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HeavenBesideYou 11-30-2006 06:14 AM

Re: Daily Bread
 
November 30th

"Grow."

To grow means to be willing to change. God has great things in mind for us, but we must be able to accept criticism and guidance. The Lord can only do with us what we allow Him to. Examine yourself daily in the light of Christ, willing to see the flaws and weaknesses, and ask God to help you change. The results may surprise you.

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 139:23, 24

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HeavenBesideYou 12-01-2006 06:19 AM

Re: Daily Bread
 
December 1st

"Guide the words I speak, Lord."

The words of our mouth are powerful weapons. We can do great good by a few well-placed words, or we can wreak total destruction. The words of an evil person spread like a cancer. However, the words spoken by righteous men and women can be our greatest source of healing. Be careful how you speak, for you hold great power and responsibility within your words.

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall bunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Psalm 140:11

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HeavenBesideYou 12-02-2006 06:24 AM

Re: Daily Bread
 
December 2nd

"UUGGHH!!!"

Maybe last month it was a relational disaster or an occupational trial. This week it might be a financial setback. Next week could bring a health crisis. After a while the unrelenting stream of tough times takes its toll.

"What's the use?" we cry. "I try to do right and for what? Life keeps beating me up! I can't get ahead! I'm not sure it pays to try to live a godly life. I struggle as much or more than my neighbors who couldn't care less about God!"

Troubles certainly have a way of wearing us down. And if we're not careful, they can erode even our bedrock convictions. The promise in Psalm 37 is a good reminder of why we must be vigilant about not taking moral or ethical shortcuts.

Those who maintain their integrity, those who continue to do right even when everything and everyone else is wrong will one day receive the ultimate reward.

Day by day the Lord takes care of the innocent, and they will receive a reward that lasts forever.

Psalm 37:18

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HeavenBesideYou 12-03-2006 10:28 AM

Re: Daily Bread
 
December 3rd

"Almost Home."

It may seem at times as if our work for Christ is going unnoticed. Faith doesn't bring a lot of praise on this earth. But that's only because our trip is not yet over.

Our day will come, you can be sure. And when it does, the ceremony will last for an eternity.

…we who are still alive and remain on earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever.

1 Thessalonians 4:17

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HeavenBesideYou 12-04-2006 07:58 AM

Re: Daily Bread
 
December 4th

"Would you know my name?"

Most of us find it very difficult to want "Heaven" at all, except in so far as "Heaven" means meeting again our friends and loved ones who have died. One reason for this difficulty is that we have not been trained: Our whole education tends to fix our minds on this world. Another reason is that when the real want for Heaven is present in us, we not recognise it. Most people, if they had really learned to look into their own hearts, would know that they do want, and want acutely, something that cannot be had in this world. There are all sorts of things in this world that offer to give it to you, but they never quite keep their promise.

How happy are those who fear the Lord—all who follow his ways! You will enjoy the fruit of your labor. How happy you will be! How rich your life!

Psalm 128:1-2 NLT

Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that there is a God and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.

Hebrews 11:6 NLT

He died for us so that we can live with him forever, whether we are dead or alive at the time of his return.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

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HeavenBesideYou 12-05-2006 05:55 AM

Re: Daily Bread
 
December 5th

"Paul's prayer for the Ephesians."

While the believers in Ephesus enjoyed the luxuries and wealth of a cosmopolitan city located on major trade routes, Paul was confined to a small room in Rome, under the constant watch of a Roman guard. But who would ever guess from Paul's prayer that he was deprived of anything?

Paul's confident description of God's power does not betray a hint of hopelessness. Instead, Paul speaks of the rich inheritance and wonderful future he would have in heaven. Paul's future on earth was in the hands of Caesar. Yet Paul's ultimate hopes weren't set on this world; his hopes were set on heaven and eternity.

In your prayers, place your hopes on your eternal inheritance in heaven, just as Paul did. Pray that God might help you understand how powerful he is.

I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the wonderful future he has promised to those he called. I want you to realize what a rich and glorious inheritance he has given to his people.

I pray that you will begin to understand the incredible greatness of his power for us who believe him.

Ephesians 1:18-19

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HeavenBesideYou 12-06-2006 05:59 AM

Re: Daily Bread
 
December 6th

"Kindness is the sign of a loving heart."

...One of the greatest of all virtues. A kind person is pleasant, good, gracious and always appreciated. There's a lot of talk these days about "random acts of kindness." Maybe this is because we live in a society starved for good deeds. God is our model for kindness. The kindest act ever committed was God's sending his own Son, Jesus, to die for our sins so that we might live forever in heaven. God also showers us with kindness each day, sending sunshine and rain, food and friends, comfort and encouragement, boundless love and wisdom.

Love your enemies! Do good to them! Lend to them! And don't be concerned that they might not repay. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to the unthankful and to those who are wicked! You must be compassionate, just as the Father is compassionate.

Luke 6:35-36

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HeavenBesideYou 12-07-2006 06:40 AM

Re: Daily Bread
 
December 7th

"Death will never claim me."

This is the most important question you will ever answer. Do you really believe this? Do you believe that when you died with Christ in baptism through faith, that you died the most significant death and that your physical death will not separate you from Jesus? All of life, even all of eternity for you, hangs on this one question.

[Jesus said,] "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

John 11:25

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HeavenBesideYou 12-08-2006 06:06 AM

Re: Daily Bread
 
December 8th

“WWJD”

I have had some interesting arguments with “Fundies” on the validity and commercialism of the WWJD merchandise that we have all grown use to but it wasn’t until this morning when I read this story that my beliefs were acknowledged and theirs discredited…

"Have you seen kids wearing bracelets with the initials WWJD "What Would Jesus Do?" The story behind those bracelets begins a century ago, when a minister named Charles Sheldon wrote a novel titled In His Steps. One Sunday morning at First Church, Pastor Henry Maxwell is preaching a sermon about how to follow Christ's example of sacrificial love.

The service is suddenly interrupted when a tramp stands up. He's been out of work for a year, he says, yet not one person in town has helped him find another job. Twisting his shabby hat in his hands, the tramps says, "I was wondering if what you call following Jesus is the same thing as what he taught.…I get puzzled when I see so many Christians living in luxury and remember how my wife died in a tenement.…what would Jesus do?" At that point, to the congregation's horror, the tramp collapses and dies.

The following Sunday, the minister makes a stunning proposal: He's looking for volunteers willing to pledge themselves for an entire year to do nothing without first asking, "What would Jesus do?" Some fifty people make the pledge, and a remarkable series of events begins.

Some of these people pay a high price for their obedience. But they also learn the joy of following faithfully in his footsteps.

A few years ago, a Holland, Michigan, youth leader was so inspired by this classic story that she had bracelets made bearing the letters WWJD and gave them to the kids in her church. The idea caught fire, and today millions wear them.

I hate to admit it but I feel better knowing the fundies were wrong on this one… :D

Don't forget to do good and to share what you have with those in need, for such sacrifices are very pleasing to God.

Hebrews 13:16

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HeavenBesideYou 12-09-2006 10:43 AM

Re: Daily Bread
 
December 9th

"People are just going to have to understand..."

Life is not a bed of roses, and most people are too happy to let you know that. That's what we tell ourselves when we want to appease our guilt on those dark and dreary days. I'm not the only one who's had a bad day, we think. People are just going to have to understand.

Maybe they do, but how does Jesus feel about it? Kindness should flow out of the life of a Christian. The world has an excuse to be angry, but we don't. Redeemed people should act like they're happy to be redeemed.

This is what separates believers from those who haven't discovered the goodness of Christ. We have a reason to rejoice. We have a standard to uphold. We have a Savior to pattern our life after.

…you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

Colossians 3:12

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HeavenBesideYou 12-10-2006 10:00 AM

Re: Daily Bread
 
December 10th

"Déjà Vu."

How often have you noticed that soon after you receive comfort for some troubling situation, you encounter someone else facing a similar situation? It is God who leads us to these people, for the comfort we provide for them seems more credible because they know we have "been there." Paul praises the Lord in his letter to the Corinthian church that God "comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others" with "the same comfort God has given us."

In what ways has God comforted you in the trials you have had to go through? Pray that God may use you to comfort others.

All praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is the source of every mercy and the God who comforts us. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When others are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. You can be sure that the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ.

2 Corinthians 1:3-5

May our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father, who loved us and in his special favor gave us everlasting comfort and good hope, comfort your hearts and give you strength in every good thing you do and say.

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

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HeavenBesideYou 12-11-2006 06:08 AM

Re: Daily Bread
 
December 11th

"In spite of it all..."

On that ghastly Friday morning, which ironically has become known as "Good Friday," Jesus was a swollen, bloody mess. Most of his friends had hightailed it hours before, leaving him alone to face the physical agony of crucifixion, the emotional anguish of a jeering crowd, and the spiritual horror of separation from God the Father.

Yet during this entire nightmare, Christ responded, well, strangely. On the way to his execution, he paused to console a group of grief-stricken women. He used what little breath he was able to catch to pray for those who were so merciless to him. He demonstrated compassion and forgiveness to a criminal dying at his side. And he took pains, literally, to see that his grief-stricken mother below him would be cared for by a friend.

In the ultimate "tough time," Christ oozed kindness and goodness. And because his Spirit lives in us, we also have the capacity to use personal tragedy as an opportunity to care for others.

When the Holy Spirit controls your life, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: ...kindness, goodness.

Galatians 5:22

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HeavenBesideYou 12-12-2006 06:04 AM

Re: Daily Bread
 
December 12th

"Bear fruit."

We take on Jesus' character (bear fruit) by remaining intimately connected to him. The distance between heaven and earth is not so great when heaven lives within us. In John 14, Jesus reminded us that if we will obey him, he will come and live in us and will reveal himself to us. So as we obey him, we know him better. His life becomes real in us.

[Jesus said,] "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. This is to my Father's' glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples."

John 15:5 and 8

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HeavensOnFire 12-12-2006 10:37 AM

Appeal For Endurance,
 
Amen Hev, the word we need daily in our lifes from all sizes shapes forms and patterens, and the word is well worth the burden we carry for its benefits for it SHALL INDEED ENDURE US, If we Continue TO ENDURE IT AMEN, :) AMEN 2 timothy 1 _10_THOU THEREFORE, my son be strong in the grace that is within us through christ and the tings that tou hast heared of me AMONG MANY WITNESSESS the same commit tho to be faithful unto the the ways of man, who shall indeed be able to teach others also indeed thou therefore endure hardness AS A SOLDIER,OF GOD, no man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier, and if a man also strive for masteries yet is he not crowned except he strive LAWFULLY :) ENDUREEEEE, the husbandman that labours must be first partaker of the fruits of course consider what i sayAND THE LORD GIVE THEE UNDERSTANDING IN ALL THINGS, :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: REMEMBEAR That Jesus Christ Of The Seed Of David, WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD, ACORDING TO MY GOSPEL Whereein i suffer trouble, evildoer even unto bonds BUT THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT BOND therefore i endure all things FOR the Elects SakeThat They May Obtain Salvation WHICH IS IN JESUS CHRIST, It Is A faithfull saying For If We Dead With Him We Shall Also Live With Him

HeavenBesideYou 12-13-2006 06:11 AM

Re: Daily Bread
 
December 13th

"Do you worry a lot?"

Jesus encourages us not to worry about that which we cannot control or about that which is not important. Worry instead, he says, about your priorities and the condition of your soul. When you find yourself overcome with worry, take a careful look at the priorities of your heart. When God is firmly established at the center of our focus and desires, worry loses its grip on our lives.

So I tell you, don't worry about everyday life whether you have enough food, drink, and clothes. Doesn't life consist of more than food and clothing? Look at the birds. They don't need to plant or harvest or put food in barns because your heavenly Father feeds them. And you are far more valuable than they are. Can all your worry add a single moment to your life? Of course not.

So don't worry about having enough food or drink or clothing. Why be like the pagans who are so deeply concerned about these things? Your heavenly Father already knows all your needs, and he will give you all your needs and he will give you all you need from day to day if you live for him and make the Kingdom of God your primary concern.

So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today!

Matthew 6:25-34

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