My Inbox of Daily Inspirations: 01/06/09

Today's Verse : Lamentations 3:22-23

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January 7, 2009

VERSE:
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his
compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your
faithfulness.
-- Lamentations 3:22-23
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THOUGHT:
What sustained you through the night? What will get you through
today? What will enable you to achieve your goals, even thrive, in
the days that lie ahead? The LORD's mercies. These incredible
resources never run out! Each new day brings a fresh supply of
them. God is faithful to make sure we have them each day. Praise be
to God for making our world new and clean each new day.

PRAYER:
Thank you, holy God and loving Father, for sustaining me through
the night and promising me endless day at the end of my life's
journey. May you, my Father in heaven, find love and praise on my
lips and in my heart at all times. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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Today's KJV Verse : Lamentations 3:22-23

January 7, 2009

VERSE:
It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because
his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy
faithfulness.
-- Lamentations 3:22-23
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Daily Wisdom NIV : Isaiah 40:31

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..but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow
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Daily Wisdom KJV : Isaiah 40:31

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and
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WJD! -- The Gifts -- Matthew 1:20-21

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The Gifts

But after Joseph thought about this, an angel of the Lord
came to Joseph in a dream. The angel said, "Joseph, son of
David, don't be afraid to accept Mary to be your wife. The
baby that is in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give
birth to a son. You will name the son Jesus. Give him that
name because he will save his people from their sins."

-- Matthew 1:20-21 (ERV)

KEY THOUGHT:
Most Christians know the three gifts of the Magi to Jesus were gold,
frankincense, and myrrh. But, did you know that the angel of the Lord
also gave Joseph the assurance that God is giving three gifts in
sending Jesus? God's three gifts in Jesus are: 1) a Son of David who
fulfills God's promise of a King who will reign forever; 2) a child
named Jesus who is God's Son, conceived through the Holy Spirit; and 3)
a son named Jesus, the Great Deliverer, who will save his people from
their sins. As Jesus' younger brother would later write, God is the
Father of "every good and perfect gift" (James 1:17). There is no gift
more precious or far-reaching than the gift of Jesus, God's Son, and
our Savior.

TODAY'S PRAYER:
O dear Father, you give such amazing and generous gifts. Thank you for
your assurance and love, for people of faith who believe and act on
your Word, for the Holy Spirit who leads us in your will, and most of
all, for your Son and my Savior, Jesus. For these gifts and a host of
others I so often take for granted, I give you thanks. You are
wonderful and your love is too great for me to fathom. Please accept my
heartfelt praise, in Jesus' name. Amen.

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Focus on the Goal, by Sarah Stirman

It happened again. Out running, my foot landed squarely on ...
something ... a pecan ... a rock? Whatever it was, it rolled my foot
right off, twisted my ankle, and sent me sprawling. Now I'm sporting an
oh-so-fashionable walking cast and have a few weeks to rest the foot
before I can take off running again.

Having a "poor me" moment, I started thinking, "Well, how am I supposed
to run? I guess I'll have to focus on the ground around me to keep this
from happening again ..." That would slow me down considerably, and
cause me to hate running as I would spend each run scanning the road at
my feet for obstacles or jeopardy instead of enjoying the scenery and
running toward my goal.

Well, what do successful runners do? Successful runners run smart by
not running on obviously treacherous landscape, but run with gusto
enjoying the scenery, scanning the road for obvious pitfalls and
dangers but keeping an eye on the goal, knowing that injury is an
acceptable risk: it just might happen and you deal with it when it
does. You can't run a successful race worrying about and focusing on
obstacles and injuries; you run a successful race by knowing your goal
and running toward it.

What if this race I run in life were the same way? What if I spent most
of my time enjoying the scenery and focusing on my goal of heaven
instead of trying to tiptoe my way around obstacles and worrying about
what I will do if I get hurt? I tend to hyper-focus on people that may
(or have) hurt me, situations and arguments that hold me back or
frustrate me, and obstacles and stumbling blocks that only serve to
keep my eyes off my goal.

In the same way that the road I run on is my reality, and perils along
the way will likely be a problem at some point, this world that I live
in is my reality, no matter how perfect my goal destination is.
Focusing on my goal of heaven won't keep this world from affecting me,
twisting my ankle and scraping my knees on occasion. But I can't let
the fear of that injury keep me from running this race with all I've
got, loving and living big and loud, spilling God's love and sharing my
goal of heaven along the path. I must run smart, and avoid obvious
pitfalls, but I have to accept getting hurt as acceptable risk: it will
happen at some point and God will continue to be faithful, providing
His people and His comfort in my time of recuperation.

So I'm ready.

So I'm ready. Ready to get back to road running as well as running
through life with my eyes on my goal, not on the pettiness and mess
around me. If you see me sprawled along the way, I may need help to my
feet, I may need a ride home, and I may need some encouragement and
comfort while I recuperate. But I'll invite you to run alongside me,
running this race with perseverance, fixing our eyes on Jesus, striding
together toward the goal.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of
witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin
that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race
marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and
perfecter of our faith (Hebrews 12:1-2 NIV).

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* Hey Clark Kent
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* The Cleft of the Rock
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Mustard Seed Thoughts: New Year 2

New Year 2

By: Ron Edmondson Mustard Seed Thoughts

I have heard all about you, LORD, and I am filled with awe by the amazing things you have done. In this time of our deep need, begin again to help us as you did in years gone by. Show us your power to save us. And in your anger, remember your mercy. Habakkuk 3:2 NLT

It was a difficult time. Imagine being the prophet Habakkuk. Your people come to you looking for words of comfort. They want to know that soon the rain will begin. They want to sleep in peace again, unafraid of enemy attacks during the night. Wickedness is all around, and it is hard to find a righteous man. Being a prophet in Habakkuk's day was not a fun job!

Habakkuk has no good news to tell. Each time he calls upon the Lord, he receives no response. It does not seem that God is listening, and if He is, He isn't responding. Things just seem to be getting worse.

Habakkuk lived in a difficult day, and so do we! He had heard of the great miracles of God. Habakkuk had read abou t God's mercy to a fallen land. He knew that God was capable of parting seas, raising the dead, and raining down manna and quail. Habakkuk also knew that although God hated sin, He could also right a few wrongs and extend His hand of mercy.

So, knowing all this, Habakkuk's request makes perfect sense. He just asks God to be God...again! Habakkuk essentially says, �God, show us your miracles of long ago! Let my generation see you at work!�

Could you use a miracle or two today? Are there some seas in your life that need parting? Need an omer or two of manna to get you through the day? Would you like this year to be a better, deeper, more spiritual year in your life? Call on the God who still does miracles! Be like Habakkuk, and ask God to be God....again today!

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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

MORNING:

"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you."
-- 1 Peter 5:7

It is a happy way of soothing sorrow when we can feel-"HE careth for
me." Christian! do not dishonour religion by always wearing a brow of
care; come, cast your burden upon your Lord. You are staggering beneath
a weight which your Father would not feel. What seems to you a crushing
burden, would be to him but as the small dust of the balance. Nothing
is so sweet as to

"Lie passive in God's hands,
And know no will but his."

O child of suffering, be thou patient; God has not passed thee over in
his providence. He who is the feeder of sparrows, will also furnish you
with what you need. Sit not down in despair; hope on, hope ever. Take
up the arms of faith against a sea of trouble, and your opposition
shall yet end your distresses. There is One who careth for you. His eye
is fixed on you, his heart beats with pity for your woe, and his hand
omnipotent shall yet bring you the needed help. The darkest cloud shall
scatter itself in showers of mercy. The blackest gloom shall give place
to the morning. He, if thou art one of his family, will bind up thy
wounds, and heal thy broken heart. Doubt not his grace because of thy
tribulation, but believe that he loveth thee as much in seasons of
trouble as in times of happiness. What a serene and quiet life might
you lead if you would leave providing to the God of providence! With a
little oil in the cruse, and a handful of meal in the barrel, Elijah
outlived the famine, and you will do the same. If God cares for you,
why need you care too? Can you trust him for your soul, and not for
your body? He has never refused to bear your burdens, he has never
fainted under their weight. Come, then, soul! have done with fretful
care, and leave all thy concerns in the hand of a gracious God.

EVENING:

"Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening."
-- Ezekiel 33:22

In the way of judgment this may be the case, and, if so, be it mine to
consider the reason of such a visitation, and bear the rod and him that
hath appointed it. I am not the only one who is chastened in the night
season; let me cheerfully submit to the affliction, and carefully
endeavour to be profited thereby. But the hand of the Lord may also be
felt in another manner, strengthening the soul and lifting the spirit
upward towards eternal things. O that I may in this sense feel the Lord
dealing with me! A sense of the divine presence and indwelling bears
the soul towards heaven as upon the wings of eagles. At such times we
are full to the brim with spiritual joy, and forget the cares and
sorrows of earth; the invisible is near, and the visible loses its
power over us; servant-body waits at the foot of the hill, and the
master-spirit worships upon the summit in the presence of the Lord. O
that a hallowed season of divine communion may be vouchsafed to me this
evening! The Lord knows that I need it very greatly. My graces
languish, my corruptions rage, my faith is weak, my devotion is cold;
all these are reasons why his healing hand should be laid upon me. His
hand can cool the heat of my burning brow, and stay the tumult of my
palpitating heart. That glorious right hand which moulded the world can
new-create my mind; the unwearied hand which bears the earth's huge
pillars up can sustain my spirit; the loving hand which incloses all
the saints can cherish me; and the mighty hand which breaketh in pieces
the enemy can subdue my sins. Why should I not feel that hand touching
me this evening? Come, my soul, address thy God with the potent plea,
that Jesus' hands were pierced for thy redemption, and thou shalt
surely feel that same hand upon thee which once touched Daniel and set
him upon his knees that he might see visions of God.

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My Utmost For His Highest : "Worship"

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January 6, 2009

WORSHIP

And he pitched his tent having Bethel on the west and Ai
on the east: and there he builded an altar.

Genesis 12:8
http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=ge+12:8&sr=1

Worship is giving God the best that He has given you. Be careful what
you do with the best you have. Whenever you get a blessing from God,
give it back to Him as a love gift. Take time to meditate before God
and offer the blessing back to Him in a deliberate act of worship. If
you hoard a thing for yourself, it will turn into spiritual dry rot,
as the manna did when it was hoarded. God will never let you hold a
spiritual thing for your self, it has to be given back to Him that He
may make it a blessing to others.

Bethel is the symbol of communion with God; Ai is the symbol of the
world. Abraham pitched his tent between the two. The measure of the
worth of our public activity for God is the private profound
communion we have with Him. Rush is wrong every time, there is always
plenty of time to worship God. Quiet days with God may be a snare. We
have to pitch our tents where we shall always have quiet times with
God, however noisy our times with the world may be. There are not
three stages in spiritual life - worship, waiting and work. Some of
us go in jumps like spiritual frogs, we jump from worship to waiting,
and from waiting to work. God's idea is that the three should go
together. They were always together in the life of Our Lord. He was
unhasting and unresting. It is a discipline, we cannot get into it
all at once.

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MEN'S DISHONOR

Romans 1:24-25
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Dear Father, to whom all honor and glory is due,

How sad that some would choose to dishonor themselves rather than
to honor you. When they do so, you give them up to their own
dishonorable passions. Women exchange natural relationships for
unnatural. The men likewise give up natural relations with women
and are consumed with lust for each other. Men commit shameless
acts with other men and receive in their own persons the due
penalty of their error.

Today, Lord, it seems to be getting worse. Men and women exalt
their own selves to godhood while practicing blatant homosexuality.
Instead of repenting, they demand the right to impugn you, and they
will not admit that they are responsible for the diseases you have
put upon them.

May I always acknowledge that you are the creator of life and love
and that only when I act in accordance with your design will I find
satisfaction.

In Christ's name. Amen.

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