My Inbox of Daily Inspirations: 01/30/08

Today's Verse : Proverbs 1:29,31

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January 31, 2008

VERSE:
Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD
.. they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the
fruit of their schemes.
-- Proverbs 1:29,31

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THOUGHT:
Sometimes the natural consequence of rebellion is its own
justice. Rebellion ultimately produces bad fruit, and wickedness is
often its own worst punishment. In the face of such a generous God
as we focused upon yesterday, how could we choose to follow any
other path but his? It may seem harder in the short run, but in the
long run there is simply no option that compares!

PRAYER:
Father of justice and mercy, thank you for saving me by your
grace. Thank you for promising to judge the world with grace,
mercy, and justice. In you, and you alone, do I find my sense of
what is right and fair. I cry out to you, O God, for justice and
deliverance for your people who are oppressed, ridiculed, and
persecuted. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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Today's KJV Verse : Proverbs 1:29,31

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January 31, 2008

VERSE:
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be
filled with their own devices.
-- Proverbs 1:29,31

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Daily Wisdom NIV : Proverbs 4:25-26

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Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before
you. Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are
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Daily Wisdom KJV : Proverbs 4:25-26

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Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look
straight before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all
thy ways be established.

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Mustard Seed Thoughts: Offended Three

Offended Three

By: Ron Edmondson Mustard Seed Thoughts

Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

Romans 14:19 NIV

What do you do once you have offended someone? Obviously there will be times when offending someone is unavoidable. Some people easily misunderstand what others say. Some people just seem to carry their feelings �on their shoulders�. So, since people will get offended, what can we do to try and repair or restore a healthy relationship?

First, I think we must work to rebuild trust. Trust is built over time. Trust is usually not given lightly or blindly. Allow the person you have offended time to regain your trust. Trust is rebuilt as the other party sees you being trustworthy, so be a trustworthy person in all your dealings with the offended party.

Second, be sure to seek forgiveness. Part of having healthy relationships is that there are no wedges between you and the others in the relationship. Be quick to offer forgive ness. Extend grace if required. If applicable, pay back anything that is owed by you to the offended person.

Third, live with a forgiven heart. Don�t be a martyr about the things you�ve done wrong. That is never an appealing quality. If you offended someone, seek forgiveness and then move forward. Don�t continue to beat yourself up over the offense. Don�t allow the other party to use the offense against you. Once God has forgiven you and you have genuinely sought forgiveness from the offended person, you are freed to move forward with your life. (That doesn�t mean there will not be consequences for your offense. If you did something legally wrong, for example, you will still face legal consequences, but in an emotional and spiritual sense you are free to move forward.)

Part of living in community with other believers is trying hard not to offend people, but then working to resolve that offense once it occurs.

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Daily Heartlight -- January 30, 2008

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End of the Year Farewells, by Steve Ridgell

Every magazine and newspaper does the same thing in early January.
They publish the "Farewell" section listing all the notable people who
died the previous year. The list for 2007 was interesting. There were
politicians (Boris Yeltsin, Kurt Waldheim). There were entertainers
(Luciano Pavarotti, Marcel Marceau, Beverly Sills). Writers were listed
(Arthur Schlesinger, Sidney Sheldon, Norman Mailer), as were athletes
(Phil Rizzuto, Bill Walsh). Then there were the people who were famous
(Lady Bird Johnson, Evil Knievel, Anna Nicole Smith).

Of course, my hometown newspaper lists five to ten people every day who
have died, plus another fifteen or so from surrounding areas. And I
live in a fairly small city. I conducted several funerals this year,
and attended several more.

So what is the connection between the people in the first paragraph and
those in the second? They all died. Some were famous, some not; some
were rich, some not; some were mourned, some probably not. But they did
all die. And so will you and I. Maybe not this year, or next, but
someday. This life does not last. Most of you recognized many names
above, but your kids would not. One hundred years from now, few will be
remembered. And one thousand years from now, only a few will have a
footnote in some out dated book.

So what is the point of life? If we are all going to die, and no one
will remember us, what is the point of fame, money, accomplishments? It
is to give yourself to something that matters long after you are gone.
It is to make a difference for ever. It is to know that your life means
something. It is to know that someone will know you for a hundred, or a
thousand, or a thousand, thousand years.

You will be known and remembered forever because your life made a
difference.

If you want to know your life matters, I can tell you how. It will not
surprise you to hear me say I have found meaning and purpose for my
life that will last forever. And it has nothing to do with me.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

MORNING:

"When thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the
mulberry trees, then thou shalt bestir thyself."
-- 2 Samuel 5:24

The members of Christ's Church should be very prayerful, always seeking
the unction of the Holy One to rest upon their hearts, that the kingdom
of Christ may come, and that his "will be done on earth, even as it is
in heaven;" but there are times when God seems especially to favour
Zion, such seasons ought to be to them like "the sound of a going in
the tops of the mulberry trees." We ought then to be doubly prayerful,
doubly earnest, wrestling more at the throne than we have been wont to
do. Action should then be prompt and vigorous. The tide is flowing-now
let us pull manfully for the shore. O for Pentecostal outpourings and
Pentecostal labours. Christian, in yourself there are times "when thou
hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees." You
have a peculiar power in prayer; the Spirit of God gives you joy and
gladness; the Scripture is open to you; the promises are applied; you
walk in the light of God's countenance; you have peculiar freedom and
liberty in devotion, and more closeness of communion with Christ than
was your wont. Now, at such joyous periods when you hear the "sound of
a going in the tops of the mulberry trees," is the time to bestir
yourself; now is the time to get rid of any evil habit, while God the
Spirit helpeth your infirmities. Spread your sail; but remember what
you sometimes sing-

"I can only spread the sail;
Thou! Thou! must breathe the auspicious gale."

Only be sure you have the sail up. Do not miss the gale for want of
preparation for it. Seek help of God, that you may be more earnest in
duty when made more strong in faith; that you may be more constant in
prayer when you have more liberty at the throne; that you may be more
holy in your conversation whilst you live more closely with Christ.

EVENING:

"In whom also we have obtained an inheritance."
-- Ephesians 1:11

When Jesus gave himself for us, he gave us all the rights and
privileges which went with himself; so that now, although as eternal
God, he has essential rights to which no creature may venture to
pretend, yet as Jesus, the Mediator, the federal head of the covenant
of grace, he has no heritage apart from us. All the glorious
consequences of his obedience unto death are the joint riches of all
who are in him, and on whose behalf he accomplished the divine will.
See, he enters into glory, but not for himself alone, for it is
written, "Whither the Forerunner is for us entered." Heb. 6:20. Does he
stand in the presence of God?-"He appears in the presence of God for
us." Heb. 9:24. Consider this, believer. You have no right to heaven in
yourself: your right lies in Christ. If you are pardoned, it is through
his blood; if you are justified, it is through his righteousness; if
you are sanctified, it is because he is made of God unto you
sanctification; if you shall be kept from falling, it will be because
you are preserved in Christ Jesus; and if you are perfected at the
last, it will be because you are complete in him. Thus Jesus is
magnified-for all is in him and by him; thus the inheritance is made
certain to us-for it is obtained in him; thus each blessing is the
sweeter, and even heaven itself the brighter, because it is Jesus our
Beloved "in whom" we have obtained all. Where is the man who shall
estimate our divine portion? Weigh the riches of Christ in scales, and
his treasure in balances, and then think to count the treasures which
belong to the saints. Reach the bottom of Christ's sea of joy, and then
hope to understand the bliss which God hath prepared for them that love
him. Overleap the boundaries of Christ's possessions, and then dream of
a limit to the fair inheritance of the elect. "All things are yours,
for ye are Christ's and Christ is God's."

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My Utmost For His Highest : "The Dilemma Of Obedience"

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THE DILEMMA OF OBEDIENCE

And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.

1 Samuel 3:15

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God never speaks to us in startling ways, but in ways that are easy
to misunderstand, and we say, "I wonder if that is God's voice?"
Isaiah said that the Lord spake to him "with a strong hand," that is,
by the pressure of circumstances. Nothing touches our lives but it is
God Himself speaking. Do we discern His hand or only mere occurrence?

Get into the habit of saying, "Speak, Lord," and life will become a
romance. Every time circumstances press, say, "Speak, Lord"; make
time to listen. Chastening is more than a means of discipline, it is
meant to get me to the place of saying, "Speak, Lord." Recall the
time when God did speak to you. Have you forgotten what He said? Was
it Luke 11:13, or was it 1 Thess. 5:23? As we listen, our ear gets
acute, and, like Jesus, we shall hear God all the time.

Shall I tell my "Eli" what God has shown to me? That is where the
dilemma of obedience comes in. We disobey God by becoming amateur
providences - I must shield "Eli," the best people we know. God did
not tell Samuel to tell Eli; he had to decide that for himself. God's
call to you may hurt your "Eli;" but if you try to prevent the
suffering in another life, it will prove an obstruction between your
soul and God. It is at your own peril that you prevent the cutting
off of the right hand or the plucking out of the eye.

Never ask the advice of another about anything God makes you decide
before Him. If you ask advice, you will nearly always side with
Satan. "Immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood."

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Praying with Paul : "Walking in the Spirit"

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Romans 8:1-8

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Dear Father,

Thank you that there is no condemnation for me now that I am in
Christ Jesus. Through the principle of the Spirit of life in him I
have been set free from the principle of sin and death.

You, my God, did what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not
do. You sent your own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for
sin. Through him you condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the
just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in your people, of
which I am one.

Help me walk not according to the flesh, but according to the
Spirit. Set my mind on your Spirit, so I might live by your Spirit
and find life and peace.

It is in the name of Jesus, who gives his Spirit, that I pray
these things. Amen.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

A Large Crowd Finds Good News

A few days later, Jesus came back to Capernaum. The news
spread that Jesus was back home. Many, many people gathered
to hear Jesus speak. The house was full. There was no place
to stand, not even outside the door. Jesus was teaching these
people.

-- Mark 2:1-2 (ERV)

KEY THOUGHT:
Once again, the crowds swarmed to see Jesus, presumably because they
had heard of his miraculous power to cure lepers, to heal the sick, and
to cast out demons. However, Jesus chose to teach rather than to heal
with such a great crowd assembled. He was called to preach (Mark 1:38).
His focus was giving people the good news of God's Kingdom and calling
them to repentance (Mark 1:15). Rather than gaining fame, Jesus wanted
to win hearts to God. While we all may be tempted to try to impress
large crowds and to win fame for ourselves, Jesus' example is a
powerful reminder that the most important thing we can do is to help
folks understand the message of God by our words and our actions.

TODAY'S PRAYER:
Holy and tender Father, give me the courage and the sensitivity to
share your message with others and to call them to change their lives
to honor you. Give me wisdom, dear God, to know how to best do this
with gentleness and respect. Help me discern the best time and the best
method to share this good news with the people around me. Thank you for
your help and guidance in this importance task. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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