Give Him Praise

Teach me your ways, O LORD, that I may live according to your truth! Grant me purity of heart, so that I may honor you. With all my heart I will praise you, O Lord my God. I will give glory to your name forever, for your love for me is very great. You have rescued me from the depths of death. (‭Psalms‬ ‭86‬:‭11-13‬ NLT)

These three verses of Psalm 86 are the cry of my heart, and my prayer for today and everyday. 

When we recognize how needy we were and are, it becomes easy to give the God of Heaven, who created the foundations of this world the glory He is due. 

He loves me, and everyone reading this in ways we can’t even begin to imagine. It is a strong, intense, and enduring love that is unchanging. 

Strengthen me today to honor You with my lips, my heart, my actions, and my intentions. Help me to give you the glory and praise You are due. 

Change The Front End!

“O LORD, I am calling to you. Please hurry! Listen when I cry to you for help! Accept my prayer as incense offered to you, and my upraised hands as an evening offering. (Psalm 141:1-2 NLT)”

We have all prayed this prayer before!
Lord I am desperate.  Lord, I am calling out.  Do you hear me?  Please listen to my cry for help.  Please answer my prayers.  I will do whatever you want.  I will never do these horrible things.  I will never make these mistakes again. If you will just rescue me.  If you will just deliver me.  If you will just remove the consequences of this current bad choice.

“Take control of what I say, O LORD, and guard my lips. Don’t let me drift toward evil or take part in acts of wickedness. Don’t let me share in the delicacies of those who do wrong. (‭Psalms‬ ‭141‬:3‭-4‬ NLT)”

We don’t often pray the next couple verses!

Take control of my words.  WHAT

Guard my lips. WHAT

Don’t let me drift towards evil, or continue to do those things we know we shouldn’t be doing.  WHAT

We are really great at asking the Lord to rescue.  We are not really great asking Him to help us stay out of the place where we need to be rescued.

My prayer today is to change the front end, knowing the back end will resolve itself.

“Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us today the food we need, and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us. And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one. (‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭9-13‬ NLT)”

What Does Jesus’ First Miracle Mean For Me?

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.

And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.”

Jesus said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” And they filled them up to the brim.

And he said to him, “Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!” (‭John‬ ‭2‬:‭1, 3, 7, 10‬ NKJV)

Jesus first miracle was what?