Let the Spirit renew you—from the inside
out. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and
renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10. Renewal is a necessary
thing. We all get beaten down, discouraged, drained, depressed or just plain
tired sometime. We need
renewal—revitalization. There used to be big tent revivals—and then city wide
revivals…now we just have an occasional sermon that refreshes us…or a retreat
that gives us a renewed outlook. We need to devote ourselves to getting
refreshed. I need that right now—so how do I get renewed? A couple of times
I’ve gone on a half-day of prayer by myself and that was the very thing I
needed. Time away from others…just God and me. He refreshed my soul—reminding
me that He created me and that He wants me to be pure—even holy—so that I can
stand before Him. He can only have purity in His presence. I don’t want Him to
turn me away. I want to be holy.
How about you? Are you presenting yourself
as a living sacrifice to God? Therefore I
urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and
holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
Romans 12:1
Prayer
~ Holy Spirit, please do create in me a clean heart and renew my spirit—my very
soul that I would be pleasing to the Heavenly Father. I present myself a living
sacrifice. I worship You ~ Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. You are worthy of all
my praise.
Friday’s Feast at the Lord’s Table
My oven had an electrical fire in the
control panel—so I’ve been without a stove for a week. New one arrives next
week. In the meantime we’ve been cooking creatively without a range. One of the
best meals centered around barbequed chicken. I simply cut up four chicken breasts,
sprinkled them with Cock-A-Doodle-Doo
Chicken Seasoning. It is made in Riverside, California. It has a nice
combination of garlic, onion, paprika, oregano, sage, thyme, cumin, parsley,
pepper, basil, rosemary and ginger—along with salt and other natural flavors. With
the BBQ at about 350 degrees, I roasted the chicken pieces low and slow—for
about ten to twelve or fifteen minutes on each side. Nice and moist. The
leftovers made good chicken salad.
© 2015 by Mickey
M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All
scripture quoted from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise
noted.
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