| Today's Bible Verse |
| "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment."
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Hebrews 9:27 King James Version (KJV)
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| Today's Bible Study |
I am not a risk taker. No form of gambling holds even the slightest allurement for me. I will hardly back my car out of the garage without buckling my seatbelt, and I always dry my hands
thoroughly before touching a light switch.
Still, there are a few chances I continue to take. Despite warnings from numerous people, I occasionally use my hands to push food
down into the garbage disposal. I pull the knife toward me when I peel vegetables, and I test my iron by licking my finger and brushing it swiftly across the heated surface.
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people take far greater risks. They gamble on the eternal destiny of their souls. Despite multiple warnings in Scripture of a coming judgment, people delay making Jesus the Lord of their
lives. They plan to one day when they are older, or when they have time to study the Word more thoroughly, or when (as if this is even possible) they get their lives cleaned up.
When I was taking a speech class in college, our instructor caught our class off guard one day. She demanded that we deliver the speeches we had been half-heartedly working on for days.
She announced that she would let the point of her pen drop onto her class roll book. The person on whose name the pen struck would be called upon first.
I still remember the awful
feeling I had as she announced my name. I was unprepared.
How much more tragic it will be for those who are unprepared on the Day of Judgment. People who have not been cleansed
by the blood of Jesus are gambling with the most precious possession they have, an eternal soul.
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| Today's Prayer |
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| Father, thank You for delivering me from the fear of Your judgment. My confidence does not lie in myself, but in my Savior, who has already paid my penalty. Thank you, thank you, for His sacrifice. Through
Jesus, Amen.
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| Yesterday's Bible
Verse |
| "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints . . ."
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Ephesians 6:18 King James Version (KJV)
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| Yesterday's Bible
Study |
Have you ever had so many things to pray about that you didn’t know where to begin?
I face this dilemma often. I pray continually for the people I love. That is easy.
But after that, then what? Check the church bulletin for the list of sick people? That is a good practice.
If I turn on the television or radio or check the day’s
news on my phone or computer, I am overwhelmed with what I see: pain everywhere, homelessness, wars, natural disasters, violence, abuse, corruption, deaths and destruction.
God knows each situation, each hurting heart, each desperate ache for deliverance. He doesn’t need me to point them out to Him. Yet, numerous Bible passages command me to
pray:
Matthew 26:41: Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation
Romans 12:12: Continuing instant in prayer
Colossians 4:2: Continue in prayer
But I want to do more than ask for God’s intervention. I want to talk to Him openly about my struggles, to confess my shortcomings, to acknowledge my belief in Who He is,
to praise Him, and to thank Him. Yet, I often feel inadequate in my prayer life.
A Bible verse that encourages me is Romans 8:26: Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
So, continue in prayer, praising, thanking, repenting, confessing, and talking to God about anything. You may not pray perfectly, but the Spirit will intercede for you.
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| Yesterday's Prayer |
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| Lord, I ask, as one of your disciples once asked, teach me to pray. Amen.
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