A Message from Pastor Jim 1-03-2010

Psalm 119:36-37 Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, And revive me in Your ways. Establish Your word to Your servant, As that which produces reverence for You

Another translation says turn my eyes from worthless things. As we fast let us turn our eyes, our focus, from the natural things of life and focus more on the Lord and the things of the spirit. Some of us are so stuffed on good things, we have no appetite for real things, we are so filled with entertainment we have no desire for real pleasure. The pleasure that comes only from true fellowship with Christ. As we deny our body food let us feed on the word of God and allow God to establish his word in our hearts and mind. That we may be revived in our spirits by the Holy Spirit. Let your prayer today be for God to turn our eyes toward Him and revive his ways in us that this year will be our best year yet. I want you to know that worthless things are not only the many secular things that vie for our attention, but also can be when we focus on the hurts of the past. God is not a God of the past nor does He care about the things in the past once they have been forgiven they are forgotten forever by Him. God is a God of the future, he sees us through the eyes of potential, through the eyes faith. He sees as who he has destined us to be. When we turn our eyes on on the "worthless things" we allow the enemy to rob of our calling, our purpose, our destiny. Thinking on the "worthless things" steals our joy, our peace, our confidence and limits the work of the Holy Spirit in us.
Today is day 2 of our fast remember:
pray and stay in God,s word
conserve energy where possible
day 2 and 3 can be the most challenging
today your body starts burning fat for energy.
In Christ
Pastor Jim