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Deuteronomy 10 Remember

Keep memories alive

Moses wrote the words of God to the Israelites: “Remember—don’t ever forget!”

That is a quick reminder to all of us to remember. God has been so good to all of us but like the northern tribe of Israel under King Ahab, they forgot. 

Deuteronomy 11  Rehearse 

God spoke in the hearing of the Israelites: “Know this day that I am not speaking with your sons who have not known and who have not seen the discipline of the LORD your God–His greatness, His mightyhand and His outstretched arm.”  

 How important it is for us to rehearse with our children what we have seen but they have not. If you choose not to follow my commands, be sure of this fact: ”Or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain and the ground will not yield its fruit; and you will perish quickly from the good land which the LORD is giving you.”

Why is we are so stubborn to not obey the word of the Lord? Today choose whom you will serve and obey Him only so that His blessing may fall upon your 

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Job 13 Promises of God

Has there ever come a time when you just wish you could sit down with God and ask Him what is going on? It seems that this is where Job is at the moment. Job wants to just ask God why all of this is happening as he sits in ashes and listens to his so-called friends belittle him. However, even in the midst of this, he understands this truth and clings to it: “Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.” [Job 13]

Is this where you are today? Do you still cling to that hope or is your hope diminished? 

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1.5.25.Trusting God

Trust God

Job 9 God is God

Job is in a quandary. He wants to believe God but his circumstances seem to prove that God is like the wind, here today and gone tomorrow. There seems to be no consistency with him. He brings some down and elevates others with just a whim. Job’s friends seem to concur that God honors the righteous and condemns the guilty but all with evidence. What is Job to do but to continue on with his misunderstandings of life and eternity. How like us. We are blessed and we give God credit but then we face challenges and we blame God. Oh woe is me! What do we do? We turn back to who God is. 

Num 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie,nor a human being, that he should change his mind.Has he said, and will he not do it? Unlike the wind, God is steadfast, immovable and trustworthy. We may be in a situation like Job but we must trust Him who never changes. 1Sa 15:29 “The Preeminent One of Israel does not go back on his word or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind.”

Wherever God has you today, trust He is trustworthy. 

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Luke 4 The Spiritual War Begins

Although Satan has had the liberty to roam about this world, his target has always been the Son of God and His followers. Seeking to disarm Jesus, Satan sets up three traps, but Jesus foils them all. Interesting that he sets up three, why not more? He does the same for us seeking to wear us down and yet we see that it only took one for Eve to succumb. There is a lesson here for us: beware of Satan’s ploy and do as Jesus did: quote scripture to thwart his plans. That is why we must be not just “in” the Word but also be able to quote it which means we must have the Word on our minds and on our lips. 

Today, as we face the onslaught of the evil one, do not be like Eve but like Jesus. What verses shall you memorize this year? What verses will calm your spirit when the evil one comes? We know his plans, he roams about seeking whom he can devour so be prepared. 

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12.30.24.Praise the Lord!

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Psalm 150 Praise! 

The psalmist reminds the reader Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

As we close this year and look forward to what the Lord has for us in 2025, we stop to Praise the Lord. We praise Him for all He has done for us this past year. He has carried us through the deep waters and along the roads of discouragement. He has been our everlasting Father who is ever before us to remind us of this; trials teach us endurance just as James said and His lovingkindness is before us. [James 1:3] We are reminded of Isaiah’s words, “When you pass through the waters, I am with you;when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you.Whenyou walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you, For I am the Lord your God,” [Is 43:2] 

John reminded us to look up for the Lord is coming soon but while we remain, we are to cling to the words of isaiah. Praise the Lord for He has been faithful and will continue to be so.

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12.16.24.Praising God

Praising God
Are we praising God?

Psalm 146 Praising God

The wonderful thing about the Psalms is that they are so relevant to our day as it was in the day they were composed. “I will praise the Lord as long as I live.I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.” These are not words that are spoken or written carelessly but thoughtfully. The psalmist reminds us that God is sovereign and in control of all we see, feel, experience. He is there before us, behind us, beside us. He knows each hair on our heads, He knows the end from the beginning. He holds the stars in their places and showers us with blessings and with trials. No matter what we are experiencing today, know that God loves us and will provide all we need at just the right time and in the right place. 

Praise the Lord! 

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l2.13.24.Resting

Hebrews 1-4 Rest

How does one offer sympathy to those who have loved ones who have departed this world? The author of Hebrews offers this promise: “For the one who enters God’s rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works.” The Psalmist also encourages us to remember this: “Precious in the sight of the LORD Is the death of His godly ones.” 

Today there may be someone who will be in this situation. Memorize these verses and have them ready to offer your condolences and words of sympathy to the remaining ones. Your loved one may no longer be here in their present form but God has graciously taken them into His throne room where they can rest and be refreshed. No more tears, no more pain, no more sorrow. They are lovingly cared for by the Father. 

Two choices
God face to face
What will you hear?
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11.15.24. The LIGHT!

John 12 The LIGHT!~

The mornings are dark now with the changes in the time. As I walk about the darkness of my home, I sense the uncertainties of where I put each step and that is why we have night lights burning to guide us. But, soon the sun is rising and with it a new day with the brightness that the sun brings and then the dust bunnies and things that are not in their right places is seen. My neighbors outside lights were brightly shining but now they are extinguished. So it is with the souls of men. Some are walking in darkness because their deeds are evil and they love darkness rather than light. Others hear and rejoice for the LIGHT has come into the world and they submit to its brilliance. 

Eighteen times in this book Jesus refers to Himself as the LIGHT. Light is one of our most precious gifts for it reveals what our souls need to be saved. We once were in darkness of sin, but then the LIGHT came and we submitted to it. The book of Revelation reveals the brilliance of that LIGHT in all of His glory. Ezekiel saw that same LIGHT and was used to tell the people of Israel that He is coming for His own to transform them…if they will yield to them.

Where are you today precious reader? Are you walking in the darkness or has the LIGHT of the world removed it so you can see and praise Him who is the LIGHT? 

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11.9.24.Questions and Answers

John 7 Every year, Joseph and Mary took Jesus to Jerusalem for the festival. When he was 12 yrs old he stayed behind talking to the Dr’s and Rabbi’s unbeknown to Mary and Joseph. As then and now, the learned men asked this question:”How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?”  When his earthly parents found him, he asked them why they were concerned. Do you not know I must be about my Father’s business? Now here in John 7 we find a repeat of that same question but now Jesus is fully grown and he again reminds the Pharisees that his ‘teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.” 

He then asked them this question: “Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law?” 

As a believer in Christ we are often befuddled by those who seem to be so wise,  just like the religious leaders. But, we have two gifts to help us: the indwelling Holy Spirit and the inspired Word of God to teach us, rebuke us, correct us and train us in righteousness. [2 Tim 3:16] God has blessed us with these so that we can be instructed by them but the real question is: Are we about the Father’s business today? 

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11.7.24.Proverbs Wisdom

Proverbs 26 Wise vs Fools

The study note in the NET Bible says this about this chapter: “The first twelve verses of this chapter, Prov 26:1-12, are sometimes called “the Book of Fools” because they deal with the actions of fools.” We should be wise to listen carefully to the words of this chapter lest we fall victim to foolhardiness and we too become as a fool. In Proverbs chapter thirteen we read the warning: “He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm.”  

What is the lesson the Proverbs chapter is teaching us but that very principle of chapter thirteen. Choose wisely with whom you will join forces. Paul in writing to the Ephesianchurch had this to say: “Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil.  So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” [Eph 5:17] Later the brother of the Lord, James wrote this to the ones dispersed: “Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.” [James 3:13] 

Be wise
Learn by observing, interpreting, applying

Today choose wisely and demonstrate wisdom to those with whom you connect. Honor the Lord with wisdom and avoid the fool at all costs. Proverbs 26 gives us the wisdom to discern those who are fools. 

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