1. Devotional Life of VOY to give to Jesus
- 1. “Charging with the Heavenly Current” Pastor Ron Genebago
- 2. “As a man He supplicated the throne of God till His humanity was CHARGED with a heavenly current that should connect humanity with divinity.” DA 362
- 3. • The life of Jesus is between Mountain and Multitude • He live privately with God and serve the people publicly • Private victory precedes Public Success
- 4. Mark 1:35- “Very earlyin the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.” JESUS LIVES PRIVATELY WITH GOD
- 5. Mark 6:45-46 “After leaving them, he went up on a mountainsi de to pray.” “No other life was ever so crowded with labor and responsibility as was that of Jesus; yet how often He was found in prayer!” DA 362
- 6. In the life of Jesus, prayer was the WORK, and ministry was the prize.
- 7. Prayer is not a preparation for a great work, it is the great work.
- 8. Prayer is an expression of His total dependence on God.
- 9. “APART FROM CHRIST, OUR WORK IS FRUITLESS.” DA 249
- 10. “THE MORE WE GET TO KNOW AND LOVE JESUS, THE MORE EFFECTIVE OUR SERVICE WILL BE. THE CLOSER WE DRAW TO GOD, THE MORE IMPACT OUR LIVES WILL HAVE. THE MORE ENERGETICALLY WE NURTURE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD, THE GREATER THE POSITIVE MARK WE WILL LEAVE BEHIND.” Charles F. Stanley
- 11. “Fathers, mothers, you need to seek God morning and evening at the family altar, that you may learn how to teach your children wisely, tenderly, lovingly.”
- 12. “If there was a time when every house should be a house of prayer, it is now. Infidelity and skepticism prevail.”
- 15. “No one is safe for a day or an hour without prayer.”
- 16. ELLEN G. WHITE “Those who will devote sometime everyday in meditation and prayer and to the study of the Scriptures will be connected with heaven and will have a saving influence
- 18. Abide in Jesus ▸ “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5
- 20. ▸“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” John 15:7
- 21. The MAN of Prayer and of the Word
Editor's Notes
- #1: When was the last time you charge your phone? Your laptop? How long do you charge them? When was the last time you charge Yourself? How long you charge yourself? Because of increasing activities and gaining success in the work of God, “There is a tendency to pray less, and to have less faith.” DA 362
- #2: Because of increasing activities and gaining success in the work of God, “There is a tendency to pray less, and to have less faith.” DA 362 Which of these batteries represent your spiritual battery today? The red bar, two green bars, or fully charged.
- #4: Salesman has no room, because the hotel has no vacancy. He was disappointed but a dignified gentleman offered to share a room with him. The salesman accepted it gladly. Before retiring, William Bryan, knelt and prayed alowed. He prayed for his guest as well. You know it was my habit to read my Bible and commune with God each day, would you like to Join. That man met Jesus Christ and accepted Him as his Savior in that room.
- #5: Luke 11:1 Now Jesus1 was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, gas John taught his disciples.” “No other life was ever so crowded with labor and responsibility as was that of Jesus; yet how often He was found in prayer! Da 362 We need to do the same. When we begin to get overwhelmed with life instead of getting on Facebook or on Instagram and bickering and complaining we need to find a prayer spot. We need to get away from everyone else and take our problems to the One who can give us supernatural knowledge, wisdom and revelation. We need to go to the LORD and allow His Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us. He prayed to God in the AM and PM He share a room with an Atheist One evening as he was praying the Atheist arrived from a whole day training. He removed his combat shoes and threw it to the praying soldier. To the Atheist surprise the man continued to pray He got the other shoes and threw it stronger than the first. This Christian Soldier was not moved The Atheist slept. In the morning the atheist was surprise because his combat shoes which was dusty and dirty is shinning brightly. He remembered that he threw it to his roommate.
- #6: Haddon Robinson, Focal Point
- #7: Haddon Robinson, Focal Point
- #8: Haddon Robinson, Focal Point
- #9: Because of increasing activities and gaining success in the work of God, “There is a tendency to pray less, and to have less faith.” DA 362
- #10: (We will never become more effective workers by adding more activities and appointments in our organizers and neglecting the one thing that will bring us closer to God.)
- #11: EGW, Child Guidance, 517
- #12: EGW
- #15: EGW
- #16: When you are invited to share your reflection on the book of Mark, don’t think twice. Use your devotional time to study the chapter that will be assigned to you. Use Sabbath hours to meditate on the chapter. First, it will bless you personally. Second, it will bless all of us corporately. This would be meaningful break for our academic requirements and writing.