Daily Bible Readings

Blue Letter Bible

December 17, 2010

Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy
God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold
thee with the right hand of my righteousness. (Isaiah 41:10)

Ever will the Lord raise up His people from their troubles! Ever will
He seek to heal their hurts! Ever will He redeem His people from
wickedness! And ever will the Lord Almighty strengthen the resolve of
His children that they might proclaim His mercies forever! Praise His
name forever all you His people! Hallelujah!

Be Fruitful

December 16, 2010

By Jim Penner

 

"The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." -Galatians 5:22

This is an amazing list of qualities; the very character traits that we are to live out and display in our lives. The ultimate attitude-adjustment list. I remember as a child my mother was fond of saying, "Check your attitude," when I would get out of line, talk back, mope around, raise my voice in anger, or at times ignore family conversations in the car while I lived in my own little world. As a parent, I've repeated those words to my teenagers. I'm sure many of you can relate. You were once scolded, or have scolded others over attitude.

Yet, how do we check ourselves? In what way can we check our own attitudes, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day? How in our rough-and-tumble world can we possibly model such fruits of the Spirit? It's so easy to get frustrated with our fellow humans - in the office, at home, at play. The answer is actually quite simple, and easier than you think. Pay close attention to the first six words from Galatians 5:22: "The fruit of the spirit is..."

Displaying these incredible qualities is the wonderful outward display of the Holy Spirit of God living within you! When left on our own, we would stumble every time, but you don't have to. The great news for you, today, is that YOU CAN be an incredible display of Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Gentleness, and Self Control - all by letting Christ come alive in you today!

Prayer:
Almighty God, thank You for Your precious gift of the Holy Spirit to me! Use me today as a joyful display of the fruit of Your Spirit! Lord God, today I lift a prayer to You that Dr. Schuller has taught me. I ask You to "Make my life a window for Your light to shine through, and a window to reflect Your love to all I meet." In Jesus' precious name, I pray. Amen.

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What "fruit of the Spirit" do you display? What spiritual fruit are you praying for God to ripen in your life?

Share your thoughts...

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Walking with Jesus

Matthew 6:25 - 34

Jesus told his disciples not to worry about anything including tomorrow or the future because tomorrow or the future will worry about itself. In other words there are enough troubles that the day is carrying so there is no use adding to the load. Jesus told us that God provides for the birds of the air and the lilies of the field and how much more will He provide for us. We only need to trust God and pray about our every need believing that He is faithful and will keep His promises. What we will eat, drink or wear are all His concern and none of these should be a source of worry for us. God has value for us and thinks about us and everything that is of concern to us is of concern to Him. We cannot add anything to our lives by worrying. Worrying rather takes so much from us - emotionally, physically, mentally and in many ways. Worry deprives us or the joy that we should have and causes many illnesses. Jesus told us to seek first God's kingdom and His righteousness and all things will be added or given to us as well. May God help us to be obedient to His word and live a worry-free life. Amen

My music

Relaxation: Music is found in every culture and it keeps getting better and better. No matter where in the world you are even if you cannot speak the vernacular you will be able to enjoy the local music.
History:
Today is mothers day in most part of the world. We celebrated in the UK in April.


I have been listening to:
Lonestar - "I am so in love with you" (amazed). 


This piece of music is so romantic and relaxing to listen to. The words are so sweet and I can't believe anyone will disagree with me.
The opening words "Everytime our eyes meet this feeling inside me is almost more than I can take....." Lovely.
I have listened to it for over an hour and it gets better and better. Surprisingly this was written for Boyz2Men but they turned it down. I have listened to the cover version they did but Lonestar is really amazed by me.

Westlife -  Every little thing you do
Darren Hayes - Insatiable
Aerosmith -
Def Leopard
Ronan Keating
Bryan Adams

Nothing beats the old time favorites.