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A Good Morning Song
July 7.2009
I was awaken this morning with barking about day break
when out see what noise was about my four Chihuahua and two outside dogs, neighborhood dog three
dogs that run lose all the time and a puppy that was about 8 to12 weeks
old were all singing praises to the lord, saying Good
Morning and have a nice day to each
other. Came in, to the computer it was to early for Tuesday Morning Prayer
service so had time to read, so I opened e-sword to read II KINGS
4 and I Sam 30 that Chuck had sent me to read. Daily Devotions opened first and this is what I read, it
just felt like I needed to sharer this with you today.
Even More
on God's Ability and His Promises
Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us
from the burning fiery
furnace . . . Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to
present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding
joy. (Dan_3:17 and Jud_1:24)
The basic subject matter in this section of
our meditations on growing
in the grace of God pertains to the promises of God. Living by the
promises of God is just another way to consider living by the grace of
God. Again, our present verses speak of the ability of God. The more
our understanding grows concerning what God is able to do, the more
extensively will we trust in His promises.
Three young Israelites (Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abed-Nego) gave powerful
testimony of the ability of God. King Nebuchadnezzar had ordered all
the people to engage in idolatry, under threat of severe consequences.
"To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, that at the
time you hear the sound of the horn . . . you shall fall down and
worship the gold image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up; and whoever
does not fall down and worship shall be cast immediately into the midst
of a burning fiery furnace" (Dan_3:4-6). The three young men had a bold
answer, based on the ability of God. "Our God whom we serve is able to
deliver us from the burning fiery furnace." They did not bow down, so
they were thrown into the blazing furnace. Yet, the Lord demonstrated
His ability on their behalf. When the king looked into the furnace, he
exclaimed, "Look! . . . I see four men loose, walking in the midst of
the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the
Son of God" (Dan_3:25). Yes, God proved able to deliver them.
Hundreds of years later, Jude addressed
God's ability regarding two
other important arenas. "Now to Him who is able to keep you from
stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His
glory with exceeding joy." This aspect of God's ability offers
assurance that God can keep His people from stumbling while on earth
and present them faultless when they reach heaven. We all know our own
capacity to stumble spiritually into transgression or compromise. We
also struggle with the condemnations of the enemy that rob us of
expectation to eventually stand before our Lord in glory fully
forgiven, cleansed, and transformed. Our God is able to work
effectively in both arenas for all who humbly trust in Him.
Lord, how able You are! You are able to
deliver us from the threatening
situations of life. You are able to keep us from stumbling into sin.
You are able to present us faultless before You some day in heaven.
Lord, Your great ability encourages me to humbly depend upon Your many
promises!
Day-By-Day By Grace by Bob Hoskstra
This is in E-Swords Daily Devotions
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the computers it is Good,
has a lot of
different Bibles, very
simple to use
and very free,
really free!
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