Pastor's Devotion
Growing up I never really recognized Ash Wednesday, or took the time to look at Lent. I knew some fasted a little or one day a week as Easter approached.
Over the next 46 days leading up to Easter, I will try to share a thought, or brief word to challenge us as we prepare to celebrate Easter. The service Sunday night really got me to thinking about addiction. Addiction can come in many different forms, yet alcohol and drugs are the most referred to. You don't hear as much about pornography addiction that causing great harm in marriages and lives. It cheapens what God has created and that is the sexual bond between a man and a woman in a marriage covenant. That is what the Devil sells. Counterfeit. If he can get you and I to cave in to what is not Holy and godly, he will be happy for us to chase something that will not bring happiness.
My prayer for us this Easter Season is to become more disciplined in all the areas of our Christian walk. This Sunday it is about all of us tithing a tenth of our income. In sacrifice, no, but in obedience.
For some it is time to get back to church and worship the Lord. Easter is a great time to claim Ephesians 4:32 (NKJV) 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you. Let the kick off of this season be a fresh start for you.
Let's begin it in a prayer together. Lord, today I surrender myself once again to you. What I am not, please make me. What I do not know, please teach me. Help me to put hurt in my life at the foot of the cross. From there help me to look up and see You, my Savior who gave Your life for me. I cannot repay You , but I can live for You and tell somebody else what You have done for me.
Help me to do that today, in Jesus Name...Amen!
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