"[O Lord] i entrust my spirit into Your hand…" Psalm 31:5a NLT
"But i am trusting You, O Lord, saying, ‘You are my God!’ My future is in Your hands…" Psalm 31:14, 15a NLT
So, i begin again this day to continue to trust wholeheartedly in You, my trustworthy Lord. Amen.
Pastor Kerry Willis
"Instead of rehearsing worst case scenarios without end, cast all your cares upon the Lord, remembering He is here, He knows, He cares, and He is trustworthy." -kww
"Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart And do not rely on your own insight or understanding." Proverbs 3:5 AMP
So, i begin again to place trust in God totally over only imagining the worse.
Pastor Kerry Willis
"I am the Lord, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry path through the sea. I called forth the mighty army of Egypt with all its chariots and horses. I drew them beneath the waves, and they drowned, their lives snuffed out like a smoldering candlewick. "But forget all that-- it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland." Isaiah 43:16-19 NLT
So, i begin again to consider How Great is Our LORD -- past, present, and future. With Him, the rest will be the best!
Pastor Kerry Willis
"Get rightly related to God first, maintain that as the great care of your life, and NEVER put the concern of your care on other things. Jesus taught that a disciple has to make his/her relationship to God THE DOMINATING CONCENTRATION of his/her life and to be carefully careless about EVERYTHING ELSE IN COMPARISON TO THAT!" -Oswald Chambers
"Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?" -Jesus, Matthew 6:25 KJV
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." -Jesus, Matthew 6:33 KJV
So, i begin again to fasten my focus on my King and His Kingdom! Help me precious Holy Spirit to be in wholehearted harmony with the holy words of Jesus. Amen.
Pastor Kerry Willis
As i was saturating in a New Testament verse, i was suddenly reminded of an Old Testament verse:
The New Testament verse: “No!” Peter insisted. “Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!” And all the other disciples vowed the same.” Matthew 26:35 NLT
The Old Testament verse: “So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.” Zechariah 4:6 NIV
The conclusion i came to: Apart from the Almighty Spirit of Truth, our most passionate vows, our most sincere promises, and even our very best intentions are — at best — surely insufficient.
i am grateful for the trustworthiness of this verse, my life-verse: “For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.” Philippians 2:13 NLT
So, i begin again to depend entirely upon the Holy Spirit within me.
Pastor Kerry Willis
"Judas was prompted to betray Jesus right after Jesus was worshiped, yes, by the woman who poured her expensive alabaster perfume over the head of Jesus at Bethany." -kww
"Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy. While He was eating, a woman came in with a beautiful alabaster jar of expensive perfume and poured it over His head. The disciples were indignant when they saw this. "What a waste!" they said. "It could have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor." But Jesus, aware of this, replied, "Why criticize this woman for doing such a good thing to me? You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have Me. She has poured this perfume on Me to prepare my body for burial. I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman’s deed will be remembered and discussed." Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went to the leading priests and asked, "How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?" And they gave him thirty pieces of silver. From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus." Matthew 26:6-16 NLT
"Though betrayal, false accusations, torture, fatigue, slander, abandonment, and even crucifixion were imminent in His life, Jesus still wrestled in prayer outside of Jerusalem in Gethsemane. Yes, even in agony, Jesus prayed. Will we? What’s keeping us from praying?" -kww
"Then Jesus went with them to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and He said, "Sit here while I go over there to pray." He took Peter and Zebedee’s two sons, James and John, and He became anguished and distressed. He told them, "My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me. He went on a little farther and bowed with His face to the ground, praying, "My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from Me. Yet I want Your will to be done, not Mine." Matthew 26:36-39 NLT
So, i begin again to embrace prayer, regardless of what’s happening or about to happen in my life.
Pastor Kerry Willis
