If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there.' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.
Matthew 17:20 (NIV)
It is not our faith that will move the mountain, it is the power of God. Our faith, however, is necessary. There is tremendous power in a little faith when God is with us. If you are facing a mountain of difficulties, turn your eyes away from the mountain. Look instead at Christ.
We believe the task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us.
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Daily Meditations by Pat Nordman ©
November 2
Some wise Anonymous said, "Discover the work that expresses you in service to mankind, and give your life to it. Never mind your living." "But seek first His kingdom and His
righteousness, and all these things will be given you as well" (Matthew 6:33). If we spend God's time pursuing first the
mammon of un-righteous-ness, we will lose His blessings and promises. It is within work and
service that we find the true treasure that has God's sanction.
We are all endowed with certain good inclinations and aptitudes. These become our
incentives and inspirations. With prayer and dedication, we go on to become the seasoning in our part of the world.
Pat Nordman ©
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"Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law." - Psalm 119:53
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Sin makes the righteous shudder, because it violates a holy law, which it is to every man’s highest interest to keep; it pulls down the pillars of the commonwealth.
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...and by his light I walked through darkness! JOB 29:3 NIV
The Vicious Tongue by Pat Nordman
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Martin Luther had much to say about gossip and its terrible by-products. Luther pointed out that when we gossip we are doing Satan's chores for him. He related an incident of a couple so happily married that it was the talk of the town. The devil couldn't cause disharmony between them, but he finally hit upon the trick: he sent an old hag to the wife to tell her that her husband was having an affair with another woman and he planned to kill her. The hag told her that she would find a knife under her husband's pillow. She then hurriedly went to the husband with the same terrible tale. Unfortunately for the wife, the husband found her knife first, and that was the end of the town's happiest marriage. There are several vital lessons here: malicious tongues kill; Satan is behind the vicious tongue; trust your partner; and, above all, check your sources. Gossip is verbal interest in the failings of others rather than their feelings. Our own faults should keep us busy enough praying to a forgiving and forgetting Father and offering prayers of thanksgiving that He so willingly overlooks our own many ma practices of tongue. "I take it as a matter not to be disputed, that if all knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world. This seems proved by the quarrels and disputes caused by the disclosures which are occasionally made." Pascal. Busybodies are parasites who go about stinging the innocent with veiled but spiteful venom. Let us beware of the one who is busy with everyone else's business. Paul gives excellent advice to Timothy: "Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge. . ." 1 Timothy 6:20. Send a note to Pat Nordman , the writer of this devotion. |
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