Posted on 07/01/2019 12:03:00 AM PDT by JustAmy
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Is Penny not doing her job to catch d’ mouzez?
Penny don’t play that game.
She is a lady of leisure.
She needs a support kitty. LOL!
Penny could coexist with a kitty, but she doesn’t like them at all. LOL!
Bible in a Year : Isaiah 2627; Philippians 2
Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it. Luke 11:28
Brian was scheduled to be an usher at his brothers wedding, but he was a no-show. Understandably, family members were disappointed, including his sister Jasmine who was the Scripture reader for the occasion. At the ceremony she flawlessly read from the well-known Scripture passage about love in 1 Corinthians 13. But after the wedding when her father asked her to deliver a birthday gift to Brian, she hesitated. She found it harder to live the words about love than to read them. Before the evening was over, however, she had a change of mind and admitted, I cant stand and read Scripture about love and not practice it.
Have you ever been convicted by Scripture that you read or heard but found it difficult to carry out? Youre not alone. Its easier to read and listen to Gods Word than to obey it. Thats why Jamess challenge is so fitting: Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says (James 1:22). His mirror illustration makes us smile because we know what it means to observe something about ourselves that needs attention. But were deceived if we think that observing alone is enough. When James nudges us to [look] intently into and [continue] in Gods truth (v. 25), he encourages us to do what Jasmine was compelled to dolive it. Gods Word calls for it, and He deserves nothing less.
When did you make a change in your life after looking intently into the Scriptures? How was your life enriched?
Heavenly Father, help me to better understand what it means to look intently into Your Word and live out what I read.
Thank you.
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Hey that dog has some orange hues to his coat. Goes great with the pumpkins.
When I had Dobermans we called that color red and rust. We had 2 of that color and 3 of the Black and Tan markings.
Now we have one chocolate lab mix. A funny and pleasant dog. Easy to live with.
Cheers for good dogs!
I firmly believe God made dogs a little lower than people but definitely a little higher than other critters.
They are special.
Just my opinion, not doctrine or anything like that! LOL! :-)
Bible in a Year : Isaiah 2829; Philippians 3
She is more righteous than I. Genesis 38:26 Id be very disappointed if one of our team members did that, said a cricket player, referring to a South African cricketer whod cheated in a match in 2016. But only two years later, that same player was caught in a nearly identical scandal.
Few things rankle us more than hypocrisy. But in the story of Judah in Genesis 38, Judahs hypocritical behavior nearly had deadly consequences. After two of his sons died soon after marrying Tamar, Judah had quietly abandoned his duty to provide for her needs (vv. 811). In desperation, Tamar disguised herself by wearing a prostitutes veil, and Judah slept with her (vv. 1516).
Yet when Judah learned that his widowed daughter-in-law was pregnant, his reaction was murderous. Bring her out and have her burned to death! he demanded (v. 24). But Tamar had proof that Judah was the father (v. 25).
Judah could have denied the truth. Instead he admitted his hypocrisy, and also accepted his responsibility to care for her, saying, She is more righteous than I (v. 26).
And God wove even this dark chapter of Judah and Tamars story into His story of our redemption. Tamars children (vv. 2930) would become ancestors of Jesus (Matthew 1:23).
Why is Genesis 38 in the Bible? One reason is because its the story of our hypocritical human heartsand of Gods heart of love, grace, and mercy.
How do you react when you become aware of your hypocrisy? What would happen if we all became truly transparent with each other?
Help me to see, Father, that at the heart of the matter, were all hypocrites who need Your forgiveness.
Thank you.
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Very cute!
Love the dogs expression!
Kinda looked like he’d met that “kitty” before somewhere and wanted no part of him again. LOL!
Bible in a Year : Isaiah 3031; Philippians 4
When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Exodus 33:22
As the story goes, in 1763, a young minister, traveling on a cliffside road in Somerset, England, ducked into a cave to escape the flashes of lightning and pounding rain. As he looked out at Cheddar Gorge, he pondered the gift of finding shelter and peace in God. Waiting there, he began to write a hymn, Rock of Ages, with its memorable opening lines: Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee.
We dont know if Augustus Toplady thought about Mosess experience in the cleft of a rock while writing the hymn (Exodus 33:22), but perhaps he did. The Exodus account tells of Moses seeking Gods reassurance and Gods response. When Moses asked God to reveal His glory to him, God answered graciously, knowing that no one may see me and live (v. 20). He tucked Moses into the rocks when He passed by, letting Moses only see His back. And Moses knew that God was with him.
We can trust that just as God said to Moses, My Presence will go with you (v. 14), so too we can find refuge in Him. We may experience many storms in our lives, as did Moses and the English minister in the story, but when we cry out to Him, He will give us the peace of His presence.
As you look back at various seasons of your life, how do you see Gods loving presence during the storms? How do you experience His presence today?
Father God, help me to trust that Youre with me, even during the storms of life.
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