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Friday... I wonder what that means.

Psalms 119:34 (AMP), "Give me understanding [a teachable heart and the ability to learn], that I may keep Your law; and observe it with all my heart." Friday... I wonder what that means. We face situations in life and we wonder why they are there. Did I cause it? Was it from something that I did? Or was it from God? Or did it just happen? Now the writer of Psalm 119 give so much good advice. Now it is so easy to come to this Psalm and decide to skipt it. I mean, it has 176 verses. It is the longest chapter in the Bible but it is organized in a way that we don't need to read it all at one time. But some of us don't have the patience so we skit it if we are striving to read all the Psalms. But if we do then we will miss verse 34 and it may be exactly what we need. Here is what it says, "Give me understanding [a teachable heart and the ability to learn], that I may keep Your law; and observe it with all my heart." What about what you are going through right now...
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Thursday... This is the way to good things.

Proverbs 29:6 (AMP), "By his wicked plan an evil man is trapped, but the righteous man sings and rejoices [for his plan brings good things]."  Thursday... This is the way to good things. The writer of Proverbs in 29:6 (AMP), says, "By his wicked plan an evil man is trapped, but the righteous man sings and rejoices [for his plan brings good things]." And so many people in their lives are trapped. They really are. And they don't get out of the trap. Now in his first letter to the young Timothy, Paul says in 4:4 (NLT), "Since everything God created is good, we should not reject it but receive it with thanks." And in verse 7 he says, "Do not waste time arguing over godless ideas and old wives' tales. Instead, train yourself to be godly." But so many think that is a waste of time. Verse 8 says, "Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life to come." Now physical training is go...
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Wednesday... Is this what we need for today?

Psalms 118:5-6 ((AMP), "Out of my distress I called on the LORD; The LORD answered me and set me free. The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can [mere] man do to me?"  Wednesday... Is this what we need for today? We are getting close to a midterm election here in the USA and all we hear and see is how much we need these people to take care of us. And for sure we don't need those other people. Yes, there is a whole lot of negativity going on so this is what we need for today. Here is what the writer of Psalms 118 (AMP) says to us. Verses 5-6 says, "Out of my distress I called on the LORD; The LORD answered me and set me free. The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can [mere] man do to me?" Vese 6 says, "The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can [mere] man do to me?" I think we need to hear that today. But the evil one doesn't want us to hear it, to read it. No, we can't avoid hearing all that the Republicans and Democrats ...
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Tuesday.. Low self-esteem has some real benefits.

Proverbs 27:2 (NLT) says, "Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth - a stranger, not your own lips." Tuesday... Low self-esteem has some real benefits. I heard Jay Leno say in an interview that he had low self-esteem. He said that as a comedian it is a good thing. How a crowd responses to him doesn't make a difference. It doesn't get him down. And that made sense to me. We constantly are told that we need high self-esteem and for people without Christ I can see how that can help them in handling life but we have Christ, we have God. He is our source. He is who we depend upon. And in anything we do He is to get the credit. He is to get the praise. Now Proverbs 27:2 (NLT) says, "Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth - a stranger, not your own lips." But it is so easy for us to always be praising ourselves for what we do. Like it is all because of our talents, our abilities. So where do our abilities, our talents come from? They came from God ...
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Monday... Do you remember what it was like to be in Middle School?

Psalms 116:2 (NIRV), "Because he paid attention to me, I will call out to him as long as I live." Monday... Do you remember what it was like to be in Middle School? Those were tough days. We were looking for others who would pay attention to us. We just weren't sure who we were. Am I still a kid or am I growing up? Will somebody pay attention to me, affirm me? Now we are not an adolescent any more but that still could be true of us. We still want somebody to pay attention to us, to affirm us. Well, the Psalmist says in Psalm 116:2 (NIRV), "Because he paid attention to me, I will call out to him as long as I live." Now that is such good news. Back when we were in Middle School that could be dangerous and the same can be true now so this is a very important verse for today. "Because he paid attention to me, I will call out to him as long as I live." Verses 1 and 2 says, "I love the LORD, because he heard my voice. He heard my cry for help. Because h...
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Friday... He really does care about what is going on.

Psalms 113:5-6 (NLT), "Who can be compared with the LORD our God, who is enthroned on high? He stoops to look down on heaven and earth." Friday... He really does care about what is going on. I know we can get to a place in life where we feel we are a success. And we can get to the place that we feel that we are better than anyone else. We may look down on people. Now Psalms 113:5 (NLT) says, "Who can be compared with the LORD our God, who is enthroned on high?" And that is true. None of us can compare to God and he looks down on us. But it is way different than people who think they are better than us, who look down on us. Verse 6 says, "He stoops to look down on heaven and earth." And that is a way different stooping than a lot of people around us who think they are better than us. Without a doubt none of us compare to God. Yes, he definitely is better than us and his stooping means that he really cares about us and what we are doing. The Amplified Bible ...
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Thursday... Look at this.

Psalms 112:1 (NIV), "Praise the LORD. Blessed are those who fear the LORD, who find great delight in his commands."  Thursday... Look at this. The Psalmist in 112:1 (NIV) gives some great encouragement to those who fear the LORD and who delight in following what he commands. He writes, "Praise the LORD. Blessed are those who fear the LORD, who find great delight in his commands." Now there are two words in there that are important words. One is "Blessed" and the other is "fear". So what do they mean here in the Bible? Now the Amplified Bible translation gives some more details. It says, "Praise the LORD (Hallelujah!) Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who fears the LORD [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with obedience], who delights in His commandments." The New International Version says "who find great delight in his commands." Now step back and ponder what blessed and fear means to th...
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