Thursday's Rain

Prayer: Dear Lord thank you for the rain you sent to us on Thursday. Thank you that you know the needs of your people and are faithful to fill those needs. I just ask that you continue to poor out your grace and wonders on your children. Amen

Verse of the Day: "Worthy are you our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created."

Worship Song of the Day: Agnus Dei by Michael W. Smith

Well we received a pretty good amount of rain around my area of Tx yesterday. The upshot is that we always need the rain since we would rather not have Abilene turn into a desert. The one down side was the parade for Western Heritage got cancelled so my wife didn't get to ride this year but it did give us a chance to do some spring cleaning. Today I want to touch on an area of worship that has alluded me completely.

The area I'm speaking about is house cleaning. Keeping a clean house could be a symbolic gesture to keeping a clean house of God. After all we house God's spirit in us when we become Christians. Do we really wan the creator living in a dirty house? I mean dirty literally and figuratively as well. Obviously taking good care of your body and staying clean is beneficial to your health but it is also pleasing to God. Look in the old testament at all the laws for cleanliness in Israel and tell me God didn't care how things looked. That doesn't mean you have to wear the finest clothes and jewelry, but it does mean you should take a little pride in your appearance. There are many times I have not followed this advice. If your ever depressed you may find it extremely hard to want to shower, shave, brush your teeth and other elements of good hygene. I have in the past been in that boat. I might be depressed or just super tired and don't feel like giving my body the attention it needs.

The second part is the figurative part. If we continue to live in sin then all we are doing is continually dirtying up the house and forcing God to continue cleaning. Its one of the reason the sin in our lives can so adversely affect our relationship with God. If your constantly asking God to forgive your sins your not building much of a healthy relationship with him. I do have a challenge that maybe we all honestly examine the sin in our lives and how we can work to change it. I would challenge you to take note of the sins you nottice in your life for just one day. I would guess the sin you nottice won't touch the tip of the sin you don't nottice.  At least with the ones you nottice you can write down some ways to change them. After all we could all use some spring cleaning for our souls as well as our homes.

Well onto the reading for the day.
Judges 11-12
John 1:1-28
Psalm 101
Proverbs 14:13-14

Until tomorrow friends blessings to you all and to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Your Brother in Christ,
Brian