Today's Soul Food — November 30

Golden Words

      


 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.   

John 14:27 NIV

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WOW! What a wonderful promise. Peace, deep lasting peace, is the end result of the Holy Spirit's work in our life. This peace is unique. It is not like the peace of the world. With the peace that God gives to us, we need not fear the present or the future.
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Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.

John Buchan, The Pilgrim's Way


Daily Meditations by  Pat Nordman ©

 


November 30

Come, let us go into the Garden and kneel beside our pure Jesus who is about to die for us. See, He is in such anguish and those who could help Him are not there. They are asleep. He treads the winepress of suffering so alone.

What do we feel as we see the drops of perspiration drop like blood and we hear Him cry in loud supplication to the One who is able to save Him from death? Do we look into our own profane hearts and finally under-stand this mystery that He, the un-blemished Lamb, goes in His Father's will to die for us?


Pat Nordman ©

 


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Excerpts from today's Spurgeon's Devotions

With links to the entire devotion

Spurgeon's Morning for November 30

Spurgeon's Evening for November 30

"And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this."

- 2 Chronicles 25:9

"Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels."

- Revelation 12:7

 

Our Father holds the purse-strings, and what we lose for his sake he can repay a thousand-fold. It is ours to obey his will, and we may rest assured that he will provide for us.

War always will rage between the two great sovereignties until one or other be crushed. Peace between good and evil is an impossibility; the very pretence of it would, in fact, be the triumph of the powers of darkness.

   
   

 

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November 30  2Co 9:1 - 13:14

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Previous question and Answer:

Who said: "Is thy servant a dog that he should do this thing?".

Answer: Hazael, when told by Elisha of the life he was destined to live.

And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

 

 

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Today's  Devotion
 

 

...and by his light I walked through darkness!    JOB 29:3 NIV

 

Enthusiasm 

by Pat Nordman 

 

". . .I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God. . ."

 2 Timothy 1:6

". . .Your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action" 

2 Corinthians 9:2c

Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is the triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it." Ralph Waldo Emerson. An unknown old-timer discerned that "It is when the coals are not only kindled, but put together, that the fire burns clear and bright, and gives forth its genial warmth." 

Enthusiasm is the right combination of love, faith, hope, endurance, imagination, initiative and people. It forges through the obstacles of opposition, prejudice, inaction and indifference--symptoms of fear and laziness in thought, word and deed--to come up with more realistic and idealistic concepts.

An interesting illustration of fervor in the Bible is Mark 11:8: "Many spread their cloaks on the road. . ." The crowd was excited when Jesus entered Jerusalem. In their enthusiasm they shouted "Hosanna!" and some spread their cloaks and some spread branches. It was a joyous occasion and the mostly poor but spirited crowd honored Jesus. But lo! we find the crowd shouting just as vociferously and passionately only a few days later, "Crucify him!" Mark 15:13. What a terrible dichotomy! "Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing" James 3:10. John Wesley tried to convince his sister that the voice of the people is the voice of God. His sister finally quietly said to him, "Yes, it cried, `Crucify Him, crucify Him.'" 

It is either love or hate that gives the spark to enthusiasm; we have either divine or base motives for what we do. We can put our car into neutral but not our heart, for it is from the heart that the issues of life, good and bad, are pursued and decided. "My heart is stirred by a noble theme. . ." Psalm 45:1. The professing Christian will discover the good sparks in God's Word.

© Pat Nordman

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We can put our car into neutral but not our heart, for it is from the heart that the issues of life, good and bad, are pursued and decided. 

 

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Brokenness - Burning Little Hut

 

The only survivor of a shipwreck washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements and to store his few possessions. But then one day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, with the smoke rolling up to the sky. The worst had happened; everything was lost. 

He was stung with grief and anger. "God, how could you do this to me!" he cried.

Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island. It had come to rescue him. 

"How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man of his rescuers. 

"We saw your smoke signal," they replied.

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