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admin, November 8, 2009
Simply by being in your presence, non-Christians ought to be able to tell that you have spent time in God’s presence.
In Acts 4, Peter and John were brought to the rulers and elders of the people (v.
to be questioned by them. But when Peter and John came to those people, who were Jews, they were astonished [by Peter and John] and they took note that these men had been with Jesus (Acts 4:13). In other words, the Jews could tell that Peter and John had spent time with Jesus simply by the way they lived.
Indeed, Jesus had so changed their lives that an “aroma” of God was coming from them. Having that “aroma” requires being like Christ, and the only way that we can become Christ-like is if we abide and dwell in God’s presence–and doing that requires a conscious decision. You must decide to practice His presence!
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admin, October 25, 2009
Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up.
All day long, he attacks and oppresses me. 2 My enemies want to swallow me up all day long,
for they are many who fight proudly against me. 3 When I am afraid,
I will put my trust in you. 4 In God, I praise his word.
In God, I put my trust.
I will not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me? 5 All day long they twist my words.
All their thoughts are against me for evil. 6 They conspire and lurk,
watching my steps, they are eager to take my life. 7 Shall they escape by iniquity?
In anger cast down the peoples, God.
8 You number my wanderings.
You put my tears into your bottle.
Aren’t they in your book? 9 Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call.
I know this, that God is for me. 10 In God, I will praise his word.
In Yahweh, I will praise his word. 11 I have put my trust in God.
I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me? 12 Your vows are on me, God.
I will give thank offerings to you. 13 For you have delivered my soul from death,
and prevented my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
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admin, October 11, 2009
(World English Bible)
Warning to the Rich
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. 2 Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days. 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies. 5 You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.
Patience and Prayer
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