Friday... Here are some really, good thoughts for today.

We really do need the thoughts of Proverbs everyday. This is the 10th day of the month so here are some thoughts from Proverbs 10.

Verse 3 (NLT), "The Lord will not let the godly go hungry, but he refuses to satisfy the craving of the wicked."

Here is maybe the reason why, verse 4, "Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich." One of the things that I learned from my dad was to be a hard worker. And we were rich in so many different ways. He was a great example.

Verse 5, "A wise youth harvests in the summer, but one who sleeps during harvest is a disgrace." Here is how the Message Paraphrase says it, "Make hay while the sun shines - that's smart; go fishing during harvest - that's stupid." I love that!

Verse 7 (NLT), "A good and honest life is a blessed memorial; a wicked life leaves a rotten stench." Now that is true.

Here is one that really speaks to the day in which we are living, verse 12 (NLT), "Hatred stirs up quarrels, but love makes up for all offenses." MSG, "Hatred starts fights, but love pulls a quilt over the bickering." Wow do we need that Proverb today, don't we? There is so much hatred out there. And we really do need more people who will pull quilts over it. Yes, the internet is a great place to spew hatred but it is also a great place for God's people to show love by pulling quilts out over all the hatred. Oh, that we would have more people doing that. Hatred begets hatred and love begets love.

I'll stop there. I love love that, "but love pulls a quilt over the bickering." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

Friday... So what is it that you really fear?

1 Corinthians 15:57 (NLT), "But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ." Friday... So what is it that you really fear? Yes, fear holds us back. It seems to take hold of us so that we can't even really enjoy living. Now I have found that one of the best ways to handle fear is to solve the problem of what we fear. Let's say that death is what we really fear. Everyday we wake up afraid to get up because we are afraid to do anything because we are afraid to die. And that is so understandable. Now I have found the solution to fearing death. I have through faith taken care of my fear to die. 1 Corinthians 15:57 (NLT) says, "But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ." Verse 22 (CEV) says, "Adam brought death to all of us, and Christ will bring life to all of us." Death was not God's plan. Adam was created for an eternal life but he and his partner, Eve blew it and sin a...

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