Today's Verse : Romans 12:21

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December 21, 2008

VERSE:
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
-- Romans 12:21
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THOUGHT:
A friend used to remind me that the number one goal in dealing
with difficult people or circumstances is this: Don't become what
you hate. He wasn't talking about hating the person, but despising
their evil, wicked, petty, and sinful actions and motivations. We
don't overcome the Devil by underhanded and dishonorable means. We
overcome evil, we drive it back into the abyss, by doing what is
right and filling our hearts and lives with goodness.

PRAYER:
Holy God, please bless me with character as I resist those who
are critical, cynical, and vengeful toward me. Please help me
respond in a way that reflects the character and Lordship of
Christ. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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Today's KJV Verse : Romans 12:21

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December 21, 2008

VERSE:
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
-- Romans 12:21
http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=Romans+12:21&translation=kjv

THOUGHT:
A friend used to remind me that the number one goal in dealing
with difficult people or circumstances is this: Don't become what
you hate. He wasn't talking about hating the person, but despising
their evil, wicked, petty, and sinful actions and motivations. We
don't overcome the Devil by underhanded and dishonorable means. We
overcome evil, we drive it back into the abyss, by doing what is
right and filling our hearts and lives with goodness.

PRAYER:
Holy God, please bless me with character as I resist those who
are critical, cynical, and vengeful toward me. Please help me
respond in a way that reflects the character and Lordship of
Christ. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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Daily Wisdom NIV : Matthew 5:8

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Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

Matthew 5:8, New International Version
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Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Matthew 5:8, King James Version
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Be Not Afraid, by Russ Lawson

What is it that frightens you in life? It seems that lots of folks I
talk with are living in a state of fear. They are afraid of the changes
in our society, in our government, in the economic stability of our
nation, of losing their jobs, of losing their health or of just getting
older.

How much do you talk to God about your fears? Prayer is one of the ways
we let God know what is on our hearts. It is also a way to take a
closer look at our fears and our own limitations and put them into
perspective with God's power.

Most folks will agree this is true, but most of us tend to forget too
soon, and are like the little boy the minister asked, "Do you say your
prayers to God each night?" "Yes, sir," the boy replied. "And, do you
always say them in the morning, too?" the minister asked. "No sir," the
boy replied. "I ain't afraid in the daytime."

You see, we at times are overwhelmed by our fears and quickly cry out
to God, but as soon as the emergency passes we forget. We not only
forget the emergency, but we forget to continue to talk with God.

Notice what the apostle Paul wrote to people just like us -- and don't
forget that he was in prison and not sure if he would live or die when
he wrote it:

Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell
God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. If you do
this, you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful
than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your
hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7
NLT).

Let me suggest that you don't fall into the trap of calling upon God
only when you are afraid. Rather, make it a daily practice to talk with
him and share your needs, but also thank him for all he has done! If
you will do that, you will find it much easier to "experience God's
peace"!

Be not dismayed!

One of my favorite hymns is titled, "God Will Take Care of You." Notice
the first line and words of the chorus:

Be not dismayed whate'er betide,
God will take care of you;
beneath his wings of love abide,
God will take care of you.

God will take care of you,
through every day, o'er all the way;
he will take care of you,
God will take care of you.

Don't be afraid -- "Be not dismayed" -- rather, share your concerns and
fears with the only one who can truly protect you! "Give all your
worries and cares to God, for he cares about what happens to you" (1
Peter 5:7 NLT).

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MORNING:

"Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love."
-- Jeremiah 31:3

Sometimes the Lord Jesus tells his Church his love thoughts. "He does
not think it enough behind her back to tell it, but in her very
presence he says, 'Thou art all fair, my love.' It is true, this is not
his ordinary method; he is a wise lover, and knows when to keep back
the intimation of love and when to let it out; but there are times when
he will make no secret of it; times when he will put it beyond all
dispute in the souls of his people" (R. Erskine's Sermons). The Holy
Spirit is often pleased, in a most gracious manner, to witness with our
spirits of the love of Jesus. He takes of the things of Christ and
reveals them unto us. No voice is heard from the clouds, and no vision
is seen in the night, but we have a testimony more sure than either of
these. If an angel should fly from heaven and inform the saint
personally of the Saviour's love to him, the evidence would not be one
whit more satisfactory than that which is borne in the heart by the
Holy Ghost. Ask those of the Lord's people who have lived the nearest
to the gates of heaven, and they will tell you that they have had
seasons when the love of Christ towards them has been a fact so clear
and sure, that they could no more doubt it than they could question
their own existence. Yes, beloved believer, you and I have had times of
refreshing from the presence of the Lord, and then our faith has
mounted to the topmost heights of assurance. We have had confidence to
lean our heads upon the bosom of our Lord, and we have no more
questioned our Master's affection to us than John did when in that
blessed posture; nay, nor so much: for the dark question, "Lord, is it
I that shall betray thee?" has been put far from us. He has kissed us
with the kisses of his mouth, and killed our doubts by the closeness of
his embrace. His love has been sweeter than wine to our souls.

EVENING:

"Call thy labourers, and give them their hire."
-- Matthew 20:8

God is a good paymaster; he pays his servants while at work as well as
when they have done it; and one of his payments is this: an easy
conscience. If you have spoken faithfully of Jesus to one person, when
you go to bed at night you feel happy in thinking, "I have this day
discharged my conscience of that man's blood." There is a great comfort
in doing something for Jesus. Oh, what a happiness to place jewels in
his crown, and give him to see of the travail of his soul! There is
also very great reward in watching the first buddings of conviction in
a soul! To say of that girl in the class, "She is tender of heart, I do
hope that there is the Lord's work within." To go home and pray over
that boy, who said something in the afternoon which made you think he
must know more of divine truth than you had feared! Oh, the joy of
hope! But as for the joy of success! it is unspeakable. This joy,
overwhelming as it is, is a hungry thing-you pine for more of it. To be
a soul-winner is the happiest thing in the world. With every soul you
bring to Christ, you get a new heaven upon earth. But who can conceive
the bliss which awaits us above! Oh, how sweet is that sentence, "Enter
thou into the joy of thy Lord!" Do you know what the joy of Christ is
over a saved sinner? This is the very joy which we are to possess in
heaven. Yes, when he mounts the throne, you shall mount with him. When
the heavens ring with "Well done, well done," you shall partake in the
reward; you have toiled with him, you have suffered with him, you shall
now reign with him; you have sown with him, you shall reap with him;
your face was covered with sweat like his, and your soul was grieved
for the sins of men as his soul was, now shall your face be bright with
heaven's splendour as is his countenance, and now shall your soul be
filled with beatific joys even as his soul is.

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My Utmost For His Highest : "The Right Lines Of Work"

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December 20, 2008

THE RIGHT LINES OF WORK

I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto Me.

John 12:32
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Very few of us have any understanding of the reason why Jesus Christ
died. If sympathy is all that human beings need, then the Cross of
Christ is a farce, there was no need for it. What the world needs is
not "a little bit of love," but a surgical operation.

When you are face to face with a soul in difficulty spiritually,
remind yourself of Jesus Christ on the Cross. If that soul can get to
God on any other line, then the Cross of Jesus Christ is unnecessary.
If you can help others by your sympathy or understanding, you are a
traitor to Jesus Christ. You have to keep your soul rightly related
to God and pour out for others on His line, not pour out on the human
line and ignore God. The great note to-day is amiable religiosity.

The one thing we have to do is to exhibit Jesus Christ crucified, to
lift Him up all the time. Every doctrine that is not imbedded in the
Cross of Jesus will lead astray. If the worker himself believes in
Jesus Christ and is banking on the Reality of Redemption, the people
he talks to must be concerned. The thing that remains and deepens is
the worker's simple relationship to Jesus Christ; his usefulness to
God depends on that and that alone.

The calling of a New Testament worker is to uncover sin and to reveal
Jesus Christ as Saviour, consequently he cannot be poetical, he must
be sternly surgical. We are sent by God to lift up Jesus Christ, not
to give wonderfully beautiful discourses. We have to probe straight
down as deeply as God has probed us, to be keen in sensing the
Scriptures which bring the truth straight home and to apply them
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Praying with Paul : "Patiently, yet Expectantly"

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PATIENTLY, YET EXPECTANTLY

Colossians 3:3-4
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Dear Father,

My God, I know that I have died and that my life is hid with
Christ. He holds the outcome of my life wholly in his hands; he is
my life.

Grant that I may wait patiently yet expectantly, knowing that when
he appears, I will also appear with him in glory.

Father, I thank you for this blessed hope. Let the joy of it fill
my life every day as I sojourn here on this earth.

Let me put the things of this world in perspective through the
victory that Christ brings.

In the name of Jesus I ask. Amen.

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WJD! -- Dead! -- Mark 15:44-45

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Saturday, December 20, 2008

Dead!

Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead.
Pilate called the army officer that guarded Jesus. Pilate
asked the officer if Jesus was already dead. The officer told
Pilate that Jesus was dead. So Pilate told Joseph he could
have the body.

-- Mark 15:44-45 (ERV)

KEY THOUGHT:
We should gather several bits of valuable information from this verse.
First, Jesus died more quickly than most facing crucifixion -- the
brutal treatment with his beating and scourging, something most who
were crucified did not endure, took a heavy physical toll on Jesus'
body. Second, Jesus was clearly and legally confirmed dead by those
experienced in the work of torture and death. Third, Joseph could not
remain a "closet follower of Jesus" and pick up his body -- he had to
request it from the one who gave permission for Jesus to be crucified,
Pilate himself. These three facts help us know with certainty (1) that
Jesus endured a horribly punishing death, (2) there was no doubt that
he died, and (3) yet that his death summoned up something deep within
people that touched them and moved them to honor him. While the first
three facts are historically important, these last three must be
spiritually important to us and move us to honor him with our lives
today.

TODAY'S PRAYER:
Father, make my life a daily praise unto you. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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