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Where the Wise Are

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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

I was reading at one of my favorite spots online and read a great post about, where are the wise?

Even in Christian circles you don't often hear people talking about the book of Job. Let's admit it–preaching on the book of Job is bad for church attendance. It's a downer. The message of Job doesn't neatly fit between last week's message of "10 steps to a happier you" and next week's message of "Exerting your authority in Christ to shape your reality." If we do hear anything on the book of Job, we'll likely get the fast-food version: "Once there was a guy named Job who went through a hard time. People gave him bad advice, but God blessed him in the end." All of those statements are true, but they miss the heart of the book. The book of Job is not about Job–it is about God.

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Categories : Are We in End Times?

Psalms 67 Let Your Face Beam with Joy

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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

[tag]Psalms 67[/tag] from [tag]the Living Bible[/tag]…Billy Graham edition

O God, In mercy bless us: let you face beam with joy as you look down at us. Send us around the world with the news of your saving power and your eternal plan for all mankind. How everyone throughout the earth will [tag]praise the Lord[/tag]! How glad the nations will be, singing for joy because you are their King and will give true justice to their people!

Praise God, O World!

May all the peoples of the earth give thanks to you. For the earth has yielded abundant harvests. God, even our own God, will bless us.

And peoples from the remotest lands will worship him.

Amen

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Categories : Daily Scripture

Praising God When Things Stink

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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Walking the path of following Jesus is not an easy one and one that Jesus said himself "you do not know what you are asking" when men said they wanted to follow Jesus…

When things get tough in my life I have repeatably either walked away from God, or whined and moaned about it. When trials come my way, it has just seemed that God wasn't there….

Have you ever felt that way? Man, those are the days when praising God just doesn't come for me. And so I have gone around this circular track not getting any closer to god because what that says when I don't praise God is that I don't believe the bible.

It has taken me a LONG time to realize this. Although I have only been a Christian for about 5 years, I have not been able to get beyond my own struggles in this area.

Why is this so?

God has a plan and it is usually a bit different than our so called plan. When our plans go wrong, it may appear that God is not there…but that is NOT the case. God is always there, waiting for us to turn to him, in the midst of trials and troubles, he is there, worthy to be praised…ALWAYS…

It has taken me a long time to realize this, But GOD I believe Every word of your Bible and that means you are always there and you will carry me through the hard times and you will still love me when I fall and pick me back up…

So Lord, I praise you in the face of trouble…I praise you when I don't feel like it….I Praise you because YOU ARE GOD

And YOU ARE AWESOME

And I love you …GOD…You are MY Master and Friend…

Sam

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Categories : Our Thoughts