Saturday... It can be so practical.

The Bible has so much to tell us.

Here is something Paul tells Timothy. It is some practical advice. 1 Timothy 5:8 (NIRV) says, "Everyone should provide for their own relatives. Most of all, everyone should take care of their own family. If they don't they have left the faith. They are worse than someone who doesn't believe." Now that is interesting, isn't it?

Look at this one. Proverbs 5:18, "May your fountain be blessed. May the wife you married when you were young make you happy." And then verse 19b, "May you always be captured by her love." Margaret and I are going to be celebrating next week our 48th year anniversary. God has been so good to us.

Now this one is also important. It will hold you steady. Verse 21 says, "The Lord watches your ways. He studies all your paths." It is amazing what we do or don't do when we know someone is watching.

Verses 22-23 says, "Sinners are trapped by their own evil acts. They are held tight by the ropes of their sins. They will die because they refuse to be corrected. Their sins will capture them because they were foolish." This is why Jesus came to earth to die for us. He came to forgive us of those sins if we will only confess them to Him and ask Him to forgive us. He doesn't want us to live foolish lives but to be wise.

Now here is another good one. Psalm 35:1-3 says, "Lord, stand up against those who stand against me. Fight against those who fight against me. Pick up your shield and your armour. Rise up and help me. Get your spear and javelin ready to fight against those who are chasing me. Say to me, 'I will save you.'" Now that is a great word to have today.

Just some some pointed practical thoughts that the Holy Spirit opened my eyes to see and to share with you today. The Bible speaks to where we live. 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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