He knows all of our thoughts. 1/12/15

Day 12 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Matt.9  

Matthew 9:1-17

Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man

9 Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. 2 Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.” 3 At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, “This fellow is blaspheming!” 4 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts? 5 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 6 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, take your mat and go home.” 7 Then the man got up and went home. 8 When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to man.

The Calling of Matthew

9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth.“Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. 10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’[a] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Jesus Questioned About Fasting

14 Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”15 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. 16 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. 17 Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

January 12th

"The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen." 2 Timothy 4:22

Many Christians may know the objective truth concerning their identification with Christ, but they may not know subjectively His location within their being. To experience Christ as our relationship with everything, one of the most crucial things to know is that He lives in our spirit. Man's regenerated spirit is the address of Jesus Christ. In the above verse the personal pronoun makes the address clear-- "The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit." This identifies the place where Christ actually lives in us. We need to understand that our spirit is as much a part of our constitution as are our other faculties. For example, our mouth is our mouth, and our eyes are our eyes, and our hands are our hands. I can close my mouth and I can open my mouth. I can close my eyes and I can open my eyes. I can squeeze my hands and I can open my hands. I can do all these things with my mouth, eyes, and hands because they are my members. In other words, we have the ability to do whatever we desire with our own faculties. In the same way, we have control over our own spirit (1 Cor. 14:32). Have you ever observed how many personal pronouns there are in the New Testament related to the human spirit? For example, "The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit" (Rom. 8:16). "For they refreshed my spirit and yours" (1 Cor. 16:18). "And we rejoiced exceedingly more for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all" (2 Cor. 7:13). "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit" (Gal. 6:18). All these verses refer to our spirit, the deepest part of our being, which is joined to the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17). It is from this joined part that Christ is our relationship with everything. By walking according to our spirit, which we control, Christ becomes everything to us.

Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)

A cure for the Ebola virus and the D-68 virus, Areyda, Cameron-God's plan for her life, Cassie, Charlie, Cookie, Daina, Cy, Debbie, Derithia, Marquis, Monig-get her voice back, Nicole and family, Pastor Ford, and Willie

Health and Healing

Vonetta's mom and Willie

Support and Comfort

Ivette and family

Praise Alert
Lillian -Cassie had a successful operation!

National

Conflict between citizens and  police officer. 

International

Israel and Palestine
Iraq

Syrians

Ukraine

Missing plane and passengers.
Missing Nigerian Christian girls.

Song(s) of the Day.

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