http://votd.org Sharing God's Word Daily since 1993 Fri, 09 May 2008 23:20:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://votd.org/2008/05/05/romans-122/#comment-74 Lesley Mon, 05 May 2008 19:29:37 +0000 http://votd.org/?p=835#comment-74 My very favorite verse! Thanks! My very favorite verse! Thanks!

]]> http://votd.org/2008/04/16/1st-john-318-19/#comment-72 Steve Orr Thu, 01 May 2008 18:44:57 +0000 http://votd.org/?p=824#comment-72 Curt and Pierre, thanks so much for your thoughts! Curt, I have never heard it said quite the way you expressed it: "Good works provide tangible evidence to the lost what God’s kingdom is supposed to be like." You really made me think with that one. I now have a whole new motivation to be a doer of the Word. And thanks for the reminder to wear my "armor." Pierre, I appreciate your exhortation to "meditate on the qualities of those I'm about to pray for." I too find that I spend less and less time coming into contact with those who have offended or attacked me. Your reminder is that in being doers of the word we have to include praying for, and interacting with, those we do not like or who have offended us. They are our neighbors just as much as those whose company we enjoy! Curt and Pierre, thanks so much for your thoughts! Curt, I have never heard it said quite the way you expressed it: “Good works provide tangible evidence to the lost what God’s kingdom is supposed to be like.” You really made me think with that one. I now have a whole new motivation to be a doer of the Word. And thanks for the reminder to wear my “armor.” Pierre, I appreciate your exhortation to “meditate on the qualities of those I’m about to pray for.” I too find that I spend less and less time coming into contact with those who have offended or attacked me. Your reminder is that in being doers of the word we have to include praying for, and interacting with, those we do not like or who have offended us. They are our neighbors just as much as those whose company we enjoy!

]]> http://votd.org/2008/04/22/2-corinthians-48-9/#comment-68 Steve Orr Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:18:11 +0000 http://votd.org/?p=827#comment-68 I once heard Oprah tell a college Commencement audience that we all need to try to "catch God on the whisper." The idea being that when God shows up in our lives, it is often not the way we think it should be; bugles blaring, lights flashing, thunderous explosions, etc. I believe this is all the more true in those very dark times when we are "hard-pressed on every side." Have faith in those awful times; God will show you a way out of those "mighty waters." But, try to catch Him in that "still small voice"; or, you just may miss His appearing, and miss the guidance He has for you when you feel you need it most. I once heard Oprah tell a college Commencement audience that we all need to try to “catch God on the whisper.” The idea being that when God shows up in our lives, it is often not the way we think it should be; bugles blaring, lights flashing, thunderous explosions, etc. I believe this is all the more true in those very dark times when we are “hard-pressed on every side.” Have faith in those awful times; God will show you a way out of those “mighty waters.” But, try to catch Him in that “still small voice”; or, you just may miss His appearing, and miss the guidance He has for you when you feel you need it most.

]]> http://votd.org/2008/04/16/1st-john-318-19/#comment-64 Pierre Duranleau Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:32:33 +0000 http://votd.org/?p=824#comment-64 For me, this has to be the hardest commandment of all, it encompasses all the other commandments. I find that unless I make a conscious decision to love my neighbor, we are just two ships crossing in the night, and if it’s someone that offended me our path has a tendency to cross less often. I find that meditating on the qualities of those I’m about to pray for helps me a great deal. May God grant us to love one enemy today, in prayer and action. Jesus is intimate with those who obey his command. John 15. For me, this has to be the hardest commandment of all, it encompasses all the other commandments. I find that unless I make a conscious decision to love my neighbor, we are just two ships crossing in the night, and if it’s someone that offended me our path has a tendency to cross less often. I find that meditating on the qualities of those I’m about to pray for helps me a great deal. May God grant us to love one enemy today, in prayer and action. Jesus is intimate with those who obey his command. John 15.

]]> http://votd.org/2008/04/16/1st-john-318-19/#comment-63 Curt Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:35:04 +0000 http://votd.org/?p=824#comment-63 Terrific verse !!! [1st John 3:18-19] James 1:22-24 comes to mind, "hearers" vs "doers" of the Word. Believers, provide evidence you are a follower of Christ !! [exhortation] Footnote: All believers must understand that good works (which we are called to do) do not contribute to our personal salvation (Christ's death paid that price). Good works provide tangilble evidence to the lost what God's kingdom is supposed to be like. And, we are practicing for the heavenly society here in bootcamp. Let's be diligent recruits not AWOL soldiers or gold bricks who talk a good story. (Fight the good fight! Run a good race! Don't forget your armour!) Terrific verse !!! [1st John 3:18-19]
James 1:22-24 comes to mind, “hearers” vs “doers” of the Word. Believers, provide evidence you are a follower of Christ !! [exhortation]
Footnote:
All believers must understand that good works (which we are called to do) do not contribute to our personal salvation (Christ’s death paid that price). Good works provide tangilble evidence to the lost what God’s kingdom is supposed to be like. And, we are practicing for the heavenly society here in bootcamp. Let’s be diligent recruits not AWOL soldiers or gold bricks who talk a good story. (Fight the good fight! Run a good race! Don’t forget your armour!)

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