{"id":8200,"date":"2019-08-06T13:57:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T13:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=8200"},"modified":"2019-08-06T13:57:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T13:57:26","slug":"deny-distraction-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=8200","title":{"rendered":"DENY DISTRACTION"},"content":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE:<\/strong> Deny self to deny distraction in your life, to be a follower of Christ.<\/p>\n

John 12:1-26<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Claiming to be a Christian is a self-declaration as a follower of Christ. A Christ-follower must live as a server of God with the whole heart.
\nAre you Christian by mouth but not by heart that does not follow God fully?
\nFailure to serve God with the whole heart is the evidence of not following Him fully.
\nOne that follows Him fully by obeying His word we live life for His glory.
\nThe word of God is His promise for all man to obey and claim His blessing.
\nAs a result of not following God fully, every Israelite that left Egypt above the age of twenty failed to complete their journey to the Promised Land.
\nAre you serving God fully to avoid a failure not to arrive at God\u2019s promise?
\nMany are committed believers such as the prayer intercessors, choir leaders, ushers, Sunday school teachers, deacons, and elders do not follower Christ fully. Jesus responded to uncommitted believers as stated: \u201cThen Jesus said to His disciples, if anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.\u201d (Matthew 16:24)
\n<\/em><\/strong>Are you a committed believer that is following Jesus fully?
\nAre you a committed believer with the deception before a man but not able to deceive God?
\nIs there any way for you to hear it better so that you can understand and know that in serving Him, you must follow Him fully? Jesus said, \u201cIf anyone serves Me, let him follow Me: and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, My Father will honor.\u201d (John 12:26)<\/em><\/strong> Give your ear to hear God’s word!
\nOne that gives ear to God’s word that will receive direction not to become a victim of distraction.
\nA believer with distracted becomes impossible to follow God fully.
\nIn the Bible, Martha the sister of Mary and Lazarus followed Jesus but was distracted in her following Jesus. The Bible recorded about Martha\u2019s issue of distraction with the response of Jesus in Luke 10:39-40, \u201cAnd she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus\u2019 feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, \u2018Lord do you care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore, tell her to help me. And Jesus answered and said to her, \u201cMartha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.\u201d <\/em><\/strong>The case of Martha is the evidence that serving with distraction is not following God fully.
\nThe word of God is His promise that will not fail if one will give ear to receive His word.
\nIsaiah 55:11 encourage all, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”
\n<\/em><\/strong>Give your ear to God’s word to do as a follower of God’s word.<\/p>\n

Prayer for today:<\/strong> Ask God to touch you and live life to follow His word.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE: Deny self to deny distraction in your life, to be a follower of Christ. John 12:1-26 Claiming to be a Christian is a self-declaration as a follower of Christ. A Christ-follower must live as a server of God with the whole heart. Are you Christian by mouth but not by heart that does … Continue reading DENY DISTRACTION<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8201,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8200\/revisions\/8201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}