Have a great day with Yahweh and take some time to celebrate with the song “Live Up to Your Name” by Danny Gokey.

Posted on November 5, 2023 by Mark Shields
Toward the Reward
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Thought From Devotional This Day 11-03-2023

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Mark Shields

You have the source of power to push you forward, the Holy Spirit to guide, and grace if you get out of alignment. A devotional thought from reading 1 Kings 9 is the need to keep the connection to your power source by worshiping the ONE true God. Spending time each day in prayer and reading the Word. Always make every effort for growth and improvement in your spiritual life because you want to stay aligned with God’s Way that leads to a bright future with blessings beyond what could be imagined!

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Fitness Forever

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Mark Shields

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? – 1 Corinthians 3:16

*A woman caught her husband on the weight scale sucking in his stomach. “That won’t help you, you know?” “Oh it helps a lot, “says the man, “it’s the only way I can see the numbers!”

As many people enter middle aged, their age starts to show around their middle. The physical body becomes harder to maintain but as noted in the post “Bread of Life”, Jesus provides spiritual food for the soul so we have fitness forever. 

This day with God, let us take care of ourselves because we are each His temple. Let Jesus carry our burdens so all we need to do is simply do God’s will. Let us plant the seeds of Christ’s principles into our soul.  Add the clear water of the Spirit and let God make the seeds grow into spiritual fruit.

With Jesus or the Bread of Life, our spiritual body remains connected to the nutritious vine that provides life eternal. Let us celebrate with a song for our soul called Word of Life by Jeremy Camp and like the song says, breathe in the Word of life. Be called to live like you’ve been changed and have fitness forever. 

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Bread of Life

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Mark Shields

The purpose of communion is to remember the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross. Communion is also known as the Lord’s Supper as explained by Paul below in 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

Reading today in John 6:41-59, Jesus said that He was the Bread of Life in verses 25-40 and the people began to grumble because they were thinking of physical food. Jesus explains that his flesh or victorious death on the cross brings eternal life is real food and his blood real drink. Those who accept this sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ receive eternal life.

Jesus lives because of the Father, and we live because of Jesus (v. 57). This day with God, let Jesus carry our burdens so we can simply do God’s will. With Jesus or the Bread of Life, our spiritual body remains connected to the nutritious vine that provides life eternal.

Like bread that sustains life, Jesus supports our basic needs now and into eternity.

Father God, You want what is good for us and You know what will benefit us more than we do. Because of grace, the past does not define us. From this time forward, there is peace and we accept Your love. There is no more anxiety because the void within our soul is filled with the Bread of Life that supports our basic needs now and into eternity. Healthy food for our soul that provides fitness forever because of Jesus in whose name we pray … amen.

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Fed From Way Up High

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Mark Shields

The giraffe gets food from way up high like God’s word feeds us from way up high. The praise of God sparks our actions, so let us praise the wonders of His creation.

For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. – John 6:33

A takeaway from “Needs Fulfilled” is that satisfaction, joy, peace, hope, and abundant living are within our reach at this moment; for Christ is the bread of life who nourishes our souls. From the bread of life, we have the Holy Spirit that indwells to bring grace, redemption, and everlasting life.

Like the song O Praise Him by David Crowder says, sing to Christ the King. Praise Him and this will spark our actions to glorify Him.

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