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  Today's Soul Food — September 7 

 

Golden Words

 


Don't criticize and then you won't be criticized. For others will treat you as you treat them. And why worry about a speck in the eye of a brother when you have a board in your own?

Matthew 7:1 - 3

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It isn't necessary to blow out the other person's light to let your own shine.

 


Daily Meditations by  Pat Nordman ©

 


September 7

"Then man goes out to his work, to his labor until evening" (Psalm 104:23).

"A spectator watched three men at work. `What are you doing?' he asked the first man. `Working for ten shillings a day.' He asked the second man the same question. `Cutting stone.' When he asked the third man, the answer was: `Building a cathedral.'" Anonymous.

Work can be ordinary or extraordinary. If we have a job which matches our talents and we get paid a good salary, too, then how fortunate we are. But George MacDonald cautions us: "Mind, it is our best work that He wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think He must prefer quality to quantity."


Pat Nordman ©

 

 


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Excerpts from today's Spurgeon's Devotions

With links to the entire devotion

Spurgeon's Morning for September 7

Spurgeon's Evening for September 7
 

"And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay."

- Mark 2:4

  

"There is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet."

- Jeremiah 49:23

The world is constantly inventing; genius serves all the purposes of human desire: cannot faith invent too, and reach by some new means the outcasts who lie perishing around us?

Little know we what sorrow may be upon the sea at this moment. We are safe in our quiet chamber, but far away on the salt sea the hurricane may be cruelly seeking for the lives of men. Hear how the death fiends howl among the cordage; how every timber starts as the waves beat like battering rams upon the vessel! God help you, poor drenched and wearied ones!

 

 

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September 7  Eze 22:1 - 24:27

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To whom did God tell to go and mary a prostitute?
 

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What was the name of the sorcerer who was struck blind by the apostle Paul?

Elymas (Acts 13:6-12)

 
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Today's  Devotion
 

 

But my mouth would encourage you;
comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Job 16:5 (NIV)

 

 

Receiving the Person

by Cathy Vinson

 

"he that receives you, receives Me "

(Matthew 10:40)


receive (dechomai)-a ready and deliberate reception (Vine's).

Right now my husband is knocking on doors in this new town at new condos built near the church that is new to us.

He didn't go out with only words, but in his whole person. Will his person be received? his image, his presence, his personality as he encounters people cold turkey? Or is this even important?

"Whoever shall not receive you NOR hear your words..." (Mt 10:14). There was a reception for Christ's sent-out disciples that involved "receiving you" and "your words." It is interesting that "your words" (logos) meant "expression of thought" of the disciple. The expression was involved, the way the disciple expressed.

In the book "Ministry of the Word," the writer explains the formation of a Godly character, going through dealings under God's hand. When does the "word become flesh" in a person? Over the molding process of the living God, one's personality: inflections, humor, and ways can be a part of the ministry of the Word spoken. This is involved in the reception.

So my husband is out there. As he is received, it seems it is a ministry of Christ Himself. The receptive "will in no wise lose their reward" (Mt 10:41). This is awesome!

"For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. AND WHO IS EQUAL TO SUCH A TASK?" (2 Cor 2:15-16).

Cathy Vinson©

 

Send a note to Cathy Vinson , the writer of this devotion.
 

When does the "word become flesh" in a person? Over the molding process of the living God, one's personality: inflections, humor, and ways can be a part of the ministry of the Word spoken.  

 


Other Whispers from the Wilderness Devotions are found HERE

 

 

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~ Not Time for a Committee Meeting ~



On a freezing winter day in December 1987 three children were playing on the icy surface of a Vermont pond when the ice gave way under their combined weight. The two girls pulled themselves out, but four-year-old Zeke flailed helplessly in the water, clinging to a broken chunk of ice. Suddenly, their 80-pound dog let out a series of barks and plunged into the frigid water. She snagged Zeke's coat securely in her teeth and pulled the terrified youngster toward the bank and into shallow water, where he could stand. The dog then turned and offered her tail to Zeke. The boy grabbed it and was towed to safety.
There are times when believers find themselves in a spot similar to Zeke's.

When a fellow soldier is down on the battlefield, it's not time for a committee meeting. We need to plunge in and help pull him to safety.

 

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