John Cliver

[Judy Harder]

9:08am Jan 28 
"For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth." John 4:24,

You can do all the stuff you want to do. But God is spirit, he exists in the spirit world, so unless your worship goes deeper than just things, it will never be real. It has to go deeper than just the songs, or just the Lord's Supper, or the rituals, or any other physical things. It has to go to the heart of God, straight to his spiritual being, or it is worthless. God never wanted tradition, or things. He wanted heart.

[Judy Harder]

9:23am Jan 29 


"He sat down, called the twelve disciples over to him, and said, 'Whoever wants to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else.'" Mark 9:35.

The kingdom of God is not about position. The leader of the movement, the Messiah and Savior, was a servant who washed feet himself. Who served others himself. He never demanded people wait on him. And he tells us that if we want to in the kingdom, we need to give ourselves over totally to others. We are the servants of a Servant, the slaves of a slave. The lowest will be greatest in this new order. It is not about position, it is about service.

[Judy Harder]

8:17am Jan 30 
"Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other's faults because of your love." Ephesians 4:2.

The church was designed to be a group that helped each other. When one needed comfort, he went to the church. When he needed encouragement, when he had failed – there was the church. The apostle Paul said to help each other, and above all, love each other. And when you do that, you make allowance for others because of that love, being patient and caring. That is what church is supposed to be. It still could. All it needs is someone like you to start.

[Judy Harder]

9:04am Jan 31 
"O Lord, you are so good, so ready to forgive, so full of unfailing love for all who ask for your help." Psalm 86:5.

God sees our hearts, not the occasional emotional outburst. And we always have them, no matter how great we may be. God also forgives. That is because he is God and he loves us more than he hates evil. He will always be there to help you in your struggles of life. He fills in the voids, bridges the chasms, just all in all helps you through life. And if we are to be like him, we have to be like that too: loving and forgiving. Praise God!

[Judy Harder]

9:11am Feb 1 

"Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength." Deuteronomy 6:4-5.

Unless you love God, nothing you can do will matter. Without it, everything else is worthless.

[Judy Harder]

 8:54am Feb 2 
"That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him." 1 Corinthians 2:9.

There are things that God has in store for us that are unimaginable, and the results, the product of those things are amazing. If we love him, and if we commit our lives to him, great things will happen, it is more than the mansions, it is more than a home in heaven. In fact, I is more than anything you can think of. But to have these things happen, we have to first love God and second commit ourselves to him and his will.


6:35am Feb 3 
"But as for me, I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress." Psalm 59:16.

We, every day, awake to the knowledge that God is great, that it is he who is in control. We can know that it is he to whom we go when we have problems, distress, sadness. It is his love, a love which will not let go, that brings us to his presence. And in that presence we feel that comfort and can know that we are not alone. Someone greater than us loves us, and that someone is our refuge from the storms of life. He alone has power and when we realize it, and remember it, we sing his praises.

[Judy Harder]

8:46am Feb 5 
"For the word of the Lord holds true, and we can trust everything he does. He loves whatever is just and good; the unfailing love of the Lord fills the earth." Psalm 33:4-5.

It is the love of God that is the mainstay of the universe. It is always constant and always true. Since God is love and all of his being is love, he (and his love) fills the earth. He is a winner. He will never let you go.



7:58am Feb 6 
"Whoever pursues righteousness and unfailing love will find life, righteousness, and honor." Proverbs 21:21.

You hit what you aim at. If you are aiming low, you will hit low things. If high, then high things. The only way to attain life, righteousness, and honor is to aim for them. No one ever lived a godly Christian life by accident. The desire for these things, coupled with the familiarity with them gets them into your life. God blesses those who are interested in being blessed. Look for him and you will find him.

[Judy Harder]

9:08am Feb 7 
"You who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects the lives of his godly people and rescues them from the power of the wicked." Psalm 97:10.

Evil is the opposite of good and love and all that is holy and beautiful. When you love the Lord, it stands that you would be diametrically opposed to everything that is against him. And when you love him and move away from all that is wrong, he will protect and keep you. Those who are wicked have no power over you, no ability to really hurt you. That is his promise.

[Judy Harder]

8:13am Feb 8 
"You have heard the law that says, 'Love your neighbor' and hate your enemy. But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike." Matthew 5:43-45.

There is a whole new attitude that the Christ-follower has that can only come from the Spirit of God. It the attitude of thinking right. It doesn't matter if you do not kill if all you do is think of killing. It doesn't matter if you never commit adultery if you mind of full of lust. When God comes into your heart, and you will let him, he will change your heart and the very way you feel. He will allow you to remove from you mind all these things that make you unfit or unsuitable for the kingdom. And only he can do it. Only the Spirit of his Grace and mighty Love.

[Judy Harder]

8:03am Feb 9 
"Dear brothers and sisters, we can't help but thank God for you, because your faith is flourishing and your love for one another is growing." 2 Thessalonians 1:3.

There is no greater joy for a teacher or a pastor than to find churches or people he has known in the past doing well. After all, that growth in the grace of God is what marks the growth of the implanted seed. The presence of God is unmistakable in a person's or a church's lie when you see these things.