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scripture
1 Timothy 6:6-8
But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
En Espanol, 1 Timoteo 6:6-8
quote
True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.
Charles Caleb Colton
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scripture
Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
En Espanol, Romanos 15:13
thought
We are not meant to be bottomless vessels. God blesses us in abundance so that we overflow.
There is no need to stock up the goodness of God. He has plenty to give, therefore we have plenty to share.
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Thought
For me, every day is a battle against my fleshly nature, the sin nature; the ‘dark side’, as it were. I weary of the struggle and look forward to that great day when this war will be behind me. Don’t you? Even Paul wrestled with this. It gives me confidence and strength anew to know that Paul himself struggled with this and was able to overcome it. Did you ever notice how Paul ends this line in his letter to the Romans with an exclamation point?
Scripture
So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! Rom. 7:21-25
Song
Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here!
I hope this is an encouragement to you today in your daily walk.
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scripture
Jeremiah 29:11-13
“For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”
En Espanol, JeremÃas 29:11-13
quote
"Pursuing Light gets messy. And it's tiring and sometimes nobody around you gets it. And you keep growing and running while everyone else seems to be spiritually lounging in a hammock, sipping a fruit smoothie, trying to forget the reason they're here. This deeper-walk thing is the only way into greater light. The faint of heart give up. The whiners take their toys and go home. The crybabies blame everybody else for their lack of Light. Becoming the light of the world means knowing the Light of the World. Seeking the Light of the World. Basking in the Light of the World. You have to get up and get serious and do whatever it takes to get yourself out of the shadows and into the overwhelming, eye-squinting glare of His presence. God is waiting to make you into a brilliant light, but you have to move toward Him in relationship."
Thomas, Angela. A Beautiful Offering Returning God's Love with Your Life. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2004.
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scripture
Ephesians 4:22-24
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
En Espanol, Efesios 4:22-24
challenge
We have been called to live differently.
Imagine if we all wanted less and loved more.
Imagine if we cared for our neighbors.
Imagine if we shared things with no expectation of reciprocation.
Imagine if we committed intentional acts of kindness.
Imagine if we did what we said we were going to do.
Imagine if we slowed down to smell the roses.
Imagine if we learned how to play nicely with others.
Imagine if we knew the difference being wants and needs.
How might we live differently so that the world is thus inspired to join us?
prayer ministry
I joined a group on Facebook called “Adopt a Terrorist For Prayer”. Visit their website, http://www.atfp.org/, to find out more about this provocative ministry. Below is an email I signed up to receive from their website. You can sign up to receive these too and even adopt a terrorist for you to personally pray for!
Subject: False Alarm on Hakimullah
"Latest news from Pakistan indicates that Hakimullah Mehsud probably did not die from wounds sustained in a drone attack in January. If you have been praying for Hakimullah Mehsud, please continue asking God to intervene in ways that will change his heart and protect the people of Pakistan. Hakimullah is one of the world's most dangerous and most wanted men. He is to Pakistan and
Afghanistan what Osama bin-Laden is to the United States."
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scripture
1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
Matthew 23: 25-28
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean. Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.”
En Espanol, 1 Samuel 16:7 y Mateo 23: 25-28
quote
Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward things we are.
Edwin Chapin
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scripture
Isaiah 11:6-9
The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.
The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest.
They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
En Espanol, Isaias 11:6-9
thought
Notice that this new way of existence is possible through “full knowledge of the LORD”. Right now we see glimpses of it but there will come a time when we will see in full. (1 Cor. 13:12, Espanol) What an awesome thing it will be for this new way of existence to be the lasting norm.
quote
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother Teresa
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2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
En Espanol, 2 Corintios 1:3-4
quote
At the end of the day, love and compassion will win.
Terry Waite
news
Haiti
• USGS: USGS called it the strongest earthquake since 1770 in what is now Haiti
• The quake struck on January 12, 2010 at 4:53 p.m.
• The 7.0 magnitude quake's epicenter hit just 10 miles west of Porte-au-Prince and its 2 million inhabitants
• 3 million people in need of emergency aid after major earthquake
• The major quake sent 33 aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 4.2 to 5.9
• The Red Cross dispatched a relief team from Geneva and the UN's World Food Program is flying in two planes with emergency food aid.
• The Inter-American Development Bank said it was immediately approving a $200,000 grant for emergency aid.
• Some 9,000 peacekeepers have been in Haiti since 2004, including 1,266 Brazilians.
• Haiti has no real construction standards.
• November 2008: Following the collapse of a school in Petionville, the mayor of Port-au-Prince estimated about 60% of buildings were shoddily built and unsafe in normal circumstances.
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scripture
Psalm 16:5
LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure.
En Espanol, Salmos 16:5
quote
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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scripture
Luke 15:1-7
Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear him. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them." Then Jesus told them this parable: "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.' I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.”
En Espanol, Lucas 15:1-7
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The church is the great lost and found department.
Robert Short
