There are many different takes on religion. Those who profess having it usually have very strong opinions. We also defend our opinions with deliberate force. The reason for this is that it touches the most vital aspects of our existence. But there is something we should all remember. We could spend our whole lives teaching and preaching and still not come to know the One we speak of. We could structure our entire lives around a set of beliefs and still not sense the presence of the Spirit. If we are not careful, our Prize could be stolen from us right under our noses.
When we wake in the morning, we have a whole day before us. We could hurl ourselves into the tasks at hand and deal with all that the day will bring. But do we know that we do not have to face one single second of that day alone? It is completely possible, and we have been called to take each step along with the God we claim to have. We can follow Christ if we get to know Him as an essential part of each moment. If we want to make something real of our religion, it is time that we bring our Lord into our lives in a way that He is here now. Pray that we wake up to the presence of God and keep Him here all the time!
Dear Lord, we are tired of playing this game we call religion. Open our hearts. Make a connection between us and You that cannot be overlooked. Come into our day, our lives, and our every moment. We want to walk with You. Let every thought and action be something we do together. Help our beliefs bring us into the sweetest bond. Then let us live with You here, now, and always. We pray in Jesus´ name. Amen
John 4:24 ESV / God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Galatians 5:16 ESV / But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Galatians 5:25 ESV / If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
Romans 8:5 ESV / For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
Acts 17:27-29 ESV / That they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, for “‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’ Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
Psalm 16:11 ESV / You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Jeremiah 23:23-24 ESV / “Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:8 ESV / Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Psalm 95:2 ESV / Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
John 14:6 ESV / Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
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