TODAY'S PROMISE

"Those who are honest and fair,

who refuse to profit by fraud,

who stay far away from bribes,

who refuse to listen to those who

plot murder,

who shut their eyes to all enticement

to do wrong -

these are the ones who will dwell on high.

The rocks of the mountains will be their

fortress.

Food will be supplied to them,

and they will have water in abundance."   

(Isaiah 33:15,16 NLT)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Once again you will have all the food 

you want, and you will praise the LORD

your God, who does these miracles for you.

Never again will my people be disgraced."

(Joel 2:26 NLT)

TRAPPED

TRAPPED  

That's right.

This raccoon was caught in the act and trapped,

caged, locked in - where it should not have been.

[For you animal lovers I hauled it so far off it could

not find it's way back and released it in the woods.]

What was the bait used to catch it.  The same bait

that catches you, food.            

That is about where the human race began.

After God created the first humans he told

them not to eat from that one tree.  But you

know as well as I what happened.  He said

"don't" so they did.  "When the woman saw

that the tree was good for food,...".   You

know the rest of the story.  The human race

has been in trouble ever since.

When I was a young man (many decades ago.)

they used to say, "The way to a man's heart is

through his stomach."  And I remember the 

batch of  chocolate chip cookies in the bottom

of my foot locker in the Navy.  TRAPPED.

Or consider how many an obese person has

died a premature death.   Am I picking on 

food.  Not really.  I like to eat as well as you

do.  If we don't keep eating we will be in 

serious trouble.

But right now I am  thinking of food more

as a temptation.  Or some other temptation

could just as well be the bait that traps us.

Is it any wonder that Jesus Christ said;

"Keep watching and praying that you

may not enter into temptation; the

spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

(Matthew 26:41 NASB)  

I like the way John Dryden said it;

"Better shun the bait than struggle in

the snare."   

TODAY'S PROMISE

"He who tills his land will have plenty of food,

But he who follows empty pursuits will have

poverty in plenty." 

(Proverbs 28:19 NASB)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"It is God who clothes the wild grass -

grass that is here today and gone tomorrow,

burned up in the oven.  Won't he be all the

more sure to clothe you?  What little faith  

you have!

"So do not start worrying; 'Where will

my food come from? or my drink? or 

my clothes?' (These are the things the 

pagans are always concerned about.)

Your Father in heaven knows that you

need all these things.  Instead, be concerned

above everything else with the Kingdom

of God and with what he requires of you,

and he will provide you with all these

other things.  So do not worry about

tomorrow, it will have enough worries

of its own.  There is no need to add to

the troubles each day brings."

(Matthew 6:30 - 34 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)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Then Jesus said to the disciples,

'And so I tell you not to worry about the food

you need to stay alive or about the clothes you 

need for your body.  Life is much more important

than food, and the body much more important than

clothes.  Look at the crows: they don't plant seeds

or gather a harvest; they don't have storage rooms

or barns; God feeds them!  You are worth so much

more than birds!'"

(Luke 12:22-24 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) 

LEARNING TO GARDEN

Growing some of my own food makes sense to me.

I could save money.  It would be fresh.  I could save

money.  It would be a good use of excess yard.  I 

could save money.  It would give me something

to do.  I could save money.  It would give me exercise.

 I could save money.  And if things ever get

real bad, I'd have food.  And I could save 

money.

But, I have a greasy thumb.  Not a green thumb.

And as you know, grease kills plants.  Consequently,

I  have spend a lot of time on the internet trying to learn 

how to garden, or be a gardener.

I think I have finally memorized the routine for 

growing anything.  It goes like this.

1.  Buy some dirt or potting soil.

2.  If you already have dirt.  Then buy

 lumber to make a bed with.

Or buy some pots.

Or buy some boxes.

3. Buy some tools to work the garden with.

4. Buy compost.

5. Buy mulch.

6. Buy seeds or sets.

7. Buy a book on how to do it.
8. Buy a garden planner.
9. Buy a pH meter.  That is so
someone can sell you some pH.
10. Buy fertilizer.
11. Buy Lime.
12. Buy landscape fabric.
13. Buy Miracle-Gro.
14. Buy bug eradicator.
15. Buy weed control.

16. Buy a freezer to put it in.
17. Buy freezer bags to keep it separated.
18. Buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy.

Now, I am ready to save money on
a dozen home grown tomatoes.

But, I wonder how grandpa did it back in the great depression,

he did not have any money.  Or the pioneers, they could

not go to a store.  Nor did they know what pH was or how

to pronounce a fancy word like "sustainably" so people

would know they were smart.

In fact,

how did they grow anything before garden hoses

were invented??????

Now I am really confused.

HELP!

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)

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT

"It is written,
Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceeds out of the
mouth of God."
(Matthew 4:4 AKJV)

You have heard it said,

"You are what you eat."

Or,

as relates to computers;

"Garbage in, garbage out."

And we wonder why our bodies are not all we want them

to be.

Or even worse.

We stuff our minds and hearts with all that

 we see on the one eyed monster (TV),

or the Internet.

And then do not understand why so much goes

wrong and we are not content with life.

It is because of what you are feeding yourself.

"And he humbled you,

and suffered you to hunger, and fed you

with manna which you knew not,

neither did your fathers know;

that he might make you know

that man does not live by bread only,

but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth

of the LORD does man live."

(Deuteronomy 8:3 AKJV)

Do you want to live forever????

Start feeding yourself on the Word of God,

The Holy Bible.

"As new born babes,

desire the sincere milk of the word,

that you may grow thereby:"

(1 Peter 2:2 AKJV)