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Psalm 105 shows the power of what God has done for his people. He is still doing the same things today. These verses show us the inheritance we have:

⁸ He always stands by his covenant— the commitment he made to a thousand generations. ⁹ This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac. ¹⁰ He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant:

A never-ending covenant, really take that in for a second.

Gal 3:²⁹ And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God’s promise to Abraham belongs to you.

Do you have confidence in Gal 3:29? Do I ?

CON’FIDENCE, n. [L. See Confide.]

1. A trusting, or reliance; an assurance of mind or firm belief in the integrity, stability or veracity of another, or in the truth and reality of a fact.
It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man. Psa 118.
I rejoice that I have confidence in you in all things. 2 Cor 7.

What are the possibilities for someone who is this ever lasting covenant? They are endless-

⁴² For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. ⁴³ And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.

Submit

Submit

1. To yield, resign or surrender to the power, will or authority of another; with the reciprocal pronoun.
2. To surrender; to yield one’s person to the power of another; TO GIVE uP ReSiSTAnce.

Today I will…. Give up all resistance and yield to the living God

Mar 12:29  And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
Mar 12:30  And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

One Mind

Phi 4:1 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
Phi 4:2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.

Pauls attitude towards the people in v. 1 is the attitude Christ had towards us. He had a true love and sincerity for the people. Then in v. 2 you see that he beseech’s (to ask or pray with urgency) two women who have a variance with each other. Lord help us to be of one mind with each other-

1Pe 3:8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

2.25.08 Calm Delight

2Pe 3:13  But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
2Pe 3:14  Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.

This winter has been a season where I have seen first hand the blemishes of my nature. In seeing these things the need for God has in my life has been amplified. When I am in this season it is so easy to get complacent  or to think that since I cant feel the Lord like I used to that I am doing something wrong. Just like a tree in the winter loses its leaves you see the naked tree and all its blemishes. Now instead of producing leaves all the energy the tree has goes to the root of tree. This time is so important because the roots are being strengthened. So in this winter season may all the energy be focused on the inner man, the purity of character. At these times 2 thing can happen. One you stay with the Lord and get stronger or two you disconnect and go farther away from the Lord. So in this season let the roots go deeper than they ever have before. His strength produces Joy. One definition for Joy is Calm Delight. May that calm delight be the fruit of your life-

Neh 8:10b for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
To you I give my life, not just the parts I want to
To you I sacrifice these dreams that I hold on to

Your thoughts are higher than mine
Your words are deeper than mine
Your love is stronger than mine
This is no sacrifice
Here’s my life

To you I give the gifts
Your love has given me
How can I hoard the treasures that you’ve designed for free?

To you I give my future
As long as it may last
To you I give my present
To you I give my past

Because

Your thoughts are higher than mine
Your words are deeper than mine
Your love is staronger than mine
This is no sacrifice
Here’s my life

12.04.07 Rep of the Quarter…NOT

I have been praying lately that the Lord would shine a light into the areas of my life that I need to work on. Well the light shined last week. At work the sales rep who does the best gets “rep of the quarter” (the quarter is a 3 month sales cycle that we go by) All quarter I was doing well and I was a shoe in for the award. I had won this award before and didnt even really care (or so I thought, you dont care about winning until you are losing). Well the numbers came out last Tuesday and some guy on my team won the award. I came in @ 127.07% and he came in @ 127.23% When I heard it I got mad. That award was MINE! There must be a mistake I was killing the numbers! I demand a recount! My Pride came out! I couldnt believe it. It ruined my whole morning. The pride of life was exposed. So I started asking myself questions about my pride:

• What hidden pride is there in me?

• What spiritual pride is in me?

• Whats the websters 1828 distionary Definition of pride?

PridePRIDE, n. 1. Inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one’s own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, accomplishments, rank or elevation in office, which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.

• Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.
• Those that walk in pride he is able to abase. Dan 4.

2. That of which men are proud; that which excites boasting.

• I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. Zec 9. Zep 3.

Dealing with the hidden things in our life is hard. Thank you Lord for bringing the secret things out.

Psa 51:6 Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

11.27.07

The bondage of busy-ness….. I have been slammed at work. This overwhelming feeling has been overshadowing my whole life. Today it ended. I was still just as busy but I made up my mind to not care. ahhh the sweet freedom of not caring! Actually I stopped worrying about my workload and just dealt with it. I read Deut 8 this morning and I just read it again. Thats about all  I read but I really read it slow tonight. Got some very good thoughts out of it, more to come on that… This is the thought that has been running thru my mind for the past two days: Abrahams name means “Father of the Multitude”. When God changed Abrahams name to Abraham he didnt have any children and his wife was barren. He couldnt see the things God had for him at that very moment. What plans cant  I see that the Lord has for me? Am I walkining in the Trust that Abraham walked in? The word says that I am a child of promise like he is! What holding me back?!

Gal 4:26 But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

Gal 4:27 For it is written, “Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than those of the one who has a husband.”

Gal 4:28 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.

Gal 4:29 But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

Gal 4:30 But what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.”

Gal 4:31 So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman.

11.25.07

1Jo 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.

1Jo 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.

1Jo 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

1Jo 5:4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world–our faith. Yesterday started out really good. Then it progressively got worse. I was so depressed yesterday. When there is division between  you and your friends it is awful thing. I felt far away from the Lord also. This morning I got up at about 6am and prayed and felt totally separated from God. I kept on pressing thru. Well around 10am or so thru some songs and reading 1John the burden lifted a bit. Depression is a terrible feeling. I am learning to be rooted in Christ. I am learning to love like Jesus loved and it isnt easy sometimes. Learning to Love my brother as I Love myself.  

1Jo 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

1Jo 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

11.24.07

I want to try to write something everyday. I really like the way David Brainerd journaled. He just wrote his experiences in a raw format. So here goes.

 The week of Thanksgiving was pretty hard for me. Work has been insane busy and I have so many accounts that it is impossible to keep up. A few people have gotten mad at me because I didnt turn around their software quotes quick enough (I sell sofware and hardware for a PC company). Well Monday some people got upset with me and I gave it right back to them. During the conversations I got convicted and i changed my tone with the customers after i had been a jerk to them. Tuesday the same thing happened but i recognized and didnt get angry with the people. It is awesome when you can recognize something before it happens. The Greek word for repent is:

G3340 μετανοέω metanoeōmet-an-o-eh’-oFrom G3326 and G3539; to think differently or afterwards, that is, reconsider (morally to feel compunction): – repent.

compunction:  A pricking of heart; poignant grief or remorse proceeding from a consciousness of guilt; the pain of sorrow or regret for having offended God, and incurred his wrath; the sting of conscience proceeding from a conviction of having violated a moral duty.

 I always want to have repentive spirit. To think differently or afterwards, that is, reconsider with a pure heart.

Corn Pops

My friend has a daughter who is 5 years old. Every morning he wakes up and goes to the kitchen. He gets out two bowls, two spoons, the Corn Pops, and the milk. He goes to the table and sets the bowls out pours the cereal and waits for his daughter to get up. When she gets up she comes to the table and her Father pours the milk for her cereal. Everything is prepared for her all she has to do is eat and enjoy the company of the person that loves her with all his heart.

Psa 34:8 Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!