We have the Comforter. 5/7/15

Pray for Napal, and peace in Baltimore, and that the Prince of Peace would reign in the United States and in the world.

Day 127 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Luke.24

Luke 24:1-35

Jesus Has Risen
24 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” 8 Then they remembered his words.

9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

On the Road to Emmaus
13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles[a] from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing him.

17 He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?”

They stood still, their faces downcast. 18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”

19 “What things?” he asked.

“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. 20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; 21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. 22 In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning 23 but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. 24 Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.”

25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.

28 As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. 29 But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.

30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. 32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

33 They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together 34 and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” 35 Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

May 7th Stay in the waiting room

“You have become discharged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.” GALATIANS 5:4
In Galatians 5:3 Paul says, “And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.” In other words, if you make one mistake, if you break one law, you are guilty of breaking the whole law (James 2:10). What does it mean that you have become discharged from Christ? You are not discharged from Christ in the sense that you lose salvation, or that you lose His indwelling in your spirit. But you have temporarily been separated from the benefit of having a present supply of grace from Him to change you. You have been separated because of what you are looking at and what you are oriented to. You are about to be discharged from Christ if you are looking at the law, expecting it to change you and perfect you before God.
The Christian life is not about changing and perfecting your- self. It is about coming to the Son the way you are, under the new covenant, by the blood. This gives Him the opportunity to come in as the Spirit to write on your heart and mind. By the blood of the covenant you keep coming to Him in a direct way, just as you are.To fall from grace means you have fallen out of the supply that comes from enjoying Christ. In Galatians 5:5 Paul reminds the believers of the proper way to relate to the law: “For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.” It is as if he was saying, “Do you want to know how we do it? For we through the Spirit stay in the waiting room.” This is like a father remaining in the waiting room at the hospital, waiting and expecting the baby to be born. The Spirit is our waiting room for Christ to be brought forth in us.

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.

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