Category: Inspirational

The scripture for today, May 9 (5/9), is Matthew 5:9 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the sons of God.”

Jesus, the only begotten Son of God (Christians are adopted sons) was a peacemaker.  He came to earth to help us make peace with God.  After all, “all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God” (Romans 3:23).  It only takes one sin to be a sinner.  And God cannot dwell with sin.  What was the solution?

Romans 6:23 says the wages of sin is death.  In Old Testament times, God let people kill a perfect animal in their place.  But they kept having to do it.  Finally, Jesus came to earth and lived that perfect life that is impossible for us to live ~ the perfect lamb of God ~ then he allowed himself to take our punishment for our (not his) sins and be killed in our place.  His was the final sacrifice.  Now, by following Jesus, God adopts us and makes us his children.  Jesus was a peacemaker between God and man.

You, too, can be a peacemaker.  You can help people be at peace with themselves.  You can help them be at peace with each other.  And you can help them be at peace with God.  Thereby, you can share in what God’s begotten Son was ~ a peacemaker.

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The scripture for today, May 8 (5/8), is Psalm 5:8 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:

“Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness, because of my enemies ~ make straight your way before me.”

An enemy would like nothing more than to get into a good fight with someone.  Do not let that happen.  You have better things to do than that.  Set your eyes, not on your enemy, but on the Lord.  The path of enemies will take you on all sorts of side trips that lead to dead ends.  The path of God rises up before you ~ straight and direct.  Do not let your attention stray from that path.

Keep on walking on the path of God….
And keep on walking, and keep walking….
And walking, and walking….

Until at last you walk right through the gates of heaven.

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The scripture for today, May 7 (5/7), is 1st Peter 5:7 as found in the New Testament of the Bible:

“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”

How many times in a week are you anxious about something?  Your job, your home, your children, your neighbors, your government, your
health?  How many times in a day are you?  Are they heavy?  Sometimes almost too heavy to bear?

Name them to God.  Tell him all about them.  Go into as much detail as you like.  Then put them all on his shoulders.  That’s what he wants you to do.  He will carry those burdens for you.  Why?  Because he cares for you.

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The scripture for today, May 6 (5/6), is Song of Solomon 5:6 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:

“I opened [the door] for my lover, but my lover had left; he was gone.  My heart sank at his departure.  I looked for him but did not find him.  I called him but he did not answer.”

Jesus is the lover of your soul.  He opens the door for you, but perhaps you’re spending all your time thinking about material things.  His heart sinks when you run away from him.  Oh, how his heart aches with loneliness for you.

So Jesus goes out looking for you.  He looks everywhere you go.  He calls you by name.  But perhaps your life is so full of the noise of doing and going and accomplishing, that you do not hear him.

Stop!  Allow some quietness into your life.  Then listen.  Jesus is calling for you….

The scripture for today, May 4 (5/4), is 1st Peter 5:4 as found in the New Testament of the Bible:

“And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.”

Many denominations appoint someone to be the head of their religion at their world headquarters.  He goes by different titles ~ bishop, high priest, father, president.  Their headquarters may be a small office or an entire complex.  From here the head meets regularly with others to make decisions for their denomination.

Here is a unique thought:  Let us set this system aside and let Jesus be the only head, and let the world headquarters be in heaven!  We do not have to rely on the decisions of men, but on the decisions of God the Son who loved us so much that he became human for awhile so he could die for us.  We don’t even need a creed, because if it is less than the Bible it isn’t enough, if it is more than the Bible it is too much, and if it is the same as the Bible why have it?

No more divisiveness.  No more denominationalism.  Just one united church of Christ with its divine founder as our sole leader, and his divine words as our sole creed.  This will never fade away.  How sublime the thought!

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The scripture for today, May 3 (5/3), is Psalm 5:3 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:

“In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation. “

Morning.  The time of new beginnings.  Birth is a morning.  Graduating from a school is a morning.  Marriage, a new job, birth of a child ~ these are obvious mornings.  

We can create our own morning of life in a spiritual way too.  We can stop depending on ourselves, and begin following and depending on God.  We cannot fix all our problems.  Sometimes we get ourselves into our own problems and don’t know how to get ourselves out.  But God knows.

Let us lay our requests before God.  Then wait.  The waiting can create frustration.  But wait in peace.  God does things in his own timing.  He loves us as children and knows when the moment is right.  Sometimes when we look back, we are most grateful he did not answer a prayer for us; he had something better in mind.  And then, it was morning.

God loves to answer prayer.  Therefore, let us wait in peaceful expectation for morning.

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The scripture for today, May 2 (5/2), is Micah 5:2 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:

“But you, Bethlehem Ephra-thah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”

This amazing scripture prophecies where the “ruler…from ancient times” will be born.  It gives the exact city Jesus (who had been in heaven before his human birth) would be born in, written seven centuries before his birth.

The Bible is the only religious book in the world with built-in proofs that it is of divine origin.  Prophecies of many events in the life of Christ flow throughout the Old Testament.  He wasn’t just a prophet, he wasn’t just a good man, he wasn’t a fraud.  Thank God, He thought of everything to help us believe Jesus was, indeed, the Son of God!

 

The scripture for today, May 1, is Romans 5:1 as found in the New Testament of the Bible:

“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Of course, if we do not have faith in Jesus, we will not obey any of his commands.  He said in John 15:14, “You are my friends IF you do what I command.”

Some people say we are not saved by works, and this is true in the sense that we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23) and the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23).  

But faith does lead to works.  In fact, Jesus himself said that faith/belief itself is a work (John 6:29).  And James 2:18 says we prove our faith by works.

Yes, it is a beautiful thing that we are saved by the Grace of God and the Death of Jesus.  That was their part.  Our part is to believe it, accept it, and actively follow it.  

That, too, is beautiful.

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The scripture for today, April 30 (4/30), is Ephesians 4:30f as found in the New Testament of the Bible:

“And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.  Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.”

Do we think that God has no choice but to let us into heaven because we do not steal, cheat or murder?  Think again.

There’s more to it than that; it’s called attitude.  Are we bitter about anything?  Do we have a problem with rage and anger?  Do we enjoy a good mental or physical brawl?  Do we slander people who have done us wrong?  Do we harbor grudges year after year?

The average person does not have trouble with bad actions.  The big problem is with bad attitudes.  Let go of them.   God will take care of the problems.  Let go of those you consider your enemies and wish them well.  Do not grieve the Holy Spirit.  Do not grieve yourself.   Live in sweet peace.

 

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The scripture for today, April 29 (4/29), is Deuteronomy 4:29 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:

“But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

God is always nearby, but we do not always acknowledge it.  He will not force himself on us.  So he waits.

There is an old expression, “To know him is to love him.”  This is true also of God.  God is talking to you in his Bible, explaining what he is like and how he reacts to every possible situation in life.  Seek him there.  He is talking to you.

The conversation turns the other way when we talk to him in prayer in response to what we have read, or what we are trying to apply to our lives, or our concern for others.   This mutual conversation with God is the with-all-your-heart-and-soul kind.

And it is good.