Today's Verse : Proverbs 1:10

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VERSE:
My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.
-- Proverbs 1:10

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THOUGHT:
The real issue isn't "if" but "when"! Our children face
tremendous peer pressure. We do, too! We must help them resist the
enticements of this pressure. Also, we must never tire in resisting
them ourselves.

PRAYER:
O God, I do face temptations and enticements. Please guard my
heart, my life, and my example. Help me be a person of character
and integrity. In addition, please enable me to lead, protect,
guard, and warn my children -- both those who are my children in
the flesh and those in the faith. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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Today's KJV Verse : Proverbs 1:10

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January 10, 2008

VERSE:
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
-- Proverbs 1:10

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THOUGHT:
The real issue isn't "if" but "when"! Our children face
tremendous peer pressure. We do, too! We must help them resist the
enticements of this pressure. Also, we must never tire in resisting
them ourselves.

PRAYER:
O God, I do face temptations and enticements. Please guard my
heart, my life, and my example. Help me be a person of character
and integrity. In addition, please enable me to lead, protect,
guard, and warn my children -- both those who are my children in
the flesh and those in the faith. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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Daily Wisdom NIV : Psalm 139:17

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How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum
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Psalm 139:17, New International Version
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Daily Wisdom KJV : Psalm 139:17

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How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is
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Psalm 139:17, King James Version
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Mustard Seed Thoughts: Doubt 3

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Doubt 3

Part 3 of 5 : Peter's Story of Walking on Water By: Ron Edmondson

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Acts 19:25 NIV

This passage of scripture has always perplexed me a bit. How could they keep praying and singing in the midst of such trials?

As we have looked at the issue of doubting, which I do believe is a part of the normal Christian growth process, we saw that Peter, the great man of faith had doubts. We also saw that doubting, on its own, is not necessarily sin. It should be our goal to please God with our faith, but doubting by the believer is a normal reaction to certain circumstances of life.

The final point to this issue of doubt is seen in this 19th chapter of Acts. Paul and Silas, arrested for telling the Good News, had been severaly beaten. They were actually "flogged", which meant they were stripped of their clothes and beaten repeatedly with a whip laced with broken glass and sharp rocks. They were thrown into a jail w hich would probably not pass any sanitary rulings for today's prisons. They were shackled at the feet, and as far as they knew, they were preparing to die. Normal life appeared to be over.

How did they react? They prayed and sang hymns to God!

Fellow Christians, what this teaches me is that there is hope for me and you who doubt. Paul and Silas were at a point in their Christian maturity that regardless of how grim the situation looks, they were going to keep on praising God; keep on praying.

Are you there yet? I'm not, but I know I want to get there. May we commit more than ever to, no matter what, place our faith in the God who is worthy of all our praise! God is fully in control!

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The Power of Names, by Steve Ridgell

Just a few weeks ago I welcomed my fourth grandchild into this world.
Now you think this is another article about grandkids, family, and a
heritage of faith. That would be a good article, but not this time.
Actually, this child is my only son's first son. So now you may think I
am going to talk about fathers and family blood lines. Those are good
points, but this child has an even better story.

His name is Andrew Joel Ridgell. What makes that special is that his
father is Joel Don Ridgell, I am Stephen Joel Ridgell, and my father is
Joel Wesley Ridgell. He is the fourth generation Joel Ridgell. He will
grow up hearing stories of the three men he is named after. He will
hear of the great things the Lord has done in our lives and in the
lives of others through us. By virtue of his name he will have
blessings, legacy, and responsibilities. It will be easy to identify
his family. He will have lots to live up to, and some things to live
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I like this Joel tradition. It is my second favorite name. I have a
name that I cherish even more. It was given me when I was adopted into
the family of God. I am called a child of God. I am sometimes called
Christian, the name of my older brother … Jesus Christ. This family has
nothing to live down. In fact, I am in no way worthy of belonging to
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be called holy. Except, God the Father sent his only son to die for
those sins. He invited me into his family. Then when I was born again,
he forgave those sins, and gave me his name.

What an amazing gift to be called a child of God.

Someday Andrew Joel will choose to join the family of God. Then we will
be part of the only family that lives forever. He will no longer be
just my grandson, but my brother.

You too can become the brother of Jesus and wear his name.

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Morning & Evening -- Jeremiah 31:33 and Psalms 100:2

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MORNING:

"I will be their God."
-- Jeremiah 31:33

Christian! here is all thou canst require. To make thee happy thou
wantest something that shall satisfy thee; and is not this enough? If
thou canst pour this promise into thy cup, wilt thou not say, with
David, "My cup runneth over; I have more than heart can wish"? When
this is fulfilled, "I am thy God", art thou not possessor of all
things? Desire is insatiable as death, but he who filleth all in all
can fill it. The capacity of our wishes who can measure? but the
immeasurable wealth of God can more than overflow it. I ask thee if
thou art not complete when God is thine? Dost thou want anything but
God? Is not his all-sufficiency enough to satisfy thee if all else
should fail? But thou wantest more than quiet satisfaction; thou
desirest rapturous delight. Come, soul, here is music fit for heaven in
this thy portion, for God is the Maker of Heaven. Not all the music
blown from sweet instruments, or drawn from living strings, can yield
such melody as this sweet promise, "I will be their God." Here is a
deep sea of bliss, a shoreless ocean of delight; come, bathe thy spirit
in it; swim an age, and thou shalt find no shore; dive throughout
eternity, and thou shalt find no bottom. "I will be their God." If this
do not make thine eyes sparkle, and thy heart beat high with bliss,
then assuredly thy soul is not in a healthy state. But thou wantest
more than present delights-thou cravest something concerning which thou
mayest exercise hope; and what more canst thou hope for than the
fulfilment of this great promise, "I will be their God"? This is the
masterpiece of all the promises; its enjoyment makes a heaven below,
and will make a heaven above. Dwell in the light of thy Lord, and let
thy soul be always ravished with his love. Get out the marrow and
fatness which this portion yields thee. Live up to thy privileges, and
rejoice with unspeakable joy.

EVENING:

"Serve the Lord with gladness."
-- Psalms 100:2

Delight in divine service is a token of acceptance. Those who serve God
with a sad countenance, because they do what is unpleasant to them, are
not serving him at all; they bring the form of homage, but the life is
absent. Our God requires no slaves to grace his throne; he is the Lord
of the empire of love, and would have his servants dressed in the
livery of joy. The angels of God serve him with songs, not with groans;
a murmur or a sigh would be a mutiny in their ranks. That obedience
which is not voluntary is disobedience, for the Lord looketh at the
heart, and if he seeth that we serve him from force, and not because we
love him, he will reject our offering. Service coupled with
cheerfulness is heart-service, and therefore true. Take away joyful
willingness from the Christian, and you have removed the test of his
sincerity. If a man be driven to battle, he is no patriot; but he who
marches into the fray with flashing eye and beaming face, singing, "It
is sweet for one's country to die," proves himself to be sincere in his
patriotism. Cheerfulness is the support of our strength; in the joy of
the Lord are we strong. It acts as the remover of difficulties. It is
to our service what oil is to the wheels of a railway carriage. Without
oil the axle soon grows hot, and accidents occur; and if there be not a
holy cheerfulness to oil our wheels, our spirits will be clogged with
weariness. The man who is cheerful in his service of God, proves that
obedience is his element; he can sing,

"Make me to walk in thy commands,
'Tis a delightful road."

Reader, let us put this question-do you serve the Lord with gladness?
Let us show to the people of the world, who think our religion to be
slavery, that it is to us a delight and a joy! Let our gladness
proclaim that we serve a good Master.

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My Utmost For His Highest : "Intercessory Introspection"

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INTERCESSORY INTROSPECTION

And I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be
preserved blameless.

1&nbsp;Thessalonians 5:23

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"Your whole spirit. . ." The great mystical work of the Holy Spirit
is in the dim regions of our personality which we cannot get at. Read
the 139th Psalm; the Psalmist implies - "Thou art the God of the
early mornings, the God of the late at nights, the God of the
mountain peaks, and the God of the sea; but, my God, my soul has
further horizons than the early mornings, deeper darkness than the
nights of earth, higher peaks than any mountain peaks, greater depths
than any sea in nature - Thou Who art the God of all these, be my
God. I cannot reach to the heights or to the depths; there are
motives I cannot trace, dreams I cannot get at - my God, search me
out."

Do we believe that God can garrison the imagination far beyond where
we can go? "The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin" - if
that means in conscious experience only, may God have mercy on us.
The man who has been made obtuse by sin will say he is not conscious
of sin. Cleansing from sin is to the very heights and depths of our
spirit if we will keep in the light as God is in the light, and the
very Spirit that fed the life of Jesus Christ will feed the life of
our spirits. It is only when we are garrisoned by God with the
stupendous sanctity of the Holy Spirit, that spirit, soul and body
are preserved in unspotted integrity, undeserving of censure in God's
sight, until Jesus comes.

We do not allow our minds to dwell as they should on these great
massive truths of God.

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Praying with Paul : "No Presumption"

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NO PRESUMPTION

Romans 2:1-7

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Dear Father, holy and righteous judge,

Help me not to condemn myself by passing judgment on someone else
when I may be doing the same or similar things. How could I escape
your judgment and do this?

Help me not to presume on the riches of your kindness and
forbearance and patience. Help me understand that your kindness is
meant to lead me to repentance. Take away the hardness and
impenitence that may be in my heart. Give me a heart of flesh, not
stone.

Change my behavior and my attitudes so that none of your wrath
will be stored against me to be unleashed on the day of the
revelation of your righteous judgment.

In the name of Jesus I ask for your acceptance through my faith.
Amen.

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WJD! -- Fully Pleased -- Mark 1:11

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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Fully Pleased

A voice came from heaven and said: "You are my Son and I love
you. I am very pleased with you."

-- Mark 1:11 (ERV)

KEY THOUGHT:
Isn't this what we all need to hear from the ones we love the most?
Look at what is being said. I claim you as my child! I love you! I am
completely pleased with you! God shared these incredible affirmations
with his Son. In the subsequent verses, Jesus will go face the
temptations of Satan in the wilderness armed with the understanding
that his Heavenly Father lovingly and proudly claims him as his child.
You know, when we were baptized, I can't help but believe God said the
same things about you and me!

TODAY'S PRAYER:
Loving and adoring Father, I know I do not merit your love and grace.
Yet, dear Father, I am overwhelmed with them and thankful for them. As
your child, please know that I love and adore you ... even in those
times when I make wrong choices and also when I succumb to temptation's
power. Father, do not ever let the evil one strip my love for you from
me nor let him cloud my eyes to your love. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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