Tuesday... We can get so distracted.

I am sitting here in my coffee shop and there is a big window looking out on a mountain and I am here striving to get a thought to write. Now the view can distract me until a thought or a word comes to me and the word for today is the word distracted and I now no longer see the mountain.

Now life has so many distractions that can get us off the path that God has for us.

Proverbs 16:17 (NLT) says, "The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives." Without a doubt, evil can be a major distraction. Even as Christians we can get so distracted by all the evil that is around us to the point that we lose sight of God and his plan and his glory and his greatness. The Amplified Bible says, "The highway of the upright turns away and departs from evil; He who guards his way protects his life (soul)." So let's not get distracted by evil.

Verse 20 (NLT) says , "Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord." We can get so distressed and distracted that we don't spend time in God's Word which builds our trust not our fear. Again the Amplified Bible says, "He who pays attention to the word [of God] will find good, And blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who trusts [confidently] in the Lord."

And we also need to not let anything distract us from this fact, from this truth. Acts 4:12 (NIRV) says, "You can't be saved by believing in anyone else. God has given no other name under heaven that will save them." The New Living Translation says, "There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved." That is right to the point. 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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