Tuesday... It is so amazing!

Psalm 116:5 (NLT), "How kind the LORD is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours!"

Now we each came into this world with unique personalities. There is no one else who is like us and therein are some problems. There are some with certain personalities that we just do not like but Psalm 116:5 (NLT) says, "How kind the LORD is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours!" Yes, that is so amazing!

Now verse 2 (NIRV) says, "Because he paid attention to me, I will call out to him as long as I live." And then verse 4, "Then I called out to the LORD. I cried out, LORD save me!"

Yes, each one of us are unique but if we call out to him he will save us. That also is amazing.

Now Jesus had a unique personality among his twelve disciples. And I'm sure he annoyed a lot of people but God saw something special in him when he called him into his circle.

Here is an example. In John 13 Jesus wanted to give his disciples an example to follow so he washed their feet. Now when he came to Peter, verses 8-9 (NLT) says, "'No,' Peter protested, 'you will never ever wash my feet!' Jesus replied, 'Unless I wash you, you won't belong to me.' Simon Peter exclaimed, 'Then wash my hands and head as well, Lord, not just my feet." And then Jesus explained what he was doing.

We've seen that personality, haven't we?

Later Jesus was telling them that one of them was going to betray him and verses 22-23 says, "The disciples looked at each other, wondering whom he could mean. The disciple Jesus loved was sitting next to Jesus at the table. Simon Peter motioned to him to ask, 'Who is he talking about?'"

And then in verses 34-35, Jesus said, "So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples." Verse 36, "Simon asked him. 'Lord, where are you going?' Jesus replied, 'You can't go with me now, but you will follow me later.'"

And Peter's personality came through. Verses 37-38, "'But why can't I come now, Lord?' he asked. 'I'm ready to die for you.' Jesus answered, 'Die for me? I tell you the truth, Peter - before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.'"

Yes, Jesus knew Peter and he loved him and he knew who he was going to be in spite of and because of his personality. Yes Peter denied knowing Jesus but he repented and he became one of the great leaders in starting the church after Jesus death. Also history tells us that when Peter was going to also be crucified he asked to be crucified with his head down. He felt unworthy to be crucified the way Jesus was.

Yes, Jesus accepted who Peter was and used him and he wants to use us and those who have personalities that we might have problems.

Psalm 116:5 (NLT), "How kind the LORD is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours!" And he also wants us to be kind, good and merciful even with those we might have problems. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Thursday... Maybe we need this word today.

Psalm 57:1b (NIRV), "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Thursday... Maybe we need this word today. There are words in life that give us confidence no matter what we are facing. Now we have to believe them in order for them to have an impact. David wrote Psalm 57 while he was in a cave hiding from Saul who wanted to kill him and he says in the last part of verse 1, "There I will stay." It was a safe place and Saul didn't know that he was there. But he doesn't stop there. With confidence he said, "There I will stay until." And until is definitely a word of faith and confidence. "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Do we need that today? Let me give you the whole verse. In verse 1 David says, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." And that is a great place to start in times of trouble. Maybe that is what we need to pray today, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." It is so great to have someone...

Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." Tuesday... We just have trouble listening. Over in Jeremiah 25:4 (NLT) it says, "Again and again the LORD has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention." And Jeremiah went on to tell what was going to happen. There will be consequences if we do not listen to what God says through his Word. Now the Apostle Paul over in 1 Corinthians was having a problem with some professed Christ followers who were having trouble at listening. And we too can have problems at listening. We can think that being a Christ follower means we do a lot of finger pointing and we give up on people who don't do what we say. We can even do that in our families. But Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." In verse ...

Friday... It is so exciting but wait a minute.

Proverbs 19:2 (NLT), "Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes." Friday... It is so exciting but wait a minute. This time of the year is so exciting. We get our paycheck from work and then we head to the store or Amazon and buy and buy and buy all those presents and then our check is gone Proverbs 19:2 (NLT) says, "Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes." But buying gifts can be so much fun and seeing how happy they are when opening those presents makes us feel so good. But then verse 3 says, "People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then they are angry at the Lord." Now for some that is their life. They get money and they spend it on their wants with no thought of what needs to be paid. An important lesson that we have learned is just because you have money in the bank doesn't mean you must spend it. But our enthusiasm takes over. But the problem is when it is gone and there is no money to pay th...

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