October 14 Devotion - Give and Give Again

 

    

If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. ⁴¹ And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. ⁴² Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away.

 

وَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُخَاصِمَكَ وَيَأْخُذَ ثَوْبَكَ فَاتْرُكْ لَهُ الرِّدَاءَ أَيْضاً.41. وَمَنْ سَخَّرَكَ مِيلاً وَاحِداً فَاذْهَبْ مَعَهُ اثْنَيْنِ.

42. مَنْ سَأَلَكَ فَأَعْطِهِ وَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَقْتَرِضَ مِنْكَ فَلاَ تَرُدَّهُ.

 

Matthew 5:40-42

 

How can we live The Christian Life when the bar is as high as Jesus puts it? On our own we cannot because we cannot meet the bar that Jesus has set. In my opinion these verses are there to teach us three things:

 

• One lesson is: that is the nature of God. That is how He loves and treats us.

 

• The second is to show us that on our own we cannot but through The Holy Spirit we can.

 

• The third is that we can never do enough works to enter heaven, we need the Grace of God demonstrated by the justification we experience through the death of Jesus in our place.

 

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, thank You for Your abundant blessings and Your deep, everlasting, and inseparable love. Lord, thank You for Your gifts from the lowest pulsation of life to the highest powers of action and of continued existence. God, I acknowledge my constant and absolute dependence on You for in You Lord I live and move and have my being. Acts 17:28Lord, strengthen me with power through Your Spirit in my inner being to go the extra mile and to be generous toward others. Thank You, Jesus, that you sympathize with my weaknesses and that You are my high priest to whom I take my needs, and through You Jesus I can come boldly to God’s throne of grace. Keep me safe, O God, for in You I take refuge. Psalm 16:1 Let all who take refuge in You be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread Your protection over us that those who love your name may rejoice in You. Psalm 5:11 Give ear to my words, O Lord, Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray. Psalm 5:1-2  Those who know Your name will trust in You, for You, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek You. Psalm 9:10. In Jesus’ mighty name I pray. To Jesus be the power, the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

 

In Him,

Wagdi Henein

October 9 Devotion - God's Spiritual Gift for Your Life

 

       

  You are my portion, O Lord; I have said that I would keep Your words.   

               أَنْتَ يَارَبُّ  نَصِيبِي، فَأَعِدُكَ بِطَاعَةِ شَرِيعَتِكَ.

Psalm 119:57

 

Sometimes we look at other believers and wish we had their spiritual gifts or their life message. God builds a life message in many different ways. Each one of us has a different message. Though you may gain many insightful lessons from those who are strong in their faith, your life is unique and special before God. God has assigned you a message that no one else can share. Your spiritual message is a gift from God, what you do with it is a gift back to God.

 

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, please give me a love for Your Word. Teach me to study Your Word and to keep it. You are my portion, O Lord; help me to develop spiritually. Guide me God in meditation and worship. Help me Lord to bring all my thoughts into captivity to the obedience of Christ and to become Christ-like. Show me the way I should go, for to You I lift up my soul.  Thank You, Father God, for loving me with a deep and everlasting love, thank You for Your abundant blessings in my life, and for the riches of Your grace upon my life. Lord, I praise You, I glorify You, I lift You up on high and I rejoice in Your grace. In the mighty name of Jesus, I pray. To Jesus be the power, the glory, the majesty, and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

In Him,

Wagdi Henein 

October 7 Devotion - Joy Fulfilled

 

    

“I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves….

 

20I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word.”

 

 من اجلهم انا اسأل .لست اسأل من اجل العالم بل من اجل الذين اعطيتني لانهم لك .

ليكون لهم فرحي كاملا فيهم .

 ولست اسأل من اجل هؤلاء فقط بل ايضا من اجل الذين يؤمنون بي بكلامهم

 

 

John 17:9, 20

Jesus is praying for you and me and for all other believers who have declared Him as their Lord and Saviour. He is requesting from The Father that we may experience Jesus’ joy fulfilled in us, and that Jesus’ enjoyment be perfected in our souls. He requests that our hearts be filled with His gladness. Feeling joyful is what everyone wants, and we believers should be the most joyful, for our salvation is guaranteed through Christ.

 

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

 

افْرَحُوا فِي الرَّبِّ دَائِماً، وَأَقُولُ أَيْضاً: افْرَحُوا.

 

Philippians 4:4

 

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:                                                                                     

Thank You, Jesus, for praying for me to The Father. Abba Father I long to experience Jesus’ joy fulfilled in me and perfected in my soul. I long to have my heart filled with His gladness. Fill me God totally and envelop me with Your grace, so that I can feel an inner joy independent of circumstances. Jesus You said: “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.” John 15:11 Jesus I long for and pray that Your Joy remains in me and that my joy be full and that I always rejoice in You. Father God, I praise You, glorify You and lift You up on high. In the holy name of Jesus, I pray to You Father. I declare Jesus as my Lord and Saviour. To Jesus be the power, the glory, the majesty, the blessings, and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein