Doers of the word

Have you considered at all what it means to be a doer of the Word? We have many people in the church today who believe that their intellectual response to the Word is simply intake, there is very little to no out put in their lives. How sad to think that all this knowledge is going to waste because there is no wisdom(application) in response
Let us pray that the Lord will give us that kick in the pants we need to get going.
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Are we back in Egypt

Have noticed how in the book of Genesis, when there was great famine, the course of action that Joseph took?
1. He took all the money from the people
2. Since the money was gone he then took the livestock
3. when the livestock was gone, he took the land and made people dependant on the Government
4. then he gave the people grain, they planted crops and the government /Pharaoh then took a
    fifth of  the crop
Sounds like the plan of our government o make us a people dependant upon them for all of our needs, yet this happened 3,000 years ago.
Now everything is different but still remains the same...
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Just a short note of encouragement, I was reminded this morning about trials, it seems that when things are going ok, that there are problems that alwasy pop up. And how important it is to trust the Lord, with your whole heart, mind and strength.  He will get you through.  The trial is for you benefit not your defeat. Grow, grow, grow, its not a battle cry, for the battle belongs to the Lord. Its a process, sometimes slow sometimes fast, but it is continual and necessary.
Blessings
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Why we are the way we are

I was asked to go and visit a man who is in his last days on the earth. As I shared with him how much God loved him, and how God wanted Him to surrender his life the to Him. I realized how much time people waste in not serving the Lord.
Fruitless, meaningless actions in service to self or serving with self motivated actions words and deeds, only serve as seconds, minutes and hours lost in empty attempts to gain something in this world. If we are not serving God its just vanity, empty vanity.
We don't serve with a selfish motive of personal gain, we serve to glorify the Lord and to exalt His Name. Unsaved men dying hold on to this life as hard as they can, for its all they have, in the life to come they only will have pain and suffering.
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2014

Ok so we made into the New year by God's grace and mercy. So what will this New Year have to offer?
What ever it is we should understand one thing God is on our side...we will have victory in His power and by staying on His course, we can't forget that. If you want to have a good year then get behind God's will for you. So what is God's will , but to justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. That's enough for starters, the Holy Spirit will lead you from there.
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Dec 24

Well it's almost here the day we celebrate the birth of our Wonderful,  Counselor, the mighty God , the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.
Many stores will be open, for your shopping convenience.
There will still be a Duck Dynasty controversy
The god father marathon will be on
There will be enough football on TV to make you want to switch to soccer.
 But isn't that what Christmas is all about?

Of course I am being a bit sarcastic, there isn't a whole lot of Christ in Christmas any more, how pitifully sorry that is.

Take some time to seek Jesus on December 25th, worry about all the other stuff later, make Jesus the honored guest in your house on Christmas day. Pray for one another and love one another, share your self with each other, appreciate what you have in Christ.
blessings
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the blessing of sound teaching

We all know that we are told as believers to study the Word, all that we need is contained in the pages of the Bible to give us the instructions,  as we navigate in this messed world.
In a recent Bible study a person told me they had never studied the Word of God before. This was truly reflected in an inability to sort out the good from the bad, the right from the wrong, true and the false, when it came to groups that call them christian but really aren't.

One thing I am thankful for is that I was led to be a student of the Word. Reading and Bible study, make all the difference in the world in a believers life. Add to that the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the result is that you know the truth. God's Word is a lamp unto my feet, and the more you apply it to your life the brighter that light gets
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