tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25208105707579179752024-03-27T02:36:30.858-04:00Antipas Prayer Force DevotionalsAPF Devotionals are for your encouragement and growth in Jesus Christ, and help in your service in His Kingdom.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-10914702234869983372024-03-24T23:13:00.001-04:002024-03-24T23:13:36.662-04:00PSALM NUGGET, OT LESSON, NT LESSON<div class="ydp71f7ff1yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">PSALM NUGGET:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation." (Psalm 118:14)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">OT LESSON:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory." (Ezekiel 43:2)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">NT LESSON:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"However, when He, the Spirit of Truth, has come, He....will glorify Me...." (Jesus, John 16)</font></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div class="ydp71f7ff1signature" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-27024055634469628082024-03-23T23:33:00.001-04:002024-03-23T23:33:16.062-04:00CHANGING THE PRONOUNS TO NOUNS<div class="ydp21e1684yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And [Jesus] who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness [Jesus] judges and makes war. [Jesus] eyes were like a flame of fire, and on [Jesus] head were many crowns. [Jesus] had a name written that no one knew except (Jesus) Himself. [Jesus] was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and [Jesus'] name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean followed [Jesus] on white horses. Now out of [Jesus] mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it [Jesus] should strike the nations. And [Jesus] Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. [Jesus] Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And [Jesus] has on His robe and on His thigh a name written:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">KING OF KINGS AND</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">LORD OF LORDS." (Revelation 18)<br></font></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div class="ydp21e1684signature" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-62090655857152940582024-03-22T15:39:00.001-04:002024-03-22T15:39:19.334-04:00"....THE OLD ORDER OF THINGS HAS PASSED AWAY"<div class="ydpf1a6c81yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"<b>He will wipe every tear from their eyes</b>. <b>There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain</b>, <b>for the old order of things has passes away</b>." (Revelation 21:4, NIV)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif;">What I took particular note of today is, "....<b>for the old order of things has passed away</b>." This </span><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><i>will</i> </font><span style="font-size: x-large; font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif;">happen. But the thought occurred to me, Why not live in the "new order" now, that is, in our thinking and world view. If this "old order" will pass away, why do we spend so much of our time thinking in old order terms, investing in old order life styles?</span><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">I believe that the coming revival will bring the Church into more and more "new order" thinking and living, which is another way of saying, "....<b>but we have the mind of Christ</b>." What an absolute contrast with "old order" thinking and living.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Father, in Jesus' Name, Only <i>Your</i> Words can impart Your Mind. Amen. </font></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">***************************</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Psalm Nugget, OT Lesson, and NT Lesson on Facebook, BUT FACEBOOK IS CURRENTLY CHECKING TO SEE IF IT IS OKAY </font></div><div class="ydpf1a6c81signature" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-55340333321897636242024-03-21T14:35:00.001-04:002024-03-21T14:35:18.858-04:00A "NEW" LOOK AT REVIVAL<div class="ydp325d8dayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"<b>Again He said to me</b>, '<b>Prophesy to these bones</b>, <b>and</b> <b>say to them</b>,' "<b>O dry bones</b>, <b>hear the Word of the Lord</b>!"</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">I have over that last several days been praying for revival. Now, of course, many of us have been praying for that for many years. This, however, is different.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">I don't know how to explain it, but I have been having a real sense that Father is letting us in on something. To pray for this revival, one will have to forget our previous understanding, even desire for revival. </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">I believe the word of John Baptist, that Jesus, "....<b>will baptize you in the Holy Ghost and with fire</b>," will be central. This is going to be great.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Father, in Jesus' Name, when You speak may I not automatically think I know what you are saying or are about. Amen.</font></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div class="ydp325d8dasignature" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-36790331331142520222024-03-19T23:08:00.001-04:002024-03-19T23:08:23.919-04:00"....COMFORT IN MY AFFLICTION...."<div class="ydpc233e3fcyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydpc233e3fcyiv6173192220"><div><div style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydpc233e3fcyiv6173192220ydp39a7ead3yahoo-style-wrap"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"<b>This is my comfort in my affliction</b>, <b>that Your Word has preserved me alive</b>." (Psalm 119:50, NASB)</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><i>This</i> is my testimony. I do not read the Bible because we are supposed to. I read the Bible because I <i>have</i> to. The, "<b>Word has preserved me alive</b>." Let me share a quote from Martin Luther.</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"I should gladly have seen all my books forgotten and destroyed, if only for the reason that I am afraid of the example I may give. For I see what benefit it has to the church that men have begun to collect many books and great libraries outside and alongside of the Holy Scriptures, and especially have begun to scramble together without any distinction, all sorts of 'fathers,' 'councils,' and 'doctors.' Not only has good time been wasted and the study of the Scriptures neglected, but the pure understanding of God's word is lost....It was our intention and our hope when we began to put the Bible into German that there would be less writing and more studying and reading of the Scriptures....I only ask in all kindness that the man who at this time wishes to have my books will by no means let them be a hindrance to his own study of the Scriptures....'"</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Father, in Jesus' Name, I neglected Your Words to my own hurt. Thank You that you brought me "home" so long ago. Amen.</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">*******************</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">PSALM NUGGET, OT LESSON, NT LESSON on Face Book.</font></div><div style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydpc233e3fcyiv6173192220ydp39a7ead3signature"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size-adjust:none;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-13790731921995382472024-03-16T14:07:00.001-04:002024-03-16T14:07:28.385-04:00PSALM NUGGET, OT LESSON, NT LESSON<div class="ydp8ca1012ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">PSALM NUGGET;</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"Be my rock of habitation, to which I may resort continually; You have given the commandment to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress." (Psalm 71:3)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">OT LESSON:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up." (Ecc. 4:10)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">NT LESSON:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith." (Galatians 3:24)</font></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div class="ydp8ca1012asignature" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-58962379956590613472024-03-14T23:24:00.001-04:002024-03-14T23:24:21.486-04:00"....TO REVEAL HIS SON IN ME...."<div class="ydpf4f5809yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"....<b>It pleased God</b>...<b>to reveal His Son in me</b>...." (From Galatians 1:15, 16)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">This is precisely what it "pleases" God to do in you and me also, indeed, in all who surrender their lives to Jesus Christ. </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Many times we may not seem like we are good examples of this. We absolutely must, however, get over looking at ourselves and resolutely, "....<b>run with endurance the race that is set before us</b>, <b><i>looking unto <u>Jesus</u></i></b><u>.</u>" </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Confess this out loud with me: "....<b>It pleased God to reveal His Son in me</b>."</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Father, in Jesus' Name, I pray that I get over myself and into You. Amen.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">*********************</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">PSALM NUGGET ON FACE BOOK</font></div><div class="ydpf4f5809signature" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-68198372311123303122024-03-13T22:26:00.001-04:002024-03-13T22:26:40.849-04:00"TRULY MY SOUL......................."<div class="ydpb93d8795yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydpb93d8795yiv4268423662"><div><div style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydpb93d8795yiv4268423662ydpfe5c99efyahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"<b>Truly my soul silently waits for God</b>; <b>from Him comes my salvation</b>. <b>He only is my rock and my salvation</b>; <b>He is my defense</b>; <b>I shall not be greatly moved</b>....<b>My soul</b>, <b>wait silently for God alone</b>, <b>for my expectation is from him</b>. <b>He only is my rock and my salvation</b>; <b>He is my defense</b>; <b>I shall not be moved</b>. <b>In God is my salvation and my glory</b>;<b> the rock of my strength</b>, <b>and my refuge</b>, <b>is in God</b>....<b>God has spoken once</b>, <b>twice I have heard this</b>: <b>That power belongs to God</b>." (Psalm 62:1, 2, 5-8, 11)</font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">I made a particular note of one verse of this Psalm for a text, then kept taking notes of others, until I came up with many verses from Psalm 62. Again, just reading aloud the Psalms is its own medicine.</font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">I have been meeting weekly with about 17 people from various "stages" in their relationship in Jesus; some of them have none. I have encouraged them several times to read the Bible with the heart, not just the mind. It will make all the difference in our attitude towards Bible reading.</font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Yes, the Bible speaks of understanding and wisdom, but remember Romans 10: "<b>For with the heart one believes unto righteousness</b>...." And, "with the heart," one receives the impartation of Jesus' Words.</font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Father, in Jesus' Name, thank You for the wisdom, knowledge, and understanding in Your Words, and, the impartation of Your life in those Words. Amen.</font></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;"> </span><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">*****************************</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">PSALM NUGGET, OT LESSON, AND NT LESSON ON FACE BOOK</font></div><div style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydpb93d8795yiv4268423662ydpfe5c99efsignature"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size-adjust:none;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-31164881289165190012024-03-05T10:58:00.001-05:002024-03-05T10:58:15.216-05:00"WHAT NOW?"<div class="ydp21bb1ae2yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydp21bb1ae2yiv8879190948"><div style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp21bb1ae2yiv8879190948ydpc942d4f4yahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"'<b>He trusts in the Lord</b>,' <b>they say</b>, '<b>let the Lord rescue him</b>. <b>Let him deliver him</b>, <b>since he delights in him</b>.'" (Psalm 22:8, NIV) </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">This is a "foreshadow" of Jesus on the Cross, the mocking, the ridicule. But has this ever happened to you? Perhaps it has without you even knowing about it. Maybe what is worse is when one does it to oneself. </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">You and I trust in our Lord Jesus Christ; we delight in Jesus Christ. There are times/seasons, however, when the "rescue" and deliverance for which we long and pray do not seem to be "there." What to do?</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Not long after our Stephen died, my Dad and I were standing in the living room. He stood there with his hands in his pockets and said to me, "What now?" Without thinking about it, my response was, "We go on." Not real profound perhaps, but I'm still going on------- in Jesus Christ. May that be your life motto, my friend. </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Father, in Jesus' Name, I thank You for the power and grace to, "We go on." Amen.</font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp21bb1ae2yiv8879190948ydpc942d4f4signature"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size-adjust:none;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-12574849150719556242024-02-29T23:41:00.001-05:002024-02-29T23:41:38.007-05:00PSALM NUGGET, OT LESSON, NT LESSON<div class="ydp534327d1yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">PSALM NUGGET:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, for in You do I trust; cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I life up my soul to You." (Psalm 143:8)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">OT LESSON:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"....Thus says the Lord of hosts: 'I am zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with great zeal.'" (Zechariah 1:14c)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">NT LESSON:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"No one can serve two masters. For you will hate the one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money." (Luke 16:13, NLT)</font></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div class="ydp534327d1signature" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-82874849826058430562024-02-28T16:47:00.001-05:002024-02-28T16:47:23.842-05:00PSALM NUGGET, OT LESSON, NT LESSON<div class="ydpe35e24deyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">PSALM NUGGET:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul." (Psalm 138:3)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">OT LESSON:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand will save me." (Psalm 138:7)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">NT LESSON:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"..Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures....After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once...." (1 Corinthians 15)</font></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div class="ydpe35e24designature" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-82392755019809553402024-02-26T22:33:00.001-05:002024-02-26T22:33:08.232-05:00WORSHIP AND PRAISE IS A TWO-WAY FELLOWSHIP<div class="ydpa52311f0yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"<b>For the Lord your God is living among you</b>. <b>He is a mighty Savior</b>. <b>He will take delight in you with gladness</b>. <b>With His love</b>, <b>He will calm all your fears</b>. <b>He will rejoice over you with joyful songs</b>." (Zephaniah 3:17, NLT)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><font>I have said it before, but worship is a "two-way street." For all the words in our praises and worship, no matter how many and how glorious, we find as many loving-on-you-a</font>nd-me expressions in the Bible of the Godhead towards us.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">For example, we may say, "Lord God, You are so wonderful to me," or, "I love You, Lord God," or, "I exalt You," etc. And our Lord's response to us? "<b>He will rejoice over you with gladness</b>,...<b>He will rejoice over you with singing</b>." And in Jeremiah 31:3 He declares to us, "....<b>I have loved you with an everlasting love</b>; <b>therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you</b>." </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Moreover, then, and perhaps above all, there is The Cross.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Father, in Jesus' Name, keep me ever mindful that any expression I can utter or demonstrate of my worship of You, pale in comparison to Your expressions and demonstration of Your love for me. Amen. </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">*****************************</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">PSALM NUGGET ON FACE BOOK</font></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><br></div><div class="ydpa52311f0signature" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-89495851576867965442024-02-23T14:19:00.000-05:002024-02-23T14:20:00.533-05:00"....THE SPIRITUAL ROCK THAT ACCOMPANIED THEM...."<div class="ydp58a24bd2yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"<b>They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink</b>; <b>for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them</b>, <b>and that rock was Christ</b>." </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">(1 Corinthians 10:3, 4--NIV)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">This is a glorious picture of what the Godhead intended for humanity, "before the beginning began."</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Strong's says that the Greek Word for, "<b>follow</b>," means, "to follow one who precedes, join him as his attendant, accompany him." What a wonderful picture of intimacy. Yes, the Good News is, "<b>Christ <i><u>in</u></i> us</b>," but the Bible is full of such language as in our text to show us that our Father, Son Jesus, and Holy Spirit literally have us covered and provided for.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Enjoy these, "<b>God</b>-<b>Breathed</b>," Words today, that our King and Savior Jesus Christ is our, "<b>Drink</b>," and our, "<b>Rock</b>" the One Who "precedes, joins, and accompanies" us in this sojourn.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Father, in Jesus' Name, thank You so much for our beautiful text. Amen.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">**********************</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">PSALM NUGGET ON FACE BOOK</font></div><div class="ydp58a24bd2signature" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-66473053254228437832024-02-20T22:31:00.001-05:002024-02-20T22:31:22.254-05:00"....FROM DAY TO DAY"<div class="ydpbd6633fbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"<b>Sing to the Lord</b>, <b>bless His Name</b>; <b>proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day</b>." (Psalm 96:2)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Singing to our Living Triune God, blessing His Name, the Name of Jesus, and proclaiming, "....<b>the good news of His salvation <i style="text-decoration: underline;">from day to day</i></b>", is good for us, and any around us.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">I have been writing devotionals for over 23 years, probably repeating myself many times. Our text is good repetition.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Father, in Jesus' Name, I pray to participate in, "....<b>from day to day</b>", proclamation. Amen.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">*************************</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">PSALM NUGGET ON FACE BOOK</font></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div class="ydpbd6633fbsignature" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-54341909155849989362024-02-17T15:48:00.001-05:002024-02-17T15:48:26.459-05:00PSALM NUGGET, OT LESSON, NT LESSON<div class="ydp7cc99c03yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">PSALM NUGGET:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"Then they remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God their Redeemer." (Psalm 78:35)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">OT LESSON:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"Then Job replied: 'I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you! Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing?" (Job 16:1-3, NIV)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">NT LESSON:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, 'You are My Beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.'" (Luke 3:22)</font></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div class="ydp7cc99c03signature" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-32307798751144719832024-02-15T21:40:00.001-05:002024-02-15T21:40:57.979-05:00"YOU...SHALL...BRING ME UP AGAIN...."<div class="ydpe94f139dyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div id="ydpe94f139dyiv8842712025"><div class="ydpe94f139dyiv8842712025ydpd0caa68cyahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"<b>You</b>, <b>Who have shown me great and severe troubles</b>, <b>shall revive me again</b>, <b>and bring me up again from the depths of the earth</b>." (Psalm 71:20)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Many reading this have known, "....<b>great and severe troubles</b>."</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">What the psalmist confesses you and I can confess right now, and in that confession we know that as we trust in Jesus Christ, He will, indeed, "....<b>bring me up again from the depths of the earth</b>."</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Father, in Jesus' Name, thank You for continually, "....<b>bring</b>[ing] <b>me up again</b>"----- and, "<b>again</b>." Amen.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; font-size: x-large;">***********************</span><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">PSALM NUGGET ON FACE BOOK </font></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="ydpe94f139dyiv8842712025ydpd0caa68csignature"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size-adjust:none;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-86337869217317855832024-02-13T21:44:00.001-05:002024-02-13T21:44:36.568-05:00LITERALLY: "I WILL NEVER, NO POSITIVELY NEVER...."<div class="ydpe2e43ac3yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"<b>Make sure that your character is free from the love of money</b>, <b>being content with what you have</b>; <b>for He Himself has said</b>, '<b>I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU</b>. <b>NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU</b>.'" (Hebrews 13:5, NASB)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">This is an exhortation to not worry about provision. And the reason is, while short, all encompassing for our every moment of our lives, "<b>For </b>[Jesus] <b>Himself has said</b>, '<b>I will never desert</b>.., <b>nor</b>...<b>ever forsake you</b>." </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Father, in Jesus' Name, I embrace You and Your promise. Amen.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div class="ydpe2e43ac3signature" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-24195420661021562382024-02-08T18:59:00.001-05:002024-02-08T18:59:48.480-05:00"....ONCE FOR ALL...."<div class="ydp5ae39533yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"<b>But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come</b>, <b>He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle</b>, <b>not made with hands</b>, <b>that is to say</b>, <b>not of this creation</b>; <b>and not through the blood of goats and calves</b>, <b>but through His own blood</b>, <b>He entered the Holy Place once for all</b>, <b>having obtained eternal redemption</b>." (Hebrews 9:11, 12--NASB)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">This epistle was written primarily to Jews, but as with all Scripture, just as Colossians was written to the Church at Colossae, it is for us all. These Words are clear. These Words are Life. These Words tell me some of the Eternal "effect" of the Cross of Jesus Christ.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nations, O, Thou of God and man, the Son. Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor, Thou, my soul's glory, joy and crown. " Amen.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">************************</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">PSALM NUGGET ON FACE BOOK</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydp5ae39533signature" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-51286325373488701282024-02-07T22:49:00.001-05:002024-02-07T22:49:38.464-05:00PSALM NUGGET, OT LESSON, NT LESSON<div class="ydpc4fced7cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">PSALM NUGGET:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them." (Psalm 34:7)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">OT LESSON:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"But the Lord is the true God; He is the Living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth will tremble, and the nations will not be able to endure His indignation." (Jeremiah 10:10)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">NT LESSON:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree'), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." (Galatians 3:13, 14)</font></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div class="ydpc4fced7csignature" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-22671181919303025482024-02-05T20:08:00.001-05:002024-02-05T20:08:43.782-05:00ANOTHER LOOK AT ROMANS 8:28<div class="ydpa7d64f1fyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"<b>And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God</b>, <b>to those who are the called according to His purpose</b>." (Romans 8:28)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">This is not a "multiple choice." There are two integral requirements here: "<b>love God</b>," <u><i>and</i></u>, "<b>called according to His purpose</b>." </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"<b>Love God</b>," means a life walked in obedience to Him. "<b>Called</b>...<b>to His purpose</b>," means a conversion experience which began and continues in repentance and walks continually in, "<b><i>His</i> purpose</b>." Our Lord Jesus Christ put it this way: "<b>If anyone serves Me</b>,<b> he must <i>follow</i> Me</b>...." </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Father, in Jesus' Name, I pray to be more than just a quoter of Scripture. Amen.</font></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"> </div><div class="ydpa7d64f1fsignature" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-57465295079717254472024-01-30T18:41:00.001-05:002024-01-30T18:41:14.452-05:00"....BE ACTIVE IN SHARING YOUR FAITH...."<div class="ydpc0bae531yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"<b>I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith</b>, <b>so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ</b>." (Philemon v. 6, NIV, 1984)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">I will be talking with some people from the Billy Graham Association this coming Thursday. It is a program to work in their discipleship/follow up department. Today's text seemed timely.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">We all have a testimony of our walk in Jesus Christ which can relate to someone. We just have to keep our hearts and ears and eyes open for opportunities.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Father, in Jesus' Name, I pray that I walk in obedience. Amen.</font></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div class="ydpc0bae531signature" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-3403836878706147192024-01-28T23:30:00.001-05:002024-01-28T23:30:10.673-05:00"GRIEF SHARE"<div class="ydp47d43df4yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div id="ydp47d43df4yiv6908774346"><div class="ydp47d43df4yiv6908774346ydpa694f78cyahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"<b>You have made Your Name and Your Word greater than anything</b>." (Psalm 138:2c, NCV)</font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">I am in a class at our local church called, "Grief Share." There are a lot of hurting people in this world.</font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Personally, I believe that Truth is the best counselor for grief, the best counselor, period. The old saying, "What you don't know won't hurt you," is not true. What you don't know will in<i>deed</i> hurt you. If we do not know Jesus Christ and His breathed Words, it will hurt us very much.</font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">His, "<b>God</b>-<b>Breathed</b>," Words are Truth, because they are the Breath of Him Who is, "<b>The Truth</b>;" hence, "<b>You have made Your Name and Your Word greater than anything</b>." Jesus does not give us "what-you-don't-know" counsel to comfort us. Jesus gives Himself, His Holy Spirit, and His Words as our Comfort. </font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Father, in Jesus' Name, thank You that You speak and are Truth. Amen.</font></div><div><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">***********************</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">PSALM NUGGET ON FACE BOOK</font></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="ydp47d43df4yiv6908774346ydpa694f78csignature"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size-adjust:none;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-87038046250112229692024-01-26T00:24:00.001-05:002024-01-26T00:24:51.151-05:00PSALM NUGGET, OT LESSON, NT LESSON<div class="ydp2e910910yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">PSALM NUGGET:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes." (Psalm 118:9)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">OT LESSON:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"Do not remove the ancient landmark (boundary), nor enter the fields of the fatherless." (Proverbs 23:10)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">NT LESSON:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps." (Matthew 25:3, 4)</font></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div class="ydp2e910910signature" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-91040056873195620702024-01-23T22:25:00.001-05:002024-01-23T22:25:57.358-05:00"EVEN THOUGH...."<div class="ydpbd4ef779yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"<b>Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death</b>, <b>I fear no evil</b>, <b>for You are with me</b>; <b>Your rod and Your staff</b>, <b>they comfort me</b>." (Psalm 23:4)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"<b>Even though</b>...." These two Words must rule in us. If they do not, when the, "<b>Even though</b>..," comes upon us, we most likely will give into it.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Many of us have had a number of, "<b>Even though</b>[s]..," in our lives, and the Enemy desires to have us give in to them.</font><span style="font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; font-size: x-large;"> Commit with me to continue following, "<b>the Lamb</b>," our King Jesus Christ, "<b>wherever He goes</b>"------ "<b>even though</b>...." </span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">Father, in Jesus' Name, in Your grace and mercy, I will. Amen.</font></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div class="ydpbd4ef779signature" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520810570757917975.post-33047128573480433662024-01-22T22:12:00.001-05:002024-01-22T22:12:10.409-05:00THIS CAME TO ME IN THE NIGHT WATCHES<div class="ydpaf03944yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"<b>The Lord is my Shepherd</b>; <b>I shall not want</b>." (Psalm 23:1)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">I woke up in the middle of the night and this immediately came to me. It was as though our Good Shepherd, Jesus, was speaking this Psalm to me:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="5">"I am your Shepherd, son; you shall not want. I have always made you lie down in green pastures, and led you beside the waters of rest. My love for you continually restores your soul, and I have continually, for these past 80 years, led you in the paths of righteousness for My Name's sake. Yes, even though you have walked through the valley of the shadow of death, I kept you from fearing evil, because I am always with you and in you. I have always comforted you with my rod and staff. I have continually prepared a table before you in the presence of My enemies. Doesn't indeed your cup run over? I want you to know beyond all your comprehension that surely goodness and mercy shall follow you all the days of your life, and you will assuredly dwell in My House and in Me forever."</font></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div class="ydpaf03944signature" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-emoji: normal;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia, New Times, serif;"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><font size="2"><font color="#32cd32">When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that </font><font color="#32cd32"><span>day</span></font><font color="#32cd32"> he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"</font><font><span></span></font></font><div style="color:black;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"><font style="color:limegreen;" size="2">Hebrews 12:2</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com