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The scripture for today, July 31 (7/31) is 1st Corinthians 7:31b as found in the New Testament of the Bible:

0-BOOK EIGHT-COME FLY WITH ME-Cover“For this world in its present form is passing away.”

How easily that which we have slaved for over a period of years can pass away. It can happen as the result of fire, floods, storms, war, economic crisis. Every day something in this world “is passing away.”

What are we working for day to day? That which can so easily pass away? Or that which is eternal and will never pass away? What are your plans for today? Think about it.

 The scripture for today, June 29 (6/29), is John 6:29 as found in the New Testament of the Bible.

“Jesus answered, ‘The work of God is this: To believe in the one he has sent.”

Yes, it is true that the gift of salvation is just that ~ a gift, a free gift. And it is true that we cannot be good enough to earn salvation, because we don’t know how to be perfect, and heaven can only accept the perfect.

But at the same time, James 2:18 says “Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.” In other words, there are things we need to do to obtain salvation. We have to believe there is a gift for us somewhere, walk over to it, reach out, and grasp it. Repenting is a work. And Jesus himself said believing (faith) is a work.

And how do we go about obtaining faith?  By believing what other people tell us to believe?  Romans 10:17 says faith comes by hearing/reading the Word of God ~ the Bible.  It is going directly to God’s Words to find out for ourselves.  It takes a little bit of work to read through it.  But then, we can know whether what we believe is really what God said.

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The scripture for today, May 17 (5/17) is John 5:17 as found in the New Testament of the Bible:

“Jesus said to them, ‘My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.’ “

There are places in the Psalms that say God is thinking about us all the time.  When we’re walking, riding, talking, doing, coming, going.  God is always working for us.  A popular song a few years ago was, “He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands.”

But does he always keep us from harm?  He gave us free will, and sometimes we don’t make good choices.  Others around us have free will, and they sometimes don’t make good choices.  Still God is there beside us if we fall, always holding out his hand to lift us up.

God is our Creator (Jesus was the creator too ~ John 1:1-2).  We are the work of his “hands.”  How he loves us and cherishes us and cares for us, always to this very day.

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