dW 02.04.11

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scripture

 

Colossians 3:12-14

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

 

quote

 

It is not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.
Hans Selye

 

thoughts

 

Have you ever gotten an overwhelming sense of your own imperfections?  This week, in addition to praying that God help me deal with stress more gracefully, I’ve been praying that He give the people around me a greater measure of patience and mercy to employ toward me too.  Oh how much I have to grow in this process of pressing forward in the process of allowing God to transform me into the person He intended me to be.  May we all get an occasional glimpse of our own imperfections so that we can be more forgiving of them in others.

dW 01.31.11

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scripture

 

1 Timothy 4:8

For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

 

En Espanol, 1 Timoteo 4:8

 

thoughts

 

Sadly, Jack Lalanne died recently. He was the father of the fitness craze. His healthy living and fitness may have helped him live until he was 96. Then again, one of my neighbors loved junk food, didn't work out, and made it to 100 years. So, I ride a bike to work each day, and down a daily half a glass of carrot juice, and that's all I'm doing to try and extend my life. This is because I took to heart 1 Timothy 4:8, and the bumper sticker that said, "Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway." Jack Lalanne worked out for two hours a day, even into his 90's. He once boldly said, "Billy Graham's for the hereafter. I'm for here now." Not anymore.

-Ray Comfort (“Death at 96”, LivingWaters.com Newsletter, January 31, 2011)

dW 01.28.11

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message

 

When this started, I was pulling verses from a desktop card holder that had topics with scripture on both sides of each card it held.  I went to the dailyWord archive this morning and saw that it goes back to February 1, 2007.  The first post notes that it all started back at the beginning of May in 2005.  Wow, it is hard to think that this has been going on this long.  The number of recipients has gone up and down over the years.  The distribution list currently has 93 recipients on it.  I have heard from some recipients that they have created their own distribution lists that they then forward to.  I get excited thinking about how many people this is reaching and the impact that is being made.  There is nothing necessarily special about me.  There is nothing necessarily special about this little email.  Most simply and honestly put, there is power in the Word of God.  (Isaiah 55:11/Isaías 55:11)

Shalom, Kyle

 

scripture

 

Hebrews 10:23-25

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

 

En Espanol, Hebreos 10:23-25

 

quote

 

Can I be a Christian without joining other Christians in the church?  Yes, it is something like: being a soldier without an army, a seaman without a ship, a business man without a business, a tuba player without an orchestra, a football player without a team or a bee without a hive.

Mrs. William P. Jazen

 

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dW 01.26.11

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scripture

 

Proverbs 18:24

One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

 

En Espanol, Proverbios 18:24

 

quote

 

The best neighbors I know anything about are my two hands.  They have lived on opposite sides of the street for many years, and they have never had a row.  If my left hand is hurt, my right hand immediately drops all other business and rushes across the way to comfort it, and help it out of its trouble.  If one happens to hurt the other, the (one that is ) hurt doesn’t get in a huff and say, “Here, I will not stand for that; you can’t treat me that way,” and get in a fight.  No, no, no.  They are good neighbors.  My two hands are members of one another.  And Christians should be like that.  They are members of Christ’s body.  They should be as loving, as forbearing, as sympathetic and helpful toward each other as are my two hands.

Samuel Brengle

dW 01.25.11

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scripture

 

Ecclesiastes 2:21-23

For a person may labor with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then they must leave all they own to another who has not toiled for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune. What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless.

 

En Espanol, Eclesiastés 2:21-23

 

quote

 

There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear in keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt in abusing them; sorrow in losing them; and a burden of account at last to be given concerning them.

Matthew Henry

 

thought

 

Some people say that money is the root of all evil.  However, the correct sentiment is that money is the root of all kinds of evil (1 Timothy 6:10 English/Espanol).  Money is amoral; it is neither good nor evil.  That which money is used for and the intentions behind the use thereof is where the verdict lies.

dW 01.24.11

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scripture

 

Colossians 1:15-20

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

 

En Espanol, Colosenses 1:15-20

 

quote

 

The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.
Norman Vincent Peale

dW 01.21.11

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scripture

 

Genesis 9:11-17

God spoke to Noah saying, “I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.” So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”

 

En Espanol, Genesis 9:11-17

 

quote

 

Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up; I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.
Michelangelo

dW 01.19.11

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scripture

 

Philippians 2:1-4

Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

 

En Espanol, Filipenses 2:1-4

 

quote

 

Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self.
Charles Spurgeon

dW 01.18.11

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scripture

 

Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

 

En Espanol, Apocalipsis 1:8

 

lyrics

 

There ain’t nothing that can’t be done by me and God

Ain’t nobody gonna come between me and God

One day we’ll live together where the angels trod, me and God

 

Early in the morning talking it over, me and God

Late at night talking it over, me and God

You could say, we’re like two peas in a pod, me and God

 

He’s my Father, He’s my friend

The Beginning and the End

He rules the world with a staff and rod

We’re a team, me and God

 

I am weak but He is strong, me and God

He forgives me when I’m wrong, me and God

He’s the one I lean on when life gets hard, me and God

 

Josh Turner, Me and God

 

thought

 

Some people say that God’s their copilot.  If that’s the case, then they need to switch seats.  Either God is in charge or He is not.

dW 01.17.11

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note

 

I have been in San Salvador, El Salvador for the past week.  I was on a team of 37 people from four different churches across the US that worked with missionaries Steve and Pam Kern, Good News in Action, and Iglesia Baptista Vida Nueva.  We went through the neighborhoods in the morning sharing the gospel and in the evening did the same but also showed a movie and put out a bounce house for the kids.  Many people made professions of faith.  The local church will follow up with every single one of these people for discipleship. 

 

scripture

 

Isaiah 6:1-8

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

 

En Espanol, Isaias 6:1-8

 

quote

 

After praying in a church service, an old woman came up to me and said, “Don’t you ever ask God to use you!”  Of course, I was confused by this woman’s words.  She went on and said, “You make yourself usable and God will wear you out.”

Leo Humphrey, founder of Good News in Action