Tuesday... It is all up to me.

Psalm 101:2 (NLT), "I will live a blameless life - when will you come to help me?"

Tuesday... It is all up to me.

Do you feel that way? The writer of Psalm 101 in verse 2 (NLT) says, "I will live a blameless life - when will you come to help me?" And that is a great response. We really do need God in all ways.

Now over in Matthew 5, Jesus gave his Sermon on the Mount and he begins with this thought. In verse 3 he says, "God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs." Now the Amplified Bible says it this way, "Blessed [spiritually prosperous, happy, to be admired] are the poor in spirit [those devoid of spiritual arrogance, those who regard themselves as insignificant], for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [both now and forever]."

Do you have problems with people who are arrogant? Some think it is all on them, that they don't need anybody else. Some arrogant people look down on those who are poor but God doesn't. "God blesses those who are poor and realize their need of him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs."

Psalm 101:5a in The Message says, "I can't stand arrogance," The Amplified Bible says, "The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate."

The whole verse in the NLT says, "I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors. I will not endure conceit and pride."

Matthew 5:3 says in The Message, "You're blessed when you're at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule."

Again Psalm 101:2 (NLT). "I will be careful to live a blameless life - when will you come to help me? I will lead a life of integrity in my own house." And that is where it starts. Yes, yes ! #todaysbegiining

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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...

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...

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...

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