Night Prayer
And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Inspiration
Our sins grieve the Lord because Sin is the darkness that separates us from God. When we choose to walk our own way instead of living our lives according to God’s will, we are choosing to separate ourselves from Him. He becomes saddened at the thought of being rejected by His children. We must take an honest look at the sins lurking in our thoughts and seek guidance to rid ourselves of the sins that separate us from our heavenly Father.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, Please forgive us for the dark thoughts that cause us to sin and further separate us from You. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Devotion
Abraham is Father of All
Frances Taylor
There are questions in every age about the importance of the Old Testament for Christians. Abraham is considered to be the Father of Faith for Jews, Christians and Muslims. We forget that it was Abraham who believed in the doctrine of only one God. It is through him and his descendants that this tradition comes down to us. Another fact that we can overlook is that Jesus was Jewish. He was born a Jew, lived as a Jew, died, rose and ascended into heaven as a Jew. Because we believe that he was the Messiah, the Christ, and we follow him, we are called Christian. Without the Old Testament, we wouldn't understand the promise of salvation; we wouldn't understand why it was important for Jesus to be of the family of King David. We would not understand his teaching either, because Jesus quoted from Scripture – the Old Testament – frequently. He told us that he came to fulfill the Scriptures, not to abolish them. In the same way, we can ...
