JESUS CALLING OCTOBER 10, 2015

TRUST ME ENOUGH to let things happen without striving to predict or control them. Relax, and refresh yourself in the Light of My everlasting Love. My Love-Light never dims, yet you are often unaware of My radiant Presene. When you project yourself into the future, rehearsing what you will do or say, you are seeking to be self-sufficient: to be adequate without My help. This is a subtle sin--so common that it usually slips by unnoticed.

     The alternative is to live fully in the present, depending on Me each moment. Rather than fearing your inadequacy, rejoice in My abundant supply. Train your mind to seek My help continually, even when you feel competent to handle something by yourself. Don't divide your life into things you can do by yourself and things that require My help. Instead, learn to rely on Me in every situation. This discipline will enable you to enjoy life more and to face each day confidently.

PSALM 37:3-6;  PHILIPPIANS 4:19

Funeral Service

A funeral service is being held in a church for a woman who has just passed away. At the end of the service, the pallbearers carrying the casket accidentally bump into a wall jarring the casket. They hear a faint moan. They open the casket and find that the woman is actually alive. She lives for another 10 years and then dies.  A ceremony is again held at the same churh and at the end of the ceremony the pallbearers are again carrying the casket out. As they are walking, the husband calls out, "Watch out for the wall!"

Sunday School

At Sunday School they were learning how God created everything, including human beings. Johnny was especially intent when the teacher told him how Eve was created out of one of Adam's ribs.
     Later in the week his mother noticed him lying down as though he were ill, and said, "Johnny, what is the matter?"
     Johnny responded, "I have pain in my side. I think I'm going to have a wife."

JESUS CALLING OCTOBER 9, 2015

YOU HAVE BEEN on a long, uphill journey, and your energy is almost spent. Though you have faltered at times, you have not let go of My hand. I am pleased with your desire to stay close to Me. There is one thing, however, that displeases Me: your tendency to complain. You may talk to Me as much as you like about the difficulty of the path we are following. I understand better than anyone else the stresses and strains that have afflicted you. You can ventilate safely to Me because talking with Me tempers your thoughts and helps you see things from My perspective.

     Complaining to others is another matter altogether. It opens the door to deadly sins such as self-pity and rage. Whenever you are tempted to grumble, come to Me and talk it out. As you open up to Me, I will put My thoughts in your mind and My song in your heart.

JEREMIAH 31:25;  PHILIPPIANS 2:14-15

JESUS CALLING OCTOBER 4, 2015

I AM THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH: Lord of all that is and all that will ever be. Although I am unimaginably vast, I choose to dwell within you, permeating you with My Presence. Only in the spirit realm could Someone so infinitely great live within someone so very small. Be awed by the Power and the Glory of My Spirit within you!

     Though the Holy Spirit is infinite, He deigns to be your Helper. He is always ready to offer assistance; all you have to do is ask. When the path before you looks easy and straightforward, you may be tempted to go it alone instead of relying on Me. This is when you are in the greatest danger of stumbling. Ask My Spirit to help you as you go each step of the way. Never neglect this glorious Source of strength within you.

JOHN 14:16-17;  JOHN 16:7;  ZECHZRIAH 4:6.

A Shimmering Quality

Verse: Genesis 1:27
Passage: Genesis 1:27-31

Just thinking about Eden gives me an ache in my chest. I find myself wondering about the pure and shimmering quality of life there that somehow slipped through our fingers.

     Just picture it. It was nothing to begin with. Nothing. And then God opened his mouth and spoke, and when he did, everything started taking shape. He used his words to make a world! He called forth forces of symmetry, beauty, and great power. He laid boundaries of order and balance and proportion. With the precision of a master clockmaker he set in motion the weights and wheels of a perfect creation. And then, seeing the beauty of his own handiwork, he proclaimed with pride, "Good. Good." And "Very good."

     Light, darkness, sky, land, water, winds and tides; plants, trees, sun, moon, stars and planets. And animals--flying, soaring, swimming, loping, crawling, galloping. All things in their vast array he created.

     Then finally he created human beings, both male and female--his shining glory, whom he put in charge of it all.

ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURE READINGS:
Psalm8; Psalm 148:1-6; Isaiah 40:25-26; Revelation 4:11

AUTHOR: CLAIRE CLONINGER