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clipped from mail.google.com Humorist Will Rogers said, "So live that you would not mind selling your pet parrot to the town gossip."  That is the idea of integrity: having nothing in our lives to be ashamed of.  This personal integrity is something we are developing on a daily basis with every thought we think and every action we take.  We are either building up character or tearing it down. What kind of character do you have?  Who are you in private?  For all practical purposes, that is the real you. Copyright © 2008 by Harvest Ministries.  All rights reserved.  Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New King James Version, copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. For more relevant and biblical teaching from Pastor Greg Laurie, go to  www.harvest.org.

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clipped from mail.google.com Conditional Obedience My dog practices selective listening.  When he doesn't like what I am saying, he acts as though he doesn't understand me.  If he is in my room at bedtime and I tell him to leave, he looks at me as if to say, "What?"  It's as though his hearing is gone.  On the other hand, he can be asleep behind closed doors, and if I go downstairs, open the cupboard, and pull out his leash, he suddenly has supersonic hearing.  He is right there at my side.  We can be the same with God.  When God tells us to do something we like, we say, "Yes, Lord!"  But when He tells us to stop doing something, we say, "God, I think you're cutting out on me.  I'm not hearing you clearly." If God tells you to do something, He says it for good reason, and you need to obey Him.  If God says not to do something, He also says it for good reason.  Even if you don't understand it, obey Him. For more relevant and biblical teaching from Pastor Greg Laurie, go to  www.harvest.org.

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Greg Laurie Daily Devotions

Friday, March 14, 2008

What's on Your Mind?

" 'So commit yourselves completely to these words of mine. Tie them to your hands as a reminder, and wear them on your forehead. Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are away on a journey, when you are lying down and when you are getting up again.' " (Deuteronomy 11:18--19)

People sometimes ask me to sign their Bibles, which is not something I like to do, because I didn't write it. But when someone insists, I usually write this inscription in his or her Bible: "Sin will keep you from this book and this book will keep you from sin."

I have found that sin will always keep you away from the Bible, because the devil wants to keep you out of God's Word. He doesn't care if you read magazines. He doesn't care if you watch television. He doesn't care if you read the latest novel on the bestseller list. He doesn't care if you watch movies. But the minute you pick up the Bible and crack it open, you had better believe that he will try to distract you with everything he has. He doesn't want you to read it.

On the other hand, if you follow what the Bible teaches, it will keep you from sin. That is why we need to know the Bible. That is why we need to study it. While it is a great idea to carry a Bible in your briefcase, pocket, or purse, the best place to carry it is in your heart. Know it well. Fill the memory banks God has given you with Scripture, because the devil will attack you in the realm of your mind. The best defense is a mind that is filled with God's Word.

Copyright © 2008 by Harvest Ministries. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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clipped from www.rbc.org Life Beyond The Rituals Jesus is not content to be just our “fire insurance,” saving us from eternal punishment in hell. Rather, He wants us to know Him for who He really is, and He desires to connect with us on a deeper, more personal level. If you are weary of a religion that is about rules and regulations, then welcome to life beyond the rituals. Welcome to a relationship in which you can find companionship, comfort, wisdom, and reality. Welcome to the wonderful privilege of getting to know Jesus and the joy of following Him. Get to know Him—and you’ll grow to love Him more and more each day. —Joe Stowell

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Live for today

clipped from mail.google.com Just as John Maxwell says, "Today is the most important day of my life. Yesterday with its successes and victories, struggles and failures, is gone forever. The past is past. Done! Finished! I cannot relive it. I cannot go back and change it. But I will learn from it and improve my today. Today, this moment, now! It is God's gift to me and it is all that I have."   MAKE today... and EVERY DAY... COUNT FOR CHRIST!

Hello!
It's been a while since I have written anything of my own, forgive me for getting caught up in so many distractions which keep me from inputting a personal note here and there! Of course, all content displayed in this blog is a reflection of my personal touch, however, I would like to add a little more of my comments, be they good, or bad depending on your point of view. Hopefully, they will be in line with the way of our Lord Jesus Christ! Following this post is a lesson from Dr. James MacDonald. In it, he mentions selfishness which plagues us all and likens self to a dog barking for attention! This reminds me of a lesson from Greg Laurie about the Indian proverb: our old nature and new nature are like two dogs, both fighting to win over the other in our life and attitudes. When asked which one will win, the wise old man said "simple, the one that I feed the most!" This hits home with me this morning, as I was feeling out of sorts with God because of my stubborn behavior and self will! This little lesson from "Walk In The Word" hit the nail on the head! As we walk the road of life together in "The Way", lets encourage and pray for each other and ask Jesus to help us feed the "right dog!"

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WALK IN THE WORD
with Dr. James MacDonald


Healing Family Hurts

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Have you got some hurdles to overcome in your family relationships? You know—some things that need to change and improve at your house? All of us can at one time or another admit to family problems, causing family pain.

I have just one word to offer you as you seek help and healing for your family: love. Love is relational dynamite that obliterates all obstacles in its path. Talking won’t do that for you. Pressuring won’t; prodding, insisting, demanding, getting selfish—these all will only tear your life and family apart. But 1 Corinthians 13:8 says, “Love never fails.”

Love never fails to what? Let me point out three things that it will handle for you:

#1 Love never fails to conquer selfishness. I am selfish and so are you. We never have to work at self; it’s just right there barking for attention. Love conquers the biggest obstacle in me: selfishness.

#2 Love never fails to conquer skepticism. Over time, it’s easy to doubt that anything is ever going to change. Your family disappoints you and you want to bail but love holds on.

But James, we’ve got real problems over at our house and some pep talk on love is not going to fix it.

You’re right—that’s why we need 1 Corinthians 13:6, “[Love] does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.”

#3 Love never fails to rejoice in the truth. Love doesn’t sit back in some happy delusion that everything will be okay. Love doesn’t deny problems, but works to see them changed. Love is an action before it’s a feeling.

Here’s your assignment this week:

* In love, serve your family when they choose to be selfish.
* In love, humble yourself before your family when conflict creates distance.
* In love, forgive your family by releasing them from the obligation that resulted when they hurt you. Don’t hold it over them.
* And lastly, in love, speak God’s Word in any situation regardless of the cost. Truth, delivered with love, is what sets us free.

Love gives God an opportunity to work. It’s a tool in His hands to work through you in helping your family.