Pure Ministry

These weekly devotionals will be to strengthen us as the church to follow sound doctine and be nourished in the words of faith. It will be about pure ministry and how a ministry can remain pure and not become polluted by humanistic teachings and worldly principles. I feel the Lord is speaking to my heart concerning our nation and concerning us as the church. I would like for all of you to comment as well so we can all participate. This is iron sharpening iron. I know that there are many true men and women of God on facebook that I know personally, and know the integrity and character of their walk with the Lord who can give us some good advice and direction for the situation that we are facing.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

The Functioning Temple Series....All We Have Is An Altar December 5th weekly Devotional

The Functioning Temple
All We Have Is An Altar?

Have you ever faced situations in your life where you just said, "Lord! I don't know if I can go on?" We'll I have and still do at times. One thing that I learned through tough times is that it's not the foundation of myself that is going to get me through those hard times. It’s not holding to the teachings alone without having that pure relationship and fellowship with Christ that’s going to cause me to grow in the Lord. It's the foundation of Christ Jesus that's going to carry me through. In Ezra 3:3 the first 50,000 Jews came back to Jerusalem after a 70 year bondage in captivity. It was under the leadership of Zerubbabel and Joshua. Zerubbabel was a great righteous governor, and Joshua was a High Priest. Then 80 years later Ezra came with another 3,000 Jews to Jerusalem in the rebuilding of the temple. Then we have Nehemiah some years later to rebuild the wall. One thing I want us to see is that when the first 50,000 Jews got to Jerusalem in Ezra 3:3, they didn't have anything built as of yet, but they had hope. All they had was an altar. They placed the altar upon the foundation when they got there, and they offered burnt offerings to the Lord. You may be at a place today where you are just tired and worn out by life, but you can say with me, "All I have is an altar!" Our altar may be in the car, in our prayer closet, or wherever it may be, God will be there. It's more than just having an altar. We need to praise God with the realization that we have a foundation that is unshakable. It is the foundation of Christ Jesus, and Christ is the sure foundation that absolutely cannot be shaken. There are times in our lives as christians that we have to place our faith and trust upon that foundation, and when we find ourselves at a place of no hope, we can turn our focus upon that sure foundation which is Jesus Christ. My friend, don't lose focus. If you do, you can praise and worship God now upon that beautiful foundation that is a powerful foundation.

Prayer:
Lord we come to you now and pray for your strength. All we have is an altar Lord, but we bow down to your throne and pray that you would lift us up out of the bondages we have. Raise us up out of our dispair, and guide us by your spirit. Amen

by Keith Edwards
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