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1/01/2021 | The Mayor; Luvie; JustAmy

Posted on 01/01/2021 6:43:29 AM PST by JustAmy

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[Silentgypsy]

Thank you.

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Monday,
July 18, 2022

Unwanted Guests

Read: Psalm 19:1–4, 7–14

Who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults. Keep your servant also from willful sins. Psalm 19:12–13

Kyle and Allison had a wonderful honeymoon in an exotic location. When they returned home, however, they discovered that Kyle’s feet had developed a strange, itchy rash. The couple was referred to an infectious disease specialist. He informed them that small parasites had burrowed their way into Kyle’s feet through blisters caused by his new flip flops. What started out as a dream vacation ended in a challenging battle with unwanted “guests.”

David knew that if he didn’t ask God for help to fight sin, his dream of living a pleasing life before Him would turn into a battle with the unwanted guests of sin and rebellion. After declaring how God is revealed in the natural world (Psalm 19:1–6) and His wisdom found in His instruction (vv. 7–10), David asked God to protect him from inadvertent, arrogant, and deliberate disobedience. “Forgive my hidden faults. Keep your servant also from willful sins,” he wrote (vv. 12–13). He recognized that he didn’t have the human resources to keep the infectious disease of sin from affecting him. So, he wisely asked God for help.

How can we make sure our dream of living in a way that honors God doesn’t become hijacked by sin? Let’s keep our eyes on Him, confess and repent of our sin, and seek divine help in keeping unwanted spiritual parasites from burrowing into our lives. — Marvin Williams

What roles do the spiritual habits of confession and repentance play in your life? How important is living a God-honoring life to you?

Loving God, I don’t know myself as well as I should, and I fall short of what I know is right and good. Please help me trust in Your power in my battle with sin. 

Bible in a year: Psalms 20–22; Acts 21:1–17

[luvie]

True story!
Happy Monday Madness...
...Literally LOL!

[left that other site]

Happy Monday Madness!

Another Hot One...Try And Stay Cool Whatever Way You Can.

((((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

Our AC is working overtime...as well as directional fans. Whooof!

You and Tippy stay cool, too!

[left that other site]

We’ll Try!

[The Mayor]

True!

[luvie]

Hey, I had a “defriend” notice from you on FB. Did you get put in jail? :)

[TheConservativeParty]

I am a night owl too. 🦉
Mornings....I don’t do them. 😅

[TheConservativeParty]

Kind of hot here too, around 90.
🔥
I like 70 better!
😅

[The Mayor]

A defriend? They are bouncing me, well trying. They suspended
my page saying I tried to post an intimate personal photo.

I did get a message over a month ago that someone tried to log in my acct.

So I created a Rusty Scupper, I’ll look for you in a few minutes

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Tuesday,
July 19, 2022

A Humble Snack

Read: 1 Peter 5:1–6

Clothe yourselves with humility. 1 Peter 5:5

The bag of snack chips was small, but it taught an American missionary a big lesson. Working one evening in the Dominican Republic, she arrived at a church meeting and opened her chips when a woman she hardly knew reached and grabbed a few from the bag. Others helped themselves, too.

How rude, the missionary thought. Then she realized a humbling lesson. She didn’t yet understand the culture where she’d agreed to serve. Rather than emphasizing individualism, as in the United States, she learned that life in the Dominican Republic is lived in community. Sharing one’s food and goods is how people relate to each other. Her way wasn’t better, just different. She confessed, “It was very humbling to discover these things about me.” As she began to recognize her own biases, she also learned that humbly sharing with others helped her serve them better.

Peter taught this lesson to church leaders: treat others with humility. He counseled the elders to resist “lording it over those entrusted to you” (1 Peter 5:3). And those younger? “Submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility” (v. 5). As he declared: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” Therefore, “humble yourselves under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time” (v. 6). May He help us humbly live before Him and others today. — Patricia Raybon

What cultural biases do you harbor? How could you let God transform those attitudes so you humbly serve all?

Father, exchange my arrogance regarding others with Your humble love.

Bible in a year: Psalms 23–25; Acts 21:18–40

[luvie]

FB is completely bonkers. I did find ol’ Rusty, though. :)

[luvie]

Happy GratiTuesday!

[TheConservativeParty]

Happy GratiTuesday!

Grateful for Air Conditioning!

😅

[The Mayor]

Got you

[luvie]

Totally! Amen!

[left that other site]

Happy Gratituesday!

I Am Grateeful For My Dear FRiends Here on FR!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

And we love you, too! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[Silentgypsy]

So many valuable lessons!