WORD FOR TODAY
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FAT AND FLOURISHING
“The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; to show that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him”. (Psalm 92:12-15 KJV). God wants His children to flourish, but many times they settle for less. In one of our meetings some years ago, I was lead to ask those who wanted to be rich to raise their hands up. Almost everybody raised…
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THAT I MAY KNOW HIM
“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus”.(Philippians 3:10 – 12 KJV) Knowledge is so important in the Christian race that words related to it are used over one thousand times in the New Testament. Paul was already a highly educated man in Jewish law when he had a life changing encounter…
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AWAKE……BE WISE
”That is why God says in the scriptures, ”Awake O sleeper and rise up from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.” So be careful how you act; these are difficult days. Don’t be fools, be wise: make the most of every opportunity you have for doing good. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but try to find out and do whatever the Lord wants you to; Don’t drink too much wine, for many evils lie along that path; be filled instead with the Holy Spirit and controlled by Him.”(Ephesians 5:14-18 TLB) If there is any time to take the instructions above very seriously it is now. Truly these are difficult days. …
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THE OTHER SIDE
”As evening fell, Jesus said to his disciples, ”Let’s cross to the other side of the Lake…..But soon a terrible storm arose. High waves began to break into the boat until it was nearly full of water and about to sink. Jesus was asleep at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. Frantically, they wakened him, shouting, ”Teacher, don’t you even care that we are all about to drawn?” Then he rebuked the wind and said to the sea, ‘Quiet down!” And the wind fell, and there was a great calm! And he asked them, ”why were you so fearful? Don’t you even yet have confidence…
