The Key

Wednesday June 18, 2025

Good morning, Lord

Father in Heaven, I seek You first-the knowledge of Your kingdom and Your righteousness. Fill my consciousness constantly and complete Your joy in me as I take up my cross and follow...In Jesus' name…

Memory verse: Jeremiah 15:19 ESV

Therefore thus says the Lord: “If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall be as my mouth. They shall turn to you, but you shall not turn to them.”

Verse of the day: Ephesians 6:4

4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Today’s Reading: Nehemiah 10-11 Acts 4:1-22

The Key

In John 14, Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life-no one comes to the Father except through me”.

I made the statement yesterday that this means Jesus is worship-today we see why I said that.

Matthew 26:28 “...for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.”

Luke 22:20-(Jesus said). “This cup is the new covenant in my blood which is poured out for you.”

There is no true worship outside of the blood of Christ. There is no true worship outside of Christ Jesus-period.

John 3:36 says, “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

We are forgiven; we are in the blood of Christ; we have eternal life; we are free from the wrath of God and are held in His hand.(John 10:28,29)and we have His Spirit.

1 John 4:13-”By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.”

Jesus is our everything...in Him is where we learn worship in Spirit and truth.

...because He loves us...He will do it…

Father in Heaven,

Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come and thy will be done in me and by me for thy glory. Forgive me for my weakness. Deliver me from evil.

Great and gentle God,

In the name of Christ Jesus,

Amen

Tuesday June 17, 2025

Good morning, Lord

Father in Heaven, I seek You first-the knowledge of Your kingdom and Your righteousness. Fill my consciousness constantly and complete Your joy in me as I take up my cross and follow...In Jesus' name…

Memory verse: Jeremiah 15:19 ESV

Therefore thus says the Lord: “If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall be as my mouth. They shall turn to you, but you shall not turn to them.”

Verse of the day: Psalm 68:4-5

4 Sing to God, sing praises to his name;    lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts;his name is the Lord;    exult before him!

Today’s Reading: Nehemiah 7-9 Acts 3

Those Who Worship God

“The hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:23–24

For my own purpose, I feel I must define worship. The dictionary defines worship as having something to do with a deity.

But worship is born from the power of a deep desire that forms our emotions, will, thoughts, and behavior for that which we treasure and cherish.

We can worship money or family or personal acclaim or we can worship God.

“You cannot serve God and money.” Matthew 6:24. The truth is that we cannot not serve God and anything else.

The command of Jesus is that “those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

‘Those who worship’...the ones to whom Jesus is so precious that we are filled with such desire for Him that our emotions, will, thoughts and behavior are all about God in Christ Jesus.

That is a mouthful and mind boggling. But please don’t let this overwhelm you. Just keep in mind the ‘Spirit and truth’.

Start with the truth. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” In other words, Jesus says, “I am the worship”.

Hebrews 12:29 “For our God is a consuming fire”.

This is one place where we cannot ‘be careful what we ask for’.

So, ask for God to consume you with the truth of Christ. Worship is natural when the Holy Spirit fuels your desire.

...because He loves us...He will do it…

Father in Heaven,

Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come and Your will be done in my heart. Fill me withdesire for You today. Forgive me for my fear. Deliver me from evil worship of anything other than You.

Consuming fire, great God,

In the name of Christ Jesus,

Amen