| Today's Bible Verse |
| " Is any thing too hard for
the Lord? "
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Genesis 18:14 King James Version (KJV)
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| Today's Bible Study |
Last night my husband put
together an outdoor Christmas decoration he had
just brought home from the store. He opened the big
box on our kitchen table (our mainstay worktop).
Then he worked
on it off and on as I was busy in another part of
the house.
Later he called me into the
kitchen and held up a white, plastic, tubular
piece.
“I have been looking for
this piece for half an hour,” he said. “I couldn’t
finish putting this thing together without it. Then
I felt a prompting to look for it inside your
purse.”
“My purse?” I said. “My purse isn’t even in
the kitchen.”
“No,” he said, “but it was on
the table when I first opened the box. So, anyway,
I opened your purse and there
it was. The piece obviously fell inside it and I
didn’t notice.”
“Amazing!” I said. “I guess
God just bestowed a blessing on you to help you
find it.”
“Does God do things
like that?” he asked. “This seems like an awfully
small thing for God to bother with.”
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both agreed that God could bless us in small ways
if He chose to, but would He choose
to?
In Genesis 18, Abraham conversed with
three visitors. The men told Abraham that Sarah,
far past childbearing days, would have a child
before they visited again. During their
visit, the question was asked, “Is anything too
hard for the Lord?”
My husband and I
concluded that God can do whatever He wishes. No
task is too big for Him. Neither is any task
too small.
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| Today's Prayer |
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| Lord, how mighty You are! Help me not put
limits on what I think You can accomplish. Thank you for all You do
for me. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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| Yesterday's Bible
Verse |
| " But as many as received
him, to them gave he power to become the sons
of God, even to them that believe on his name.
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John 1:12 King James Version (KJV)
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| Yesterday's Bible
Study |
My husband’s PC died after
receiving some rough treatment on a flight home
from a trip. Friends convinced him to replace
his PC with a Mac.
Since my husband
bought the
Mac, he has done almost nothing except try to
learn how to use it. It may eventually serve
him better than his PC did. But this
switching-over process is proving to be
agonizing.
The decision to follow Jesus
always involves change, a kind of
switching-over. New believers feel awkward.
They fear making a misstep and being
embarrassed. They watch mature
Christians locate scripture passages with ease.
Is Nahum really in the Bible? Mature
Christians, they fear, will monitor their
actions and judge them harshly.
Mature
Christians must never be critical of new
Christians. Instead, they need to “come
alongside” these fledgling believers, helping
them as they learn how to use the Bible, how
to pray, and how to feel confident in their
salvation.
A few years ago, I joined a
local group for writers. I was excited but also
nervous. What if I didn’t fit in?
Would the other members be intolerant of me and
critical of my work?
What I found was a
group of warm, accepting people who, like me,
were still learning. Their warmth
encouraged me. I soon realized we weren’t in a
competition. We were people on the same path.
All Christians are making the same journey.
Each one started somewhere.
Though the Christian walk is sometimes referred
to as a race, it is a team sport, not a
competition among individuals.
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| Yesterday's Prayer |
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| Lord, thank you for the people who have
encouraged me in my Christian walk. Teach me how to love new
believers as You love them. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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