"On Toward Perfection" 4-28-06

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I watch and wait for Your leading in the silence of surrender before You this day. ... "Therefore let us go on toward perfection, leaving behind the basic teaching about Christ, and not laying again the foundation: repentance from dead works and faith toward God, instruction about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And we will do this, if God permits" (Hebrews 6:1-3). Let these basic teachings be firmly established in the foundation of my understanding of Your nature and Your will. But don't let me ever become satisfied or settled in what I have learned and in what I have become. Give me the desire to keep going "on toward perfection" in Your grace and power. Let me be steadily "filled with the knowledge of God's will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding" as I "grow in the knowledge of God" (Colossians 1:9-10). I want to "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 3:18). Understanding and living out the principles of repentance, faith, baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection, and eternal judgment are important and essential. But they are foundational. And a foundation is something to be built upon. We are "members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In Him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are being built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God" (Ephesians 2:19-22). You are joining us together and growing us up into maturity of understanding and nature to be a dwelling place for God. We have no higher calling than this, but we can only reach these heights if we let You keep building in Your power and we keep growing in Your grace -- "on toward perfection." In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. Be encouraged this day! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays To subscribe/unsubscribe, or to order my teaching and prayer dvd's (and now cd's) for spiritual transformation through inner healing and deliverance, write to me at Messiah Ministries MessiahMin@aol.com"Preparing the Way of the Lord." 2800 Tates Creek Rd; Lexington, Kentucky 40502. On the Web: http://www.messiah-ministries.org Come to The Fountain the 3rd Friday night of every month at 7 pm for our citywide gathering for prayer and worship in the chapel. Daily archives: http://morningbymorning.injesus.com