September 6
"...I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf" (Exodus 32:24). How
preposterous! And yet we can give some strange excuses ourselves. "You know the
people...that they are prone to evil" (v.22). Aaron said nothing about the mold he
made or the graving tool he used.
We all sinand we blame nature or them. "They" make us do it. Society makes us
murderers and adulterers because it makes such stringent laws, so we reason. Moses
literally broke the commandments in indignation at the sin he witnessed. We break God's
commandments in indignation that our socalled freedom is curtailed and then we fault
others when life goes askew.
Pat Nordman ©
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"In the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world." - Philippians 2:15 |
"If ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law." - Galatians 5:18 |
We use lights to make manifest. A Christian man should so shine in his life, that a person could not live with him a week without knowing the gospel. |
We who looks at his own character and position from a legal point of view, will not only despair when he comes to the end of his reckoning, but if he be a wise man he will despair at the beginning; for if we are to be judged on the footing of the law, there shall no flesh living be justified. |
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September 6 Eze 20:1 -
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But my mouth would encourage you;
comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Job 16:5 (NIV)
Heart of True Ministry by Cathy Vinson
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Children can so easily and unintentionally portray persistence to us. A toddler at bedtime does eveything possible to delay the inevitable. This may include playing furiously with a toy earlier ignored, jabbering, protesting, and wanting more kisses and water as he or she is finally tucked in. What feverishness! If we'd only work as hard in our prayer life! In Luke 11:5-10 we read the story of a man whose friend needed to borrow something. He happened to need it at midnight. The friend tries to dissuade him, and would have in spite of their friendship. It is because of his PERSISTENCE, however, that he finally yields. Jesus is teaching us here and in Luke 18:1 that we must be more lionhearted in our praying. We give up far too easily. A rabbi Shem Tov spoke playfully of God living in a great palace protected by high walls and guards which keep God "safe" from those who might lay bold claim to His graciousness. The guards protect God from His own unlimited compassion; otherwise, He would give away the Kingdom to those who boldly and persistently come. However, the guards freely admit those casual petitioners who bring only matters of shallow importance. They know the King will pay them no mind. But they watch carefully for those who come in the agony of prayer or the joyfulness of play, because the King is perfectly helpless before them. Those who come with a bold and loving eagerness are the ones who gain access to God's deepest heart (Heb 4:16). Cathy Vinson©
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Bible Fact
WORK
WORK It is defined as: physical or mental activity directed toward the
accomplishment of a task; the labor by which people earn their livelihoods.
Man as created was intended to work. One of his primary tasks in the Garden of Eden was to
till the ground (Gen. 2:5). Although work was ordained by God as a blessing,
it became a curse as a result of the Fall (Gen. 3:1719). Man would now have to work
for his food, and much of his produce would be frustration.
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