July 7th, Tuesday. WOW! What do you have to enjoy that The LORD has given to you? Let all of us take a few minuets early/first thing in the AM and be grateful, thankful and appreciative for our blessings.

Proverbs 18:19 declares a bad situation is hard to remedy.When we look man to man it may be easier to think of what we can do or should have done, but that is not so with The Lord Jesus our big brother.Have you ever offended your heavenly brother?Has He ever offended you? We need to practice treating our earthly brothers as if they were as Jesus Christ.In 1999 I ask The LORD to "cause me" to not be offended and to not be offensive. He has done His part, but I have failed Him many times.Please memorize Psalm 119:165 and put it into practice. All for His glory. Amen.

Psalm 5:1-12 If we had read this Psalm before we read the verses in Acts we would have thought these were the words and prayer of Paul. O Lord, bless me indeed and show me the way. Hope you have developed the habit of marking "snapshots" beside some of the verses like 1-6. Let this mental picture dwell in your thoughts through out the day as you meditate. Do you sense a need to claim verse 12 as a promise verse for yourself? Read the verse and pray it back while you see the blessing take note of the conditions associated with the blessing. He will if you will. Live by faith in what you read is true and by believing you are acting on GOD's Word. Amen.

Acts 25:1-27 records how GOD caused three officials to be exposed to The Gospel through Paul.What has GOD given to Paul that He has not given to you? Focus on GOD, read to know Him.It is interesting to see peer pressure affecting Felix, Festus and Agrippa.Is this not jihad? Is not jihad a spiritual battle over who is the true GOD? We can see the concept of GOD and His Christ as expressed by Paul VERY different that of the Jew's high priest and his associates.There is only ONE Gospel!There is only ONE way to GOD The Father(Jehovah, El Shaddai, I Am, Elohim, El Elyon or Yahweh) and that is through The SON,The God Man,(born of a virgin, lived a perfect sinless life, was crucified, died, was buried and He arose on the third day according to scriptures and is alive and has ascended into heaven) Jesus Christ. Maranatha!

1st Chronicles 4:5-5:17 continues the genealogy of GOD's chosen people. How does this encourage you and reinforce your concept of GOD? There are several sets of verses that give a snapshot of GOD. The prayer of Jabez(4:10) ought to grab your attention because of it being so unique.I've read that names of men ending in"el" are men blessed of GOD. I've claimed the four part prayer for myself and believe GOD will do for me as he did for Jabez.Have you ask The LORD to bless you indeed? If not, why not? Is it your goal/desire/dream/prayer for GOD to consider you honourable? We cannot blame circumstances nor our parents for our lack of faith. pj