"CEPT" AND ITS ATTRIBUTES

Father, help us to walk faithfully with You day by day. Though there are daily temptations and recurrent distractions that seek our heart's affection even as we wait upon You to respond to our supplication. Help us not to be restless in our complaint but to rest in confidence that you are working on our behalf. Help us not to lunge ahead of Your unfolding plan for that which concerns us. We also want to heed Your prompting when You nudge us to move keeping in step with the Spirit's prompting.  Amen.

Father, how glorious it is to enjoy the many freedoms provided to us in our homeland of the brave and the free. We're also mindful and grateful for our freedom from sin, thanks to the sacrifice of Your Son on our behalf. Our lives, once enslaved to sin, can now enjoy freedom from that which once held us captive to Satan's bondage. We live in victory because You have set us free and we are now free indeed. Thank You, Father, for delivering us from the dominion of darkness and transferring us into the kingdom of Your Son in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sin!  Amen. Christ provides: 1) Freedom from the bondage of sin (Romans 6:18). 2) Freedom from guilt and shame (Colossians 1:21-23). 3) Freedom from fear of death (Hebrews 2:15).

Father, when we try to work out circumstances with our finite human wisdom we lose sight of Your supernatural power that brings all things into conformity in Your appointed time and in Your sovereign ways. Whether our difficulties are of our own making or through no fault of our own, it is always Your desire to come alongside us and help bear our burdens. So we do well to cast all our cares upon You because You care for us. Help us to trust You, Your ways and Your timing for all that concerns our hearts this day.  Amen.

The Bible states in Genesis 1vs1 that " IN THE   BEGINNING GOD  created the heaven and the earth."[emphasis added]. This is a skeletal framework of how the world was created. The Supreme Being with no background was responsible for creating the Heavens and the Earth. This literally entails that there could have been no beginning without God. In the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews [ch1 vs10], he stated that "the foundations of the Earth was laid by God, and that the Heavens are the works of His hands" [paraphrased]. The Psalmist also lay claim to this testimony in Psalm 102vs25, and the book of Revelation [ch10vs6] also confirmed this fact. Beyond this wonderful event that ever took place, it will be wise to appropriate this to our lives as pilgrims here on earth. It is not just enough to have an awareness of the event of creation, but in our daily endeavors, striving and activities, do we actually and deliberately place God  IN THE BEGINNING  of it all

Father, thank You for the physical instruments You supply when You created us. We have mouths to speak, ears to hear, eyes to see, feet to walk, and hands to work. We dedicate our lives to You and to Your service, whether it is related to evangelism and the church or whether it is the work we do in places of employment or in our community. May the work of our hands be sweet in Your sight, worthy of honor, and a blessing to others so that we all pitch in to make this world a better place to live, until we reach our eternal abode where sin will not be present nor will there be any more sorrow or sadness. And it’s all because of Jesus in whose name we pray. Amen.