Monday, September 18, 2017

Glory Be to the Father


"Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near." Matthew 3:2

The word “repent” appears 44 times in the NLT; in 13 verses of the Old Testament and in 31 verses in the New Testament. Of those New Testament scriptures, 15 were recorded as quotes by Jesus. Repent. That was a major message from Jesus Himself. 
During this time of preparation for the New Year—for Rosh Hashanah—repentance is the key. It is a time to look back at the old year and identify sins, bad attitudes and hurtful ways and repent. A time to set things right with family, friends, co-workers, neighbors and with God. Repent—to be sorry, to turn back, to restore, refresh or repair, to change one’s mind, and to abhor one’s past sins (as described in BLB Strong’s Lexicon). 
Repent…for the Kingdon of Heaven is near. The place where God has authority…where He lives or dwells. God is near. He has promised us that He will never leave us or forsake us…He is always near…His Kingdom is within us.
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:14-21 NASB 
Is Christ within you…in your heart and life? If not, seek Him until your find Him. Life with Him is eternal and worth the effort. 

Prayer ~ Glory be to Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit…as it was in the beginning, may it now and ever shall be. World without End. Amen. May Your power, Lord, be within our hearts and minds always and may all that we think, say and do bring glory and honor to You.
Daily Bible Reading: Ezra 4-6; Psalm 137
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