Today´s reading:
OT: Deuteronomy 28
NT: Luke 11:14-36
Ps: Psalm 77
Pr: Proverbs 12:18
Today´s notable verse:
Reckless words pierce like a sword,
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.Proverbs 12:18 (NIV)
Wow... I pray that my words bring healing more often than they pierce like a sword. It is sad that what God intends to bring healing, we twist into an instrument of piercing. How much more so when we Christians - the very ones called to bring healing - contribute to the pain from which others need to be healed!
The One Year Bible Blog asks:
As you are reading through the One Year Bible this year, are you remembering God’s miracles of long ago? Are you meditating on all of his mighty works and considering his mighty deeds? Are you being transformed by this process? And will you now go forth and help others in your life remember and meditate on God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit’s miracles of long ago?
I must admit, I'm still working through God's amazing work in my life today to have much time to devote to his "miracles of long ago" - though, undoubtedly, I should. Studying Genesis this year in BSF and seeing God's miraculous workings - and then going through the rest of the Pentateuch, and seeing even more of God's mighty works - has really helped center more of my meditation with that perspective.
Yeah, dwelling on God’s mighty works of long ago doesn’t come to my mind very often either.
Occasionally, I wonder what my response would have been to one of those miracles had a been there? I’m also struck at how quickly those who were there became unimpressed by the miracles that they had wittnessed. How could I be sure that I wouldn’t be that way too?
That is the same thing I fear, Daniel! I know that the people on TBN I do not even bother listening to. I do not believe that if you give money, God will heal you.
If God chooses to heal someone, He does NOT need you to give your money to someone else! I do not like it when people lie or when people are lied to.
Dear CB,
Your verse, I believe, is covered very well in the book of James. I am always ashamed when I read this book. That one little, itty, bitty piece of flesh can certainly do so much damage it isn’t funny.
We have to be more careful than all the others, because it is us to whom the lost watch. If we are not ‘Christ-like’, why would they want to accept Jesus as their Saviour as well?
It does not matter whether it is fair. That is the way it is. God bless your family and you, and may you be a blessing always. 🙂