Trail Mix - 11.30.18

11.30.18 – “Shakespeare said, "Some men are born to honor, and some men have it thrust upon them." For believers there is only one option. Don't go out seeking it! If you do get it, let someone else give it to you. One man said, "The fellow who wants it isn't qualified to have it, and ought not to be granted it." Remember the Apostle John spoke of a man, “...who loveth to have the preeminence." The man who sings his own praises is always "off key!" Tooting your own horn leads to sour notes!” Copied – S. E. Trail

My prayer for you today is for a spirit of humility that thrives in the “shadows.”

Colossians 3:22  Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:KJV

“The old farmer and his wife arrived at a railway station, and for the first time in their lives beheld a train of cars, which was standing there. The husband looked the engine over very carefully, and shook his head. "Well, what do you think of it, pa?" asked the old lady. "She'll never start," was the firm answer: "she'll never start." The conductor waved, the bell rang, the locomotive puffed, the train moved slowly at first, then faster. It was disappearing in the distance when the wife inquired slyly: "Well, pa, what do you think of it now?" The old man shook his head more violently than before. "She'll never stop," he asserted; "she'll never stop!" Do you know any church members like Pa?”

 

Bible Reading Schedule for today - 1 Corinth. 9-11

Trail Mix - 11.29.18

11.29.18 – Dr. L. C. Johnson said, “I can't evaluate my own ministry.” One fellow said, "We don't like you and we think you are a failure." Another fellow says, "We think you are great!" That confuses me. Sometimes, even when you talk to your wife, you get the suspicion that she feels that you're not so hot.  There's no way for me to know what I have done, except this. I can know whether I have been faithful or not!” S. E. Trail

My prayer for you today is for you to focus on faithfulness!              

1 Corinthians 4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. 4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. KJV

“A guy bought his wife a beautiful diamond ring for Christmas. After hearing about this extravagant gift, a friend of his said, "I thought she wanted one of those sporty four-wheel-drive vehicles." "She did," he replied. "But where was I going to find a fake Jeep?"

Bible Reading Schedule for today - 1 Corinth. 5-8

Trail Mix - 11.28.18

11.28.18 – “What do you do when you get hurt? How do you respond when you’ve been injured? The answer to this question is very important and I have found that when I think of how Christ would react, (WWJD), I usually get it right. Do you measure your response and act with Biblical principle in mind? Jesus said we are to “rejoice” when men say all manner of evil against us falsely for His sake, that we are to rejoice and be exceeding glad for great is our reward in heaven.” S. E. Trail

My prayer for you today is for you to reflect before you react. 

1 Corinthians 4:12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it. KJV

“If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it was, and always will be yours. If it never returns, it was never yours to begin with. If it just sits in your living room, messes up your stuff, eats your food, uses your telephone, takes your money, and never behaves as if you actually set it free in the first place, you either married it or gave birth to it!”

Bible Reading Schedule for today - 1 Corinth. 1-4

Trail Mix - 11.27.18

11.27.18 "I go to prepare a place for you..." God not only prepares the place, He prepares the people for the place! There is a place for you if you are ready for the place. There is a place hereafter for those who make plans here and now. There is a "reserved" place in heaven with an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled and that fadeth not away. Are you getting ready to go? S. E. Trail

My prayer for you today is for you to commence to commence, to begin to begin and prepare to prepare for the world to come.

2 Corinthians 5:1  For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. KJV

Believers Breakup Lines

                                                            

            1. "I'm sorry, I've found someone more spiritual."

            2. "I'm sorry, it's just not God's will."

            3. "I feel called to the ministry_very soon and very far from you as soon as possible."

            4. "I'm sorry, it could never work. I'm a sanguine and you're a phlegmatic."

            5. "God loves me and must have a better plan for my life."

            6. "You know, I feel like I'm dating my brother."

            7. "At least I got a lot out of our Bible studies together."

             8. "You need someone with lower standards."

            9. "I think we should just be prayer partners."

            10. "I do love you, but it's just agape now"

 

 Bible Reading Schedule for today - Romans 15-16

Trail Mix - 11.26.18

11.26.18 – “A good rendering of 2 Cor. 3:17 would be "Where the Spirit of the Lord is in control there is liberty." The Holy Spirit indwells every believer but just because He is resident does not mean He is president! Only when He is recognized and obeyed is there liberty and not bondage. Lordship and liberty are not contradictory. True liberty only comes to the church when believers behave!” S. E. Trail

My prayer for you today is for the Spirit to control your spirit!

2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. KJV

“A navy psychiatrist was interviewing a sailor for a job. To ascertain how the young man might react to danger, the psychiatrist asked: "What would you do if you looked out of that window right now and saw a battleship coming down the street? The young man replied confidently: "I'd grab a torpedo and sink it." "And where would you get the torpedo?" "The same place you got your battleship!"

 

Bible Reading Schedule for today - Romans 11-14

Trail Mix - 11.25.18

11.25.18 – “How sad it is when God's people don't possess their possessions. We have been given many "...exceeding precious promises..." but they are not ours in reality until we claim them for ourselves. What is potentially ours must be experientially ours. Appreciating what is yours never makes you rich, but appropriating it will. "The Lord is rich unto all that call upon him." Vance Havner  

My prayer for you today is for you to know the fullness of Christ who is everything!

Deuteronomy 1:21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. KJV

“There were two guys working for the city. One would dig a hole, he would dig, dig, dig, the other would come behind him and fill the hole, fill, fill, fill. These two men worked furiously, one digging a hole, the other filling it up again. A man was watching from the sidewalk and couldn't believe how hard these men were working, but couldn't understand what they were doing. Finally he had to ask them. He said to the hole digger, "I appreciate how hard you work, but what are you doing? You dig a hole and your partner comes behind you and fills it up again!" The hole digger replied, "Oh yeah, must look funny, but the guy who plants the trees is sick today."

Bible Reading Schedule for today - Romans 8-10

Trail Mix - 11.24.18

11.24.18 – “There are a lot of "keep your chin up" and "look up" teachers out there today but the value of the up look depends on what you are looking at. It won't help if you’re up look is a forced optimism staring at a blue sky. You’re up look won't change your outlook unless you are looking at the right thing. "Look and live...look for His return...looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith." The value of an up look lies in its object. "Turn your eyes upon Jesus...and the things of earth will grow strangely dim…in the light of His glory and grace" S. E. Trail

My prayer for you today is that you will look up, “…for your redemption draweth nigh!”

1 Corinthians 13:12  For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. KJV

“Negotiations between union members and their employer were at an impasse. The union denied that their workers were flagrantly abusing their contract's sick-leave provisions. One morning at the bargaining table, the company's chief negotiator held aloft the morning edition of the newspaper, "This man," he announced, "called in sick yesterday!" There on the sports page was a photo of the supposedly ill employee, who had just won a local golf tournament with an excellent score. The silence in the room was broken by a union negotiator. "Wow," he said. "Just think of what kind of score he could have had if he hadn't been sick!"

 

Bible Reading Schedule for today - Romans 4-7