Today's Verse : Isaiah 42:8-9

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December 30, 2007

VERSE:
"I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to
another. ... See, the former things have taken place, and new
things I declare; before they spring into being, I tell you of
them."
-- Isaiah 42:8-9

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THOUGHT:
No matter what happens over the next few days, months, or
years, God is already there! He is not bound by space and time. He
creates reality by his powerful word. While some may tremble with
fear because of the unknown, Christians can take comfort in knowing
that wherever we find ourselves, our Father is already there. He is
already working on our deliverance and salvation. Even now he is
declaring new things for us -- things about our future that we
cannot see. So as we journey into our unknown future, let's make
sure we journey with the one to whom the future is not unknown.

PRAYER:
Thank you Father! You know where my life and my world are
headed. With so much tumult about the changing of the year and the
passing of time, I consciously and confidently trust that my future
is in your hands. There is no other place I would rather it be!
Please bless me with confidence and banish anxiety from my heart as
your future unfolds before me. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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Today's KJV Verse : Isaiah 42:8-9

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December 30, 2007

VERSE:
I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to
another, neither my praise to graven images. Behold, the former
things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they
spring forth I tell you of them.
-- Isaiah 42:8-9

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THOUGHT:
No matter what happens over the next few days, months, or
years, God is already there! He is not bound by space and time. He
creates reality by his powerful word. While some may tremble with
fear because of the unknown, Christians can take comfort in knowing
that wherever we find ourselves, our Father is already there. He is
already working on our deliverance and salvation. Even now he is
declaring new things for us -- things about our future that we
cannot see. So as we journey into our unknown future, let's make
sure we journey with the one to whom the future is not unknown.

PRAYER:
Thank you Father! You know where my life and my world are
headed. With so much tumult about the changing of the year and the
passing of time, I consciously and confidently trust that my future
is in your hands. There is no other place I would rather it be!
Please bless me with confidence and banish anxiety from my heart as
your future unfolds before me. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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Daily Wisdom NIV : Matthew 5:9

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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of
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Matthew 5:9, New International Version
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Don't Let Go!, by Bill Sherrill

I find it sad that in a time when so many are full of joy, the pain of
the lonely is increased. In more than fifty years of seeking to comfort
the wounded, I have become acutely aware of the increase in depression
and grief during the holidays. There is just something about seeing
others enjoying themselves that makes those in depression feel even
worse.

The situation reminds me of a sleigh full of Christmas carolers passing
a funeral procession. Neither group can feel what the other is feeling,
but out of respect the carolers are silent as they pass by and the
grieving long for the joy of the carolers. There is nothing wrong with
the respectful attitude of the carolers, but as they continue on, must
they now sing dirges rather than carols? To lose the sweet songs of the
season only deepens the sorrow, prolongs the grief, and deepens the
darkness of those depressed.

Over and over, I have watched this darkness bring down the joy of those
who are near to it -- only making those trapped in the darkness feel
worse. Our joy may not be shared by another, but is it necessary to
forgo the joy welling up within our hearts because someone else does
not feel it? Can we not have our joy without feeling guilty that others
do not feel the same? The command to "Rejoice with those who rejoice
and weep with those who weep" (Romans 12:15) opens the path for sharing
in varied feelings without adopting them as extended patterns of our
own lives.

Should we be sensitive to the sorrowful? Of course!

Should we encourage and love those who are downcast and despondent?
Absolutely!

On the other hand ...

Should we let go of our friends who are struggling with their own brand
of despair? Absolutely not!

Should we let go of our joy in Jesus, family, and the season?
Absolutely not!

Oh if everyone could find comfort and joy as one who is covered by the
"shadow of the Almighty." No one had more reason to be dragged down
than the Sweet Singer of Songs, King David, yet he constantly found his
way out of the pit (Psalms 40:2) and into the joy of the LORD. He knew
the secret: it was in his relationship of trust in the loving kindness
of his precious Father. Listen to these deep truths found in the 91st
Psalm.

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Oh that everyone could find this comfort!

I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress,

My God, in whom I trust!"

For it is He who delivers you ...

(Psalm 91:1-3).

David adds to this the verse which has comforted me in my darkest
nights.

You will not be afraid of the terror by night, Or of the arrow that
flies by day (Psalm 91:5).

Oh that everyone could find the comfort of which David speaks! This
love is there for you in the loving presence of our gracious LORD.

To the joyous, you are called to be sensitive to those who cannot find
their joy, but you are not called to surrender your joy. It was given
to you by the Son, who "was anointed with the oil of gladness above
that of his fellows" (Hebrews 1:9). He entered our world as one of us
and he paid a great price to bring us this precious gift. Don't let go
of the struggling during this time, but at the same time, don't let go
of your joy, either.

Don't let go!

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* Is This Really Depression?

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* God in the Dark

http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200603/20060305_dark.html
* Dry Spells

http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200310/20031014_dryspells.html
* Bill Sherrill's Thought for the Week

http://www.northstreetcoc.org/ThoughtoftheWeek.html

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Morning & Evening -- 1 Samuel 7:12 and Matthew 22:42

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MORNING:

"Hitherto hath the Lord helped us."
-- 1&nbsp;Samuel 7:12

The word "hitherto" seems like a hand pointing in the direction of the
past. Twenty years or seventy, and yet, "hitherto the Lord hath
helped!" Through poverty, through wealth, through sickness, through
health, at home, abroad, on the land, on the sea, in honour, in
dishonour, in perplexity, in joy, in trial, in triumph, in prayer, in
temptation, "hitherto hath the Lord helped us!" We delight to look down
a long avenue of trees. It is delightful to gaze from end to end of the
long vista, a sort of verdant temple, with its branching pillars and
its arches of leaves; even so look down the long aisles of your years,
at the green boughs of mercy overhead, and the strong pillars of
lovingkindness and faithfulness which bear up your joys. Are there no
birds in yonder branches singing? Surely there must be many, and they
all sing of mercy received "hitherto."

But the word also points forward. For when a man gets up to a certain
mark and writes "hitherto," he is not yet at the end, there is still a
distance to be traversed. More trials, more joys; more temptations,
more triumphs; more prayers, more answers; more toils, more strength;
more fights, more victories; and then come sickness, old age, disease,
death. Is it over now? No! there is more yet-awakening in Jesus'
likeness, thrones, harps, songs, psalms, white raiment, the face of
Jesus, the society of saints, the glory of God, the fulness of
eternity, the infinity of bliss. O be of good courage, believer, and
with grateful confidence raise thy "Ebenezer," for-

He who hath helped thee hitherto
Will help thee all thy journey through.

When read in heaven's light how glorious and marvellous a prospect will
thy "hitherto" unfold to thy grateful eye!

EVENING:

"What think ye of Christ?"
-- Matthew 22:42

The great test of your soul's health is, What think you of Christ? Is
he to you "fairer than the children of men"-"the chief among ten
thousand"-the "altogether lovely"? Wherever Christ is thus esteemed,
all the faculties of the spiritual man exercise themselves with energy.
I will judge of your piety by this barometer: does Christ stand high or
low with you? If you have thought little of Christ, if you have been
content to live without his presence, if you have cared little for his
honour, if you have been neglectful of his laws, then I know that your
soul is sick-God grant that it may not be sick unto death! But if the
first thought of your spirit has been, how can I honour Jesus? If the
daily desire of your soul has been, "O that I knew where I might find
him!" I tell you that you may have a thousand infirmities, and even
scarcely know whether you are a child of God at all, and yet I am
persuaded, beyond a doubt, that you are safe, since Jesus is great in
your esteem. I care not for thy rags, what thinkest thou of his royal
apparel? I care not for thy wounds, though they bleed in torrents, what
thinkest thou of his wounds? are they like glittering rubies in thine
esteem? I think none the less of thee, though thou liest like Lazarus
on the dunghill, and the dogs do lick thee-I judge thee not by thy
poverty: what thinkest thou of the King in his beauty? Has he a
glorious high throne in thy heart? Wouldest thou set him higher if thou
couldest? Wouldest thou be willing to die if thou couldest but add
another trumpet to the strain which proclaims his praise? Ah! then it
is well with thee. Whatever thou mayest think of thyself, if Christ be
great to thee, thou shalt be with him ere long.

"Though all the world my choice deride,
Yet Jesus shall my portion be;
For I am pleased with none beside,
The fairest of the fair is he"

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DESERTER OR DISCIPLE?

From that time many of His disciples went back, and
walked no more with Him.

John 6:66

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When God gives a vision by His Spirit through His word of what He
wants, and your mind and soul thrill to it, if you do not walk in the
light of that vision, you will sink into servitude to a point of view
which Our Lord never had. Disobedience in mind to the heavenly vision
will make you a slave to points of view that are alien to Jesus
Christ. Do not look at someone else and say - Well, if he can have
those views and prosper, why cannot I? You have to walk in the light
of the vision that has been given to you and not compare yourself
with others or judge them, that is between them and God. When you
find that a point of view in which you have been delighting clashes
with the heavenly vision and you debate, certain things will begin to
develop in you - a sense of property and a sense of personal right,
things of which Jesus Christ made nothing. He was always against
these things as being the root of everything alien to Himself. "A
man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things that he
possesseth." If we do not recognize this, it is because we are
ignoring the undercurrent of Our Lord's teaching.

We are apt to lie back and bask in the memory of the wonderful
experience we have had. If there is one standard in the New Testament
revealed by the light of God and you do not come up to it, and do not
feel inclined to come up to it, that is the beginning of backsliding,
because it means your conscience does not answer to the truth. You
can never be the same after the unveiling of a truth. That moment
marks you for going on as a more true disciple of Jesus Christ or for
going back as a deserter.

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Praying with Paul : "Encouragement and Comfort"

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ENCOURAGEMENT AND COMFORT

Colossians 4:7-11

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Dear Father,

Give us caring hearts when it comes to our fellow servants in
Christ. May we carry the news of them to each other for the sake of
building each other up.

Stir us up to work hard for the kingdom of God and to encourage
each other in all facets of our labor.

Show us ways that we can encourage each other in our struggles and
comfort each other in our sufferings.

In the name of Jesus I ask. Amen.

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WJD! -- Recognized in the Breaking of the Bread -- Luke 24:28-35

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Recognized in the Breaking of the Bread

They came near the town of Emmaus and Jesus acted like he did
not plan to stop there. But they wanted him to stay. They
begged him, "Stay with us. It is late; it is almost night."
So he went in to stay with them. Jesus got ready to eat with
them and took some bread. He gave thanks for the food and
divided it. Then he gave it to them. At that time, the men
were allowed to recognize Jesus. But when they saw who he
was, he disappeared. The two men said to each other, "When
Jesus talked to us on the road, it felt like a fire burning
in us. It was exciting when he explained to us the true
meaning of the Scriptures." So the two men got up then and
went back to Jerusalem. In Jerusalem they found the followers
of Jesus meeting together. The eleven apostles and those
people that were with them said, "The Lord (Jesus) really has
risen from death! He showed himself to Simon (Peter)." Then
the two men told the things that had happened on the road.
They talked about how they recognized Jesus when he divided
the bread.

-- Luke 24:28-35 (ERV)

KEY THOUGHT:
Every meal is sacred when Christians share it together. When we share
the Lord's Supper, we are most certainly to recognize the presence of
the Lord with us. This meal, however, is a reminder that even the most
common times of table fellowship are sacred and precious moments of
Jesus' presence. When we eat together, let's never let a single meal
pass without our conscious realization and recognition of the Lord
being with us.

TODAY'S PRAYER:
Holy Father, thank you for making meals sacred moments with your Son.
Forgive me for trivializing mealtime with my brothers and sisters in
Christ. I confess that I get so busy and rushed that I often miss the
opportunity to welcome the Savior into our fellowship. In Jesus' name I
pray. Amen.

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