Day 13, May

Enlarge Your Circle of Love

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Psalm 133:1

We can dress up and look pretty on the outside, but God is more concerned about what is going on inside us. When we judge others by the way they look, we fall into the devil's trap of rejecting everyone who does not appear to be like us.

Purposely enlarge your circle of love today. Seek ways to include others you may have previously overlooked. Ask God to help you enlarge your circle of love by taking in people of all types, colors, and backgrounds. Pray for eyes to see into people's heart, and expect to enjoy a great day.



**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

Jesus Feeds the 5000

Ibu Maimunah Natasha
10th May 09'

Matthew 14:13-21
Jesus Feed Five Thousand Men

When Jesus heard the news about John, he left there in a boat and went to a lonely place by himself. The people heard about it, so they left their towns and followed him by land. Jesus got out of the boat, and when he saw the large crowd, his heart was filled with pity for them, and he healed those who were ill.
That evening his disciples came to hm and said, " It is already very late, and this is a lonely place. Send the people away and let them go to the villages to buy food for themselves."
"They don't have to leave," answered Jesus. "You yourselves give them something to eat!"
" All we have here are five loaves and two fish," they replied.
"Then bring them here to me," Jesus said. He ordered the people to sit down on the grass; then he took the five loaves and the two fish, looked up to heaven, and gave thanks to God. He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. Everyone ate and had enough. Then the disciples took up twelve baskets full of what was left over. The number of men who ate was about five thousand, not counting the women and children.

1. You want visions about your family, jobs, studies, anything? you got to get your feet wet

Joshua 1:1-5
God commands Joshua to Conquer Canaan

After the death of the Lord's servant Moses, the Lord spoke to Moses' helper, Joshua son of Nun. He said," My servant Moses is dead. Get ready now, you and all the people of Israel, and cross the River Jordan into the land that I am giving them. As I told Moses, I have given you and all my people the entire land that you will be marching over. Your borders will reach from the desert in the south to the Lebanon Mountains in the north; from the great River Euphrates in the east, through the Hitite country, to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. Joshua, no one will be able to defeat you as long as you live. I will be with you as i was with Moses. I will always be with you; I will never abandon you.

2. You have to be confident, determined, OBEY THE LORD (do things according to the law) and all will succeed.

3. Wrong perspective :-
* We always think we can do everything
* Since God does everything, I shall just sit here doing nothing.

*Once we do our part, God will do HIS part
* We have to bring our children to Godly life, not our own life;
focus on their happiness, not our happiness, give them faith

*God is a MIRICLE God but he wants us to get our feet wet.

**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

Day 12, May

Identify Who You Are

Let him turn away from wickedness and shun it, and let him do right. Let him search for peace (harmony; undisturbedness from fears, agitating pasions,and moral conflicts) and seek it eagerly. (Do not merely desire peaceful relations with God, with your fellowmen, and with yourself, but pursue, go after them!) 1 Peter 3:11

Paul said, "I want to do what is right, but I can't "

Romans 7:15-25 I do not understand what I do; for I don't do what I would like to do, but instead I do what I hate. Since what I do is what I don't want to do, this shows that I agree that the Law is right. So I am not really the one who does this thing; rather it is the sin that lives in me. I know that good does not live in me--that is, in my human nature. For even though the desire to do good is in me, I am not able to do it. I don't do The good I want to do; instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do, this means that I am no longer the one who does it; instead, it is the sin that lives in me.

So I find that this law is at work; when I want to do what i good, what is evil is the only choice I have. My inner being delights in the law of God. But I see a different law at work in my body-- a law that fights against the law which my mind approves of. I makes me a prisoner to the law of si which is at work in my body. Wat an unhappy man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is taking me to death? Thanks be to God, who does this through our Lord Jesus Christ!

This then, is my condition: on my own I can serve God's law only with my mind, while my human nature serves the law of sin.



He was a new person on the inside because he was born again, but he still had to resist the temptation to sin.

Paul explained that "the sin (principle)" (v20) continues to dwell in us. We want to do right, but we don't have the power to perform it, because evil is ever present to tempt us to do wrong. Only God can deliver us from this tendency to sin; that is why we must ask Him to deliver us from evil each day.

**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

Day 10 & 11, May

Light Shines Through Cracked Pots

Let not those who wait and hope and look for You, O Lord of hosts, be put to shame through me; let not those who seek and inquire for and require You (as their vital necessary) be brought to confusion and dishonor through me, O God of Israel. Psalm 69:6

Everyone is like a pot that carries life. But not everyone carries a presence that blesses others. Religion tries to force people to follow laws to make them perfect, like pots without cracks. But if a light is put within a flawless pot and then covered, no one is able to see the light inside the pot. Perfect pots are not able to reveal internal light to illumine the way for others.

God chooses to shine through imperfect, cracked pots. People are blessed when our cracked pots let the light of Jesus shine through. Choose to be a glory-filled, cracked pot rather than an empty, pretty vessel.















Die to Sin

And Peter answered them, Repent (change your views and purpose to accept the will of God in your inner selves instead of rejecting it) and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of and release from your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38

Dying to sin requires a daily commitment. We all have weaknesses, but that is why we need Jesus. He would have died for us in vain if we didn't need Him. Each day we must ask Him to help us with our problems and our flaws.

He will save us from our sins, tempers, selfishness, jealousy, and greed. When we become Christians, our flesh desire to sin doesn't die in us, but Jesus will save us from our sins if we ask Him for strength to die to selfish desires and follow Him.













**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

Day 8 & 9, May

A Precious Treasure

All these (gifts, achievemets, abilities) are inspired and brought to pass by one and the same (Holy) Spirit, Who apportionsto each person individually (exactly) as He chooses. 1 Corinthians 12:11

In 2 Corinthians 47, Paul says, "We posess this precious tresure (the divine Light of the Gospel) in (frail, human) vessels of earth, that the grandeur and exceeding greatness of the power may be shown to be from God and not from ourselves." God uses frail people (cracked pots!) to proclaim the power of His gospel.

He could send angels to preach the gospel, but He uses plain, ordinary, everyday people to demonstrate His power. He fills us with divine gifts, inspired and brought to pass by the Holy Spirit, and distributes them throughout His body of believers. Let us network with God's people today for the greater good, as we work together to accomplish His purpose.













It Must Be Good

For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine; the Lord my God illumines my darkness. Psalm 18:28

The Bible says that God works through our weakness so that the grandeur and exceeding greatness of the power in our lives may be shown to be from Him and not from ourselves
2 Corinthians 4:7 Yet we who have this spiritual treasure ae like common clay pots, in order to show that the supreme power belongs to God, not to us.

God uses ordinary people like us with flaws and cracks in our pots (our earthen vessels), so that people will know that it has to be God working in us if we are doing good works.

If people knew us before we trusted in Jesus, they especially notice the difference that a few years of walking with the Lord has made in our lives. We become totally different creatures when we allow His love to shine through our weaknessess. We may look the same, but we don't act the same. We just ooze with love when we are filled with God's exceeding greatness. Let His glorious light shine through you all day.

**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

Day 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 May

Use The Keys

They who seek (inquire of and require) the Lord (by right of their need and on the authority of His Word), none of them shall lack any beneficial thing. Psalm 34:10

Jesus said, " I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind (declare to be improper and unlawful) on earth must be what is already bound in heaven; and whatever you loose (declare lawful) on earth must be what is already loosed in heaven" (Matthew 16:19).

As a believer, you have authority to live a life of victory and to forbid the devil to torment you. It is not lawful for him to destroy you in heaven, so it is not lawful for him to destroy you during your days on earth. Use the keys of the kingdom of heaven that Jesus has passed to you. Loose God's blessings upon your efforts and bind the evil works that come against the fruit of your labors today.












Brokenness Is Good

Show Your marvelous loving-kindness, O You Who save by Your right hand those who trust and take refuge in You from those who rise up against them. Keep and guard me as the pupil of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings. Psalm 17:7-8

David said, " Lord, I am like a broken vessel"
Psalm 31:12 Everyone has forgotten me, as though I were dead; I am like something thrown away.

Brokenness seems bad, but through brokenness we rid ourselves of the outer shell, the fleshly parts of us, that need to be thrown off in order to bring forth the good things that are in us.

All of us need to be broken as David was; we need to be totally dependent on God to deliver us from evil. Pray today as David did : "But I trusted in, relied on, and was confident in You, O Lord; I said, You are my God" (Psalm 31:14)

Broken and Poured Out

For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory (majesty, splendor) of His Father with His angels, and then He will render account and reward every man in accordance with what he has done. Matthew 16:27

Be willing to give your best to the Lord, and He will use your gifts in ways beyond your imagination. The lady with the alabaster jar of perfume that was worth a years' wages wanted to do something for Jesus because she loved Him. So she pired out the expensive perfume on Him, not realizing at the time that she was anointing Him for His burial

Mark 14:1-9 It was now two days before the Festival of Passover and Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the teachers of the Law were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and put him to death. We must not do it during the festival," they said, " or the people might riot."

Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had suffered from a dreaded skin-disease. While Jesus was eating, a woman came in with an alabaster jar full of a very expensive perfume made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on Jesus' head. Some of the people there became angry and said to one another, "What was the use of wasting the perfume? It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!"

And they critized her harshly.

But Jesus said, " Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done a fine and beautiful thing for me. You will always have poor people with you, and any time you want to, you can help them. But you will not always have me. She did waht she could; she poured perfume on my body to prepare it ahead of time for burial. Now, I assure you that wherever the gospel is preache all ove the world, what she has done will be told in memory of her."

God led her to give what she had, no matter how costly. As you pure out the gifts God has given you, He will use them to prepare the world for the second coming of His son. Your obedience today will reap rewards in heaven that you are not aware of now.

Bless People

For you, brethren were (indeed) called to freedom ; only (do not let your) freedom be an incentive to you flesh and an opportunity or excuse (for selfishness), but through love you should serve one another. Galatians 5:13

As a believer in Jesus Christ, you have wonderful, wonderful gifts on the inside of you. You have the ability to make others happy today. You can encourage. You can edify. You can exhort and uplift. You can believe. You can pray. You can lead somebody else to Christ,

People don't have to have desperate needs before we bless them. The Holy Spirit will lead us to be good to people every day, if we will be sensitive to His voice. Offer you gifts and talents to the Lord, and see what happens.

Do Good

This message is most trustworthy... so that those who have believed in (trusted in, relied on) God may be careful to apply themselves to honorable accupations and to doing good, for such things are (not only) excellent and right (in themselves), but ( they are) good and profitable for the people. Titus 3:8

What an awesome thing it is to be good to people. The Bible says that God anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit and with strength, ability, and power; and that He went about doing good, for God was with Him

Acts 10:38 You know about Jesus of Nazareth and how God poured out on him the Holy Spirit and power. He went everywhere, doing good and healing all who were under the power of the Devil, for God was with him.

Jesus spent His days being good to people -- all people. He helped and encouraged people everywhere He went.

We are anointed to bless people as Jesus did. God has given us the strength, ability, and power to do awesome works in His name. Do good all day -- Today!

Humble Yourself

Let this same attitude and purpose and (humble) mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus : (Let Him be your example in humility). Philippians 2:5

Humility comes from brokenness; brokenness hurts so bad, but it "hurts good." Brokenness comes when we learn that we are not hotshots after all. Brokenness comes when we judge others, and then realize that we do the same things they do. Brokenness comes when we think we are going to step out and do something great, and then fall flat on our face because we forgot to stay plugged in to God.

Brokenness comes when we give our opinion, knowing that we are absolutely right to the point of arguing about it, and then find that we are wrong. Brokenness is good for us. Brokenness leads to humility, and humility precedes honor

Proverbs 15:33 Reverence for the Lord is an education in itself. You must be humble before you can ever receive honours.

Let God Be Exalted

The proud looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. Isaiah 2:11

None of us are whee we need to be, but, that God, we are not where we used to be. Don't look at what you are going through right now; look at the person you are becoming. We are always in the process of becoming like Chrst

2 Corinthians 3:18 All of us, then, reflect the flory of the Lord with uncovered faces; and that same glory, coming from the Lord, who is the Spirit, transforms us into his likeness in an ever greater degree of glory.

Brokenness hurts, but the alternative is much worse. The Word says, " Haughtiness comes before disaster, but humility before honor" (Proverbs 18:12)

Pray to be bendable, pliable, and moldable so that you will be more like Christ in all that you do today. pray to be broken so that the Lord may be exalted in your life.

**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

Day 25,26,27,28,29,30 April

Stay Plugged In

Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven. Matthew 5:16

Jesus is the Light of the world and He lights up those who come into relationship with Him. When Moses spent time in God's presence, his face became so bright that he wore a veil because people feared to come near him

Exodus 34:29-30 When Moses went down from Mount Sinai carrying the Ten Commandments, his face was shining because he had been speaking with the Lord; but he did not know it. Aaron and all the people looked at Moses and saw that his face was shining, and they were afraid to go near him.

As a lamp must be plugged into the electrical outlet to illuminate the darkness around it, so we must stay plugged into God if we want our light to shine before others. The only way we can walk in love and behave the way we should is to pray, read the Word, and experience fellowship with God. Stay plugged in, and be a light wherever you go.

Don't Get Upset

May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the (Holy) Spirit (Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality). Ephesians 3:16

The devil set us up to get upset so that we act ugly, throw fits, and ruin out withness of what God has done in our lives. Without God's love flowing through us, it is hard to be nice to nice people, let alone to treat difficult people nicely. We need God's help to live well.

The Holy Spirit will give you the power to walk in love everywhere you go. Don't leave home without inviting Him to fill you with the grace to demonstrate God's love and compassion toward everyone you meet.

Really Come to Know God

(I pray) that you may be filled (through all your being) unto all the fullness of God (may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself)! Ephesians 3:19

Paul was praying for us (the church) when he said, " I pray that you might really come to know, practically and experientially for yourselves, the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge without experience" (Ephesians 3:19)

He knew that we needed to experience the love of God personally.

Our faith is not dependent on experiences, but our relationship with God is real, and we can expect visitations from God. We need times of God's outpouring in which we know, without a doubt, that He is moving in our lives.

Begin the journey of getting to know God better and better. Be aware of His love for you all day.

Desire More of God

I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You (progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with You, perceiving and recognizing and understanding more strongly and clearly) and that I may find favor in Your sight. And (Lord, do) consider that this nation is Your people. Exodus 33:13

As you get to know God better, you will undergo a transition from just praying during times of trouble to wanting to serve Him with everything you are, every breath you take, and every talent you possess. When you fall in love with Jesus, you will crave more and more time with Him.

Once you offer your time, your money, and your gifts to the Lord, you will want to spend every day getting to know Him more intimately. Ask God to fill your entire being with His fullness as you seek Him with all of your heart.

Be Filled with God

My mouth shall be filled with Your praise and with Your honor all the day. Psalm 71:8

Consider again the verse from Ephesians 3:19 :"That you may be... a body wholly filled and flooded with God himself!"

Imagine what your day will be like if your body is wholly filled with God. You will be a container, carrying God everywhere you go. It will affect you thoughts,emotions, and actions. Being filled with the divine presence of God will change what you say, the entertainment you choose, and the people with whom you elect to spend time.

When we are born again, Jesus comes to live in us as a seed. Caring for that seed of new life by watering it with the Word, nurturing it through direction, and weeding out the sins in our lives makes the seed of His presence grow bigger and bigger until it fills our entire being.

Bearing Fruit

You have not chosen Me, but I have choosen you and I have appointed you (I have planted you), that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting (that it may remain, abide), so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name (as presenting all that I AM), He may give it to you. John 15:16

The Bible says that we are blessed if our confidence is in the Lord. We will be like trees planted by the waters that continue to bear fruit

Jeremiah 17:7-8 But I will bless the person who puts his trust in me. He is like a tree growing near a stream and sending out roots to the water. It is not afraid when hot weather comes, because its leaves stay green; it has no worries when there is no rain; it keeps on bearing fruit.

I admit that sometimes, at the end of a day, we may feel that all of our fruit has been picked! But God will replenish us if we abide in Him. If we put our trust in God, we will bear all kinds of fruit, and will have new fruit to share with others every morning.

**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**