Friday... There is a lot of this going around.

Of course there is a Presidential election so there is a lot of this going around.

But here is the key. We need to be reminded of this. Proverbs 3:25 (MSG) says what we need to hear today. It says, "No need to panic over alarms or surprises, or predictions that doomsday's just around the corner." Yes there is a lot of this going around and it is so easy to be a part of all of this talk, isn't there?

But Proverbs 3 doesn't stop here. Verse 26 says something that again we need to remember, that we need to be reminded of. It says, "Because God will be right there with you; he'll keep you safe and sound." The Amplified Bible says, "For the Lord will be your confidence, firm and strong, and will keep your foot from being caught [in a trap]." I have found that starting our day listening or watching the news can be a trap.

Over in Psalm 119:109-112 (NLT) it says, "My life constantly hangs in the balance, but I will not stop obeying your instructions. The wicked have set traps for me, but I will not turn from your commandments. Your laws are my treasure; they are my heart's delight. I am determined to keep your degrees to the very end."

And then back to verse 105. Remember this, "Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path." Now that is the way to handle traps. Again, that is the way to handle traps. It really is. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit?

Nehemiah 6:16b (NLT), "They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit? Over in the Old Testament in the book of Nehemiah it tells of a major task that through the leadership of Nehemiah was accomplished. The walls of Jerusalem had been torn down and God had laid it on Nehemiah to build those walls back up. It was definitely an almost impossible task but Nehemiah 6:15-16 says, "So on October 2 the wall was finished - just fifty-two days after we had begun. When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Now, we so many times want to take credit for doing the impossible. It would make such a difference for us. But I wonder what would happen through us if God got the credit? Psalm 96 tells us what we are to do. Verses 2-3 says, "Sing to the LORD; praise his name. ...

Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

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Thursday... Yet, now this is true.

Colossians 1:22a (NLT), "Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body." Thursday... Yet, now this is true. Now Paul a prisoner in Rome is writing a letter to a church in Colossae. And in Colossians 1:21 (MSG) he says, "Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds" The NLT says "This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated by your evil thoughts and actions." And that is where so many in this world live today. They are blowing it and they don't know what to do. Yes, they are hostile in their minds and they are engaging in evil deeds but there is Good News. Now Paul in verses 19-20 sets the stage for an answer to those who don't want to live that way. He says, "For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and earth b...

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