DAILY DEVOTIONALS: 1.29.22

Owned by Identity, Bought by a Savior by John UpChurch You are not your own, for you were bought with a price (1 Corinthians6:19-20). Arguments about "identity" should end at this verse. For non-Christians, it’s meaningless noise. For Christians, it’s everything. We own nothing from our hair follicles to our toenails. Every drop of cytoplasm, every hormone, every spark of our synapseswas paid for in full. Christ didn’t die for the “good” parts or the parts we let Him have; He wanted all of us. That’s why it makes no sense for us to justify what’s natural or what makes us happy or what satisfies us. To do so breaks us into pieces, compartmentalizing where we will and will not surrender, what we will and will not hand over to Christ. But the choiceisn’t ours. The price paid was for the whole shebang. The heart loves to mass-produce idols, and identity works just as well as anything else. Deep inside, the hammers of what’s just and fair and right beat in time with our resistance to surrender. We know who we are, and we can’t change. But the possibility of change is completely beside the point. Even if no change comes before the perfect does (1 Corinthians1:10), even if the desires never stop, we have no room to act on them or justify them. We have no ownership in ourselves. Not even a partial vacation stake. It all belongs to Jesus. Christ urged us to follow Him with the heavy weight of lumber slung across our shoulders (Mark 8:34). That image is one of ownership. Whyelse would we take up humiliation and hardship to struggle after a bloodied Lamb? It isn’t an image of coercion, but of willingness. Just as the Messiah surrendered Himself to be crucified, we crucify ourselves to admit surrender. The arguments about orientations or ingrained needs or natural behaviors focus on one thing: us. They point to who we are and what we want. Put succinctly, such discussions are nothing more than navel-gazing. We’re peering down at what makes us tick and letting that determine our course. And ultimately, none of it matters. That navel we’re peering so deeply into belongs to Christ. He bought it. We’ve got genes. They’re Christ’s. We’ve got a past. It’s Christ’s. We’ve got failures and foibles and more twisted thoughts than we know what to do with. And they’re hammered to the cross. The ownership of a Savior sidesteps any arguments about identitybecause our true identity starts and ends with who we are in Christ. It undercuts any passionate defense of “who I am” because who we are is His. Nothing should come between us—the purchased—and the One who took care of the bill. We must not let the clanging of our idol-making heart drown out the call of Christ to follow how He leads. Intersecting Faith and Life: Salvationis free, but following Jesus isn’t. The cost isn’t in wealth or doing enough good stuff. It’s sacrifice—the willful surrender of even some of our most cherished beliefs about ourselves and what we need. When we come to Christ but refuse to surrender it all,we’re like the rich man who couldn’t bear the thought of empty pockets (Matthew 19:16). We’re not all in. However you identified yourself before you got blisters from hauling around your cross, that identity is now the old identity. You gave it up to the One who paid up. You’re His. You’re new. ------------------ The Message the World Needs to Hear Mark 16:15-20 Suppose I asked what the mission of the church is—how would you answer? Although the church accomplishes many tasks, its only message to the world is the gospel of Christ. Everything else we do is merely an extension of that primary goal. The gospel we offerthe lost is superior to every worldly philosophy. Never outdated or in need of correction, it is always sufficient to meet humanity's greatest need: reconciliation with the Creator. Although the message is always the same, methods of making it known are many—including the spoken word, music, printed material, and electronic media. But all these avenues of communication require the individual involvement of God's people. It is everyChristian's responsibility to use his or her spiritual gifts, talents, and abilities to help fulfill the Great Commission. Some Christians think that this role is given only to pastors, missionaries, or other people with an "up-front ministry." But all of us have the responsibility to be involved in whatever way we are able and in whatever opportunity God gives us. Not everybody is called to go abroad as a missionary, but we allcan give, pray, and tell friends and family what the Lord has done for us. When you're truly committed to getting the gospel out, God will reveal what work He is calling you to do. He has a place for every one of us—nobody is insignificant or unusable. The limiting factor is not the Lord's ability to use us but our availabilityto His call. -------------------- Altar Building “And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he analtar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.” (Genesis 12:7) This is the first reference to Abraham building an altar in Scripture. Building an altar and making sacrifice to God denotes total dependence and reliance on Him. It implies saying no to self and yes to God—in effect presenting one’s self in submission to Godas a sinner, trusting Him for gracious handling of one’s sin, and discounting one’s value apart from His work. Building altars became a habit with godly Abraham, the “friend of God” (James2:23), and he practiced it many times during his life (see also Genesis 12:8; 13:4, 18). We can surmise that at an early age, Abraham’s son, Isaac, was taught this same practice. It doesn’t seem that Isaac misunderstood or debated the situation, even when he himself was identified as the sacrifice to be slaughtered (Genesis22:9). He fully trusted and worshiped the same God, and evidently agreed with Abraham’s obedient act. Later, Isaac himself practiced altar-building at least once on his own (26:25). Compare Abraham and his family to Lot and his family. Nowhere in Scripture does it say that Lot built an altar and recognized God as worthy of worship. No doubt as a direct result, Lot’s wife, sons, and daughters totally rejected these ideas, preferring thesinful practices and mentality of Sodom. Lot was a true believer (2 Peter 2:7-8), but his lifestyle and lack of “altar-building” rubbed off on his family,to the detriment of himself and the people of God ever since. Here is the question: Do we want to be Christians who ignore proper worship and total submission to God and have families who do likewise? We don’t build physical altars today, but we do need daily times of family prayer. JDM -------------- ThreefoldDeliverance “For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.” (Psalm116:8) This is the beautiful testimony of the psalmist when the Lord answered his prayer: “The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O, I beseech thee, deliver mysoul” (vv. 3-4). The Lord does, indeed, deliver our souls when we call upon Him for salvation in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, “for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans10:13). Divine deliverance, however, is more than deliverance from death and hell. “Therefore the redeemed of the LORD...shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away” (Isaiah51:11). “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying” (Revelation21:4). God delivers us from the penalty of our sins, from death and hell, right now, and then from all our sorrows and tears in the age to come, delivering us even from all the effects of sin forever. But He also delivers us right now from the power of sin in our lives, which would otherwise come again to cause our downfall even after we have been saved. Many a fearful Christian, afraid that he is unable to hang on to the Lord, needs to know that it is theLord who hangs on to him! “For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?” (Psalm56:13). Our Savior, who died for our sins and rose again for our justification, promises this. “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall [anyone] pluck themout of my hand” (John10:27-28). HMM ------------------------------- Mosesand the Shining Face “And it came to pass, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand...thatMoses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.” (Exodus34:29) Moses had been alone with God 40 days and 40 nights, simply communing with God and receiving the tables with the Ten Commandments. When he finally descended, the glory of God so radiated from him that the people could not bear to look at his face, and he hadto wear a veil even to speak to them. The council of Jewish leaders had a similar experience as they interrogated Stephen concerning his Christian testimony: “And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel” (Acts6:15). None of us today ever seem to exhibit such glowing faces, nor is anyone likely to mistake us for an angel. But perhaps this is because we have not spent the time in His presence that Moses did, nor preached the Word in the wisdom and power of the Holy Spiritas Stephen did. Nevertheless, we should have a different countenance than before we met the Lord. Men should be able to say of us as it was said of Peter and John: “They marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus” (4:13). In fact, God even promises that this will be so to the extent that we spend time in His Word, which itself is alive with the light of His glory. “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image fromglory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2Corinthians 3:18). May God enable us, therefore, to be “holding forth the word of life,” even “in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world” (Philippians2:15-16). HMM ----------------------- TheQueen of Sheba “And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to provehim with hard questions.” (1 Kings 10:1) A thousand years after the famous visit of Sheba’s queen to the court of King Solomon, Jesus made a remarkable spiritual application of her experience. “The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for shecame from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here” (Matthew 12:42). Solomon had prayed for wisdom, and the Lord gave him such legendary wisdom that the news even reached the distant land of Sheba, south of Ethiopia. We do not know what hard questions were confronting Sheba’s queen, but she finally decided she must find theirsolutions through Solomon and his God. God honored her searching faith, “and Solomon told her all her questions,” so that she could testify that “the half was not told me....Blessed be the LORD thy God” (1Kings 10:3, 7, 9). In Jesus Christ “are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:3). He who had given Solomon his great wisdom promises us that “if anyof you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him” (James 1:5). Truly the queen of Sheba will be a witness against our present generation in the coming day of judgment. People today turn to every variety of humanistic counselors for their training and guidance but refuse to come to the one who is “made unto us wisdom” (1Corinthians 1:30). The “Wonderful Counsellor” (Isaiah 9:6), who is far greater than Solomon, who said “I am...the truth” (John14:6), and who promises that “the truth shall make you free” (8:32), is still inviting all from the uttermost parts of the earth to come. HMM ----------------------- ThePsalm of Life “I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.” (Psalm91:2) This marvelous psalm of life and security follows a psalm of frailty and death (Psalm 90) written by Moses, who may have been the author of this psalm aswell. For our devotional study today, attention is called to the change of personal pronoun throughout, implying a dialogue between three speakers. The psalm begins as a godly teacher, or prophet, or perhaps an angel bestows a benediction upon the believer: “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty” (Psalm91:1), ascribing the security of the believer to the character of God. The believer responds to this blessing by avowing his trust in God and in His character (v. 2). To the testimony of the believer, the first speaker replies, expounding on the former blessing, detailing the protection provided by God (vv. 3-8) and the blessings of that care. Note, “because thou [the believer] hast made the LORD [Jehovah], which is my [thespeaker’s] refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lestthou dash thy foot against a stone” (vv. 9-12). At the end, Jehovah Himself responds, confirming all that the speaker has said: “Because he [the believer] hath set his love upon me [Jehovah], therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and Iwill answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation” (vv. 14-16). JDM ------------------ TheMercy Seat “And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony thatI shall give thee. And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat.” (Exodus 25:21-22) In the “holy of holies” of the tabernacle, God would meet with Israel’s high priest once a year to commune with His people at a meeting place called the “mercy seat.” The Hebrew word was derived from the word for “atonement,” which in turn meant essentiallya “covering” for the Ark of the Covenant. On the great day of atonement each year, the high priest was commanded to sprinkle the blood from the sin offerings on the mercy seat (Leviticus16:14-15) to make an atonement for all the people. This annual ceremony, of course, merely prefigures the full atonement that Christ would make one day when “by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us” (Hebrews9:12). Since this blood has been sprinkled once for all on the heavenly mercy seat, as it were, we are now “justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in hisblood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God” (Romans 3:24-25). In this verse, the word “propitiation” is the Greek word for “mercy seat” (and is so translated in Hebrews 9:5). That is, Christ Himself, with His atoning blood, is our mercy seat, where we can meet with God. Thus, the golden, blood-stained mercy seat becomes the very throne of God Himself, where He meets with those who believe on Him for salvation. “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (4:16). HMM ----------------- HoldYour Ground - by Greg Laurie � www.harvest.org Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. �Hebrews 11:35 https://harvest.org/resources/devotion/hold-your-ground/- Listen What group suffers the most persecution in the world today? Christians do. We know that our brothers and sisters in Christ living in nations like China, North Korea, andcertain Islamic countries are suffering because their governments don�t allow them to practice their faith. Religious groups around the world experience persecution, but Christians are the most frequent targets of persecution. Studies on the topic have borne this out. The Bible does say, however, that �all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution� (2 Timothy 3:12 NKJV). That isn�t a promise we usually want to claim,is it? After all, who wants to experience persecution? Who wants people to jeer, mock, or laughed at them? Maybe you�ve had this happen recently. Maybe people have made fun of you. They�ve cracked jokes about you when you walked into the room or put you down because of what youbelieve. Hold your ground and be a person of faith, because in effect, you�re changing the world. The reality is that often world changers are not appreciated and instead persecuted.The very fact that people identify you first and foremost as a Christian when you walk into a room says something about you. So just be a loving Christian. Be a nice person. And make sure that when someone persecutes you, it�s for the right reasons. I�ve seen some Christians who are obnoxious,intrusive, overbearing, and argumentative. Then when someone rejects them, they say, �Thank God! I�m being persecuted for the sake of righteousness. Hallelujah!� No, people are persecuting them because they�re being jerks. If you�re suffering persecution today, it should be for the sake of righteousness, because you reflect Christ. Do you set the temperature in the room, or do you merely reflect it? To put it another way, are you changing the world, or is the world changing you? -------------- When Questions Go Unanswered - by Greg Laurie � www.harvest.org How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog�it�s here a little while, then it�s gone. �James 4:14 https://harvest.org/resources/devotion/when-questions-go-unanswered/- Listen Sometimes it�s hard to understand why we have to suffer. It doesn�t seem fair. We wonder, �Why I am going through this when other people aren�t?� Maybe you�ve thought, �Why am I single when all my friends are married?� or �Why can�t we have children when my friend has five children?� or �Why do I have this horribleillness while all of my friends are healthy?� One day all of our questions will be answered. One day God will restore in Heaven what we�ve lost in this life. The Bible promises restoration for people who have suffered.Speaking of great men and women of faith, world changers, Hebrews 11:35 says, �They placed their hope in a better life after the resurrection� (NLT). We put all of our focus on this life, but there�s an afterlife, and it will go on forever. This life on Earth, even if it�s long, is relatively short. James 4:14 says, �Howdo you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog�it�s here a little while, then it�s gone� (NLT). And then comes the afterlife. Are you ready for it? If you died today, would you go to Heaven? Living a good life isn�t going to get you to Heaven, because Heaven is not for good people; it�s for forgiven people. I�m not going to get to Heaven because I�m a preacher.Rather, it�s because I�ve put my faith in Jesus Christ as my Savior and Lord who died on the cross for me. Have you done that? Being a Christian is having Jesus Christ come and take residence in your heart. The Bible says, �But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become childrenof God, to those who believe in His name� (John 1:12 NKJV). Have you received Christ? ---------------------------- Moving On from Setbacks - by Greg Laurie � www.harvest.org Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry. �2 Timothy 4:11 https://harvest.org/resources/devotion/moving-on-from-setbacks/- Listen John Mark had a weak start. As the nephew of Barnabas, he went on a missionary journey with his uncle and the great apostle Paul. We don�t know what happened, but for somereason Mark changed his mind and wanted to go home. And when Paul and Barnabas went on their next missionary journey, Barnabas suggested they take Mark with them. Paul, however, was opposed to it. He didn�t want to take himalong because of what happened on the previous trip. However, Mark eventually was able to repair his relationship with Paul, because in 2 Timothy 4:11, the apostle wrote, �Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is usefulto me for ministry� (NKJV). Add to this the fact that Mark was very close to Simon Peter, because Peter referred to him as his son (see 1 Peter 5:13). And Mark ended up writing the Gospel that bearshis name. Actually, many believe that the gospel of Mark was dictated by Peter (and I happen to agree), meaning that it�s effectively the gospel according to Peter. Yet at the sametime, Mark witnessed the ministry of Jesus. And when an angel of the Lord delivered Peter from prison, the Bible tells us that Peter showed up at Mark�s house, where he lived with his mother, Mary (see Acts 12:12). Mark was at the epicenter of many incredibly significant biblical events. Yes, he had a huge setback at one point, but he made a recommitment and ended up as a bona fideGospel writer. That�s quite a distinction. Maybe you�ve had a setback in life. Maybe you�ve done something you regret, bailed on a commitment you made, or had a lapse of faith. Know this: Your setback actually canturn out to be a set up. Your test can become a testimony. ------------------------------ Be Careful What You Think By Debbie McDaniel �Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.� Proverbs 4:23 NCV This verse from Prov. 4:23 = so true. Our inner thoughts, our words, even what's spoken to ourselves, it really matters. For it can hold the power to run our lives and dictate our choices. All the more reason to make sure that our "thinking" is based on Truth, on what God says. When we fill our minds, our thoughts, our hearts with the right things, the wrong things won't have any room to enter. His Word, His Truth offers a protection, a guard over our hearts and lives, for our decisions and thoughts. It�s not easy sometimes. The world can be really great at throwing stones, insults, and discouraging words our way. We might get off track. We get distracted. We look to other sources to give us wisdom and direction. Or to make us feel better about ourselves.Many times, we start buying the lie and speaking negativity or defeat over our own lives, and those around us. We start sinking deeper. And believing it�s all true. God knows how vulnerable we are to attack, in allowing our thoughts and words to work against us, and in causing division or strife with others. Maybe that�s why He gives this wisdom, to set a guard, a gate, over our hearts and minds, so that we don�t allowjust any thought or word to enter in. Another version says it like this, "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." Prov. 4:23 NIV ------------------------ Lord of the Living and the Dead Romans 14:7-12 In the New Testament, Lord is the most frequently used title for Jesus Christ. Although we rarely use this term in our daily lives, we are all quite familiar with another word: boss. That is basically what Lord means�one possessing authority, power, and control. The Word of God describes Jesus as the head of the church, the ruler over all creation, and the Lord of lords and King of kings (Col.1:15-18; Rev. 3:14; 17:14). The realm of Christ's reign covers everything that happens in heaven and on the earth. No one�not even those who deny His existence�can be free of His rule or outside His sphere of authority. Although Satan tries to convince us that liberty is found in doingwhat we want, true freedom is acquired only through submission to Christ's loving lordship. Even death cannot release anyone from the authority of God's Son. He is Lord of both the living and the dead. All people must decide to either yield or rebel against Him, but they have the opportunity to make this choice only while they are still living.After death, they will acknowledge Christ's lordship through accountability to Him. If we have not bowed the knee to Jesus in life, we will be forced to bend it in the judgment. Have you submitted to Christ's rule over your life? His authority causes anger or fear in individuals who have not yet yielded to Him, but those who have experienced His lovingkindness, trusted in His goodness, and surrendered to His authority take comfortin knowing Him as the Lord of their lives. ------------------------- RestOnly in Christ �But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waterswere on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.� (Genesis8:9) Unlike the raven, which Noah had sent out first, the dove could not live on the carrion floating on the floodwaters. After nine months cooped up in the Ark, she had reveled in her freedom when Noah first released her from the window of the Ark. Unaware of theoutside perils while safe with Noah, she flew gaily off into the open spaces beyond, just like many a professing Christian, eager to cast off the constraints of his or her parental religion. �And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I flyaway, and be at rest. Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness� (Psalm55:6-7). But the dove could find no rest away from Noah, whose very name means �rest�! His father, Lamech, by prophetic inspiration, had called his name Noah, saying, �This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground whichthe LORD hath cursed� (Genesis5:29). So, she finally returned, finding rest once again in Noah�s outstretched hands. Just so, the Lord Jesus, in His greater ark of secure salvation, is waiting at its open window with arms outstretched, inviting all those weary of the doomed world outside to return to Him. �Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will giveyou rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light� (Matthew11:28-30). Christ�s message to the weary wanderer is: �I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions,...return unto me; for I have redeemed thee� (Isaiah44:22). HMM --------------------------------------- The Forerunner - by Greg Laurie � www.harvest.org He must increase, but I must decrease. �John 3:30 https://harvest.org/resources/devotion/the-forerunner/- Listen Israel had not heard from God for a long time. Four hundred years had passed from the time of the last Old Testament book, Malachi, to the emergence of John. Think aboutthat. Israel, which was so accustomed to prophets and miracles and angels, hadn�t heard from God for 400 years. Then seemingly out of nowhere, but right on time according to God�s schedule, a colorful character emerged: John the Baptist. John was the forerunner of Jesus Christ. He was a radical, a revolutionary. And everyone wanted to see and hear John. The Bible says, �All of Judea, including all the peopleof Jerusalem, went out to see and hear John. And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River� (Mark 1:5 NLT). Not only was John a prominent figure, but he was super prominent. In fact, the ancient Jewish historian Josephus actually wrote more about the life and ministry of Johnthe Baptist than he wrote about Jesus Christ. Yet John had a simple job to do, which was to prepare the way for the Lord. John was the last�and the greatest�of the Old Testament prophets. Jesus said, �I tell you, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John� (Luke 7:28 NLT). So whywas John the greatest? John alone was the direct herald and forerunner of Jesus. His greatness was the direct result of his nearness to Christ. Despite this great calling on his life and his widespread popularity, John was a very humble guy. You might say that John�s motto was, �He must increase, but I must decrease� (John 3:30 NKJV). He understood exactly what his role was. His mission was to get out of the way and prepare people for Jesus. And that�s our mission as well. --------------------- The Throne of Glory 1 John 1:1-4 When you pray, how do you approach God? Numerous Christians visualize a holy, righteous being and approach Him with feelings of fear, unworthiness, and reluctance. On the other hand, many believers picture the Lord as a pal and talk to Him with little reverence. Neither approach is healthy. Our finite minds cannot fully grasp that God is both loving and holy. Let�s first explore the holy, fear-provoking side of the Lord. As you read today�s passage, visualize the incredible power around heaven�s throne. It fillsmy heart with awe and wonder. Before Jesus walked on earth, the temple contained an area called the Holy of Holies, where God�s presence resided. Only the priest could enter�and just on specified days, after ritual cleansing and preparation. If he did not get himself ready exactly accordingto scriptural rules, he would be struck dead. To be in God�s presence requires obedience. In fact, because of the Almighty�s absolute holiness and perfection, He is unable to commune with sinfulness, which is the condition of all mankind (Rom.3:9). Therefore, every one of us is guilty and deserving of condemnation. Thankfully, though, God did not leave us helpless, but out of His grace and love, sent His Son to be our Redeemer. Every page of Scripture can deepen our understanding of God�s greatness. Are you amazed at His presence and deeds? To understand more about His character, discipline yourself to read and meditate on the Word. Then take time to praise Him, for He alone isworthy of our adoration. VISIT: PROPHECY WATCHER WEEKLY NEWS: HTTP://PROPHECY-WATCHER-WEEKLY-NEWS.BLOGSPOT.COM