Ever feel deficient? Ever say to yourself, “I don’t have what it takes?” Do your personal defects dominate your attention? Well, it looks like you’re a member of the Jeremiah Club. …
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Mountainous waves crashed down upon the vessel carrying the Apostle Paul to Rome. Walls of green Mediterranean water swept the tiny craft from stem to stern. The little ship shuddered and vibrated as hurricane force wind and furious waves pounded its decks and sides.
Reasons for discouragement unrelentingly filled the thoughts of both passengers and crew. Everyone gave up hope of being saved. …
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Hundreds of Bible promises end with statements like “I am the Lord.” Many others include “declares the Lord.” Still more promises conclude with “the Lord is His name.”
Why so much repetition? Doesn’t God know that we gladly accept His lordship over our lives? …
A nation of ex-slaves defiantly marched out of Egyptian control. The entire Hebrew nation looked forward to entering the land promised to their forefathers. But the Lord told the Israelites to turn back and encamp near the Red Sea.
This order appeared unreasonable. Why turn back toward Egypt? The Promised Land beckoned, so why not continue marching toward Palestine?
God continued speaking to Moses. “Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are wandering…in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.’” God baited Pharaoh; he wanted Pharaoh pursuing the Israelites! …
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God can’t take his eyes off you.
Have you ever been so physically ill that you couldn’t focus attention on the Lord? Has depression, fear or worry ever gripped you so tightly that you couldn’t think about the Lord? Sometimes life becomes so difficult that we are unable to meditate on the Lord even if we wish to. Then we feel guilty for not directing our thoughts toward God.
Well, you have nothing to worry about! Even when you are unable to concentrate on God, he continues directing his attention toward you. Job 36:7 promises that God “does not take his eyes off the righteous,” Psalm 34:15. promises that “the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry.”
God constantly thinks of us whether or not we constantly think of him. You truly are God’s treasured possession. He loves you so much that he just can’t take his eyes off you.
The next time you feel unworthy of God’s unswerving attention, look up and quote a portion of Genesis 16:13. This scripture portion says, “You are the God who sees me.”
Scriptures referred to: Job 36:7; Psalm 34:15; Genesis 16:13.
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Here are some quotes from the book of Isaiah that will prove a blessing to all of us. We call them Verses that Vivify because that is exactly what God’s Word does in us—it strengthens us!
Isaiah 25:1 Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.
Isaiah 25:4 You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat.
Isaiah 25:8 The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces
Isaiah 25:9 Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the Lord we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.
Isaiah 26:4 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the Rock eternal.
Isaiah 26:8 Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.
Isaiah 26:9 My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
Isaiah 26:12 Lord, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
Isaiah 28:6 He will be…a source of strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
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“By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place; by his knowledge the deeps were divided,” Proverbs 3:19-20.
Since God’s wisdom, knowledge and understanding made everything, shouldn’t we humans seek to be possessed by divine wisdom, knowledge and understanding? How blessed our relationships with other humans would be! How much better we would do on the job! How much more love and joy would fill our hearts! Yes, when God’s thoughts control our minds, words and behavior, his blessings rest upon everything we are and everything we do!
There’s a book in the Bible called Proverbs. As we read this book again and again, it gains control over us. It begins influencing our thoughts, beliefs and words. Godly wisdom, understanding and knowledge flow from Proverbs into our emotions and thoughts. God’s way of living becomes our way of living. God’s way of treating people becomes our way of treating them. God’s beliefs become our beliefs.
Why not try reading Proverbs? There are thirty-one chapters in the book. Try reading a chapter a day according to the calendar date. In this way, you will read Proverbs through each month. Think of that! For just a few minutes a day you can read Proverbs through twelve times a year.
Then, Godly wisdom, understanding and knowledge will possess you. You will enjoy increased harmony in your relationships with people. More and more divine happiness will fill your heart.
Be greatly encouraged,
Pastor James Fields
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Most Christians know that Jesus wants us loving one another. Nevertheless, loving other humans proves more difficult than loving God. So the Lord wisely included several Love One Another scriptures in the New Testament. As we read the forty-three one another scriptures listed below, His Word will empower us with the ability to choose love for each other. When you don’t feel love, choose to love. Christian love produces feelings of love, but Christian love never depends only upon feelings. “For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen,” 1 John 4:20.
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Deuteronomy 32:46-47 impressed me when I first read it as a high school senior. Moses was speaking to the Israelis, but what he said to them applies to us in the 21st century. “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day…. They are not just idle words for you; they are your life.” So, we are to take to heart the words of Scripture, fill our minds with Scripture and train ourselves to meditate on God’s Word. …
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Ezekiel was an exiled Jewish prophet who lived in Babylon (Iraq) about 600 years before Jesus. He loved the Lord and faithfully spoke the Word God gave him to share with the people of his day. Many of his prophecies deal with the days in which we live and the days that are yet to come on the earth. Be blessed by these brief quotations from Ezekiel’s book. …
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