Our treasure is in Heaven. 1/8/15

Please pray for Ivette. Her father passed away this morning.

Tips on Reading the Bible Daily

1. Start reading the Bible today -- there is no better time, and there's no reason to wait.
2. Set aside a specific time each day. Set your schedule and then stick to it. Mornings are great, but feel free to use any time that works consistently for you.
3. Read the Bible for the sake of learning, not simply to accomplish your next reading. Say a short prayer to God before you begin, asking the Holy Spirit to give you wisdom and understanding, then be refreshed by the words you read!

Matthew 6:19-34
Treasures in Heaven
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy,[a] your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy,[b] your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! 24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Do Not Worry
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[c]? 28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

January 8th
Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

"Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint." Proverbs 29:18
To "cast off restraint" can also be translated to "run wild." Thus, vision in our lives is not only a controlling and directing factor, but a restraining factor. If we have no vision, we cast off restraint. We run wild. We have nothing directing us. We have nothing controlling us. There is no governing principle for our lives. To live in this age without heavenly vision is to become vulnerable to the breakdown of the moral fabric of society. Man's thoughts, concepts, values, and degraded morals are gradually taking over. Today there is increasing moral looseness. There are more things taking place that are without restraint, and more things happening that at one time would not have been allowed by the general social conscience. Surely in the unsaved world there is no vision and no God, so the people cast off restraint. The same can be true with believers. The fact that Paul had to admonish the Ephesians to "no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind" (Eph. 4:17) indicates that it can happen even to believers. As children of God we must have a directing heavenly vision in our lives. Otherwise, we could fall into the condition spoken of in Matthew 24:12:"And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold." This verse indicates that an increasing lack of restraint is being released on the earth. The mystery of lawlessness is at work. It is infecting mankind more and more as the hour approaches for the Lord's coming. Thus, we need a clear heavenly vision to control us, direct us, and restrain 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, Charlie, Cookie, Daina, Cy, Debbie- Pray the Lord will give her wisdom and an outpouring of grace and blessings for her outstanding intercessory prayer ministry, Derithia, Marquis, Monig-get her voice back, Nicole and family, Pastor Ford,Vonetta's mother, and Willie.

Health and Healing

Kyle and Vonetta's mom.

Support and Comfort

Ivette and family.

Praise Alert
God is in control!

National

Conflict between citizens and  police officers. 

International
Shooting in France.

Israel and Palestine
Iraq

Syrians

Ukraine

Missing plane and passengers.
Missing Nigerian Christian girls.

Song(s) of the Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYTPE5B1zyg