tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057Mon, 07 Oct 2024 06:30:54 +0000TemptationForgivenessGods ThoughtsHumilityObedienceOur RefugeWitnessingprayer and faithself denialHeb 4:12-13 For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Mark)Blogger276125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-5029343174636368652Mon, 30 May 2011 01:02:00 +00002011-05-29T18:02:59.256-07:00prayer and faith2 Sam 12:13-15 And Nathan said to David, "The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die. However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die." Then Nathan departed to his house. 2 Sam 12:15-17 And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it became ill. David http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2011/05/when-is-enough-enough.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-926785039892153760Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:07:00 +00002011-01-27T07:07:05.890-08:00Exodus 5:1-21 Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, "Thus says the Lord God of Israel: 'Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.'" And Pharaoh said, "Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go." So they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go three days' http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2011/01/on-our-way-to-victory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-6833749830417227062Sat, 01 Jan 2011 21:58:00 +00002011-01-01T13:58:01.977-08:00Gods ThoughtsIsa 55:8-9 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," says the Lord. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. NKJV Ps 92:5-6 O Lord, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep. A senseless man does not know, Nor does a fool understand this. NKJV The other day I began to thinkhttp://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2011/01/what-does-god-think-pt-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-4683626014240820Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:58:00 +00002010-08-03T06:58:32.187-07:00Our RefugeJohn 17:14-17 I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. NKJV I don't know about you but this brings me comfort and trouble at the same time. Jesus http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2010/08/protect-in-place.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-5248103812155996023Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:33:00 +00002010-07-31T21:33:44.240-07:00Matt 18:21-27  Then Peter came to Him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?"  Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.   Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.  And when he had begun to settle http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2010/07/forgive-us-father-for-we-have-sinned.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-8476146671558623559Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:43:00 +00002010-02-22T07:27:34.828-08:00ForgivenessMatt 5:38-48Go the Second Mile"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. Give to him who asks you, and fromhttp://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2010/02/to-love-or-not-to-loveshouldnt-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-1068055931506759729Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:16:00 +00002010-02-16T07:51:07.410-08:00Temptation1 Cor 10:6-13Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted. And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play." Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell; nor let us tempt Christ, as some of http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2010/02/take-heed-lest-you-fall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-7317310830652120321Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:48:00 +00002010-02-11T12:59:17.930-08:001 Tim 2:11-14A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.NIVI wont even try to make like I came up with this, but the question perplexed me enough to seek an answer so this ishttp://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2010/02/on-1-timothy-211-14-because-someone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-6806724393060372146Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:40:00 +00002010-01-07T06:42:30.014-08:00Genesis 18:1-5 (NLT) The Lord appeared again to Abraham while he was camped near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. One day about noon, as Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent, he suddenly noticed three men standing nearby. He got up and ran to meet them, welcoming them by bowing low to the ground. "My lord," he said, "if it pleases you, stop here for a while. Rest in the shade http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2010/01/hospitality.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-575170009501565022Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:23:00 +00002009-11-28T07:56:44.852-08:00Ezek 3:4-9 NKJV Then He said to me: "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel, not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you. But the house of http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2009/11/let-god-do-work.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-1879903433903797697Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:06:00 +00002009-10-28T06:13:01.353-07:00Matthew 5:43-48 (NLT) "You have heard that the law of Moses says, 'Love your neighbor' and hate your enemy. But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and on the unjust, too. If you love only those who love http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2009/10/on-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-8792923484231796642Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:36:00 +00002009-10-26T06:38:09.877-07:00Jeremiah 1:17-19 (NLT) "Get up and get dressed. Go out, and tell them whatever I tell you to say. Do not be afraid of them, or I will make you look foolish in front of them. For see, today I have made you immune to their attacks. You are strong like a fortified city that cannot be captured, like an iron pillar or a bronze wall. None of the kings, officials, priests, or people of Judah will http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2009/10/nothing-can-stop-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-7688458089005471186Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:42:00 +00002009-10-21T05:44:46.154-07:00Isaiah 66:2-4 (NLT) My hands have made both heaven and earth, and they are mine. I, the Lord, have spoken! "I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts, who tremble at my word. But those who choose their own ways, delighting in their sins, are cursed. Their offerings will not be accepted. When such people sacrifice an ox, it is no more acceptable than a human sacrifice. When http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2009/10/choose-right.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-860279430985915536Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:31:00 +00002009-10-14T06:40:50.346-07:00Isa 43:10-13 "But you are my witnesses, O Israel!" says the Lord."You are my servant.You have been chosen to know me, believe in me,and understand that I alone am God.There is no other God—there never has been, and there never will be. I, yes I, am the Lord,and there is no other Savior. First I predicted your rescue,then I saved you and proclaimed it to the world.No foreign god has ever done http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-do-others-see-in-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-8024426096892581647Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:50:00 +00002009-10-12T06:14:58.408-07:00Isaiah 35:3-7 (NLT) With this news, strengthen those who have tired hands, and encourage those who have weak knees. Say to those who are afraid, "Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies. He is coming to save you." And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unstop the ears of the deaf. The lame will leap like a deer, and those who cannot http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2009/10/greater-hope.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-6619937167968970756Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:16:00 +00002009-10-08T06:22:08.216-07:00Isaiah 29:15-16 (NLT) Destruction is certain for those who try to hide their plans from the Lord, who try to keep him in the dark concerning what they do! "The Lord can't see us," you say to yourselves. "He doesn't know what is going on!" How stupid can you be? He is the Potter, and he is certainly greater than you. You are only the jars he makes! Should the thing that was created say to http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2009/10/who-are-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-4895388606278780505Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:09:00 +00002009-10-07T06:13:54.641-07:001 Peter 2:7-9 (NLT) Yes, he is very precious to you who believe. But for those who reject him, "The stone that was rejected by the builders has now become the cornerstone." And the Scriptures also say, "He is the stone that makes people stumble, the rock that will make them fall."They stumble because they do not listen to God's word or obey it, and so they http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2009/10/ultimate-foundation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-5686131258903140392Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:58:00 +00002009-10-06T06:13:54.181-07:001 Cor. 15:51-55 (NLT) But let me tell you a wonderful secret God has revealed to us. Not all of us will die, but we will all be transformed. It will happen in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, the Christians who have died will be raised with transformed bodies. And then we who are living will be transformed so that we will neverhttp://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2009/10/hope-beyond-grave.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-1704706576241317863Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:01:00 +00002009-10-05T06:03:03.701-07:00Isaiah 22:5-14 (NLT) Oh, what a day of crushing trouble! What a day of confusion and terror the Lord, the Lord Almighty, has brought upon the Valley of Vision! The walls of Jerusalem have been broken, and cries of death echo from the mountainsides. Elamites are the archers; Arameans drive the chariots. The men of Kir hold up the shields. They fill your beautiful valleys and crowd against http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2009/10/where-is-your-hope.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-2999355841492150672Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:43:00 +00002009-10-01T07:01:05.875-07:00Isa 8:12-15 "Don't call everything a conspiracy, like they do,and don't live in dread of what frightens them. Make the Lord of Heaven's Armies holy in your life.He is the one you should fear.He is the one who should make you tremble. He will keep you safe.But to Israel and Judahhe will be a stone that makes people stumble,a rock that makes them fall.And for the people of Jerusalemhe will be a http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2009/10/fear-god.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-7116888056470062199Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:34:00 +00002009-09-28T06:35:52.075-07:00Hosea 14:3-8 (NLT) Assyria cannot save us, nor can our strength in battle. Never again will we call the idols we have made 'our gods.' No, in you alone do the orphans find mercy." The Lord says, "Then I will heal you of your idolatry and faithlessness, and my love will know no bounds, for my anger will be gone forever! I will be to Israel like a refreshing dew from heaven. It will http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2009/09/gods-compassion-never-fails.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-1511683753731537891Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:17:00 +00002009-09-21T06:18:57.260-07:00Jonah 1:1-17 (NLT) The Lord gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai: "Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh! Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are." But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction in order to get away from the Lord. He went down to the seacoast, to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2009/09/story-inside-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-8103341498846639217Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:38:00 +00002009-09-15T09:39:39.588-07:00Proverbs 20:25 (NLT) It is dangerous to make a rash promise to God before counting the cost. Eccles. 5:4-5 (NLT) So when you make a promise to God, don't delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to him. It is better to say nothing than to promise something that you don't follow through on. Matthew 5:33 (NLT) "Again, you have http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-promise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-6400513372559218548Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:06:00 +00002009-09-14T07:07:50.120-07:00Eccles. 3:11 (NLT) God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God's work from beginning to end. God has “set eternity in the hearts of men.” This means that we can never be completely satisfied with earthly pleasures and pursuits. Because we are created in God’s image, (1) we have a http://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2009/09/what-satisfies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491199672497945057.post-4402991203417522986Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:32:00 +00002009-09-12T06:33:19.652-07:00Romans 11:34-36 (NLT) For who can know what the Lord is thinking? Who knows enough to be his counselor? And who could ever give him so much that he would have to pay it back? For everything comes from him; everything exists by his power and is intended for his glory. To him be glory evermore. Amen. The implication of these questions is that no one has fully understood the mind of the Lordhttp://mark-dailyword.blogspot.com/2009/09/whats-on-his-mind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark)0