dW 10.02.09

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scripture

 

James 4:13-15

Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that."

 

En Espanol, Santiago 4:13-15 

 

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Oh teach me, Lord, to treasure much

The simple things of life- the touch

Of wind and snow, of rain and sun;

And when the hours of work are done,

The quietness of rest, the fair

And healing sustenance of prayer.

And, Lord of living, help me keep

A shining, singing gladness deep

Within for blessings yet to be

Through all eternity.

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dW 10.01.09

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scripture

 

Revelation 21:3-4

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

 

En Espanol, Apocalipsis 21:3-4

 

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For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

William Penn

dW 09.30.09

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scripture

 

Hebrews 13:5-6

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"

 

En Espanol, Hebreos 13:5-6

 

quote

 

Our desires must not only be offered up to God, but they must all terminate in him, desiring nothing more than God, but still more and more of him.

Matthew Henry

dW 09.28.09

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scripture

 

Jeremiah 17:7-8

But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.

 

En Espanol, Jeremías 17:7-8

 

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There was a ship at sea in time of storm.  The passengers were in great distress.  After a while one of them, against orders, went up on deck and made his way to the pilot.  The seaman was at his post of duty at the wheel and when he saw the man was greatly frightened he gave him a reassuring smile.  Then the passenger turned and went back to the other passengers and said, “I have seen the pilot and he smiled, ’All is well.’”  When our small boat of life is storm-tossed and our hearts are fearful, we may push through the storm to our Pilot who is standing at the wheel, and when we see His face we shall know that all is well.

Robert Louis Stevenson

dW 09.24.09

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scripture

 

James 1:22-25

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.

 

En Espanol, Santiago 1:22-25

 

quote

 

I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a great deal about their acts.

Horace Mann

dW 09.23.09

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scripture

 

John 15:9-14

Jesus says, "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.

 

En Espanol, Juan 15:9-14

 

quote

 

Someone has pointed out that the mere knowledge of religious truth “without an honest attempt at translating it into action and putting it into practice, will not profit a person very much.”  Medicine left in a bottle, unused, will not help anybody.  Machinery stored in a shed and never used will be of small value to anyone.  Books that are kept on a shelf and never read will help nobody.

Abraham Feldman

dW 09.22.09

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scripture

 

Psalm 19:1-7

The heavens declare the glory of God, the sky proclaims His handiwork. Day to day makes utterance, night to night speaks out. There is no utterance, there are no words, whose sound goes unheard. Their voice carries throughout the earth, their words to the end of the world. He placed in them a tent for the sun, who is like a groom, coming forth from the chamber, like a hero, eager to run his course. His rising-place is at one end of heaven, and his circuit reaches the other; nothing escapes his heat.

 

En Espanol, Salmos 19:1-7

 

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A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
C. S. Lewis

dW 09.18.09

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scripture

 

Micah 6:8

He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

 

En Espanol, Miqueas 6:8

 

quote

 

Redeem thy misspent time that's past, and live this day as if thy last.
Thomas Ken

dW 09.17.09

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scripture

 

Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

 

En Espanol; Proverbios 13:30

 

quote

 

When you read any great mystery, recorded in holy Writ, you are to prostrate your Reason to Divine Revelation.
Thomas Ken

 

thought

 

Not all Scripture is logical to men but it is nonetheless Theo-logical.

dW 09.14.09

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scripture

 

2 Peter 2:18-19

For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of sinful human nature, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

 

En Espanol; 2 Pedro 2:18-19 

 

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The service of the Holy Spirit is that He helps us to distinguish pleasure from happiness and develop real joy.  There are many experiences which give us temporary pleasure but do not add up to abiding satisfaction.  Their thrills pass quickly, and sometimes leave a trail of regret and remorse.  Some of our sense pleasures are like lightning flashes, while true joy is like the sunlight.

Ralph Sockman