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Good Aug. Morning 8-30-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

"Whom say ye that I am?" Luke 9:20

Jesus had taught His twelve disciples less than two years. During that time He had brought the comfort of peace and forgiveness to many people and had performed miracles. Though some loved Him, others hated Him all the more. there were all kinds of opinions concerning Christ.

One day Jesus took the disciples aside for rest and prayer. He asked them wh [...]

Good Aug.Sun. Morning 8-31-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

This is the day the LORD hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Ezekiel 33:7-9 Romans 13:1-10 Matthew 18:15-20 Psalm 95

The Good Shepherd loves and cares for all, the sheep who are in His flock, the sheep who are not yet of His flock, and the sheep who are wondering from His flock. In this gospel text He tells us what we are to do, and how we are to do it, in order to restore the wand [...]

Good Aug. Morning 8-28-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

"Have we not all one Father? Hath not one God created us?" Malachi 2:10 by request

With every privilege goes responsibility. The privilege of being a parent brings with it the obligation to rear our children in the fear of God; the privilege of having parents makes it the duty of children to love and obey their parents. Ingratitude for blessings is a curse everywhere, and it is the cause of much sin and unhappiness. & [...]

Good Aug. Morning 8-29-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

"And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed for the
day of redemption." Eph. 4:30.
When the Lord presents evidence upon evidence and gives light upon
light, why is it that souls hesitate to walk in the light? . . . By every
hesitation and delay, we place ourselves where it is more and more
difficult for us to accept the light of heaven, and at last it seems impossible to [...]

Good Aug. Morning 8-27-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

"What does it profit, my brethren, though a man say he has faith and have not works? Can faith save him?" James 2:14 by request.

The fact that we are saved by faith and not by works is well established in Scripture. God in His Word goes out of His way to assure us that we need only faith. The following are just some of the places in Scripture you may refer to. Mark 16:16, Acts 16:31, John 3:16, Gen. 15:6, Heb. 10:38. With these comforting t [...]

Good Aug. Morning 8-21-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

"As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us." Psalm 103:12

East is entirely and completely removed from the west. God has completely removed our sins from us. With sin completely gone, we are freed from the guilt, punishment, and the dominion of sin. That is what God did for man. This is what the One sinned against did for those who did the sinning. That is why we sing "love so amazing so div [...]

Good Aug. Morning 8-26-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

"Sir, what must I do be saved?" Acts 16:30

Paul and Silas were in prison because of their preaching. They had been beaten cruelly. Yet in the middle of the night they sang praises to God. The LORD shook the prison walls, opened the doors and by a miracle the chains fell off their hands and feet, so that they were free. The keeper of the prison would have killed himself if Paul had not stopped him, for he thought the prisoners ha [...]

Good Aug. Morning 8-25-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

"Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor." Eph. 5:2

What a wonderful place this world might be if all men walked in love and were guided by the motive of love in their thinking, speaking and acting. It never has been so and never will be so.

Why then, this appeal to walk in love? Let us note that this ap [...]

Good Aug. Sun. Morning 8-24-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

FIFTEENTSUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
This is the day the LORD hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Jeremiah 15:15-21
Romans 12:1-8
Matthew 16:21-26
Psalm 114

Most of us want to find ourselves and to discover a way of life that is rich and full. Contemporary spirituality assists us in exploring the wonders of everyday life, so that we may treasure all that is means to be human. What are we to do, then, with Jesus' words about losing our lives, denying ourselves [...]

Good Aug. Morning 8-23-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

"A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth." Luke 12:15 requested.
What are people talking about these days? "Things" Listen to their conversation. Things they just bought, things they hope to buy and things that they possess or want.

Now lets talk about things that we need; we have bodies that need to be fed, clothed, and housed. We do need material things for the protection of health and for some degree of comfort in [...]

Good Aug. Morning 9-22-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

"I delight to do Thy will, O My God." Psalm 40:8

These words are a prophetic message on the part of our blessed LORD through the mouth of His servant David. They express extreme joyfulness in doing the will of God. And what was that will of God, briefly summarized, which the Savior delighted to do? Hear His own declaration: "This is the will of Him that sent Me, that every one which seeth the Son and believeth on Him may have everlasti [...]

Good Aug. Morning 8-20-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

"Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hands, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar; and he laid it upon my mouth and said: "Lo this hath touched thy lips, and thine iniquity is taken away and thy sin purged." Isaiah 6:6,7, By request!

There is a deep and holy meaning in Isaiah's vision of the live coal from the altar of God. Something like that happens whenever we enter the house of God. The [...]

Good Aug. Sun. Morning 8-17-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

This is the day the LORD hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Exodus 6:2-8 Romans 11:33-36 Matthew 16:13-20 Psalm 95

Bible readers often need to be reminded to read passages in their full context. In so doing, we find that a difficult passage sometimes is clarified by the passages before and a [...]

Good Aug. Morning 8-16-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

HYMN- Count Your Many Blessings

"Blessed be the LORD, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Psalm 68:19

Read the entire 68 Ch. of Psalms and recognize the joyous note of thanksgiving which runs through it. Temporal and spiritual blessings are listed, for which the recipients are to manifest their gratitude to the gracious God. And then, right in the midst of the Psalm, comes this spontaneous outburst of [...]

Good Aug. Morning 8-19-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

"Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." Romans 12:21

We often rebel against things which irritate us, but these very things may become the stepping stones on which we can mount to greater victory and rise to the peaks of spiritual discovery.

What does an oyster do when an irritating object like a bit of sand gets under its shell? He simply covers it wit [...]

Good Aug. Morning 8-18-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

"Ask for the old paths and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls." Jeremiah 6:16

Jeremiah meant the old paths of faith in which the fathers of Israel had walked for 1,300 years. The LORD spoke to His people Israel as if they stood at a crossroad with a choice to make. He told them to consider carefully where they were going. He encouraged them to follow "the good way," trusting Him as they had done in the past [...]

Good Aug. Morning 8-15-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

"If thou hadst known, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace." Luke 19:42

The present is the precious moment. How soon the signs of warning will be hidden away forever. Only those blinded by the passion of unbelief and rejection of Christ rush on regardless of danger.

God's signals are plain. The directions and instructions of His Holy Word are clear. He who runs may read, [...]

Good Aug. Morning 8-14-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

"Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God." 2 Timothy 3:4

Among the signs of degeneration Paul includes caring for pleasure more than for God. In a pleasure-made age this warning prompts us to pause for reflection. People serve the idol of pleasure and sacrifice the highest values of life upon its altars.

If there ever was a generation that needed to live and walk in faith and love it's the gene [...]

Good Aug. Morning 8-13-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

"If it be of God, you cannot overthrow it; lest haply you be found even to fight against God." Acts 5:39

The words of Christ to Peter, "When thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee and carry thee whither thou wouldest not" went into the effect soon after Christ ascended on high. Peter obeyed Christ's command and fed the lambs and sheep bought by the blood of Christ. Because of that he was [...]

Good Aug. Morning 8-12-08

shirleychoat@yahoo.com — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

"From henceforth thou shalt catch men." Luke 5:10

Simon Peter was a fisherman by profession. Night after night he plied his humble trade on the Sea of Galilee, supporting himself. One night, the memory of which must have stayed with him a long time, he with his companions, James and John, had taken nothing. They rowed up and down the narrow beach of the lake, letting down their nets and drawing them up again, but with no success. It w [...]