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...

Tuesday... Each one of us see and describe what we are going through differently but...

Tuesday... Each one of us see and describe what we are going through differently but... We each one have our own way of explaining what we are going through, don't we? Some of us are maximisers, other are minimizers and neither one is better. We each one are different and we see what we are facing differently but no matter what it is and how you see it and describe it, God can handle it! Now the writer of Psalm 46 shows the extremes. In verse 1 he states the basic reality and then he moves on into our fears and he maximizes them to make sure we really understand. Here is what Psalm 46:1-3 (NLT) says, "God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea. Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge!" So what do you fear? The Amplified Bible says verse 1 this way, "God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable], a very presen...

Wednesday... It didn't just happen.

Psalm 16;10 (NLT), "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." Wednesday... It didn't just happen. We are headed into a weekend of deep emotion. One that we really really love was killed and it didn't just happen. David in Psalm 16:10 (NLT) writes of this happening. He says about God, "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." We read over in the Gospels at the beginning of the New Testament in the Bible of the life of God's Son who came to earth to be our sacrifice so that our soul would not be left among the dead. Jesus came so that we wouldn't have to be buried at death and just left there. But he also shares that Jesus who was going to be killed as a sacrifice for our sins would not have to rot in a grave. David many generations before foretold this and that is what happened. Now that had to be a God thing. We can guess a lot about our future and we d...

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