Thought For Today - August 21 - What Did Jesus Say? - About How We Should React To Persecution?

Thought For Today - August 20
What Did Jesus Say? - How Should We React to Persecution?
By: Robert A. Searles

No one can out give God.

    Jesus said: :Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you." Matthew 5: 11,12.

    If, for the cause of Christ we make ourselves vulnerable to be reviled, ridiculed, spit upon, abused, neglected, and abandoned by even our own familiar family and friends -  even if we suffer physical pain and death, even as the martyrs of old have done, we should count it all joy because God has great rewards for all those who endure such things.

    If we must face persecution for Christ, we should never be ashamed of him, for we will be more than conquerors with him in the end. Consider the suffering and persecution that he suffered for our salvation, and see how God has rewarded him for his obedience by giving him a name above every name to whom every knee shall eventually bow.

    When we are being persecuted for righteousness sake, we are in good company with all the prophets which went before us.

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Thought For Today - August 20 - What Did Jesus Say? - About Persecution?

 Thought For Today -August 19
 What Did Jesus Say? - About Persecution?
By: Robert A. Searles

    Many people, down through the centuries, have suffered persecutions for the cause of Christ, and for the preaching of his gospel.  Jesus warned his disciples, and us, that to follow him would mean persecution and suffering.

    The bible says that Satan is a liar, and cannot tolerate truth, so wherever truth is lived and preached, Satan will be at work to stop it.

    We live in a relatively free country here in America. We have not yet known religious persecution as some in other countries have; but there are many today in our country who would suppress any mention of God in public places, particularly, the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Bible reading and prayer is being banned from the public school system and sporting events. If we remain steadfast and remain true to the teaching of the word of God, we stand in line for persecution from the ungodly world. Who knows to where it might lead? It might lead perhaps to martyrdom and death.

    Only as we derive our strength from a one on one personal relationship with Jesus Christ can we find the grace and strength to endure such persecution.

    Jesus said: "Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5: 10.

    If we are being persecuted for the cause of Christ and his righteousness, and bear it patiently to the end, Jesus said we would be blessed and inherit the kingdom of heaven.

    We must, however, be sure that if we are persecuted, it is not for any misdeeds of our own, for then we would deserve persecution; but for the cause of Christ, let us be steadfast and unmovable, trusting him to bring us through trials and difficulties for his name's sake.

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Thought For Today - August 19 - What Did Jesus Say about Peacemakers?

 Thought For Today - August 18
 What Did Jesus Say? - About Peacemakers?
By: Robert A. Searles

    To be at peace with God and with one's self is a great blessing; and to be at peace with our fellowmen is also a great blessing.

"Peace ! Peace ! wonderful peace that cometh down from the Father above!"

    Peace, that sense of calm and contentment, knowing all is well between us and God; that sense of assurance that there is nothing to fear, because God, our loving heavenly Father is in control.

    How wonderful it would be if all men everywhere could be at peace with God through Jesus Christ, for then, and only then, can they be at peace with one another throughout the world.

    Jesus said: "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." Mathew 5: 9.

    To be a promoter of peace with God, and peace among men is a calling of God to all his children. 

To point men and women and boys and girls to the Prince of Peace, the Lord Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of sins and salvation is our duty.

    "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another." Romans 14:19.

    May we who are the redeemed children of God, strive to be peacemakers so that we may be blessed of God.

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Thought For Today - August 18 - What Did Jesus Say?- About The Heart?

 Thought For Today - August 17
 What Did Jesus Say? - About the Condition of the Heart?
By: Robert A. Searles

    In its natural state, the heart of man is desperately wicked. Who can know it?

    When the bible speaks of the heart, it is not referring to the physical heart, the pump that circulates the blood through our bodies, but is speaking of the innermost personality, the mind and the soul.

    In the depths of our subconscious mind there are impurities which have been inherited from our ancestors down through the ages. Until we are changed by being born again, as it were, by receiving Christ as our savior and allowing the Holy Spirit to descend into the basement of our mind and soul, and dig out those evil thoughts and imaginations, and rebellion against God, we cannot expect the Holy Spirit to feel at home there.

    There is no cleaning detergent on earth that can purify our innermost being, our heart, and soul, except the shed blood of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

    When we have believed, and received him by faith, and allowed him to apply his blood to our account, his blood washes us and makes us whiter than snow.

    When our hearts are pure because of what Christ has accomplished for us, then we are considered pure in heart, and we can sense the presence of God in our lives, and we can see God as he wants us to see him. 

    Jesus said: "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." Matthew 5:8.

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Thought For Today - August 17 - What Did Jesus Say? - About Mercy?

 Thought For Today -August 16
What did Jesus say? - About mercy?
By: Robert A. Searles

    The definition of mercy is: a quality of compassion, clemency, a refraining from the infliction of suffering by one who has the right or power to inflict.

    One of the attributes of God is his mercy. God has compassion on all of his creatures, and is not willing that any should perish. He certainly has the right and power to inflict suffering to punish evil doers, but God is long suffering and withholds his wrath from falling upon those of us who deserve it. Instead he pours out his grace, unmerited favor, favor that we have not earned, and do not deserve.

Jesus said: "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy." Matthew 5:7

    In the likeness of God, as his dear children, he expects us also to be like him in showing mercy. We ought to be concerned for the eternal welfare of those around us. We ought to love and show mercy to the unlovable. We ought to be more ready to forgive and pardon than to seek revenge.

    God looks upon us as we are merciful to others, and pours out his mercy upon us accordingly. "Blessed are the merciful for they shalt receive mercy." Math 5:7

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Thought For Today - August 15 - What Did Jesus Say? About Hunger?

 Thought For Today - August 15
 What did Jesus say? - About Hunger?
By: Robert A Searles

    Jesus said: "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled." Matthew 5:6.

    Those of us who have been "born again" into the family of God by the grace of God, through the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, still live in a heathen world full of sin and corruption. We are in the world, but not of the world. The banqueting table of this sinful world no longer nourishes us and we suffer from spiritual malnutrition, because the substance of the world cannot meet our spiritual needs. 

Once we have tasted and seen that the Lord is good, the sweetmeats of the world become bitter to us, and does not satisfy. We hunger, and long, and desire for something better than that which the world has to offer. We hunger and thirst for the table that God has promised to spread for us in the wilderness.

    Jesus told us that when we truly desire and hunger for the things of God and thirst for his righteousness we will be blessed and he will fill us. God our father will not allow his children to suffer hunger, either spiritual or physical.

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Thought For Today - August 14- What Did Jesus Say? - About Meekness?

Thought For Today - August 14
 What Did Jesus Say? - About Meekness?
By: Robert A. Searles

    What did Jesus say about meekness? Jesus said: - "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." Matthew 5: 5.

    What does it mean to be meek? To be meek means to be submissive; to be humble; gentle, easily entreated.

    In our sin cursed world culture, meekness is sometimes considered weakness, where the world's philosophy is the survival of the fittest and strongest, and most aggressive; but Jesus taught otherwise. Jesus taught that meekness is strength and power, and will result in blessing from God.

    Meekness ought to be an outstanding attribute of a true child of God as he follows the example of Jesus.

    "He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth." Isaiah 53.7 

Jesus said: "Take my yoke upon you and lean of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest for your souls." Matthew 11-29   

 An example of meekness is found in Moses who lead the children of Israel out of the bondage of Egypt, of whom it was said that he was the meekest man on earth.

 "Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth" Numbers 12:3.

 Another example of meekness is Jesus who exhibited extreme meekness at his trial and crucifixion, yet he conquered the most formidable enemy of all, death itself, and is now seated at the right hand of God the Father, waiting for the signal to come and reclaim the earth and its' inhabitants for the glory of God as king of kings and Lord of Lords.

Let us pray that we can be more like Jesus because he has told us that the meek will eventually inherit the earth.

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Thought For Today - August 14 - What Did Jesus Say About Mourning ? ?

Thought For Today - August 13
What did Jesus say? - About mourning?
By: Robert A Searles

To mourn means to feel sorry for..; to grieve for something or someone.

Jesus said - "Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted." Matthew 5: 4

"It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart." Ecclesiastes 7:2.

    We can never be truly happy and blessed while we are feasting with the world in the pleasures of sin. There is pleasure in sin for a season. The temporary pleasures of sin come and go and in the end we are left empty and desolate, but when we come to the place in our life where we realize the consequences of being forever lost and separated from God, because - "The wages of sin is death", we enter into the house of mourning, as it were, and when we truly feel sorry and grieve over our sinful condition and separation from God, and ask God's forgiveness, then we are blessed and comforted.

    When we mourn because of our sin, then God is there to lift us up, forgive us, and comfort us.


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Thought For Today - August 13 - What Did Jesus Say? - Follow Me !

Thought For Today -August 12
 What Did Jesus Say? - "Follow Me"
By: Robert A. Searles

    Jesus came into the world to pay the debt owed to God the Father for all the individual sins of mankind. He offered himself as a sacrifice and a free gift of life to all who will receive him by faith. Jesus came to lead mankind to God the Father, and to lead them to Heaven. He came to give us life and that more abundantly. He came to be the master teacher of all, he who has all knowledge and wisdom, the way, the truth, and the light. He came to be the light of the world. To dispel the darkness of ignorance and sin.

    Jesus said: "Follow me, and I will make you fisher of men." Matthew 4:19.

Jesus was a fisher of men. He went after the lost souls of the human race. He promised his disciples, and through them he promised us that if they listened to and kept his teaching, and follow in his footsteps, that they too would become fishers of men. They would draw men and women, boys and girls to him through their lifestyle and testimony, and many would be saved.

    When Jesus left this world to return to the Father in Heaven, he left us with the great commission to go into the world and preach the gospel to all creatures. He wants his redeemed people to be fishers of men so that as many as will receive him can enjoy the blessings of salvation and eternal life.

Follow him faithfully and he will make you to become fishers of men and soul winners.

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Thought For Today - August 12 - What Did Jesus Say? - Repent !

Thought For Today - August 11
 What did Jesus say? - Repent!
By: Robert A. Searles

    Jesus said: Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matthew 4:17.

Up until the time that Jesus came upon the scene and presented himself to John the Baptist to be baptized by him as a token of his identification with the human race, the worship of God was ceremonial, for the most part. People lived pretty much as they pleased. For the most part people were concerned only for their own needs and pleasure, religious, strict keepers of the law out of fear, but having no heart for it. They feared an angry wrathful God, as they thought of him, whom they thought was more eager to pour out his wrath and punishment, than to love , show mercy and forgive. An eye for an eye and tooth for tooth mentality prevailed. People were lying, cheating and killing one another in business as well as in religious matters.

    Jesus came with an all new philosophy. Jesus was the manifestation of God the Father in human flesh. He came to reveal to the world the true nature of God. God is love, God is kind, God is merciful, God is more willing to forgive sins than to pour out his wrath and punishment if people will only confess their sins and ask for forgiveness.

    To repent means to come to a place in our sojourn through life when we stop and examine ourselves, examine our thinking and attitudes, look into the depth of our own heart and root out all bitterness, envy, strife, covetousness, and anything that does not reflect the image and glory of God.

Jesus taught us to repent: to stop and take a good look at ourselves and if we are going in this direction to turn completely around - repent - and go in the direction of God; to follow his teaching about God and his love and mercy, and to look forward to the coming kingdom of God.

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Thought For Today -August 11 - What Did Jesus Say ? - About Worship ?

 
 Thought For Today - August 10
What Did Jesus say? - About Worship?
By: Robert A. Searles

    Worship - what is worship?  Worship is said to be the act of showing reverence, adoration -  to adore; to love; and to admire

    The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. It was made by him, and was all his from the beginning, but he temporarily laid aside all that rightly belonged to him so as to become one of us earthlings, made a little lower than the angels, so that he could share in our miseries, and pay our sin debt so that we could be like him.

    Many wonderful things that God has made and placed within our reach tempt us to be covetous.
    Satan, while tempting Jesus, reminded him of all the kingdoms of the world that he could rule over if he would just turn his affections away from God the Father, and worship him, who had gained control of all these things through the fall of the human race.

    Satan said to Jesus: "All these things will I give thee if thou will fall down and worship me." In other words, Satan was saying, all can be yours if you will reverence, adore, love and admire me above all else, including God the Father.

    What did Jesus say? "Then saith Jesus unto him, get thee hence, Satan, for it is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve." Matthew 4: 10.

    This beautiful world that God has made is full of enticements for us to covet . Some things are good for us; others are not right for us to have. We are likewise tempted by our flesh, and by Satan to neglect the worship and service to God to go after those things, forgetting that God our Father, who gave his only begotten son to save us, will through him also give us freely all good things to enjoy if we will dedicate our worship and service to him only. 

    When we seek material things more than we seek a spiritual relationship with God our Father, we are falling into Satan's trap to worship him. The result is that we may have pleasure and comfort for a season, but in the end only misery and desolation.

    Let us be wise as serpents and harmless as doves, and remind ourselves as Jesus said:” It is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve." Math 4:10

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Thought For Today - August 10 - What Did Jesus Say? - About Tempting God, To Prove Him?

Thought For Today - August 9
 What did Jesus say? - About tempting God, to Prove him?
By: Robert A. Searles

    What did Jesus say about tempting or trying to prove God?
While Jesus was fasting in the wilderness, he was tempted by the devil to prove whether or not he was truly the son of God. If he was, in fact God, then it seemed reasonable to him that he could throw himself down from the pinnacle of the temple and he would not be harmed, thus proving God's word and promise that God would keep him from all harm.

    Jesus said: "It is written again, thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." Matthew 4: 7.

That which God has told us in his word is true and to be believed, and must be accepted and taken by faith. We are not to tempt God by trying to prove him. God cannot be proved by any human effort.

    Many times in our daily lives and activities, we have a tendency to want to prove God and his love for us. We sometimes challenge his authority, and when we do, we get into deep trouble. God has given to us certain laws which must be obeyed, both physical and spiritual. When we disobey these laws we must suffer the consequences.

    Let us always remember what Jesus said, that it is written in the word of God that we are not to tempt or try to prove the Lord our God.

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Thought For Today - August 9 - What Did Jesus Say About Food ?

Thought For Today - August 8
What did Jesus Say?-About Food?
By: Robert A. Searles

    What did Jesus say about mankind's need for food?
Jesus said - "It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Matthew 4:4

    Jesus had been in the wilderness and had fasted for forty days and forty nights, and he knew what it was like to be hungry and physically in need of food. He could have commanded the stones to produce bread for his physical needs, but knew if he did, he would be using his divine power selfishly amiss. As the obedient son of God, he considered it more important to wait upon God and trust his word and promises.

    Mankind needs more than physical food, clothing, and shelter for survival. He needs to absorb every word of God into his heart and mind. Every word of God is true and pure, and if obeyed, will bring health, well being, and salvation to both body and soul.

    Let us take Jesus 's advice and esteem the word of God more highly than our necessary food

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Thought For Today - August 8 - Bless The Lord At All Times !

Thought For Today - August  7
 Bless the Lord at All Times!
By: Robert A Searles

"Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name." Psalm 103: 1

    We who are Christians and know of the mercies of God ought to spend the remainder of our lives blessing and praising the Lord for all his goodness to us. How wonderful to know that he has forgiven us all our iniquities, past, present, and future, and we will never again come unto condemnation. How wonderful to know that our once sin sick soul has been healed from the plague of the dominion and power of sin, and sin has no more power and dominion over us to keep us in its' prison.

    The loving kindness and tender mercies of God has redeemed our life from destruction. As the mother bird feeds its' young, God daily fills our lives with good things. All things work together for good to them that love God. I am so glad that God hath not dealt with me after my sin, nor rewarded me according to my iniquities, but he sent his only begotten son to die in my place and take my sin upon himself and pay the penalty for me, and as far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgression from us.

    My friend, if you are not yet a Christian if you have not yet believed in the only begotten son of God whom God sent to earth to manifest himself to sinful man, and offer himself a sacrifice for the sin of the world, I admonish you to receive him by faith, and ask him to forgive your sin, and come live in your heart and give you eternal life. Then as millions of others will testify along with the Psalmist, you wilt have gladness and joy in your heart, and you will have reason to bless the Lord all the day long with all that is within you.

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Thought For Today - August 6 - Who Shall Abide In Thy Tabernacle ?

 

 Thought For Today - August 6
 Who Shall Abide in Thy Tabernacle?
By: Robert A. Searles

    "Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor. In whose eyes a vile person is condemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved." Psalm 15.

    God cannot fellowship with sin, therefore if we have any vestige of  sin in our lives, we cannot expect to enjoy the full fellowship of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, even though we may be the children of God. We ought to examine ourselves daily and keep short accounts with God so that we will be able to abide with God and dwell in his holy hill.

 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9.

    Lets daily ask ourselves these questions, and if we find ourselves guilty, let us judge ourselves that we be not judged, and ask God's forgiveness: Do I walk uprightly? Do I the works of righteousness? Do I speak truth in my heart? Do I back bite with my tongue? Do I do evil to my neighbor? Do I take a reproach against my neighbor? Do I keep my word even to my own hurt? Do I fear the Lord and do I honor all them that do fear the Lord?
    "He that doeth these things shall never be moved."

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Thought For Today - August 6 = Run With Patience The Race That Is Set Before Us !

Thought For Today -August  5
 Run with Patience the Race That is Set Before Us.
By: Robert A. Searles

    "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12: 1,2.

    Let us as Christians run the race so that we might receive the crown. We are called to be saved, and called to lose our life in our Savior so that we might gain eternal, everlasting life, but we must be willing to walk as he walked, and endure afflictions as he did, and be a partaker of his reproach and his suffering in this present world.

    Seeing that we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, we as Christians are in the arena of life and all the host of heaven, the host of hell, all the saints that have gone on to glory, and those who are yet alive are in the grandstands to see how we will run the race of life and to cheer us on.

    We need to put aside everything in this life, whether it be spiritual or material, which would tend to weigh us down and hinder us from doing the will of God. We know that we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ and receive for the things we have done in our bodies in this life; therefore, we ought to keep our eyes fixed upon Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, and like him, for the joy that is set before us, endure the trials and afflictions and minor annoyances of this life with full assurance that one day when the race is run, we shall share in his inheritance, behold his glory, and be as he is.

    It is better to suffer afflictions with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a moment. We must be diligent lest that for one tiny bit of advantage or comfort in this life, we do not dishonor God and sell our birthright and lose our reward and inheritance. 

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Thought For Today - August 5 - My Soul Cries Out For God !

Thought For Today - August 4
 My Soul Cries Out for God!
By: Robert A Searles

    My soul cries out for God! I need thee, Oh ! how I need thee, every hour I need thee. When I do not hear from God, I sink in the mire of despair and am despondent. God has promised that he will never leave me, nor forsake me, so that I may boldly say, the Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

    If I am cut off from God's fellowship it may be that there is  sin in my life which I have not confessed. I may be neglecting to eat the bread of life, the word of God. I may have bitter envying and strife in my heart. I may have ought against my brother that needs to be reconciled. Perhaps I had opportunity to do good, and did it not. I may be insulting God by being anxious and worrisome and not trusting God for my daily needs. Whatever the sin may be, greater is the remedy , for "where sin abounds, grace does much more abound," and "if we will confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 

    Can I doubt the care of God for me for today and tomorrow when he has kept me and provided for me through all these years? If God has given his best, the Lord Jesus Christ to be my savior, will he not with him also give me all things freely to enjoy?

    Yes! he will! and he does, and what he will and has done for me, my Christian brother or sister, he will do for you also if you will trust him.

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Thought For Today - August 4 - Hear Counsel And Receive Instruction !

  Thought For Today  - August 3
- Hear Counsel And Receive Instruction !
By: Robert A. Searles

Hear counsel and receive instruction!

    The word of God tells us to:” Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end." Proverbs  19: 20

    Foolish is the person who will not open his ears and his heart to the instruction of God, and likewise, foolish is the person who does open his ears and his heart to the counsel and instruction of the foolish. We ought to be very discerning, and try the spirits, and test any counsel that is given to us by comparison to the word of God. The fool hath said in his heart there is no God. To follow the wisdom and counsel of this person is folly and dangerous.

    The world is full of worldly wisdom, and there are ways that seem right unto a man but the end thereof is destruction, but the wisdom that cometh from above is Godly, and there is safety in walking therein.

    "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor siteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish." Psalm 1

    A wise philosopher once said: "I cannot tell who is the most blessed of men, or the most successful of men until I can see the end of man." 

    The word of God guarantees that in thy latter end you will be most blessed and successful if you hear counsel and receive instruction.

    "Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the Lord. But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death." Proverbs 8: 33-36.

    "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works." 2 Timothy 3:16,17.

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Thought For Today - August 3 - No True Atheists !

 Thought For Today - August 2
 No True Atheists! 
By: Robert A Searles

    There are no true atheist -  for all people everywhere believe in something and trust in something, but they that know not our Christ, and the one true God which he reveals himself to be are like the gods to which they bow down . They are dumb and stupid. 

    "Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not ;noses have they, but they smell not: They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. They that made them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them." Psalm 115:4-8 

    It is dumb and stupid to trust in things, or ourselves, or other people, or houses and lands, or riches, yet the world worships at the altar of materialism, and the religion of secular humanism is the faith of the masses of unsaved heathen. The heathen is not limited to remote primitive peoples as we have sometimes stereotyped them to be, but in spite of its' beginning, America today is a heathen nation for the most part ,for the majority of the people in this country are idol worshipers, worshippers of false Gods. We have departed from the faith of our fathers and put our faith in man and man's so called achievements. Men and women are living together in adultery and whoredom contrary to the teaching of God, and new born babies are being slaughtered by the millions and few people lift a finger to stop the massacre.

    Heathen Americans point their bony, self righteous finger in the face of God and mock him; but you self proclaimed atheist, who are not really atheist, but worshippers of false Gods better be aware of the fact that the true God, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the keeper of Israel, and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will bring judgment on all evil doers.

    "Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? But our God is in the heaven: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased." Psalm 115:2,3.

    You who have a mind with which to think, and not yet completely sold out to be a puppet on Satan's rope: "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool,. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat he good of the land: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it." Isaiah 1: 18-20

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Thought For Today - August 2 - Lie Not Against The Truth !

 Thought For today - August 2
  Lie Not Against the Truth!
By: Robert A. Searles

    "Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom decendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is there is confusion and every evil work." James 3:13-16.

    Dear friends, one of the methods that Satan uses to try to destroy us and to ruin our testimony as a Christian is to cause us to harbor bitter envying and strife in our heart. Satan knows the effect that bitterness and strife can have on our mind and our bodies. It can cause an imbalance in the chemical make up in our bodies, eventually causing breakdown and illness, and it can cause our thinking process to be irrational and perverted; also, it can cause our thoughts to be turned away from our blessed Lord and Savior , Jesus Christ. My friend, if there is any trace of bitterness or strife in your heart this morning as you begin this new day, glory not , but confess it to God and lie not against the truth.

    Jealousy, envy and covetousness are all grievous sins and displeasing to God our father who has promised to be generous to his children and to provide for all our needs. Bitterness, envy, strife, jealousy, and covetousness are the elements which lead to war.

    "From whence come wars and fighting among you? come thy not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and can not obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not because ye ask not. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts." James 4:1-3.

    Dear friend in Christ, turn to  our Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ this morning, and to the written word which he has given us, and allow the Holy Spirit, through the word of God, to wash away all this bitterness and to cleanse us and make us fit vessels for the master's use. Get into the word of God, and by the washing of the word, be clean.

    "For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy, And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace." James 3:16-18.

    "But he giveth more grace, wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts , ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up." James 4:6-10

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Thought For Today - August 1 - Bring Forth Good Fruit !

 Thought For Today - July 31
  Bring Forth Good Fruit!
By: Robert A. Searles

    We are not to judge one another. No one is qualified to pluck the mote out of his brother's eye while he still has a beam protruding from his own; nevertheless,, we are to be discerning, and we ought to know which fruit comes from which tree. No one is above his master, but we Christians all ought to desire to be as our master, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We ought to abide in him, and in his word even as a branch is attached to the vine so that our fruit might be good fruit.

    "For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes." Luke 6: 43,44.

    In this world of practical things, we ought to be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. We ought not to associate and derive wisdom and counsel from those among us who might be likened unto the thorns and bramble bushes, where we know that we will obtain nothing but sour and poisonous fruit. We ought to first of all seek our fellowship with our blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who is the first fruit of all that is good, and wholesome, and wonderful, and then our earthly associations and sources of wisdom and counsel ought to be with those who are attached to him, and abiding with him as the branch is attached to the vine.

    We can know when we have found the good fruit, for: "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of the heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh."
 Luke 6: 45.

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