Our names are written in Heaven. 4/9/15

Day 99 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Luke.10

Luke 10:1-24

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two
10 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two[a] others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. 2 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. 3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.

5 “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ 6 If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you. 7 Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

8 “When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you. 9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10 But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, 11 ‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’ 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.[b]

16 “Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”

18 He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

21 At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

22 “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

23 Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

April 9th A mind-set to experience Christ

“For all seek their own things, not the things which are of Christ Jesus.” PHILIPPIANS 2:21
What is often behind the anxious attempts to solve our prob- lems is a self-life and flesh that is chronically dissatisfied with everything. It is only occupied with its preferences, desires, and self-centeredness. Paul alludes to this in Philippians 2:19-21: 19 “But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be encouraged when I know your state. 20 For I have no one like-souled, who will genuinely care for your state. 21 For all seek their own things, not the things which are of Christ Jesus.” We can be one of two kinds of persons — one who seeks his own things, including being centered on solving our problems for the sake of self, or one who seeks the things of Christ. A supplied mind asks, Where is Christ in this? What is Christ in this? What is my portion of the Lord in this? The more there is the supply of the Spirit to the mind, the more our attitude, thinking, disposition, inclination, tendencies, even our reactions, are reduced to one thing — to gain Christ. This is a mind-set that is furnished and produced in us by the inner operation of God (Phil. 2:12-13). It is the mind-set to experience Christ, rather than a mind-set to solve problems. We all have problems. We all encounter problems. We will never get away from problems. However, we may be “other- wise minded” in our problems. That is, we may not be pursuing Christ in some areas of our life. Yet Paul assures us in Philippians 3:15 that God will reveal even this to us. Thank God for His condescending mercy. He meets us right where we are.

Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)

Ariana, and Willie.

Health and Healing

Vonetta's mom and Willie

Support and Comfort

Praise Alert
Blanca is in rehab….improving.

National
Conflict between citizens and  police officer. 

International

Israel and Palestine
Iraq

Syrians

Ukraine

Missing plane and passengers.
Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Families of slain Kenyans.
Families of all the recent plane crashes.

Song(s) of the Day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1mMgPA0iJE

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