For God so love the world that he gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

(John 3:16 (NIV))

God's love is so unforgettable that when trials come up we forget how He can help us through our trials. When we think back on how he has helped us completely we need to know and think on that HE can help us everyday in the future.

YOUR..

YOUR SMILE MAKES ME SMILE
YOUR LOVE MAKES ME LOVE
YOUR PEACE GIVES ME COMFORT
YOUR STRENGTH HELPS ME OUT
BUT MOST OF ALL YOUR SMILE AND DEDICATION AND LOVE HELPS ME TO
REALIZE HOW MUCH YOU LOVE ME UNCONDITIONALLY
YOUR SO LOVABLE
ON EVERYDAY YOU LOVE ME I'M READY TO LOVE YOU AND THERE'S NO UNMADE
DECISIONS TO BE MADE ABOUT YOUR LOVE LORD JESUS.

All from the Zondervan (The ZPH Daily Thought)

Daily Meditations by Pat Nordman ©

June 23

"`Do it with thy might'

This is the first injunction, and most needful. If Christians would put a tithe of the energy into their religion which they put into their business, what vast results would accrue! Somehow or other it seems almost discreditable, in the view of many of Christ's disciples, to be chargeable with an intense and vehement zeal for God.

`Strike the iron while it is hot,' everywhere but in religion, there keep a cool and suitable respectability, is the voice of multitudes who call themselves the servants of Christ...If we would save men, we must serve the Lord with all diligence."

Anonymous

Pat Nordman ©

June 24

Satan has many and varied servants working for him. Some we can spot right away; others are reasonable and sociable. He has other servants in the form of everyday rationales: "There's no danger"; "It won't hurt this one time"; "Everybody does it, why shouldn't I", and "There's time to make your decision for Christ; for now, enjoy life," to cite a few. There are many dangers; it will indeed hurt this one time; we may think everybody is doing it and then find that others were much wiser; and there isn't time to make our decision for Christ, for today is the day of salvation; tomorrow may be too late for us.

Pat Nordman ©

Excerpts from today's Spurgeon's Devotions
Spurgeon's Morning for June 23	Spurgeon's Evening for June 23
"Ephraim is a cake not turned." - Hosea 7:8	"Waiting for the adoption." - Romans 8:23
A cake not turned is uncooked on one side; and so Ephraim was, in many respects, untouched by divine grace: though there was some partial obedience, there was very much rebellion left.	We are not yet arrayed in the apparel which befits the royal family of heaven; we are wearing in this flesh and blood just what we wore as the sons of Adam; but we know that "when he shall appear" who is the "first-born among many brethren," we shall be like him, we shall see him as he is.
Spurgeon's Morning for June 24	Spurgeon's Evening for June 24
"A certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it." - Luke 11:27, 28	"Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said ... Be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods." - Daniel 3:16, 18
We do not know that Mary knew more than others; what she did know she did well to lay up in her heart; but she does not appear from anything we read in the Evangelists to have been a better-instructed believer than any other of Christ's disciples.	When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honour to trust him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle.

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June 23 Psalms 139:1-143:12
June 24 Ezra 1:1 - 2:70

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...and by his light I walked through darkness! JOB 29:3 NIV

Take Time

by Pat Nordman

"Remember how short my time is ... "

Psalm 89:47 NKJ

Those of us heading for the sunset realize the value of time. And it's true that the older we get the faster it goes! We have to both make and take time for that which is most important in our life. I found this jewel in the 12/12/1940 issue of the Florida Baptist Witness which reminds me of the importance of this:

TAKE TIME