Honesty

Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the
right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.

-Max Lucado (The Great House of God,p.50)

Here's what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you
won't be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and
honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God and
you will begin to sense his grace.

-Jesus Christ in Matthew 6:6 in The Message

Knowledge of the Bible

A knowledge of the Bible is essential to a rich and meaningful
life. -- Billy Graham

A Blessing for Prayer

Be a soldier of prayer.  Seek the Father before, during, and after your time of struggle.  May the Spirit constantly remind you of the need for prayer, and the Father's desire to hear your voice.

Pray in the Spirit at all times with all kinds of prayer, asking for everything you need.  To do this you must always be ready and never give up.  Always pray for all God's people.  Ephesians 6:18

Faithful

It is better to be faithful than famous.

-- Theodore Roosevelt

Prayerlessness?

Why don't I pray more? Here is what I have come to believe is the
number one reason for my on prayerlessness: I don't pray because I'm
not desperate. I'm not fully conscious of my need for God.

-Nancy Leigh DeMoss in Pray!

Prayer Is Work

We need to realize that prayer is not just for personal use, nor is it

only for devotional purpose. Prayer is a ministry. Prayer is work.

-Watchman Nee

Be Glory For Ever and Ever

VERSE:
To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Philippians 4:20


THOUGHT:
When was the last time that you prayed and didn't request things
from God and you simply thanked and praised him? Why not use today
as a day of thanks and praise? Don't ask for anything; just praise
and thank the Father! Praise him for who he is, what he has done,
and what he is going to do! Thank him for blessing you, saving you,
and bringing you into his glory! Let today be a day of thanks and
praise.

PRAYER:
You are worthy, dear Father, of every word of praise my
imagination can find and every word of thanks my tongue can
pronounce. You are glorious, majestic, holy, mighty, and awesome.
You are patient, forgiving, sacrificial, loving, and tender. You
are more than I can imagine and closer than my very breath. Your
greatness exhausts my vocabulary and your generosity overwhelms my
heart. Please be glorified in my every thought, deed, and word. In
Jesus' name I praise you. Amen.

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Revealing Prayer

Prayer itself is revealing. It is the most sincere thing that we ever
do. We cannot pray that which we are not. We literally pray what we
are. Now there's a difference in saying prayers and in praying. I'm
convinced that too many times we say prayers without really praying. .

When we truly pray, we bare ourselves before God. Tell me what
you are in your prayer life and you've told me really what you are. We
cannot pray that which we are not.

Alan Bryan in The Meaning of Prayer

On God's Side

"Pray not that God is on our side, but that we are on God's side."
-Abraham Lincoln

Jesus keeps things so SIMPLE!

I just love how Jesus keeps things so SIMPLE!

When he was asked what the greatest command was, Jesus did not even blink - Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself. (Mark 12)

Is it really that SIMPLE? Seriously? I can do that, right?

Sometimes we make things far more complicated that they were ever meant to be. Think about all the books and magazines and research about how to be healthy. And yet we continue to have poor health. But if complexity creates confusion, simplicity brings success.

I pray that this month would be a return to the Simple Life. Keep it simple. Do the little things every day that lead to a life that matters!

In this Wellness E-Zine you will find terrific articles to help you as you pursue God and a healthy life!

To the Simple Life,

Jimmy PageFCA! Health & Fitness

jpage@fca.org
http://www.fcahealthandfitness.org/

Rule Of The Kingdom

"Keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on
looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be
opened. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds.
And the door is opened to everyone who knocks. You parents -if your
children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or
if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! If
you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how
much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask
him." -Matthew 7:7-11 (NLT)

"Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the Kingdom."
-Charles H. Spurgeon

Alone With Jesus

Time spent alone with Jesus each day will order our hearts and grant a
sense of direction, enabling us to live purposeful, useful lives,
directed by the power of the Holy Spirit, rather than being driven by
the expectations and demands of others.

-Nancy Leigh DeMoss in A Place of Quiet Rest p.236

He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward
him for what he has done. Proverbs 19:17

Please Others and Not Yourself

If our faith is strong, we should be patient with the Lord's followers whose faith is weak. We should try to please them instead of ourselves. 2 We should think of their good and try to help them by doing what pleases them. 3 Even Christ did not try to please himself. But as the Scriptures say, "The people who insulted you also insulted me." 4 And the Scriptures were written to teach and encourage us by giving us hope. 5 God is the one who makes us patient and cheerful. I pray that he will help you live at peace with each other, as you follow Christ. 6 Then all of you together will praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Roman 15:1-6

Kindhearted

A kindhearted woman gains respect, but ruthless men gain only wealth.
Proverbs 11:16

Not My Will

"Not my will, but yours be done'' Luke 22:42

This week let these words be the only prayer you pray about situations that confront you. Focus on relinquishing every situation to Him to be a platform for His power.

Jennifer Kennedy Dean
The Praying Life Foundation

www.nationaldayofprayer.org

Prayer Is Warfare

Prayer is warfare. Just getting to prayer is half the battle;
staying there is the other half.

-anonymous

"O my people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth" (Psalm 78:1).

Read your Bible this morning with the awareness that you are listening to the words of His mouth. Stop at the first word, phrase, or thought that captures your attention and let the Father speak to you about it and let it shape your prayers.

Jennifer Kennedy Dean
The Praying Life Foundation

www.nationaldayofprayer.org

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