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I just love God’s Word, nothing like it that brings success. In fact, success is not possible without it. Without truth, you cannot succeed. It’s not called the word of life for nothing. God has abundant life for you, and it always comes through His Word. What He said, what He promised, what He instructed. Follow His Plan, and His ways, and you’ll walk in the abundance that He has for you! Have you ever been on a long trip – that you had a time you had to be there? Some trips are casual, you’re just going for the journey, not the destination. No commitments, you can stop and see the sights along the way. These are wandering trips, but for destination trips. Have you noticed what impacts your timely arrival the most? I first thought it was speed. If you drive seventy-five miles an hour instead of sixty-five, on a 10 hour drive day, that’s a hundred miles further in the same day! That cuts at least an hour and a half of your travel time! But then I realized, something more important than the speed you travel. How often you stop and how long it takes you to get going again - is more important than the speed in which you travel. It’s the TH Principle, the tortoise and the hare. Have you ever been on a trip and been passed by the same car several times. You’re the tortoise, they’re the hare. They just haven’t learned that principle yet. Another thing that’s quite detrimental to arrival time, is a speeding ticket. While you’re sitting there, every single car is passing you by… like you’re standing still. Because you are. And it’s expensive. But the thing I found that is the most important? The greatest danger to timely arrival on any destination trip? Taking a wrong turn. There is nothing that sucks worse than that. You could drive an hour in the wrong direction! That sign said east, not west, north, not south. Hopefully you’ll catch it in an exit or two, but however long it takes for you to realize, you have to double that time, just to get back to where you were! That’s why PiVAT before dinner is the most important thing on your life trip. You need God’s plan for you today! A wrong turn, will get you lost, backwards, or stuck in a ditch. His plans for you are perfect and His pace is the best. Don’t run ahead of him, you’ll get stopped. Don’t go your own way, that won’t get you where you want to be, much less on time. Stay in His Word, so you enjoy the journey, and be at peace with His pace. Even traffic jams, He’s got a purpose in it. He’s as concerned with your DNA as He is with the destination, with how you get there, and what you become in getting there, not just when. You can trust Him. His Trip plan for your life, is to the best place, the best way, and the best time. And take someone with you. Go on this journey together. Overcome together, be encouraged together. If you follow His plan, you’ll go places. You’ll see sights, you’ll avoid ditches, and you’ll arrive on time, with joy, a better person than when you started. Let God drive, you just follow. So what’s the TH Principle? God’s Tortoise and Hare Principle on the life trip He has for you? Steady Plodding beats speed. So in your life trip? First Don’t leave home without Him. Let Him Drive, Get His plan, let Him set the course, so you don’t take a wrong turn. Second, Let him set the speed, don’t run ahead of Him, He knows what He’s doing, He doesn’t want to get you there faster, He wants to get you there better! Third, Don’t keep stopping, keep going! Fourth, Enjoy the Journey (See the sights He want you to see). And fifth, Travel with someone, your Daily Call, sharpen each other. If you let Him drive, He will always lead you to good! Love you all, dad
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I just love God’s Word. It’s for the hearer. He that has ears to hear, let him hear. Have you ever noticed part of the human condition, is hearing things for others, but not yourself. How many times have you read through God’s Holy Word, and come across a verse, with the immediate thought, “so and so should read that one.” No, that’s for you! Any Word of God combined with faith, will produce a harvest. His Word is the seed, your faith is the planting of it in you, your soil – (His Word, and your word in agreement), the watering and the harvest comes from Him. Just like the farmer who does nothing to make the crop grow, God grows it. You just have to receive the seed, get it planted in you. That’s faith, and then the first step of obedience. Jesus was healing, but not everyone got healed. Those who came to him in faith, and received His Word in faith saw their healing become reality. Like the woman who just wanted to touch the edge of his coat. And power came out. Immediately healed of her years of suffering. How many others in that crowd could have used healing, if not for them for a loved one. But they went home without it. Jesus proved the needer, need not even be present, children and servants were healed through their parents or master’s simple faith and obedience. That wasn’t even for her, He wasn’t talking to her. But she knew who He was, and she thought in her heart, “I’ll take that, thank you, that’s for me! Whoever comes to Him, and has ears to hear, and faith to believe, and the obedience to prove it, it’s done for them. God is no respecter of persons, but He favors the faith-full. God’s truth applies to everyone, but the hearer and doer receives it. Here’s something that God challenged me with. Proverbs 31 – The woman of noble character. Half the population would think, that’s not for me. Probably not. But noble character applies to the hearer. What could you learn, even if you are not a woman? Notice the qualities of nobility of character… It adds value always (all the days of her life). It brings good, not harm. It rises early, provides food for the family, it works, and earns and saves. It buys assets that produce, It works with vigor (determined energy), it is strong, it trades profitability, win-win, (so it keeps record, gives an account – so profit actually occurs). It stays up late if needed, to finish. It is skilled (because it took the time to develop them). It gives to the poor, with open arms. Noble character doesn’t fear hard times, it prepares in advance. It dresses well. It’s real clothing is strength and dignity. Noble character has hope for the future. It is filled with the laughter of joy, the laughter of faith, It’s words are wisdom, and faithful instruction, so it loves God’s Word. Noble character has learned The Fear Of The LORD. It’s the beginning of wisdom, and blessing, it’s a protection, You are not fearing God for nothing. Praying that you will develop a noble character, and praying that you will understand what applies to you when you read God’s Word. So that whatever is true and good, that you will have ears to hear what the Holy Spirit reveals. I’ll take that, Thank you! That’s for me! Love you all, dad |
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