Jesus Calling Sept 7

Happy Day - Steve Fee

His Presence is surrounding you. Filling you up with His Light and warmth. He loves to see us wrapped up in His Light, showing it off to the world. No one who wears His Light is disapproved. He dislikes the way we as humans use guilt to motivate each other. It does not get you any where, it weakens the grace in your heart. God does not like to see the grace in us disintegrate. He wants us to know how much He Loves us and to be calm and relaxed at that thought. He has made us free from sin and death! Be Happy!

Isaiah 61:10-11 (MSG)
I will sing for joy in God,

    explode in praise from deep in my soul!

He dressed me up in a suit of salvation,

    he outfitted me in a robe of righteousness,

As a bridegroom who puts on a tuxedo

    and a bride a jeweled tiara.

For as the earth bursts with spring wildflowers,

    and as a garden cascades with blossoms,

So the Master, God, brings righteousness into full bloom

    and puts praise on display before the nations.

Jesus in Disguise - Brandon Heath

Jesus Calling Sept 6th

God wants us to depend on Him for everything. Truth is, we cannot do a thing with out Him. It is part of human nature to want to do things on our own and be independent. Then that pride sneaks into your mind, pulling you from God. God desires us to depend on Him for every little thing in every situation. We have to keep focusing and working with God to get that done. God could take the easy way in teaching us and take away our freedom, but He loves us too much to do that. Use your freedom for the good and depending on and focusing on Him, instead of using it for harmful activities. 

Enjoy His Presence and soak it up.

Ephesians 6:10-12 (MSG)

And that about wraps it up. God is strong, and he wants you strong. So take everything the Master has set out for you, well-made weapons of the best materials. And put them to use so you will be able to stand up to everything the Devil throws your way. This is no afternoon athletic contest that we'll walk away from and forget about in a couple of hours. This is for keeps, a life-or-death fight to the finish against the Devil and all his angels.

Jesus Calling Sept 5th

No One Like You - David Crowder Band


God is our best friend, better than any friend you will ever make on earth. He should come first in your life. He loves you more, He is more powerful, and He will never forsake you or turn around and stab you in the back. Friends on earth can turn on you in the blink of an eye, God will never do that. And He will always be right by your side. He will lead you through each day. You can talk to Him about all that is happening in your day, good things, bad things, any thing. He can turn bad things into good things. He can bring Joy out of sadness and Peace out of tension. He is the Most High! No other friend can do that! There is no one like Him!
This friendship with Him is one that you can understand because it is straightforward and simple, but it also is full of His heavenly Glory. We live in two worlds when we are friends with Him, the earthly world, and the heavenly eternal glorious world. He has made us so that we can stay focused on Him through it all.

John 15 (MSG)
The Vine and the Branches
 ^1-3 "I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer. He cuts off every branch of me that doesn't bear grapes. And every branch that is grape-bearing he prunes back so it will bear even more. You are already pruned back by the message I have spoken.

 ⁴"Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can't bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can't bear fruit unless you are joined with me.

 ^5-8"I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you're joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can't produce a thing. Anyone who separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. But if you make yourselves at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon. This is how my Father shows who he is—when you produce grapes, when you mature as my disciples.

 ^9-10"I've loved you the way my Father has loved me. Make yourselves at home in my love. If you keep my commands, you'll remain intimately at home in my love. That's what I've done—kept my Father's commands and made myself at home in his love.

 ^11-15"I've told you these things for a purpose: that my joy might be your joy, and your joy wholly mature. This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. You are my friends when you do the things I command you. I'm no longer calling you servants because servants don't understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I've named you friends because I've let you in on everything I've heard from the Father.

 ¹⁶"You didn't choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won't spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you.
 ¹⁷"But remember the root command: Love one another.

Jesus Calling Sept 4th

Go Light Your World - Chris Rice

Staying close to God is the way to go. If you stay focused on Him, constantly reminding yourself that He is nearby, you will do well in life. He enjoys walking close with you. And when we do so, we are surrounded and filled up with His Presence. There is a hole inside of us that only God can fill. He made us to stay in close communication with Him. He is blessed, and so are you when you communicate with Him. He lives through you, that's how He gets to the world, shining into the darkness. He is the light through you to others, let that light shine!

Psalm 32:7 (MSG)

God's my island hideaway, 

keeps danger far from the shore, 

throws garlands of hosannas around my neck.

Be Still and Know - Steven Curtis Chapman

Psalm 46:8-10 (MSG)
Attention, all! See the marvels of God! 
      He plants flowers and trees all over the earth, 
   Bans war from pole to pole, 
      breaks all the weapons across his knee. 
   "Step out of the traffic! Take a long, 
      loving look at me, your High God, 
      above politics, above everything."

Psalm 46:8-10 (NLT)
Come, see the glorious works of the Lord:
See how he brings destruction upon the world.
He causes wars to end throughout the earth.
He breaks the bow and snaps the spear.
he burns the shields with fire.
“Be still, and know that I am God!
I will be honored by every nation.
I will be honored throughout the world.”

Jesus Calling Sept 2nd

Every Move I Make - David Crowder Band

The best way to live is to depend on God throughout every moment of every day. Being busy trying to get things done is not the way to go, those people miss out on great things in life. When you constantly depend on God your view on things change. You will see miracles, not coincidences. You anticipate what He will do in each new day. You learn to accept and be thankful for your weakness. You learn that His plans are much greater than any of yours. You live in Him, and Him in you. It is the best decision you will make, to live for and with Him.

John 14:18-20 (MSG)

I will not leave you orphaned. I'm coming back. In just a little while the world will no longer see me, but you're going to see me because I am alive and you're about to come alive. At that moment you will know absolutely that I'm in my Father, and you're in me, and I'm in you.

Colossians 2:6-7 (MSG)

My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you've been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You're deeply rooted in him. You're well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you've been taught. School's out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving.