20 Jan 11 Thanks be to God for a cold wintry day that causes us to be slower to drink our coffee and more apt to look at the events in nature around us and think about GOD.We get to enjoy the truth that where 2 or 3 are gathered together in His Name there He is in the midst. Truly we get to open The Scriptures,pray and confess, ask for The Holy Spirit to teach and guide us through the reading so that we get to know Him. What a way to start your day!! I realize all of you do not have the same opportunity to laze about and be free to just take time to read, so please be encouraged, take what you have and seek The LORD diligently as you have opportunity.GOD is watching,taking notes and making ways for each of us to come unto Him. Be thankful for what you have and accept God's favor-grace to you for today.

Look for more new names today.Make snap shots of God's acts. Believe what you read.

Proverbs 4:1-6 reminds us of the desired relationship between God and mankind showing all of us how to have a good fellowship with our Father.The emphasis is to BE right and then DO right.Quality is better than quantity.Stewardship is explained and we are reminded to obey and prosper.

Psalm 18:1-15 causes me to wonder how my prayers cause GOD to feel,reply and respond.Look at v 6 and realize the opportunity we have,as sons of God, to cry and be heard.Pray back v1-6 and see into your heart your motive for praying.We get to CHOOSE to seek Him!

Matthew 13:24-46 Jesus uses many parables to demonstrate an earthly reality having an heavenly application. Why does The LORD God Almighty want you and me to know Him?Make snapshots of God in the flesh showing Himself to be who He has said He was,is and will be.There are only two fathers. People have only one father.Who is your Father? How is your"want to" after reading today?Update your concept of GOD.

Genesis 41:17-42:17 records how a man can go from rags to riches or from a prison to the palace because of GOD favoring him.How has The LORD favored you today?Who has been favored because God used you to bless them?God is in the giving business showing favor,grace,mercy,kindness,forgiveness and calling men to Himself. Joseph's life clearly demonstrates this stewardship principal.Men,influenced by GOD (BE) can and will do right in a bad place.How do others see Christ our Lord, The LORD in us?Be careful in reading the genealogy of Joseph noting the names of his sons and their meaning because soon the blessings will be given by God through Jacob that will impact and be described in the fall of the Jews into captivity. Consider Judah's acts and marvel at the mercy of God.Do dreams come true?Be careful and fill your mind/heart with The Scriptures, so that The LORD will speak to you in reality.

Please read to know Him, meditate on what you read from the Bible and seek to be fruitful and be used by GOD to bless others.GOD uses clean, yet broken and mended vessels, for His glory and then we will know The Joy of The Lord. Selah. luvpj