Awakenings equal to the needs and messes in our lives and the lives of those we love and are trying to love.
Two. A Scripture to carry with us today:
20 Guard me and deliver me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in You. 21 May integrity and what is right watch over me, for I wait for You.
ABBA, thank You for always hearing our prayers. Lee and every soul affected. Israel. America. The election. Equal awakenings, ABBA, for each of us and for every one we hold dear and especially for those we are trying to hold dear. Thank You for this word from Your WORD. Help us hold it dear and be guided and guarded by remembering and applying it this day. We invite and even expect You to watch over us today, guarding, correcting, loving, providing, forgiving, and growing us in the likeness of JESUS today.
Blessings to you Dear Friends +++
Remember YOU have the God-given RIGHT to do right in this wrong world!
Seeking to make the consequences of careless living clear to his son, a father told him to drive a nail into the post every time he did something wrong. Then each time the boy did a kindly act, he was told to pull out a nail. The son did as instructed but soon found that although he could pull out the nail, he could do nothing about the nail hole. One might change his ways, but the scars of sin remain.
David blatantly disobeyed God by “numbering Israel.” The issue was not whether it was right or wrong to conduct the census. Rather, the issue was one of obedience. God had said “No,” but David insisted on his own way. One iron law of life is that evil will be punished, and David’s sin was no exception. Judgment came, and David was given alternatives for punishment. Of the choices given, David decided to take his chances with God rather than the cruelty of man (2 Samuel 24:10-14). It was a wise decision.
Two important lessons come from this major Bible prayer. First of all, we can never get away with evil. We will always suffer with the scars of sin. But, second, we also can rely on the mercies of God to restore us, if we come in full confession and sincerely seek His help. How much better it is if we obey in the first place.
Emphasis above is mine.
Blessings to you Dear Friends +++
Remember YOU have the God-given RIGHT to do right in this wrong world!
I was just discussing a matter with ABBA that I have brought to Him many times and I said, “Why do I keep doing this to myself? I know better. ” His reply was immediate.
James 4:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
So what was the subject for discussion? Does it matter? And if I don’t say you can plug-in your own. Right?
Thank You, ABBA. I am without excuse but not without Your love, mercy, grace, forgiveness and strength. Neither are they. Thank You, ABBA, in JESUS name.
Blessings to you Dear Friends +++
Remember YOU have the God-given RIGHT to do right in this wrong world!
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