TODAY'S PROMISE

"If you abide in Me, and My words

abide in you, ask whatever you wish,

and its will be done for you."

(John 15:7 NASB)

TODAY'S QUOTE

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"When you pray, rather let your heart

be without words, than your words

be without heart."

-John Bunyan

HEY! PREACHER - JUST A HINT

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Today after setting in a small congregation of believers

and listening to a young preacher spend a long, long time 

trying really, really hard to get them "saved", [It is not an 

easy task to get those who are already "saved", "saved" 

again.] a thought entered my mind.

That young man could pick up a clue from Christ

when he was talking about praying.

"...do not use meaningless repetition as 

the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they

will be heard for their many words."

(Matthew 6:7 NASB)

LET YOUR WORDS BE FEW

YES,

my back was hurting -

a lot.

My Sciatica again.

My Sciatica has bothered me a few times in my

life.  The last time the Lord helped me go over

40 years between bouts.  Praise God for that.

Was I praying about it?  Of course.  But I was 

beginning to think God was going to have me 

use more natural means of healing this time.

Thus the book above.

I have read 54 pages in the book.

What have I learned in 54 pages.

BACK PAIN CAN BE CAUSED BY 

A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS.

54 pages to learn that!  But nothing to help me yet.

OH!

PRAISE GOD.

He took the pain away.

I do not how or why.  But over about

a week it was gone.

Don't think I will finish the book.

"For God is in heaven, and you on earth;

Therefore let your words be few."

(Ecclesiastes 5:2 NKJV)

YOU ARE FULL OF IT

YOUR ARE FULL OF IT.

I AM FULL OF IT.

WE ARE ALL FULL OF IT.

FULL OF WHAT?????

WELL!

Just listen to your mouth.

What you talk about all day is what you are full of.

"For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

(Matthew 12:34 TEV)

Let's just hope that what comes out of our mouth is

pleasing to God.

Because:

"Your words will be used to judge you--

to declare you either innocent or guilty."

(Matthew 12:37 TEV)

A LESSON FROM LIFE

It took may years.  But I have learned a few things

from life.

One of the things I have learned is that;

"Most people do not communicate.

They just turn there mouth on and 

let it run."

Even God has something to say about that.

"I tell you, on the day of judgment men

will rendere account of every careless word

they utter;

for by your words you will be justified,

and by your words you will be condemned."

(Matthew 12:36,37 RSV)

"Be not rash with your mouth,

nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God,

for God is in heaven, and you upon earth;

therefore let your words be few."

(Ecclesiastes 5:2 RSV)

May I learn something from my observation.

GOD'S WORD PREVAILS

"My thoughts, says the LORD,

'are not like yours,

and my ways are different from yours.

As high as the heavens are above the earth,

so high are my ways and thoughts above yours.

'My word is like snow and the rain

that come down from the sky to water the earth.

They make the crops grow and provide seed

for planting and food to eat.

So also will be the word that I speak -

it will not fail to do what I plan for it;

it will do everything I send it to do."

(Isaiah 55:8-11 GNT"

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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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WHAT'S THE POINT?

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One Sunday

the pastor was out of state holding meetings.  That's a good thing.

The pulpit was filled (Is that the proper way to say it?) by one of the other ministers.

That's a good thing.

I don't remember the way he said it, but this brother had something that was bubbling up in him.  Something that was burning.  Something that would not let go, and he was wanting to share it with us.

Now that is a great thing.

Bring it on brother, I was in need of something from the Lord.

What was it?

I DO NOT KNOW.

The sermon must have been a good one.  I did not go to sleep.

The sermon filled about the normal amount of time, or a little more.

Plenty of time to get a point across.

But at the end of the sermon, I did not know what the point of the sermon was.

The next day (Monday)

early in the morning while mulling the sermon over in my mind - I still did not know the point of the sermon.

My point.

I strongly suspect that the reason was,

the point of the sermon was buried under an avalanche of words.

You know, like too much water for one tea bag.

The tea is diluted to the point you cannot tell what the flavor is.

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"Think before you speak, 

and don't make any rash promises to God.

He is in heaven and you are on earth,

so don't say any more than you have to."

-Ecclesiastes 5:2 (GNB)

"The more you talk, the more likely you are to sin.

If you are wise, you will keep quiet."

-Proverbs 10:19 (GNB)