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Treasures from the Word

As a child in Sunday school, I learned to believe and love every word in the Bible.  As a teen at youth camp, I realized that the Word was God.  It was alive with words that I needed daily.  It was there that I began reading the Bible through one verse at a time.  I love to take my time to meditate and learn as the Holy Spirit teaches and guides.  My favorite reference is Strong's Concordance.  Since the Bible was not written in English, much can be learned by referring to the original language of the author.  Often, God will direct my attention to another topic or passage.  Then, I take a detour, spending time on that road, before returning to my stopping point.  Along the way, I journal the thoughts, ideas, and lessons God gives me. Now I am obeying God in sharing some of these thoughts with you.  My prayer is that you will be encouraged and challenged.  My desire is that you  fall totally and madly in love with God and His Word.  I would love to hear from you. Feel free to respond to what you read, whether you agree or disagree.  

Who, Me?

4/20/2015

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Jeremiah 1 - Jeremiah's call and commission.
Is God telling you to do something specific?  Are you making excuses?  Perhaps you don't think you have the abilities necessary to carry out the task.  Or perhaps your schedule is already packed so full that you're physically and emotionally exhausted.  In Lysa Terkeurst's book, The Best Yes, she says, "We must not seek direction before obeying His instruction." 
Perhaps you're exhausted because your "busyness" has allowed you to ignore an instruction that God has already given you.  True that there are dozens of instructions in the Bible that I will spend a lifetime learning to live out.  But there are also specific instructions that I read like, "Pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you..." (Matthew 5:44).  And there's that still small voice speaking directly to me telling me to stop and send a note of encouragement or visit someone whom I know is going through a spiritual struggle.
It is hypocritical for me to beg for God's direction in my life when I have not followed the instructions he has already given me.
God's instruction for you may not be an easy task to carry out.  But just as God told Jeremiah, He will go with you and He will give you the words to speak.  Slowing down to listen and obey God's prompting is more important than the list I have made of what I must accomplish today. Let's lift each other up in prayer to have the impact on our corner of His kingdom that He wants us to have. 

2 Comments
Billy Howell
4/20/2015 01:46:45 am

Thanks brother. I needed this today.

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Alan and Angie
4/21/2015 01:06:40 am

Hang in there Billy! Keep following God!

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    Angie Harris

    Alan's wife.  On the road with my man since 1984!
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