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Sunday, 10/18/15  Acts 26:20, But shewed...to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet (appropriate) for repentance. What works that are appropriate for repentance have you done this week? Is anyone living closer to God because you lived another 7 days?                John 1:9, That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. Every human has this light from Christ, PLUS the witness of the heavens, PLUS the Bible in their hearts, PLUS their conscience, PLUS the written word of God, and more, so those who go to Hell will be “without excuse.” Go to Hell if you want to, but it’ll be your own fault...ONLY your fault. If you don’t know for sure that you’re on your way to Heaven, message me.

Tuesday, 10/20/15  Ps 119:28, My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according to thy word. Depression is a real affliction and many believers battle and endure it. (The Bible word is “heaviness.” Even the Lord had it in Matt 26.) Whatever else you use, don’t neglect to add the Word of God to your treatments.            John 3:18, He that believeth on [Jesus] is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already. Everyone is either currently condemned or not condemned. There is no middle ground, no “working on it” or “getting there.” So, in which group are you?

Wednesday, 10/21/15  Who really dislikes or hates you? What have you done for them recently? Rom 12:20, Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink... It’s a command...            John 4:11, The woman said unto [Jesus], Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from when then hast thou that living water? Praise the Lord that we don’t have to understand salvation in order to get salvation!! Going to Heaven is a gift to be received, not a wage to be earned, a reward to be achieved, or a treasure to be sought for. Do YOU know, 100% for sure, that you’ll go to Heaven? If not please message me. If you do, ask someone around you if they know they’re going.

Thursday, 10/22/15  Ps 52:1, Why boasteth thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.  ¹Man’s worst efforts do not dent God’s goodness in the least.  ²Discipline your mind to focus on His enduring goodness and not man’s transitory mischief.  ³Enduring the temporary bad is easier when you remember that you’ll live with the eternal good forever.                 Heb 8:11, And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. What a day that will be!! Honestly, do you want to KNOW God? Or, is Jesus just a fire insurance Salesman to you? A relationship with Him is fostered by the same methods that a relationship is grown with a sweetheart. Try it.

Friday, 10/23/15  What are you good at? In what area are you smart? Rom 12:16c, Be not wise in your own conceits. Don’t think that your expertise makes you one whit better than anyone else. Everyone knows something that don’t and has a skill that you don’t, so stay (or get) humble.           Heb 11:6, ...for he that cometh to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them that seek him. When I see a verse like this, it makes me pray that I’ll be such a person. (Or, ones like Ps 119:92, Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. Or, Pro 21:21, He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honor.) Make your Bible time interactive...we’re to read the Bible, not as a textbook that simply informs us, but so It can point things out for us to change. Here’s the lesson for today:  pray before your Bible reading and about your Bible reading.

Saturday, 10/24/15  Gen 5:1, In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him. How much of God’s likeness do you still have? Are you satisfied with that amount? What are you doing to raise it?                   Why are we supposed to go to church? It’s a place to learn of God; to return God’s money; to fellowship with like minded people...all those are true. Heb 10:24-25, And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Notice carefully: “CONSIDER ONE ANOTHER” and “EXHORTING ONE ANOTHER” and the implied “PROVOKE ONE ANOTHER.” God seems to say that our presence at church is mainly for the sake of others at church, so to be missing is hurting others. I must confess, I read an article about this and was greatly convicted: my attendance record has been slipping of late. Most of the problem has been related to demands of work and school (and therefore beyond my control), but not all of it...some of it has been laziness, which is simply SELFISHNESS. I am going on record as rededicating myself to a better attendance record...will you join me? As much as possible, Sunday morning, Sunday night, Wednesday night...unless providentially hindered...who’s with me?

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- No relationship is all sunshine, but two people can share the same umbrella and survive the storm together.

- The first to apologize is brave, the first to forgive is bold, and the first to forget is blessed.

- Count your blessings; your complaints count themselves.

- Isn't it amazing that we have shed so few tears for America, when we have so much to weep over?

- The church that becomes the empathetic community that God demands offers a wonderful refuge for those with broken minds... One of the hardest but most necessary calls on the church of Jesus Christ is to step up and be part of the social support system of the mentally ill.

- If you have no reason to celebrate today, then celebrate with others in their reason. Either way, you get to celebrate! In so doing, your own reason will sneak up behind you and surprise you!

- Setbacks are God's little way of slowing us down when we get too far ahead of Him. He's not in a hurry. Nowhere does the Bible say to "run with God." He wants us to walk with Him!

- In life, we often expect things to remain secure. Then we comfort ourselves with a false sense of security. Even a brand new car needs maintenance. And as it gets older it will need more and more maintenance. If we use and abuse relationships without regular maintenance, we can be assured that catastrophic consequences are just a matter of time.

- The real walk of shame is when you take all of the cups and plates and silverware that you’ve accumulated in your room back to the kitchen...

- When I tell you, “It’s made with love” I really mean that I licked the spoon and kept on using it.

- You can’t shack up with the Devil and expect the Lord to pay the rent!!

- No one in history has ever choked to death from swallowing their pride.

- It took 2 to get married, but it takes 3 to stay married. Keep God in your marriage.

- God made man in His image. Sadly, however, many believers worship a god whom they have created in their image!

- If I'm a soldier of an army whose Captain hung on a tree, How could I wish some easy life for me?

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- It's quite fitting that I read this passage on a Sunday morning! A dose of good preaching [Sunday am, pm, midweek] will cure your stinkin' thinkin'! For full clarity, read Psalms 73. V3, For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked... V17, ...until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

- Ps 32:8, I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. We are never too old or so smart that we do not need instruction from God’s word to keep us on the right way and the constant guiding eye of the Holy Spirit.

- Ps 33:11, The counsel of the Lord standeth forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. Try as they might to change, alter, discredit, and destroy God’s word, it is still trustworthy and true. We’d better wake up, read, and heed it. It’s the mind and will of God for us and our world.

- Bible thoughts! Ps 21:2, Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. Wow! You think you know how to spoil your kids, you ought to take lessons from God! He spoils His kids extra! He's so good to us!

- Pro 20:25, It is a snare to a man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry. That which belongs to god is not be used for personal reasons, regardless of how we might try to rationalize or try to explain it. It is robbing God, and is a crime that will be paid for ultimately.

- Ps 38:21, Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me. Thanks be to God for His Holy Spirit Who indwells us and never leaves us.

- Pro 23:15, My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. Nothing quite makes a Dad’s heart fill with joy like a wise son!
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