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(Isa 55:1)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2009
Question for the day: 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
James 2
Favoritism Forbidden
1My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don't show favoritism. 2Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. 3If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, "Here's a good seat for you," but say to the poor man, "You stand there" or "Sit on the floor by my feet," 4have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
5Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? 6But you have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? 7Are they not the ones who are slandering the noble name of him to whom you belong?
8If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, "Love your neighbor as yourself,"[a] you are doing right. 9But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.10For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. 11For he who said, "Do not commit adultery,"[b] also said, "Do not murder."[c] If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
12Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, 13because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!
Faith and Deeds
14What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? 17In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
18But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds."
Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.
19You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
20You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless[d]? 21Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. 23And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,"[e] and he was called God's friend. 24You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.
25In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? 26As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
CURRENT PRAYER REQUESTS:
Please pray for Mike and Sandy Brommer as they spread the Lord’s Seed and witness to His glory while on the road today. Please pray also that the Lord will lead them to Kingdom-profitable loads to carry, and that He grants them safe passage today from
Please continue to lift up
Please continue to pray for Billy Hamburg. He had surgery Nov 19th and 2 more tumors were found, He is in a lot of pain. Please pray for the Lord’s Hand to help him overcome his anxiety as well as the cancer.
Other prayer requests:
Teresa/Vern Gray: Paul – job
Josh/Michelle Burkhard: thank you for your prayers of healing for Michelle – still waiting on an answer for the abdominal pain and treatment options, if any, as the doctors can’t agree on the cause.
CONFIDENTIAL: sister needs knee surgery and has no health insurance
Heather/Neal Gorney: please pray for my strength in healing, growing in affection and love and believe in our marriage. For blessings of love and forgiveness in our home and our marriage.
Sandy/John LaPrad: Ann Allen Christmas season and Mike Allen recovery
Bill/Becky Hooper: all those who are separated from family serving in the forces for our freedom
CONFIDENTIAL: soldiers in other lands, my girlfriend’s family who is fighting illness
Ruth Swarthout: husband, Larry has lung cancer, Harriet breast cancer, Jim throat cancer, Bob brain cancer, Flo throat cancer, Earl prostrate cancer, Dennis lung cancer.
Benjamin/Jessica Maslowski: Royce, Rachel and Shay that they find peace and comfort in God with this tough time. Please pray for Neveah and Nicole Moe that they are safe and that Grandma also find peace and comfort in this tough time.
Vic/Joy DeSeimpelaere: Julie Creasman stage 4 cancer, Ally Minnis heart surgery, Bruce Ovderkirk pancreatitis
Bob/Judy Bissonnette: my family and full recovery from cancer surgery. Jon & Kristen and my elderly parents that I may find peace.
Al/Ann Gay: Linda Alexander, cancer. Al McLean had a stroke.
Melissa Converse: current unknown health issues.
Mark/Denise O’Keefe: the children from compassion international who are waiting for sponsors. Big Molly & Paul.
Bill/Maxine Alward: Mae Albee to continue to get well.
CONFIDENTIAL: as we search our family and friends for God parents for our baby due in March.
Jill Breedlove: Charlie he’s feeling better still needs prayers.
Mary Brewster: pray for Dean, having personal problems.
Autumn: for the roads to be clear on my way to Canada
Kurt/Jayne Heringhausen: Jill’s job search, those unemployed this Christmas season.
Good Morning, Church!
Pastor Greg Finke
"...think and act like Christ Jesus."
Philippians 2:5
In his book, "Just Like Jesus," Max Lucado gives us these insights about living incarnationally:
What if, for one day, Jesus were to become you?
What if, for twenty-four hours, Jesus wakes up in your bed, walks in your shoes, lives in your house, assumes your schedule? Your boss becomes his boss, your mother becomes his mother, your pains become his pains? With one exception, nothing about your life changes. Your health doesn't change. Your circumstances don't change. Your schedule isn't altered. Your problems aren't solved. Only one change occurs.
What if, for one day and one night, Jesus lives your life with his heart? Your heart gets the day off, and your life is led by the heart of Christ. His priorities govern your actions. His passions drive your decisions. His love directs your behavior.
What would you be like? Would people notice a change? Your family - would they see something new? Your coworkers - would they sense a difference? What about the less fortunate? Would you treat them the same? And your friends? Would they detect more joy? How about your enemies? Would they receive more mercy from Christ's heart than from yours?
And you? How would you feel? What alterations would this transplant have on your stress level? Your mood swings? Your temper? Would you sleep better? Would you see sunsets differently? Death differently? Taxes differently? Any chance you'd need fewer aspirin or sedatives? How about your reaction to traffic delays? Would you still dread what you are dreading? Better yet, would you still do what you are doing?
Would you still do what you had planned to do for the next twenty-four hours? Pause and think about your schedule. Obligations. Engagements. Outings. Appointments. With Jesus taking over your heart, would anything change?
Keep working on this for a moment. Adjust the lens of your imagination until you have a clear picture of Jesus leading your life, then snap the shutter and frame the image. What you see is what God wants. He wants you to "think and act like Christ Jesus" (Philippians 2:5).
This is what we are calling incarnational living. Jesus DOES live in us. His heart is pumping in our spirit. We just need to believe that and release that. As we live in the reality of the presence of Jesus in us, we become the incarnational presence of Jesus to other people. He is with us and we are with people. You and I will be as close as anyone will get today to Jesus. Indeed may we "think and act like Christ Jesus" for their sake.
It is our privilege, and it is a whole lot more fun than any other way we could live this day.
Be wise and be Church!
Pastor Greg
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