***Bible Verses of the Day****

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"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28)

"No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us." (1 John 4:12)

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For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord. Romans 14:8

Cast all your cares upon him; for he careth for you. 1 Peter 5:7

...and ye shall be sorrowful but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. John 16:20

In the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me. Psalm 86:7

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:14

No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him. 1 Corinthians 2:9

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Romans 12:2 (New Life Version Bible) Do not act like the sinful people of the world. Let God change your life. First of all, let Him give you a new mind. Then you will know what God wants you to do. And the things you do will be good and pleasing and perfect. --- Our entire life should be about pleasing Almighty God. The way we do that is by first renewing our mind and getting away from attitude and actions that the world offers. Let us all change our life for the better starting today.

Proverbs 3:5-7 (The Message Bible) Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; He's the one who will keep you on track. Don't assume that you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil! --- As you can see, this scripture says it all. Let us all do as it says.

Psalms 37:4 (Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.) --- We should find joy in serving Almighty God and obeying Him through what He says in His Word. Even though He will give us the desires of our heart if we obey Him, we should not serve Him for what we can get from Him but because we love Him

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What Hole Are You Stuck In?

This devotional was written by Robin Dugall

And he said, ‘then I beg you, Father, that you send him to my father’s house for I have five brothers – warn them, lest they also come to this place of torment.
— Luke 16:27-28 (NASB) We all fall in holes, don’t we? We’re walking our way through life and sooner or later, we find that we are at the bottom of some hole, looking up at the sky wondering how we got here. It is inevitable. Holes happen! You see, the issue with these types of situations in life is not that they happen, but what we do when they happen. I love the following poem. Read it and reflect on it for a few moments.

Autobiography in Five Short Chapters by Portia Nelson
(Printed in Healing the Child Within, Charles Whitfield)

Chapter I.
I walk down the street.
There's a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost...I am helpless;
it isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

Chapter II.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place;
but it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

Chapter III.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in....it's a habit.
My eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

Chapter IV.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

Chapter V.
I walk down a different street.

Pretty good image for the Christian experience, isn’t it? Wouldn’t it be great if we could all learn from the “holes” in life and NOT repeat the inevitable one-way ticket back to the bottom? Instead of blaming, instead of succumbing to habit, if we could trust the Lord to guide us to a new “walk” in life, our lives would be different.

Transformation occurs when we are committed to being formed into the likeness of Jesus. Learning to follow Jesus is about learning to walk down streets that are different. Today, choose to walk down a “different street.”

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Jeremiah 29:11

"For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." (NLT)

Psalm 27:4

One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. (NIV)

Psalm 34:8

Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. (NIV)

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. (NIV)

Proverbs 18:10

The name of the Lord is a strong fortress; the godly run to him and are safe. (NLT)

Edited March 15, 2009 by jego ryu

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Matthew 6 verses 25 to 34: 25 (New Living Translation) That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn't life more than food and your body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren't you far more valuable to him than they are? 27 Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? 28 And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don't work or make their clothing, 29 yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. 30 And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith? 31 So don't worry about these things, saying, 'What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?' 32 These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. 33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. 34 So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today.

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Do you seek, desire and pray for wisdom? Proverbs 2:9-11 (The New Living Translation) says: 9 "Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair, and you will find the right way to go. 10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will fill you with joy. 11 Wise planning will watch over you. Understanding will keep you safe." We should always ask God to help us when making decisions.

God wants us to be blessed and have abundance but it is something that is just not given to us without any effort on our part. Proverbs 10:4 (The New Living Translation) says: "Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich." As you can see it takes hard work. If we work hard and keep God First In Our Lives we will be able to achieve those riches.

We serve a Right Now God, but sometimes we get frustrated when we do not get the blessings that we think we deserve right now. Through our human nature, it is not easy to be patient, but we must. -- Galations 6:9 (NLT) says: So don't get tired of doing what is good. Don't get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time. -- Let us continue to know that we will receive God's blessings in due time.

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Psalm 34 verse 10: (New Living Translation) Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the Lord will lack no good thing.

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Proverbs 23 verses 4 to 6: (The Message) Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich; restrain yourself! Riches disappear in the blink of an eye; wealth sprouts wings and flies off into the wild blue yonder.

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Proverbs 10 verse 22: (The Message) God's blessing makes life rich; nothing we do can improve on God

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Hebrews 11:1

Faith is being sure of what we hope for and

certain of what we do not see.

2 Timothy 4:2

Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season;

correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.

Psalm 55:22

Cast your cares on the LORD

and he will sustain you;

he will never let the righteous fall.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit,

who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

2 Corinthians 4:18

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.

For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

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Romans 1:4-5

And Jesus Christ our Lord was shown to be the Son of God when God powerfully raised him from the dead by means of the Holy Spirit. Through Christ, God has given us the privilege and authority to tell Gentiles everywhere what God has done for them, so that they will believe and obey him, bringing glory to his name. (NLT)

Romans 6:8-11

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. (NIV)

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead... (NIV)

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1 Thessalonians 5:18

Give thanks in all circumstances,

for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Acts 1:7-8

It is not for you to know the times or dates the

Father has set by his own authority.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;

and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,

and to the ends of the earth.

Romans 12:2

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world,

but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good,

pleasing and perfect will.

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Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. (NIV)

Ephesians 5:33

However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. (NIV)

Colossians 3:14

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. (NIV)

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. (NIV)

1 John 3:16

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. (NIV)

1 John 3:18

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. (NIV)

1 John 4:8

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. (NIV)

1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. (NIV)

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A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. Ezekiel 36:26-27

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These are my favorites:

♥♥♥"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened" Mathew 7:7-8 ♥♥♥

♥♥♥ "Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me." Micah 7:7 ♥♥♥

♥♥♥ "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." Jeremiah 29:11 ♥♥♥

♥♥♥ "Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart" Psalms 37:4♥♥♥

Julie

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1Corinthians 5:7

Get rid of the old “yeast” by removing this wicked person from among you.

Then you will be like a fresh batch of dough made without yeast,

which is what you really are. Christ, our Passover Lamb,

has been sacrificed for us.

Psalm 9:9

The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,

a stronghold in times of trouble.

John 14:6

I am the way and the truth and the life.

No one comes to the Father except through me.

Revelation 3:20

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock.

If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,

I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Give thanks in all circumstances,

for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.