Jesus is the perfect role model of a father. He could give us, His children, everything our hearts desire. But He doesn't. He knows the weakness of our hearts. Instead he gives us everything His heart desires for us. He teaches us how to be patient, how to be generous, how to be selfless, how to be loyal, how to be forgiving, how to be responsible, and how to persevere.
In the name of Jesus, I pray that all fathers in our nation will look to Jesus as the Perfect Example of how to be a father.
June 7.
It is said that Martin Luther was stewing about his problems one day when suddenly he noticed his wife wearing a black armband. He asked her, "Who died?" She replied, "God died. He must have; you're not trusting Him anymore but trying to take everything into your own hands." Martin Luther got the message and realized how foolish he had been.
I thank you LORD that my life is not in my inadequate hands, but in your.
perfectly capable loving hands. Help me to remember that and to lean on you rather than on my own abilities and intentions. I ask You in the Name of Jesus, amen.
June 16.
God does not want any one of us to leave this life with out knowing of His saving grace. The people of iniveh were dead in sin. .
God sent Jonah to warn them of imminent destruction if they did not turn from their sin. They believed Jonah, and turned, every one of them, from sin. .
So why the storm, the whale, the three days inside, and all of that? Stephen Spielberg uses special effects to get our attention, and they are not even real, but it works. God's special effects are real; and they work even better! .
The lesson here is that we must be careful not to get caught up in the special effects, but pay attention to the real story. The real story was God's compassion for His people who were dead in sin, and the lengths that He went to give them a message of salvation. .
He sent you and me to spread the message of salvation, too.