- Tuesday, 12/20/16
Pro 16:9, A man’s heart deviseth
his way: but the Lord directeth his steps. Quit looking at your goal and
start looking at your immediate tasks. Ps
2:11 Serve the Lord with fear, and
rejoice with trembling. Don’t ever
lose the fear factor toward God. Fear is the baseball backstop that keeps the
ball from going too far out of play when things go wrong.
- Wednesday, 12/21/16 Ps 19:8, The
statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart. This verse is a
statement of fact: so if I am not rejoicing, then it probably means that I’m
short-circuiting the process. Check yourself and your attitude toward the Word:
getting a little casual?? Ps
65:5b-c, ...O God of our salvation; who
art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off
upon the sea... Getting a little full of yourself? Proud? Remember that
your God is SSOOOOO big as to be 100% aware of all believers all around the
world, and He is the same to them as He is to you. He’s not an “American
God”...He’s God...period. Maybe we shouldn’t be so much an “American Christian”
but just a Christian...serving every other person on God’s green earth, and
trying to evangelize any who might listen. We’re citizens of two kingdoms, but
God’s is the higher kingdom and He’s the higher King: be sure to walk more
proudly under “the banner of the Cross” than you do under the red, white, and
blue.
- Thursday, 12/22/16
Ps 62:5-6, My soul, wait thou only
upon God; for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation:
he is my defense; I shall not be moved. Actively and repeatedly (&
vocally) remind yourself that God is enough for you. “I wanna be like Jesus!” Really? Good. Luke
9:23, And he said to them all, If any man
will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and
follow me. “Deny,” “take,” and “follow.” Denial is never enjoyable nor easy
to the flesh. The Cross was undeserved negatives so as to help others.
Following Him will often mean being actively hated by the world’s people while
loving their souls and trying to convince them Who He is. Are you truly in...in
deed and not just in word?
- Friday, 12/23/16
Though the journey is dark and scary...don’t bail on God. Ps 66:12, Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads;
we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a
wealthy spot. Wait for it... Pro
19:3, The foolishness of man perverteth
his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord. Boy! If this verse
doesn’t describe me to a “T” (too often.) “Perverteth”: to wrench, throw out:
like a wrestler. “Fretteth”: to boil up, be angry. Another thing to be aware of
and to confess.
- Saturday, 12/24/16 Pro
19:22b, ...a poor man is better than a
liar. Better to be without substance than to be without character. Do you
REALLY believe that? Est
5:13, Yet all this availeth me nothing,
so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate. We (me) are
WAAAY more like Haman WAAAY more often than we’d like to admit. Do you let a
few negatives, even legit and/or big ones, carry more weight and garner more of
your emotional attention than the multitude of blessings that you have?
- Sunday, 12/25/16 Isa
48:18, O that thou hadst hearkened to my
commandments! Then had my peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the
waves of the sea. Obedience to God’s commandments produces inner peace and
practical holiness...in case you’re in need of some. Job 1:7, And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence cometh thou? Then Satan answered
the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and
down in it. Satan is still “going”
and “walking” and “seeking whom he may devour”...in case
you’re tempted to let down your guard. Yes, he even works on Christmas.
- Monday, 12/26/16
Isa 50:10a, Who is among you that
feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in
darkness, and hath no light? This is a rhetorical question with the obvious
answer of “No one.” So, if you feel you’re in darkness, there’s a reason. Pro 22:2, The rich
and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all. Whether we admit
it, we are consumed with money and possessions. One day, they truly will mean
less than nothing, and your relationship to God and His word will mean
everything. What are you doing to prepare for that day? Are you more ready for
that day than you were a year ago? See v3: A
prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself: but the simple pass on and
are punished.
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Bible thoughts from some others:
- Pro 19:15, Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer
hunger. Lying around, addition to sleep, and poverty accompany laziness.
- Pro 18:19a, A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their
contentions are life the bars of a castle. Life is too short and right
relationships with a brother in the Lord are too valuable and important to allow
differences to linger. We need to be peacemakers at all costs.
- Acts 19:20, So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. If the churches of
Jesus Christ will purge sin, heresy, and error out of the pulpit, they can have
this.
- Isa 16:9, Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none
else! I am God and there is none like me. Amen and Amen!!!
- Acts 20:31, Therefore watch, and remember that by the space of three years I ceased
not to warn everyone night and day with tears. Bro. Hyles, for over 40
years with tears and much criticism, taught and warned us. We need to dig out
his messages and hear and heed them.
- Ps 62:22, Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every
man according to his work. The full mercies of God toward us has to do with
our work, and how honoring it is to Him. We should never forget, and must
remind ourselves often.
- Acts 21:4b, ...who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to
Jerusalem. Paul, like most men greatly used of God, was a stubborn, focused
man who even refused to heed the warnings of the Holy Spirit. It’s what made
him used by God!
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