GOLDEN WORDS
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and
desires.
GALATIANS 5:24 NIV
We say we want to know the Lord's love, to feel His favor, to experience His joy and
peace. We want to know His presence and His smile. But could we say we are dying to know
Him? If so, Jesus asks you to meet Him at the cross.
Joni Eareckson Tada
Daily Meditations by Pat Nordman ©
May 16
"Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil." Proverbs
4:27; "Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go,
without turning as they went." Ezekiel 12:1.
Apparently extremes aren't good for spiritual health. If we lean too much on the side of
severity, we can become harsh and intolerant; if we lean too much to the other side, we
may wind up accommodating wrongdoing without realizing it. Mercy and justice are the two
sides of God's coin and that coin becomes both a just and merciful standard for our lives.
God asks that we merge good nature with fixed spiritual principles, and that will be the
stamp, the seal, the coin, for our life.
Dwight D. Eisenhower noted: "People talk about the middle of the road as though it
were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray
areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the
road is all the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters."
The gutters are fanaticism and indifference. It is in the middle where we find the steady
people.
Benjamin Franklin said about the gray areas of life: "When confronted with two
courses of action, I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one.
Then, by weighing the arguments pro and con and canceling them out one against the other,
I take the course indicated by what remains." There are legitimate gray areas of life
when it is a good idea to do this. It's choosing the better of two goods when two options
are equally honorable.
Cartwright observed that "Some flee the cross; others make one." The middle
course is at the foot of the cross.
Pat Nordman ©
Excerpts from today's Spurgeon's Devotions |
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Who giveth us richly all things to enjoy." - 1 Timothy 6:17 |
"And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye and your cattle, and your beasts." - 2 Kings 3:16,17 |
He is a sun ever-shining; he is manna always falling round the camp; he is a rock in the desert, ever sending out streams of life from his smitten side; the rain of his grace is always dropping; the river of his bounty is ever-flowing, and the well-spring of his love is constantly overflowing. As the King can never die, so his grace can never fail. |
The Lord has his own sovereign modes of action: he is not tied to manner and time as we are, but doeth as he pleases among the sons of men. It is ours thankfully to receive from him, and not to dictate to him. |
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Who saved her unwise husband from the wrath of David, and later married David after the death of that husband?
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The prophet Agabus took what article of Paul's to demonstrate how Paul would be bound and turned over to the Gentiles?
Paul's belt (Acts 21:10-11)
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..and by his light I walked through darkness! JOB 29:3 NIV
Indifference by Pat Nordman
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There is a Murphy's Law that
says, "No good deed goes unpunished." Jesus was crucified for His love and
troubles, so we shouldn't wonder if someone forgets to show gratitude or, worse yet,
misinterprets our kindness. |
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