Shalom,

Today's "Faith To Faith" devotional by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland is a very practical guide!

How's Your Spiritual Maintenance?

The cares and anxieties of the world and distractions of the age, and the pleasure and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches, and the craving and passionate desire for other things creep in and choke and suffocate the Word, and it becomes fruitless. Mark 4:19, The Amplified Bible

Did you know that the seemingly innocent things in your everyday life can suffocate your spiritual life if you allow it?

A friend of mine said the Lord told her in prayer one day that this nation had become a nation of maintenance men. You have so many things to maintain, He told her. You maintain your house. You maintain your car, your yard, your machines, your hair....

It’s true. You can become a maintainer of so many natural things that you don’t have any time left to maintain your own spirit!

When you find yourself in that situation, it’s time to simplify your life. I’ve had to learn that myself. Now when I’m considering something I think I need, I don’t just count the cost in dollars and cents. I think about how much time it will take to maintain it. I check to see if I can spiritually afford it.

Second Timothy 2:4 tells us not to get entangled in the affairs of this life. One thing I’ve learned over the last 45 years: Nothing is as important as spending time in prayer and in the Word with the Father. Absolutely nothing in my life is as vital as that.

AMEN! Bill Novak, Pastor of The Spoken Word Church (link on the left) has given the entire congegation a daily calender of 24 hours. We were encouraged to write our own schedules in the appropriate hours so that we could see just what was consuming our time. With that guide, we could reschedule things in our life so that we could prioritize our time in prayer, in praise and worship, in the study and meditation of God's Word and in fellowship with like-minded believe! ALL of these things are vital to spiritual growth and maturity! What is consuming YOUR time? Make out your own personal schedule so that you know, then make the adjustments that Holy Spirit leads you to so that YOU can best use YOUR 24 hour day! You will be SO glad when you do! Here is Hillsong with "Everyday":

Shalom in Him!