Naked before the Lord God I stand. Hide my nakedness in Your robe of righteousness I ask. Clothe me and shine through me as Your vessel of righteousness to the world.
🌹I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, My soul will exult in my God; For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 61:10 NASB
Continually Seeking Him,
Sharon
Saul giving His testimony of the occurence found in Acts 9:1-31
“But it happened that as I was on my way, approaching Damascus about noontime, a very bright light suddenly flashed from heaven all around me, and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ And I answered, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’
Acts 22:6-8 NASB
The words, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ had never really struck me before until yesterday at church when the Pastor pointed out that Saul, at that moment surrendered his will. He called Jesus, Lord! He yielded to this superior voice.
But there is more, like the conviction I experienced when Saul, a persecutor of the Church, would be helped by the very people he was on a rampage to destroy. . .
But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem; and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.”
Acts 9:13-14 NASB
Ananias was directed by Jesus to go to Saul and help him.
How would you have responded to Jesus telling you to go to Saul?
If you were Saul, how would you have responded to the help from the church you were out to destroy?
We can be zealous for God but let’s not turn that zelousness into persecution of others. Let us, with prayer and guidance from the Holy Spirit, help one another on the road to reconciliation.
Zealous Saul was changed. Do we believe God can change a person? Do we trust God and walk along side this person as we journey?
Some things to think about. I know I will be evaluating my walk as I ponder these thoughts.
🌹Have a blessed day in the Lord.
Continually Seeking Him,
Sharon
I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psalms 34:1 NASB
🌹Is this true of you?
Have a blessed and wonderful weekend!
Continually Seeking Him,
Sharon
Things happening in this world may bring fear, uncertainty, and seem as if it is out of control, but God.
God is always at work in His creation. God is in control.
🌹“Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished! Wonder! Because I am doing something in your days— You would not believe if you were told.
Habakkuk 1:5 NASB
🌹Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5 NASB
Continually Seeking Him,
Sharon
As the Potter’s wheel spins, the Potter shapes the clay. With His hands He designs the vessel into the purpose He is designing it for.
But now, O Lord, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand.
Isaiah 64:8 NASB
In the process of transformation the walls become thin and there is space for filling. As we become less in this transformation we become just what God has designed for us to be.
He must increase, but I must decrease.
John 3:30 NASB
As Christians we are filled with the Holy Spirit. By His power we are able to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ! Let us decrease so God’s influence will increase to His glory and purpose.
🌹for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And considerable numbers were brought to the Lord.
Acts 11:24 NASB
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Sharon
that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
Romans 10:9-10 NASB
So, have you confessed with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believed in your heart that God raised Him from the dead? Then you are saved. . . Now the transformation begins.
Remember the lump of clay from yesterday (September 18, 2023)? Well, clay is now placed on a spinning wheel and water is put onto the clay to cover it. . . Transformation can then begin.
Baptism follows confession and belief in Jesus Christ. It is the proclamation of our salvation.
Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:4 NASB
As the clay is covered in water, we as confessing believers are baptized in water.
🌹Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:38 NASB
Continually Seeking Him,
Sharon
I hope you’ll come back tomorrow for another devotion on The Potter.
A lump of clay. Just a blob until it is placed in the hands of a potter.
A new born baby is similar to a lump of clay. They are helpless without the care of a parent. This helpless baby, under the care of loving parents will learn to walk, talk, dress themselves, etc.
Aren’t parents a type of potter, transforming this baby, lump of clay, into someone beautiful and special?
🌹Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6 NASB
like newborn babies, long for the (unadulterated) pure (spritual) milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in (up to salvation) respect to salvation,
1 Peter 2:2 NASB
We all were a lump of clay in the physical realm. But what about the spiritual realm?
Have you placed your life in the Potter’s hands? Are you still a lump of clay in need of salvation? Are you in the word, being transformed by the Potter into a useful vessel?
Be sure to stop by tomorrow for the transformation of clay in the Potter’s hands.
Continually Seeking Him,
Sharon
But food will not commend us to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat. But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.
1 Corinthians 8:8-9, 13 NASB
Just because it’s okay doesn’t make it right.
🌹It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles.
Romans 14:21 NASB
Continually Seeking Him,
Sharon
“He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
John 3:31 NASB
Jesus came from heaven. Jesus is above all! You can deny this truth but one day you will know for sure that Jesus is above all. God, the Father, has given all authority to Jesus in heaven and on earth.
And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
Matthew 28:18 NASB
Are you an expert on heaven?
Are you and expert on God?
Jesus is. He is the Only one who has ever descended from heaven to also ascend to heaven.
No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.
John 3:13 NASB
What He has seen and heard, of that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.
John 3:32 NASB
Jesus speaks testifies to the truth of God the Father and heaven because He has seen and heard first hand. He did not need faith as we do. We simply need to believe and trust that Jesus is the Christ sent by the Father for our sake.
🌹And there is salvation in no one else (JesusChrist); for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:12 NASB
Please Seek Jesus.
Continually Seeking Him,
Sharon
Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness.”
2 Timothy 2:19 NASB
“The Lord knows those who are His.“
Aren’t those some beautiful words? As I was reading this yesterday those words just jumped off the page. I am known by the the good Shepherd! I am known by the Savior of the world! I am known by the King of kings. I am known by the Lord of lords. I am known by the Creator of all peoples and things. I am so blessed to know the God who knows me. He has revealed His great love for me and I shall love Him forever!
but if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.
1 Corinthians 8:3 NASB
Do you know the One who loves you like no other and knows you? I hope so. There is no better relationship you can have than knowing the one and only true, living God! Seek and you will find.
In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,
Ephesians 1:13 NASB
🌹I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me,
John 10:14 NASB
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Sharon
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