May You be Filled with Joy!

Paul prayed an awesome prayer for the Colossians and I pray these same things for all of us today…..

I ask God to give us complete knowledge of his will and to give us spiritual wisdom and understanding.

May the way we live always honor and please the Lord.

It is our desire that our lives produce every kind of good fruit.

All the while, may we grow as we learn to know God better and better.

I also pray that we will be strengthened with his glorious power so we will have all the endurance and patience we need.

May we be filled with joy!

May we be always thanking the Father for enabling us to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people who live in the light.

Thank you, Father, for rescueing us from the kingdom of darkness and transferring us into the kingdom of your dear son who purchased our freedom and forgave our sin.

Amen.  Hallelujah!

Up On My Wall

Isaiah tells us the God has posted watchmen on our walls who will pray continually day and night without taking any rest.

I know who one of my matchmen was – it was my mother.

God had her posted on my wall and she prayed for me night and day, year after year.

She didn’t have to tell me she prayed – I knew.

I always believed that being posted on my wall meant that she was closer to God.  She had a more direct line because she had a very personal relationship with him.  She was up there, nearer to the heavens, asking for his blessings on my life at times when I felt very far away from him.  He never left me – it was me who wandered away.  But my mother kept me close to him in her prayers.  Looking back, I can see her prayer-print all over my life.

And I know her prayers are still be answered today.  They are living beyond her physical life here.

Her legacy continues.

Thank you, dear Father, for a faithful mother who prayed and will forever be a watchman upon my wall.

People of Light

Paul tells us in Ephesians that we were once full of darkness but now we have the light of the Lord.

And he gives us the challenge of living as People of Light!

So how do People of Light act:

on the freeway?

at the grocery store?

at our kid’s baseball game?

at a restaurant?

when our plane is delayed?

when someone is slowly crossing the street or parking lot in front of us?

when the Walmart clerk is slow?

Wow, if appears that my light needs to shine a little brighter.  How about yours?