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Morning by morning…

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We have all sung of God’s faithfulness with those beloved lyrics, “Morning by morning, new mercies I see.” God’s faithfulness to us continues with every dawn.

Are we faithful to Him each day?

Every day we ought to be pouring out fresh praise to the Lord for these mercies. Every day we ought to cling to the promises of His Word. Every day we ought to present ourselves as “living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God.”

One of your ever-present helps in all this is PRAYER. Have you prayed much yet today? Use prayer to praise the Lord, to petition the Lord for strength and help, and to intercede for others in Jesus’ name.

~ pdb

Christ’s ambition?

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What’s your ambition in life? If you are a Christian, is your ambition tied to that of your Lord Jesus Christ? Or is it the sad case that you are not ambitious at all, simply adrift?

Consider the powerful declaration of Jesus to Peter as a glimpse at Christ’s ambition:

13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. ~Matthew 16:13-18 esv

Jesus does not stop at the conversion of men. He aims to call men out of the world to Himself (“church” comes from the Greek world for ‘called-out-ones’), and build them up. It is His ambition to build the church — and He will work to that end, and nothing will stand in His way.

Do you share this ambition??