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The Best Response Of A Redeemed Life

"And Saul trembling and astonished said, “Lord, what would you have me to do?” And the Lord said unto him, “Arise, and go into the city and it will be told you what you must do.’" Acts 9:6 The conversion of Saul of Tarsus is one of the great stories of the Bible and human history. His first response after being blinded by the glory of Jesus Chr...

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The Light We Need in a Dark World

"Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but have the light of life." John 8:1 Only a delusional, deranged mind would make such a claim were it not true. Jesus used this metaphor of Himself in the well-lit courtyard of the temple at the time of celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles. Thousands wit...

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When Out Numbered Look To The Lord

"O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You." 1 Chronicles 20:12 King Jehoshaphat was between "a rock and a hard place." He wrestled with fear and powerlessness. The massive armies of Moab and Ammon were camped on the west side of the Dead Sea, poi...

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Let's Walk The Talk

"He who says he abides in Him (Christ) ought himself also to walk just as He walked." 1 John 2:6 The word "abide" is the writer's word for salvation, so John is addressing professing believers. As believers, how then should we live? The simple, yet profound, answer is to live like Jesus lived. Reflect with me on how He lived. 1. He lived to do the will of His heavenly ...

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Are You Up To The Lords Exam

"Examine me O Lord, and prove me; try my mind and my heart. For Your loving-kindness is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth." Psalm 26:3 David in this Psalm with bold confidence invites God to examine his heart and mind. The Bible makes it definitively clear that "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he" (Prov. 23:7). The cleansed heart is the gyroscope th...

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No Fear when He is Near

"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and staff, they comfort me." Psalm 23:4 Those of us who have gone through a near death experience can best appreciate this promise. The threat of death holds no terror for the child of God. Jesus has been there, done that, and after his death, he came forth in t...

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Nothing Between Us And Our Savior

"However, there shall be between you and it (the Ark of the Covenant) a distance of 3,000 feet. (Do not come near it), that you may know the way you should go, for you have not passed this way before." Joshua 3:4 Finally, the Israelites are on the threshold of entering the Promised Land. Camped for three days for rest and instructions, they face one last formidable foe...

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Consider seriously The Path Of Your Life

"Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove your foot from evil." Prov. 4:26, 27 When was the last time you took a good look at yourself in the mirror of God's Word? To meditate and reflect on how your life is matching up to what is taught in the Bible is healthy. I do caution you however, that...

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A Guide For Would Be Kings

"When the king sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book. And it shall be with him and he shall read it all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and statutes to do them." Duet. 17:18a, 19 Having rejected God's rule over them, Moses knew the people would soon ...

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Losing Asses To Find A King

"And the asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to his son Saul, "Please take one of the servants with you. And arise, go look for the donkeys." 1 Sam. 9:3; “So when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him, “This is the man of whom I spoke to you. This one shall reign over My people.’" 1 Sam. 9:17 In those times, loss of donkeys was a l...

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Thanks For A Successful Mission

"And I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, who led me in the way of truth to take the daughter of my master's brother as a wife for his son." Gen. 24:48 After the Lord identified Rebekah to be the bride for Isaac, the first impulse of Abraham's servant was to bow his head and, with a thankful heart, worship the Lord. Gra...

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The Lord Goes Before Us

"And the Lord went before them in a pillar of a cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night." Exodus 13:21 The Israelites' failure in their wilderness wanderings was not because they lacked light at night or shade from the blistering heat of the Sinai Desert. How sad! A journey that should have taken only a f...

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A Competent Teacher

"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with my eye." Psalm 32:8 David here is instructing his listener's based on his own experience in following God's instructions. He passed on what God had taught him in many troublesome times, having to flee for his life from King Saul, who hated David with a vengeance and chased him like a par...

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Know Your Guide

"However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth." John 16:13 The Holy Spirit's role was clearly defined before He came. His role in the world at large was to "Convict man of sin, righteousness, and judgment to come"(John. 16:8). As both God's revealer and recorder of truth, His specific role to believers is to "guide us into all truth...

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With The Hand Of God On You

"Then I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me, and also of the king's words that he had spoken to me. So they said, "Let us rise up and build." Then they set their hands to this good work." Neh. 2:18 Nehemiah was heart-broken upon hearing from his brother that their beloved city Jerusalem was in ruins. After many days of mourning and much prayer, ...

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Leaving Most Everything Behind

"Now the Lord had said unto Abraham, get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you." Gen. 12:1, 2a In our modern, mobile society, relocation is a common occurrence with many families. God apparently spoke audibly to Abraham, telling him to relocate to a dis...

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The Light To Live By

"Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my path." Ps. 119: 105 We live in an increasingly sin-darkened world that rejects the light of God's Word. In my childhood, I was afraid of the darkness where my mother said the "boogie man" lived and would get me if I did not do right. As believers, thank God we have been delivered from spiritual darkness into the kingd...

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Renewing Our Spiritual Strength

"But they who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength: they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31 By interpretation, the "they" in this verse is prophetic of the believing people of Israel whose nation will be totally restored to them at the second coming of Christ. By application, this ...

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Get Rid Of The Baggage

"Wherefore seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race set before us." Heb. 12:1 The witnesses here are the dead O.T. saints, mentioned in the previous chapter, who not only lived by faith, but many of whom also died as heroes for their faith. How...

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In Whom Are You Trusting?

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path." Prov. 3:5, 6 "Trust in the Lord" is first a choice of the heart. Then the mind follows and makes the decision. Don't park your brains; but no matter how keen one's intellect, leaning on your own understanding will not faultless...

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The Law In The Heart Means No Stumbling

"The law of God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slip." Ps. 37:31 In this 37th Psalm David is contrasting the conduct of the righteous man versus the wicked man. Something is in the heart of the righteous that is not found in the heart of the wicked. That something is the law (words) of God. The word "law" here would include all of God’s instructions, as...

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A Prisoner, But Free To Love

"I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk (live) worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love." Eph. 4:1-2 Paul, writing from prison, demonstrates to believers at Ephesus that living a godly life can be at a great personal cost. "Walking" in the boo...

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Sin Can't Dominate Where God's Word Flourishes

"Order my steps in Your Word, and let not sin have dominance over me." Ps. 119:133 As he prayed, David well understood the path of victory over sin was to obey. It is not going astray from God's Word, being "doers of the word, and not hearers only" (James 1:22). The Word of God, memorized and cherished in the heart, will keep sin from dominating a Christian's life. Jes...

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Fixated On Jesus

"Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith." Heb. 12:3 True faith must have an object or it is just whistling in the dark. That object of faith must be human or Divine and able to respond. The object cannot lack intelligence or personality, such as the sun, moon, stars, trees, or rocks. Jesus, the creator of all things (John 1:3), is the object of our fai...

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When Up And Moving, God Leads Us

"And the servant said, "Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, Who has not abandoned my master of His mercy and His truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s relatives.'" Gen. 24:27 What cranks your tractor in the morning? What gets you going? A cup of coffee and a donut? Prayer and a Bible Passage? The above words were spoken...

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Make Your Plans In Pencil

"A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps." Prov. 16:9 With or without man's permission or co-operation, God will have His way. His sovereignty (supreme power) over the universe and human events guarantees it is certain. The Old Testament story of Joseph and his jealous brothers classically illustrates how God uses wicked men and their sinful ac...

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Direction For The Journey

"The steps of a good man are ordered of the Lord, and he delighteth in his way." Ps. 37:23 Notice it's the "good man" whose life's journey is directed by the Lord. Sinful, unbelieving men do not want, nor seek, God's direction for their lives. To the contrary, they rebel against His authority. What God orders in our lives He will enable us to do. The same omniscient mi...

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What Can't Be Done

"It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." Jer. 10:23 Robert Burns, the great Scottish poet, echoes this truth in his poem "To a Mouse”, writing, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray." It is best to expect the unexpected because the God of heaven superimposes His perfect plan over man's best, but flawed, human effort to direct his ...

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