5.7.18 – Vance
Havner said, “People used to blush when they were ashamed,” now they are
ashamed if they blush!” Does it still bother us when we hear someone using
vulgar language, or see an indecent image? We are no longer shocked at what we
see and hear; we’ve become desensitized to the smutty and the sleazy! Does your
face blush red when you are exposed to the filth and trash being displayed all
around us? The Scriptures make it plain that God’s blessings are withdrawn from
His people because we refuse to be ashamed.
My prayer for you today is if you have
lost the capacity to “blush” that you will repent and recover the “red” that’s
been missing from your countenance!
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John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man
love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. KJV
“The Old Cherokee Chief sat in his humble
reservation hut smoking his ceremonial pipe and eyeing the two visiting U.S.
Government officials who had been sent to interview his opinion of the white
man's progress. "Chief", one official began, "you have observed
the white man for many generations, you have seen his wars and his products --
you have seen all his progress and his problems." The Chief nodded
"Yes". The official continued, "Considering recent events, in
your opinion, where has the white man gone wrong?" The Chief stared at the
government officials for over a minute and then calmly replied: "When
white found this land, Indians were running it. No taxes. No debt. Plenty
buffalo. Plenty deer, turkey and beaver. Women did most of the cooking and crop
work. Medicine man free to help sick. Indian men hunted and fished all the time.
We never had cheating husbands and wives--we kill cheaters." The Chief
smiled and added quietly, "White man dumb enough to think he could improve
system like that!"
Bible Reading Schedule for
today - 2 Kings 22-25
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