First Things First!

First Things First!

  "To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity. to give  subtilty  to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. a wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: to understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction." Proverb 1: 3-7.

We ought to discipline ourselves to meet with God the first thing we do every new day to receive from God the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment and equity: we ought to be quiet before God and allow him to speak to us  So that we might have a healthy respect for God and acknowledge him as our beginning and our  Savior  and our hope for all eternity.

Wait For the Lord!

 Thought For Today - May 3
 Wait for the Lord!
By: Robert A. Searles

    "The Lord is my light and my salvation: whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" Psalm 27: 1
 "Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord." Psalm 27:14.
  Wait patiently for the salvation of God.  - "I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord." Gen: 49: 18.
    Sometimes when we pray and ask God for something, our request are not immediately granted. Sometimes there is a delay and a time span between our request, and God granting that request, even though it may be the will and intention of God to grant that for which we have asked him
 Sometimes we grow weary in our waiting for God to come to our rescue, and we question in our minds whether we should wait for it any longer as was the question asked in 2 Kings 6:33.

    But we are reminded that: "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." Isaiah 40: 31.

    God grant that we shall have the faith and patience of Job and say with him: "If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come." Job 14:14

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One Comfortin g Thought!

Thought For Today - May 2
One Comforting Thought!
By: Robert A. Searles

One comforting thought to keep in remembrance - that is - when the Lord rises to fight for us, our enemies are rendered helpless and unable to perform, because we are the blood bought children of God through Jesus Christ. God has promised to take hold of shield and buckler with us and fight against our enemies. As members of God's family, our enemies are his enemies, and his enemies are our enemies.

"Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. Be thou exalted, Lord in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.":Psalm 21: 8-13

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Who Are We?

Thought For Today - May 1
Who Are We?
By: Robert A. Searles

    "Jesus spoke many things unto them in parables, saying: 'Behold, a  sower  went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: and when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. and some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: but other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixty fold, some thirty fold. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.' " Mathew13: 3-9.
    Later, Jesus explained to his disciples the meaning of this parable.
  "Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. but he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty." Matthew 13:18-23.

    Is our heart cold and stony? Do we harbor old hurts, and resentments? Do we hide injuries in our heart? Do we cling to worldly pleasures and  sins so that our heart becomes stony and unable to allow the word of God to penetrate to the depths of our soul where it will take root and spring up and bear fruit?
  Are we so entangled in the thorns and cares of our daily lives in this world that all our thoughts are on making a living, taking care of our families, and having a place in society, so that the word of God is choked out of our lives and profits us nothing?  Or, are we the good ground which Jesus talked about - We desire a better understanding of God's word?  We search the scriptures daily. We pray and ask God to give us spiritual understanding and discernment. We ask God to forgive all our known sins, take away, anger, resentments, grudges and give us love for one another so that the stony heart will become soft and be able to absorb the word of God.
 If we would be untangled from the thorns of daily life, we must believe God's word in its' entirety, receive Christ as our Savior, and trust God to provide all our needs, and seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and have the assurance that all these other needs in our life God will provide for our good and his glory. Then we will be the good ground where the word of God will bear fruit in our lives.
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When the Righteous Bear Rule!

 Thought For Today -September  19
  When the Righteous Bear Rule!
By: Robert A.Searles

    "Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad." Psalm 45: 6-8.

  “But unto the  Son he saith, thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.  Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.” Hebrews 1: 8, 9.

    How wonderful it would be if all our governors and presidents, and those in authority loved righteousness and hated wickedness! How wonderful it will be when our Lord Jesus Christ who does love righteousness and hates wickedness will return from heaven and take his place on the throne of the kingdoms of this world and rule with a rod of iron and authority in his righteousness and holiness! Then will there be peace and joy and harmony once again on the earth. Come quickly Lord Jesus. We need your divine authority and leadership


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Lip of Truth!

Thought For Today - April 29
 Lip of Truth!
By: Robert A Searles

    "The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment." Proverb 12: 19.

    Truth will prevail and last forever. God is true, therefore eternal and everlasting. His word is true and trustworthy, therefore we can rely on it.

    All kinds of fantasies and lies may come and pass away, but whatever is true, that will remain. If one's relationship to God is true, troubles may come, doubts may come, a certain falling away for a time may occur, but like the evening tide, that sweet fellowship with the Lord will return to the one who in truth knows him in whom he has believed. 

 If the foundation of the home is dug deep and set upon the rock of the true God, the Lord Jesus Christ, that house will stand and endure forever. If a marriage is founded upon true and genuine unselfish love, that marriage relationship will be forever.

Salvation which is true through the Lord Jesus Christ is a truth which will abide through all generations. Think therefore on things which are true, and speak things which are true.



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Thought  For Today - April 28
 Let It Be Heard!
By: Robert A. Searles

    I have learned, and am still learning, that when I speak God's praises with my lips, and let my thoughts become audible to myself and to God, that my prayer and meditation becomes more meaningful to me than if I just think with my mind my praise and prayer to God, and remember with my mind his power. If we will speak with our lips what we know and feel in our heart, then our words take wings, as it were, and accomplish the mission and purpose for which they were meant.
 
    God told Moses: "....speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregations and their beast drink." Numbers 20: 8.

  God didn't tell Moses to go up and just look at the rock and think in his mind that the rock had water and was capable of providing their needs, he told him to use his lips and speak to the rock where every one could hear. Jesus Christ is our rock, a fountain of life that will never run dry. We need to move our lips and speak audibly to him.

    "And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear." Isaiah 65: 24

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