Hope For the Day

Hope For the Day

I like to share this as often as I can. If ever I get my own home computer again, I will do it daily. I know I have listed that my favorite author is VC Andrews and she is as far as a general author is concerned, but I read alot of spiritual material as well. I Love the words of Billy Grahams Hope for the Day book. It starts my mornings off to a good start and gives me something to meditate on for the Day. I hope it will be as interesting for you.

Acts 3:19 Repent therefore and be converted.

Becoming a Christian is a once -for-all event, in which we repent of our sins and cast ourselves on Christ alone for our salvation. When we are converted, God takes us "out of darkness into His marvelous light" (1 pet. 2:9).

But being a christian is a daily, ongoing experience. It is a lifelong process of daily repentance and faith, turning from sin and seeking to live for Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

That is where our wills come in. Although we have been converted and God has come to live in us, our old nature is still, "alive and kicking." Our stubborn wills still demand to put self first instead of Christ.

It isn't easy to bring our stubborn wills into submission to Christ, but when we do, it is as if a misplaced vertebra has snapped back into place. Instead of the stress and tension of a life out of harmoney with God, we discover the serenity of His presence.

Who will control your will today? You or Christ?

In My own Words: It is hard to live in the world that we are in everyday. Every corner we turn there is something to try our faith and steer us in the wrong direction. Being stronger than that evil force is challenging. But we must do it. I only know that life is so much better since I became stronger in my faith. I still have days of discouragement, but through prayer and constant reading of the bible I get through it. I know you can too.