God So Loved The World

Marsha’s meditation on God So Loved the World 

Scripture:

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

John 3:16-17

Meditation:

It’s easy to understand that God, as the creator of all things, would love His creation. And for Him to offer His Son as a sacrifice for the sins of the entire world goes beyond that love. Not only has He made a way for us to be forgiven, but He also wants us to join Him in eternity. It’s impossible for us to wrap our minds around eternity, but God has so much more to show us. He wants to reveal His glory to us forever - now that is love!

Prayer:

Glorious God, Your amazing love for us is beyond our comprehension - thank You for giving us Jesus and the forgiveness He offers. We are looking forward to the day when we will see Your glory and share in the wonders that await us throughout eternity. Amen

The Word

Marsha’s meditation on The Word

Scripture:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. 

John 1:1-3

Meditation:

John, a disciple of Christ Jesus, has a beautiful way of describing Christ as the Word of God. As I think back to Genesis and realize that God spoke everything into existence, it amazes me that His speaking was Christ, the Word of God and all things were made through Him and by Him. Just think of it - Jesus, who created all things stepped into His creation when He agreed to be born as one of us. It is beyond our comprehension and yet that is exactly what happened.

Prayer:

Dear Jesus, we offer our praise to You and are in amazement of You. Your creativity is beyond anything we could imagine and the power that You have as You speak gives us a holy awe. You truly are our God and King. Amen

Spiritual Weapons

Marsha’s meditation on Spiritual Weapons

Scripture:

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

2 Corinthians 10:3-4

Meditation:

We, as Christ followers, know that heaven is our home, but we are living on the earth. We live in this world for the time being and have to deal with the ways of this world. That being said, there are many struggles we have to face on a daily basis, but the battles we fight are not won with earthly weapons. We are fighting a spiritual war because we have God’s Spirit within us and the enemy, the devil, is trying to steal from us, kill us and destroy us. God’s Spirit gives us the power we need to stop the enemy from harming us. What weapons do we use against him? The Word of God, praises to God and the love of God are our best defenses. We just have to learn how to use them to stop the enemy. 

Prayer:

Dear God, we are so grateful that Your Spirit is alive and active in our lives. We give Your Spirit permission to use us and help us each day. Give us wisdom to know how and when to use the weapons You have given us to stop the enemy in his tracks. Be glorified in the lives of Your children as we wage war against the devil in this world. Amen

God works for our good

Marsha’s meditation on God works for our good

Scripture:

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. 

Romans 8:28

Meditation:

Many people love to use this verse to prove that God always works things out for good, but some of those same people fail to notice that God works out things for the good of those who love Him. If we love God and are seeking to know His purpose for our lives, He will work things out for our good. He wants to bless His children and He also wants His children to live out His intended purpose for our lives.

Prayer:

Father God, we love You as the one who created each one of us for a specific purpose. How amazing that You had a plan for our lives from the time we were formed in our mother’s wombs. Thank You for being involved in our lives and thank You for Your Holy Spirit who points us in the right direction. Amen

Renewing our Spirit

Marsha’s meditation on Renewing our Spirit

Scripture:

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from Your presence or take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and grant me a willing Spirit, to sustain me.

Psalm 51:10-12

Meditation:

As much as we try to maintain an ongoing relationship with God, our busyness and our daily routines seem to take precedence. We find ourselves slipping away from God but He is never far away from us and we can cry out to Him to renew and restore our relationship with Him. He really wants us to come to Him and He longs to renew that relationship too. Beloved, if you have drifted away from God all you need to do is ask Him to restore you. He wants that even more than you do.

Prayer:

Faithful God, we praise You today. You know that we are weak and prone to wander and yet You are always ready to renew our spirits and restore our relationship with You. When we realize that we are unable to maintain our faith and get caught up in busyness, come to our rescue. We thank You that You never give up on us. Amen

Jesus is the Way

Marsha’s meditation on Jesus as the Way

Scripture:

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know Him and have seen Him.” John 14:6-7

Meditation:

Jesus, who is God in the flesh, has made a way for believers to have access to God, His Father. When non-believers say that Christians are narrow minded because we insist on Jesus as the only way to heaven, we can point them to this scripture. As believers in Christ Jesus, we take Him at His word. He is the only way to God, what He speaks is truth and He alone offers eternal life. He took on the form of a human to relate to us and His life was a reflection of His heavenly Father so all that we read and know about Jesus shows us God and His nature.

Prayer:

Father God, we praise You and thank You for coming to earth to make a way for us to come to heaven. Your great love for mankind was reflected in the life of Jesus and we are in awe of You. 

Be still

Marsha’s meditation on Being Still

Scripture:

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10

Meditation:

Ponder this, even though many people and nations do not seek God or recognize Him as the creator and sustainer of life itself, there will come a day when the nations will exalt Him and the earth itself will exalt Him. God will be known by all. We can know Him now if we will just be still and focus our thoughts on Him.

Prayer:

Holy God, we praise You as the maker and creator of all things. You deserve our praise because You have put Your breath in each one of us. It is You who have given us life and You provide for all our needs, not because we deserve anything, but because of Your great love for us. We do exalt You and we thank You. Amen

Created by God

Marsha’s meditation on Being Created By God

Scripture:

For You created my inmost being, You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:13-14

Meditation:

We are not accidents, everything about us, our skin color, hair color, our physical attributes and deformities, our capacity to reason; all these were created by God. And each one of us is different. We are fearfully and wonderfully made by the hands of a loving heavenly Father. When we realize this truth we have something to celebrate. God doesn’t make mistakes, we aren’t a mistake. We are each a one-of-a-kind creation.

Prayer:

Holy God, we praise You today for making each one of us unique. Forgive us when we complain that we’re too short or too tall, when we grumble about our body shape or our particular aches and pains. Keep us mindful that You created us just as you wanted us to be and help us to realize that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. 

Thank You for Your creativity and Your wisdom. Amen

Workers in God's Field

Marsha’s meditation on Workers in God’s Field

Scripture:

When He (Jesus) saw the crowds, He had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into the harvest field.” Matthew 9:36-37

Meditation:

Sheep without a shepherd, that was us before we accepted Jesus into our hearts. He harvested us when our hearts were ready to receive Him. Someone, a worker in God’s harvest field, shared the good news with us. Jesus hasn’t changed, He still has compassion on those who are harassed and helpless and He’s still telling us, His disciples, to ask the Lord of the harvest to send more workers. That would be us too.

Prayer:

Dear sweet, compassionate Jesus, we are so grateful for each and every worker in Your harvest field. Thank You for sending workers into our lives at just the right time. Today we ask You, as Lord of the harvest, to accept each one of us as workers. We are ready and willing to go into the harvest fields. Send us where You know the harvest is ready. Amen

Trusting God

Marsha’s meditation on Trusting God

Scripture:

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6

Meditation:

As we submit our lives to God and we put our trust in Him, believing that He knows what is best for us, an amazing thing happens. He directs our days and uses us to bless all the people we meet during the day. We can be assured that we are in the right place at just the right time for divine encounters.

Prayer:

Holy God, we praise You and thank You for being a trustworthy God. Today we offer our lives to You and look forward to all that You have planned for us because we know that You direct our steps out of love for us. Thank You!

Knowing God's will

Marsha’s meditation on God’s Will

Scripture:

Do not conform to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is - His good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2

Meditation:

Want to know God’s will for your life? Paul tells us that by renewing our minds we can be transformed so that we can know the truth. How do we renew our minds? By focusing our thoughts on our creator and what His word has to say to us about any given situation that we encounter through our day. Seek Him and He will be found by you.

Prayer:

Creator God, we want to know more about You. We want Your truth to be imparted to us so that we don’t conform to the ways of the world. Transform us into Christ-likeness so we can be at the center of Your good, pleasing and perfect will. Amen