Moments with God

Where do I meet God?  Is it in those rare minutes at the end of my day, when exhaustion sets in and I am easily distracted?  Is it within my chaos, as I cry out to Him for assistance in emergency or need?  Does it come as I am stricken in illness or helplessness as my family and friends suffer in tragedy?  Do I avoid Him or lower my brow as I am reminded of my inadequacies and failures by the accuser of the Brethren?  What constitutes a meeting with God, must it be when I am prepared and willing to humbly approach God’s Throne?  Or does God speak to my heart frequently reminding me of all these things and more as He shapes me for eternity?

Why do I need God?  Is there something missing within my heart or substance that I cannot repair or satisfy?  How do I view God?  Do I see Him as a last resort when my assets, talents and wisdom have failed?  Do I consider His Will before my own or do I only ask direction when I have stumbled or fallen?  What is the meaning of relationship with Almighty God?  Do you really feel as if that is how you view Your understanding of God?  Are you in church all the time but afraid to admit that you do not “know” Jesus?  Don’t be fearful, for this admission is the moment where you are ready for that relationship?  He is a Loving, Holy and Steadfast God, who answers when someone authentically reaches out to know His Righteousness and Truth.  Remember you are approaching Your Creator and although He wants desperately to have relationship with us, we ought not trifle with God.  Don’t toy around with Him, Your approach must be reverent and honest.  He is not a genie, an oracle, a slot machine or a psychologist.  He is God and should be honored, praised and respected in fearful understanding.

What is continuously or unceasingly to you?  1 Thessalonians 5:17 directs us to pray without ceasing.  Do any of us walk in this perpetual connection with the Spirit of God?  God says this is His Will for our lives in Christ Jesus.  I have so many people who say they do not know God’s Will for their lives, yet they are unwilling to do as He has plainly commanded in black and white.  We must be willing to be obedient to the things that God has told us are His Will for our lives before we may expect Him to give us individual insight into the mysteries of our purpose and creation.  Show faith by obeying Him and you may be certain that He will see this as honest and reverent intentionality toward relationship.  I died on the cross two thousand years ago with Christ.  That freed me from sin but it also freed me from the law so that I might enter into the covenant of Grace.  Why now would I try to live a “dead” life that is my own purposeless and selfish will. Willfully placing myself again under influence/obedience to sin and works, when I have been set free to service to Holiness, Righteousness and Truth, having been cleansed of all sin and death.  We must ask God to give us understanding of just how powerful His Word is in our lives.  Study, pray and pray again, then walk in the Way and do it all again, perpetually, unceasingly, eternally.  In Jesus Name.

Help them Father

So many lost, so many wandering through the desert unable or unwilling to receive Your Grace, so many looking for evidence where only faith resides.  Leaders recounting their resumes instead of pleading for God’s wisdom.  Followers reluctant, rebellious or impervious to good advice.  A church praying for peace when the Bible says that turmoil approaches and the only peace is found through relationship with Christ.  What then of our enemies?  Are they understood, are they inactive, idle or disinterested, or perhaps is the enemy fielding troops, dispatched for specific reason, armed to steal our joy and purpose?  What is the truth that we want to believe, for we know the Truth of God’s Word, but it apparently does not pique or please our collective perspective?  Which master do we serve?

Passionate and persistent participation in prayer may be the clearest evidence of belief.  If my personal powers of persuasion and protection are impotent where spiritual battle prevails.  Then why must I continue in the folly of unbent knee, hoping for another outcome or simply choosing to remain defeated when victory is readily received?  What is it about the human spirit which causes us to rebel especially to the point where solid wisdom would immediately/permanently relieve our predicament?  Is the original sin that consuming or have even we who have been set free remained deceived, reluctant and wounded beyond salvation?  The condemnations and accusations of a defeated foe should consistently fall upon deaf ears, yet I daily see the tears of saints who continually ponder their own inadequacy.  Our inadequacy is what makes salvation so precious, it is the awesome majesty behind God’s Gracious Gift.  None of us can do it, none of us deserve it, none of us defeated or is capable of defeating God’s enemies.  The completion of Works or victory has nothing to do with us except that we are willing to stand and let God achieve victory using us as conduit.  We are only important because God loves us so much.

I cannot help them but to point them to God, kindly and gently suggest God’s Wisdom through His Word and regularly go to the mat in defense of them by petitioning my Father in prayer.  But isn’t that enough?  Have we been so subtly and effectively convinced that somehow this world and all that is created by God has some mysterious capacity to overwhelm and outdo God?  This world and all that is in it, including God’s fallen creation are subject to the Will and whim of Almighty God.  He rules and no lie or fiction may convince humanity otherwise, unless of course we do not wish that God is Sovereign, or perhaps that we refuse to believe in His Grace and Gospel.  For unbelief is the only sustaining reason by which any man may fear enemy successes.  For in Knowing God we are relieved of all deception and are made peaceful in the knowledge of God’s resounding, unavoidable and rapidly approaching judgment of all whom contend against His command.

I pray for you now, my Brother, Sister, Wife, Father, Mother, Son and Daughter, for that is demonstration of my greatest love for You and My resounding Love for God.  It is my greatest honor that I may humbly approach the King of Everything, I will not forsake that gift, especially when I know it overwhelms all obstacles, enemies and strongholds aligned against us.  Be faithful as God is faithful to us.  Share the Good News of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, so that all might come to a saving Knowledge of the Truth and be saved.  Pray continuously as God has directed and remain in the shelter of His Wings as we approach the calamitous episodes preceding His Glorious Appearing.  In Jesus Holy and Mighty Name, a Name above all others, A name whose simple mentions causes enemies to flee.  Amen.

Not A Member

What has the world to do with the Bride of Christ the King?  When did churches become businesses, tracking assets, fielding staff/employees and paid clergy as the hierarchy of mirrored worldly organizations?  What does a church have to do with conducting business meetings, salary reviews and financial updates where church leaders establish themselves as the authorities for church pursuits?  What is repentance and what is obedience?  What is the practice of the Nicolaitans and why did the Lord Jesus say that He hates those practices in His Epistle of Revelation 2?  If the Lord Jesus took time to speak directly into the lives of His Church, why aren’t Pastors concentrating on the message given us by Christ in this final Epistle of the Bible?

Could it be that they fear loss of authority, challenge to salary or worse yet a need for collective repentance?  I am frustrated by the continual, often and repeated misuse and misunderstanding of 2 Chronicles 7:14 by the churches as a finger pointed externally to those who need repent.  Revival begins in my heart, in my recognition and repentance of sin or disobedience to God, asking forgiveness and healing for my own propensity to wickedness.  I believe that is why we do not see revival in this country, because we are collectively disobedient as the Bride of Christ.  I believe that the Holy Spirit has been quenched in the churches by turning them into businesses, establishing paid clergy to take upon themselves the duty that was meant for all of us.  By giving up the Power of Spirit given us so that we might go and be witnesses to Christ’s Glory in the reaches of the Earth.  By abdicating the responsibility for discipleship to the staff or those obedient few.  I believe that a church unwilling or disobediently refusing to fulfill God’s Commands does not love God and chooses to serve the worldly aspects of self through organized worship and self-designed donation of time, talent and treasure.

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Why do churches all follow the same schedule of events each week, regardless of denomination?  Opening music, opening prayer, announcements, prayer of benediction, pastoral welcome, pastoral preaching, invitation, music, dismissal, fellowship.  Where is the Holy Spirit’s leading in the pulpits of today’s churches?  How do programmed or ritualized/scheduled sermon’s serve the Spirit’s direction?  Why aren’t pastor’s teaching all the men of the church to preach and preparing all parishioners for discipleship?  Why do churches believe that it is necessary to enroll members or exclude Christians from certain “privileges” or church assets, treating believers as investors or club members?  The established church is full of believers in Christ.  Unfortunately it has also been infiltrated by unbelievers seeking spiritualism, fellowship and worldly social inclusion.  Additionally, if we are not practicing, teaching and demanding Spirit filled service or fruitful evidence of salvation then aren’t we as disobedient as any one else?  The time for my repentance is upon me.  I pray that revival begins in my own heart and that small flame ignite the kindling nearby.

Father, teach me to pray, serve and seek you through obedience to my grace given position as a believer.  Have me boldly speak out against ritualism and worldly worship so that people might, like myself see their own adulterated reflection and see the need for repentance and submission.  Father, if my words be true let them strike the heart of believers such that they do not wish to simply silence the messengers but seek you in repentance, truth and service.  Father let me after all leave the outcomes to You, knowing my position is simply to offer up Your Word as sufficient evidence, leaving the chips to fall wherever they may.  Each believers decisions are theirs except where a teacher has withheld, concealed or disobediently not taught Your Truth in its entirety.  Let shepherds beware and leave the 99 to go find the 1, just as their Lord Jesus emulated.  If Pastors are not out spreading the Gospel on the streets then shouldn’t we be asking why?  Are they perhaps better than Christ, outside His Will or just disobedient to His example/leading?  In Jesus name

Rekindled

You want revival then open up the cupboards, storage rooms and keepsakes of your heart to the cleansing power of the Light of the World, Jesus Christ.  Remember that awesome instant when you first found salvation, how freeing it was to be set loose of bondage to sin.  What sin, encumbrances, plans, idols and intentions have I collected since that wonderful day I met Jesus?  How much have I held on to, with clenched fists, my anger, worry, sexual impurity, thoughts of insecurity or inferiority?  What now holds me back from fully realizing God’s Plan for my life and am I honestly/truthfully willing to place it upon the altar of God’s Will for my life?

Does your church lack power?  Has the Holy Spirit been quenched to the point of irrelevance, giving way to “CAAS”, Church As A Service, the business facsimile of the intended Bride of Christ?  Are you discipling daily, weekly or is it rare that you see someone worthy of hearing the Saving Gospel of the Lord Jesus?  If you aren’t, which is typically the case these days then how can you expect God to bless your walk of disobedience to our primary service to the Kingdom?  Do you believe, does it make reasonable sense that if you began sharing the Gospel/fulfilling the great commission that God might see this service as humility, repentance of the sin of rebellion and turn His face to this land in healing and restoration?  Do you want to live in the Power and Authority of the Lord Jesus or do you simply want to come to church for a feel good inspirational social injection to last another week?  What is salvation to you?  What is indwelling of the Holy Spirit?  What is God’s redemption worth in terms of your surrender to His Will for this life?

Do you see God’s Gift of Grace wrapped up for you with a big, bright bow, sitting at rest upon the altar, calling, “take me with you into the world that all might be saved from judgment”?  Why have you left the power, authority and healing power of Spirit?  What fear or rebellion haunts you, causing you to disobey God’s commands, deciding not to spread the Holy Gospel?  Do you deceptively cry out to God to express His Will for your life because you are unwilling to do that which He has already directed?   If you are unwilling to exercise the free will choice of surrender to spreading the Good News, and if so is it rational to expect that God would consider you a suitable steward for further Kingdom Work?  Come on, I don’t want any of us to feel bad, but we as Christians have collective dropped the ball.  Repent of our disobedience, Love the lost enough to plant a seed for their salvation, Love God through demonstration of obedience to His Command for the church.

Then will our fire burn and the Spirit astound the world with His authority, healing and baptism.  Will you dry off your wood, allowing it to be cleansed and readied for baptism by fire of the Holy Spirit?  Are you flammable or damp?  Honesty in this instance means everything, so don’t hesitate, deflate, deflect or debate.  The Holy Spirit stands outside knocking waiting for us to open the door that He might come inside and sup with us.  Who will be the first to open that door?  You?

It’s a Story of Glory

Holy, Holy, Holy is the proper response for the awesome revelation of God’s Glory and the gift of His unbelievable grace.  Again, we are called to “come out” from the practices and participation in worldly ritual and wants.  His Spirit resides within the Holy of Holies, each human heart having accepted, acknowledged and committed to His Truth.  What then are we do now Lord Jesus, with this knowledge, this indwelling, this Faith?

Come to the altar.  Lay it all down.  Give up your self designed plans, your cares, your wounds, worries and worldly concerns.  Then take with you His discerned Purpose for your specific creation and leave the confines of the church to “physically” execute His plan for your existence.  Certainly leave those designed for supporting roles within the church and others who are prepared to offer spiritual, medical and financial help to those who come to this Godly hospital.  The rest should only return for worship, re-equipping and encouragement before leaving on the next mission for Christ.  That is the calling to which we have committed.  That we become a new creation, realizing our own death upon the Cross of Calvary, re-created to live out Kingdom’s Call.

If you are sitting in the pews and you are a non-supporting church administrator or maintenance saint, then you are being disobedient to the great commission placed upon each Christian’s life.  Certainly, it is the responsibility of Church elders to prepare you to disciple, but once having done so it is now their responsibility to send you forth to plant, water and fertilize seeds for the harvest.  The church has lost the power of the Spirit because it is only necessary for work out on the road for Christ.  If we are not using the power and authority of King Jesus to seek to lame and the lost then we do not need the Holy Spirit’s Power.  The Holy Spirit has been quenched through ritual, through transformation of the church into a business and through our individual disobedience to commands of God upon our lives.  You know this to be truth, yet many will argue with me, even to the extent of trying to slander my name, incarcerate me or take my life in an effort to silence that truth.  That is the price of speaking the Truth of God’s Holy Word.  To do so is the greatest effort and fulfillment know to man, subsequently carrying the heaviest reward and the largest possible cost.

Father, cleanse our hearts for true, repeated and continual service to the Gift of Your Grace.  We are Holy, Pure and True, cleansed by Your Blood and Your imputed Righteousness to be princes and priests.  Now is the time to stand for the battle is upon us.  Go forth, prepared by good teachers, intercessory prayer warriors and healers to do the work of Christ.  Know this that each of us is as important as the rest, none elevated, none insignificant, all embraced by the Love of God.  Praise You Lord God for Your wondrous Glory in the name of Christ Jesus the King.

Changes

Mood’s change, money changes, living arrangement change, hearts, minds and situations all continue on a predictable order of flux and readjustment.  This world continues to revolve and there is solid argument as to whether it is morally evolving or simply devolving into calamity and chaos.  Men, believing themselves capable of making a quantum leap in human behavior are playing the stakes hoping that someday soon, enlightened thinking will take hold and overnight everyone will dedicate themselves to global good and sustained thinking.  Seasons race by, colder, hotter, drier or calmer, they seem misaligned with the pace of man’s decadence.  Or rather it is humanity who has become misaligned with the natural order of things, believing ourselves somehow outside of the logical underpinnings and universal norms.  The principles of tipping points, chaos theory predict a breaking point in history where the forces of decay will tip the scales of possibility, catapulting humanity toward cataclysm.  That is the story of despair, told throughout the ages by the enemies of God, hoping to lull men to sleep in belief that there is nothing that may be done.  For everything changes and other than grasping for every ounce of self satisfaction in this life we remain without any control of the inevitable demise of man.  Nothing could be further from the truth.

For there is a Rock upon which all is constructed that has and never will change.  This Rock of Ages is the beginning and the end of history, sustaining, creating, controlling, balancing all the laws upon which the universe revolves.  Through our dependence upon this Foundation Stone we may find peace in the One who never changes.  Isn’t that the best place to begin any building, bridge or worship.  Constructing upon the One who never moves, shakes or gives ground to worldly/heavenly forces.  I continue in a state of metamorphosis, being remade, shaped, trimmed, honed, polished and reworked by the Hand that made me.  Change is my lot in life.  How I accept His transformative influence, adjust, surrender and seek that Artistry determines the level of my anguish or joy.  It is truth to say that I could be dying of cancer and still remain positive, contagious and encouraging in the midst of my pain.  Though my life continue to be reshaped toward passage to another plane, I can remain in a state of understanding regarding my place in the world and the currents of change I navigate.  I change, God doesn’t and praise His Holy Name for that fact.  For though my life remain in a state of constant flux, my heart and mind remain anchored to the One who never moves.

Praise God’s Righteousness that never changes for from this goodness I may measure my steps.  Praise God’s Truth, for though all thought and substance be malleable, His Word remains unchallenged and steady.  Praise God for His kind of Love, for through it I am able to adore the horrid and be kind to the undeserving, in unconditional remembrance of His Sacrifice for mankind.  Praise God’s Faithfulness, for in those moments I believe to have quit the race, I am reminded that He never will.  Praise God for His salvation, for just as one man condemned all to sin, One set us all free through Purity, Sacrifice and Everlasting Redemption to a Perfect and Holy God.  Praise Him Who Never Changes, so that something remains reliable while all else spins in cacophony toward oblivion.  Jesus Be Praised.

My Mark

No huge malls or buildings exist to commemorate my name and legacy.  There are no grand sonnets, plays, tragedy’s or cinemas dedicated in my honor from which people may wonder about my passing.  I have no children, to carry on my name, as an emblem of the arrows filling my quiver.  There are no great endowments left behind to remind people of my philanthropy.  I am no athlete, no historian, no leader, no parliamentarian.  There are no lasting pieces of art to remind people of my great talent as they look upon the things fashioned by my hand and imagination.  No well read books document my traversal through this world.  Yet what I have is more precious than any gold or silver ever held by man.  I have introduced many to the Lord Jesus Christ and lived to see them redeemed, cleansed and set upon the road to eternity.  That is my treasure, that is my headstone in this world, that I helped the Lord Jesus set them free from sin and death.  On that I may rest peacefully.

If I may give you one thing let it be God’s love for He waits patiently, intently upon each of us.  In Jesus Holy Name I pray for you to know Him in this world and the next.

Escape

Wickedness spreads its shadow as moral boundaries are forgotten or non existent.  New York City, the place where George Washington and Congressman consecrated this nation to God.  No wonder it is the location of an all out assault on public displays of oddity, desecration and human depravity.  The ethical relativist, which by itself is a strange word conglomerate, for how may we gauge the science of public morals if they have no pendulum boundary?  That is the nature of wickedness, for it requires the decadence of an unholy mind to provide validity and definition.  If I can think it, then it is acceptable public behavior is a dangerous place for a nation to reside.  We find ourselves at the juncture, one step away from a charismatic leader, like Hitler who determined genocide was necessary and perfectly explainable behavior, for the good of his version of mankind.

How Lord did we a believing, Judeo Christian, innocence loving nation so quickly resolve to a such an abominable position?  It seems improbable the speed with which our transformation resulted.  And what are we to believe is the next most likely future condition?  Scientists, the same scientists who would use ethical behavior to predict and study national circumstance, are frankly at a loss.  Unfortunately it appears they know the potential outcomes they just will not look at the obvious.  We are headed for a fall, tied firmly to our lack of shared moral footing and absolute truth.  No one can agree upon acceptable behavior, or simply upon what is right and wrong, so no healthy path forward may be collectively determined.  We are caught in the valley of indecision and the moving target of tolerable excesses.  From this mobile bullseye, chaos rules, leading eventually to a ruler who thrives in this lack of foundation.  If there are no collective rules, he will be free to write his own.  This would be the death of humanity as we are left to the “relativistic” determinism of a single, evil and totally ambitious man.  We all know what he is like, his head has shown throughout history, coincidentally each time man wandered away from God.

Don’t you want some limits to behavior?  Do you really want your children to see sexual images from the time of youth?  Do we truly want our young adults believing they are free to pursue whatever their minds may concoct, simply because freedom without constraints is now perceived the highest achievement?  Or are we too sold upon the value of a “no holds barred” mentality here in the United States?  Have we so quickly forgotten what made us different from the other nations in history, what “set us apart” from all other nations before us?  Are we doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past for not remembering history’s lesson, as George Santayana so aptly queried?  There is a way forward that doesn’t include the self-imprisonment of decadence.  It is the way that leads via the Cross of Christ at Calvary.  Each of us may choose to be forgiven of all sin and be set free from the consequences of man’s wickedness and deceit.  Believe upon Christ Jesus and be cleansed by His perfect sacrifice of a life freely given for us upon Calvary’s Cross.  Believe and repent, then be remade in the likeness of God for all men to see, which glorifies His Holy Name.  Don’t be swayed by your own decadence, cry out to God and have the veil of your own delusion removed so that the truth is made clear.  Escape the judgment to come, in Jesus Holy Name I pray.

 

Thankful

Can I be thankful for the pain?  Do I trust the discipline?  Do I have a mind/heart for discerning God’s intention for my life vs. those assaults and temptations thrown out as snares of the enemy?  How much difficulty, troubles or challenges should we really expect as citizens of heaven, bearing the name of the Lord Jesus Christ upon our lives?  Considering that the Lord Jesus told us that we would have troubles and be hated for His name, is it realistic or simply delusion to crave a lifestyle without conflict in a world bent for chaos?  What level of life difficulty should we anticipate as price of aligning ourselves with Jesus?  At root, do we believe God’s Word enough to stand, never denying, never wavering in those moments we are called upon to give a defense of our faith?  Do I love God enough to accept, appreciate and thank God for the sanctifying episodes of pain within my life that are used for His Good Purposes?  Is His Glory really what I am after?

I am in it right now.  You know one of those periods of time where everything is being stripped away, revealing the rough surfaces that are typically hidden below the visible exterior.  God is breaking down those remaining barriers, emptying those remaining cupboards and shaping those surfaces which up until now I have either resisted or I thought safe from His masterful touch.  What choices are available at this juncture?  Should I cry out because the pain is absolutely too much to bear?  Yes, for it is not through my own strength or ability that sanctification occurs.  I need Jesus, to cleanse me, remake me, steadily providing experiences that shape me, sharpen me and refine me in preparation to spend eternity with a Holy God.  My Father, whose salvation is unknown told me before he died that I was to “avoid the temptation to get out of the fire”.  If in fact he was unsaved, then the Lord used an unsaved gentile to give a message to me.  This Holy Spirit baptism is one of fire, refining us just as the silversmith requires to purifying precious metals.  It is in the fire that I meet myself, see my impurities removed and also where God protects me as He walks alongside my time within the furnace.  The pain of the fire is more than I can bear alone.  Praise God that He is with me in the fire, shaping me, remaking me, making me useful to His intention and Good Will.

I need God, right now in the midst of trial, but I need Him even more when I am in relative comfort and elusive peace.  For, I am in the greatest danger of falling when I believe myself beyond the dangers of temptation, safe from the pain of the fire.  I must remain armored up, protected by the defenses of God’s Almighty shadow, His righteousness, His faith, His truth, His peace, His salvation, His Mind, walking in His Word utilizing it to dispel falsehood removing the veil of worldly deception so that others might see the truth of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.  I have been saved, cleansed and made righteous by Christ’s Work.  I have been set aside and called by the Holy Spirit that indwells every point of my being.  I have believed, spoken and used God’s Holy Truth to separate soul from spirit leaving behind only authenticity.  I have finally told those with ears to hear about God’s Plan for the salvation of mankind through the life, death, resurrection and ascension of His Son, Jesus Christ.  This is my purpose, this is the reason for my pain, this is the quickening of my soul for which I must cry out to God for the courage, strength and stamina to withstand the times of fire and navigate the times of peace through wisdom.  God’s Holy Name be blessed in worship and in Truth.  Jesus be praised.  May I bring honor and glory to God through a life well-lived upon the road to the foot of His Throne.

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Beginnings

An empty cup must by nature have nothing within, not even residue.  The filling of the Spirit can only come when all else have been removed, leaving a clean, prepared surface and volume.  My strength may have been sufficient to most worldly tasks, but what if I need to do something supernatural?  This is not about my capacity to understand, control or rewrite reality, but to fully surrender to God’s Saving Grace for my life as I live out Christ in this world.  I cannot achieve, nay I cannot even embark upon the path to that which God intends to accomplish through this vessel while continuing to vacillate, stress or wonder about how and what I can personally achieve.  He is the Captain of the ship, my job is to set sail, clean, navigate or serve at whatever station upon the ship I have been assigned.

We are coming to that moment where the church has been infiltrated to such extent that a “coming out” is not only necessary but essential to fulfilling God’s Kingdom Plan for us.  We have resolved to rote ritualistic attendance and worship and surrendered all authority or Holy Spirit filling in order to make for ourselves a comfortable place to reside.  The work is outside the church walls, it is wonderful to have a place into which we may return from our work in order to encourage, feed, refresh and prepare for the next commission journey, but we were never meant to live out our Christianity solely within the walls of the Church.  True worship is obedience, the wounded reside along the roads and desperate places of mankind.  It is there we were meant to find them, love them, repair them and point them toward the Lord God for salvation and sanctification.  Certainly there are those who were meant to serve within the church, keeping it in working state of repair or serving the saints as the arrive and embark, but the bulk of us were meant for field work.  That realization and subsequent prayer with the Lord, meditation upon His Word and enlightenment given only by Him will direct us again to true purpose and fulfillment for the Bride of Christ.

Lord I have never been worthy, yet You gave all for my salvation.  I have never had enough strength, courage, talent, treasure, time or love, yet You give me freely as I ask to be filled with those necessary forces.  It is for Your Purpose and Plan that I live.  Search my heart and keep me clean as I follow You on the path to eternity.  In Jesus Name I pray.  Amen