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  Today's Soul Food — October 3

 

Golden Words

      


For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV) 

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We must confess that many situations arise in our lives that produce fear.  It may be illness, failure, financial loss, loneliness, loss of job, or death. Sometimes fear is the result of trying to handle our situations ourselves instead of committing them to the Lord.

Millie Stamm

 


Daily Meditations by  Pat Nordman ©

 


October 3

"Gather up the leftover fragments that nothing may be lost" (John 6:12b NAS). God is particular about our bits and pieces and what we do with them: frag-ments of time and oppor-tu-nity, thoughts and actions.

Jesus asked His disciples to ga-ther the broken pieces that repre-sent what is left over from His bounty. When God feeds us, He feasts us. He is able to do "im-measurably more than all we ask or im-agine," even (Ephesians 3:20). But He does not want us to waste the frag-ments from His abundance. He plans His universe to the last jot and tittle.

Pat Nordman ©

 

 


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Excerpts from today's Spurgeon's Devotions

With links to the entire devotion

Spurgeon's Morning for October 3

Spurgeon's Evening for October 3
 

"Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?"

- Hebrews 1:14

  

"He himself hath suffered being tempted."

- Hebrews 2:18

Angels are the unseen attendants of the saints of God; they bear us up in their hands, lest we dash our foot against a stone. Loyalty to their Lord leads them to take a deep interest in the children of his love; they rejoice over the return of the prodigal to his father’s house below, and they welcome the advent of the believer to the King’s palace above.

It is a common-place thought, and yet it tastes like nectar to the weary heart-Jesus was tempted as I am. You have heard that truth many times: have you grasped it? He was tempted to the very same sins into which we fall. Do not dissociate Jesus from our common manhood.

 

 

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October 3  Mt 7:1 - 9:38

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What was the name of Ruth's sister-in-law?    
 

Previous question and Answer:

Who was the father of John the Baptist?

Zacharias (Luke 3:2)

 
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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)

 

Forbearing to Make Use of Omission

by Cathy Vinson 

 

"I know your deeds, that they are neither cold not hot. I wish you were one or the other!..."

(Rev 3:16)

Perhaps the greatest weight the earth bears up under is the Christian's sins of omission. Omission means "the act or instance of leaving out, forbearing to perform or make use of; neglect." "If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him (forbears to make use of), how is it possible that the love of God is in him?" (1 Jn 3:17).

Henry Drummond gives us something to consider: "The Judgment Day is depicted for us in the imagery of One seated on a throne, who divides the sheep from the goats (Mt 25:31)--the final test of religion at that great day is not what I have done, not what I have believed, not what I have achieved, but how I have acted charitably. Sins of commission in that awful indictment are not even referred to. By what we have not done, by sins of omission, we are judged. It could not be otherwise. For the withholding of love is the negation of the Spirit of Christ, the proof that we never knew Him, that for us He lived in vain. It means that He inspired NOTHING in all our lives, that we were not once near enough to Him to be seized with the spell of His compassion for the world. It means that 'I lived for myself, I thought for myself, for myself and none beside--just as if Jesus had never lived, as if He had never died.' It is there we will meet either those whom we have met and helped, or the UNPITIED masses whom we have neglected. No other witness need be summoned. No charge other than lovelessness will be brought. Be not deceived."

"I know your deeds, that they are neither cold not hot. I wish you were one or the other!..." (Rev 3:16).


Cathy Vinson©

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Perhaps the greatest weight the earth bears up under is the Christian's sins of omission.

 


Other Whispers from the Wilderness Devotions are found HERE

 

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~ Anger Misunderstood ~ 

We've often been told to vent our anger, to get it out of our system. Not so, says Carol Tavris in her book, Anger, The Misunderstood Emotion. "Sometimes the best thing you can do about anger is nothing at all. Let it go, and half the time it will turn out to be an unimportant momentary shudder, quickly forgotten. The other half of the time, keeping quiet gives you time to cool down and decide whether the matter is worth discussing or not."

Dr. Tavris, a social scientist and faculty member of the New School for Social Research in New York, added, "The bottom line in learning how to handle this most important human of emotions is making a moral choice." She concludes, "The question is, 'What kind of person do I want to be?'"

The wise writer of Proverbs knew this a long time ago, when he said, "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous words stir up anger" (Prov. 15:1).

Jack Gulledge, Ideas and Illustrations for Inspirational Talks, (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1986), 6-7

Patience is better than strength.
Controlling your temper is better than capturing a city.

Proverbs 16:32 (NCV)

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