SCRIPTURE
Hebrews 8:10
"This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people."
OBSERVATION
I am thankful that When God made this covenant with believers, His laws were written on our hearts. Therefore we have knowledge of the laws so we are obedient to His word so we can come before God as His people.
APPLICATION
Daily I need to keep my lifeline connected to God and be in His word and in prayer to honor the covenant He has made with me.
PRAYER
Lord help me to be the man that you have called me to be, and to honor the blood that Christ shed for me. Your covenant is written on my heart, and I pray that with this covenant I can help others to understand who You are and the gift You gave us on Calvary. Thank You for the gift of Love, May those who don't know You begin to understand who You are and experience the gift of salvation.
Pat Stewart
Choir Member (Tenor)
Friday, July 11, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
SCRIPTURE
2 Chronicles 26:16-18 (The Message)
But then the strength and success went to his head. Arrogant and proud, he fell. One day, contemptuous of GOD, he walked into The Temple of GOD like he owned it and took over, burning incense on the Incense Altar. The priest Azariah, backed up by eighty brave priests of GOD, tried to prevent him. They confronted Uzziah: "You must not, you cannot do this, Uzziah—only the Aaronite priests, especially consecrated for the work, are permitted to burn incense. Get out of God's Temple; you are unfaithful and a disgrace!"
OBSERVATION
When we are given power or wealth, our pride can lead to corruption and we look down on others, even God.
APPLICATION
We need to realize everything we have has been given from God for His glory.
PRAYER
Lord Help me to realize that everything I have comes from you and that you have all the authority. May I always be grateful for what you have given me and may I use it in a way that is pleasing to you.
Val Cooper
Choir Member (Alto)
2 Chronicles 26:16-18 (The Message)
But then the strength and success went to his head. Arrogant and proud, he fell. One day, contemptuous of GOD, he walked into The Temple of GOD like he owned it and took over, burning incense on the Incense Altar. The priest Azariah, backed up by eighty brave priests of GOD, tried to prevent him. They confronted Uzziah: "You must not, you cannot do this, Uzziah—only the Aaronite priests, especially consecrated for the work, are permitted to burn incense. Get out of God's Temple; you are unfaithful and a disgrace!"
OBSERVATION
When we are given power or wealth, our pride can lead to corruption and we look down on others, even God.
APPLICATION
We need to realize everything we have has been given from God for His glory.
PRAYER
Lord Help me to realize that everything I have comes from you and that you have all the authority. May I always be grateful for what you have given me and may I use it in a way that is pleasing to you.
Val Cooper
Choir Member (Alto)
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
SCRIPTURE
Hebrews 6:1 – So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and mature in our understanding. Surely we don’t need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds and placing our faith in God.
OBSERVATION
In the board game of "Aggravation", when your opponent knocks you out of the game, you have to go to the beginning and start again. I am thankful that God simply wants me to pick myself up when I am knocked down and keep moving forward.
APPLICATION
Today is a brand new day with all new adventures and challenges on my road to mature understanding. No need to live in the past.
PRAYER
Lord, help me to move forward today in the direction you have called me to go!! Lord, help me to be all that you want me to be. Wow, I feel the load being lifted already. Thank you, Lord.
LeeAnn Hull
Choir Member (Alto)
Hebrews 6:1 – So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and mature in our understanding. Surely we don’t need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds and placing our faith in God.
OBSERVATION
In the board game of "Aggravation", when your opponent knocks you out of the game, you have to go to the beginning and start again. I am thankful that God simply wants me to pick myself up when I am knocked down and keep moving forward.
APPLICATION
Today is a brand new day with all new adventures and challenges on my road to mature understanding. No need to live in the past.
PRAYER
Lord, help me to move forward today in the direction you have called me to go!! Lord, help me to be all that you want me to be. Wow, I feel the load being lifted already. Thank you, Lord.
LeeAnn Hull
Choir Member (Alto)
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
SCRIPTURE
Hebrews 6:13, 14
Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
OBSERVATION
I am so thankful that through walking with God, my heart is tugged on by God. As an infant Christian I was not sure between good and evil. As time with God continues, so does my understanding of the Christian life. God will speak to me through my conscious and that is a great thing. My understanding of God and His word has grown and I enjoy the meat.
APPLICATION
I just went to Promise Keepers a few days ago, I was challenged and convicted not to settle for being a (Good Christian). Instead be a Sold Out Man of God in every part and every area of my life. (Grow Up and Eat from God’s Menu!!)
PRAYER
Lord, thank you for the sour stomach you gave me from staying on the infant milk too long. As I continue to eat from your menu I pray my whole body, mind and spirit will line up with your will. In Jesus name Amen.
Gene Hull
Choir Member (Tenor)
Hebrews 6:13, 14
Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
OBSERVATION
I am so thankful that through walking with God, my heart is tugged on by God. As an infant Christian I was not sure between good and evil. As time with God continues, so does my understanding of the Christian life. God will speak to me through my conscious and that is a great thing. My understanding of God and His word has grown and I enjoy the meat.
APPLICATION
I just went to Promise Keepers a few days ago, I was challenged and convicted not to settle for being a (Good Christian). Instead be a Sold Out Man of God in every part and every area of my life. (Grow Up and Eat from God’s Menu!!)
PRAYER
Lord, thank you for the sour stomach you gave me from staying on the infant milk too long. As I continue to eat from your menu I pray my whole body, mind and spirit will line up with your will. In Jesus name Amen.
Gene Hull
Choir Member (Tenor)
Monday, July 7, 2008
SCRIPTURE
Titus 2:12 (New Living Translation)
And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God
OBSERVATION
Is God pleased with me? Is He proud of me? Does my heart match my life(my lustful nature) or am I no more than a present day "Pharisee"? Sobering questions and eternal bondage for the weak of mind and the ignorant for change. The word "instructed" is saying "God disciplining us." The only way we can come even close to living in righteousness (Godly) is to submit to the righteous(God). We are called to live in this world and it's god, in my God's conditions as righteous as His Son did. We are not called to try and change the world but to change our understanding of our hearts and lives.
APPLICATION
I need to understand more! More about who I am and who I am called to be. At first this may seem to be a pretty deep study, but God calls us to be the "image of Christ". Well now, this breaks it down for me into a simpler way to think. All I have to do is read the book of "instruction", my Bible, and compare it to my life, over and over and over again. The only way for me to truly change to living in righteousness is to take a sober look and understand who I am in Christ and who I am in the world. As I open my heart (life) to the Holy Spirit and leave it open for Him, I will be discipled by God.
PRAYER
Holy Spirit fill my thoughts from my heart where you dwell. Instruct me the ways of righteousness so I may live a life that is pleasing to God.
Cullen Cooper
Choir Member (Tenor), Church Elder
Titus 2:12 (New Living Translation)
And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God
OBSERVATION
Is God pleased with me? Is He proud of me? Does my heart match my life(my lustful nature) or am I no more than a present day "Pharisee"? Sobering questions and eternal bondage for the weak of mind and the ignorant for change. The word "instructed" is saying "God disciplining us." The only way we can come even close to living in righteousness (Godly) is to submit to the righteous(God). We are called to live in this world and it's god, in my God's conditions as righteous as His Son did. We are not called to try and change the world but to change our understanding of our hearts and lives.
APPLICATION
I need to understand more! More about who I am and who I am called to be. At first this may seem to be a pretty deep study, but God calls us to be the "image of Christ". Well now, this breaks it down for me into a simpler way to think. All I have to do is read the book of "instruction", my Bible, and compare it to my life, over and over and over again. The only way for me to truly change to living in righteousness is to take a sober look and understand who I am in Christ and who I am in the world. As I open my heart (life) to the Holy Spirit and leave it open for Him, I will be discipled by God.
PRAYER
Holy Spirit fill my thoughts from my heart where you dwell. Instruct me the ways of righteousness so I may live a life that is pleasing to God.
Cullen Cooper
Choir Member (Tenor), Church Elder
Friday, July 4, 2008
Greater Than Great
SCRIPTURE
Hebrews 1: 1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they
OBSERVATION
After reading something like that, all a person can say is WOW!
What a God we serve. He loved us so much He sent His son to communicate to us His great compassion. In times past it was different but at the right time His son came and revealed
‘in person’ the truth about the Father.
WOW! Who are we that Jesus should do that? After all, He is appointed heir of all things.
Listen to His credentials from Paul: He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. Col 1:15-18 WOW!
APPLICATION
If I ever had any doubt about who is in control or who should be in control, that doubt is answered by knowing who Jesus is. He has been given a name that is above every name and deserves to be in control of our universe, our world, our nation, our state and our lives.
May we truly become once again a nation UNDER GOD and a people who surrender to His will. If this happens, the 4th of July will become a true celebration.
PRAYER
Father, how great is your love for us. I can’t fathom it but I choose to accept it. You are my reason for living and I want to be pleasing to you today. Help me glorify your son’s name through my daily activities and choices. All I can say when I think of you is WOW!
Hebrews 1: 1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they
OBSERVATION
After reading something like that, all a person can say is WOW!
What a God we serve. He loved us so much He sent His son to communicate to us His great compassion. In times past it was different but at the right time His son came and revealed
‘in person’ the truth about the Father.
WOW! Who are we that Jesus should do that? After all, He is appointed heir of all things.
Listen to His credentials from Paul: He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. Col 1:15-18 WOW!
APPLICATION
If I ever had any doubt about who is in control or who should be in control, that doubt is answered by knowing who Jesus is. He has been given a name that is above every name and deserves to be in control of our universe, our world, our nation, our state and our lives.
May we truly become once again a nation UNDER GOD and a people who surrender to His will. If this happens, the 4th of July will become a true celebration.
PRAYER
Father, how great is your love for us. I can’t fathom it but I choose to accept it. You are my reason for living and I want to be pleasing to you today. Help me glorify your son’s name through my daily activities and choices. All I can say when I think of you is WOW!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Friends Are Forever
SCRIPTURE
Philem. 1:1 ¶ Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, ¶ To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker,
Philem. 1:2 to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier and to the church that meets in your home:
Philem. 1:3 ¶ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philem. 1:4 ¶ I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,
OBSERVATION
Have you ever noticed that Paul the Apostle often made reference to his friends when he wrote a letter? It happens frequently and this letter is no exception. This book is actually addressed to a dear friend named Philemon.
Friends - are a gift from the Lord!
Good friends are hard to find but when you actually discover a good friend who wants to walk in close relationship, you have discovered a treasure.
Friends - are like tributaries - Not only do they carry worth but they also deposit valuable assets into a person life. Tributaries create great rivers. From all directions, those tributaries contribute to a river, feeding and making it grow. That sounds like the way people grow too - when they open up to the contribution from others.
Friends can speak into our lives and when these friends have the fruit of the Spirit, recorded in Galatians chapter 5, we become better people.
Remember: The company you keep will determine the path you take. 1 Cor. 15:33
APPLICATION
What kind of a friend are you to the people in your world? When they spend time with you, do they leave enriched? Encouraged? Edified? One person said: I enjoy all people - some when they come and others when they leave. When you carry with you the fruit of the Holy Spirit, you will be a friend who is enjoyed at all times. Today let’s surrender to the leading of the Holy Spirit and follow His directives. Galatians 5 tells us that when we do this, HE will produce the fruit that will provide the foundation for lasting relationships.
Remember: Friends are forever when they are rooted in Christ.
PRAYER
Father, help us to grow in our love for each other. Let us see how important people really are and may we become the friends that will enrich the lives of others.
Philem. 1:1 ¶ Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, ¶ To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker,
Philem. 1:2 to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier and to the church that meets in your home:
Philem. 1:3 ¶ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philem. 1:4 ¶ I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,
OBSERVATION
Have you ever noticed that Paul the Apostle often made reference to his friends when he wrote a letter? It happens frequently and this letter is no exception. This book is actually addressed to a dear friend named Philemon.
Friends - are a gift from the Lord!
Good friends are hard to find but when you actually discover a good friend who wants to walk in close relationship, you have discovered a treasure.
Friends - are like tributaries - Not only do they carry worth but they also deposit valuable assets into a person life. Tributaries create great rivers. From all directions, those tributaries contribute to a river, feeding and making it grow. That sounds like the way people grow too - when they open up to the contribution from others.
Friends can speak into our lives and when these friends have the fruit of the Spirit, recorded in Galatians chapter 5, we become better people.
Remember: The company you keep will determine the path you take. 1 Cor. 15:33
APPLICATION
What kind of a friend are you to the people in your world? When they spend time with you, do they leave enriched? Encouraged? Edified? One person said: I enjoy all people - some when they come and others when they leave. When you carry with you the fruit of the Holy Spirit, you will be a friend who is enjoyed at all times. Today let’s surrender to the leading of the Holy Spirit and follow His directives. Galatians 5 tells us that when we do this, HE will produce the fruit that will provide the foundation for lasting relationships.
Remember: Friends are forever when they are rooted in Christ.
PRAYER
Father, help us to grow in our love for each other. Let us see how important people really are and may we become the friends that will enrich the lives of others.
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