On the Go - December 12, 2008

Which came first, asking for wisdom or having wisdom to ask?

Live it
The term "Catch 22" was used by the military as a means to prevent soldiers from opting out of the armed forces. After all, if you're insane, you'd never be sane enough to ask for discharge based on insanity, would you? It's called circular logic where someone attempts to prove something true by using "facts" not proven true. A perfect example was Darwin in his theory of Evolution. In it, he lays out the origin of man using unproven conjecture as fact. He had no concept of what we today recognize as predictable biologic genetics.

Darwin believed that in the millions of years since the earth was created, (unproven conjecture), random things had time to change certain species into a higher form. This happened, according to Darwin, by virtue of incidental, natural design, which exists outside the influence of a supernatural Creator. Darwin, you know this now, but you can't undo the nonsense you left behind in your books, which educators (oxymoron), blatantly promote as fact. But, now you know. God designed you before your birth and you became the product of your mother and father's reproduction. Your natural design, like everyone else, was the product of genetics, something that's been at work from day one. Forgive me, I meant to say, "Day Six."

Pray it
Scripture says before my birth, you knew me and prescribed my being. You formed me in my mother's womb from the sperm of my father. My first breath as a human was the beginning of a countdown to the day my body dies. But I will see You someday, face to face and there will thank you personally for sending Your only Son to pay my debt and purchase my redemption. This I know as a fact because Your Word is not only factual, it has stood the test of every person who has sought to disprove it through human reasoning. Thank You for lining up my x's and y's so I have a rational mind and can reason properly to give You credit for doing what Scripture said You did.

Resources
Holiness is a position, not a profession or a presumption. (2000)
Apathy in the church is caused by sin, which can't be removed by ignoring it. (2001)
Does your life reveal one of purpose-driven or strife-driven? (2003)
What some view as restriction, others consider as freedom within liberal boundaries. (2004)
The Apostle Paul was one of the first N.T. believers to recognize the indwelling Holy Spirit. (2005)
Devotional (2006)
Composure is often our ability to hold transparency at bay. (2007)
The things of God are not for sale. (2008)

How to Pray for...
My husband or wife.
Teach both of us to trust your Word without compromise.

My children.
Remind my children of Scripture as they contemplate action today.

Their school.
Teach our children character as much as knowledge.

Their teachers.
Give my children teachers with godly character.

My children's friends.
Protect my kids from taking advice from ungodly friends.

My friends.
Teach me how to be a good friend to another person today.

My work.
Give my business a firm foundation on which to grow spiritually.

My city.
Guard our leaders from making laws that lead people to sin.

Governmental leaders.
Give our city godly leaders upon who you have influence.

My country.
Refresh our memory of the spiritual foundation upon which our country was founded.

My President.
Teach him to regard life as You do.

My church.
Humble us if we've taken our eyes off you and put them on men and programs.

My pastor.
Make our pastor a man of prayer that leads a people of prayer.

My church leadership.
Restore the joy of those church leaders who are serving without passion.

Sister churches.
Use all the Spirit-filled churches in this area to make a real impact on the lost.

Persecuted churches.
Provide the needs of persecuted brothers and keep moles away from the flock.

Missionaries.
Give them creative means to teach the Gospel that inspires a thirst for the Living Water

The sick..
Comfort those suffering from illness.

The lost.
Give me boldness to speak the gospel without compromise.

Those in despair.
Heal the hurt in the heart of those who have lost a loved one.

Those in the hospital.
Use doctors and nurses today to do your work.

Those grieving.
Comfort those grieving and build in them a spirit of trust to replace the doubts.

Widows.
Give us a heart for those in need and feet to move when your Spirit moves.

Orphans.
Place orphans in the care of godly men and women who know you.

Myself.
Magnify the work of my hands to bring glory to your Name.

Prayertower Devotionals are the original creation of James R. Green:
Just Thinkin'... (2000-2003)
Read the Bible Thru in 365 Days (2004)
Pray Thru the Word in 365 Days (2005)
One-minute Devotionals (2006 to present).

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