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21 Days of Fasting and Prayer.
When you think about the distractions in life, what seems to hinder or pull you away the most from your daily Bible study and Prayer? Is it a certain website that seems to draw you away from life because you might miss out on something someone has said or done?
Maybe it’s just runaway thoughts. A certain person crosses your mind and you rehearse what you wish you would have said and stir up those old emotions again. Some times I think Satan sits back and takes notes on how we allow one event to continue bringing distress. He doesn’t have to do anything but sit back and watch us defeat ourselves.
Or if the truth be told, you’ve heard so many basically say “I don’t know what happened, but I’m going to blame it all on God and tell everyone He’s using the devil and how he kills, steals, and destroys for his glory.” So you don’t trust God or even believe that He Loves you or wants to help. Rest assured God takes the wrap and unfortunately a lot of saints have left the earth too soon because of a lot of false doctrine. Which is why it is so important to read the word yourself. If you don’t know His word and have only heard rumors, you don’t know that you should fight or how to fight against a real attack.
If you’re looking for an answer for why your prayer didn’t get answered or why something didn’t happen, satan is there willing and ready to tell you that Jesus IS NOT the same yesterday, today, and forever. And he’ll use whoever he can to spread that rumor.
This type of thinking or whatever else it is that pulls you away from God, I challenge you to let it go and put it aside for 21 days.
If there is something in your life that you are using to seek comfort instead of going to God, It might be an idol. Anything that you just can’t say “no” to or it seems to defeat you no matter how hard you try. Fasting can help you gain control. For more information on Fasting and the types of fasts check out Fasting resources at Church of the Highlands and for more information on the upcoming #21DaysOfPrayer check out their website. Church of the Highlands 21 Days of Prayer
Various churches throughout the country will be kicking off 21DaysOfPrayer this Sunday.
Monday January 8th set the alarm a little earlier and be there or join in on the online services at 6:00 am CST Monday January 8th, 2018 Online Services
Thank You Church of the Highlands and all the other participating churches across the US for providing this opportunity for corporate fasting, prayer and worship.
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We must wear Faith, Love, and Hope of salvation.
There is no need to write you, friends, about the times and occasions when these things will happen. For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come as a thief comes at night. When people say, “Everything is quiet and safe,” then suddenly destruction will hit them! It will come as suddenly as the pains that come upon a woman in labor, and people will not escape.
But you, friends, are not in the darkness, and the Day should not take you by surprise like a thief. All of you are people who belong to the light, who belong to the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. So then, we should not be sleeping like the others; we should be awake and sober. It is at night when people sleep; it is at night when they get drunk. But we belong to the day, and we should be sober.
We must wear faith and love as a breastplate, and our hope of salvation as a helmet. God did not choose us to suffer his anger, but to possess salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us in order that we might live together with him, whether we are alive or dead when he comes.
And so encourage one another and help one another, just as you are now doing. We beg you, our friends, to pay proper respect to those who work among you, who guide and instruct you in the Christian life. Treat them with the greatest respect and love because of the work they do. Be at peace among yourselves.
We urge you, our friends, to warn the idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. See that no one pays back wrong for wrong, but at all times make it your aim to do good to one another and to all people. Be joyful always, pray at all times, be thankful in all circumstances.
This is what God wants from you in your life in union with Christ Jesus. Do not restrain the Holy Spirit; do not despise inspired messages.
Put all things to the test: keep what is good and avoid every kind of evil.
May the God who gives us peace make you holy in every way and keep your whole being—spirit, soul, and body—free from every fault at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you will do it, because he is faithful.
Pray also for us, friends. Greet all the believers with the kiss of peace. I urge you by the authority of the Lord to read this letter to all the believers. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
(1 Thessalonians 5:1-28 GNB)
Sometimes no commentary or explanation is needed. The Bible really is a straight forward letter of instructions for today. #ForeverTrue #ForeverApplicable
Job & Zophar Round 2
In today’s Old Testament Bible reading Job loses it as he answers Bildad and goes for another round with Zophar. Now remember, Job had to repent for most of what he rambles off today as the three of them spend their time pontificating mistruths about God.
Stay tuned as the original drama between Job and his “friends” antagonize each other. I think this is where the phrase “With friends like these, who needs enemies?” came from.
I added The Message version for this Drama to read and hear it with today’s language.
Job Chapters 19-20 Scriptures (NIV) (MSG) Audio (NIV Dramatized) (MSG)
In the New Testament We pick up at the end of Verse 19 in Acts Chapter 9. Saul has received his vision and now he is starting to preach about Jesus at the synagogues in Damascus. Those that heard him were confused because they had heard about the havoc he caused in Jerusalem regarding the people who were believers in Christ.
Acts 9: 19- 43 Scriptures (NIV) Audio (NIV Dramatized)
Saul receives his vision and starts preaching the truth. Job however is losing his vision and hacks away at his faith as he continues to argue with his “friends”. Just like Saul, the things that are blinding Job’s vision will be removed and he will come to know the truth about God later on when Job has his own meeting with God.
Isn’t it nice to know that in spite of all the mistruths about God and poor representation by his people, we too can have our vision restored when we seek after the truth in God’s word?
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. (Proverbs 4:20-22 KJV)
2015 My Favorite Free resources for Bible Study.
Favorite Free resources for Bible Study
- My favorite “Read through the Bible in a year” plan. The AWMI Bible Reading plan.pdf. This plan was amazingly fresh and new. It seemed that many of the nuggets from the daily reading were directly related to the circumstances of 2015. It was quite a year and it was very neat to have that perfect word for the situation of the day. It is also broken down in easy to read segments. Read the Old Testament in the morning and the New Testament at night or both in the same sitting.
- Bible.is Various dramatic and non-dramatic audio versions of the Bible some with text to follow along as you listen to the scriptures being read.
- BibleGateway.com Another free resource for audio Bibles and text to follow.
- e – Sword: This is an amazing resource for Bible Study. Various downloadable versions of the Bible in a platform to maximize learning. Also available is a Cd to purchase. Free modules of Commentaries, Dictionaries, maps, you name it there is a module available. They also have copyright protected versions available for purchase from the various publishers. If there ever was a Wal-Mart or Target for all things Bible e-Sword is it. They also have a lite version available for purchase in the app store.
- YouTube.com This website is filled with messages from Bible Teachers all over the world living and passed on. Every denomination is represented and all you have to do is type in a name and see what videos are posted. Almost all of the current ministries have videos.
- Itunes Itunes is similar to YouTube except you can save audio clips and subscribe to your favorite Bible Teachers and Preachers. You must set up an Itunes account first and have it installed on your computer either PC or Apple. Then you can subscribe to broadcasts and go to your own Bible School listening to the teachers you prefer and the subjects you are inspired to learn.
- Honorable mention: iTBN another free resource for Bible Teachers, Preachers, and Evangelists. It is not as user friendly as YouTube and ITunes and you cannot create a playlist. They do have a mini tutorial at the website. Please be sure to watch it. If you know the exact spelling of the minister/ministry or program name the search box is very helpful. If you do not know the exact spelling the best way to find teaching is to go the People tab and go through the alphabetical list of names and click on the names you know and trust for accurate Biblical teaching.
That’s all I can think of at the moment. Regardless what minister/ministry you listen to for Bible Study, ALWAYS – ALWAYS – ALWAYS double check what is said with the Bible for accuracy.
Is what you believe the truth from the Word or a wives’ tale?
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables,
and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. (1 Timothy 4:7 KJV)
Today’s reading in 1 Timothy really made me take a look at what is going on in the world of Christianity.
“Miracles have passed away.” and ” That doesn’t mean physical healing.” are two of the more common wives’ fables passed down through the ages.
I used to be told as a child that Thunder was when God was dumping a wheelbarrow full of potatoes after the harvest. Or God was tapping his foot to the music or “God just said no!” and sent lightening to get our attention. But now I think it’s the Apostle Paul banging his head against the wall.
Can you imagine being beat, shipwrecked, bit by a snake, imprisoned, etc. to only have people preach the exact “OPPOSITE” of what you spent your entire earthly ministry preaching as long, and as far as you could?
If you believe that God is dead, miracles don’t happen, and the Bible is just a book filled with good moral stories, then you’ve been listening to “wives’ fables.
Don’t worry, at one time Paul was the same way. He believed all the lies of his teachers and was actually arranging for Christians to be killed for their false teachings. If you remember he was knocked off his high horse and brought to the ground for persecuting Jesus. It was a few days before what was blinding him was removed by prayer.
If you want to remove your own blinders from knowing the true nature of God then these two prayers are excellent.
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
(Ephesians 1:17-23 KJV)
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
(Ephesians 3:14-21 KJV)
Don’t live a life of misery expecting God to “get you” for all you do wrong. Pray those prayers above over yourself and your loved ones. Expect God to reveal His true nature to you when you read the Bible. Don’t just skim over the words and read them so fast you have no idea what you just read. Take time to think about what you read and ask God for help.
I stumbled onto Bible.is free in the app store. It helps make the Bible come alive when you listen to someone else read it and follow along. Bible.is has quite a few dramatic versions which I prefer. I like hearing different voices act out the scriptures rather than reading in monotone.
Spend time in the Word, in prayer and get to know God so you can refuse profane myths and old wives’ tales you might hear being substituted for the Word of God.
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February 26 Daily Scripture reading Numbers 18-20 and Mark 6:33-56
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Link to download the Read the Bible in a Year 365 Daily Bible Chapter Readings. Reading plan
Link to Bible Gateway. Choose the audio Bible Version and chapter to enhance your daily reading. You learn so much more by listening and reading along. Let the Bible come alive this year for you. My favorites are the dramatized versions. Audio Bibles
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#ReadTheBible, #DailyDevotion, #ImproveYourLife,
February 7 Scripture Reading. Leviticus 1-3 and Matthew 24:23-51
#3030Challenge Day 1: Driving out bad habits.
Want to know what the #3030Challenge is?
Commit to study the Bible for 30 minutes for 30 days. Joyce Meyer Ministries has issued the challenge and you can sign up at http://www.joycemeyer.org/
Day 1
Today while reading Numbers 32-33, My “aha” moment happened when reading the verse Numbers 33:55.
Num 33:55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
Wow, that is true even today. They are still being vexed by those inhabitants. How about you? What do you need to get rid off that keeps you annoyed, frustrated and worried.
Let’s take a look at the word inhabitants. If we look to the middle of the word we will find the word habit. Wouldn’t you agree that any bad habit that we do not drive out of our life can become pricks/splinters in our eyes and thorns in our sides. (think of traveling through a thornbush) If you have ever picked blackberries you may have discovered blackberry thorns attached to your clothes and how annoying and painful that can be if the thorns prick your skin.
Just like traveling through blackberry bushes to find the perfect berries, the thorns on the vines can grab you and hold you back from reaching your destination. A bad habit can also hold you back from reaching your goals.
One major habit that many struggle with is doing things later. “I’ll do it later” or leaving something for someone else to do later can really hold people back and stress relationships. My favorite comment is “If you don’t have time to do it now, when will you find time to do it later?”
Do you realize that by putting one and two minute tasks off till later can add up to a whole “Later day weekend?” Why put everything off until the weekend. Why not Do it Now and save your weekends for time with family or finish a project you’ve been working on for years.
Kicking out those “I’ll do it later thoughts” can help you become a “Do it now” person. Driving out the “I’ll do it later habit” and replacing it with a “do it now” habit. Will save your weekends, days off and help with your relationships.
What bad habits do you need to drive out of your life today? Which ones are holding you back and preventing you from reaching your promised land?
Join the #3030Challenge at http://www.joycemeyer.org/ and get inspired today!
Don’t have a Bible reading plan that works for you? The awmi.net Bible reading plan can help you read the entire Bible in one year. Print out your own copy here http://s3.awmi.net/downloads/bible-reading-plan.pdf or search for “Bible Reading plan” at the top of awmi.net home page.
If you sign up at joycemeyer.org they will send you information on #3030Challege and good ideas on getting started with studying your Bible.
Get started today.
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