Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of
everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace
with everyone. Do not take revenge, my friends...
Romans 12:17-18 NIV
A man who studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
Unknown
Daily Meditations by Pat Nordman ©
June 6
`"Do you believe that I am able to do this?' They said to Him, `Yes, Lord.' Then
He touched their eyes, saying, `According to your faith let it be to you.'" Matthew
9:2829 NKJ.
We have such a difficult time believing that God is able to do what He says He can and
will do. If we can keep the faith that our disable is Hisable and our disabilities
Hisabilities, then perhaps we will then knowand acceptwithout a doubt: "Now to Him
who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the
power that works in us..." Ephesians 3:20 NKJ.
God deals with us according to our faith, not our fancies or our faculties, our facilities
or our failures. We praise and thank Him that all He asks is our confidence in Him. He
doesn't care about our bank account, but He cares exceedingly how much faith we have
deposited in Him.
Part of our faith is our perseverance. Our importunity becomes God's opportunity. Jesus
told His disciples: "...Because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many
as he needs. So I say to you, ask...seek...knock..." Luke 11:89 NKJ.
Faith is not so much an emotion as an act of the will. It is an intelligent cooperation
with an unseen God: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen." Hebrews 11:1 NKJ. So faith is substance and evidence! "Honor
the Lord with thy substance..." Proverbs 3:9 KJV. Without knowing the mechanics of
it, we know that when we turn on a light switch we will have light. This takes faith. So
by faith we can know that the ethereal is real; that the Spirit is substance.
The world wants corporeal evidence. God has given us something better, the Real!
Pat Nordman ©
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| "Behold, I am vile." - Job 40:4 |
"Are they Israelites? so am I." - 2 Corinthians 11:22 |
Beloved; though once degraded with the rags of sin, thou shalt be adorned with a robe of righteousness, and appear white as the angels are. |
When God's people are rejoicing that they are his, what a happiness if they can say, "So AM I!" When they speak of being pardoned, and justified, and accepted in the Beloved, how joyful to respond, "Through the grace of God, SO AM I." |
June 6 Ps 108:1 - 118:29 |
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But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Job 16:5 (NIV)
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Invoke by Cathy Vinson
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What constitutes being a Christian? What was it about Christians that so threatened Saul as to pursue them to destruction? What distinguished them? Saul was known as "he that destroyed them that invoked this name in Jerusalem..." (9:21). The word "invoke" speaks a lesson. What makes it unique from just "to call" is a simple prefix. Added upon it is (epi) "upon," revealing a "special interest on the part of the doer of an action in which he is engaged (Vine's)." It is not a mere calling out into thin air, but a calling upon a One, a personal invitation, an appeal to Him. Saul was out to destroy those who were appealing to His Name! When we appeal, invoke, we are LEANING. It follows that we won't be able to stand unless we are supported from Him, in the authority in His Name. He is drawn upon. Christianity is not merely saying so, but a heart lean UPON Him. Listen again: "Call UNTO Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things that you do not know" (Jer 33:3). When we invoke Him, we enter upon His dancefloor and begin the dance... Send a note to © Cathy Vinson , the writer of this devotion |
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