I adore you and worship you, Adonai God. You made all I see and beyond and deserve my worship. You rebuild when we tear down, heal when we injure, resurrect when we kill. You lift up the fallen, protect the endangered, console the sorrowful. You are the sun in my sky by day, the moon at night. You are the rainbow after rain and each star that shines down on me from unimaginable heights. You are heaven and earth to me. Without you I am nothing. With you I am everything. You are my soul.
How do I get through the seekers? How do I penetrate the shell of those who run from you? I should know by now. Forgive me for not recognizing who they are and shying away from them.
Thank you for the freedom I have in my country to worship you without being threatened with prison, torture, and death. Thank you for my brothers and sisters in Christ and that we love each other enough to rejoice when one rejoices, weep when one weeps, and share each other’s burdens. Thank you for the way you want me to worship you ~ with simplicity. You do not demand pomp and ceremony, you do not demand grand performances. All you ask is my simple voice in song and prayer. I have so much to be grateful for. And so, I worship you with thanksgiving.
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YOU CAN BE A HERO ALONE: SURVIVAL STORIES FOR THE COURAGEOUS ISOLATED CHRISTIAN: contains short stories of Bible people who had to stand alone in difficult times. After each story are a few multiple-choice questions and then practical thought questions. Can be used as a class book to help us understand the isolated Christian. Or order a copy for someone in prison, in the military, large university campus. Or send to missionaries to give their isolated converts. To BUY NOW, click a book cover or paste this: https://bit.ly/BeAHeroAlone
https://inspirationsbykatheryn.wordpress.com/historical-novel-about-jesus/book-3-hearts-afire-adults-childs-versions/The Scripture for today, October 13 (10/13), is 1st Corinthians 10:13 as found in the New Testament of the Bible:
“No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.”
Let’s balance this verse with Romans 8:37 which says, “In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” We cannot be more than conquerors unless we have something to conquer.
What are you tempted to do or not do on a regular basis in your everyday life? Take a long hard look at them and remind yourself of the source.
Romans 6:16 explains, “Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey ~ whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?”
Physically, if you lift heavy things, you will grow more muscles. If you run beyond your endurance, you build stamina. God allows some temptation in your life in order to build your spiritual muscles and spiritual stamina. What Satan intends to break you down can instead build you up if you resist.
So, with courage in your soul and boldness in your heart, stand up and say, “No more! I am not your slave, Satan. I will win over you. God and I are stronger than you. Satan, get used to it: You lose.
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HEARTS AFIRE is biblical historical novel 3 in the THEY MET JESUS series. Jesus recruits the last of the apostles. They are all strong willed. They will have to be in order to conquer the world. But they are so different, they hardly get along. Even in Jesus’ last hour with them he tells them to love each other. But, early on, their hearts are on fire with excitement. To BUY NOW, click a book cover or paste this: https://bit.ly/Hearts-Fire
My life, Lord, is like a small boat on a vast ocean. I cannot walk on anything solid, but your heaven has streets of gold. I cannot see anything beyond the vast waters of time, but you can see the future. When waves of verbal and physical attacks threaten, you steady me and say, “Peace! Be still.” I cannot tell what is lurking below me, ready to swallow me up, but you surround me with an impenetrable shell. I am thirsty, but you give me the water of life. I am hungry and you give me the bread of life. My life is not my own because you are my guide, my protector, my defender. For all this and more, I praise you.
Thank you for the mentally handicapped, especially those who are adults. They are so trusting and smile so easily when they talk to me. They have the innocence of a child while in an adult body. They are a wonderful reminder to me that I need to be more child-like in my attitudes. I love talking to them and hearing their plans and dreams. Oh, to be that innocent again. And loving. They love everyone and are happy to share their stories with anyone who will listen. Thank you for these special people you have sent the world. They are such a blessing.
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THE OLD OLD STORY SET TO OLD OLD TUNES is a fun way for young people to learn the Bible with 40 songs of the Old Testament and 40 of the New Testament. All are set to old folk tunes. Try not to giggle too much as you sing. Great for classes, get-togethers, homeschoolers and for grandparents who know those old tunes best. To BUY NOW, click a book cover or paste this: https://bit.ly/OldStoryOldTunes
The scripture for today, October 11 (10/11), is Psalm 10:11 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:
“He says to himself, ‘God has forgotten; he covers his face and never sees.’ “
You believe in God in some form. And you believe that God knows what you do. But do you sometimes bury your beliefs in your subconscious mind so you can go around doing things you know are wrong? Do you believe you won’t get caught, and you can slide into heaven doing whatever you want?
In other words, do you justify your favorite sins? Do you justify your sins of attitude, such as jealousy, impatience, pride, short temper under the guise of an unhappy childhood, or getting what you deserve? Do you justify your sins of omission ~ good things you should be doing but are not ~ under the excuse that you don’t have time? Do you justify questionable things you do by saying they’re “not so bad” or God is so good, he will forgive anything you do as long as you say you’re sorry each time?
Do you do as children do who cover their eyes so they cannot see anyone and think that, therefore, no one can see them?
God loves you more than you can ever imagine. He never forgets you. He sees and hears everything you do. The only things he does not approve of are things that will ultimately hurt you and which he calls sin.
Here’s a jewel for you. Polish it, shine it up and put it on display: Pleasing your Creator is the ultimate form of pleasing yourself.
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365 PEARLS OF WISDOM: GOD’S SOUL TO YOURS is part of the TOUCHING GOD series. Adding to GOLDEN SCRIPTURE THOUGHTS: GOD’S HEART TO YOURS and SILVER-WINGED PRAYERS: YOUR SPIRIT TO GODS, you have a perfect personal or family devotional for morning, noon or evening. To BUY NOW, click a book cover or paste this: https://bit.ly/365PearlsOfWisdom
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I praise and adore you, Lord God of the unfathomable universe. You are my 
King, my Maker, my betrothed. All glory and majesty belong to you. This is your world and no one ese’s. You are willing to fight Satan and get him away from me because he is too strong for me. I give in to him so often, especially with my attitudes and use of my time. But you run after me and snatch me away from him again and again and again. You never tire of returning me from unknown and unsuspected danger to the safety of your everlasting arms. I do not comprehend such love. All I can do is praise and worship you every day from the depths of my heart and the heights of my spirit.
Thank you, Jesus, for loving me so much. You have been so good to me ~ far beyond what I deserve. I have salvation from Satan and peace of soul. I have freedom from sin and fulness of life. When I think of so many people without you, without hope, without understanding, all wondering what this hard life is all about, my heart aches. How much more does your heart ache for them? Thank you for my time on earth when I can work along side you to seek and save the lost just as you did me those days long ago.
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LAZARUS THE SAMARITAN covers 45 years of Zarus’ life. Each chapter he lives one of Jesus’ parables. When he marries a Jewish girl, no one comes to the wedding, so her father sends to the highways and byways for wedding guests. His son grows up to be the prodigal son. His daughter’s wedding maids are the ten virgins whose lamps flicker at midnight. He becomes rich, but while in a far country, his servants turn on him. He is the Good Samaritan and at the end he is the beggar who dies and is carried away by the angels. To BUY NOW, click a book cover or paste this: https://bit.ly/LazarusTheSamaritan
The scripture for today, October 10 (10/10), is Proverbs 10:10 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:
“He who winks maliciously causes grief, and a chattering fool comes to ruin.”
Let’s talk tough love.
How can eye winking be malicious? Let’s look further at Proverbs 6:12-14 ~ “A scoundrel and villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth, who winks with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers, who plans evil with deceit in his heart ~ he always stirs up dissension.”
Have you ever said something to someone, but turned to someone else in the room and winked as though to let the second person know you didn’t really mean what you just said? That made your words a lie.
You might have pre-arranged signals before a meeting, such as crossing your feet as a signal you do or don’t like what is being said. Or you may run your fingers over your hair, or tap three times on a table as a pre-arranged signal to someone else in the room. If you are saying one thing but signaling something else to your partner, then your words are lies.
Perhaps you think it is purely innocent and claim that everyone does it. But Revelation 21 says .” ..all liars…their place will be in the fiery lake.”
So, from now on, be truthful in everything you say in word and deed. It can be done. And it is liberating. Forgive me, Lord. I did not realize.
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ISAAC AND JACOB is the story of a mixed-up young man who tricked his father and did not get along with his twin brother. He left home for twenty years with no contact with his family. But, when he admitted to himself how much he missed them, he returned home. They hugged and hugged and found out they loved each other after all. To BUY NOW, click a book cover or paste this: https://bit.ly/Isaac-Jacob
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You delighted so when you made me. Ah, yes. You gave eyes for my body to see the beautiful earth you made for me, and eyes for my heart to see the beauty sometimes hidden deep in other people’s hearts. You gave ears for my body to hear the songs of the birds, the brooks, the rustling leaves, and eyes for my soul to hear the songs sometimes hidden deep in other people’s souls. You gave a mind for my body so I can reason through the many happenings of life, and a mind for my spirit to reason through the many temptations of life sometimes hidden deep in other people’s spirits. You made my body and the earth I live on as a parable to help me understand your world. You thought of everything. How I love and praise you for it.
Oh, glorious King Jesus. You reign over all who have been reborn with clean souls. You search the hiding places of those who have escaped your protection thus far. You are so good to us. Though you had to die to pay our ransom to Sin, Satan and Death, you never resented us for it or threw it up to us. Your love is strong and unrelenting. Your love is unstoppable and unbeatable. How can I thank you enough? I will spend eternity trying.
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LOVE LETTERS OF JESUS TO HIS ECCLESIA. With over 500 footnotes, the Song of Solomon on his wedding day is paraphrased with updated terms of couples in love and how each reflects on the love of Christ for his church and the sometimes wanderings of his beloved church who he gently brings back to him. Great as a class book or personal reflections. To BUY NOW, click a book cover or paste this: https://bit.ly/LoveLettersOfJesus
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I lift up my praises to you, Lord God. You use your supreme might and sovereign power for me as long as I love you, and and even past that. You 
use it to discipline me and get me to return to you when I leave your side and tag along with Satan to do things that are “not so bad”. You work day and night, year after year for me. Every time I sin, you call me back. Every time I wander from you, like a mother bird, you catch me on your wings and bring me back home. Oh, that all people would adore you.
Yesterday while visiting a friend, I saw a beautiful crystal statue. I wanted one for my house. I asked her where it came from. I picked it up and felt its smoothness. Father, keep me from coveting what other people have. Material things do not really matter.
It is two hours past dawn on Sunday morning. You have shown yourself alive for two hours now. Mary and the other women have seen you. John sees the empty tomb and must have declared to Peter, “He did it! He’s back!” while confused Peter wanders away to try to figure it out. But he did figure it out. So, did all your followers. And now I remember what Peter wrote later, “Though you have not seen him, you love him.” Yes, I do love you. I believe, after suffering that terrible death, rather than sulk and go back to heaven, you rejoiced and announced your presence back in this world with, “You’re free now, everyone. You’re free from Satan. Don’t stay with him, come to me. I have prepared a special place for you in my world.” Ah, my Lord. I will always thank you for what you did for me.
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A CHILD’S LIFE OF CHRIST: SHADOW OF DEATH. Children want to understand what happened on the cross. This book presents that experience when “Jesus hurt a lot”. More, they need to understand that death is just a door to a wonderful heaven with Jesus. Satisfy their spiritual curiosity. Think & Do at the end of each chapter. To BUY NOW, click a book cover or paste this: https://bit.ly/ChildsShadowDeath
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