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What Gift? - 23 Dec 2011
23 December, 2011
Today's Free Devotional from Ellel Ministries International
What gift?
"On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh."
Matthew 2:11, NIV
As a child the whole nativity story captivated me. I loved the account of a special baby born in a stable and visited by angels, shepherds and three kings. We had a set of nativity figures with which I would act out the story – it was a highlight of the build up to Christmas day for me. But once Christmas was over and the nativity scene safely stored back in the attic – what did I do about this special baby, Jesus, in my life? As it happened, not a lot until Christmas came round once more!
I also loved all the Christmas carols and still do. Many we sing focus on different aspects of the nativity story. ‘We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts we traverse afar’. The kings or wise men brought expensive gifts and were overjoyed at finally finding the King they had come to worship.
However there was another carol that I especially treasured as a child. It was about a little shepherd boy who came to see Jesus but had no gift to give the new born baby. And yet, whilst he had nothing of significance to give the baby Jesus, the little boy decided there was one thing he could give to Him - his heart. What a perfect gift to give Jesus, it was all the boy had and he gave it to the newborn King.
Traditionally we shower a new born baby with gifts as we share the parents’ joy at the child’s birth. But surely the most precious gift of all that anyone can give is the gift of love. Likewise Jesus loves us to give Him our heart and our love, now and every day. Notice that, whilst the wise men did give expensive gifts, the first thing they gave was their worship. As we give Jesus our heart, our love, and our worship, obedience to Him will begin to flow.
What gift are you going to give Jesus this Christmas time and throughout the year to come?
The rich may bring their gifts of gold,
An off'ring for the King;
My gift is simple, truth be told,
My heart is all I bring.
I bring my gift to Jesus,
The best I have to give,
I give my heart to Jesus,
For all the years I live. - Mabel J. Rosemon
Today's Writer : Nicky Hemery Nicky Hemery joined the Ellel Ministries team at Pierrepont in 1995 as Jill Southern-Jones PA. Prior to joining the Ellel team she trained and competed horses in Horse Trials and worked in Event Co-ordination for her sister's catering business. She is married to Richard who is the Bookshop Manager at Pierrepont and now loves being a full-time mum to their young daughter Annabel.
Today's Free Devotional from Ellel Ministries International
What gift?
"On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh."
Matthew 2:11, NIV
As a child the whole nativity story captivated me. I loved the account of a special baby born in a stable and visited by angels, shepherds and three kings. We had a set of nativity figures with which I would act out the story – it was a highlight of the build up to Christmas day for me. But once Christmas was over and the nativity scene safely stored back in the attic – what did I do about this special baby, Jesus, in my life? As it happened, not a lot until Christmas came round once more!
I also loved all the Christmas carols and still do. Many we sing focus on different aspects of the nativity story. ‘We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts we traverse afar’. The kings or wise men brought expensive gifts and were overjoyed at finally finding the King they had come to worship.
However there was another carol that I especially treasured as a child. It was about a little shepherd boy who came to see Jesus but had no gift to give the new born baby. And yet, whilst he had nothing of significance to give the baby Jesus, the little boy decided there was one thing he could give to Him - his heart. What a perfect gift to give Jesus, it was all the boy had and he gave it to the newborn King.
Traditionally we shower a new born baby with gifts as we share the parents’ joy at the child’s birth. But surely the most precious gift of all that anyone can give is the gift of love. Likewise Jesus loves us to give Him our heart and our love, now and every day. Notice that, whilst the wise men did give expensive gifts, the first thing they gave was their worship. As we give Jesus our heart, our love, and our worship, obedience to Him will begin to flow.
What gift are you going to give Jesus this Christmas time and throughout the year to come?
The rich may bring their gifts of gold,
An off'ring for the King;
My gift is simple, truth be told,
My heart is all I bring.
I bring my gift to Jesus,
The best I have to give,
I give my heart to Jesus,
For all the years I live. - Mabel J. Rosemon
Today's Writer : Nicky Hemery Nicky Hemery joined the Ellel Ministries team at Pierrepont in 1995 as Jill Southern-Jones PA. Prior to joining the Ellel team she trained and competed horses in Horse Trials and worked in Event Co-ordination for her sister's catering business. She is married to Richard who is the Bookshop Manager at Pierrepont and now loves being a full-time mum to their young daughter Annabel.
This Year: A Family Altar - Jan 08, 2012
This Year: A Family Altar
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
As the New Year begins parents have an opportune time to establish a family altar, a place in the home to gather on purpose, to bring concerns or problems before the strength of family and seek the LORD in prayer concerning all of the above. The family altar is for training, a special, established place where each one grows in capacity to worship, both children and parents—together; and for gathering before the Lord, to receive wisdom for decisions and planning, and to gain insight into His will for many things. For example:
- generational issues seemingly “always with us,”
- specific health challenges common to family members—those that “run in our family,”
- specific petition prayer to teach younger ones the principle and asking, and receiving
A family altar is the center, the very heart of the home; it’s where we exchange what we have inherited in a natural way, for a true spiritual inheritance. It is the place where faith is developed, heartache pre-empted, and families grow spiritually—together.
“Arise, cry out in the night,
as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart like water
in the presence of the Lord.
Lift up your hands to him
for the lives of your children…”
Lamentations 2:19
as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart like water
in the presence of the Lord.
Lift up your hands to him
for the lives of your children…”
Lamentations 2:19
Amen.
Shirley Weaver Ministries
A Clear Trumpet, Inc. Post Office Box 295 · Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465
Copyright © 2000-2011 All rights reserved.
A Clear Trumpet, Inc. Post Office Box 295 · Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465
Copyright © 2000-2011 All rights reserved.
The Great Unchageable I AM - 06 Jan 2012
06 January, 2012
Today's Free Devotional from Ellel Ministries International
The great unchangeable I AM.
"God said to Moses, 'I AM WHO I AM.' This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
Exodus 3:14, NIV
I’m writing this seed on New Year’s Day, having had time to reflect on the past year, and recalling my experience of the faithfulness and steadfast love of God through varied, changing circumstances of my life. Quietly anticipating the coming year I’m assured that the One who has planned, guided and directed the past can be completely trusted with the future, as I walk in His purposes. Knowing that His character is unchanging brings deep peace of heart to me.
Our text for today is in the context of God calling and initiating Moses into a humanly impossible task. He feels unfit, unsuited and inadequate for the calling on His life. He has been taken through a process of humbling and dependence on the One who called him, but there’s still a problem. This is the beginning of a new journey and Moses is insecure, so he asks the name of the One who’s sending him. He’s not asking simply for a name, but for the significance of that name. Moses needs to know that God will prove Himself to be ever dependable and resourceful for every circumstance ahead: he needs to know that God will never fail.
‘I AM’ is the name through which God revealed His character. It literally means, ‘I am now and always will be what I have always been’. Faithful forever He remains the same through sunshine or shadow, through calm or storm, through joy or sadness – there’s no shadow of turning with Him.
As we reflect on the past year we may have regrets and recollect mistakes we’ve made, making it hard to move forward. I AM lives with us in the present! He’s able to redeem the past and restore us. Nowhere does He call Himself ‘I was’.
As we anticipate the future it may appear to have problems and difficulties that could make us fearful. Living in the future causes our fears to stand between us and ‘I AM’, who says, ‘Do not fear for I am with you’. He’s the ever- present God.
I AM is the God of today. He simply asks that we trust Him and live throughout today in uncompromising obedience to Him. He asks that we make right choices, with right heart attitudes and motives. This is proof that we love Him. Then His unswerving promise will be ours today; ‘And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose’ (Romans 8:28).
Prayer: O God, You who in the past have been faithful to all Your promises and spoken into my heart when I most needed it, I trust You today. You who in the past have sustained me in suffering and shone Your light into the darkest places of my life, and have been my strength when I have been ready to give up, Lord of my life, I trust You today. In Jesus You’ve revealed Your heart so I can trust You today. Amen.
Today's Writer : Margaret Silvester Margaret Silvester had a career as a teacher prior to being called into full time Christian Ministry with her husband, David, in 1986. They were involved in establishing a Healing Ministry in the local church and Margaret has a passion to see lost and wounded people found and restored. She and her husband joined the Ellel Ministries teaching and ministry team in 2000 after a clear call from God.
Today's Free Devotional from Ellel Ministries International
The great unchangeable I AM.
"God said to Moses, 'I AM WHO I AM.' This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
Exodus 3:14, NIV
I’m writing this seed on New Year’s Day, having had time to reflect on the past year, and recalling my experience of the faithfulness and steadfast love of God through varied, changing circumstances of my life. Quietly anticipating the coming year I’m assured that the One who has planned, guided and directed the past can be completely trusted with the future, as I walk in His purposes. Knowing that His character is unchanging brings deep peace of heart to me.
Our text for today is in the context of God calling and initiating Moses into a humanly impossible task. He feels unfit, unsuited and inadequate for the calling on His life. He has been taken through a process of humbling and dependence on the One who called him, but there’s still a problem. This is the beginning of a new journey and Moses is insecure, so he asks the name of the One who’s sending him. He’s not asking simply for a name, but for the significance of that name. Moses needs to know that God will prove Himself to be ever dependable and resourceful for every circumstance ahead: he needs to know that God will never fail.
‘I AM’ is the name through which God revealed His character. It literally means, ‘I am now and always will be what I have always been’. Faithful forever He remains the same through sunshine or shadow, through calm or storm, through joy or sadness – there’s no shadow of turning with Him.
As we reflect on the past year we may have regrets and recollect mistakes we’ve made, making it hard to move forward. I AM lives with us in the present! He’s able to redeem the past and restore us. Nowhere does He call Himself ‘I was’.
As we anticipate the future it may appear to have problems and difficulties that could make us fearful. Living in the future causes our fears to stand between us and ‘I AM’, who says, ‘Do not fear for I am with you’. He’s the ever- present God.
I AM is the God of today. He simply asks that we trust Him and live throughout today in uncompromising obedience to Him. He asks that we make right choices, with right heart attitudes and motives. This is proof that we love Him. Then His unswerving promise will be ours today; ‘And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose’ (Romans 8:28).
Prayer: O God, You who in the past have been faithful to all Your promises and spoken into my heart when I most needed it, I trust You today. You who in the past have sustained me in suffering and shone Your light into the darkest places of my life, and have been my strength when I have been ready to give up, Lord of my life, I trust You today. In Jesus You’ve revealed Your heart so I can trust You today. Amen.
Today's Writer : Margaret Silvester Margaret Silvester had a career as a teacher prior to being called into full time Christian Ministry with her husband, David, in 1986. They were involved in establishing a Healing Ministry in the local church and Margaret has a passion to see lost and wounded people found and restored. She and her husband joined the Ellel Ministries teaching and ministry team in 2000 after a clear call from God.
The Challenges of God’s Call - 05 Jan 2012
05 January, 2012
Today's Free Devotional from Ellel Ministries International
The Challenges of God’s Call
"The Lord is with you, mighty warrior."
Judges 6:12, NIV
At a time when Israel was living in disobedience to the Lord, and behaved in the evil ways of the nations surrounding them, they were oppressed by marauding bands of Midianites.
Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out to the Lord for help. In response to their cry, He sent a prophet who reminded them that the reason for this oppression was because they have been disobedient and not listened to the Lord.
Then the angel of the Lord came to Gideon as he was threshing wheat in a winepress, hiding from the Midianites. The angel said, ‘The Lord is with you, mighty warrior’ (Judges 6:12).
At this, Gideon asks, ‘If the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all His wonders that our fathers told us about? Now the Lord has abandoned us and put us in the hands of Midian.’
Then the Lord says, ‘Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?’
I wonder if there are times when we become a bit like Gideon, when we find the going tough, making feeble attempts to survive and our faith falters to the point of doubt. In such circumstances what is God trying to say to us?
When we know we have drifted from the Lord, and we’re aware of our own weakness and inability, and yet we recognise the power of The Lord’s presence, we’re on the road to victory, whatever the enemy might throw against us. God being with one individual results in a powerful majority.
Like Gideon, there may be things we need to put right before we go into battle. We may need to put aside some things we consider essential for success. But when the Lord has promised ‘I will be with you, and you will be successful’, we can rest assured that this will be the outcome. Again, it is all a matter of dealing with any sin, and responding to God’s call with an obedient heart.
Prayer: O Lord God, please forgive me for those times when I’m disobedient to You and help me to recognise that You’re still with me and ready to help. Forgive me for those times I doubt and question where You are in a situation. Please enable me to recognise that however helpless and hopeless I might feel, You’re always with me to help me be an overcomer, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Today's Free Devotional from Ellel Ministries International
The Challenges of God’s Call
"The Lord is with you, mighty warrior."
Judges 6:12, NIV
At a time when Israel was living in disobedience to the Lord, and behaved in the evil ways of the nations surrounding them, they were oppressed by marauding bands of Midianites.
Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out to the Lord for help. In response to their cry, He sent a prophet who reminded them that the reason for this oppression was because they have been disobedient and not listened to the Lord.
Then the angel of the Lord came to Gideon as he was threshing wheat in a winepress, hiding from the Midianites. The angel said, ‘The Lord is with you, mighty warrior’ (Judges 6:12).
At this, Gideon asks, ‘If the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all His wonders that our fathers told us about? Now the Lord has abandoned us and put us in the hands of Midian.’
Then the Lord says, ‘Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?’
I wonder if there are times when we become a bit like Gideon, when we find the going tough, making feeble attempts to survive and our faith falters to the point of doubt. In such circumstances what is God trying to say to us?
Could it be that God wants us to look back to those experiences of the past, where He brought us out of a severe bondage and oppression, and how He helped and delivered us? This could be the point where He says, ‘Go in the strength you have - My strength. I will be with you, and you will overcome this problem.’
When we know we have drifted from the Lord, and we’re aware of our own weakness and inability, and yet we recognise the power of The Lord’s presence, we’re on the road to victory, whatever the enemy might throw against us. God being with one individual results in a powerful majority.
Like Gideon, there may be things we need to put right before we go into battle. We may need to put aside some things we consider essential for success. But when the Lord has promised ‘I will be with you, and you will be successful’, we can rest assured that this will be the outcome. Again, it is all a matter of dealing with any sin, and responding to God’s call with an obedient heart.
Prayer: O Lord God, please forgive me for those times when I’m disobedient to You and help me to recognise that You’re still with me and ready to help. Forgive me for those times I doubt and question where You are in a situation. Please enable me to recognise that however helpless and hopeless I might feel, You’re always with me to help me be an overcomer, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Today's Writer : David Silvester David Silvester is married and has a son, two daughters and eight grandchildren. He trained as a production engineer. He then moved on to become a lecturer of engineering craft skills before being called of God in his early fifties to become a pastor of a Baptist church. He says that,"having previously experienced an amazing healing on a day others expected me to die, it came as no surprise that God directed me and my wife, Margaret, to become involved with Ellel Ministries."
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