August 5

“For the Lord's portion is His people. Jacob his allotted inheritance. In a desert land He found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; He guarded him as the apple of His eye” - Deuteronomy 12:9-10

Who is the apple of your eye? - husband, wife, fiancee grandchild? Whoever it is, one thing is for certain, your love for that individual is deep and intense. There is nothing you wouldn't do for them.

We each, are the apple of God's eye. He finds joy and delight in us, and there is nothing he wouldn't do for us. The best expression of this was at the cross; “God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall have everlasting life” - John 3:16. Our God watched as His Son's life was taken for us. His love is deep and rugged. Our future, hard won and victorious. We are indeed, the apple of His eye.

Click on the picture for today's song “Lord I Offer You My Life” - Selah

     Housekeeping details for you

     The point of this short blog will become clear if you decide to use this reading in the way we intend it. Netherfield Seventh-day Adventist Church believes in healthy churches. You can see what that means if you head to the relevant Healthy Churches page of the website. We also want other churches to be healthy. That means you can join in our campaign to create healthy churches, with healthy people serving the people in those churches.

     A healthy church is one where Jesus comes first. A healthy church is one where the people work together to put Jesus first. One thing we are doing is to join people together to spread that news. I would like you to look at our prayer partners page. This will explain how we want you to use this short devotional. Very basically we want you to find a like-minded Christian friend who you will join with to : choose to pray together every day, decide together on a way to serve other people together, to help them grow as Christians - and to invite the Holy Spirit into your life every day. This blog that you will receive every day simply gives a common spiritual purpose. If you are a newcomer and want to join the blog with this object in mind click here