Thursday... Yes they do, yes it does.

There are so many things that we tend to not remember. But we must and we do that by spending daily time reading God's Word in a systematic way.

Look at this, Psalm 119:91 (NLT) says, "Your regulations remain true to this day" yes they do "for everything serves your plans." Yes it does.

We need to be reminded of that fact as we have and are going through what we are going through right now. What we have and are going through may not be caused by God but He is using it, it serves His plan. And we need to get that and quit fighting it and search for what God is doing in and through it in our lives.

Now The MESSAGE Paraphrase says this in verses 91-96, "Your word and truth are dependable as ever; that's what you ordered - you set the earth going. If your revelations hadn't delighted me so, I would have given up when the hard times came." And so many have but they didn't have to. He goes on. "But I'll never forget the advice you gave me; you saved my life with those wise words. Save me, I'm all yours. I look high and low for your words of wisdom." And that is so important. That is what keeps us holding on.

He then says, "The wicked lie in ambush to destroy me, but I'm only concerned with your plans." That is will hold us steady. "I see the limits to everything human, but the horizon can't contains your commands."

Verses 95 & 96 says in the New International Reading Version, "Sinful people are waiting to destroy me. But I will spend time thinking about your covenant laws. I've learned that everything has its limits. But your commands are perfect. They are always there when I need them."

So read each day in the Bible until something jumps out at you and then dwell upon it. God wants to speak to us through His Word and through His Spirit. So let's spend some personal time with Him and His Word everyday. It will definitely make a difference. You may say, I don't have time but you do have time to worry, don't you? Use that time in The Bible and in prayer. And see what a difference it makes and it will. 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!

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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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