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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness Gal 5:22 |
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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 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. Sunday, May 18, 2025
Today's Passage : Today'sPassage:Meekness BibleVerse:Matthew 5:1-2, 5 "his is one of the most astonishing passages in the New Testament to me. Christ often told us that pride is a sin, and that we should try to be humble and ask for forgiveness when we do act pridefully. But here, he does not say that the humble will go to heaven; he says that the meek — the very humblest among us — will inherit the earth. Meekness is “enduring injury with patience and without resentment; submissiveness.” As a quality of character, seeking meekness is often exactly the opposite of what life teaches us. Great pride seems to be a prerequisite to earthly wealth and power, for the most part, while humility is something we characterize with weakness and poverty. So, should we seek humility in order to gain earthly benefits as well as the ultimate benefit of living to serve God? Jesus rides a donkey The King of Meekness riding a donkey. I don’t know. It may be that the huge egos we so often see among the rich, the famous, and the powerful, came after their earthly success and that their earlier lives were characterized by humility. “Pride goes before a fall” certainly seems to characterize a lot of situations. But we have also seen prideful people succeed at earthly enterprises. People read Machiavelli for a reason. It is a thorny issue for Christians. The answer I make to myself is: Don’t worry about it. Christ told us to live a life of humility simply out of love for him. If there is an earthly benefit, or not, is a secondary question. Anyone who preaches or believes any aspect of “prosperity theology”—the teaching that belief in Christ will make us rich—is worshipping Mammon, not Christ. The less we worry about the treasure we lay up on earth, and the more we worry about the treasure we lay up in heaven, the better off we will be in our spirit. We don’t need to worry about the meaning of this passage; whether it is meant literally or metaphorically, or exactly what will happen to the earth after our death, because we know that we strive for total humility to enrich our spirit anyway. What is crystal clear is simple: Christ exalts meekness. As for our earthly treasure, He tells us not to worry about tomorrow (e.g Matthew 6:25-34), and so we will do as he has told us. " Message:
If anyone wonders at the fame of Elijah, this great story goes a long way. He had brass. Not even Moses or Paul, stalwart as they were, walked alone into a pagan court, stood before a king sworn to kill him, and challenged his priests to a duel at sunrise. He was, as he said, the last prophet of God in Israel, for Jezebel had slaughtered them to a man.
And what a mouth he had on him! He taunts them. “Maybe Baal is daydreaming,” he shouts. “Or maybe he is using the bathroom!”
There just isn't much one can add to this priceless tale. Elijah was one of a kind.
Meditation : Prayer : Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. |
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