Lord have mercy on us today. Help us to see you and know you. Help us to see the snares of this world before we step in them. - dr joe
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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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Isaiah 43:25
25 "I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.
How tempting it is to remind someone of a past offense! But when God forgives our sins he totally forgets them. We never have to fear that he will remind us of them later. Because God forgives our sin, we need to forgive others.
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 17:20-26
20 "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one- 23 I in them and you in me-so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
24 "Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
25 "Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26 I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."
The desire of the God of the universe who made the stars to be "in" us, to be one with us, is truly amazing. He doesn't need to love us, he wants to. He wants to intimately love us and be one with us. But, He is holy and cannot be contaminated by our sin. Jesus bled and died so that our sin can be washed away by His blood just for the asking. I continue to struggle with distraction and the things of the world. The result is ignoring the God that is in me and essentially keeping separate from Him. Lord, help me to be one with you today, all day, every minute. Let Him wash you and let Him love you and be one with you today.
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Questions?
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I might not know the answer but I'll try real hard to find it.
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