Dear Ones,
Hope you have a spiritually healthy day! It is wonderful to feel good again and I am thankful. We have Bible study today and going to begin the book of Acts. I would ask you to continue in prayers for Jack as he started bleeding again. Because his body has endured so much already, they chose not to go with another surgery but to give platelets and hope it will slow down the bleeding. Jack knows the Lord and we leave everything in His healing hands.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
We see people today that are concerned for their physical health and spend many hours at the gym, eat the right foods, jog etc. One of our sons has loved to work out every day since he was in Junior High. Even in grade school, he wanted to know what foods were the healthiest. However, not all the family members enjoyed eating liver or 7 grain cereal etc.!  But even for those of us who are concerned to be physically healthy, what about being spiritually healthy? Do we spend time on our spiritual needs and take steps to know the Lord, practice His presence, grow in faith etc.?

The Lord knocks on our heart’s door every day as he wants a close relationship with us but is our hand quick on the doorknob to respond? Do we welcome His presence or to we get busy with the day’s responsibilities and say we will later. God comes to us in many ways and sometimes it is in a striking way when we have a vivid dream, or a word given to us that touches the depths of our heart. He may also come to us in a gentle nudge to do some act of kindness or cause a verse of scripture to come alive to us. The important thing is to open the door of our heart and to respond however the Lord would come to us.

We are to eat the right spiritual food found in His word and spiritual readings. We also need to exercise our faith and let Him use us throughout our day. We never know what is on His agenda, but we need to go to the Lord’s gym and let Him be our personal trainer each day, leading us to the right spiritual exercises and specific areas to build our faith muscles. Soon we will see we are gaining in spiritual strength and not bent over when adversity comes. Let us be attuned to His knock and welcome Him by responding quickly in faith and joy. He won’t force Himself on us and says in Rev. 3:20, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he (will eat) with me.”

Challenge for today: Ask the Lord to be your spiritual trainer and listen and respond to His directives.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy