Romans 14:16-18 (NIV) "Do not allow what you consider good to be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men."
My Mission From God is To Ensure His Word Reaches The Whole World
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Friday, August 29, 2014
Daniel 4:34-35 (MSG) This is a good one from the MSG Bible
Daniel 4:34-35 (MSG) "At the end of the seven years, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked to heaven. I was given my mind back and I blessed the High God, thanking and glorifying God, who lives forever. His sovereign rule lasts and lasts, his kingdom never declines and falls. Life on this earth doesn't add up to much, but God's heavenly army keeps everything going. No one can interrupt his work, no one can call his rule into question."
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Spurgeon's Daily Devotional: "Oil for the light."
"Oil for the light."
Exodus 25:6
Exodus 25:6
My soul, how much thou needest this, for thy lamp will not long continue to burn without it. Thy snuff will smoke and become an offence if light be gone, and gone it will be if oil be absent. Thou hast no oil well springing up in thy human nature, and therefore thou must go to them that sell and buy for thyself, or like the foolish virgins, thou wilt have to cry, "My lamp is gone out." Even the consecrated lamps could not give light without oil; though they shone in the tabernacle they needed to be fed, though no rough winds blew upon them they required to be trimmed, and thy need is equally as great. Under the most happy circumstances thou canst not give light for another hour unless fresh oil of grace be given thee.
It was not every oil that might be used in the Lord's service; neither the petroleum which exudes so plentifully from the earth, nor the produce of fishes, nor that extracted from nuts would be accepted; one oil only was selected, and that the best olive oil. Pretended grace from natural goodness, fancied grace from priestly hands, or imaginary grace from outward ceremonies will never serve the true saint of God; he knows that the Lord would not be pleased with rivers of such oil. He goes to the olive-press of Gethsemane, and draws his supplies from Him who was crushed therein. The oil of gospel grace is pure and free from lees and dregs, and hence the light which is fed thereon is clear and bright. Our churches are the Saviour's golden candelabra, and if they are to be lights in this dark world, they must have much holy oil. Let us pray for ourselves, our ministers, and our churches, that they may never lack oil for the light. Truth, holiness, joy, knowledge, love, these are all beams of the sacred light, but we cannot give them forth unless in private we receive oil from God the Holy Ghost.
Psalms 125:1 Those who trust in the LORD are as secure as Mount Zion
Those who trust in the LORD are as secure as Mount Zion; they will not be defeated but will endure forever. – Psalms 125:1
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Psalms 75:1-3 (NASB "We give thanks to You, O God.
Psalms 75:1-3 (NASB "We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks, For Your name is near; Men declare Your wondrous works. When I select an appointed time, It is I who judge with equity. The earth and all who dwell in it melt; It is I who have firmly set its pillars. Selah."
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Deuteronomy 23:22-23 (NIV) "But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty.
Deuteronomy 23:22-23 (NIV) "But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty. Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the LORD your God with your own mouth."
Monday, August 25, 2014
Psalms 22:9-10 (NLT) "Yet you brought me safely from my mother's womb.
Psalms 22:9-10 (NLT) "Yet you brought me safely from my mother's womb and led me to trust you at my mother's breast. I was thrust into your arms at my birth. You have been my God from the moment I was born."
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