Shalom,

Today's "From Faith To Faith" by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland is too important to pass up!

If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered. John 15:6

If I were to ask you to make a list of a hundred things you need to do to please the Lord today, you could do it, couldn’t you? In fact, you probably have so many spiritual “dos” and “don’ts” cluttering up your mind that you’d hardly know where to start.

But you can relax. I’m not going to suggest you make a list of them. Instead, I’m going to help you simplify things by giving you only one: Abide in Jesus.

The one thing you’re truly responsible for is your union with Him. If you keep your union and fellowship with Him intact, everything else will be taken care of.

“But Gloria, I’m facing some big problems right now. My life’s turned upside down. I’m so rushed I don’t know whether I’m coming or going. I don’t have time to fellowship with the Lord today.”

That’s when you need to do it the most! You need to maintain your union with the Lord particularly when the storms of life come. I know that’s often not easy to do. Whether the storm is a sickness in your body or financial problems or family strife, the temptation will be to settle your attention and your mind on that problem. You won’t even want to think about anything else.

That’s what the devil planned on. That’s the reason he sent that storm in the first place. To distract you from fellowshiping with God. To draw your attention away from your union with Him.

Don’t fall into the devil’s trap. Instead, keep your thoughts and affections trained on the Lord. As you do that, the force of faith will begin to flow out of you. And that flow will repel every form of darkness. It will bring you in triumph through every storm.

Fellowship with Jesus today.

AMEN! Once we have established our relationship with Jesus through the New Birth, we can never lose that relationship. When we miss it sometimes we never stop being a part of the family of God, but we CAN interrupt our fellowship with Him! When we are in fellowship, we can hear His voice clearly and can be led in peace and joy by that still small voice inside. When we allow ourselves to get out of fellowship, then we will not often have the faith or courage to continue in intimate fellowship. Refuse to allow the enemy to steal one more moment of your intimate fellowship. He is completely eaten up with jealousy and envy over you because he gave up any fellowship he had with God at the moment of his rebellion! That's why he tries so very hard to rob you of yours! SAY NO! Instead, ramp up your time alone withe HIM until you receive the fullness of peace and joy in your life! Now keep that joy stirred up and the enemy will find it harder and harder to shake your confidence! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Young and Free with "Falling Into You":

Shalom in Him!