Today's Soul Food — August  25 

Golden Words

 


You neglected the Rock who had fathered you; you forgot the God who had given you birth.

Deut. 32:18 New Living Translation

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Delight is keener, suffering is richer, thought is more exciting, love and friendship are deeper, steadier in the long perspective of God.

Barbara Spofford Morgan

 


Daily Meditations by  Pat Nordman ©

 


August 25

"He drew me out of deep waters" (Psalm 18:16b). "And...the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left" (Exodus 14:22).

All finally have a Red Sea experience. What matters is, do we drown or do we forge ahead? "Why are you crying out to Me...move on" (v.15). "...The Lord drove the sea back...and turned it into dry land" (v.21). Our duty is to believe God will keep His promises of a dry land while we go through the waters of affliction. The waters become walls of protection, as God brings us through to deliverance.


Pat Nordman ©

 

 


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Excerpts from today's Spurgeon's Devotions

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Spurgeon's Morning for August 25

Spurgeon's Evening for August 25
 

"His fruit was sweet to my taste."

– Song of Solomon 2:3

  

"If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest"

— Acts 8:37

Faith, in the Scripture, is spoken of under the emblem of all the senses. It is sight: "Look unto me and be ye saved." It is hearing: "Hear, and your soul shall live." Faith is smelling: "All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia"; "thy name is as ointment poured forth." Faith is spiritual touch.

A stranger may not intrude where a child may venture. When the Holy Ghost has given you to feel the spirit of adoption, you may come to Christian ordinances without fear.

 

 

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August 25 Jer 37:1 - 40:16

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What king prophesied while accompanied by a minstrel?
 

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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)

 

 

Reward

by Cathy Vinson

 

"See, His reward is with Him"

(Is 62:11)


We may have briefly prayed before an encounter with another only to realize later how natural and pleasant that time had flowed. Because it was all so effortless, we are tempted to forget that God almost concealed Himself in the pleasing consequence. If He answers lovely, His ways are lovely. And finding them lovely our affections may grow.

He says, "My reward is with Me." He doesn't give without giving Himself. He can't be divided from His gift. "For I Myself will help you" (Is 41:13). He, our "very present help," translates to be the HELP we need.

Amy Grant has sung "We're just here to learn to love Him..." This is our courtship. A lifetime of seeing glimpses of Him in His ways will only draw us more. "I delight to sit in His shade, and His fruit is sweet to my taste" (S of S 2:3b).

Learning to love Him...when He appears in triumph we will be able to see fully that "His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him."

Cathy Vinson©

 

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"We may have briefly prayed before an encounter with another only to realize later how natural and pleasant that time had flowed."

 


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Music in the Bible

The Bible does not give complete information about the Hebrew musical forms and their development. Bible study, history and archaeology have been combined to give us some insight into early Hebrew music.

David is credited with the invention of a number of instruments. We do not, however, know precisely know what they looked or sounded like (Amos 6:5). David called upon a chorus of 4000 to offer praises to the Lord "with instruments which i made to praise" (1 Chron 23:5; 2 Chron 7:6; Neh 12:6). David also composed many songs as evidenced by the books of Psalms.

Though God directed Israel's social and religious development, the nation also absorbed ideas from the surrounding cultures. Israel's history brought it into contact with ideas and customs from all over the world. Some men from Israel also married foreign wives. Thecustom of their wives began to creap into their lifestyle. Naturally, these customs included music.

The purpose the music served and the way that the listeners responded to the music played a large part in the development of Hebrew music. In times of war it was necessary to send signals or alarms. The hebrews developed the shophar for this task. Merrymaking called for the lighter, happier sounds of the pipe or flute.

 

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~ Tangled Hair ~

The story starts out where she, Beth, is sitting at an airport terminal, waiting to board a plane. She was sitting there with several other people who were also waiting, whom she did not know.

As she waited, she pulled out her Bible and started reading. All of a sudden she felt as if the people sitting there around her, were looking at her. She looked up, but realized that they were looking just over her head, in the direction right behind her.

She turned around to see what everyone was looking at, and when she did, she saw a stewardess pushing a wheelchair, with the ugliest old man sitting in it, that she had ever seen before. She said he had this long white hair that was all tangled and such a mess. His face was really, really wrinkled, and he didn't look friendly at all.

She said she didn't know why, but she felt drawn to the man, and thought at first that God wanted her to witness to him. In her mind she said she was thinking, "Oh, God, please, not now, not here."

No matter what she did, she couldn't get the man off of her mind, and all of a sudden she knew what God wanted her to do. She was supposed to brush this old man's hair.

She went and knelt down in front of the old man, and said "Sir may I have the honor of brushing your hair for you?"

He said "What?"

She thought, "Oh great, he's hard of hearing." Again, a little louder, she said, "Sir, may I have the honor of brushing your hair for you?"

He answered, "If you are going to talk to me, you are going to have to speak up, I am practically deaf."

So this time, she was almost yelling, "Sir may I please have the honor of brushing your hair for you?"

Everyone was watching to see what his response would be. The old man just looked at her confused, and said "Well, I guess if you really want to."

She said, "I don't even have a brush, but I thought I would ask anyway."

He said, "Look in the bag hanging on the back of my chair, there is a brush in there."

So she got the brush out and started brushing his hair. (She has a little girl with long hair, so she has had lots of practice getting tangles out, and knew how to be gentle with him.) She worked for a long time, until every last tangle was out.

Just as she was finishing up, she heard the old man crying, and she went and put her hands on his knees, kneeling in front of him again looking directly into his eyes, and said "Sir, do you know Jesus?"

He answered, "Yes, of course I know Jesus. You see, my bride told me she couldn't marry me unless I knew Jesus, so I learned all about Jesus, and asked Him to come into my heart many years ago, before I married my bride."

He continued, "You know, I am on my way home to go and see my wife. I have been in the hospital for a long time, and had to have a special surgery in this town far from my home. My wife couldn't come with me, because she is so frail herself." He said, "I was so worried about how terrible my hair looked, and I didn't want her to see me looking so awful, but I couldn't brush my hair, all by myself."

Tears were rolling down his cheeks, as he thanked Beth for brushing his hair. He thanked her over and over again.

She was crying, people all around witnessing this were crying, and as they were all boarding the plane, the stewardess, who was also crying, stopped her, and asked, "Why did you do that?"

And right there was the opportunity, the door that had been opened to share with someone else, the love of God. We don't always understand God's ways, but be ready, He may use us to meet the need of someone else, like He met the need of this old man, and in that moment, also calling out to a lost soul who needed to know about His love.

Author Unknown

 

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