Mark 10-12, Psalms 9

What God said to me – My house will be called a house of prayer.  This is still true today only you are My house for I dwell within you.  Can this be said of you?  Are you a “house” of prayer?  In Jesus day they turned My house into a den of robbers – what have you turned My house into?  Take an honest look.  Are you devoted to My word and to prayer or do other things fill up your life?  Never forget that you are My house for it will change the way you live and think.  Many times, you can’t pray as you should because you’ve allowed My house to become unclean.  Before it can become a house of prayer, it must first be clean.  Then you can stand and pray with confidence, knowing “I AM” listening to your righteous prayer.

Mark 8-9, Psalms 18:25-50

What God said to me – Who do you say that “I AM”?  Ask yourself that question daily.  The answer is always “I AM” the Christ, your Savior, the Lord Almighty, the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End, the All Sufficient One.  The question is – Do you live like that is the answer or do you just give lip service to the question?  You would never dream of saying that “I AM” other than “I AM”, but does your life back it up?  Do you truly live for Me or just say it?  Do you truly depend on Me or just say it?  Do you truly trust Me or just say it?  The answer “I AM” interested in is the way you actually live your life.  Anyone can say it, but few actually live it.  Who do you say that “I AM”?

Mark 4-6, Psalms 18:1-24

What God said to me – He who has ears let him hear – that is still true today.  The problem is that although many have ears, very few listen to Me with them.  The noise of everything else they do drowns Me out.  You must come apart with Me and spend time listening to Me so you can know Me.  Don’t let your life become a distraction to hearing from Me.  It is much more important that you hear from Me than that you “do” for Me.  Ministry apart from Me just adds to the noise in your life that keeps you from hearing from Me.  It was when I was alone with My disciples that I explained the difficult truths to them.  Come aside and let Me speak to you and teach you and reveal Myself to you.