Happy Birthday Mom!!!
75 years in the books.
That's a lot of candles.
You're worth each and every one.
I love you mom!
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
day no. 13,148: until love pleases
Song of Solomon 3:5
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,by the gazelles or the does of the field,that you not stir up or awaken loveuntil it pleases.
Certain ingredients have no business being mixed up until they are free to intermingle without restraint.
Do not begin mixing it up until you're able to mix it without restraint.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,by the gazelles or the does of the field,that you not stir up or awaken loveuntil it pleases.
Certain ingredients have no business being mixed up until they are free to intermingle without restraint.
Do not begin mixing it up until you're able to mix it without restraint.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
day no. 13,147: the scariest word
Isaiah 66:16
For by fire will the LORD enter into judgment,and by his sword, with all flesh;and those slain by the LORD shall be many.
The most terrifying word in the previous statement is not the fire or sword of the Lord, but the fact that the number of those who will be slain by the Lord is represented as "many."
That's a lot.
More the not.
Most will ignore this warning.
Most will not budge an inch.
But for the few that move:
Flee the wrath to come and run to Jesus.
For by fire will the LORD enter into judgment,and by his sword, with all flesh;and those slain by the LORD shall be many.
The most terrifying word in the previous statement is not the fire or sword of the Lord, but the fact that the number of those who will be slain by the Lord is represented as "many."
That's a lot.
More the not.
Most will ignore this warning.
Most will not budge an inch.
But for the few that move:
Flee the wrath to come and run to Jesus.
Monday, October 20, 2014
day no. 13,146: are you willing to stink in public?
2 Corinthians 2:14-16
14 But thanks be to God, who always puts us on display in Christ and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place. 15 For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 16 To some we are an aroma of death leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life leading to life. And who is competent for this?
God is spreading the knowledge and salvation of His Son Jesus Christ across the entire world by saving souls and sending them to their neighbors, co-workers, family, etc...
If you represent Him, you will be a stench to some and a breath of fresh air to others.
We have no way of knowing to whom we will be which, so we preach and plead with everyone trusting that God will use the Message of His Son to set many free.
Those who reject the Message also reject the Messiah and will suffer the consequences not only of their pride and rebellion in living, but also now the rejection of the Son of God.
Who is competent for this work?
It's rhetorical.
No one.
No one of us is competent to carry in us and on our lips the Message of grace and wrath and faith and destruction.
But we must anchor that Message in our hearts and heads and make every effort to place it accurately upon our lips so that perhaps by His grace others will come to have Him in their hearts and heads as well.
Friday, October 17, 2014
day no. 13,143: two money musts
1 Corinthians 16:2
On the first day of the week, each of you is to set something aside and save in keeping with how he prospers, so that no collections will need to be made when I come.
Two things: FIRST and AS HE PROSPERS
FIRST: Let your giving determine your living. Give to Him first. Off the top, from your first and from your best. Do not keep back the first and best for yourself. Set it ASIDE for the Lord who is the first and best.
AS HE PROSPERS: However you prosper, it is from God. If you prosper more, He has given you more to give. Do you see it that way or do you see it as more to keep for yourself?
If your life is oriented around money, you will keep the first and best for yourself and even if you give, you will only give what you feel like, not in proportion to how He prospers you.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
day no. 13,142: some people are ignorant about God and we aren't doing them any favors by our behaviors
1 Corinthians 15:34
Come to your senses and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.
Are you claiming Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and yet refusing to do what He says to do and engaging in beliefs and behaviors He says not to do?
Are you out of your mind?
Come to your senses?
Some people don't know God and they are watching you sin and assume that there is no difference between following Jesus and NOT following Jesus because your lives look quite similar.
This is to your shame.
Come to your senses and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.
Are you claiming Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and yet refusing to do what He says to do and engaging in beliefs and behaviors He says not to do?
Are you out of your mind?
Come to your senses?
Some people don't know God and they are watching you sin and assume that there is no difference between following Jesus and NOT following Jesus because your lives look quite similar.
This is to your shame.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
day no. 13,141: knock it off! (srrrrsly, cut it out)
Romans 4:10
"In what way then was it credited — while he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while he was circumcised, but uncircumcised."
Wedding rings are a symbol and/or sign of marriage, but the covenant and commitment between the husband and the wife IS marriage.
The substance is more important than the symbol or sign.
Abraham had God’s promise before he had God’s sign of the promise.
That said, Abraham didn’t refuse to participate in the sign by pointing back to the promise.
Nope.
He got sliced.
A good husband wear’s his wedding ring, but an even better husband is committed to keeping the vows (promise) that the ring represents.
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