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(Isa 55:1)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009
Question for the day: What has been the greatest change in your life in the last year?
What can we pray with YOU about today?
Good morning,
This is just a reminder that every day, while we are studying God’s Word to add to our website, someone from our ministry, Dysmas Conduit, is holding you up before the Lord in prayer. May He greatly bless you today as you pursue His will and He is glorified through you.
God’s blessings, our love,
George & Sidney Granger
Today’s Chapter in God’s Word
Galatians 1
Listen at
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1-5
I, Paul, and my companions in faith here, send greetings to the Galatian churches. My authority for writing to you does not come from any popular vote of the people, nor does it come through the appointment of some human higher-up. It comes directly from Jesus the Messiah and God the Father, who raised him from the dead. I'm God-commissioned. So I greet you with the great words, grace and peace! We know the meaning of those words because Jesus Christ rescued us from this evil world we're in by offering himself as a sacrifice for our sins. God's plan is that we all experience that rescue. Glory to God forever! Oh, yes!
The Message
6-9
I can't believe your fickleness—how easily you have turned traitor to him who called you by the grace of Christ by embracing a variant message! It is not a minor variation, you know; it is completely other, an alien message, a no-message, a lie about God. Those who are provoking this agitation among you are turning the Message of Christ on its head. Let me be blunt: If one of us—even if an angel from heaven!—were to preach something other than what we preached originally, let him be cursed. I said it once; I'll say it again: If anyone, regardless of reputation or credentials, preaches something other than what you received originally, let him be cursed.
10-12
Do you think I speak this strongly in order to manipulate crowds? Or curry favor with God? Or get popular applause? If my goal was popularity, I wouldn't bother being Christ's slave. Know this—I am most emphatic here, friends—this great Message I delivered to you is not mere human optimism. I didn't receive it through the traditions, and I wasn't taught it in some school. I got it straight from God, received the Message directly from Jesus Christ.
13-16
I'm sure that you've heard the story of my earlier life when I lived in the Jewish way. In those days I went all out in persecuting God's church. I was systematically destroying it. I was so enthusiastic about the traditions of my ancestors that I advanced head and shoulders above my peers in my career. Even then God had designs on me. Why, when I was still in my mother's womb he chose and called me out of sheer generosity! Now he has intervened and revealed his Son to me so that I might joyfully tell non-Jews about him.
16-20
Immediately after my calling—without consulting anyone around me and without going up to Jerusalem to confer with those who were apostles long before I was—I got away to Arabia. Later I returned to
21-24
Then I began my ministry in the regions of
CURRENT PRAYER REQUESTS:
THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR PASTOR BOB ALLMANN
Please remain in prayer concerning his continued healing and that he is upheld by the Spirit, becoming physically strong as he returns to serving the Lord… what he loves to do!
Please continue to pray for Billy Hamburg, whose doctors found 5 tumors in his bladder. He had surgery June 29th and the biopsy results showed a cancerous condition. He will be undergoing chemo & radiation treatments and will need the Lord’s Hand to overcome his anxiety as well as the cancer.
UPDATE:
After more testing, the doctors have found that, despite the number of tumors found in and around the bladder, that the cancer has NOT spread to any surrounding muscle tissue or organs. They are looking at completely removing the bladder and replacing it with a piece of intestine. WE PRAISE GOD AND GIVE HIM THE GLORY FOR THIS; WE ALSO PRAY THAT BILLY WILL RECOGNIZE THIS AS GOD WORKING IN HIS LIFE!!!!!!!!!
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TODAY
October 26, 2009
Forgotten No More
Diligence
Margaret D. Mitchell
"[Anna] never left the temple
but worshipped night and day, fasting and praying."
~ Luke 2:37
The Bible tells us that Anna was a prophet and that she was married for seven years before becoming a widow. At that point, she lived in the temple and spent the rest of her life worshipping the Lord with a pure diligence. She understood that her Maker was her spiritual husband and that she was created for intimate relationship with Him (Is. 54:5).
Although most of us live lives that are not cloistered, we can still diligently worship the Lord everywhere God assigns us, even at work. All that's required is that we seek His face, ask Him what's on His heart and then carefully obey Him in excellence.
He will surely respond and guide us because it is His loving desire to commune with us. Hebrews 11:6 tells us that God is a rewarder of those who earnestly seek Him.
With the Christmas season right around the corner, intimacy with God easily awaits us. Church cantatas, seasonal worship music in our automobiles and holiday decorations in our homes invite us to slip into quiet time with God and appreciate Him even more. But will we diligently make time for intimacy with Him after the season passes? Will God remain our greatest desire 24/7?
Although, one can only ponder all the desires and burdens that were on Anna's heart as she came before the Lord day and night, year after year, the Bible reveals that the Messiah was surely dear to her.
The NIV note in Luke 2:36 tells us, "Anna praised God for the child Jesus as Hannah had praised God for the child Samuel."
Anna waited a long time for this miracle child to be born, like Hannah waited for her son Samuel's birth. Jesus was an answer to Anna's prayers, just as Samuel was to the formerly barren Hannah.
When Anna approached Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus at the temple, the Bible says, (Lk. 2:38).
Anna could never have done this if she did not know what was on God's heart. And the way Anna knew God's heart was by spending lots of time seeking His heart. In turn, God rewarded Anna by choosing her to deliver a message that He wanted to share with those who would listen. God knew He could trust Anna with important revelations.
Anna surely felt honored. Undoubtedly, seeing her deepest love come forth in manifest presence in the temple (also her home) gave her heart great joy.
Like Anna, what miracles do we anticipate in this season? Do we have the diligent faith of Anna to witness God's greatest manifestations? Do we know His heart and His voice well enough to hear from Him when He shows up?
Like Anna, is God our first love?
My prayer is that all of us would receive great revelations from the Lord as we diligently love on Him and that we would be able to share His heart with those who will listen.
…and…
TURNING POINT
Dr. David Jeremiah
Stay Consistent - Part 1
Monday, October 26, 2009
Would you say your life is the same today as it was two years ago?
We're all living differently today due to the changes in our world.
Perhaps our banking habits have changed after watching many banks close.
Or maybe we're traveling less and saving more money.
Whatever the case, we've made adjustments.
Life can change our actions, but we can't let it affect our walk with Christ. And Dr. Jeremiah will remind us of this truth as he continues in his series, Living With Confidence in a Chaotic World.
Series: Living With Confidence in a Chaotic World
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