“Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all!”
Month: November 2019
A CHILD’S BIBLE HEROES: JONAH. Sunday 11/10 ~ Then one day the light goes on. Viola! You get it!
The scripture for today, November 10 (11/10), is Acts 11:10 as found in the New Testament of the Bible:
“This happened three times and then it was all pulled up to heaven again.”
Acts 11 is about God telling Peter that his new heavenly kingdom was for the whole world, not just the Jews. What was pulled up to heaven was a “sheet” holding all the unclean animals which the Old Law of Moses commanded them never to eat. Now God was saying, “Eat it. The Old Law of Moses isn’t in effect anymore.”
This was hard to grasp. So hard that, even though it was God telling Peter directly a new spiritual concept, Peter refused it. So hard for him to believe, that God had to tell him three times!
Is this the way you are? You read something in the Bible that you never believed before. You read it and re-read it and re-read it, and it never sinks in. After all, you never believed that before. None of your religious friends or leaders believe it. No one on Christian radio/TV or in Christian magazines or the internet believes it.
But God’s Word remains. So, over the weeks and months and years, you pass through that scripture and read it and re-read it. Over the weeks and months and years, its meaning for your life goes right over your head.
Then one day, the light goes on! Viola! You see it! You get it! You are blessed!
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Saturday 11/9 ~ A little bit of physical, a whole lot of spiritual
The scripture for today, November 9 (11/9), is Luke 11:9 as found in the New Testament of the Bible:
” ‘So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.’ “
Does this mean that, if you ask for your favorite team to win, they will win? Does this mean that, if you ask for a particular job, you will get that job? Or, if you have your eyes on a particular young man or young woman, you will marry that person?
In the context that Jesus said this, he had just taught his disciples what many call the Lord’s prayer. In that prayer, Jesus instructed us to ask for a little bit of the physical and a whole lot of the spiritual.
You might say, “Well, that doesn’t leave me much to pray for.” Oh, yes it does. Shift your focus from yourself. It leaves the rest of the world to pray for. What about their little bit of physical and their whole lot of spiritual? How many people do you pray for? Not as a group, but by name? Not occasionally, but every day?
Well then, will God give you every one of the souls you pray for? God gives everyone free will. He does not force people to follow him. God provides opportunities for people you pray for, and he even moves their hearts. But he does not force them. You must still, keep on praying, even when you feel like someone is hopeless. Maybe they are hopeless during your lifetime. But sometimes someone’s soul is saved after your death.
So, pray for others and never tire of it ~ a little bit of the physical and whole lot of the spiritual. Seek and you will find. God will answer in his own way. And that’s a promise.
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Friday 11/8 ~ Safe for all eternity
The scripture for today, November 8 (11/8), is Proverbs 11:8 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:
“The righteous man is rescued from trouble, and it comes on the wicked instead.”
You know that God does not always rescue you from trouble here on this temporary earth. He certainly didn’t rescue Jesus from all his troubles.
Sometimes God has an assignment for you just as he did for Jesus. He may want you to be in the midst of trouble ~ war, an enemy at work, an obnoxious neighbor, death of a loved one caused by a reckless driver, a government worker demanding a bribe. Why? So you can demonstrate to the world the contrast: God’s ways vs. Satan’s ways. So you can demonstrate to the world how to fight Satan and win.
Retaliation never works. Peace always wins over war.
Eventually, the boomerang effect will take place on those following Satan. What they inflict on you will be inflicted on them by their Maker.
And eventually, if you have followed God’s ways even in times of trouble, he will indeed rescue you. He will welcome you into his home ~ heaven ~ safe for all eternity.
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Thursday 11/7 ~ The face of God
The scripture for today, November 7 (11/7), is Psalm 11:7 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:
“For the Lord is righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see his face.”
The face of God! How all who believe in God long to see his face. With human perceptions, you cannot comprehend it. But you can comprehend this…..
God’s eyes ~ “The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good” (Proverbs 15:1).
God’s mouth ~ “I have put my words in your mouth” (Isaiah 51:16).
God’s nose ~ “The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma….The smoke of the incense together with the prayers of the saints went up before God” (Genesis 8:21; Revelation 8:4).
God’s ears ~ “The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry.”
Perhaps when you continually watch both good and bad people around you with the same kind of care that God does,
perhaps when you speak the words that come out of the mouth of God,
perhaps when you send your prayers like sweet incense to God,
perhaps when you are attentive to the silent cry of those around you ~
just perhaps, in some way, you are seeing the face of God.
Just perhaps.
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Wednesday 11/6 ~ Out of the ashes
The scripture for today, November 6 (11/6), is Nehemiah 11:6 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:
“The descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem totaled 468 able men.”
Just who was Perez, and why was this even mentioned in the Bible? Perez was a son of Judah, and an ancestor of Jesus (Matthew 1:3).
Why was living in Jerusalem a big deal at that time? Because Jerusalem had been attacked and destroyed. It was nothing but rubble and ashes. Earlier, other Jews had returned to Jerusalem and rebuilt the temple. Now it was time to rebuild the walls.
These 468 brave people had to agree to move into a burned-out city and rebuild on the ashes of previous homes. In the process of moving building stones out of the way to reuse in the city wall, they surely found skeletons of those who had been slaughtered in the attack decades before. It took grit.
At first, the Jews had blamed the Babylonians for destroying their city and temple. But eventually, they began re-reading the prophets who had warned them about their own sins. Finally, they turned inward and placed the blame where it really belonged: Themselves. Their own pride had destroyed their temple and their city, now crumbled ashes.
Following repentance, they acted. Was it easy rebuilding a broken city? Not any easier than rebuilding a broken home, a broken congregation, a broken life. You must look at your own part in your own destruction and begin building yourself anew.
Are there any skeletons or ashes in your life? Is there anything that needs rebuilt? It takes grit. Do you have the grit?
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Tuesday 11/5 ~ The lover of my soul
The scripture for today, November 5 (11/5), is Ecclesiastes 11:5 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:
“As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.”
Are you ever frustrated because you cannot touch God or see God? In times of deep unbearable distress, probably a lot of people feel that need. But, if you could touch or see him, he could not be everywhere at once; he could not be omnipresent. That means, if he was with you where you could see and touch him, the rest of the world would have to wait for him to get done with you and go to the next person.
Are you ever frustrated because you cannot figure out God? In times of great challenges to faith, probably a lot of people feel that need. But, if you could figure out God, He would not be superior to you. It means that either he would not be God, or you would be God also.
Be grateful that you cannot touch or see God. Be grateful you cannot fully understand God. Be grateful that, despite all his greatness, he dearly loves you ~ you, a mere speck in the cosmos. He even knows your name. Ah, what a God ~ the lover of your soul.
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Monday 11/4 ~ Keep silence before him
The scripture for today, November 4 (11/4), is Psalm 11:4a as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:
“The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord is on his heavenly throne.”
No matter what happens in our life, in our town, in our nation, God is still on his throne. No matter how confusing things become, God is still on his throne. No matter how discouraging, God is still on his throne.
Therefore, no matter what, we will worship him
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REVELATION: A LOVE LETTER FROM GOD is really a story, a love letter. Throughout, God reminds us of all the times in past centuries when he punished the punishers of his people. Thereby, he is telling us, “I defended you in the past, I will continue to.” When viewed as history, this is one of the most beautiful and touching books in the Bible. And exploring the meaning, the symbolism of the numbers adds deep insight and warmth to what God is trying to tell us. Be inspired. To BUY NOW, click a book cover or paste this: https://amzn.to/32a4kAQ
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Sunday 11/3 ~ Our daily bread
The scripture for today, November 3 (11/3), is Luke 11:3 as found in the New Testament of the Bible:
“Give us each day our daily bread.”
This is part of the ideal prayer that Jesus taught his followers to say. People claim to agree with it. But do you completely?
Do you feel like it is your hard-earned money that bought that bread? Do you claim it is your ability to cook that created that bread? Do you claim it was the hard work of the farmers and their equipment that brought you the grain from whence the bread is made? Or the mills that ground it into flour? Or the stores that brought the flour to the consumers?
Ultimately you must look past all of this to that which is beyond your control. It is God who makes the sun shine down upon the seed. It is God who makes the rain come down to water it. It is God who places life in the buried wheat germ for it to reproduce with a flourish.
Many activities of man bring you your daily bread. But ultimately it is God the Creator who makes it all possible. He not only makes it possible for good people, but he brings bread also to the bad. He loves everyone.
Thank you for loving me. You show it every day in the earth I trod, the food I eat, the birds that fly around me for my entertainment. You are in my every delight, my every movement, my every song. I am surrounded and protected by your high walls of salvation, your waters of life, and your light of truth. How can I thank you for all you have done for me?
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TLP Inspiration: 11/3/19
Interesting thoughts from a retired university professor on this Sunday morning.
What you look for you will find
If you are thinking about buying a green car, you will suddenly notice that there are many green cars on the road; if you are thinking about buying a new green Toyota, you’ll start to see them everywhere. If you go out on a Saturday night looking for trouble, you’ll be calling a friend to bail you out of jail on Sunday morning.
We always find what we are looking for.
I see a lot of posts that have the word “sin” in their titles, I hear a lot of people talking about sin in others, sometimes I hear people talking about the sin in their lives. Why are so many focused on sin?
We always find what we are looking for.
Do we look for the sin in TV shows or movies or books? It isn’t hard to find. Are we looking…
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