Daily Devotion for 2/8/11 Become God's Friend (Part I)

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening Everyone!! Happy Tuesday!

Lets get right to it!

Today's Lesson: Become God's Friend
Scripture Reference: John 15:15

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCb5oRhPkPY

“I have called you friends” (John 15:15)

Jesus told His Disciples: "No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you." It was Jesus who initiated this friendship. Even with the full knowledge that he had of their problems and possibilities, he still said "I have called you friends"

How can you become a friend of God? Constant Conversation God just wants to be included in everything that we do. You can carry on a conversation with him throughout the day and you can talk about whatever you're doing at that moment. Brother Lawrence wrote these words "The key to friendship with God is not changing what you do, but changing your attitude toward what you do. What you normally do for yourself, you now being doing for God, whether it is bathing, eating, relaxing, or taking out the trash."

You don't always have to "get away" to experience intimacy with God. Once you begin to recognize, learn and cultivate his presence in all things, you can have intimate moments anywhere. No place is closer to God than where you are right now! Back in Eden there were no rituals-just relationship between God and all that he created. So if you're asking if this type of relationship is possible for you, yes it is. "We were restored to friendship with God by the death of his son." (Romans 5:10)

So just have a little talk with Jesus and begin to work on your relationship with him.

Amen?

Today's Black History Moments:
Negro History Week began on February 1, 1926. It is now known as Black History Month, but was first celebrated on this date as Negro History Week by Carter G. Woodson. It became a month long celebration in 1976.

In 1968 Officers killed three students during demonstration on the campus of South Carolina State in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Students were protesting segregation at an Orangeburg bowling alley
In 1986 Oprah became the first African American woman to host a syndicated show


Have a blessed morning/afternoon and evening folks.

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May God bless and keep each and every one of you...

Peace and Blessings from your Sister in Christ,

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