Daily Devotional Day & Night

HAPPY MONDAY!

I pray all is well with everyone, and you're enjoying the beginning of another workweek. I'm doing well, praising God for another day; He's so good to us! I had a wonderful weekend with family and fellowship. Sunday we visited The National Church of God in Oxon Hill, MD, for family and friends day. It was really nice, we enjoyed the music drama, dance and sermon. If you live in the area and are looking for a good Church home, check them out one Sunday. Be sure to keep up with your vitamin, fruits and vegetable intake, and prayer to stay healthy. Have a wonderful day, and be blessed family!

Today's scriptures are about following in the paths laid by Jesus. God has created us to be leaders, but some of us are still followers. Individuals who are leaders still have to learn from those who came before us, and Jesus is the perfect teacher. To be considered a good teacher others must be able to learn from your every step. Jesus led by example, and did everything He taught us to do. He preached about the importance of prayer, meditation, and fasting. He demonstrated His fearlessness on the cross, because He taught that fear wasn’t one of ways of God. He demonstrated His unconditional love for His fellow man by praying for, feeding, and healing His followers. A wise man once said, "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, but teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime". Jesus was truly that type of teacher. He forced us to think and apply the right principles to our life through the Holy Spirit. We'll find parables like the Prodigal Son, the Rich Man, the lost sheep, the Vinedressers, etc in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, that’s meant to teach on a Spiritual level using everyday scenarios. Although these gospels only cover a short span of Jesus' life, it gives us exactly what we need to live the life of a Righteous leader. Jesus said: “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest." (Luke 10:2) Look around you, there's a lot of work to do, and when we accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior we became His Disciples. Disciple is defined: One who embraces and assists in spreading the teachings of another. The decision to follow Christ is the first step in becoming a righteous leader. Then embracing His teachings, by studying the word, building a sound prayer life, and making meditation a vital part of our life. Finally, we must go out and make disciples of all Nations (Matthew 28:19). The keys to becoming a true Disciple or follower of Jesus, is losing all aspects of self, fear, and discontinue following the teachings of foolish men. Paul wrote: God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? (1 Corinthians 1:9-10,20) As leaders, we're teaching as well as showing one simple truth, the Cross (1 Corinthians 2:1-5). We must spread the good news that Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected on the third day, and He did this to save all mankind. We're also responsible for showing God's life through our own life, fashioning ourselves to Righteousness, because we teach more by our actions then words. We must spread God's love by being open and understanding to all, and doing what we could to help the lost find their way. A good leader knows the ways of Jesus Christ, and tries his or her best to follow Him. If you don't know Jesus as Lord and Savior then you're a slave to the flesh. You can be free of that, and evolve into a leader in His Kingdom by a simple prayer. Ask Jesus to be the Lord of your life, and then follow His lead. My favorite verse today is: Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. (Philippians 4:8)

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