Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;
celebrate his wonderful name with music.
Psalm 135:3 (NLV)
Pliny’s Letter To Emperor
In a letter written to the Roman Emperor Trajan by Pliny the Younger, governor of Bithynia
about A.D. 110, Pliny described what he had learned about the Christians and their
worship. “They are accustomed to meet,” he says, “on a fixed day before
daylight to sing a hymn of praise to Christ as God.” The troubled governor of
Bithynia had tried to explain to the Roman Emperor the reason for the spread of the
Christian faith, which was being extended so rapidly that it was leaving the pagan altar
deserted.
Unwittingly he had declared the secret of the power of Christianity and its spread in the
world—the Christians worshipped Jesus Christ as God.
—— H. Guy Moor
Daily Meditations by Pat Nordman ©
August 24
Is our hope a cable or a cobweb? "...Christ Jesus, who is our hope..." (1
Timothy 1:1 NAS). That word is is, present tense, a rightnow conviction that there is a
chance of help: "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help [and hope] in
trouble." Psalm 46:1. The verse doesn't delineate the trouble; it only tells us we
will have help when we need it. Our hope is our friend. It is Christian hope that helps us
to bear the burdens of life. We may be at the end of our rope, and that is exactly when
God reaches down and pulls that very ropeand usup to Him. So our hope is God's rope.
Pat Nordman ©
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"If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution." — Exodus 22:6 |
He has conquered every foe that obstructed the way. Cheer up now thou faint-hearted warrior. Not only has Christ travelled the road, but he has slain thine enemies |
To burn the food of man is bad enough, but how much worse to destroy the soul! It may be useful to us to reflect how far we may have been guilty in the past, and to enquire whether, even in the present, there may not be evil in us which has a tendency to bring damage to the souls of our relatives, friends, or neighbours. |
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But my mouth would encourage you;
comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Job 16:5 (NIV)
Controlling Our Spirits by Cathy Vinson
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WWe each are called to take responsibility over a part that lies within us. This is called our spirit or temper. A healthy life will hold out many variations to us, each with its own response. God already knows our thoughts from afar (Ps 139). Still, we are instructed to have command over our spirits. We honor as greatness the sportsman who can overcome another, who can fight, swing, and defeat. But God says, "Better a PATIENT man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city" (Prov 16:32). We will encounter anger-producing situations. Psalms 4:4 reads "IN your anger do not sin." This certainly calls upon a spirit under control. Later this verse says, "When you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent." Let us learn how to be angry. That is, let us learn how to be angry without sinning. We may even have to physically lay down and search within before we speak. Our temper or spirit reveals itself in zeal, lust, eating, anger, spending and of course speaking. This is a great mastery, one unrecognized by the world. We will be usable to the Father when we learn control over our spirits. Cathy Vinson©
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