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Tuesday, February 6, 2024 |
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Today God says:
"I am your Father".
He promises me:
"Your Father knows what things you have need of before you ask Him". (Matt. 6:8)
My response to the word:
When God, my heavenly Father, makes a promise, I respond with faith. Faith believes His promises, hope anticipates the fulfilment of His promises, and patience quietly waits for the manifestation. My safe place is in the lap of my Father where I know all my needs will be met.
My prayer:
Heavenly Father, I love you with all my heart. I know you care about me, and I know you want to meet my needs. I receive your love right now as I pray. I ask for greater understanding of your fatherly love for me. Thank you, Father.
Today's scriptures:
"When you pray, say this: Father …". (Luke 11:2 GW) "You didn't choose me, but I chose you. I have appointed you to go, to produce fruit that will last, and to ask the Father in my name to give you whatever you ask for". (John 15:16 GW) "This life was revealed to us. We have seen it, and testify about it. We are reporting to you about this eternal life that was in the presence of the Father and was revealed to us". (1 John 1:2 GW)
Quote for today:
We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speaking to Him frankly and plainly, and imploring His assistance in our affairs, just as they happen. (Brother Lawrence)
On this day:
"Scriptures are taken from the King James Bible or those marked (GW) are from the God's Word Translation, used with permission".
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On 6th February 1911, Charles Keed Smith was born at Morristown, New Jersey, the third of seven children. A doctor of osteopathic medicine, he was not converted until he had moved his thriving practice from Elmira, New York to neighboring Breesport. In the early 1960s, at the recommendation of his friend Rev. Daniel Gelatt, he was asked to teach a course in personal and public health for prospective missionaries at the Baptist Bible Seminary. To enhance his understanding of the needs of his students, Dr. Smith attended a seminar for missionary appointees. He was stirred by the reports of active missionaries, and felt called to go to Liberia, West Africa, as a medical missionary, even though he was now over 50. Shortly thereafter he accepted a post at the leprosarium and dispensary at Yila, about 150 miles inland from Monrovia. Later he established a medical facility at a missionary retirement village in southeast Missouri where he continued until ill health forced his retirment in 1989.