Here's another. Are you wondering how long I will be consistent this time? Pray for me when I am lax as it is often a reflection of my spiritual condition - times when I am distant from God. Thank you to those who have encouraged me to keep sending these e-mails.
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Food for Thought...
I believe our nation is headed for very hard, even disastrous times. I do not believe politics will fix our economy - it's too far gone - too much debt to ever pay back. We depend completely on our fragile technological infrastructure for food, water, shelter, transportation, and entertainment. Any number of events could cause a sudden collapse of our system e.g., electric grid collapse from terrorism, natural event like solar flare, simple breakdown from lack of modernization, or Israel attacks Iran and the price of oil skyrockets, or China stops buying our treasury bonds. I am feeling called to prepare for such disaster by working to be less dependent and more self-sufficient. If you have interest in or questions about this line of thinking, please e-mail me by replying to this e-mail. Below are some of my favorite links:
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Proverbs 13:10 10 Where there is strife, there is pride,but wisdom is found in those who take advice.
"I was wrong" or "I need advice" are difficult phrases to utter because they require humility. Pride is an ingredient in every quarrel. It stirs up conflict and divides people. Humility, by contrast, heals. Guard against pride. If you find yourself constantly arguing, examine your life for pride. Be open to the advice of others, ask for help when you need it, and be willing to admit your mistakes.
Verse and commentary above is copied from the Life Application Study Bible Reading Plan on YouVersion. Check it out at: http://www.youversion.com/ .
Any Dr JOE comments will be in BLUE :0)
John 7:14-24
14 Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach. 15 The Jews there were amazed and asked, "How did this man get such learning without having been taught?" 16 Jesus answered, "My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.18 Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. (Anyone preaching should be judged by this standard. Does the preaching reflect the teaching in the Bible? Does it glorify God or the preacher or ministry?)
19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?" (This was a huge insult to the pharisees who prided themselves on keeping the law. Jesus knew their hearts. He knows our hearts. Scary!) 20"You are demon-possessed," the crowd answered. "Who is trying to kill you?"21 Jesus said to them, "I did one miracle, and you are all amazed. 22 Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. 23 Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man's whole body on the Sabbath? 24 Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly."
Our world, our country, is not messed up and full of evil because we don't have enough rules, regulations, and laws. This is a huge difference of opinion in our country. Will outlawing 16 oz soda fix obesity? Will outlawing certain guns or regulating ammunition prevent killing? It is our hearts that are corrupt. We are born corrupt. Only surrendering your heart, mind, and soul to Jesus can clean us up from the inside out. Light defeats darkness. Love defeats hate. Truth defeats lies. Jesus inside you is Light, Love, and Truth.
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