Comments on June 15th readingsTypePad2005-06-15T06:01:00ZOne Year Biblehttps://www.oneyearbibleblog.com/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://www.oneyearbibleblog.com/2005/06/june_15th_readi/comments/atom.xml/Ramona commented on 'June 15th readings'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c5ebf53ef00d83453e70153ef2005-06-16T01:16:05Z2007-08-17T11:01:38ZRamonaI Kings 14-15:24 I’m always amazed by how stubborn we humans are. How can Jeroboam experience the Word of God,...<p>I Kings 14-15:24</p>
<p>I’m always amazed by how stubborn we humans are. How can Jeroboam experience the Word of God, see it come to pass and totally turn his back on God? In making that statement I realize there is “Nothing new under the Sun,” and we continue to repeat the pattern of Jeroboam’s rebellion. And what about Jeroboam’s wife? The word to her was, "Go on home, and when you enter the city, the child will die….” I don’t know if I would have went home. Maybe I am just grasping at straws, but given a choice between the life of my son or going back to the palace, I hope I would choose the life of my son and run away from home.. And you would think that a lot of repenting would be going on but there wasn’t. Hindsight is 20/20 and being distant from any given time, culture and place one can say, “Well I wouldn’t have done that!” But truth be known I would more than likely be repeating the sins of those who went before me.</p>
<p>God states in Jeremiah 17<br />
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9"The heart is deceitful above all things, <br />
And desperately wicked; <br />
Who can know it?</p>
<p>Even under Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, Judah becomes wild and crazy. What keeps her from becoming destroyed as another descendent takes over is God’s Word to David. How many of us are and were spared from judgment because of God’s Word to our forefathers and mothers who were faithful to Him and walked in His ways. And while we are going our merry way doing all kinds of things thinking we are, “All That and a Bag of Chips,” it is someone else’s’ relationship with God that is keeping us from being totally destroyed. For me that is a sobering thought.</p>
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Acts 10:1-29<br />
There is a Big Lesson in this story for me that I have never seen before. When God gives you a Word that he is about to bring something or someone into my life, don’t assume that every Tom, Dick and Harry might be the person fulfilling that Word. If someone walks into my life looking for me, I need to ask, “Why have you come?” If their answer doesn’t match up with what God has revealed to me, they ain’t the one.</p>
<p>If I had seen that in this text before, I would have saved myself a lot of agony and angst. Both Cornelius and Peter were given Words from God one by an angel the other through a vision, and both messages complimented and supported each other. </p>
<p>Psalm 133:1-3<br />
I’m glad the NLT uses the word “Harmony” to describe how we should live. Harmony, musically, doesn’t mean that everyone is on the same note and playing at the same time, There are different types of Harmonies. Yet each type brings about a different mood, a different purpose using varying cords. Each instrument or voice may play or sing at the same time or they may not. Everything depends on the score the composer has set. God is the great composer and we must keep our eyes not only on the sheet music before us but we must keep our eyes on the Great Conductor to accomplish the Harmony He has planned and set for our lives. </p>
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Proverbs 17:7-8</p>
<p>Mike, I wish I had thought of this but I didn’t; however, I use it a lot,</p>
<p>Half the truth = A whole lie.</p>
<p>Exaggeration is lying. There is element of truth within a lie but we add on to it calling it exaggeration to try to clean it up, but it is still is a lie. The Devil doesn’t trick us with out and out lies, he uses a lot of truth with a little bit of lie. It’s the same way poison is used. It is very difficult to kill someone (not that I’m going to do it) with straight poison. To do the deed you use a scrumptious meal sprinkled with a little bit of poison over an extended period. </p>
<p>We have a problem with dealing with the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth because we walk in fear of others, fear of who we think we really are as opposed to what we want to be. We lie to look good because we think we are not.</p>
<p>Grace and peace,<br />
Ramona</p>sandi commented on 'June 15th readings'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c5ebf53ef00d83453c8aa53ef2005-06-15T16:11:20Z2007-08-17T10:55:08Zsandihttp://www.oneyearbibleblog.com/The scriptures were very convicting. I am guilty of exaggerating and worse! And I wonder what my idols are? What...<p>The scriptures were very convicting. I am guilty of exaggerating and worse! And I wonder what my idols are? What do I put in front of my wholehearted love of God? Family? Friends? Work? Instant Gratification? Entertainment? Shopping? I wonder. </p>Kurt commented on 'June 15th readings'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c5ebf53ef00d83488ec2f69e22005-06-15T11:46:59Z2007-08-17T10:52:11ZKurtI love it when you're reading through scripture and something just kind of catches you off guard. I Kings 15:23-24...<p>I love it when you're reading through scripture and something just kind of catches you off guard. I Kings 15:23-24 did just that for me. Here we have read about various kings and their reigns. Then it talks about Asa, says that these things are recorded in another book, then just after that it says "In his old age his feet became diseased." Then it moves on. </p>