TODAY'S PROMISE

"But you belong to God, my dear children.

You have already won a victory over those

people, because the Spirit who lives in you is

greater than the spirit who lives in the world."  

(1 John 4:4 NLT)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"And I will give you a new heart, and I will put
a new spirit in you.  I will take out your stony,
stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive
heart.  And I will put my Spirit in you so that
you will follow my decrees and be carful to obey
my regulations."
(Ezekiel 36:26,27 NLT).

TODAY'S QUOTE

"I seek the will of the Spirit of God through,

or in connection with, the Word of God.  The

Spirit and the Word must be combined.  If I 

look to the Spirit alone without the Word, I 

lay myself open to great delusions.  If the Holy

Spirit guides us, He will do it according to the

Scriptures and never contrary to them."

- George Mueller

TODAY'S PROMISE

"And I will give you a new heart, and I will put

a new spirit in you.  I will take out your stony,

stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive

heart.  And I will put my Spirit in you so that

you will follow my decrees and be careful to 

obey my regulations."

(Ezekiel 36:26,27 NLT)

TODAY'S QUOTE

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"The guidance of the Spirit is generally by gentle

suggestions or drawings, and not in violent pushes;

and it requires great childlikeness of heart to be

faithful to it.  The secret of being made willing lies

in a definite giving up of our will.  As soon as we put 

our will on to God's side, He immediately takes 

possession of it and begins to work in us to will and

to do of His good pleasure."  

-Hannah Whitall Smith

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Anyone who believes in me may come and drink!

For the Scriptures declare, 'Rivers of living water

will flow from his heart'" (When he said 'living water,"

he was speaking of the Spirit who would be given to

everyone believing in him.  But the Spirit had not

yet been given, because Jesus had not yet entered

into his glory.)"

(John 7:38,39 NLT)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Therefor dear brothers and sisters, you

have no obligation to do what your sinful

nature urges you to do.  For if you live by

its dictates, you will die.  But if through the

power of the Spirit you put to death the 

deeds of your sinful nature, you will live.  

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are

 children of God."

(Romans 8:12-14 NLT)  

TODAY'S PROMISE

"The LORD is near to the brokenhearted

And saves those who are crushed in spirit."

(Psalms 34:18 NASB)

BROKENHEARTED

WHERE GOD DWELLS

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Do you ever wonder where God dwells?

Or perhaps why he is close to some people but

not others?

Through out the Holy Bible there is a truth that

keeps popping up.  And that is the attitude that

allows him to be closer to some people than others.

Consider.

"For thus says the high and exalted One

Who lives forever, whose name is Holy,

I dwell on a high and holy place,

And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit

In order to revive the spirit of the lowly

And to revive the heart of the contrite."

(Isaac 57:15 NASB)  

An overdose of "self esteem" can cause 

God to keep his distance from you.  

TODAY'S QUOTE

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"If you pray for bread and bring no basket to carry it,

you prove the doubting spirit which may be the only

hindrance to the gift you ask."

- D. L. Moody

TODAY'S PROMISE

"But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from

the dead dwells in you,  He who raised Christ 

Jesus  from the dead will also give life to your

mortal bodies through His spirit who dwells in 

you."

(Romans 8:11 NASB)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"For he who sows to his own flesh

will from the flesh reap corruption;

but he who sows to the Spirit will

from the Spirit reap eternal life."

(Galatians 6:8 RSV)

DIE HOW MANY TIMES?

A truism  

"Born once, die twice.

Born twice, die once."

That's right.

The very creator himself said,

"I am telling you the truth: no one

can see the Kingdom of God

without being born again."

(John 3:3 GNV)

He goes on to explain that we are 

born physically of our human parents,

but we also need to be born again of 

the Spirit.  That is the Spirit of God.

Then when we die, we go into the presence

of God himself.  Born twice, but just

die once.

But, if we are not born again of the Spirit,

when we die we will go to an eternal hell

that was prepared for the Devil, and we

will experience a "second" eternal death.

Born once, but die twice.

TODAY'S PROMISE

"But I am telling you the truth;

it is better for you that I go away,

because if I do not go, the Helper

will not come to you.  But if I

do go away, then I will send him

to you."

"When, however, the Spirit comes,

who reveals the truth about God, 

he will lead you into all the truth.

He will not speak on his own authority,

but he will speak of what he hears

ad will tell you of things to come."

(John 16:7 & 13 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)

TRUE LIFE

"But you do not live as your human 

nature tells you to; instead,you live 

as the Spirit tells you to - if, in fact,

 God's Spirit lives in you. Whoever 

does not have the Spirit of Christ,

 does not belong to him. But if Christ 

lives in you, the Spirit is life for you,

 because you have been put right with

 God, even though your bodies are 

going to die because of sin.  If the Spirit 

of God, who raised Jesus from death, 

lives in you, then he who raised Christ 

from death will also give life to your

 mortal bodies by the presence of his 

Spirit in you."

(Romans 8:9-11TEV)

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LESSON OF THE LITTLE ENGINE

The picture is a portable generator.

[Was a portable generator???]

The rest of it is over on the bench.

It was brought into the shop because it would not start.

I just hope the man brought it to the right place.

Trying to find parts for this thing has taken some real

research.  (Yes, even with a downloaded manual.)  It 

is beginning to appear that the generator is a product of

a factory over in China.  Thus far I have been able to 

find this basic generator, with slight differences in 

configuration or size, with more than one dozen brand 

names, and even no name.  And in several colors; Red, 

Blue, Yellow and Black.

Hey!  Just like people.  One manufacture.  God.

But a lot of different configurations and sizes.  And

distributed to a lot of different places.

It will not start because there is insufficient compression.  And,

the loss of compression is due to the abnormal wear (scuffing)

on the piston and rings.  You can see the scuffing areas on the

piston.  See the dark area at the lower left, and the larger one

in the upper right of the piston.  Also there are two smaller

ones on the other side of the piston.

In this photo you can see the scuffing even on the rings.

To get this detail I reverted to an old 2 MP Nikon CoolPix

950 camera on the shelf.  See, old stuff can still be used.

You will note that the original factory machining marks are 

still on the piston.  You can even still see the knurling from

the factory.   If this were a car, it would be a low milage car

with just several thousand miles on it.

Why the premature wear?

Was it a poor product?  No, in fact after reviewing the evidence

I have gained a lot of respect for this little engine.  You see the 

owner thought it was a four cycle or four stroke engine.  So he

did not put oil in the gas.  But, it was a two cycle engine.  So the

poor little engine did not have any lubrication during the ice storm

when he used it.

What's the point?

God made us to live in relationship to him.  He wants to dwell

in us.  If we do not have a relationship with him and his Spirit

dwelling in us -  we are going to be "trashed" too.  Just like 

this little engine with out oiling.

REFRESH YOUR SPIRIT

The magazine "CHARISMA"

in the Feb. 2013 issue, page 11 is offering 

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Some topics are;

How to Interpret Dreams and Visions

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Time at the Master's Feet

How to Discover Your Spiritual Gifts

How to Receive from Heaven 

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BOOKS AND MORE BOOKS

"But as for you,

Christ has poured out his Spirit on you.

As long as his Spirit remains in you,

you do not need anyone to teach you.

For his Spirit teaches you about everything,

and what he teaches is true, not false.

Obey the Spirit's teaching, then

and remain in union with Christ."

(1 John 1:27 GNB)

Books, books and more books.

I LOVE BOOKS.

Over the years there have been two things I could not pass up.

Books and tools.

I have had hundreds of books.

Most of these books have been either spiritual in content,

or instructional.

[You think I should have read more of them.  I probably should have!]

One of these books - EXPERIENCING THE DEPTHS OF 

JESUS CHRIST - by Jeanne Guyon

has a thought I want to look into more deeply

and pass on to you.

One of her chapters is written for illiterates, 

people who cannot read.

That's right.  She wrote a chapter for people who cannot read.

She intended that someone who could read, would read it to 

someone who could not read.

The essence of that chapter is, 

you do not need to suffer spiritually because you cannot read.

On page fifteen she says,

"The first thing you must learn, dear friend,

is that 'the kingdom of God is within you.'

(Luke 17:21)

"Never look for the kingdom anywhere but there,

within.  Once you have realized that the kingdom of God is

within you and can be found there, just come to the Lord."

The apostle Paul seems to concur with this,

that is, if you are a "real" Christian and 

the Spirit of God is in you.

"But you do not live as your human nature tells you to:

instead, you live as the Spirit tells you to -

if, in fact, God's Spirit lives in you.

Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ

 does not belong to him."

(Romans 8:9 GNB)

"Surely you know that you are God's temple

and that God's Spirit lives in you!

.... For God's" temple is holy, and you

yourselves are his temple."

(1 Corinthians 3:16, 17 GNB)

"Don't you know that your body is the temple

of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you

and who was given to you by God?"

(1 Corinthians 6:19 GNB)

Is it possible that those of us who love books

may be looking the wrong place for our guidance.

That is, other people rather than the "Spirit" that 

is within us.

Of course, if it is not God's Spirit in us,

we are in trouble anyway and would only

be mislead further.

Books are good.

But are books causing us to miss the best?

"My child, there is something else to watch out for.

There is no end to the writing of books,

and too much study will wear you out."

(Ecclesiastes 12:12 GNB)