Happy MLK Day- Pursuing Relentlessly

Happy MLK Day! Go after your dreams, it's worth it!

Positive word of the day- relentless- persistent, steady, diligent, patient

pursue- follow (someone or something) go after

Quote of the day- Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Scripture of the day- Nehemiah 2:18- Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.

In Spirit and Truth

Adapted from the resource Hearing from God Each Morning - by Joyce Meyer

We communicate with God through our spirit. Jesus said in our verse for today that we must worship God in spirit and in truth. Being totally and completely truthful with God is one of the ways we can develop intimacy with Him. He knows everything about us anyway, so there is no reason to not be totally honest with Him. Tell Him how you feel, what you have done wrong, and what your desires are. Talk to God honestly as you would a good, trusted friend.

There are times when I know God wants me to do a thing and I tell Him honestly that I don't want to do it, but that I will do it in obedience to Him and because I love Him. Pretense and a close relationship with God will not work. A friend of mine once told me that although she knew she should give financially into the kingdom of God that truthfully, she did not want to. She was honest with God and told Him, "I will do it, but I don't really want to, so I am asking you to give me a desire to give." This woman eventually became very generous and did it with joy.

Only the truth will make us free (see John 8:32). God's Word is truth. He says what He means and means what He says. When we do something wrong, we must be totally honest with God about it. Call sin what it is. If you were greedy, call it greed. If you were jealous, call it jealousy. If you lied, call it a lie. Ask God for forgiveness and receive it by faith. When we worship God, we must do so from the spirit and do it with all truth, sincerity, and honesty. If we feel a friend is being untruthful, we often say, "Get real," meaning that we are asking them to stop pretending and just be honest. I think God wants the same thing from us.

Prayer of the Day: Lord, I know there’s no point in pretending with You. Please help me to be perfectly honest and sincere with You, so that I can move forward and be all You want me to be, amen.