“My Self Or Life With God” “Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” ~ Galatians 6:8-9 NIV Stop for a moment and think about all the gifts and abilities found in the human race: creativity, industriousness, entrepreneurship, managerial ability, leadership, generosity, and many more. Some invest their gifts in the Kingdom of Heavenly Father God, while others invest in the kingdom of this world. The difference in using one’s gifts for oneself rather than for God is what the New Testament refers to as sowing to the flesh versus sowing to the Spirit. “Flesh” doesn’t necessarily mean “evil”; it basically refers to the priority of self above all whether for good or evil. Choosing self over God is called sowing to the flesh. Read and meditate today on Galatians 5:16-18. When we read and study the New Testament books of our Bible we will see how clear about the outcomes of sowing to the flesh versus sowing to the Spirit. The former leads to “corruption” meaning eternal separation from God, while the latter leads to eternal life with God. “For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live” (Romans 8:13). So we should daily ask ourselves : Am I living today for myself or for Christ? “The wisdom of the flesh is always exclaiming against the mysteries of God.” ~ John Calvin “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” ~Galatians 2:20 NIV Amen…

Harvard studies, particularly from the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, consistently show that regular religious service attendance (at least weekly) is linked to significant health benefits, including lower mortality (especially from despair, cancer, and heart disease), increased happiness, better social support, reduced depression, and greater purpose, suggesting benefits beyond just individual spirituality, with some studies finding up to a 33% lower death risk for women attending weekly compared to never attendees, note CBS News. Key Findings from Harvard Research - Lower Mortality: Women attending services weekly had a 26% lower risk of death, while those attending more than once weekly had a 33% lower risk, according to a 2016 study, say CBS News and Harvard Health. - Reduced "Deaths of Despair": A 2020 study found weekly attendance associated with a 68% lower risk of death from suicide, drugs, and alcohol among women, say JAMA Psychiatry and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. - Improved Well-being: Attending services promotes social support, discourages smoking, reduces depression, fosters hope, and leads to more forgiveness and purpose, notes CBS News, Christ Community Church - KC, and The Human Flourishing Program. - Benefits Across Generations: Research also shows positive effects on children and adolescents, including greater happiness and purpose, say Christ Community Church - KC. 

“Our Time And Our Life Season” “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:”. ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV “Time and tide wait for no man.” This proverb arose in the fourteenth century. Tide suggests the rising and falling of the ocean’s tides. But in early English tide referred to seasons or periods of time, think yuletide referring to Christmas. So the proverb might best be defined for us to understood as “Time and seasons wait for no human.” The point of this proverb is obvious: Time is an unrelenting reality that cannot be stopped, delayed, reversed, lengthened, or shortened. As you are reading this mornings devotional, the clock of your life is ticking. You are closer to the completion of your time on earth at this moment than you were when you woke up this morning. So when the apostle Paul wrote, “[Redeem] the time,” he was conscious of the precious nature of time. We should take advantage of every second, hour, day, month, and year and treat them as our precious gifts from our Heavenly Father, Creator, God. We should use our time wisely, knowing we will never get back time that has passed. So we must “Prayerfully” consider how we can best use the 2026 year. Once passed, it can never be replaced. “If you die wrong the first time, you cannot come back to die better a second time.” ~ Robert Murray M’Cheyne “He said: “I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath, because the vision concerns the appointed time of the end.” ~ Daniel 8:19 NIV Amen…

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What or who are you praying for and when? Do you pray in the morning? during the day? any special place?