Apr 12th He:GOD,God,The LORD,my Lord has risen! Hope you visit the local church today that honors GOD, declares victory in Jesus, tells the story of the life of Jesus-His death,burial and resurrection and preaches repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He is alive! How does your life prove this truth?
Proverbs 13:1 challenges us to be wise sons and hear our father's instruction. Have you heard Him speak this day and are you obedient to what you know?
Psalm 81:1-16 How do you see GOD responding to the cries and pleas of His children? How can you relate to the provisions, protection and promises that GOD demonstrated in these verses? How has The LORD proved you? As you think of how to respond to these questions look again at verse 10 and consider your acts of obedience to Him.
Joshua 5:1-7:15 How does it feel to be in the Promise Land? Joshua had to wait nearly 40 years to walk again on God's "land" gift to His children. I often wonder about his attitude and what his thoughts were about time spent wandering and 600,000 men of war dying in the wilderness. Now we will be able to see first hand the promises in action of victory for the children as they walk,fight and follow GOD.Learn about how God expects His children to act and take note of their first requirement of circumcision, acts of worship and preparation for battle. Remember where The Lord guides He provides. The plan to destroy Jericho was devised by GOD and the verbal orders were given to Joshua in verse 14-15.Rahab and all her family were rescued, victory seemed to be complete, however because of the sin of one man 36 men died later at AI and the army of God's children was put to flight. Up and down.What will it take for these people to learn to hear the orders and then obey? What do you learn about the character of God and how does this affect your behavior?
Luke 15:1-32 Jesus uses stories that His audience can relate to such as shepherds, women at home and fathers to teach truths of GOD.Stewardship is the way of life that pleases God and accountability is the test. Consider the phrase"Envy is contagious" and then look up the definition of envy and apply the answer to your life as it is needed in light of what GOD says about lust,greed or covetousness. Selah. pj
PS Let us be thankful for today in that we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the grave. He is risen!