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2012 Day 227 – Acts 21

14 Tuesday Aug 2012

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I always admire Paul’s boldness when it comes to his willingness to serve Christ at any cost. Verse 13 shows that even though he was warned by the prophet Agabus, he would not be dissuaded from going to Jerusalem, Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” Some may look at Paul’s actions as reckless, but the reality is that Paul was willing to lay down his life to reach people with the Gospel of Christ. There are days I won’t even risk my reputation, much less my life. I hope and pray I’d have the courage of Paul if God ever called me to stand up for Him in the same way.

2012 Day 226 – Psalm 115, 135

13 Monday Aug 2012

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Psalm 115:1 stood out to me this morning, Not to us, O Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness. Before I pray and ask God for anything, I need to ask myself, “If God answers my prayer, who will get the glory?” I need to always strive to give God the glory for everything that is good in my life. Without His many blessings my life would be empty.

2012 Day 225 – Psalm 93, 97

12 Sunday Aug 2012

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In a relationship, you either tend to be aligned in your values and moral, or you at least respect them. In our relationship with God, we must be aligned with Him when it comes to how we feel about evil. In Psalm 98:10 it says, Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. If we love God, then we will hate evil; even, and especially, the evil that exists in us. We all strive for a righteous and pure heart, but we are imperfect beings who need God’s grace to make us righteous. So, when our imperfection appears in our lives, we should feel pain when from its existence because of how far we are from the righteousness of God. Praise God for His mercy and grace in forgiving us and allowing us to be pure in His sight.

2012 Day 224 – Psalm 50, 60

11 Saturday Aug 2012

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God is able to turn bad situations into good for our lives. Psalm 60:5 promises us that God is able to save those He loves, Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered. It is not always the way we want delivery, but He knows what is best for us. We must have faith and trust in Him to know what is best for us.

2012 Day 223 – Psalm 2, 29

10 Friday Aug 2012

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In today’s reading Psalm 2:8 stood out to me, Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. All we really have to do is ask of God and He will bless us. It’s not always the way we think He will bless, but it is always within His perfect plan that allows us to look back and know how much He wants to take care of us.

2012 Day 222 – Romans 16

09 Thursday Aug 2012

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Verses 17 and 18 stood out to me today, 17 I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. This is why it is so important to spend your own time in God’s word, so that you know the accuracy of what you are being taught from sermons and books. If we rely solely on a person’s opinion, without checking the validity of their teaching, we risk the potential for being misled into inaccurate information.

2012 Day 221 – Romans 15

08 Wednesday Aug 2012

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From now on when someone asks me why we do this blog I’m going to point them to Romans 15:4, For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. The knowledge of scripture and understanding the history behind it affects our attitude toward our present and future. The more we know and understand about what God has done in the past, the more confidence we will have in what He will do about our future. Being diligent about reading God’s word increases our trust in God’s perfect plan and will for our lives.

2012 Day 220 – Romans 14

07 Tuesday Aug 2012

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Sometimes we as Christians like to base our moral beliefs on our opinions or cultural bias rather than God’s word. When each of us stands before God, we won’t have our friends, family, or neighbors there with us. We will be accountable for our own lives and not that of anyone else’s. Verses 10-12 makes it clear, You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. It is written: “ ‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God.’ ” So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God. In the end, we will all stand before God and our eternity will be based on our own merit and the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

2012 Day 219 – Romans 13

06 Monday Aug 2012

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Verse 9 in today’s reading clears up a lot of confusion about Christian love, The commandments, “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Paul is simply saying we should use love as our gauge for all that we do. If we love others first, we will always do what is right. We need to focus on treating others the way we want to be treated. Do we want to be fed, clothed, and have housing? Then we need to work on those same things for others around us.

2012 Day 218 – Romans 12

05 Sunday Aug 2012

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It is good to have a healthy self-worth. We should never think of ourselves as being less than what God has created us to be. At the same time, it is important to take an accurate assessment of ourselves and know that our identity comes from our relationship with God. Verse 3 says, For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you. We are only as good as the measure of faith we have in God. We can never have true success without the Father. We may be successful in the eyes of the world, but our true measure comes from how we compare in the light of eternity.