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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for collecting daily manna), make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Friday, September 8, 2017
Today's Passage : Today's Passage: Subject:he Fruits of Faith Bible Verse:Hebrews 11:8-16 "By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; and he set out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he stayed for a time in the land he had been promised, as in a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God. By faith he received power of procreation, even though he was too old — and Sarah herself was barren — because he considered him faithful who had promised. Therefore from one person, and this one as good as dead, descendants were born, “as many as the stars of heaven and as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.” All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth, for people who speak in this way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of the land that they had left behind, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; indeed, he has prepared a city for them. " Message:
Paul returns to Abraham several times in his epistle to the Hebrews, drawing parallels between Abraham's history and the new life he asks the Hebrews to accept, a new life in Christ. Hebrews gives us a spectacular introduction to the Abraham metaphor in today's Scripture: “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; and he set out, not knowing where he was going.” This could be from the beginning of a great adventure novel or a history of a famous explorer. It certainly applies to millions of immigrants who left their home countries to come to the United States.
Abraham would have been known to almost every Jew in the first century AD; he was the founder of their faith and their race, as central to their history as say George Washington is to an American. So when Paul lists the actions Abraham took “by faith”, they are immediately familiar to the Hebrews. He wants the Hebrews to accept the Good News by faith just as Abraham accepted so many things by faith. Abraham's faith yielded enormous rewards. Just so, Paul wants to convince the Hebrews that the rewards they will receive by accepting Christ will be immeasurable.
Meditation : Prayer : The Almighty Lord, who is a strong tower to all those who put their trust in him, to whom all things in heaven, in earth, and under the earth, do bow and obey; Be now and evermore my defense; and make me know and feel, that there is no other Name under heaven given to man, in whom, and through whom, I may receive health and salvation, but only the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen |
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