Month: <span>August 2012</span>

Published August 14, 2012

Unfolding Your Words

by Phil Ware

“The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.” Psalm 119:130

Thoughts on today’s verse

Sometimes the right path is not so difficult to find, we just need to know where to begin our search — the reading of God’s words. The right way is very seldom just the property of the bright, wise, and scholarly. It is very clear if we will but look for it!

Prayer:

Holy Father, thank you for making your will known through your words in Scripture. Bless me today as I open your word. May I find not only the answer to my questions, but may I find you and your precious will. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.

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Published August 13, 2012

The Soul Killer

by Max Lucado

“The payment of sin is death.”  Romans 6:23 (NCV)

Sin does to a life what shears do to a flower.  A cut at the stem separates a flower from the source of life.  Initially the flower is attractive, still colorful and strong. But watch that flower over a period of time, and the leaves will wilt and the petals will drop.  No matter what you do, the flower will never live again.  Surround it with water. Stick the stem in soil. Baptize it with fertilizer. Glue the flower back on the stem. Do what you wish.  The flower is dead….

A dead soul has no life.

Cut off from God, the soul withers and dies.  The consequence of sin is not a bad day or a bad mood but a dead soul.  The sign of a dead soul is clear: poisoned lips and cursing mouths, feet that lead to violence and eyes that don’t see God…

The finished work of sin is to kill the soul…..

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Max Lucado
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