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And forget not all His benefits

The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. Psalm 103:6 (NIV) I've been wanting to write a blog for sometime now. I've kept pushing it back although I was determined to do it this month. Except I had the unexpected happen and so I pushed it back. Last night, I found myself signing up for blogger under this account and starting the process. And I had not planned on doing so, neither had I purposed to do it yesterday. I spent the day cleaning up a bit and doing laundry. I also hadn't planned on writing a post today. However, I just thought why not? Psalm 103 is a Psalm I read weekly. It's something I started this year. Today, I took extra notice of verse 6. It reminded me of parts of Psalm 9. The LORD does not forget the afflicted. The Lord is known by the judgment He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Psalm 9:14 (NKJV ) I think that sometimes when things are going on around us, we tend to forget as Chris...

Another side of The One thing

Now there is a situation where the one thing we lack is the very one thing we need above all else. Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he said. "Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." Mark 10:21 (NIV) I wrote about The One Thing the other day. That was primarily focused on my pursuit of one trivial item that day that would've ended in a big fiasco but God was there to help me. The other side of this lies this interaction between Jesus and this man who approached him in Mark 10:17. He had done everything such as keeping the commandments and it sounds like he had some wealth also. In his case, he had earthly wealth or treasure but he wanted to know how to inherit eternal life. It sounds like he realized he didn't have the latter. No? As we can see from the verse Jesus tells him to do two things. Go, sell everything he has and give to the poor Then, come follow him (...

You can't handle the truth (Discretion)

While reading 1 Samuel 20 not long ago, I thought it was interesting what David told Jonathan to tell his father, King Saul. So David said, "Look, tomorrow is the New Moon festival, and I am supposed to dine with the king; but let me go and hide in the field until the evening of the day after tomorrow. If your father misses me at all, tell him, `David earnestly asked my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because an annual sacrifice is being made there for his whole clan.' If he says, `Very well,' then your servant is safe. But if he loses his temper, you can be sure that he is determined to harm me. 1 Samuel 20:5-7 NIV As I read this, it dawned on me that David used Discernment in making wise judgment and acted with discretion. Further in 1 Samuel 25, we have the situation of Nabal. While David was in the desert, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep. So he sent ten young men and said to them, "Go up to Nabal at Carmel and greet him in my name. Say to...

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