there is a passage of scripture that when I read it it shakes me to my core Matthew 7 veres 21- 23 not everyone who says to me Lord Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven but the one who does the will of my father who is in heaven on that day many will say to me Lord Lord did we not prophesy in your name and cast out demons in your name and do Mighty works in your name and then will I declare to them I never knew you depart from me you workers of lawlessness it's
a sobering thought that someone could prophesy in the name of Jesus cast out demons in the name of Jesus and do miraculous things in jesus' name but yet still miss the point of this Christian walk there are people who will do all the right things they'll say all the right words but still their hearts will not be in the right place you see a true relationship with Jesus is not about following all the rules it's not about working hard to earn his favor walking with Christ requires us to understand that it's all about him it's
all about Jesus it's all about his will his way it's about a deep meaningful relationship with him and I hope that I'm making myself clear Saints being a Christian is not about anything else else other than Jesus Christ in Matthew 15:8 Jesus says these people honor me with their lips but their hearts are far from me and all of their spiritual words and actions these people do not seek to glorify God they seek to glorify themselves don't let that be the story of your life don't be content with simply looking like a Christian CHR on
the outside but inwardly living for yourself no true Christianity isn't about fixing up your appearance it's about loving the Lord your God with all your heart soul and mind your Eternal future hinges on that distinction if you profess to follow Jesus the four words you never want to hear are I never never knew you when you stand Before the Throne of God will he look at you as a son or daughter or will he look at you like a stranger he's never met as you're listening today I have good news the good news is that
there's still time to get to know Jesus there's still time to ask yourself if you are truly living for God or or if you are living for the things of this world do you have a real relationship with Jesus Christ do you know him or do you just know a lot of good things about him our Salvation is not based on how many verses we've memorized it's not about our church attendance or our theology it's based on having a true relationship with God if you've been distant from him lately run back to the Lord with
all your heart ask him to renew your thinking ask him to make you authentic in your love and desire for Christ make your actions reflect the heart of someone who has been touched by Jesus to know Jesus means to follow him not just in the good times but through hardship and and through suffering if you truly love Jesus you must be willing to endure everything he endured because you believe that he is worthy of all things can you say that about your walk with God maybe it's time to do some reflection and ask the Holy
Spirit to wake you up from your spiritual Slumber father God I thank you for inviting me to have a personal relationship with you you created the heavens and the Earth and everything in it and yet you still call me by name despite my flaws despite my failures despite my Rebellion at times you've invited me to spend all of eternity with you Lord I desire to know you more to know you deep within my soul so father teach me not to take your love for granted but to approach each day with a grateful heart and grow
in my understanding of you Lord help me to truly live for you help me to be authentic in my love for you I want to know you not just know about you I want to know your heart your your character your desires your plan for my life your word in Proverbs 8 verse 17 says I love those who love me and those who seek me diligently find me Lord Jesus I want to treasure you so much that I am willing to suffer and sacrifice for you Jesus I thank you for dying on the cross for
me I consider an intimate relationship with you to be the most beautiful holy and worthy thing I could ever pursue God I want you to become real to me not just some distant being with little to no impact on my life no I want to know you as a father and as a friend I want to know you deeply Lord to fellowship with you and to bask in your presence I pray that my knowledge of you will go beyond memorizing scripture or church doctrine I want to know you deep within my heart and soul I
invite you to come dwell in my heart so Lord help me to constantly Monitor and evaluate the state of my relationship with you don't let my love grow cold give me the habits and the attitude I need to cultivate that relationship May the Holy Spirit convict me and give me an appetite to spend more time in the word to spend more time in prayer to live out your commands in the world around me May everything in my life reflect the love I have for you and as I come to know you more help me to
become more like you Let My Words my actions and my desires come to imitate yours so that on that Judgment Day when I see you face to face you will not cast me aside so that you will not declare that you never knew me instead you will look at me with love and say Well done my good and faithful servant Lord I pray that you would increase my faith I pray that you would help me to overcome unbelief help me to crush any doubtful thoughts that try and reason with probabilities or statistics help me Lord
to walk by faith and not by sight because as I do so as I walk by faith I know that there is no statistic that matters there is no probability that matters the only thing that does matter is you King Jesus Lord your word says in Mark 11: 22- 24 have faith in God truly I say to you whoever says to this mountain be taken up and thrown into the sea and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will come to pass it will be done for him therefore I tell
you whatever you ask in prayer believe that you have received it and it will be yours Lord help me to be confident in that word help me Jesus and give me the grace to be able to have Fearless Faith a faith that is constant so that regardless of what the situation is I can remain rooted and firm in my belief in you should the test be a storm Lord give me the faith to believe that you can Cal the seas in my life should my test be a mountain give me the faith to believe that
you my king can level that mountain should my test even be a Goliath Lord give me the faith to believe that your power will defeat every giant your word says inur Deuteronomy 10:12 and now Israel what does the Lord your God require of you but to fear the lord your God to walk in all his ways to love him to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul father help me so that I may not have any fear in this world but rather may I only fear you my God
I pray that I may walk in your ways help me to not walk in the counsel of the wicked nor to stand in the way of Sinners nor to sit in the seat of the scornful strengthen my faith Lord renew my faith re-energize my faith in this moment I pray for strong faith so that I may stand up for Jesus Christ and testify how he turned my mourning into to dancing give me strong faith Lord so that I may stand on your word in a world that is lost in a world that aims to discourage
and drain hope be with me Holy Spirit as I seek to stand up in faith and lift the Royal Banner of the sooncoming king I pray for the faith that will enable me to live out the authority that I have been given in Luke 10: 19 which says behold behold I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall hurt you give me the Faith Lord Jesus to Walk In This Authority as an ambassador of the most high I bless your name in Jesus
name I pray amen not every one who says to me Lord Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven but the one who does the will of my father who is in heaven on that day many will say to me Lord Lord did we not prophesy in your name and cast out demons in your name and do Mighty works in your name and then will I declare to them I never knew you depart from me you workers of lawlessness have faith in God truly I say to you whoever says to this mountain be taken up and
thrown into the sea and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will come to pass it will be done for him therefore I tell you whatever you ask in prayer believe that you have received it and it will be [Music] yours and now Israel what does the Lord your God require of you but to fear the lord your God to walk in all his ways to love him to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your [Music] soul behold I have given you authority to tread
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