On the Go - July 31, 2010

Don't let your spiritual muscles go into atrophy from lack of use. 3289

Live it.
Sometimes it's easy and sometimes hard to know the right thing to do. But when we don't do anything for fear of doing the wrong thing, that too may be the wrong thing. The world is full of reminders of things we shouldn't do, such as don't walk, don't run, don't enter, don't loiter, and my favorite, don't touch. Doesn't that sign make you want to reach out and touch it? Most people mistakenly believe the Ten Commandments are a list of negative things we ought not do, but some, such as honor your father and mother and remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holy, are positive.

Would you please stop thinking about the pink elephant and pay attention? Waiting... Ok, maybe I can break the spell by mentioning a purple people-eater. Waiting... Give up on the elephant, will you? The fact is, most of us can't, so why is that? Quite simply we've seen the elephant, but don't have a mental picture of what the other looks like. Therefore, most of us won't think about something unless we can construct an image in our mind and fixate on it. That's really hard to do, but there's no doubt our mind will be led astray by where our eyes wander and on that which our mind ponders. So, let me ask you, when you stand before God, will you trust a list of things you didn't do, or the positive things you did instead. Just Thinkin'...

Pray it
Help me to see what You see and know what You want, so I can fixate on it and learn to do it.

Resources
Unity in the church is not defined as the absence of disagreement. (2000)
Pray all the time about everything begins with pray something sometime. (2001)
Are you a God seeker? (2002)
Silence from above can't be endured for long for the praying person. (2003)
Sorry to be the one to tell you that Jesus is not a demoninationalist.. (2004)
A congregation that argues amongst themselves is probably not a praying church. (2005)
Receiving finds no place without asking. (2006)
Cooperation is required in anything expected to last more than a day. (2007)
True joy never ends. (2008)
Even God's enemies know his name, but do you know his real Name? . (2009)

Pray for...
My husband or wife.

My children.

Their school.

Their teachers.

My children's friends.

My friends.

My work.

My city.

Governmental leaders.

My country.

My President.

My church.

My pastor.

My church leadership.

Sister churches.

Persecuted churches.

Missionaries.

The sick.

The lost.

Those in despair.

Those in the hospital.

Those grieving.

Widows.

Orphans.

Myself.

Prayertower Devotionals are the original creation of James R. Green:
Just Thinkin'... (2000-2003)
Read the Bible Thru in 365 Days (2004)
Pray Thru the Word in 365 Days (2005)
One-minute Devotionals (2006 to present).

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