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
EVERYDAY YOU LOVE ME I'M READY TO LOVE YOU AND THERE'S NO UNMADE DECISIONS TO BE MADE ABOUT YOUR LOVE LORD JESUS.
— from Zondervan (The ZPH Daily Thought)
Daily Meditations by Pat Nordman ©
October 14
Moses pleaded, "O Lord, I have never been eloquent...I am slow of speech and
tongue" (Exodus 4:10). Moses was to speak for God, not as God. God chose Moses, slow of speech, rather than the eloquent Aaron, to pray for Joshua
(Exodus 17:12).
It is the grace of the tongue that finally prevails for victory. The disciples were not orators, but the Holy Spirit came upon them and they became His witnesses to all the world (Acts 1:8).
God will qualify us as He commands us to do for Him. "Every good and perfect gift is from above..." James 1:17. For that reason, we cannot be proud of our talents, only grateful.
October 15
"But let your statement be, `Yes, yes' or `No, no'; and anything beyond this is of evil" Matthew 5:37 NAS. Words are deeds of the lips, and an over-active tongue
translates into over-kill and, oftentimes, death by boredom. A multiplicity of words can also
degenerate into duplicity.
Jesus' "verily, verily" was His veracity. His simplicity of conversation assured His listeners they could totally trust Him. His Word was indeed His bond and their security, and ours, as well.
Do we give to others this invaluable gift of total honesty?
Pat Nordman ©
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"I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord."
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"And be not conformed to this world."
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Spiritual knowledge of Christ will be a personal knowledge. I cannot know Jesus through another person’s acquaintance with him. No, I must know him myself; I must know him on my own account. |
If a Christian can by possibility be saved while he conforms to this world, at any rate it must be so as by fire. Such a bare salvation is almost as much to be dreaded as desired.
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But who may abide the day of his coming?"
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"But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck."
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O that the terrors of the Lord would persuade men to forsake their sins and kiss the Son lest he be angry! Though a lamb, he is yet the lion of the tribe of Judah, rending the prey in pieces; and though he breaks not the bruised reed, yet will he break his enemies with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. |
My soul, admire the boundless love of God to thee and others of the human race. Worms are bought with the blood of the Son of the Highest! Dust and ashes redeemed with a price far above silver and gold! What a doom had been mine had not plenteous redemption been found! |
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But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Job 16:5 (NIV)
No Fear by Cathy Vinson
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We don't get far into the Scripture before encountering a word with such frequency that we must come to grips with it: "fear." Fear God. Vine defines the fear of God as "the wholesome dread of displeasing Him." The saints of old feared God. Jesus, too, says, "I will show you whom you are to fear (phobia): Fear Him" (Luke 12:5). As we move on through its pages, relationship to God begins to flicker with a new nuance, a bonding beyond even fear. Zechariah's ecstatic prophecy foretells "a horn of salvation...to enable us to serve Him without fear (phobia) in holiness and righteousness before Him all our days" (Luke 1:74). Without the distance created by fear, we would serve closely before Him. Without the fear of weighing every action against right or wrong, the purest holiness and righteousness could be attained in service. We would be drawn nearer to Him than ever. This level of service to God was later enlarged through John (see 1 Jn 4:17-18). When love is made complete, "as He is, so ARE WE in this world." He saw perfect love not only displacing fear, but actually casting it out. Because we are already before Him all our days, the dread of coming judgment is stripped away. Fear gives way to perfect love, and perfect love draws us near. Even though we are "enabled" to serve without fear, we must now press onto this. Fear is the excellent beginning, "the beginning of wisdom" (Prov 9:10). But we are now called to enlarged boundaries. Revere, yes! Extol, yes, yes! And rejoice that His love can be made perfect in us..."The man who fears (phobia) is not made perfect in love" (1 Jn 4:18). "The darkness is passing, and the true light is already shining" (1 Jn 1:8). Press on for this is our day to shine! Cathy Vinson© Send a note to Cathy Vinson , the writer of this devotion. |
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