Morning Prayer
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Inspiration
We do not know what tomorrow holds, but we can trust God. Why? Because God does know. He knows the beginning and the ending. He spoke the world into creation. He is the Alpha and Omega. The Beginning and the End. He knew our names before we were born. We can rest assured that he knows what tomorrow, and the next day, and eternity will bring because he created it.
Prayer
Dear God, you are the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end! We humbly bow before you, O Lord. We long to spend eternity with you. We trust in your promises and have faith that you hold our futures in your hands. May we live lives filled with faith that we may draw others to 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 ...
