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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16.0pt; text-transform: uppercase;">the called out</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Script<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ure: </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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</style><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Matthew 16:13-19</span></span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">The
word “Church” is actually translated from the Greek word “Ekklesia” which means
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">calling out or summon out</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God has and is calling us His “Church” or His
body out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Out of what?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">We
are nothing like the rest of the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
are aliens, sojourners, just passing through but while we are here we are to
impact this world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are to change this
world for the glory of the Father through the Son.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">God
through His son Jesus is calling us out of a life of shame, fear, hopelessness
and apathy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The list could go on and
on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No longer is His Church, that He has
given the keys to the kingdom of Heaven, to be a broken down, impotent, a decaying
archaic institution that is powerless and of no influence in the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">He
is calling His church out of a life of selfishness, egotism, helplessness,
weakness, and powerlessness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can we
be a church that bombards hell… when we are full of hell? We must answer the
call of our Savior’s voice as He calls us corporately and by our name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">This
powerhouse called the Church is what you are a part of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We bring life to all those that our influence
reaches.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Daily Prayer:</span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">“Father thank you that I am a part of
your church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you for calling me
out of the darkness and into your marvelous and wonderful light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Help me live in such a way that others want
what I have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Give me the opportunity to
share the love you have given me with those around me.”</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Daily Challenge:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Each
morning and evening look in the mirror and thank God (out loud) for calling you
out of this world system and into His body of people who bring life to all
those around them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Scripture:
1 Corinthians 9:24-27</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Everybody
knows that we need to exercise but most of us don’t want to do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want the perfect body and perfect health
but we aren’t willing to do what it takes to get it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have list of excuses, which aren’t really
excuses but they are our justification as to why we don’t have the perfect body
or good health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Many
of us do the same thing in our spiritual life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Actually we are less disciplined in our spiritual life than the other
areas of our life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">If
we were to apply the same discipline to the other areas of our life that we do
in our spiritual life, we would be kick out of our homes, never have
electricity, continually having car problems because we don’t maintain it and
the list goes on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Discipline
is part of what it means to be a follower of Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be a disciple means you are being taught
and instructed in how to be like Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Discipline is a must if you are ever going to go the distance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">You
need to be a long distance runner not a spiritual sprinter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need to finish the race and finish
strong.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-variant: small-caps;">What Discipline is not:</span></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial";">Discipline is
not the end.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial";">Discipline is
the not the main thing, it simply keeps us on track to the main thing.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial";">Discipline is
not the focus if so then we have fallen into a religious mindset and it’s more
about the doing than it is about the being.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial";">Discipline is
not an excuse for a rigid and boring life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It should always be flexible and open to spontaneity and moving of the
Holy Spirit.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial";">Discipline is
not a substitute for an intimate relationship with Jesus.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial";">Discipline is
not being a moralist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moralist are
people who think they are good enough or at least they are busy trying to be
good enough.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial";">Discipline is
not some moral code to be lived out in your own power and strength.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-variant: small-caps;">What Discipline is:</span></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial";">Discipline is
the agent that allows us to live free in the power and presence of God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial";">Discipline is a
means to a desire end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial";">Discipline is
result of vision.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial";">Discipline is
the power to achieve the vision or dream.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial";">Discipline is
the pre-requisite to winning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(No
Olympian ever won a gold medal by accident)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial";">Discipline is
being a disciple.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Daily Prayer:</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">“Father, life gets a little crazy at
times and I admit I’ve not be as disciplined as I should in my spiritual life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Allow your Holy Spirit to give me the power
and strength I need to do in order to grow spiritually.”</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Daily Challenge:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Get
up early every morning for a week and spend 30 minutes in the Word of God
reading and praying for others and not yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/116/jer.29" target="_blank">Jeremiah 29:11-14</a><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></span></span></span><style><!--
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Believe
it or not, your life is not about you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You don’t have the right to live it the way you want to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For most of us, that offends us to the core
of our being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because we’ve been taught since we were
babies: “It’s your life and you can live it the way you want to.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">However,
that statement is far from the truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s not your life and you can’t live it the way you want to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were all created to serve!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were created to worship either God or the
Enemy: Satan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t stand on middle
ground for there is no middle ground. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
is no DMZ (</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">De-Militarized</span><span style="font-family: "arial";"> Zone)!</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Most
people in our world who are decent, nice, and kind, but don’t know Jesus as the
Lord of their life, would not consider themselves to be Satan worshipers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, that’s exactly what you are doing
when you simply live for yourself.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial";">Selfishness
is the ultimate and original Sin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adam
and Eve fell in the Garden not because they were tempted by an apple or fruit
but by the statement the serpent made, “YOU can be like God.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What God had created to worship and have
relationship with Him had now become self-conscious, and now their existence
was about what they wanted and not about what their CREATOR destined for them.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial";">It’s
not about you, but it is about you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God
esteemed and prized us so much that, after the fall of Man in the Garden, He
did everything that was needed to ensure that we would be brought back into a
right relationship with Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
spiritual term for that would be ‘reconciliation’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reconciliation means to bring back to a right
relationship.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Daily Prayer:</span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">“Father, my life is not my own; it is
Yours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since it is Yours, You can do
whatever You want with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Help me not
to live selfishly and focused solely on what I want, but to be open to what You
want for my life.”</span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Daily Challenge:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">For
3 days in a row, when you wake up in the morning, stop and think about what you
first think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, the next 4 days,
wake up and stop to think not about what you want but about what God wants for your
life.</span></div>
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RLM Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06867070928925258683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045803702819523856.post-63317269224444200442016-08-28T08:20:00.002-07:002016-08-29T11:34:25.639-07:00A WALK TO REMEMBER<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt; font-variant: small-caps;">A WALK TO REMEMBER</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/116/hab.3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Scripture: Habakkuk3:3-18 (NLT)</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When is the last time you thought about the amazing
things God has done in your life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enoch
in the Bible (Genesis) on a daily basis walked and talked with God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adam and Eve would walk and talk with God
every day in “the cool of the evening.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They had memories of times with God that were awesome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What are your awesome memories with God?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Remember
the works of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Begin to contemplate the awesome deeds of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not just the things that He has done for you
or your family, but the awesome deeds He has done throughout modern history and
ancient times.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Remember who God is.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t just
look at His works but look at who He is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>God is amazingly compassionate beyond human understanding or
comprehension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is patient and slow to
anger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His anger lasts for a moment, but
His favor lasts for a lifetime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is
merciful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Take
time to spend with God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Daily Prayer:</span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“Dear heavenly Father, I love You
because You have loved me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are an
amazing God and I want to spend time with You.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Help me rearrange my schedule so that I can spend more time with You.”</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Daily Challenge:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Take
a walk every day for a week in the evening by yourself and God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pour your heart out to Him, no matter what it
is. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He already knows anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TOO BUSY FOR GOD?</span></span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "arial";">Scripture:
Habakkuk 3:2</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Satan, your enemy, will make
sure that you get too busy to see God for who He really is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Satan knows if you truly see God for who He
really is, you will stand back and fall face down in awe of God’s amazing,
astounding, and astonishing glory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">“I just don’t have the time
to spend with God. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have too many other
things to do!” Time with God is not an option or choice on a multiple choice test;
it is vital and necessary. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just like the
air you breathe— without it you will die!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The reason we don’t stand in
authentic amazement of God is that we just don’t take the time to be with God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spend the time to get to know God and you
will never be the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will begin
to think differently, act differently, respond differently, and talk
differently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spend time with God and you’ll
start acting like God.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Time is the one thing that
we all have, no more or no less than anyone else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What you do with that time will reveal where
your heart is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will spend time with
what or who you love most.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We may not
actually say we are too busy for God but, by looking at where we spend our time,
it will tell us what the most important things in our life are.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 10.0pt;">We can choke God’s Word with a yawn; we can hinder the time that should
be spent with God by remembering we have other things to do. “I haven’t time!”
Of course you have time! Take time, strangle some other interests, and make
time to realize that the center of power in your life is the Lord Jesus Christ.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant: small-caps; mso-font-kerning: 10.0pt;">Oswald
Chambers (1874–1917)</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Daily Prayer:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dear Lord, please help me with the busyness of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Help me discipline myself to not get
distracted by the ‘cares of this life’ and focus my ‘affections’ and attention
on You and Your will for my life.”</i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Daily Challenge:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Every hour on the hour, stop
what you are doing and take a minute or two and spend time with God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Read a scripture, say a prayer, or just tell
Him how you are feeling.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Scripture:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial";">
<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/114/col.3" target="_blank">Colossians 3:23</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">On the right side of every
Jewish doorpost is nailed a small piece of parchment rolled and inserted into a
wood, metal, stone, or ceramic case called a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mezuzah.</i> On the front of the parchment are lettered the twenty-two
lines of Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 11:13-21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Hebrew word <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shaddai</i>, which
means “almighty”, is inscribed on the back in such a way that it can be seen
from the outside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">The mezuzah was a ritual code
that said to everyone entering and leaving that home, “as for me and my house,
we shall serve the Lord.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An everyday
mezuzah ritual helps us grow our own souls by modulating the mundane into the
eternal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A mezuzah connects us to our
Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Today I would like to ask
how can we mezuzah our universe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can
the eternal connect with the temporal?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">The Christian faith is a
sign language. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The true language of
biblical faith is not phonetic but ideographic; meaning it is not formed with
our mouths so much as with our bodies and lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what it truly means to be a living
sacrifice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">To mezuzah one’s universe is
for the world of Grace to intersect with the world of culture in such a way
that grace is visible in the whole of life, historically as well as spiritually
viable</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 8.0pt;">. (excerpt taken
from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Soul Salsa</i> Leonard Sweet ©2000
Zondervan Publishing)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Daily Prayer:</span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">“Lord, by Your grace give me the power through Your
Holy Spirit to live a life that honors You and brings hope and life to
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Help me live beyond the words I
speak so that my life speaks louder than my words.”</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Daily Challenge:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">On your bathroom mirror,
write or tape different prayers, quotes, or goals that you want to happen in
your life or through your life, and every morning when you wake up and go to
the bathroom remind yourself of these for one week.</span></div>
RLM Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06867070928925258683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045803702819523856.post-76256039870613902452016-08-25T00:00:00.000-07:002016-08-25T00:00:07.183-07:00WHAT DO YOU SEE?<style>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBOzK3DnjCLmmM_YOHME8k2HuOQFJ4pd-1lyKdrGKfyLnqP1BDuvnLv4yN2BKbnIU1meB1JVObLhwcNrI6CVirc6NoB_Rl0U9w_DuCxgopNT7bLiwvA0KhNkmTnuE-pBXoczkBSImBu7A/s1600/Blog-Pic-25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBOzK3DnjCLmmM_YOHME8k2HuOQFJ4pd-1lyKdrGKfyLnqP1BDuvnLv4yN2BKbnIU1meB1JVObLhwcNrI6CVirc6NoB_Rl0U9w_DuCxgopNT7bLiwvA0KhNkmTnuE-pBXoczkBSImBu7A/s400/Blog-Pic-25.jpg" width="400" /></a>WHAT DO YOU SEE?</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Scripture:
<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/114/ezk.37" target="_blank">Ezekiel 37:1-10</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">When
you look in a mirror what do you see?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do
you see a person full of the awesome power of God? Or a person full on regret,
sorrow, hurt, pain, arrogance, etcetera?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What you see in the mirror is all in your perspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What are you looking through?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only way that you will see who you are
truly destined to be is you must see yourselves through the eyes of God.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Do
you see yourself through your culture?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">…through
your family?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">…through
your friends?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial";">…through
your accomplishments?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">…through
your environment?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">The
only way that you will see yourself through the eyes of God is you must read
and study the Word of God, the Bible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Bible is God’s love letter to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is His road map for your life. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will shine light on the dark places of your
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will illuminate and give
clarity to the confusion that may exist in your life.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Allow
the Word of God to faithfully reflect a true picture of who you are!</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Daily Prayer:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lord, please help me see who I am the way
You see me and not how I see myself or the rest of the world sees me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Give me the power to be who You have called
me to be, Your son/daughter with purpose and destiny.”</i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Daily Challenge:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">If
you have the guts, find a few close friends and ask them how they see you: a
confident person, insecure, strong, intelligent, ditzy, etcetera.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then go to God in prayer and ask Him who He
sees you and go with what God says.</span></div>
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RLM Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06867070928925258683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045803702819523856.post-82138838739076149652016-08-24T12:17:00.002-07:002016-08-24T12:18:24.290-07:00A LASTING LEGACY<style>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Scripture: <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/114/jdg.2" target="_blank">Judges 2:6-12</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">You can’t give away what you don’t possess.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">Receive Life – Give Life</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">The joy of receiving life is only surpassed
by the joy of giving life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t
pass down to your children, neighbors, family, or friends something that you
don’t possess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you have the “Zoe”,
the God-life in you? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t leave a
legacy on credit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our government and
financial hierarchy have written checks on money we don’t have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t leave a legacy of Hope, Peace, Life,
and Love if you have nothing in the bank.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">Got Life? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As people who call themselves followers of
Jesus Christ, we should possess certain qualities and characteristics; one
being that we are a people of Life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By
having life, I mean we are a people that eat from the tree of life and not from
the tree of knowledge of good and evil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eating from the tree of life will always produce life no matter where
you are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you work in a hell-hole? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bring life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is your family the family from Hell?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Bring Life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does your school seem
like Satan has taken over?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then Bring
life!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">John 10:10 (NKJV)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">The thief does not come
except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have
life, and that they may have it more abundantly.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Daily Prayer:</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial";">“Lord, I thank You for Your
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life as I continue to eat from the tree of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Help me to not eat from the tree of the
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Pay attention to the words
that come out of your mouth when you are engaging with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are they negative, positive, mean,
hopeful?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever they are, choose to
speak life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next day go on a “word
fast”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only speak when you are spoken to
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Scripture: </b>Psalms 63:1</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hectic
American life can be devastating to having an intimate relationship with God.<span> </span>So many things demand our time and energy – deadlines,
appointments, TV, social media – to name just a few.<span> </span>Actually... that’s not quite accurate is it?<span> </span>Those things have no power over our time
unless we give it to them; but the problem is we do just that.<span> </span>Read the verses above again though.<span> </span>Look closely for any indication that David’s thirsty
soul or fainting flesh would have been satisfied with Facebook or watching a
ballgame.<span> </span><span> </span><br />
<span> </span><span> </span>The
truth is that the deep, unfulfilled longing all humans beings experience can
only be filled by God.<span> </span>That is the way
He designed us.<span> </span>Efforts to plug the hole
with “stuff” only lead to stress and dissatisfaction.<span> </span>As you read and feel the earnestness of his words,
understand that this type of desire and abiding love was not something peculiar
to David.<span> </span>We not only have the
opportunity to have the same intimacy with our Creator, God actually desires this
type of passionate devotion.<span> </span>So how does
it happen?<span> </span><br />
<span> </span><span> </span>If
we are patient, continually waiting upon Him, pouring out our hearts to Him and
listening for His voice to us, we will learn that we need no other fulfillment
than God.<span> </span>The more time we spend in His
presence, reading and treasuring His Word, the more we will find that intimacy
is growing and that His presence is becoming an ever-increasing joy.<span> </span>Simply put, a lifelong quest for intimacy
with God should drive the Christian's existence.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>“We need never shout
across the spaces to an absent God. <span> </span>He
is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts.”</span></i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>A.W. Tozer</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span>O God, thank you for
loving me.<span> </span>Thank you for allowing me to
know you and have a relationship with you. <span> </span>Grant my soul a stronger desire for a deeper,
fuller relationship with you.<span> </span>Allow me
to be ever-hungry and ever-thirsty for your presence.<span> </span><span> </span>Give
me a longing than can only be quenched by spending time with you and your Word.
<span> </span>I pray that you would give me profound
and practical encouragement as I seek to truly delight in you. Amen.</span></i></span></span></div>
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an hour within the next few days to spend just in prayer </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you are 18 or older, you have probably asked the question, “What
am I here on earth for?”<span> </span>Most people
want to know that they have a purpose and a reason to exist.<span> </span>And it is because of this lack of purpose and
destiny that generations are being lost to anonymity.<span> </span>God has a purpose and destiny for your
life.<span> </span>I know that sounds super religious,
but no matter how it sounds it is true.<span>
</span>When we are able to hear God’s voice for our life it gives us direction
and purpose.<span> </span>Here are three “Don’ts”
that you need to follow if you ever want to live a life of purpose and destiny
the way God intended.<span> </span>First, <b><i>Don’t</i></b>
feel sorry for yourself.<span> </span>If you have
failed in the past, it’s okay.<span> </span>It’s the
past.<span> </span>God has a call on your life.<span> </span>Begin praying now and allow God to reveal to
you what that call is.<span> </span>Second, <b><i>Don’t</i></b>
focus on your problems.<span> </span>I’ve got
problems, you’ve got problems, everybody has problems.<span> </span>Life is riddled with problems, but that does
not mean we stop living out what God has for our lives.<span> </span>Most of the successful Millionaires and
Billionaires through out the world had problems but kept pushing forward to
what they knew was ahead of them.<span> </span>Third,
<b><i>Don’t</i></b>
find a reason to stay home.<span> </span>One of the ways
a Captain of the Explorers Ships of the 1400’s and 1500’s would keep his crew
and himself committed to a new land they had discovered was to burn the
ships.<span> </span>You can’t pursue God’s destiny
for your life if you are always looking behind you at yesterday and the
memories of the past.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Father, I know You have a purpose
and destiny for my life. Reveal that to me.<span>
</span>I don’t need all of it now, just what direction you want me to go.<span> </span>Point me in the right direction and I am
willing to follow You and go fulfill Your call on my life, no matter what that
may be or entail.<span> </span>I trust You!</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read stories about the lives of some great church, government,
and business leaders.<span> </span>Look at what they
had to go through to achieve the destiny and purpose for their life. Look at
what impact they had on their churches, nations, and industries, and ask yourself
what does God want for your life.</span></span></div>
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pride of man to believe that we can love God on our own. This is the teaching
of the Bible (1 John 4:19). We love God because God loved God. Meaning, the
only reason we can love God is that Jesus came and loved His Father. Now, do
not think that all we need to do is ask WWJD (What Would Jesus Do). No, we need
to be regenerated and saved by Jesus Christ in order to love God. When we are
saved, “God-love” is stamped or engraved into our hearts, souls, minds, and
wills. In order to be saved, God’s righteousness (Christ) must be imputed to
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love, not the way I have trained by sin to love. Help me delight in, You being
God, not in your stuff. Help my love for You. Help my love for others. In Jesus
Name. Amen</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></div>
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children (maybe even adults) proclaim when a holiday is being celebrated. Why
do these children get these presents? Is it because they have obeyed perfectly
all year long? Is it because they are good? No. They are given presents because
the one giving them loves them. It brings great joy to the Giver. Moreover, it’s
hoped by Christian people that the children will share these presents to bring
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gives His children (spiritual gifts) presents. Do we get these gifts because we
have perfect faith and obedience? Is it because we merited goodness? No. God
gives His children gifts because He loves them. <i>He is sharing Himself with His children.</i> Children of God desire and
treasure imitating God (Ephesians 5:1) to the world, even in their spiritual
gifts. When we focus on the gift given to us more than God, we are viewing them
as a reward. However, when we focus on God and selflessly share the gift with
others, we see the gift for what it is for— a tool. The gifts we are given are
designed to display the One that has given them to us. It brings joy to a
parent when a child is asked, “Who gave you that?” To which the child responds,
“My Daddy! You want to play with me?” We do not have to guess how to use our
gifts, because God tells us how to use them. He wills how they are used. God
gave because of love and we share because to love. <b><i>Since God loves sharing Himself
with us, we should love sharing ourselves with others</i></b><i>.</i> We should proclaim to the world, “The
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first I declare and thank You that You have given me the gift of Yourself. With
You comes all joy and delight. You have given me gifts, and I pray that I would
use them to draw people to You and not me. May I be selfless in my sharing of
my gifts. Today, may I use them according to Your will. Thank You and I love
you. In Jesus’ name, Amen. </i></span></span></span></div>
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He created the family to subdue the earth to raise godly children (Malachi 2:15).
He created the church to accomplish the same thing. Both<span> </span>have been designed to resemble each other. The
reason for this is to glorify God (Ephesians 1:3-14). Everything is about and
created for glorifying God. This has been true from the beginning of time. Jesus
has a mission. God sent Jesus to the earth for this same mission: to glorify
God by raising godly children (disciples). Notice that Jesus has called us to
do exactly what His Father commissioned Him to do. The church is the gathering
of disciples. And, disciples love their Father. The church has the mission now.
The church is not a building. It is so much more than that! The church is a
family with the same mission. This family is in covenant to accomplish the
family’s business. Jesus describes the church as “His body.” The body has many
parts, meaning that God has given us each our own ways of accomplishing this
mission. This is important because it is through the church (family) that God
has chosen to accomplish His mission. The church is called to glorify God on
the earth and to raise children (disciples) to do the same. Since the church
loves their God, it is inevitable that the church loves its mission: to make
their God famous. His “body” moves throughout the earth, sharing their Father
and Master everywhere, and finds great joy in doing it. You are His child. Embrace
Daddy’s mission. </span></span></div>
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Thank You for wanting me. May I, by Your Holy Spirit, love and enjoy making You
famous on the earth. Engrave the mission in my soul so that I can engrave it on
the earth. May I always be about Your mission, not mine. Put people in my path
so that I can share You with them. You are all about re-birthing children. In
Jesus’ name. Amen. </i></span></span></div>
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look at the One who empowers us to minister. </b>A true minister of the gospel is one who gets not only his hands
dirty, but his knees as well. The word ministry means “to serve.” The question
is: why? Do we serve so people will like us? Do we serve so that people will
come to church? Do we serve because it is a nice thing to do? If you serve,
then why do you? And if you do not serve, why not? Whether we like it or not,
the truth is that if we are not getting our towels and water basins dirty to
reach people, then we are not Christ’s servants. So why do we serve? Christ
served to show His love for His disciples and to show us how to show others His
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minister (serve) the way Christ does, one must have a heart full with His love.
We should have no other motive but loving those we serve so that they can get a
glimpse of God’s love for them, leading them to His heart. Serving someone does
not mean they will come to faith in Christ, but it does mean that you are
displaying Him to them. Seeing Jesus wash and cleanse the feet of His disciples
exemplified the whole purpose of His coming—cleansing them, saving them. We are
saved for a purpose. Your salvation is not a reward, but a tool. You were saved
to serve. <b>If you are not ready to get
your towel and water dirty for Christ, you are not ready to minister. </b>Check
your heart before you use your hands. It does not matter what people have stepped
in. Clean their feet. Serve them. Minister ministry. The Gospel is real and it
saves. Serve it to the clean and the dirty. May your towel and water show the
residue of the Gospel—Christ washing away wrath. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span> </span>Lord, help me to be a Christian. May I
fulfill what that family title means. May I serve those around me, with the
clean and the dirty. May I never worry about getting my towel and basin too
dirty. People are hurting and need to be served. Use me. Here I am. Send me
today. In Jesus’ Name. Amen. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Holy Spirit has, for the most part, been shunned over the
years because people are afraid of what they don’t understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, He is as much a part of the Godhead
as the Father and the Son are. He is so much more than some mystical, mythical,
and magical being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is real and a
person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When God created Adam and Eve,
He said, “Let ‘US’ make man in ‘OUR’ image.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(Genesis 1:26).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because God is a
triune being, three in one, He is God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), and God
the Holy Spirit, all separate but one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s kind of like the Russian Nesting Dolls (Matryoshka Dolls).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a wooden doll that has other dolls of
decreasing size placed one inside the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All separate, but all one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Holy Spirit is simply one part of the Godhead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="background: yellow;">The Holy Spirit is the “power” portion
of the Godhead.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the one
that was there at creation, the one that was upon the prophets and kings of the
Old Testament, and the one that empowered Jesus to do the miracles that He
performed while on earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And He is the one
that Jesus spoke of as the Comforter in the book of John 14:16 & 17.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He, the Holy Spirit, came on the day of
Pentecost and empowered the disciples and the early church and the future
church (Acts 2:38 & 39) to live a life pleasing to the Father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So don’t fear what you do not understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hunger for more of God and it will always
lead to the fullness of God being in your life through the Holy Spirit. </span></div>
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would open up my heart to the Holy Spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Help me not fear what I do not understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You said that Your Holy Spirit is a gift from
You to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I accept Your gift and thank
You for Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because I hunger for more
of You, fill me with Your Holy Spirit and all that He is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Empower me to live the life You have destined
for me through Your Holy Spirit.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“Charisma and talent may take you to the top but only character
and integrity will keep you there.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Integrity is a must in order to walk out your new found relationship
with God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Integrity in your relationships,
business dealings, family life, personal life, your whole life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Integrity is the quality of being honest and
having strong moral principles, the state of being whole and undivided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your integrity comes from who you are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And who you are determines what you see and
what you see determines what you do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
can never separate a person’s integrity from their actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t get to choose who your parents are,
your IQ, or your talents, but you do get to choose integrity and
character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As you live your life and
make daily choices, you are creating your character and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will never be able to rise above the
limitations of your character and integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because your integrity and
character come from the condition of your heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And since God has given you a new heart
(Ezekiel 36:24-27) you now have a new lease on life and a clean slate to start
all over again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a real life example
of character and integrity:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A man took
his young daughter to a carnival, and she immediately ran over to a booth and
asked for cotton candy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the attendant
handed here a huge ball of it, the father asked, “Sweetheart, are you sure you
can eat all that?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Don’t worry, Dad,”
she answered, “I’m a lot bigger on the inside than on the outside.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Father, I know that without
You I can never have the true character and integrity that I need in order to
live a life pleasing to You.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ask You
to change my heart and make it new. Place Your Spirit within me, empowering me
to live a life that honors You so that others can see and give You glory.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Find 5 people you work with that you trust and that will be
honest with you and ask them if you seem to be a person that has character and
integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you get an answer that is
not pleasing to you, begin to ask God to create in you a pure heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you get an answer that is pleasing,
remember to walk in humility and give God the glory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Devotion:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>There is power in your words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the wisest men the world has ever
known, King Solomon, said, “Death and Life are in the power of the tongue and
those that love it shall eat of its fruit.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He understood the tongue’s power, how it can be used for a force of evil
or a force for good, and that we get what we speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When God created the earth, He <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">spoke</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">it</i> into existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wow, He <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">spoke it</i> into existence! The very words
of God created the earth with all its mountains, oceans, canyons, animals,
fish… You get the picture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recently a
study by scientists says that our universe is expanding and has been since day
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because, the power of God’s creative
words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are still creating
today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That should give you a little
understanding about how powerful your words are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is imperative that you speak words of life
and not words of death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t
control what other people say to you or to others, but you can choose what you
say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your words can bring hope and
healing or sorrow and sadness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can
bring love and peace or disgust and disorder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The choice is yours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your words
are dictated to you by what others say or the circumstances you find yourself
in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They should be led by and motivated
by the love of God that now resides in you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Words, they are your choice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
want life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Speak life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You want hope? Speak hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You want love? Speak love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember that, once words have been spoken,
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dear heavenly Father, may the words of my mouth and the things I
think on be pleasing to You.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Help me put
a watch over my tongue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May the words I
speak bring life to the hearer and may they bring glory to You.</span></div>
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day during the week and choose to only speak when you are spoken to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t put your two cents worth in when people
around you are talking unless they direct their conversation to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Simply put, plan to do a one-day word
fast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you do you will see just how
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Modern worship has been relegated to an experience you have on
Sunday morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is so much more than
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Worship is a lifestyle that comes
from a changed heart, that is manifested through a changed life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Worship is not about style, music, lights, or
production.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Worship is about the
subject, who you worship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were
created to worship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever since the
beginning of time, mankind has been worship something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it wasn’t God, it was someone or something
else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Old Testament is chock full of
examples of people, especially the Israelites, worshiping someone other than
God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t a problem of how they
were worshiping, but who they were worshipping, and the condition of their
hearts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will worship the one who has
your heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If God has your heart, all
of it and not just a portion, you will worship God with your whole life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because He has your whole heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>People can’t help but worship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Watch T.V. for an hour and you will see tons of people’s objects of
worship from celebrities to cars to cats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Bible tells us in Matthew 6:21 that where your treasure is there
your heart will be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Simply put, you
worship what you treasure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Treasure God
and you can’t help but worship Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Treasure the things of this world and you will worship those
things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who or what do you
treasure?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Find that out and that’s who
or what you worship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Father, reveal my treasure
to me today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it is not You, please
open up my eyes to see You for who You really are, so that I may treasure You
in order to worship You.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want to
go through the motions of worship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
want to worship in spirit and in truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Reveal Your truth to me today and may I worship You with every fiber of
my being, spirit, soul, and body.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Get your check book or bank statement out and look at where you
spend most of your disposable income.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
then ask yourself what do you treasure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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RLM Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06867070928925258683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045803702819523856.post-23116750738157265262016-08-13T13:13:00.000-07:002016-08-21T13:31:38.107-07:00TRUST, IT TAKES FAITH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Scripture:</b> Psalms 37:1-6</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trust,
such a small word with huge implications. If you are alive and
breathing you have dealt
with trust issues. You have either lost other’s trust or they have lost
it in
you; or you have lived a life that is trustworthy and honorable,
allowing
people to place their trust in you.
However, what about the trust we have in God? Trusting in someone or
something you can’t
see is not easy. It takes faith, yet we do it everyday. We put trust in
the car we drive that the
wheels will stay on or the motor will actually turn over and get us to
where we
need to go. We drive over a huge bridge
envisioned, designed, and built by people we don’t know or have never
met. Yet, we drive over it with confidence and
trust that it will keep us safe and not crumble beneath us. I could go
on and on with examples. But, when it comes to God, most of us find it
hard to trust Him. Why? Has He ever failed you before? Has He ever
broken a promise He made? Has He ever done anything to hurt you? The
answer to all of these and more questions
is a resounding and emphatic, “No!” You
may have unjustly blamed Him but the answer is still no! God, your
Creator, loves you more than you could
imagine or comprehend. Why would He want
harm or evil to come to you? He
doesn’t. Of anyone, He has your best
interest at heart, so simply trust Him. He really does care for you. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Dear Father, trust isn’t
easy for me. So I bear my heart to You and
trust You with it. By the power of Your
Holy Spirit, I ask that You would empower me with what I need to trust You with
my whole life, in every area. I will not
keep any part of my heart hidden. I open
up completely to You and trust You with all of my life.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ask your family or coworkers that you are close to if they think
you are a trustworthy person. Then ask
them why they gave you the answer they gave you. It may be tough but it also may help you
understand a little more about what trust is and may change your perspective.</span></span></div>
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</span></span>RLM Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06867070928925258683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045803702819523856.post-82433067085047107222016-08-12T00:00:00.000-07:002016-08-12T00:00:25.683-07:00A Quiet Time With God<div style="text-align: left;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmq2Ppk7p7h16B3rEgObUJHx8ACtsbYYwsZzXsYz0lWLvfnnJ1vdw_fW8eBp_OniN0jPFtm6X5-X9pmW4JqEjemg08JMDm8xnIT_OoF39wfP029A5d2yDg7IK5pSerCCC0lq7BeNuCZk/s1600/Blog-Pic-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmq2Ppk7p7h16B3rEgObUJHx8ACtsbYYwsZzXsYz0lWLvfnnJ1vdw_fW8eBp_OniN0jPFtm6X5-X9pmW4JqEjemg08JMDm8xnIT_OoF39wfP029A5d2yDg7IK5pSerCCC0lq7BeNuCZk/s320/Blog-Pic-12.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Scripture: </b>Psalm 119:147-149<b><i></i></b><i></i></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One
way – and not a bad way – of thinking about the importance of having a regular “quiet
time” is to make the analogy of early sea travel. Before the invention of global positioning
satellites, ships’ crews relied on tools such as compasses and sextants for
navigation. This equipment gave
navigators the ability to not only keep track of the ship’s current location
but also to maintain the appropriate heading to reach its destination. Without these measurements being taken often
and precisely, a ship could easily veer off course, leaving the crew searching
for direction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Accordingly,
to know where you are spiritually (or physically) right now in relation to
where God desires you to be requires spending time with Him. More precisely, unless you are spending time
of focused and uninterrupted prayer and scriptural meditation, you will end up
“off course.” However, there is a risk
in thinking about our time spent with God in this way in that it may lead to a focus
on self rather than God.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another
way – and one that removes the risk of self-centeredness – is to consider the
Gospel. The Gospel is the good news
revealed by the Almighty God through His Holy Word about what He has finished
through Christ Jesus to save those who call on His name. The Gospel is Jesus
Christ, the coequal, coeternal, Son of God dying for our sins and rising again to
justify us while simultaneously defeating His enemies, so that “there is now no
condemnation” for believers! It is
nothing short of a divine rescue by sovereign mercy so that we may look and say
“Glory, Glory, Glory!” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Thus,
when we consider the Gospel, having a “quiet time” with God becomes an absolute
privilege of the highest order. It
becomes about enjoying our restored relationship with our Creator. It is certainly not a legalistic
responsibility; it is a treasure to be enjoyed by someone who realizes that
they do not deserve the treasure! (Even
as I write this I am completely convicted… O’ what pitiful crumbs we offer the
God of our salvation as though He is worth anything less than the very best of
our day!) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Dear God, thank you for giving
me the opportunity to speak to you directly with all boldness and confidence
knowing that because of what Christ has accomplished, my prayers not only reach
you, they are received with care. Help
me Father to see the importance of spending time with you, not to merit your favor,
but to display my gratitude for your love.
May I never offer you anything less than the very best of my time and
energy. Awaken me early, with a fervency
to meet with you and let not sleep enter my mind at night until I hear your
voice. May I treasure your Word as
sweeter than honey to my lips and seek to live out your commands with humility
and love. Amen. </i></span></span></div>
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give God your leftovers. Don’t try to
find time – make time, and make it a priority.
Spend unhurried time with God – time when you are able to be focused on
him and free from all distractions. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Scripture: </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Deuteronomy 6:4-7</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These verses are addressed to the nation of Israel
in general, but are written to parents specifically. It seems at least according to verse 7,
parents should do nothing else but teach their children about God. Really?
Hold that question, but answer another.
What drives YOU as a parent? In
today’s world, many Christian parents are driven by their children’s education,
success, involvement in sports, or other activities – unfortunately. While most may not want to admit it, the
time, money, and energy they spend on these things reveal the truth. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As you read the Scriptures above, note that God
seems to have another idea in mind. The
principle being taught (and confirmed throughout God’s Word) is that PARENTS
primarily, are responsible for pursuing the perpetuation of faith in their
children. In other words, <b>parenting equals discipleship</b>. So to answer the question posed earlier, this
command is not merely demanding robotic repetition of the command to love God. The context of this passage (Israel’s
deliverance) implies an assumption that parents will view their own salvation
with such awe that it will explode through the very seams of every interaction
with their kids. Specifically, the singular,
most important thing you can do for your children is to point them time and
time again to the glory of God’s grace in offering salvation for sinners
through the cross of Christ. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you have neglected this in the past, it is
not too late. If God has already saved
your children, thank Him and continue to encourage them to walk in a manner
worthy of God <br />(1 Thess. 2:11). Either
way, hearing and learning and talking about and treasuring God’s Word should be
the foundation in your life and in the lives of your children. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Daily Prayer:</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>O God, thank you for my
children and the opportunity I have in parenting them. I recognize that you have given me the
responsibility to disciple my children.
I accept it and humbly ask for your grace, your wisdom, and your
strength as I attempt to obey your Word.
Grant that I may have the desire to live my life solely for the purpose
of your glory and help me prioritize my focus to model for my children a life
of treasuring you and your Word above all else.
Amen.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Daily Challenges: </b></span></span></div>
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</span>Pray
for your children’s salvation</span></span></div>
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</span>Implement
a plan to read God’s word everyday as a family</span></span></div>
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</span>Read
as your text today: Deuteronomy 6:4-25</span></span></div>
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</span></span>RLM Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06867070928925258683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045803702819523856.post-52651538044913439602016-08-10T00:00:00.000-07:002016-08-10T00:00:06.156-07:00Telling Others The Good News<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvl-KsJNK0VsBTXU3iEeHhznfbHJozjoTQi_UVjgT6vLYNfWWOblXyJJtKiUYjPdOule7HtlKxOq79lUTrWsKR9nQcje3yI2te5HjrEdro04Uan3IxodqYzJLV0l1SBVC7fxv939dq3U/s1600/Blog-Pic-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvl-KsJNK0VsBTXU3iEeHhznfbHJozjoTQi_UVjgT6vLYNfWWOblXyJJtKiUYjPdOule7HtlKxOq79lUTrWsKR9nQcje3yI2te5HjrEdro04Uan3IxodqYzJLV0l1SBVC7fxv939dq3U/s320/Blog-Pic-10.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Scripture:</b> Matthew 28:19
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good news is meant to be
told.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think about it— imagine someone
went into the bank and paid off your mortgage, your car, and put an additional
$1 million in your savings account.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
would tell everyone you know! After all, this <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is</i> good news.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But, you’ve got even
better news.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The greatest news that the
world has ever known is that Jesus came to earth to rescue us from our
sin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He paid our debt and we are free to
live. Why wouldn’t you want to tell everyone you know? They can be free!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4 reasons why we should
tell others about Jesus…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>Jesus tells us
to do it (Matthew 28:19)</span></div>
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</span></span>It’s the most
loving thing you can do (Galatians 5:22 lists “love” is one of the fruits of
the Spirit)</span></div>
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</span></span>It is wise
(Proverbs 11:30)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4)<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-synthesis: weight style; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>So others can
have “fellowship” with God (1 John 1:3)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daily Prayer:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">God, give me opportunities
to tell people about what You’ve done in my life and let my life be a testimony
of Your saving grace. Amen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daily Challenge:</b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Share your testimony with
someone today. Tell them how God has changed your life.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span>RLM Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06867070928925258683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045803702819523856.post-35922468107894459752016-08-09T04:32:00.001-07:002016-08-09T04:32:47.437-07:00PASSION: the "drive" of life
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3tu8HrctXhCAOA6QjZShp7xPzvm_3WQxBE5FHVU6DmgToRzcVka9xay15SzsrDJyJioiKLMn9KWyUfBEFvGiZF_ml295wn-0AGogV5DNvQjzWnM0Qmf6QwqHivEhLq64Ef-JKQBE7-M/s1600/blog-pic-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3tu8HrctXhCAOA6QjZShp7xPzvm_3WQxBE5FHVU6DmgToRzcVka9xay15SzsrDJyJioiKLMn9KWyUfBEFvGiZF_ml295wn-0AGogV5DNvQjzWnM0Qmf6QwqHivEhLq64Ef-JKQBE7-M/s320/blog-pic-9.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Scripture: </b>Matthew 6:24</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the Webster’s
dictionary, “Passion” is defined as “intense, driving, or overmastering feeling
or conviction.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I ask you… what is
your passion?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In 2004, Mel Gibson
released the movie, “The Passion of Christ”, a movie covering the final
12-hours of Jesus’ life on earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
remember watching the movie in theaters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The movie was powerful and, like many others, I sat quietly in the
theater and wept long after the final credits rolled. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What impacted me so much?
It was the passion of Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the
intense, driving, and overmastering conviction of Jesus. What was His passion,
you may ask? God’s will. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In Matthew 6, it tells us
that we cannot serve two gods. We can’t serve God and money and we can’t serve
God and career or God and anything else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must serve God and
God alone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, what is your passion?</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">John 14:15 says, “If you
love me, you will obey what I command.” Our passion should always be to do the
will of our Father God. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daily Prayer:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">God, show me Your will for
my life and help me to keep focus on doing Your will and not mine. Amen.</span></div>
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</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daily Challenge:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you don’t know God’s
will for your life already, ask God today to help show you over the next few
days, weeks, and months. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span>RLM Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06867070928925258683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045803702819523856.post-8556502474551851672016-08-08T04:47:00.002-07:002016-08-08T04:48:15.830-07:00Loving People Because they matter<style>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoGK1WOYMerV46hHtHDyhlXz61fTN9ZdRu4v5qIyjBoY3kfDrwq5iKYynmOHfTETCoyuT1pw73qV9EvolZXOls2FeKiAQM2FCLq4DHPCKRmxqIuWvmETMXHYG49krBxi7UEkb7KtJ06Ec/s1600/Blog-pic-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoGK1WOYMerV46hHtHDyhlXz61fTN9ZdRu4v5qIyjBoY3kfDrwq5iKYynmOHfTETCoyuT1pw73qV9EvolZXOls2FeKiAQM2FCLq4DHPCKRmxqIuWvmETMXHYG49krBxi7UEkb7KtJ06Ec/s320/Blog-pic-8.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><b>Scripture: </b></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Matthew 22:34-40 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">We’ve all at least heard
of the 10 Commandments and we can probably even recite a few, but what is the
greatest commandment of all?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is
precisely what this particular Pharisee asked Jesus in Matthew 22.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Pharisees were a Jewish sect in the first
century who was known for their insistence on the validity of their own oral
traditions concerning the law (10 Commandments). If anyone knew the 10
Commandments, it was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">this</i> guy! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I love Jesus’ answer:
“Yes, love God with everything you have, but love people too!” (Paraphrase
mine) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">In 1 John 4:20 we read, “If
anyone says, ‘I love God,’ yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who
does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not
seen.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">People matter to God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all, people are the reason He bankrupt
heaven and sent His son to earth to be crucified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As an old ex-Franciscan priest named Brennan
Manning once said, “God would rather die than live without you.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">It matters to God how you
treat other people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are commanded to
love each other in the same way that Jesus loved us (John 13:34) and how
exactly did Jesus love us? He was patient and kind, He wasn’t rude or
self-seeking, He was not easily angered, and He didn’t keep a record of our
wrongs (1 Corinthians 13).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He simply
loved us. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Daily Challenge:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">With each person you
encounter today, love them the way God first loved you— with patience,
kindness, and by not keeping record of their wrongs. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Daily Prayer:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">God, help me to love
others as You have loved me. Give me patience and keep my motives pure. Help me
to see people as You see them. Amen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 21.4667px;">Hearing God: He Still Speaks</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Scripture:</b> John 10:3-5, 27<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Good
Shepherd speaks to His sheep and they hear Him. A common hindrance to hearing
God is anxiousness about hearing Him. The first step to hearing God is the
simple assurance that God will speak and He will do it in a way that we can
hear. Being in a strain, trying hard to hear God, will make it difficult or even
impossible to hear Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anxiousness may
also open us up to hearing religious spirits disguised as “angels of light.” (2
Corinthians 11:14)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must first trust <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to speak
to us. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another hindrance
to hearing God are voices that would compete with His. God speaks in a “still,
small voice.” (1 Kings 10:8) We might think it better if He would speak a
little louder, but there is a very specific reason why He speaks so “softly.” God
will only be heard by those who will listen only to Him. If there are other
“voices,” other influences, other considerations to which we give weight, God
will not “out yell” any other “voice” in our life. We must treasure His Word in
our hearts above all others. (Matthew 4:4; Jeremiah 29:13) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An
additional hindrance to hearing God is impatience. Anxiousness about a matter
can cause us to move out of fear instead of waiting to hear what He wants to
say to us. God will speak in a timely manner. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We may also
fail to hear God because we are only listening for His input on matters we are
concerned about. He would actually prefer to address another topic that we may
see as unimportant or irrelevant. God knows better what we need to hear than we
do. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Daily Challenge:</b> Stop, quite yourself, quit trying to hear, be still and wait.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Daily Prayer:</b>
Father, give us purity of heart that we would desire to only hear You. Give us
child-likeness that we would obey without question. Give us an appetite for the
meat of doing Your will. Amen. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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