-deceived for years, and "great shall be the fall of your house!" Your Father may sound harsh and critical with this message, but it is better for you to be hard on yourself, and to appeal to your Father to change the way you live your life before Him and the world than to be allowed to continue in weakness and complacency. Child of God rejoice now! Submit yourself to your Father so that He may bring sincere renewal of your soul and commitment to Him to love and bless others instead of focusing only on yourself! This is good advice!

Prayer

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Father, in every area of my life where I am self-centered and deceived, I pray that you will bring to me the challenges that I need to be the most like the Lord Jesus that I can become. I truly mean this Lord. Forgive me for not looking "on the needs of others,"(Philippians 2:4) but living a narrow, selfish lifestyle, promoting only my own interests. I pray this in the name of the Lord Jesus, amen!