Monday... Could this be something we need to see today?

The writer of Proverbs 20:3 (NLT) says, "Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor; only fools insist on quarreling." Could this be what God thinks of us in the day in which we live? Even followers of Christ seems to be looking for fights. Maybe God see us as fools.

The Message paraphrase says, "It is a mark of good character to avert quarrels, but fools love to pick fights." It is a "mark of good character." It is not a good thing to always be trying to pick fights.

Verse 6 (NLT) says, "Many claim to have unfailing love, but a faithful person who can find?" Oh, God, may we be faithful to you and not fools.

Also look at this, verse 22, "Do not say, 'Ill pay you back for this wrong!' Wait for the Lord, and he will avenge you." But you don't know what they did to me? "Wait for the Lord and he will avenge you."

I am also reading in John 1 and it says in verse 14, "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son," and notice this, "who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." and then verse 16 (AMP), "For out of His fullness [the abundance of His grace and truth] we have all received grace upon grace [spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing, favor upon favor, and gift heaped upon gift]." Grace, that is what we are given. Not quarreling, not fighting, not judgement but grace, grace, grace.

And then verse 17, "For the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ." And what we are given then we are to give. And what a difference that would make in this world in which we are living. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together!

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together! They really do. And this is what caught my attention this morning as I was reading Proverbs 2. Verse 1 (NRSVUE) says, "My child, if you accept my words and treasure my commands within you." Verse 3 (NIV), "Indeed i f you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, Verse 4, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, Verse 5, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God." And verses 9-11, " Then you will understand what is right and just and fair - every good path. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you." There will always be some effort we must do, some ifs for the thens to be realized in our lives. So many of us want to understand without the ifs. But the thens are so worth, so very worth the effort. Verses 5-6 in the Ampli...

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless.

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless. It really can. I have found that unless I give the correct email of my wife then I can't get what I wanted. I put an extra i in her email and I have been working for 5 days to get it changed. Unless has been useless. The writer of Psalm 94 uses this word and shows how important it is. Verses 17-19 (NLT) says, "Unless the Lord had helped me, I would have soon settled in the silence of the grave. I cried out, 'I'm slipping!' but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." "Unless the Lord had helped me." So many people go on and on and on striving to live their life on their own but they keep slipping and doubting and living without hope and cheer. Yes the Lord has such unfailing love for us, he really does but unless we have a relationship with him and we turn to him and ask him for help then the unless turns in to useless because h...

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