Bible Thoughts by Terry Hedderman

Sunday, 5/4/14  Ps 90:17a And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us... If we’d quit actively resisting God working in our lives, more of His beauty would shoot free.           Luke 8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. Time for a check up: honest heart: excellent in nature, pure, good;  a good heart; eager to learn and bear fruit. Are you “good ground” for the Gospel seed?          Luke 7:8-9 For I also am a man set under authority...and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh... When Jesus heard..he marvelled...and said...I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. Faith cannot be separated from obedience. Faith is not simply positive thinking; faith is believing rightly AND acting accordingly.

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The Sound of Music

Psalm 66:1

"Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:"

Music is one of those areas in Christianity that always seems to be a bit controversial. I don't believe it has to be that way because the Scriptures are very clear what music is right and wrong. You don't have to be a music expert to understand good music for God wrote the Scriptures in such a manner that anyone can understand to what type of music He wants His children to listen.

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Waiting for God

2 Kings 19:37

"And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead."

It must have seemed like an eternity. Hezekiah had received a message from the king of Assyria that he would invade the land of Judah. Hezekiah did not falter in his trust in God. He told the people not to respond to the threats, and commanded them to call on God. The report of what the servants of the king of Assyria had said about other nations not being able to withstand them were true. Yet, Hezekiah knew that he served the Almighty and true God. He knew that he had done right in commanding the people not to listen to these words. Yet, he still faced this trial.

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Tweet from Jay Carnie (@weknowwhatsbest)

Jay Carnie (@weknowwhatsbest) tweeted at 11:47 AM on Thu, May 08, 2014:
To save time, we will now be assigning blame using a numbering system:
1 (Bush)
2 (Tea Party)
3 (Weather)
4 (YouTube videos)
5 (Bush)
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Tweet from Fred Thompson (@fredthompson)

Fred Thompson (@fredthompson) tweeted at 1:30 PM on Thu, May 08, 2014:
Asked about Benghazi, Nancy Pelosi said "why aren't we talking about something else?" Ambassador Stevens was unavailable for comment. #tcot
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The Catalyst for Corporate Revival

Jonah 2:1

"Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,"

The Book of Jonah is truly about how to get right with God. There are two prevailing stories in this book. The first story is about the Prophet Jonah running from God's presence because he didn't want to preach a revival meeting to the people of Nineveh. The second story is about the city of Nineveh that had pushed God to the point where He would destroy the whole city.

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Growing Beyond Your Capacity

2 Kings 6:1

"And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us."

Every person's desire should be to grow beyond their capacity. It may seem like that would be impossible, but with God nothing is impossible. God is very capable of taking you beyond what you or anyone else could think you could do.

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