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Why should water flow out of your spring?
Why should your streams flow into the streets?
They should be yours alone,
so do not share them with strangers.
Pr 5:16-17
Sometimes it's easy and sometimes hard to know the right thing to do. But when we don't do anything for fear of doing the wrong thing, that too may be the wrong thing. The world is full of reminders of things we shouldn't do, such as don't walk, don't run, don't enter, don't loiter, and my favorite, don't touch. Doesn't that sign
make you want to reach out and touch it? Most people mistakenly believe the Ten Commandments are a list of negative things we ought not do, but some, such as honor your father and mother and remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holy, are positive.
Would you please stop thinking about the pink elephant and pay attention? Waiting... Ok, maybe I can break the spell by mentioning a purple people-eater. Waiting... Give up on the elephant, will you? The fact is, most of us can't, so why is that? Quite simply we've seen the elephant, but don't have a mental picture of what the other looks like. Therefore, most of us won't think about something unless we can construct an image in our mind and fixate on it. That's really hard to do, but there's no doubt our mind will be led astray by where our eyes wander and on that which our mind ponders. So, let me ask you, when you stand before God, will you trust a list of things you didn't do, or the positive things you did instead. Just Thinkin'...
Pray it
Help me to see what You see and know what You want, so I can fixate on it and learn to do it.
Resources
Unity in
the church is not defined as the absence of disagreement. (2000)
Pray all
the time about everything begins with pray something sometime. (2001)
Are you a
God seeker? (2002)
Silence from
above can't be endured for long for the praying person. (2003)
Sorry to
be the one to tell you that Jesus is not a demoninationalist.. (2004)
A congregation
that argues amongst themselves is probably not a praying church. (2005)
Receiving
finds no place without asking. (2006)
Cooperation is required in anything expected to last more than a day. (2007)
True joy never ends. (2008)
Even God's enemies know his name, but do you know his real Name? . (2009)
1. One-minute
Devotionals began on January 2, 2006 and are the original creation of James R. Green, Prayertower Webservant Content is derived from his alternating
and sequential survey of both the Old and New Testament to offer insight
on Scripture.
2. Resources are derived
from daily devotions of James R. Green called, Just Thinkin'... (2000-2003),
Read the Bible Thru in 365 Days (2004), Pray Thru the Word in 365 Days (2005) and One Minute Devotional (2006-2008).
3. Scripture: God's
Word Translation (c)1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All Rights
Reserved.
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