Today's Soul Food — October 24

 

Golden Words

      


Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.

Psalm 19:14 KJV

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Meditation is no other thing than an attentive thought, voluntarily reiterated and entertained in the mind, to excite the will to holy and salutary affections and resolutions.

St. Francis of Sales, Treatise on the Love of God, 1607


Daily Meditations by  Pat Nordman ©

 


October 24

"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed" (Proverbs 16:3). That word commit means to roll our bur-dens to God while we still work; to quit our fussing and fretting and get on with life.

We waste valuable time either trying to fit circumstances to ourselves or fit ourselves to our circumstances. It is best to commit ourselves to God and let Him take care of the circumstances before we have to be committed because of frustration. It is befitting that we trust God's plans for us, for they are al-ready established. We don't need to hang in suspense on the gossamer thread of doubt.



Pat Nordman ©

 

 


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Excerpts from today's Spurgeon's Devotions

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Spurgeon's Morning for October 24

Spurgeon's Evening for October 24

"The trees of the Lord are full of sap."

- Psalm 104:16


"He began to wash the disciples’ feet."

- John 13:5

Without sap the tree cannot flourish or even exist. Vitality is essential to a Christian. There must be life -a vital principle infused into us by God the Holy Ghost, or we cannot be trees of the Lord.

The Lord Jesus loves his people so much, that every day he is still doing for them much that is analogous to washing their soiled feet.

 

   

 

 

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October 24  Lu 8:1 - 9:62

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David the shepherd was how old when he became the king of Israel?       
 

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Who was the father and mother of Samuel?

Elkanah and Hannah (1 Samuel 1:2)

 

 

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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)

 

Dead ?

by Cathy Vinson 

 

"...dragged him out, supposing him [Paul] to have died. But the disciples stood about him, and rising up he..." 

Acts 14:19-20

Does anyone anymore argue the finality of death? The very smell of it falls right into the unoccupied and respected chamber of impossible where we dare not enter. It conveys "boundary" and "limit" of all we have learned exists.

In a matter of speaking we all have probably a number of issues in our lives that are death heaps. They are untouchable and unchangeable. If we
suppose them to be dead issues, we will leave the heaps right where they are.

But what became of the heap of Paul's body? The believers "stood about him," and he rose up. The dark, secured habitat of death was dissolved. He merely "rose up."

Is there anything that cannot happen when believers encompass something? The word, kukloo (English; cycle), signifies to move in a circle, to
compass about. As cyclists, they surrounded Paul. They honed in. They focused. 

Consider the issues that have fallen right into our realm of concern. Can't we surround those very things in prayer? Can't we enlist others to do the
same? Yes, these are two simple things we can do! 

The believers who stood around Paul saw death changed to life. For us today, we must avail ourselves of the spiritual authority given to simple
believers and simple acts of faith. 

Again, is there anything that cannot rise up alive if believers will not encompass it?

Cathy Vinson©

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

In a matter of speaking we all have probably a number of issues in our lives that are death heaps. They are untouchable and unchangeable...     

 


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~ Timing is Everything ~ 

I heard or read a humorous story about a fellow who decided to run his rotary lawn mower over a frog and butcher it with the blade. To his amazement, however, after he ran the mower over the frog, there it was still in one piece. He did this several times, and always the frog would be there in one piece without a mark on him. 

Finally, the fellow ran the mower over the top of the frog, and left it there with the blade whizzing around. Then, he kneeled down and peered underneath to see how it was that the mower blade never did hit him. What do you think? When he looked under his mower, there the frog was jumping that blade like a jump-rope every time it spun around with perfect timing! Can you believe it!? No? Well, I don't either, and it doesn't sound too smart to be looking under a lawnmower with the blade whizzing away. Don't do that, but the story illustrates what I'm trying to get across--timing is sometimes crucial. Especially is this so when we are walking with God. We should neither lag behind nor run ahead, for the consequence of either could be eternally fatal. 

—Duane V. Maxey  

And so we know the love that God has for us, and we trust that love.

1 John 4:16 (NCV)

 

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