The Wisdom Of Solomon

Proverbs 12:25-26(KJV): 25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. 26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

Thoughts for the Day In the book of Proverbs these scriptures show us how goodness affects others in a positive way. Wickedness always leads to destruction, while righteousness edifies and builds up. Verse 25 gives us instruction on how to help someone who is depressed by giving them an encouraging word. Many people today are "stooped down" with the weight of the world on them. As Christians, we should not be numbered in that lot. We should ask God daily to fill us with His love and joy so that we rise above whatever pressures we feel from our circumstances. We can always give others a lift if we are walking in the spirit, as we will have the Lord's love and strength. Just smiling at people and giving them a kind word can make a difference in someone's life. I recall an incidence when I was checking out in a grocery store line, and I simply thanked the clerk and said, "God bless you and have a good day." Tears came to her eyes and she replied, "Thank you so much, that is the nicest thing that anybody has said to me all day." We may never know how a simple and loving word makes someone glad, just as this scripture says. Verse 26 tells us that the consistently righteous man will live his life in such a way that he will be a good example to his neighbor, and by his actions he will be able to guide his neighbor. On the other hand, the wicked man through his evil actions of seduction will cause others to go astray. Some neighborhoods will have one family that causes trouble for the rest of the people that live there. Many times they are trouble makers and try to stir up strife between the other neighbors over something they do not like. We must pray for these kind of people and reach out and try to overcome evil with good. We can have a positive influence with Christ's help in our neighborhoods that can change the whole atmosphere of our community. As Christians, we should not shirk our civil duties. Some Christians seem to think that we should not be a part of the world, so they never become involved in any political or civic activities. If every Christian followed this reasoning it would leave the government and administrative jobs open for only sinners and immoral people to rule in our governments. This is not what the Lord meant when he told us to separate ourselves from the world. Scripture is telling us that we are to separate from our worldly and unclean ways and that we are not to do the sinful things that those in this world practice. 2 Corinthians 6:17-18: "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." We are called to be "salt" and "light" in the world. Salt causes food to taste better. It is also used as a preservative. When mixed with water it is a saline solution used for cleansing purposes. Salt also causes us to thirst so that we drink more water. It is essential to the human body (in the correct amount). You can see the analogy here. True Christians will cause this world to have a better taste. Our Christian presence preserves this world and keeps it from completely rotting. Our prayers are like water bringing cleansing to needed areas. A true Christian witness will cause those who do not know Christ to become thirsty and want to know more about our Lord. As Christians, we must share the words of the Bible as they are essential for this world to continue. Without the Word of God and His presence this world would be a total hell. Matthew 5:13-16: 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. We do not want to be the kind of salt that is no longer salty, as that kind of Christian witness is worthless. We are called to be the light in this dark world. If we are like the city on the hill, our witness cannot be hidden. The Bible says, "...if I (Jesus) be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me." If we lift up Jesus, people will be drawn unto Him. Our light shines by the good deeds that we do. We must not be Christians who just "talk the talk" but rather we must "walk the walk." This is how we shall bring glory to our Father in heaven. John 12:32-36: 32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. 33 This he said, signifying what death he should die. 34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? 35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.

Prayer for the Day Dear Heavenly Father, I do appreciate You, and I want my life to glorify you. Fill me today with Your Holy Spirit so that I might bring encouraging words to others. Father, I have been down at times in my life and I am so grateful for my brothers and sisters in the Lord who came to me with faith and encouragement. They lifted me up, and today I want to lift them up. You know each of them and exactly what they are going through at this time. Bless them and encourage them and meet their needs even as You used them to meet my needs in the trying times of my life. May we all be good witnesses for You and never lose our saltiness. Lord, shine on us that we may reflect Your glory. I ask this in the precious name of Jesus. Amen.

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1O GOD of my praise! Keep not silence,

2For the mouths of the wicked and the mouth of deceit are opened against me; they have spoken to me and against me with lying tongues.

3They have compassed me about also with words of hatred and have fought against me without a cause.

4In return for my love they are my adversaries, but I resort to prayer.

5And they have rewarded and laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6Set a wicked man over him [as a judge], and let [a malicious] accuser stand at his right hand.

7When [the wicked] is judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer [for leniency] be turned into a sin.

8Let his days be few; and let another take his office and charge.

9Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

10Let his children be continual vagabonds [as was Cain] and beg; let them seek their bread and be driven far from their ruined homes.

11Let the creditor and extortioner seize all that he has; and let strangers (barbarians and foreigners) plunder the fruits of his labor.

12Let there be none to extend or continue mercy and kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

13Let his posterity be cut off, and in the generation following let their names be blotted out.

14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

15Let them be before the Lord continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth!--

16Because the man did not [earnestly] remember to show mercy, but pursued and persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart [he was ready] to slay.

17Yes, he loved cursing, and it came [back] upon him; he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.

18He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, and it seeped into his inward [life] like water, and like oil into his bones.

19Let it be to him as the raiment with which he covers himself and as the girdle with which he is girded continually.

20Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the Lord, and of those who speak evil against my life.

21But You deal with me and act for me, O God the Lord, for Your name's sake; because Your mercy and loving-kindness are good, O deliver me.

22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded and stricken within me.

23I am gone like the shadow when it lengthens and declines; I toss up and down and am shaken off as the locust.

24My knees are weak and totter from fasting; and my body is gaunt and has no fatness.

25I have become also a reproach and a taunt to others; when they see me, they shake their heads.

26Help me, O Lord my God; O save me according to Your mercy and loving-kindness!--

27That they may know that this is Your hand, that You, Lord, have done it.

28Let them curse, but do You bless. When adversaries arise, let them be put to shame, but let Your servant rejoice.

29Let my adversaries be clothed with shame and dishonor, and let them cover themselves with their own disgrace and confusion as with a robe.

30I will give great praise and thanks to the Lord with my mouth; yes, and I will praise Him among the multitude.

31For He will stand at the right hand of the poor and needy, to save him from those who condemn his life.

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The Big Picture:

DAVID COMPLAINS OF HIS ENEMIES. 109:1-5

It is the unspeakable comfort of all believers, that whoever is against them, God is for them; and to him they may apply as to one pleased to concern himself for them. David's enemies laughed at him for his devotion, but they could not laugh him out of it. David's enemies laughed at him for his devotion, but they could not laugh him out of it.

HE PROPHESIES THEIR DESTRUCTION. 109:6-20

The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of his enemies, to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even their prayers are numbered among their sins. See what hurries some to shameful deaths, and brings the families and estates of others to ruin; makes them and theirs despicable and hateful, and brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, that mischievous, destructive thing. And what will be the effect of the sentence, "Go, ye cursed," upon the bodies and souls of the wicked! How it will affect the senses of the body, and the powers of the soul, with pain, anguish, horror, and despair! Think on these things, sinners, tremble and repent.

PRAYERS AND PRAISES. 109:21-31

The psalmist takes God's comforts to himself, but in a very humble manner. He was troubled in mind. His body was wasted, and almost worn away. But it is better to have leanness in the body, while the soul prospers and is in health, than to have leanness in the soul, while the body is feasted. He was ridiculed and reproached by his enemies. But if God bless us, we need not care who curses us; for how can they curse whom God has not cursed; nay, whom he has blessed? He pleads God's glory, and the honour of his name. Save me, not according to my merit, for I pretend to none, but according to thy-mercy. He concludes with the joy of faith, in assurance that his present conflicts would end in triumphs. Let all that suffer according to the will of God, commit the keeping of their souls to him. Jesus, unjustly put to death, and now risen again, is an Advocate and Intercessor for his people, ever ready to appear on their behalf against a corrupt world, and the great accuser.

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The Bottomline: We all know what it is like to be condemned by others = sometimes unjustly. Sometimes we are attcked by all of those very painful memories of the abuse that we had suffered by the hands of others. It is then we need to turn to God for our relief He will fill our hearts with His love and help us to forgive those who speak hateful words against us. We can rest in him and do our best to love those whom hurt us. It takes great humility to entrust our lives to God. One of the most difficult parts as children of God is to fully admit our own helplesness if we truly to be overcomers in one's own personal dependancy alone. We have discovered what happens to us by doing things on our own way. We become enslaved to our own desire and appetites. Dependeance on God and His program, is the only road to freedom. We alway's need to remember, however, that alhough God calls us to be childlike in our spirit, he does Not want us to be childish in one's behavior. We need to know or realize that we ought to have a deep pentrating devotion unto God to bring us through everything in our lives in the intimacy to see us through it in our life with integrityin one's covenant unto God. For our God is unshakable in our foundation simply states that Our Gos is the author both of this world and His Word as do stand accountable unto the Lord in our very lives that Never changes.His Holy Spirit is what keeps everyone in check in what we do or do not do in our life. We have an appreciation of the Lord in all things with peace and joy unto Him as we walk it with the Lord and then unto others to help them find the true way of life.

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Morning & Evening Devotionals

Morning Verse

"The love of Christ which passeth knowledge." Ephesians 3:19

The love of Christ in its sweetness, its fulness, its greatness, its faithfulness, passeth all human comprehension. Where shall language be found which shall describe His matchless, His unparalleled love towards the children of men? It is so vast and boundless that, as the swallow but skimmeth the water, and diveth not into its depths, so all descriptive words but touch the surface, while depths immeasurable lie beneath. Well might the poet say,

"O love, thou fathomless abyss!"

for this love of Christ is indeed measureless and fathomless; none can attain unto it. Before we can have any right idea of the love of Jesus, we must understand His previous glory in its height of majesty, and His incarnation upon the earth in all its depths of shame. But who can tell us the majesty of Christ? When He was enthroned in the highest heavens He was very God of very God; by Him were the heavens made, and all the hosts thereof. His own almighty arm upheld the spheres; the praises of cherubim and seraphim perpetually surrounded Him; the full chorus of the hallelujahs of the universe unceasingly flowed to the foot of his throne: He reigned supreme above all His creatures, God over all, blessed for ever. Who can tell His height of glory then? And who, on the other hand, can tell how low He descended? To be a man was something, to be a man of sorrows was far more; to bleed, and die, and suffer, these were much for Him who was the Son of God; but to suffer such unparalleled agony--to endure a death of shame and desertion by His Father, this is a depth of condescending love which the most inspired mind must utterly fail to fathom. Herein is love! and truly it is love that "passeth knowledge." O let this love fill our hearts with adoring gratitude, and lead us to practical manifestations of its power.

Evening Verse

"I will accept you with your sweet savour." Ezekiel 20:41

The merits of our great Redeemer are as sweet savour to the Most High. Whether we speak of the active or passive righteousness of Christ, there is an equal fragrance. There was a sweet savour in His active life by which He honoured the law of God, and made every precept to glitter like a precious jewel in the pure setting of His own person. Such, too, was His passive obedience, when He endured with unmurmuring submission, hunger and thirst, cold and nakedness, and at length sweat great drops of blood in Gethsemane, gave His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that plucked out the hair, and was fastened to the cruel wood, that He might suffer the wrath of God in our behalf. These two things are sweet before the Most High; and for the sake of His doing and His dying, His substitutionary sufferings and His vicarious obedience, the Lord our God accepts us. What a preciousness must there be in Him to overcome our want of preciousness! What a sweet savour to put away our ill savour! What a cleansing power in His blood to take away sin such as ours! and what glory in His righteousness to make such unacceptable creatures to be accepted in the Beloved! Mark, believer, how sure and unchanging must be our acceptance, since it is in Him! Take care that you never doubt your acceptance in Jesus. You cannot be accepted without Christ; but, when you have received His merit, you cannot be unaccepted. Notwithstanding all your doubts, and fears, and sins, Jehovah's gracious eye never looks upon you in anger; though He sees sin in you, in yourself, yet when He looks at you through Christ, He sees no sin. You are always accepted in Christ, are always blessed and dear to the Father's heart. Therefore lift up a song, and as you see the smoking incense of the merit of the Saviour coming up, this evening, before the sapphire throne, let the incense of your praise go up also.

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The Big Picture and the Bottomline:

HE PRAYS FOR THE EPHESIANS. 3:13-19

The apostle seems to be more anxious lest the believers should be discouraged and faint upon his tribulations, than for what he himself had to bear. He asks for spiritual blessings, which are the best blessings. Strength from the Spirit of God in the inner man; strength in the soul; the strength of faith, to serve God, and to do our duty. If the law of Christ is written in our hearts, and the love of Christ is shed abroad there, then Christ dwells there. Where his Spirit dwells, there he dwells. We should desire that good affections may be fixed in us. And how desirable to have a fixed sense of the love of God in Christ to our souls! How powerfully the apostle speaks of the love of Christ! The breadth shows its extent to all nations and ranks; the length, that it continues from everlasting to everlasting; the depth, its saving those who are sunk into the depths of sin and misery; the height, its raising them up to heavenly happiness and glory. Those who receive grace for grace from Christ's fulness, may be said to be filled with the fulness of God. Should not this satisfy man? Must he needs fill himself with a thousand trifles, fancying thereby to complete his happiness?

GOD PROMISES TO PARDON AND RESTORE THEM. 20:33-44

The wicked Israelites, notwithstanding they follow the sinful ways of other nations, shall not mingle with them in their prosperity, but shall be separated from them for destruction. There is no shaking off God's dominion; and those who will not yield to the power of his grace, shall sink under the power of his wrath. But not one of God's jewels shall be lost in the lumber of this world. He will bring the jews to the land of Israel again; and will give them true repentance. They will be overcome with his kindness: the more we know of God's holiness, the more we see the hateful nature of sin. Those who remain unaffected amidst means of grace, and would live without Christ, like the world around them, may be sure it is the way to destruction.

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The Bottomline: God fully accepts us through one's "faith" It just "don't" matter race we are or our own individual reputations we might have in our lives, or what positions we hold in our life in the society, or superiority whether it be at work or on our jobs, titles, or shepard of any head of any church, in any kind of relationship we think we may have in Jesus Christ in knowing the divided Holy Scriptures it just has "No" bearing on God's forgivness often times enough we have to either get some encouragement or get that encouragement for God in His word in one's own personal study time and being prayfully as we do it. God will forgives us either in the things we've done or forgot to do. Something at one time had literally destroyed our reputation that we had commanded not only in our own life but other's that had been in and around our life as well. It's all a matter of "trust" in having the forgivness that had taken us "hostage"in being confident and being grounded by the word of God in knowing he will accept us just as we are at that moment. But it just don't matter to Jesus Christ in all of those things at all! All that matters to Him is that He loved us enough for what He did in our place on that wonderful " Cross of Calvery" to become whole and which it brings total freedom in our lives. He has an unique "Purpose" for our very own life to fulfill in us to bring all other's to come to know Him in a very deep personal realtionship. As we have such a dymanic unlimited love in Jesus Christ in being anchored and firmly rooted in God's soil. We move effectively in the Lord in being confident in Him that Jesus Christ is able to do far more than we could ever imagine through us by the Holy Spirit as He take us through all things in our life.He gives us His truths through the Bible as He speaks unto us in our study time daily as we search and pray daily, going to our home churches as He shows us through our "Shepard" guiding our lives on a weekly basis, Bible study time in our church as well. God gives and bring that wonderful "restoration" that overflows our lives that's beyond words. Only the Holy Spirit know such truths that comes forth as we utter things unto Him that helps us move in Him in our life. We alway's rememer to " Do" it God's way as He leads un to many victories in our future in one day heading home in the "New Jerusalem" as our home of Glory.

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