Sunbeams Through My Window: Part 8

Sunbeams Through My Window: Part 8
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Jesus knew how much we needed Him. It was for this reason that He promised and sent the Holy Spirit. He sent the Holy Spirit to be in us (John 14:17), and also to come upon us with power (Acts 1:8). The Holy Spirit was sent to do in us everything that Jesus came to do for us.

When Jesus sent the Holy Spirit, He sent someone who is exactly like Him in nature and character. The Holy Spirit didn’t come just to influence us, but to change us, transform us, fill us, and empower us. He came so that we could live in Him, walk in Him and be led by Him every day (Galatians 5).

When it comes to living the Christian life we are not sufficient, but the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus has sent, is all-sufficient.

...be filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18b NKJV).

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Promises of Deliverance

Promises of Deliverance
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Freedom and deliverance from sudden fear is found in the Lord, the Almighty God. The psalmist tells us, "I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears" (Psalm 34:4).

When does this freedom from sudden fear come? It comes as we renew and reaffirm our complete trust in the Lord and our complete reliance upon Him.

It is the Lord who said, "But now, thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine." Isaiah 43:1 NKJV

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My Morning Prayer: His Words for Today's Need

My Morning Prayer: His Words for Today's Need
-Roy Lessin and Marina Bromley

His Words for Today’s Need
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

 

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by Thy name, O Lord God of hosts. Jeremiah 15:16 KJV

 

Do you need comfort? Let His words console you.

Do you need guidance? Let His words give you wisdom.

Do you need encouragement? Let His words bring you hope.

Do you need gladness? Let His words delight you.

Do you need stillness? Let His words speak peace to you.

Do you need confidence? Let His words build you up.

Do you need daily bread? Let His words feed your hungry heart.

My Morning Prayer
-Marina Bromley

Lord God, as I come to you in the quiet of this morning, help me turn my attention to You. You are amazing, and have created so much for my benefit, beyond what I could ever ask or think.

As I draw near to You and consider the things said above, open my hands as I release situations to You, and help me to have the courage and patience to sit at Your feet and seek Your word and Your will.

May I be comforted. May I be filled with wisdom and hope. May I delight in You, no matter what is going on around me. May I feel Your peace that passes understanding.

Father, increase within me. I want to be filled with You, and content in You. May Your will be done. In Jesus' name, amen.

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Reflections From the Heart of God, Part 1

Reflections From the Heart of God, Part 1
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

All that God has done for you
is just the beginning
of all that He will do for you,
all that He will bring to you,
and all that He will be to you.

“…I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:17-19 NIV

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Sunbeams Through My Window: Part 7

Sunbeams Through My Window: Part 7
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

The life that Jesus has for us is not a copycat life. His life is an example to us, but it is an example that only He can live out through us. If we could live as Jesus lived, without Jesus, then we wouldn’t need Jesus. That is why Jesus said, “Without me you can do nothing" (John 15:5).

The Christian life is not an imitation, but a participation in Christ (“For we have become partakers of Christ…” Hebrews 3:14). The great dilemma of which we have been speaking resolves itself into most simple terms when we grasp the distinction between imitation and participation. For, what is impossible to me as an imitator of Christ becomes perfectly natural as a participant of Christ. -F. J. Huegel

Painters have made imitations of famous paintings, but an imitation is far from the real thing. The Christian life—Christ living His life in us and through us by the power of the Holy Spirit—is real life. The word “imitator” as it is used in Scripture means to be a follower. Paul said that we should follow him as he followed Christ.

Jesus said, “All those who want to be my disciples must come and follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And if they follow me, the Father will honor them” (John 12:26 NLT).

Follow what is right and good. Pursue a godly life, along with faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness (1 Timothy 6:11 NLT).

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