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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Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." Monday... He did it by Himself. Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited. The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?" Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself." Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to ma...

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 ...

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