DON'T NEGLECT IT!

6-11-2015....DON'T NEGLECT IT!

"I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word." (Ps 119:16 NIV)  Following God's word is a delight and it brings delight.  To neglect it, is like neglecting to do the things necessary to sustain life.  In the same ways that we need air, water and food, we need God's word.  Don't neglect it!

Prayer: Lord, thank you for your word.  We cannot survive without it!  Increase our daily appetite for it!  Amen!

 
Job 23:11-12. . . .My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside. I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food.  NKJV

DON'T GO WRONG....LISTEN!

6-10-2015. . . . DON'T GO WRONG....LISTEN!

"Listen to me, you wise men.  We can choose the sounds we want to listen to; we can choose the taste we want in food, and we should choose to follow what is right. (Job 34:2-4 TLB)  A wise person will always listen!  A wiser person chooses who and what they listen to.   The valuable knowledge gained through listening will serve as a guide in following the ways that are right!  Don't go wrong.....Listen!

Prayer: Lord, help us to always train our ears to listen and choose what is right.  Amen!

Job 34:16. . . . "If you have understanding, hear this; listen to what I say. (NIV)

NO EXEMPTION!

6-9-2015. . . .NO EXEMPTION!

“Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.” (Ps 34:19 KJV) The righteous are not exempt from life’s afflictions. We need only examine our past experiences to verify the truth of this fact. The advantage of the righteous however, is that we have the assurance of deliverance from every one of life’s afflictions. Knowing this on the front end keeps us from giving in or giving up when the pressure, trials, and struggles intensify. Therefore, we hold on and go on. . . .We go through knowing we will get through! 

Prayer: Thank you Lord for being our help, strength and comfort in  times of our affliction. Deliver us surely, but not before we’ve learned the lessons of the trials. Amen!

Ps 119:71-72. . . .It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. KJV

SENSES BUT NO SENSE!

6-5-2015. . . .SENSES BUT NO SENSE!

"This fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah: 'They hear, but don't understand; they look, but don't see!  For their hearts are fat and heavy, and their ears are dull, and they have closed their eyes in sleep, so they won't see and hear and understand and turn to God again, and let me heal them." (Matt 13:14-16 TLB)  Senses don't automatically equate to having good sense.  One may have eyes and not see....ears and not hear. (senses)  The result, a complete absence of understanding. (sense) Hardly seems possible, but it's true.  Don't be guilty of having senses, but no sense!

Prayer: Lord, thank you for creating us with senses.  Help us not be guilty of having senses without sense!  Amen!

Prov 1:5-6. . . . A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.  KJV

FEAST ON THE GOOD!

6-4-2015. . . .FEAST ON THE GOOD!

"Oh, that these men would praise the Lord for his loving-kindness, and for all of his wonderful deeds!  For he satisfies the thirsty soul and fills the hungry soul with good."  (Ps 107:8-9 TLB)  Hunger and thirst are common to the human existence!  Food and water satisfy the flesh momentarily, but then the cycle begins afresh.  Spiritually, when we acknowledge the Lord and align ourselves with His will and purpose, our thirst and hunger will be satisfied continually and we will feast on the good! 

PRAYER: Lord, thank you for filling us and satisfying our souls continually with good! Amen.

Matt 5:6. . . . Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. NIV

CLING TO IT!

6-3-2015. . . .CLING TO IT!

"Fight on for God. Hold tightly to the eternal life that God has given you and that you have confessed with such a ringing confession before many witnesses." (1 Tim 6:12 TLB)  Fight the good fight of faith and keep a strong hold on eternal life!  Not as if we can loose it, but by so clinging to it, we are propelled forward into it's awaiting doors! 

Prayer: Lord, as we fight the good fight of faith, thank you for giving us eternal life to cling to.  Amen!

Rom 6:22-23. . . .But now you are free from the power of sin and are slaves of God, and his benefits to you include holiness and everlasting life.  For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. TLB

WILL WE!

6-2-2015. . . .WILL WE!

One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!"  But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence?  We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong."  Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." (Luke 23:39-43 NIV)  If Jesus can readily extend mercy, grace, and forgive, so can we!  The question is, will we?

PRAYER: Lord, help us daily to be merciful and forgive others readily, even as we expect others to readily forgive us.  Amen!

Matt 5:7. . . . Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.  NIV