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Everyone Is Loved The SAME By God

February 28, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Leviticus 24:22
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

    As our children were growing up, we would often say, “That is not fair, you never made him, or you never made her do that,” referring to a brother or sister. They were always watching to see if we treated them in the same ways as we treated the others. I guess to them at the time, fairness seemed to be a measure of our love toward them. Sometimes, it was simply a measure of their maturity that would allow us to treat one child a little differently from the other, not a measure of our love at all.

    Occasionally you will hear people refer to the Bible as a Jewish Book, not written for everyone. However, we find an interesting verse in the heart of a book in the Bible where God was telling the children of Israel to prepare for their journey. In today’s verse, God said, “Ye shall have one manner of law,” for everyone. The same law was to be for the Jews and Gentiles alike. Remember the law does not save anyone; it brings him or her to the knowledge that he or she needs a Saviour. God said I want everyone to know I love him or her in the same way. This truth of God’s universal love is not found only in the New Testament where the church begins, but in the Old Testament as well. Right in the middle of everything, God says to the Israelites, I love everyone the same.     

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

     When reading your bible, do not skip over any parts thinking that somehow, they do not apply to you. All of God’s Word defines who God is so we can worship Him better. Nevertheless, know this, buried in the heart of what you might consider a passage not for you; God has something he wants to say, JUST TO YOU. “I LOVE YOU JUST THE SAME.” Read the whole book. Not all of the book may have been written about you, but it was all written for you.

Let’s be honest, What parts of the Bible
do you tend to try and skim over?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and today’s Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

GOD TALKING TO ME:  February 28, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Leviticus 23, 24 – Psalm 53
Proverbs 30, 31 – Luke 21

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Numbers 3-4 – Mark 6:30-56

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Broken Or Destroyed?
February 27, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Luke 20:17-18
And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

    An old Jewish proverb says, “If the stone falls on the pot, alas for the pot; if the pot falls on the stone, alas for the pot.” It would seem that either way the pot is to be broken and of no use.

    In our verses, we read of two ways in which the stone, which is a symbol of Jesus, might be used. If we choose to humble ourselves, fall on this stone, and become broken, God, the Master Potter can pick up those pieces and make something better and new out of them. However, if we wait until the stone falls on us, we are then ground to powder. The powder is mingled with the dirt below and becomes of no use. When the wind blows, the powder is blown here and there, never to be of any use to anyone.

    I guess it comes down to our free will. We have the freedom to come and fall on the stone, Jesus, and to be broken and then used by Him for His honor and glory. On the other hand, we have the free will to wait and do nothing. In the end, the stone will then crush the sin and the vessels that contain it. Either way, you will eventually come in contact with this stone. I once heard that if you fall on a boulder, you will form to the image of that boulder. However, if that same bolder falls on you, you are destroyed.   

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

     Choices are often hard to make. However, this one seems easy. If you have never fallen on the mercy of God, I might invite you to do so now. If you have, it is time to praise God for what He is making of you. You are becoming a vessel worthy of Him that He can use. Once broken pieces, now molded together by the Master’s touch.

What broken pieces has God taken
in your life and used for His glory?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and today’s Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

GOD TALKING TO ME:  February 27, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Leviticus 21, 22 – Psalm 52
Proverbs 28, 29 – Luke 20

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Numbers 1-2 – Mark 6:1-29

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Being All That You Can Be!

February 24, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Psalm 49:6-7
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

    Wouldn’t it be nice to be rich and famous? Ok, maybe just rich. This seems to be the one goal of every American, young, and old. When you ask our youth today about what they would like to do with their life when they get out of school, you often get an answer like “I want to be this or that because they make lots of money!”

    Now please, do not misunderstand what I am trying to say. I am not against Christians earning a good living, and even becoming wealthy. That is if God would see that they were going to be a good steward of His blessings of wealth in their lives. I do not find in Scripture that being wealthy is a sin. The problem occurs when the pursuit of this wealth, or things becomes our life goal and this ambition then overshadows everything else we do. When this happens, we have put another god before the one true God. That new god is wealth or possessions.

    I would love to hear a young person someday say, “I want to be this or that because I know this is what God has gifted me to do, and I am sure it will bring glory to Him.” In addition, when asked, “What about the money?” They might reply with, “That’s up to God.”

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

    You see, if you are a Christian, it is really up to God anyway. You will never be completely successful until you yield it all to Him. You can run and dabble and play in the world. Nevertheless, if you are a child of God, real success only comes after real yielding to Him. Let me borrow a well-known slogan for a second. “Be All That You Can Be.” Then if you will allow it, let me add this, “And all that God intended for you to be.”

When considering your ambitions in life,
do you take God’s ambitions for you into consideration?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and today’s Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

GOD TALKING TO ME:  February 24, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(O.T.-1,   N.T. & PS.-2,   Prov. – Monthly)}
Leviticus 15, 16 – Psalm 49
Proverbs 23-24 – Luke 15 – 17

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
  Genesis 1-2  /  Matthew 1

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“KEYWORDS IN GOD’S WORD”
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