ABSOLUTELY AMAZING

Amazing.  Simply amazing.  Unbelievable.

Our old weed eater (whacker or any other name you chose)

gave us trouble one too many times.  So my wife decided

to go buy a new one.  The best quality she could get.

You know how that goes.  I had to take it out of

the box.  Do what little assemble there was.  

Gas it, oil it, and get it running for her.

Now I have used weed eaters for years (reluctantly).

And been a mechanic for over one fourth of a century.

So I know how to get these things going.

This new machine did not want to start right.  After all
it had funny starting instructions. So after a lot more
pulling than I want to admit, it started - and the wife did
her thing with it.

I guess to prove a point, I determined to follow the

starting instructions to the letter the next time.

An amazing thing happened.  It started like it is 

supposed to.  Now how do you explain that?

God gave us a set of written instructions on how to

live.  It is called "The Holy Bible".

Do you suppose that if we followed his instructions

instead of going our own way -

life might go better for us?



PS.

My wife had the same experience.
She followed the instructions and it started for her,
without my help.

Are not instructions simply amazing?

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Honor the LORD by making him an offering from

the best of all that your land produces.

If you do,

your barns will be filled with grain,

and you will have too much wine to store it all."

(Proverbs 3:9,10 GNT)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNT)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

MY SHELTER

"God is our shelter and strength,

always ready to help in times of trouble.

So we will not be afraid,

even if the earth is shaken

and mountains fall into the ocean depths;

even if the seas roar and rage,

and the hills are shaken by the violence."

(Psalms 46:1-3 TEV)

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THE STORM

The day the monster tornado went through Moore,

Oklahoma, we were under the same storm system.

It was getting late in the evening.  It had been dark 

for some time because of the overcast.  I was ready

to call it a day.

But then, I happened to look out a window to our

front yard.  It was lit up like daytime.  There was no

yard light out there.  Where was the light coming from?

Then I looked the other direction out the kitchen window -

toward Oklahoma.  This is what I saw.  Just could not

pass the opportunity to shoot it.

"How clearly the sky reveals God's glory!

How plainly it shows what he has done!"

(Psalms 19:1 TEV)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Do not be afraid - I am with you!

I am your God - let nothing terrify you!

I will make you strong and help you;

I will protect you and save you."

(Isaiah 41:10 GNT)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNT)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

EVIL VS. RIGHTEOUS

"The strong tower of the wicked comes to ruin,

but the root of the righteous stands firm.

An evil man is ensnared by the 

transgression of his lips,

but the righteous escapes from trouble.

From the fruit of his words a man

is satisfied with good,

and the work of a man's hand 

comes back to him."

(Proverbs 12:12-14 RSV)

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THE CHOSEN FEW

In The Tract League's 

90th Annual Report is this statement

about their tract distributors.

"The Holy Spirit has raised them up.

They are:

 hard to find,

hard to train, 

 hard to manage,

and highly independent.

They belong to no one other than Jesus.

They are so single minded

that death threats do not deter them.

And even though they are very poor,

they contribute to the cost of printing

the tracts."

What a reproof to myself.

How about you?

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Never let yourself think that you are wiser than you are:
simply obey the LORD and refuse to do wrong.
If you do, it will be like good medicine,
healing your wounds and easing your pains."
(Proverbs 3:7,8 GNT)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNB)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

SOURCE OF VICTORY

"They put their trust in God

and prayed to him for help,

and God answered their prayers

and made them victorious...."

(1 Chronicles 5:20 TEV)

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TODAY'S PROMISE

"The LORD loves his people

and protects those who belong to him.

So we bow at his feet

and obey his commands."

(Deuteronomy 33:3 GNT)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNB)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

MOURNING VS. PARTYING

"It is better to go to a home where there is

mourning than to one where there is a party,

because the living should always remind

themselves that death is waiting for us all."

(Ecclesiastes 7:2 GNT)

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WHY ???

WHY?

The wife's cat seems to always be in my way.

When I get up in the morning it gets in the door

as I come through.  If I am not careful, I'll trip.

When I am at the dinner table, it's hanging around

the table.  If I use the recliner to take a nap, it is on 

the floor in front of the recliner.  No matter where I 

go in the house, the cat is there.

WHY?

In the picture above.

I was waiting a few minutes before going to the 

funeral of a friend.  I looked down and the cat 

had gotten in between my feet and settled down.

WHY?

Finally it dawned on me.  The cat wants to be 

with me.  Why?, I don't know.  But apparently 

it does.

Then the Lord brought something else to my mind.

Why don't I want to be with God as much as the

cat wants to be with me?????????

Some day we will all take a final ride in one of these.

Or something used for the same purpose.  And when

we do - you can be sure that we had better be on a 

"first name" bases with our creator and life sustainer.

How much do I want to be with God now?

If I don't want to be with him now, he is not

going to want me with him then.

"So then, submit yourselves to God.

Resist the Devil, and he will run away

from you.  Come near to God, and he

will come near to you.  Wash your hands

you sinners!  Purify your hearts you 

hypocrites!"

(James 4:7,8 GNB)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"How precious, O God, is your constant love!

We find protection under the shadow

of your wings.

We feast on the abundant food you provide;

you let us drink from the river of your goodness.

You are the source of all life,

and because of your light

we see the light".

(Psalms 36:7-9 GNT)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNB)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)