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Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
Isaiah 50:4-5, “The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.”
According to this Old Testament prophecy about the Lord’s life, the Father woke Him morning by morning and opened His ear to hear His voice.
Then in the Gospels we observe the way He lived His life from morning to night–where He went, those He saw, those He prayed for, those He related to–how He went about His daily life.
He always did the things that pleased the Father.
His intimacy with the Father was the factor that supplied the ability to live a compatible life with the Father.
By observing the Lord’s life of intimacy and compatibility with the Father in the Gospels, we discover the nature of the life that is now dwelling in us.
It is a life that thrives on intimacy with the Father (Gal. 4:6; Rom. 8:15).
It is a life that always desires to prove, by testing, what is well pleasing to the Lord (Rom. 12:2; Eph. 5:10).
It is a life that knows compatibility with the Father’s life-voice in all the details of daily life (Eph. 4:20-21).
Now this life is living in us.
May the Lord grant to us multiplied grace in our spirit, so that the love of God, the grace of Christ, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit would be our daily portion (2 Cor. 13:14).
As we inwardly merge with the intimacy in the Triune God, we will not only abide in His love, but we will develop a finer and more delicate sensitivity to the consciousness of life within us.
It is by the love of God and the grace of Christ flowing in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit that we can be a person that is compatible with the Lord’s voice. Amen!
Until Tomorrow
With a Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Bill Lawhead’s Family
George & Linda Alexander
Don & Lavona Davis
Hall Family
James Parker
Jean Partee
Jill Haines
Pastor Discroll
Randy Bond’s Son in Law
The Graham Family – Brandon’s Friends
Torbich Family
Amy Garner’s Mother/Dad
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Barbara Shed’s Family
Bill Moody
Carol Lawhead’s Brother
Charlie Sessom – Waiting
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Denise Stubbs – Kim Allison’s Mom
Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother
Hanna Hall – Pray for Grace
Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister
Larry Barker
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford – Good News
Michael Stanley
Nora Allison – Dustin’s Mom
Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend
Ricky Stubbs
Rod Gustafson – Cancer
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sheila Simmons Cousin
Tom Witcher