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2 Timothy 2:14-26

by Daily Scriptures on October 31, 2012 at 12:43 pm
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Dealing With False Teachers

14 Keep reminding God’s people of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. 16 Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. 17 Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 who have departed from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some. 19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.”

20 In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use. 21 Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.

22 Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 23 Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. 24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. 25 Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

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Romans 13:8-10

by Daily Scriptures on October 18, 2012 at 9:12 am
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Love Fulfills the Law

8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. 9 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,”[a] and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[b] 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Footnotes:
a.Romans 13:9 Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deut. 5:17-19,21
b.Romans 13:9 Lev. 19:18

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Colossians 1:3-14

by Daily Scriptures on July 29, 2012 at 11:37 am
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Thanksgiving and Prayer

3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people — 5 the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel 6 that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world —just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. 7 You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant,[a] who is a faithful minister of Christ on our[b] behalf, 8 and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.

9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,[c] 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, 12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you[d] to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Footnotes:

a. Colossians 1:7 Or slave
b. Colossians 1:7 Some manuscripts your
c. Colossians 1:9 Or all spiritual wisdom and understanding
d. Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us

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2 Corinthians 5:1-10

by Daily Scriptures on July 21, 2012 at 9:03 am
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Awaiting the New Body

5 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 2 Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, 3 because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. 4 For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

6 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7 For we live by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

Dedicated to the families who lost loved ones in Aurora, Colorado.

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Prayer for those Involved in the Colorado Theater Shooting

by Gerald C. Anderson, Sr. on July 20, 2012 at 11:24 am
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The Dark Knight RisesThe Washington Post reported today that at least a dozen people were killed and dozens more wounded at the premier of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, in Aurora, Colorado. The Post states, “A heavily armed gunman clad all in black kicked in an emergency door at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., early Friday, hurled two canisters of an unknown gas and opened fire on the stunned audience, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens of others, including children, who were watching the midnight premiere of a new Batman film.”

The Pastor’s Message is in prayer for all the families involved. We pray healing for those who were injured and we pray for the families who have lost loved ones. No one should feel unsafe in attending a movie and this is a truly sad time for all of us. I leave you with Isaiah 41:10:

“So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

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Ephesians 2:1-10

by Daily Scriptures on July 11, 2012 at 8:08 am
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Today’s scripture is special to me. I prayed for direction before releasing this one. Fifty years ago today a young woman in Tampa, Florida gave birth to a baby boy. He grew up and faced many challenges but after 30 years he realized that he couldn’t do it alone and gave his life to Christ. It was the best decision I ever made. The last 20 years haven’t been easy but they have been much better with Christ at the helm. So today’s scripture deals with salvation. If you don’t have it you can!! Thank you all for the well wishes and outpouring of love on my birthday.

Gerald C. Anderson, Sr.

Made Alive in Christ

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions —it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith —and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Footnotes:
Ephesians 2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

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Isaiah 55:6-7

by Daily Scriptures on June 27, 2012 at 5:27 am
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6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake their ways
and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

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Pray for them Anyway…It’s God’s Way

by Gerald C. Anderson, Sr. on June 26, 2012 at 9:10 am
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“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you…” (New International Version, Matthew 5:44). Recently, I have come into contact with several people who have strong grudges against others who they feel have done them wrong. Some of these relationships are supervisor-employee while others are friendships. At times the haterad has been so strong I had to move away from it.

We often find ourselves praying and asking God to help us in whatever circumstance we find ourselves. However, when God places us in a situation where someone else has caused us harm we sometimes end up hating them, calling them names, etc. I believe this is the time when God is looking for us to love that person regardless of the issue. Luke 6:28 takes it a step further by teaching us to bless those who persecute us. Given that to bless someone means to “make or pronounce holy”, the world would believe we have gone mad. The world’s standard is to rebel or to take vengeance to anyone who causes us harm but as Christians we have a different standard.

My co-workers wonder why I don’t rebel as managers try and pull us down. Some even go as far as to say “If you don’t speak up nothing will ever change.” For me it’s easy why I don’t feel the need to rebel or speak out on every issue. To let them in on my secret I point to John 15:18 where it says, “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first…” This reminder certainly puts it in perspective, for if they persecuted an innocent man in Jesus Christ, why would they not persecute me or you? Verse 21 adds that we are treated wrongly because the world does not know the one who sent Jesus.

Part of overcoming your persecution is to understand why you are being perscuted. We are Christians, Saints of God, and for that reason alone we will be persecuted. What may be coming against us may not be because we are speaking the word at that moment but if we have proclaimed ourselves to be follows of Christ we will be persecuted. So when you are attacked for whatever reason count it as joy. In Acts 5:40-42, the apostles were called in an flogged for speaking in the name of Jesus. They were ordered not to speak in His name and let go. However, the apostles rejoiced because they were counted worthy of suffering disgrace.

As a Christian what can you do when persecuted? Allow the Holy Spirit to come over you and speak for you. To respond to my friend above, I don’t need to speak because the Holy Spirit will speak for me. “Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit” (New International Version Mark 13:11). If we try and determine what to say we will surly mess it up, but the Holy Spirit does not make mistakes.

The suffering you are enduring at this time may seem like the worst thing in the world. But don’t be downhearted because your situation is not greater than He who will bring you out. As Psalms 30-5 says, “…weeping may stay for the night but rejoicing comes in the morning”!

Have a blessed day!

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John 8:1-11

by Daily Scriptures on June 26, 2012 at 12:05 am
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The Bible8 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.

But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

11 “No one, sir,” she said.

“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

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Genesis 2:21-25

by Daily Scriptures on June 21, 2012 at 12:09 am
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21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[a] and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[b] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

23 The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man. ”
24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

25 Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

Footnotes:
Genesis 2:21 Or took part of the man’s side
Genesis 2:22 Or part

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