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Sunday, 4/19/14  Ps 109:1-20 David prays for some fierce judgment to fall on the wicked. V16: Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. David was very angry because of the wicked attacking him, and yet, asks God to attack them. The things that we dislike in others are usually traits we have in abundance in ourselves.  
         Ps 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. Don’t wait to lose something or someone before you realize how dear it was to you. Love your family, country, region, job, age, dwelling, pastor, church, health, etc., etc. Does God have to upset your life to awaken you to what He’s blessed you with?

Monday, 4/20/14  Some think that a believer has to hold onto salvation. NNOOOO!!! It’s not my pitiful strength that keeps me saved:  Ps 140:7a O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation... Hallelujah!!! Once saved, always saved.              Fundamentalists are known for preaching standards, and according to our faithfulness to practice them, we’ve labeled ourselves or others as “righteous” or “upright.” Let’s utilize God’s definitions:  Ps 140:13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. Are you thankful? Do you walk with God?

Tuesday, 4/21/14  Mark 1:7 And preached, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not unworthy to stoop down and unloose. John said he wasn’t worthy to even untie Jesus’ shoes, yet so often we feel totally at ease helping or telling Him how to run our lives or to provide for us.                    Ps 144:2c ...who subdueth my people under me. Leaders (parents, teachers, bosses, supervisors, bus captains): do you depend on your position or threats of punishment or the volume of your voice to control your followers? We’re to depend on God for that too.

Wednesday, 4/22/14  Rev 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. Honest check: do you honestly believe that God sees you as a “hot” Christian? Would He rebuke you as “cold” hearted? If neither of those is true....uh-oh. V16 So then because thou are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.             Luke 18:21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. We deride this rich young ruler’s pride, but, seemingly, he honestly believed he’d kept those commandments. His problem was using his own definition of “keep.” Lesson: In all areas: use God’s definitions or boundaries or stipulations. Does God see you as a good Christian? Does He view you as a loving spouse? Does He say you’re a diligent worker? Would He categorize you as “quick to forgive”?

Thursday, 4/23/14  Ps 143:1 Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. Just a thought: would answering your prayers violate God’s righteousness or cause Him to treat you as “an exception to the rules”?                   James 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth... No Bible = no salvation. Be sure to use the pure words of God when talking with someone.

Friday, 4/24/14  Ps 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. Each of these 3 bad alternatives often can be more fun or exciting than the righteous alternative. However, we must choose what is right over what is pleasurable. (And the bad choices only SEEM more pleasurable...in the short run.)              Ps 2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and they people imagine a vain thing? The vain thing that the heathen dreamt of was being able to throw off the binding cords of God. Christian school graduate, Bible college graduate: do you really think that God is not going to make you answer for your corrupt, worldly lifestyle? You’re still saved...are your drinking buddies?  You’ll go to Heaven...about each of those you’ve slept with?  You say that you’re God’s child: do you ever say it to anyone who needs to be?

Saturday, 4/25/14  Isa 37:31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. A major key to life is to balance intake and production. We must take in and give out in order to have long-term viability. Are you doing all phases of Christianity?               Mark 10:11-12 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery. Just a reminder: God’s standards haven’t changed. What used to be sin and commonly preached about and believed is still sin even if there is no current preaching or belief. And we will still answer for what GOD considers to be sin.

Heb 2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation: which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him. A warning both to those who refuse to accept it and those who fail to pass it on.

Heb 1:3 Who being in the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.  O what a Saviour!! Anyone less than God Himself cannot pay for my sins and to take away from His deity is very dangerous and eternally damning.

Pro 25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. The world may not like us, but most admire and respect us if our lives are consistent. When we fall and fail, we let both our Saviour and those who look up to us down.

Pro 24:17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth. We need to be very careful about our attitude toward the predicament of others, especially our enemies. Let God handle it: He is very capable and doesn’t need help.

Heb 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Thank God for a High Priest Who has been where we are.

Pro 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child: but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. There is nothing wrong with our country that a godly, disciplined Momma with a paddle couldn’t cure before a child is 1-2 years of age. It is impossible to rear real men without tough, godly parents.

Num 32:26-27a ...our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead: but thy servants will pass over...  I wonder how many men have crossed over Jordan to serve God but have left their families on the other side and lost them to the devil and the world while they were serving?

(From a new contributor: a college student at Bro. Trieber's school): After Adam & Eve ate the fruit they hid. God asked, “Where are you” even thou He knew. He asked Abel where his brother was (He knew). He does the same with us today: He is trying to let us acknowledge our sin and get right.
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