August
20, 2019 –
“Satan is a destroyer, devourer, deceiver, a denier and more. There are times
when we are told to fight him and there are times when we are told to flee
from him. In either case it takes the wisdom and power of God to know when to
do one or the other. The only way that Satan can harm us is if we
"give place" to him. Don't give him an opening or a foothold in your
life. He is a defeated foe but like a rattlesnake with its head cut off he is
still dangerous.” S. E. Trail
My
prayer for you today is you to “watch where you walk!”
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may
devour: KJV
“There was once a small boy who banged a
drum all day and loved every moment of it. He would not be quiet, no matter
what anyone else said or did. Various attempts were made to do something about
the child. One person told the boy that he would, if he continued to make so
much noise, perforate his eardrums. This reasoning was too advanced for the
child, who was neither a scientist nor a scholar. A second person told him that
drum beating was a sacred activity and should be carried out only on special
occasions. The third person offered the neighbors plugs for their ears; a
fourth gave the boy a book; a fifth gave the neighbors books that described a
method of controlling anger through biofeedback; a sixth person gave the boy
meditation exercises to make him placid and docile. None of these attempts
worked. Eventually, a wise person came along with an effective motivation. He
looked at the situation, handed the child a hammer and chisel, and asked,
"I wonder what's inside the drum?"
2019 Bible Reading Schedule for today - Jeremiah
36-38
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