tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62023233524653822812024-03-05T17:59:20.993-05:00WOW--Writing On the WordPractical Insights from the Bible written by a variety of Christian writersGail Burton Purathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971561153013889672noreply@blogger.comBlogger29813tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202323352465382281.post-33195461254156263412016-02-20T01:00:00.000-05:002016-02-20T14:59:29.137-05:00Good Advice From Psalm 119:9-16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">"God has called us to live holy lives, not impure lives"<span style="font-size: small;">(1)</span> and <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+119%3A9-16&version=NIV" target="_blank">Psalm 119: 9-16</a> gives us nine "spiritual disciplines" for achieving that goal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Live according to God's Word.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Seek God wholeheartedly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Keep the faith (don't stray).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. Hide God's Word in our hearts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. Ask God to teach us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">6. Speak God's Word often.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">7. Delight in obedience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">8. Learn God's Ways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">9. Never neglect God's Word.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes we mistakenly think that God's grace exempts us from hard work. Not true.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We aren't saved by works, but we are saved so that we will do good works prepared in advance for us (<a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/2-10.htm" target="_blank">Ephesians 2:10</a>), and we can't do these works if we aren't seeking to live pure lives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To do a short Bible study on this devotion check out this <a href="http://bitesizebiblestudy.blogspot.com/2016/01/how-can-we-live-pure-lives.html" target="_blank">Bite Size Bible Study</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>To read 1-minute devotion on each of these 9 Disciplines:</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Discipline 1: <a href="http://biblelovenotes.blogspot.com/2016/01/according-to-gods-word.html" target="_blank">Living According to God's Word</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Discipline 2: <a href="http://biblelovenotes.blogspot.com/2016/01/seek-god-wholeheartedly.html" target="_blank">Seeking God Wholeheartedly</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Discipline 3: <a href="http://biblelovenotes.blogspot.com/2016/01/keep-faith.html" target="_blank">Keeping the Faith</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Discipline 4: <a href="http://biblelovenotes.blogspot.com/2016/01/hiding-gods-word.html" target="_blank">Hiding God's Word</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Discipline 5: <a href="http://biblelovenotes.blogspot.com/2016/02/being-gods-student.html" target="_blank">Being God's Student</a> & <a href="http://bitesizebiblestudy.blogspot.com/2016/01/make-god-your-teacher.html" target="_blank">Bible Study</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Discipline 6: <a href="http://biblelovenotes.blogspot.com/2016/02/speak-his-words.html" target="_blank">Speaking God's Word</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Discipline 7: <a href="http://biblelovenotes.blogspot.com/2016/02/enjoying-obedience.html" target="_blank">Enjoying Obedience</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Discipline 8: <a href="http://biblelovenotes.blogspot.com/2016/02/consider-gods-ways.html" target="_blank">Considering God's Ways</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Discipline 9: <a href="http://biblelovenotes.blogspot.com/2016/02/never-neglect-gods-word.html" target="_blank">Never, Never Neglecting God's Word</a></span><br />
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Gail @ http://biblelovenotes.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17462629145629813283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202323352465382281.post-50021633254708133072015-07-19T05:00:00.000-04:002015-07-19T05:00:01.320-04:00God at a Distance - Martin Wiles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Telephones have changed drastically during my lifetime. The first phone I remember was solid black with only a receiver and perched on my grandmother’s buffet in her dining room. To make a call, I picked up the receiver and, if no one was talking, waited for the operator’s assistance. This was called a party line. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The next phone looked similar but had a dial so I could place my call without the operator’s help. Then the push button phone arrived. The cordless phone followed. Now I wasn’t bound by a cord and could move about while talking. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Finally, cellular phones revolutionized communication. I could talk while traveling. Presently, I can carry my phone (computer) with me anywhere I go. Distance is no longer an issue.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While distance was once a problem when placing calls, it never has been for God. This Roman officer knew this long before the idea of communicating by phone ever entered an inventor’s mind. His servant was paralyzed and needed healing. He approached Jesus who offered to come to his house and heal the servant. The officer suggested Jesus do it long distance. Jesus was amazed at his faith. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes I forget distance isn’t a problem for God. I imagine when praying that my prayers drift up to heaven and then vie for God’s attention—among the millions of others being offered at the exact moment. Then God has to schedule when he’ll take care of mine. And I wait.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To begin with, God is Spirit and omnipresent. He’s not bound by time and is everywhere at the same time. He can hear my prayers and millions more at the exact time and in the same moment. He isn’t confined by chronos time but operates in kairos time. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While God can answer my prayer from a distance, from his perspective distance is never what I perceive it to be. He is as close as the breath I breathe to utter my request.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">God is never too busy or far away to answer your prayers and supplications. Go to him often, believing he will answer any prayer made in faith.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Prayer: Father, we thank You for being as close as the air we breathe and for Your willingness to answer our prayers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiVRAho7p_jodR6wg1_aDQCekmufQ97gDl1dh3moaZdmyKO7LjOOK2nVCHjh-oG_IsJjlUUkv7ILh1H_xMPlyRZ7G1EO-PUca30SsL5iFEAC7FA4HYZALIW_HJBHl2o0Z8cyQ1gjM8lo/s1600/gritsgracegod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #fefdfa; clear: left; color: #7d181e; float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiVRAho7p_jodR6wg1_aDQCekmufQ97gDl1dh3moaZdmyKO7LjOOK2nVCHjh-oG_IsJjlUUkv7ILh1H_xMPlyRZ7G1EO-PUca30SsL5iFEAC7FA4HYZALIW_HJBHl2o0Z8cyQ1gjM8lo/s200/gritsgracegod.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="120" /></a><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Martin Wiles is a minister, author, and freelance editor currently living in Greenwood, South Carolina. He and his wife Michelle are founders of <a href="http://www.lovelinesfromgod.com/">Love Lines From God</a>, a devotional ministry helping those who want to enhance their spiritual journey with Christ. His latest book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grits-Grace-God-Heaven-Southern/dp/1938499697">Grits & Grace & God</a>, is available at Amazon. Or sign up for his daily email devotions by visiting his website. </span></span></i>Martin Wileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10701425106598292224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202323352465382281.post-52811321808724729132015-07-05T05:00:00.000-04:002015-07-05T05:00:01.317-04:00The Secret Place - Martin Wiles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>As my glorious presence passes by, I will hide you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. </i><b>Exodus 33:22 NLT</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He was a master at making and discovering secret places. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My maternal grandparents lived in an old farmhouse. My first cousin and his family lived a stone’s throw away. When I spent time visiting my cousin, we normally spent most of our time at our grandparent’s house. During one of my visits, he showed me his most recent discovery. Just above the small closet door in the kitchen was a hidden door. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What greeted us when we opened it was a spiral staircase. Naturally, we wanted to explore. Up we went into a dusty cavern. My hopes for discovering hidden treasure were dashed. Rolls and rolls of player piano music was all we mined. No doubt once used on my grandmother’s old player piano that had been converted to a playable piano. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wonder now what this secret room was used for. A storage room. The room an unruly child was confined to. An extra bedroom. Maybe even a secret place to hide runaway slaves. Though we didn’t know the purpose, we had uncovered yet another secret place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Moses was sometimes overwhelmed by his God-given task of leading millions of people across a wilderness to their Promised Land. He wanted assurance of God’s guidance. On this occasion, he asked to see God’s presence as proof. Though God didn’t allow him to see his face, he did place Moses in a secret place—the cleft of a rock, as he passed by. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Every believer needs their secret place. I have mine, and it’s not always the same place. It’s the place I go where God and I can be alone. A quiet place where I can hear God speak to me by his Spirit. A recliner in the early morning hours, a bench in a park, the bank of a pond, the top of a mountain peak, or a chair in the backyard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The spot I choose isn’t as important as my frame of mind when I go there and my purpose for being there. Secret places are for seeking God’s face and his plan and for renewing my resolve to serve him and others faithfully. Secret places are essential for good spiritual healthy and should be visited often. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Find your secret place, and go there regularly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Prayer: Father, show us Your presence in a fresh way when we meet with You in our secret places. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiVRAho7p_jodR6wg1_aDQCekmufQ97gDl1dh3moaZdmyKO7LjOOK2nVCHjh-oG_IsJjlUUkv7ILh1H_xMPlyRZ7G1EO-PUca30SsL5iFEAC7FA4HYZALIW_HJBHl2o0Z8cyQ1gjM8lo/s1600/gritsgracegod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #fefdfa; clear: left; color: #7d181e; float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiVRAho7p_jodR6wg1_aDQCekmufQ97gDl1dh3moaZdmyKO7LjOOK2nVCHjh-oG_IsJjlUUkv7ILh1H_xMPlyRZ7G1EO-PUca30SsL5iFEAC7FA4HYZALIW_HJBHl2o0Z8cyQ1gjM8lo/s200/gritsgracegod.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="120" /></a><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Martin Wiles is a minister, author, and freelance editor currently living in Greenwood, South Carolina. He and his wife Michelle are founders of <a href="http://www.lovelinesfromgod.com/">Love Lines From God</a>, a devotional ministry helping those who want to enhance their spiritual journey with Christ. His latest book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grits-Grace-God-Heaven-Southern/dp/1938499697">Grits & Grace & God</a>, is available at Amazon. Or sign up for his daily email devotions by visiting his website. </span></span></i>Martin Wileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10701425106598292224noreply@blogger.com0