January
4, 2019– “One of the
most disturbing things in Christian work is folks who walk down aisles and make
a display of consecration or indicate during an invitation that they made a
decision but they never follow through. They are like those Jesus described
who, “…hear the Word and anon with joy
receive it but have no root in themselves and are soon offended.” What is
the answer? It is not enough to say, “Lord,
Lord,” we must do the Father’s Will! James makes it clear that a faith
“without works” is a dead faith! We do not work for our salvation but if we
have what Jesus is offering we will demonstrate it by doing good works for the
Father’s glory!” S. E. Trail
My prayer for you today that you would
have a “long obedience” leading to a home in heaven!
Weekly
Memory Verse Challenge - “For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore
ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.” Malachi
3:6
“A young girl who was writing a paper for
school came to her father and asked, "Dad, what is the difference between
anger and exasperation?" The father replied, "It is mostly a matter
of degree. Let me show you what I mean." With that, the father went to the
telephone and dialed a number at random. To the man who answered the phone, he
said, "Hello, is Melvin there?" The man answered, "There is no
one living here named Melvin. Why don't you learn to look up numbers before you
dial them?" "See," said the father to his daughter. "That
man was not a bit happy with our call. He was probably very busy with
something, and we annoyed him. Now watch . . ." The father dialed the same
number again. "Hello, is Melvin there?" asked the father. "Now
look here!" came the heated reply. "You just called this number, and
I told you that there is no Melvin here! You've got a lot of nerve calling
again!" The receiver was slammed down hard. The father turned to his
daughter and said, "You see, that was anger. Now I'll show you what exasperation
means." He dialed the same number, and a violent voice roared,
"HELLO!" The father calmly said, "Hello, this is Melvin. Have
there been any calls for me?"
2019 Bible Reading
Schedule - Genesis 12-15
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