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July 18, 2018
What Do You Want Me to Do?
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thess. 5:16-18
“What do you want me to do, God?” I asked the Lord one morning when I came in from walking the wheelchair dogs.
The day had begun just a few hours earlier, and I should have been refreshed, revived, excited for the day. Instead, after a night of fitful sleep, I was exhausted – and angry. I was run down from over 20 years of caring for rescued dogs, and recen...
July 17, 2018
Paralyzed Dog: A Lesson About Sin
“This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful...
A Time to Be Gentle
“Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.” Phil. 4:5
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.” Gal. 5:22-23
“And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their sens...
July 16, 2018
Don’t Quit!
“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:10
The devil can’t take Christ’s followers out of Christ’s Kingdom, he can’t steal our salvation from us, he can’t take away our relationship with God from us, he can’t undo God’s forgiveness of us, he can’t stop God from loving us, but he sure can try to wreak havoc on our lives by messing up our relationship with God, by messing up o...
You CAN’T Do This
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Phil. 4:13
Today’s world seems at times and in ways very focused on a “you CAN do it” and a “we CAN do it” and an “I CAN do it” and even like in the famous Nike ad a “Just Do It” mentality that goes along with the thinking that if we can just muster up enough strength, and have just the right positive attitude, and say the perfect combination of affirmations, and have cheerleaders and encourage-rs yelling out alongside us, well, yes, of...
Fear of Man
“The fear of man brings a snare,
But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe.” Proverbs 29:25
“For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.” Galatians 1:10
“The Lord is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?” Psalm 27:1
““The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” Proverbs 9:10
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Talking in LOVE
“Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.” Ephesians 5:1-2
“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.” Psalm 19:14
“Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.” Ephesians 4:29
“A good ma...
July 13, 2018
Loving the Forgotten
““When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hu...
We’re Not the Judge
““Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” Mt. 7:1-2
““Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” Luke 6:37
If you’ve ever been in a court of law, or seen one on television, or know anything about one, you know there is a judge. The judge does the judging. Unfortunately, if we’re honest with ourselves, whe...
Why You May Not Be Hearing from God
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” John 10:27
“If you would slow down enough to listen, you would hear,” the Spirit of God spoke to me one day.
I hear from God daily, as His Spirit speaks to me through His Word which I study daily and directly to my heart personally always in line with His Word as God will never speak against His own Word. But there are times I feel like I’m missing something, like I need to hear more from Him, like I should be hearing more from Hi...
