Online Bible - tangle.com: "Daily Devotional, February 16th
Posted to Matthew 6:12 on Feb 15, 2010 at 11:16 AM
Matthew 6:12
‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
“As we forgive”
As We Forgive, the award-winning documentary by Laura Waters Hinson, portrays the pain and hope of two Rwandan women as they face the men who brutally murdered their families during the 1994 genocide. Catherine Claire Larson, author of the film-inspired book bearing the same title, believes that these women possess a message that we all need to hear. “If Rwandans can find the courage to forgive,” Larson writes, “then perhaps there is hope for us in those problems that seem to pale in comparison and in those that echo the horrors of genocide.” When someone has wronged us by word or deed, forgiveness rarely arises naturally or willingly. We are commanded by Jesus, however, to forgive “those who sin against us” (Matthew 6:12). Forgiveness is an oft-repeated theme in the New Testament. In Matthew 18, Jesus stated that God requires us to “forgive your brothers and sisters from your heart” (v.35). The apostle Paul reiterated this exhortation: “Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others” (Colossians 3:13). Author Jerry Bridges writes, “In order to forgive our brother, we must be satisfied with God’s justice and forgo the satisfaction of our own.” Bridges continues, “God is the perfect example of one who forgives. He is so rich in mercy, and ‘He loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, He gave us life’ ” (Ephesians 2:4-5). As we forgive others, we reveal the forgiving heart of God. —Roxanne Robbins, Our Daily Journey CLICK HERE to visit OurDailyJourney.org"
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
“Thieves and shepherds”
DAILY DEVOTIONAL, FEBRUARY 11TH
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
“Spouse for sale"
DAILY DEVOTIONAL, FEBRUARY 10TH
But when David returned to bless his household, Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king of Israel distinguished himself today! He uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants’ maids as one of the foolish ones shamelessly uncovers himself!”
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No grumbling allowed
DAILY DEVOTIONAL, FEBRUARY 9TH
All the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
DAILY DEVOTIONAL - No ordinary people
DAILY DEVOTIONAL, FEBRUARY 2ND
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
Monday, February 1, 2010
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Online Bible - tangle.com: "Daily Devotional, February 1st
Posted to Ecclesiastes 3:1 on Jan 26, 2010 at 11:22 AM
Ecclesiastes 3:1
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven--
“The right time?”
I’ve known believers in Jesus who struggled with guilt for saying “no” to taking on a new responsibility in a church or a parachurch organization. Many of them felt that by not agreeing to do more, they were failing to “walk by faith.” Yet they are all people who possess good reasons for carefully selecting their priorities. Some of them are moving from being single to married life, or from being a student to working.
In Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, wisdom recognizes that everything has its own season—in human activities as in the realm of nature. There is “a time to search [for work, marriage, new friends] and a time to quit searching” (v.6). There comes a time in life when we should curtail certain commitments and funnel our energy into something else—putting aside what we did in the past. For instance, a mother shouldn’t feel guilty about spending her time nurturing her child and not having as much time to serve in church as she once did. It’s necessary that we experience these seasons of change.
Even though every activity has an appropriate occasion, only God can truly know what that occasion is (vv.9-11). It’s our responsibility to make the best and wisest decisions, and “whether [we] eat or drink, or whatever [we] do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). J. I. Packer wrote, “We must forsake the fallacy that faith is only demonstrated by what we are doing for God. Certainly, an active and growing faith will produce works in the life of a believer, but in reality, biblical faith demonstrates what God, in His power and grace, is doing for, in, and through the one who believes God.”
We walk by faith when we trust God to work in and through our lives—in all we do. —Poh Fang Chia, Our Daily Journey CLICK HERE to visit OurDailyJourney.org"
Posted to Ecclesiastes 3:1 on Jan 26, 2010 at 11:22 AM
Ecclesiastes 3:1
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven--
“The right time?”
I’ve known believers in Jesus who struggled with guilt for saying “no” to taking on a new responsibility in a church or a parachurch organization. Many of them felt that by not agreeing to do more, they were failing to “walk by faith.” Yet they are all people who possess good reasons for carefully selecting their priorities. Some of them are moving from being single to married life, or from being a student to working.
In Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, wisdom recognizes that everything has its own season—in human activities as in the realm of nature. There is “a time to search [for work, marriage, new friends] and a time to quit searching” (v.6). There comes a time in life when we should curtail certain commitments and funnel our energy into something else—putting aside what we did in the past. For instance, a mother shouldn’t feel guilty about spending her time nurturing her child and not having as much time to serve in church as she once did. It’s necessary that we experience these seasons of change.
Even though every activity has an appropriate occasion, only God can truly know what that occasion is (vv.9-11). It’s our responsibility to make the best and wisest decisions, and “whether [we] eat or drink, or whatever [we] do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). J. I. Packer wrote, “We must forsake the fallacy that faith is only demonstrated by what we are doing for God. Certainly, an active and growing faith will produce works in the life of a believer, but in reality, biblical faith demonstrates what God, in His power and grace, is doing for, in, and through the one who believes God.”
We walk by faith when we trust God to work in and through our lives—in all we do. —Poh Fang Chia, Our Daily Journey CLICK HERE to visit OurDailyJourney.org"
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Daily Devotional - Jesus Raises A Ruckus
John 2:17
His disciples remembered that it was written, “ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE WILL CONSUME ME .”
“Jesus raises a ruckus”
The thud of bull hooves rumbles across the square. Swirls of dust rise into the air. Sheep bleat, doves flap their wings, and traders yell. “Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!” He screams. The Prince of Peace is raising a ruckus.
He wields the cords and flips the tables (Matthew 21:12); the crowds part like the Red Sea. Mothers clutch their crying children. A cage overturns and doves fly free—an offering sent heavenward by a whip-swinging Savior.
Sometimes we get Jesus wrong. We think of a soft, serene Savior (“the poor baby awakes”), a meek and mild Nazarene (“no crying he makes”), and we forget that some in Jesus’ time thought He was John the Baptist or Elijah returned from death (Mark 8:28). The Son of God wasn’t thought of as some gentle guru of love, peace, and harmony. He was likened to a wild, thunderous, locust-eating prophet.
Surely Jesus was a teacher of love. His clearing of the Temple was no anti-business protest. The traders had set up shop in the Temple’s Outer Court—the only place where women and God-fearing Gentiles could worship. That act disrespected both God and worshiper; Jesus’ response was a passionate portrayal of love for both. And surely Jesus was a prophet of peace—teaching the turning of cheeks and the loving of enemies. But that didn’t negate His wrathful confronting of error. As Dorothy Sayers has said, “Whatever His peace was, it was not the peace of an amiable indifference.”
No, Jesus could be a powerful, angry, passionate personality—the only kind worthy of our full allegiance and trust. For what Savior would wink at greed and injustice? And what God could be worshiped who showed “amiable indifference” to the wronged? —Sheridan Voysey, Our Daily Journey
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