| Today's Bible Verse |
| "Finally, brethren, whatsoever
things are true, whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are
pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever
things are of good report; if there be any virtue,
and if there be any praise, think on these things.
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Philippians 4:8 King James
Version (KJV)
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| Today's Bible Study |
I am plagued by the belief
that if I keep rearranging the items inside my
closets, cabinets and dresser drawers, I will reach
the Eden of organization.
I move things around so often that my husband asks
questions like this: Where is the cheese slicer
living this week?
Originally, I stashed my basket of leftover yarn
inside a closet in our home office. It stood out
conspicuously among the reams of paper and packets
of pens. I moved it to my clothes closet, where it
was not a good fit on the shelf that holds my
winter boots.
I know the cereal shelf in my kitchen cupboard
isn’t the right spot for a basket of yarn, but what
is?
This ongoing shuffling of things has taught me that
nature does, indeed, abhor a vacuum. If I have an
empty spot in my storage areas, I will find
something to put there. Should my husband build me
a new cabinet today, I would have it filled by
tonight.
Have you ever tried to empty your brain of every
thought? It can’t be done. Some idea will move into
what you wanted to be an empty space. Then it will
be joined by more.
Instead of trying to create an empty space inside
my head, I must work to fill that brain space with
good thoughts. Today’s verse gives me a good
starting place. If I don’t choose to think
on these
things, Satan will rush in and fill my head with
his ideas: worry, lust, discontentment, greed, and
other specialties of his. May it never be!
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| Today's Prayer |
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| Lord, help me control my thoughts. Honoring
You in all I say and do will be much easier if I first honor You in
my thoughts. Through Jesus I pray, Amen.
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| Yesterday's Bible
Verse |
| "And almost all things are
by the law purged with blood; and without
shedding of blood is no remission."
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Hebrews 9:22 King
James Version (KJV)
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| Yesterday's Bible
Study |
While on vacation in
Florida, my husband and I watched big fishing
boats come in with their day’s catches. The
mass of fish being unloaded was staggering.
We walked around the pier and came to a white
building with big windows along the front.
These windows allowed us to view what was
happening inside.
We watched as big fish were slapped
unceremoniously onto a tabletop. There, workers
quickly severed the fishes’ heads with sharp
knives, cut a long slit across the bottom of
each fish and scraped out the insides. I was
repulsed by all the blood I saw.
Blood is vital to animal life, but the work it
does is unseen. When we see blood, we know
something is not right. The sight of it scares
us because it is unnatural.
Chapter 17 of the book of Leviticus tells us
the life of the flesh is in the blood. In their
sacrifices, Jews offered back to God part of
what He had given them. Sometimes they made
grain offerings, but often God demanded the
sacrifice of animals. Blood flowed freely from
the altar of the temple.
Year after year sacrifices of bulls, sheep and
goats were offered for the sins of the people.
These sacrifices made possible a relationship
between God and the Jews.
The shedding of Jesus’ blood while he was on
the cross was the final blood sacrifice God
required. The lifeblood of Jesus has the power
to cleanse us from all sin.
Hebrews 10:14 reads: For by one offering he
hath perfected for ever them that are
sanctified. Hallelujah!
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| Yesterday's Prayer |
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| Lord, please accept my feeble attempt to thank you for the final blood sacrifice you required: that of Your Son, Jesus. I rejoice that He is my Savior. Amen.
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