in Gods Word

Emphasis on
Some Things That Matter
May 2014
Salvation
May 1
Bible Reading: I John 5:13-21
Key Verse: Verse 13- "These things have I written
unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God;
that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that
ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."
Key Words: believe on the name of the Son of God
The mos im!oran de"ision ha anyone ma#es in li$e is
he de"ision in regard o heir eernal desiny% Whi"h raises
he &'esion o$ ho( "an (e be sa)ed* The ans(er is $o'nd in
+od,s Word: I John 5:11-12 says: -And this is the record, that
God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. e
that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of
God hath not life.!
.o( do (e ha)e he /on* 0ne o$ he mos !o!'lar )erses
in he Bible ells 's% John 3:11 2 -"or God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in him should not #erish, but have everlasting life.!
/al)aion only "omes by belie)ing in Jes's 3hris%
There is a sory I lo)e o ell abo' 4r% 5ee Roberson% I
seems as ho'gh one /'nday morning a yo'ng boy (en do(n
o ge sa)ed% Tha nigh he (as ba!i6ed% The ne7 /'nday8
here "omes he same lile $ello( do(n he aisle again8 elling
4r% Roberson he needed o ge sa)ed% Tha nigh a$er ma#ing
a !ro$ession o$ $aih8 he (as ba!i6ed again% The ne7 /'nday8
yo' g'essed i: here he "omes again% Tha nigh a he
ba!ismal ser)i"e 4r% Roberson d'n#ed him 'nder he (aer
and held him here% 9$er a $e( se"onds8 he bro'gh him '!
and as#ed him (ha he (aned% The lile $ello( said8 -9ir8
!lease8 air:;
4r% Roberson said8 -Wrong ans(er:; and d'n#ed him
again% 9$er a $e( se"onds he bro'gh him '! and as#ed again8
-Wha do yo' (an*;
The lile $ello( "ried8 -Moher8 sa)e me:;
To (hi"h 4r% Roberson said: -Wrong ans(er8; and d'n#ed
him again% 9 $e( se"onds laer he bro'gh him '! and again
said8 -Wha do yo' (an*;

To (hi"h he re!lied8 -4ear Jes's8 !lease sa)e me:;
To (hi"h 4r% Roberson said8 -<o( yo',)e go i8 son% <o(
yo',)e go i:;
/al)aion "omes by belie)ing in Jes's 3hris- nohing else
and no oher (ay% Tha,s i% Tha is a $o'ndaional r'h:
Wha o do:
Read and s'dy he $ollo(ing )erses: John 3:118 1=8
31> John 5:2?> John 1:11-13> Romans 1@:A-1@> Romans
1:11%
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The Resurrection
May 2
Bible Reading: 9"s 21:1-=
Key Verse: Verse = $ "%hy should it be thought a
thing incredible with you, that God should raise the
dead&"
Key Words: that God should raise the dead&
1I o$en as# mysel$ ho( i is e)en !ossible ha men
sho'ld do'b he res'rre"ion $rom he dead% I is $ar more
in"redible ha here sho'ld be no res'rre"ion% The &'esion
o$ Ca'l o King 9gri!!a (as8 -%hy should it be thought a
thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead&! I$
here is no res'rre"ion8 his li$e really has no meaning8 i
be"omes hollo( and em!y% Then +od Who "reaed 's is a
+od o$ sheer sorro(%%%is his li$e all here is* J's a $e( years
o$ alernaing be(een "rying and la'ghing8 mosly "rying8
and hen deah* Then (e m's say (ih he 9!osle Ca'l8 -If
in this life only we have ho#e in 'hrist, we are of all men
most miserable.! B' he res'rre"ion sho'ld no be
in"redible o 's8 $or all hings aro'nd 's remind 's o$ he
res'rre"ion% The b'ds on he rees8 he $lo(ers in he garden8

he emerging o$ li$e a$er a long (iner o$ ina"i)iy8 all !oin
o he res'rre"ion%
In an an"ien omb in Dran"e8 b'ried 'nder he debris8
ar"haeologiss $o'nd $lo(er seeds (hi"h had been here $or
28@@@ years: The e7!lorers oo# he seeds and !laned hem
and o no one,s ama6emen8 hey gre(% Egy!ian garden !eas
(hi"h had been b'ried $or 38@@@ years (ere bro'gh and
!laned8 and yo' g'essed i8 (ihin a $e( days hey had
germinaed and bro#en gro'nd2b'ried 38@@@ years and hen
res'rre"ed o li$e: Why hen sho'ld i be ho'gh a hing
in"redible ha +od sho'ld raise he dead* I$ +od "an "a'se a
l'm! o$ "lay o be"ome ali)e a he "reaion o$ man8 hen
again I as#8 (hy "an man no belie)e in he res'rre"ion* To
me he mos in"redible hing (o'ld be $or Jes's o li)e he li$e
.e li)ed and hen remain dead% .allel'Fah: 3hris arose:
G! $rom he gra)e .e arose8
Wih a mighy ri'm!h o,er .is $oes>
.e arose a Vi"or $rom he dar# domain8
9nd .e li)es $ore)er (ih .is sains o reign:
.e arose: .e arose: .allel'Fah8 3hris arose:
9men and amen: 9nd be"a'se .e li)es8 I oo "an and
(ill li)e $or eerniy% /o "an yo' by belie)ing ha Jes's is he
3hris8 yo'r /a)ior%
Wha o do:
Belie)e in he res'rre"ion HRomans 1@:A-1@I%
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Wisdom
May 3
Bible Reading: Cro)erb J:1-13
Key Verse: Verse ? $ "%isdom is the #rinci#al thing;

therefore get wisdom( and with all thy getting get
understanding."
Key Words: %isdom is the #rinci#le thing
0ne o$ he reasons $or some o$ he $'ssing8 $'ming8
and $ighing among belie)ers is ha maers are handled (ih
lile (isdom or no (isdom a all% We demand o ha)e o'r
(ayKrigh no(:
9 ne( !rea"her a he lo"al "h'r"h (al#ed ino he
a'diori'm o$ his ne( "h'r"h% .e ho'gh i (o'ld be bes o
mo)e he !iano $rom he righ side o$ he sage o he le$ side
o$ he sage8 so he mo)ed i% /oon a$er he (as $ired $or he
disr'!ion "a'sed by he ne( !la"emen o$ he !iano% Di)e
years laer he re'rned o he same "h'r"h o )isi (ih he
miniser (ho se!!ed in (hen he (as $ired% They (al#ed ino
he a'diori'm and here (as he !iano on he le$ side o$ he
sage% The on"e $ired !rea"her as#ed -.o( did yo' ge he
!iano o he le$ side o$ he sage* They $ired me $or mo)ing
i%; The re!ly $rom he oher miniser (as !lain% -I "ame in
e)ery day and mo)ed he !iano o he le$ hree in"hes%;
9 lile (isdom goes a long (ay in handling deli"ae
iss'es%
Wha o do:
Wisdom is he !rin"i!le hing8 here$ore ge (isdom%
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Caring Ways
May J
Bible Reading: <ehemiah 1
Key Verse: Verse J $ "And it came to #ass, when I
heard these words, that I sat down and we#t, and
mourned certain days, and fasted, and #rayed before
the God of heaven,"
Key Words: that I sat down and we#t

<ehemiah (as a grea leader% 9s a maer o$ $a"8 ea"h
"ha!er o$ <ehemiah ells 's o$ <ehemiah,s leadershi!
"hara"erisi"s% B' in "ha!er one he (as a grea leader
be"a'se he "ared% .e "ared abo' he !eo!le o$ Jer'salem8
)erse 3% .e "ared abo' he "ondiion o$ he (alls a
Jer'salem8 )erse 3> b' he also "ared abo' ho( Israel had
o$$ended +od%
In "ha!er one8 (e see ha <ehemiah "ared eno'gh o
as#8 )erses 1 and 2% .e "ared eno'gh o !ray8 )erses 1
hro'gh 1@% 9nd he "ared eno'gh o (ee!8 )erse J%
<ehemiah "ared::
9'hor 5eo B's"aglia on"e old abo' a "ones he (as
as#ed o F'dge% The !'r!ose o$ he "ones (as o $ind he
mos "aring "hild> he (inner (as a $o'r-year-old boy% .is
ne7 door neighbor (as an elderly genleman (ho had
re"enly los his (i$e% G!on seeing he man "ry8 he lile boy
(en ino his genleman,s yard8 "limbed ino his la! and F's
sa here% When his moher as#ed him (ha he had said o he
neighbor8 he lile boy said8 -<ohing% I F's hel!ed him "ry%;
HThe Story "ileI%
Tears are a lang'age +od 'ndersands8 and I ha)e
$o'nd mos !eo!le 'ndersand he lang'age o$ ears as (ell%
Wha o do:
3are abo' !eo!le8 e)en hose yo' bale (ih li#ing%
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Directed Ways
May 5
Bible Reading: Csalm 11A:1-=
Key Verse: Verse 5 - ") that my ways were directed to
kee# thy statutes*"
Key Words: my ways were directed
John Chilli!s in his boo# on he Csalms (ries8 -I is
"lear ha he (rier o$ Csalm 11A (as a s'$$ering sain (ho
had o end're "onem! i$ no do(nrigh ill reamen%;
I is be"a'se o$ his s'$$ering ha he Csalmis as#s
+od o dire" H$irmly esablishI his (ays%
When going hro'gh he rials o$ li$e8 i is di$$i"'l o
-say on ra"#%; We "an be"ome easily derailed%
9s a yo'ngser I had a /'nday /"hool ea"her (ho (as
"onsanly gi)ing 's obFe" lessons% 0ne s'"h lesson o""'rred
on a (arm s!ring day (hen he oo# o'r "lass o' $or one o$ his
obFe" lessons% 9s (e all sa in a "ir"le8 he had ea"h one o$ 's
go one by one and !'ll '! a (eed o$ some #ind% Then he !'
's in eams8 had 's !'ll '! a large (eed8 and hen he ga)e 's
he assignmen o$ !'lling '! a !ine ree (hi"h only sood
abo' hree $ee high b' no maer ho( hard (e ried8 (e
"o'ldn, b'dge ha !ine ree% .e !ro"eeded o ell 's ha in
li$e (e (ill eiher be !laned in he (orld or he Word8 and he
ime (o'ld "ome (hen (e (o'ld be $irmly esablished8
'nmo)able% .e "losed by saying8 -Ma#e yo'r "hoi"es in li$e
!rayer$'lly be"a'se he day (ill "ome (hen no one (ill be
able o mo)e yo'%;
Is ha no (ha he Csalmis is as#ing $or* To be $irmly
esablished in +od,s sa'es%
Wha o do:
Ma#e yo'r "hoi"es "are$'lly be"a'se oday,s "hoi"es
are omorro(,s roos%
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My Response

May 1
Bible Reading: E!hesians J:25-32
Key Verse: Verse 25 $ "%herefore #utting away lying,
s#eak every man truth with his neighbour( for we are
members one of another."
Key Words: #utting away lying
1When (e hin# o$ s!e"i$i" sins any n'mber o$ hings
"an "ome o mind% Why8 here is ad'lery8 $orni"aion8
"o)eo'sness8 sealing8 "heaing8 la6iness8 (orry8 gl'ony8
!ro$aniy8 idolary8 rebellion% The lis goes on and on8 b' o
me he mos des!i"able o$ all sins is lying% The reason ha I
belie)e ha lying is so des!i"able is ha o$ all sins "ommied
agains me8 lying is he only one (hi"h (ill no bring me
sym!ahy or !rayers8 b' re!roa"h% I$ I "ommi ad'lery8
$orni"aion8 "o)eo'sness8 i$ I seal8 i$ I am la6y8 i$ I (orry8 i$ I
"ommi gl'ony8 !ro$aniy8 idolary8 or e)en i$ I rebel8 I
deser)e re!roa"h2I bring ha on mysel$% <o( i$ someone
"heas me8 "'rses me8 or seals $rom me8 ha 's'ally (ill
bring sym!ahy $rom ohers8 b' no( (hen someone lies
abo' me8 ha is 's'ally a di$$eren sory% When someone lies
abo' yo'8 yo' are basi"ally de$enseless o de$end yo'rsel$
be"a'se $or some srange8 !er)ered reason8 he )as maForiy
o$ !eo!le belie)e he lies hey hear% Dor e7am!le8 Jes's (as
lied abo' and he masses belie)ed he lies and "ried o'8
-3r'"i$y .im:; <aboh (as lied abo' and8 again8 he lies
(ere belie)ed% Ca'l (as lied abo' and e)en "alled a !esilen
$ello( in 9"s 2J:5%
/o (ha are (e o do (hen !eo!le lie abo' 's* 5e me
s'gges $o'r hings% L1 - Ta#e he high road% 4on, res!ond in
#ind% T(o (rongs ne)er e&'al a righ% L2 - Cray $or hose (ho
are boh s!reading he lies and $or hose (ho are belie)ing
hem HMahe( 5:118 5'#e 1:228 I Ceer J:1JI% L3 - Rely on
yo'r esimony% The greaes o$ all esimonies is (hen he
lies !eo!le are elling abo' yo' are 'nbelie)able be"a'se o$
yo'r esimony and inegriy% LJ - 9l(ays remember here
(ill al(ays be hose (ho belie)e e)ery lie hey hear8 don,
$o"'s on he liar or hose (ho belie)e he lie% Kee! yo'r eyes
on Jes's%

In li$e i$ someone $or some reason "hooses o lie abo'
yo'8 remember yo' ha)e no "onrol o)er hem8 b' yo' "an
"onrol%%%1I yo'r res!onse8 2I yo'r ai'de8 3I yo'r esimony%
<o(8 go o' and do righ and li)e $or +od8 and +od
(ill a#e "are o$ all he deails o$ li$e in he s(ee by and by%
Wha o do:
9!!ly he $o'r !rin"i!les $o'nd in his de)oion%
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Good Words
May ?
Bible Reading: I Kings 12:1-11
Key Verse: Verse ? - "And they s#ake unto him, saying,
If thou wilt be a servant unto this #eo#le this day, and
wilt serve them, and answer them, and s#eak good
words to them, then they will be thy servants for
ever."
Key Words: s#eak good words
We #no( Rehoboam didn, s!ea# good (ords and8 as a
res'l8 he !eo!le rebelled H)erse 1AI%
I,s ne)er (rong o do righ% We are old in +alaians
1:1@, +As we have therefore o##ortunity, let us do good unto
all men, es#ecially unto them who are of the household of
faith.!
+ood is al(ays asso"iaed (ih +od% In +enesis
"ha!er 1 a$er +od sa( ea"h o$ .is "reaion8 .e said i (as
good%
In Mar# 1@:1=8 Jes's as#ed he ri"h man8 +%hy callest
thou me good& There is none good but one, that is, God.!
We are old in +alaians 5:22 ha one o$ he $r'is o$
he /!iri is goodness%

0ne o$ he (ays I #no( ha I am (al#ing in he /!iri
is ha I rea !eo!le (ih goodness8 and I s!ea# o$ hem $or
good% 5e me hasen o add8 ha doesn, al(ays mean !eo!le
li#e (ha (e say or do%
My dad 'sed o say be$ore he (o'ld s!an# me8 -<o(8
his is $or yo'r good%; I m's admi a he ime8 I didn, see i
ha (ay> b' loo#ing ba"# on i8 he8 as 's'al8 (as righ%
Dinding good (ords o say abo' some !eo!le "an be a
di$$i"'l as#% Reminds me o$ a h'moro's sory ha
ill'sraes he !oin: I seems ha /% Ceer and he 4e)il had
an agreement o share he "oss o$ mainaining he $en"e
be(een .ea)en and .ell% 0ne (ee#end here (as a bi o$ a
bra(l in .ell ha go o' o$ hand8 and !ar o$ he $en"e (as
smashed% I (en 'n$i7ed $or (ee#s and /% Ceer a!!roa"hed
he 4e)il abo' mending i% <ohing ha!!ened o)er he !eriod
o$ a monh% Dinally8 in e7as!eraion8 /% Ceer said he (o'ld
s'e he 4e)il i$ he didn, !ay '!% -0h; reored he 4e)il8 -and
(here are yo' going o $ind a la(yer in hea)en*;
/o i is (ih some !eo!leKgood (ords are hard o "ome
by%
Wha o do:
Dind somehing good o say abo' ohers8 and yo'
(ill $ind hey (ill "hange heir ai'de abo' yo'%
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Flexibility
May =
Bible Reading: I 3orinhians 1@:2@-33
Key Verse: Verse 33 - ",ven as I #lease all men in
all things, not seeking mine own #rofit, but
the #rofit of many, that they may be saved."
Key Words: ,ven as I #lease all men in all things

9s yo' read hese )erses8 yo' (o'ld hin# ha Ca'l
(as a "om!romiser8 (hi"h is no he "ase% Ca'l 'ndersood
ha o o$$end is o lose% .a)e yo' e)er been o$$ended by
someone* <o(8 be hones8 a$er hey o$$ended yo' "o'ld hey
rea"h yo' $or 3hris* <o li#ely: Ca'l 'ndersood ha e)ery
bridge has some gi)e% We "all i $le7ibiliy8 and he (ho is no
$le7ible is )ery brea#able%
Mears ago8 Dran# 5loyd Wrigh (as gi)en he
im!ossible as# o$ b'ilding he Im!erial .oel in To#yo% <o
"om!arable "onsr'"ion Fob e)er be$ore had been
'ndera#en% Wih !aien"e he laid !lans $or he immense
b'ilding in his land o$ earh&'a#es and errible remors%
9$er "are$'lly re)ie(ing he si'aion8 he $o'nd ha eigh $ee
belo( he s'r$a"e o$ he gro'nd lay a si7y-$oo bed o$ so$
m'd% Why no $loa he grea sr'"'re on his and in some
(ay ma#e i absorb he sho"# o$ an earh&'a#e* 9$er $o'r
years o$ (or#8 amid ridi"'le and Feers o$ s#e!i"al onloo#ers8
his mos di$$i"'l b'ilding in he (orld (as "om!leed8 and
soon arri)ed he day (hi"h esed i "om!leely% The (ors
earh&'a#e in $i$y-(o years "a'sed ho'ses and b'ildings all
aro'nd o 'mble and $all in r'ins% B' he Im!erial .oel
sood8 be"a'se i (as able o adF's isel$ o he remors o$ he
earh%
9nd ha is he (ay Ca'l (as% .e did no "om!romise8
b' he did no o$$end eiher% .e #ne( i (as a balan"ing a"%
I may no be easy o hold o o'r sandards and ye no o$$end
ohers in he !ro"ess8 b' i "an be done% Ca'l did i:
Wha o do:
Be $le7ible or yo' (ill be brea#able
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Advice
May A
Bible Reading: Cro)erb 13:1-1@

Key Verse: Verse 1@ $ ")nly by #ride cometh
contention( but with the well advised is wisdom."
Key Words: with the well advised is wisdom
We ge (isdom in se)eral (ays% Wisdom "an "ome
$rom +odNs Word% I "an "ome $rom ans(ered !rayer% I "an
also "ome $rom so'nd ad)i"e: "Wih he (ell ad)ised is
(isdom%" Who (e a#e o'r "o'nsel $rom is8 o$ "o'rse8 o$ he
'mos im!oran"e% I$ (e a""e! $oolish ad)i"e8 (e (ill no
only loo# $oolish b' also be a $ool%
I am reminded o$ a sory I read in regard o Briish
Vi"e-Marshall 9le7andar 9dams% The sory (en li#e his:
9 he end o$ he Bale o$ Briain8 Briish Vi"e-
Marshall 9le7andar 9dams (as dri)ing o a meeing a his
head&'arers (hen he "ame '!on a sign: R094 350/E4--
G<EOC504E4 B0MB% 9dams "alled o)er he !oli"eman on
d'y8 ho!ing he migh be able o s'gges an alernae ro'e%
"/orry8 yo' "anN go hro'gh8" said he !oli"eman as he
a!!roa"hed he "ar% "The bomb is li#ely o go o$$ a any
min'e no(%" Then he "a'gh sigh o$ 9damsNs 'ni$orm% " INm
)ery sorry8 sir8" he said8 "I didnN #no( yo' (ere a (ing
"ommander% I is &'ie all righ $or yo' o go hro'gh%" Wih
"ad)isors" li#e ha8 (ho needs enemies: 9lho'gh ha
!oli"eman - (ho (as rained o res!e" ran# - momenarily
allo(ed his de$eren"e o a )i"e-marshal o o)er"ome his good
sense8 9dams had beer sense han o $ollo( his ad)i"e%
The moral o$ he sory is "lear% Be "are$'l (ho yo'
a#e ad)i"e $rom% I "o'ld #ill yo'%
Wha o do:
Ta#e ad)i"e $rom ohers (ho ha)e !ro)en
hemsel)es o)er ime o ma#e (ise de"isions%
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Decisions
May 1@
Bible Reading: +enesis J:1-1@
Key Verse: Verse 5 - "-ut unto 'ain and to his
offering he had not res#ect. And 'ain was very
wroth, and his countenance fell."
Key Words: -ut unto 'ain and his offering he had
not res#ect
9ll o$ li$e is $'ll o$ de"isions% We go $rom one de"ision
o anoher o$en gi)ing lile ho'gh o he de"isions (e
ma#e% B' ea"h de"ision is im!oran and a$$e"s no only o'r
li$e8 b' he li)es o$ ohers%
Drom o'r Bible reading $or oday (e see ha 3ain
made a de"ision o bring an o$$ering o$ $r'i raher han an
o$$ering o$ blood (hi"h (as a bad de"ision on his !ar% 0ne
bad de"ision al(ays leads o anoher bad de"ision% Be"a'se o$
3ain,s Fealo'sy o$ his broher 9bel8 he sle( him% Dirs (e
ma#e o'r de"ision and o'r de"ision ma#es 's%
<oi"e he res'ls o$ 3ain,s de"ision%
+enesis J:11-1J8 -And now art thou cursed from the
earth, which hath o#ened her mouth to receive thy brother.s
blood from thy hand; %hen thou tillest the ground, it shall
not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a
vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. And 'ain said unto the
/)01, 2y #unishment is greater than I can bear. -ehold,
thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth;
and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and
a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to #ass, that
every one that findeth me shall slay me.!
The (ords o$ Eleanor Roose)el ring r'e: -0'r
!hiloso!hy is no bes e7!ressed in (ords% I is e7!ressed in
he "hoi"es one ma#es% In he long r'n8 (e sha!e o'r li)es
and (e sha!e o'rsel)es% The !ro"ess ne)er ends 'nil (e die%

9nd he "hoi"es (e ma#e are 'limaely o'r res!onsibiliy%;
.o( r'e:
Wha o do:
Ma#e (ise +odly de"isions be"a'se $irs yo' ma#e
yo'r de"isions8 hen yo'r de"isions ma#e yo'%
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What s A Mother!
May 11
Bible Reading: E6e#iel 11:JJ-5J
Key Verse: Verse JJ - "-ehold, every one that useth
#roverbs shall use this #roverb against thee, saying,
As is the mother, so is her daughter."
Key Words: As is the mother, so is her daughter
/ome(here be(een he yo'h$'l energy o$ a eenager
and he golden years o$ a (oman,s li$e8 here li)es a mar)elo's
and lo)ing !erson #no( as -Moher%;
9 moher is a "'rio's mi7're o$ !aien"e8 #indness8
'ndersanding8 dis"i!line8 ind'srio'sness8 !'riy and lo)e%
9 moher "an be a one and he same ime8 boh
-lo)elorn "o'nselor; o a hearsi"# da'gher8 and -head
$ooball "oa"h; o an ahlei" son%
9 moher "an se( he inies si"h in he maerial $or
ha dainy !rom dress and she is e&'ally e7!erien"ed in
hreading hro'gh he hea)ies ra$$i" (ih a saion (agon%
9 moher is he only "rea're on earh (ho "an "ry
(hen she,s ha!!y8 la'gh (hen she,s hearbro#en8 and (or#
(hen she,s $eeling ill%

9 moher is as genle as a lamb and as srong as a
gian% 0nly a moher "an a!!ear so (ea# and hel!less and ye
be he same one (ho !'s he $r'i Far "o)er on so ighly e)en
dad "an, ge i o$$%
9 moher is a !i"'re o$ hel!lessness (hen dad is near8
and a mar)el o$ reso'r"e$'lness (hen she,s all alone%
9 moher has he angeli" )oi"e o$ a member in he
"elesial "hoir as she sings Brahms l'llaby o a babe held igh
in her arms> ye his same )oi"e "an d(ar$ he so'nd o$ an
am!li$ier (hen she "alls her boys in $or s'!!er%
9 moher has he $as"inaing abiliy o be almos
e)ery(here a on"e and she alone "an someho( s&'ee6e an
enormo's amo'n o$ li)ing ino an a)erage day%
9 moher is -old-$ashioned; o her eenager> F's
-mom; o her hird-grader> and sim!ly -Mama; o lile (o-
year old siser%
B' here is no greaer hrill in li$e8 han o !oin o
ha (onder$'l (oman and be able o say o all he (orld8
-Tha,s my moher:;
-Dred Kr'se
Wha o do:
Craise yo'r Moher:
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Redeeming The Time
May 12
Bible Reading: Csalm 11A:1J5-152

Key Verse: Verse 1J= - "2ine eyes #revent the
night watches, that I might meditate in thy word."
Key Words: that I might meditate in thy word
/omeone on"e said:
-5ong be$ore his bed be"ame a (ra"#8 he (o'ld !ray%
5ying in bed (aiing $or slee! o "ome8 he (o'ld !ray% PMine
eyes !re)en Qani"i!ae8 $oresallR he nigh (a"hes8 ha I
migh mediae in Thy (ord%, .e 'rned hose momens
be$ore slee! "ame ino good 'se% .e "om!osed himsel$ $or
slee! by !rayer$'lly 'rning o)er he Word o$ +od in his mind%
In oher (ords8 he had (ha oday (e (o'ld "all a &'ie ime%
-/'rely mos o$ 's (ase $ar oo m'"h ime% /omeone
has "al"'laed ha he a)erage belie)er8 i$ he li)es o be ?5
years o$ age8 s!ends 25 years aslee!8 1? years a (or#8 1 years
in ra)eling8 ? S years in dressing8 A years in (a"hing
ele)ision8 1 years being si"#8 and only J years in !rayer and
Bible s'dy% Imagine J years o' o$ ?5 !re!aring $or eerniy8
less han hal$ he ime s!en (a"hing ele)ision% /'!!ose (e
"on)ered hal$ he ra)el ime8 mosly idle ime8 ino !raying
or memori6ing /"ri!'re insead o$ daydreaming% /'!!ose (e
in)esed mos o$ he ime s!en dressing engaging o'r minds
in !rayer% /'!!ose (e oo# an ho'r less slee! a nigh and
de)oed he ime o "on"enraed Bible s'dy% /'!!ose (e "'
(o-hirds o$ he ime s!en (a"hing ele)ision and de)oed
ha ime o reading he Bible8 s'dying he Word8 and !raying
$or $amily8 $riends8 missionaries8 and all hose h'ndreds o$
oher hings (e say (e are oo b'sy o !ray abo'% Why8 (e
"o'ld in"rease he ime (e s!end in !rayer and Bible s'dy by
1A years% Insead o$ a !alry J years8 (e (o'ld s!end 23 years
in geing ready $or he F'dgmen sea o$ 3hris%;
-D% W% Boreham 'sed o ell he sory o$ a gy!sy he
#ne( in his yo'h% /he (o'ld "ome o he )illage green near
(here he li)ed and o!en her "hes o$ reas'res% Drom ha
"hes she (o'ld a#e all #inds o$ hings8 $ingering and
$ondling he iems one by one and o$$ering hem $or sale% /he
(o'ld anno'n"e he !ri"e8 !ermi no haggling8 o$$er he iem8
and 'nless i (as !'r"hased a on"e8 ba"# i (en ino he
"hes% 0n no a""o'n (o'ld she a#e i o' again and gi)e he
!eo!le sanding aro'nd a se"ond "han"e o !'r"hase i% The
bargain had o be a#en a on"e or he "han"e (as gone%
-Redeeming he ime8; says Ca'l% +od o$$ers ea"h one
o$ 's a $leeing momen o$ ime% We "an sei6e i and $reigh i
do(n (ih somehing $or eerniy8 or i !asses ba"#
'nredeemed ino +od,s #ee!ing o be a (iness agains 's a
he F'dgmen sea% 5i$e,s golden momens ne)er re'rn% This
(ise old singer made i his !lan o b'y '! he ime%;
Wha o do:
Ma#e s're yo',re 'sing yo'r ime (isely on hings
ha "o'n $or eerniy%
Spiritual Discernment
May 13
Bible Reading: I 3orinhians 2
Key Verse: Verse 1J - "-ut the natural man receiveth
not the things of the S#irit of God( for they are
foolishness unto him( neither can he know them,
because they are s#iritually discerned."
Key Words: because they are s#iritually discerned
In "ha!er 28 Ca'l "onin'es o (rie abo' +odly
(isdom as "om!ared o h'man (isdom> b' he "loses o'
"ha!er 2 by elling he !eo!le ha he na'ral man8 he man
(ho is (iho' 3hris - (iho' sal)aion - ha man (ill ne)er
ha)e he abiliy o dis"ern s!iri'al hings%
I is im!oran o #no( ha dis"ernmen is he abiliy
o see and #no( r'h - he abiliy o loo# a he big !i"'re%
The $ollo(ing sory is a grea e7am!le o$ dis"ernmen%
"9 "ollege "oa"h (as rying o "on)er one o$ his
$ormer !layers ino a high s"hool alen s"o'% The "oa"h
began al#ing abo' he #ind o$ !layer hey (aned% .e (as

des"ribing he #ind o$ g'y (ho ges hi and doesnN ge '!8
(hen he enh'siasi" s"o' F'm!ed in8 NWe donN (an him:N
"The "oa"h agreed8 and old o$ he g'ys (ho ge '!
a$er geing hi on"e b' (ho say do(n a$er he ne7 hi%
The !ros!e"i)e s"o' #ne( ha (asnN he g'y hey (aned
eiher% Then he "oa"h old abo' a !layer (ho F's #e!
geing '! e)ery ime he go #no"#ed do(n%
"The $ormer ahlee #ne( his (as he !layer hey
(aned so he sho'ed8 NThaNs he g'y INll loo# $or:N
"The "oa"h said8 N<o8 donN yo' ge i* We (an he g'y
(hoNs #no"#ing e)erybody do(n:"
<o( ha is dis"ernmen8 somehing he "h'r"h a 3orinh
e)idenly did no ha)e%
Wha o do:
9s# +od o gi)e yo' s!iri'al dis"ernmen%%%daily::
"ive #y The Word
May 1J
Bible Reading: 5'#e J:1-13
Key Verse: Verse J - "And 3esus answered him,
saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word of God."
Key Words: but by every word of God
.a)e yo' e)er read (ha ohers ha)e said abo' he
Word o$ +od and ho( i im!a"s li$e* <oe he $ollo(ing:
+eorge Washingon said8 "I is im!ossible o righly
go)ern he (orld (iho' +od and he Bible%"
9braham 5in"oln said8 "I am !ro$iably engaged in
reading he Bible% Ta#e all o$ his boo# and balan"e i (ih
$aih> and yo' (ill li)e and die a beer man%"
Woodro( Wilson said8 "I ha)e a )ery sim!le hing o
as# o$ yo'% I as# e)ery man and (oman o reali6e ha
9meri"aNs desiny lies in heir daily !er'sal o$ his blessed
boo#%"
3a!ain Eddie Ri"#enba"her saed8 "The Bible is one
boo# $or one (orld% Today I reali6e ha I (o'ld no be here

had i no been $or he s!iri'al ligh and he moral !o(er
learned $rom his boo#8 (hi"h ha)e "arried me hro'gh he
many "rises o$ my li$e%"
4o'glas M"9rh'r said8 "Belie)e me8 ne)er a nigh
goes by8 be I e)er so ired8 b' I read he Word o$ +od be$ore I
go o bed%"
.erber .oo)er said8 " The (hole o$ he ins!iraion o$
o'r "i)ili6aion s!rings $rom he ea"hings o$ 3hris% To read
he Bible is a ne"essiy $or 9meri"a o li)e%"
4(igh 4% Eisenho(er said8 "To read he Bible is o
a#e a ri! o a $air land (here he s!iri is srenghened and
$aih rene(ed%"
/'rely (e m's 'ndersand ha (e do no li)e by bread
alone8 b' by e)ery (ord o$ +od%
Wha o do:
9s# +od o re)eal o yo' he real im!oran"e o$
+odNs Word $or yo' $amily and $or o'r naion%
3ommi yo'rsel$ ea"h day8 no F's o $eed he body8
b' o also $eed he so'l%
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$eep t n Context
May 15
Bible Reading: 1 3orinhians A:1-22
Key Verse: Verse 22 - "To the weak became I as weak,
that I might gain the weak( I am made all things to
all men, that I might by all means save some."
Key Words: I am made all things to all men, that I
might by all means save some.
<o(8 i$ I ha)e said i on"e8 I ha)e said i a h'ndred
imes8 "Kee! he /"ri!'re in "one7%" I o$en hear !eo!le 'se

I 3orinhians A:22b o F'si$y heir la"# o$ sandards% Dor
e7am!le8 I ha)e heard some say8 "I$ I need o dress li#e he
(orld o rea"h he (orld8 I (ill so ha I migh by all means
sa)e some%" /ill ohers say8 "I a" he (ay I a" and go o he
!la"es I go so I "an (iness o hem% Mo' see8 I (an o be li#e
Ca'l ha I migh by all means sa)e some%"
B' noi"e (ih me (ha Ca'l is really saying in I
3orinhians A% <oi"e )erse 12 (hen Ca'l says ha i$ he needs
o s'$$er all hings8 he (ill8 so ha he migh by all means sa)e
some% <oi"e also )erse 15 (hen Ca'l says he is e)en (illing
o die so ha he migh by all means sa)e some% Wha abo'
)erses 11-1=* Ca'l says ha he !la"es himsel$ 'nder he
gos!el o li)e by he gos!el so ha he migh by all means sa)e
some% Then here is )erse 1A (hen Ca'l says he is (illing o
be"ome a ser)an so ha he migh by all means sa)e some% In
)erses 2@-21 Ca'l says ha he is (illing o !la"e himsel$ 'nder
he sri"ness o$ he Je(ish la( ha he migh by all means
sa)e some% 9s i$ ha is no eno'gh8 Ca'l is saying ha he is
(illing o lose his healh so ha he migh by all means sa)e
some%
B' Ca'l is no saying8 "I$ I need o go o he mo)ies o
rea"h ohers8 I (ill>" nor is he saying "I$ I need o go o (ordly
a"i)iies and !aries o rea"h my $riends8 I (ill%" Why8 Ca'l is
no saying8 "I$ I need o le my dress sandards go o rea"h
ohers8 I (ill%" Wha Ca'l is saying is8 "I$ I need o;%%%
1% s'$$er8
2% die8
3% li)e by he gos!el8
J% be a ser)an8
5% li)e 'nder he la(8 or
1% lose my healh%%%
o rea"h ohers8 I (ill gladly do so% Mo' see8 i is im!oran o
#ee! he Word in "one7% I$ no8 yo' (ill "on)in"e yo'rsel$ o
do a (rong hing hin#ing i is $or a good "a'se% 9l(ays
remember8 i is ne)er righ o do (rong%

Wha o do:
Kee! +odNs Word in "one7% /ome s'ggesions ho(
his "an be done: 9s# hese &'esions 2
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2% Why is he (riing o hem*BB
3% .o( does he go abo' !ro)ing his !oin*BBB
BIn I 3orinhians "ha!er A8 Ca'l is (riing o he
"h'r"h a 3orinh%
BB.e is (riing o hem be"a'se hey &'esion his
a!osleshi! H)erse 1I and his a'horiy H)erses J-5I%
They &'esion his re"ei)ing !ay $or his (or# H)erses A-
13I8 and hey &'esion his mehods $or rea"hing ohers
H)erses 2@-22I%
BBB.e says I (ill s'$$er8 die8 li)e by he gos!el8 be a
ser)an8 e"%
9s#ing and ans(ering hese hree &'esions (ill hel!
yo' #ee! he Word in "one7%
The Messiah and The Savior
May 11
Bible Reading: Mahe( 1:1=-25
Key Verse: Verse 21 - "And she shall bring forth a son,
and thou shalt call his name 3,S4S( for he shall save
his #eo#le from their sins."
Key Words: save his #eo#le from their sins
In he boo# o$ Mahe(8 Jes's is seen as he Messiah8
he King o$ he Je(s - he 0ne Who (as o deli)er he Je(ish
!eo!le $rom bondage> and Jes's did "ome o deli)er $rom
bondage8 no !hysi"al bondage8 b' s!iri'al bondage% .e did
ha by a#ing he sins o$ man#ind on .imsel$ and in doing so8
made a (ay o$ sal)aion $or all men%
4r% 3la'de Barlo( (as a medi"al missionary o
/haoshing8 3hina8 in he early !ar o$ he "en'ry% 4'ring his
minisry here8 a srange disease began #illing !eo!le and 4r%
Barlo( "o'ld no $ind a remedy% In sear"h o$ a "'re8 he $illed
his noeboo# (ih obser)aions o$ he !e"'liariies he had
(inessed in h'ndreds o$ "ases% Then8 (ih a small )ial o$

germs8 he sailed o he Gnied /aes% J's be$ore he arri)ed8
he inFe"ed himsel$ (ih he deadly disease and hen h'rried
o his alma maer8 John .o!#ins Gni)ersiy .os!ial% .e had
be"ome )ery si"# and no( de!ended on his $ormer !ro$essors
o $ind a "'re% They (ere able o sa)e his li$e and send him
ba"# o 3hina (ih a "'re $or he dreaded disease% In he
!ro"ess8 a m'li'de o$ li)es (ere s!ared - han#s o 4r%
3la'de Barlo(%
In he mids o$ o'r e!idemi" "alled sin8 Jes's (en o
he "ross and inFe"ed .imsel$ (ih o'r deadly "disease%" .e
hen "ommied .imsel$ o he DaherNs "are% Three days laer
Jes's arose (ih he "'re% Craise +od: 4eah is no longer o'r
desiny% Craise +od: Jes's "ame o sa)e .is !eo!le $rom
heir sins%
Wha o do:
I$ yo' ha)e ne)er been born again8 as# Jes's o be
yo'r /a)ior% In he (ords o$ he song(rier8 ".e (ill
sa)e yo' no(%"
I$ yo' are sa)ed8 han# +od $or he greaes gi$
anyone "o'ld e)er re"ei)e8 he gi$ o$ li$e - eernal li$e%
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Are %ou "istening!
May 1?
Bible Reading: James 1:1-22
Key Verse: Verse 1A - " %herefore, my beloved
brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to
s#eak, slow to wrath("
Key Words: swift to hear

Wo'ld i s'r!rise yo' o #no( ha he <aional
/andardi6ed 9"hie)emen Tes H/9TI in o'r s"hools re)eal
ha o'r "hildren $inish )ery !oorly in heir lisening s#ills*
The Rand 3or!oraion says ha only 2T o$ e)eryhing
yo' say is a"'ally heard% We are )ery !oor liseners% Maybe
ha is he reason (e are old so o$en by +od o hear% Why8
$i)e h'ndred (el)e imes in +od,s Word (e are old o
-hear%; We do need o shar!en o'r lisening s#ills%
Cresiden Roose)el HD4RI on"e gre( ired o$ he
smiling s'!er$i"ialiy ha a""om!anied many Whie .o'se
re"e!ions% 0ne !ari"'lar e)ening he de"ided o see (heher
or no anyone a"'ally !aid aenion o (ha he said% 9s he
shoo# hands (ih ea"h g'es $iling hro'gh he line8 he (o'ld
smile really big and say8 -I m'rdered my grandmoher his
morning%;
<o one e)en noi"ed% They F's ga)e he 's'al
!roo"ol8 -.o( lo)ely8; or -Kee! '! he good (or#%;
0ne $oreign di!loma (as lisening and added h'mor
o he nigh by adding8 -I,m s're she had i "oming o her%;
9 !asor I #no( as#ed hose (ho aended he /'nday
e)ening ser)i"e o (rie do(n his hree maFor !oins $rom his
morning sermon% 0$ he (o h'ndred in aendan"e ha nigh
(ho (ere !resen in he morning ser)i"e8 only eigh !eo!le
"o'ld (rie do(n all hree !oins% We are !oor liseners%
Maybe ha is (hy James said8 +/et every man be swift to
hear.!
Wha o do:
Cray ha +od (ill hel! yo' o be"ome a good
lisener%
Wor# on yo'r lisening s#ills%
Re&'ire yo'r "hildren o lisen -by as#ing hem o
re!ea (ha yo' said or by as#ing hem o re)ie( he
!asor,s message (ih yo'%
+od ga)e 's one ong'e and (o ears% 5isen (i"e
as m'"h as yo' al#%
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A Faith That $eeps Going
May 1=
Bible Reading: I Kings J:22-3J
Key Verse: Verse 33 - "And he s#ake of trees, from the
cedar tree that is in /ebanon even unto the hysso#
that s#ringeth out of the wall( he s#ake also of beasts,
and of fowl, and of cree#ing things, and of fishes."
Key Words: the hysso# that s#ringeth out of the
wall
4onald +rey Barnho'se (ries: "Boaniss ha)e no
been able o agree on he ideni$i"aion o$ he !lan8 hysso!8
ha is menioned in he /"ri!'res% I "erainly has no
relaionshi! o he !lan o$ he same name ha has been
domesi"aed in !ars o$ o'r "o'nry% B' a )erse in I Kings
s!ea#s o$ he (isdom o$ /olomon8 (ho s'died many hings:
"the hysso# that s#ringeth out of the wall" HI Kings J:33I% I
sa( a !lan ha $'l$ills his des"ri!ion in Calesine8 'nder
ineresing "ondiions% The $irs ime I (as in Jer'salem I (as
a#en ino he !ala"e o$ he +rand M'$i and hen ino he
.all o$ he /anhedrin8 (here $e( o'riss e)er !enerae% In
his room is a (indo( ha loo#s do(n '!on he (ailing (all%
9 he $oo o$ he (all8 beaing heir heads slo(ly agains i8
(ere gro'!s o$ Je(ish rabbis8 mosly $rom "enral E'ro!e8
and as hey bo(ed $or(ard hey (ailed - re"iing he boo# o$
5amenaions o)er and o)er again%
9bo)e heir heads (as he high e7!anse o$ he (all8
and $rom i gre( he long railing !lan ha (as ideni$ied as
he hysso! o$ he Bible% The remar#able hing abo' his
!ari"'lar !lan is ha i has a )ery shor roo8 dra(ing is
s'senan"e $rom he air8 $rom he (ind8 $rom he rain (hen
here is any8 $rom bis o$ dir ha $all $rom no'rishmen in he
ro"# isel$% Drom ha iny roo he !lan $lo'rishes8
someimes (el)e o $o'reen $ee long% Wha a grea !lan o
gro( $rom s'"h a slender roo% Is i any (onder he !lan "an
be s'"h a symbol o$ $aih*

Daih8 in isel$8 is (orhless8 F's as a roo is (orhless
i$ i is 'naa"hed% I$ one gras!s he bran"h and !'lls he roo
a(ay $rom he ro"#8 he bran"h (ill soon die% Daih8 o be o$
any )al'e8 m's "ling o he ro"#% Daih8 nohing in isel$8
be"omes e)eryhing (hen i "lings o he 5ord Jes's 3hris8
he Ro"# o$ 9ges%
Wha o do:
Ma#e s're yo'r $aih is aa"hed o Jes's 3hris%
Testimony
May 1A
Bible Reading: Chili!!ians 1:1-21
Key Verse: Verse 21 - ""or to me to live is 'hrist, and
to die is gain."
Key Words: to die is gain
Mo'r esimony is no (ha yo' say abo' yo'rsel$8 b'
(ha ohers say abo' yo'% <o( a real es o$ oneNs esimony
is he im!a" one has $or +odNs glory% 5e me e7!lain%
Jose!h Tson8 he e)angelis dissiden in Romania8 (as
o$en s'mmoned be$ore he go)ernmen o$$i"ers (ho (o'ld
'se e)ery a"i" o brea# his $aih in 3hris% 0n"e (hile being
inerrogaed in Cloiesi8 an o$$i"er hreaened o #ill him%
"/ir8" Tson re!lied8 "le me e7!lain ho( I see his
iss'e% Mo'r s'!reme (ea!on is #illing> my s'!reme (ea!on is
dying% .ere is ho( i (or#s% Mo' #no( ha my sermons are
on a!e and ha)e s!read all aro'nd o'r "o'nry% I$ yo' #ill
me8 hose sermons (ill be s!rin#led (ih my blood% E)eryone

(ill #no( ha Tson died $or his !rea"hing% .e belie)ed (ha
he said8 and e)eryone (ho has a a!e (ill !i"# i '! and say8
PINd beer lisen again o (ha his man had o say be"a'se he
really mean i% .e sealed his message (ih his li$e,% /o sir8
my sermons (ill s!ea# en imes lo'der han be$ore% I (ill
a"'ally reFoi"e in he )i"ory o$ deah $or8 r'ly8 $or me o die
(o'ld be a gain $or he so'ls o$ men and (omen aro'nd
Romania $or 3hrisNs glory%"
The o$$i"er sen Tson home%
<o( his raises an ineresing &'esion% When yo'
die8 (ha im!a" (o'ld yo' li#e o ha)e $or 3hris* Will yo'r
deah be a gain $or 3hris*
Wha o do:
Remember yo'r li$e (ill be
re"alled in yo'r deah%
.o( do yo' (an o be remembered*
Remember only (ha is done $or 3hris (ill las%
Remember yo'r esimony is no (ha yo' hin# and
say abo' yo'rsel$8 b' (ha +od #no(s abo' yo'%
Remember he old saying: "I die o li)e or I li)e o
die% <o( he more I li)e8 he more I die8 and he more
I die8 he more I li)e%;
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The Church and Sundays
May 2@
Bible Reading: Re)elaion 1:1-11
Key Verse: Verse 1@ - "I was in the S#irit on the /ord5s
day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a
trum#et,"
Key Words: on the /ord.s day
1When yo' hear someone al# abo' or yo' read abo'
he 5ord,s 4ay8 (hi"h day a'omai"ally "omes o mind*
Why8 s're 2 /'nday8 o$ "o'rse% Re)elaion 1:1@ says8 -I was

in the S#irit on the /ord.s day, and heard behind me a great
voice, as of a trum#et.! While (e do no (orshi! a day8 i is a
day (e ha)e se a!ar in (hi"h o (orshi! +od% 9"s 2@:?8
-And u#on the first day of the week, when the disci#les came
together to break bread, 6aul #reached unto them, ready to
de#art on the morrow; and continued his s#eech until
midnight.! I 3orinhians 11:28 -4#on the first day of the
week let everyone of you lay by him in store, as God hath
#ros#ered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.!
This raises he &'esion8 are yo' really ready o (orshi! +od
(hen yo' "ome o "h'r"h* 4o yo' see /'ndays as being a
s!e"ial day*
5e me s'gges some (ays o ma#e /'nday s!e"ial%
Cray all (ee# $or he ser)i"es8 $or he Casor8 and
hose (ho ha)e res!onsibiliies%
4o no say '! lae on /a'rday nigh% Be (ell-
resed and ready o hear he Word o$ +od% This
also in"l'des no saying o' lae on /a'rday
nighs% I re"ommend being in bed by 1@:@@ or
e)en earlier%
5ay yo'r "lohes o' and iron hem on /a'rday
a$ernoon% +o ahead and !olish yo'r shoes on
/a'rday as (ell% This (ill hel! !re)en (ha I "all
he /'nday morning r'sh%
Dor hose (ho ha)e "hildren his (ill also assis in
ea"hing hem ha yo' belie)e ha /'nday is a
s!e"ial day%
9s a "h'r"h8 (e do no a'hori6e nor a!!ro)e any
a"i)iies beyond 1:@@ C%M% on /a'rday% I$ yo' (an /'nday
o be s!e"ial8 yo' m's !lan on i being s!e"ial%
I do reali6e $or some his (o'ld be a radi"al "hange8
b' i,s a "hange (orh !'ing ino !ra"i"e% /'nday (ill only
be a s!e"ial day as yo' !ray8 !lan8 and !re!are $or i o be%
Wha o do:
Ma#e /'ndays a s!e"ial day% 9s !arens8 !ray o'
lo'd $or his day in $ron o$ yo'r "hildren% B'ild '!
/'ndays and ne)er s#i! "h'r"h%
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The Church and Sundays
&art T'o
May 21
Bible Reading: I 3orinhians 11
Key Verse: Verse 2 - "4#on the first day of the week
let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath
#ros#ered him, that there be no gatherings when I
come."
Key Words: 4#on the first day of the week
1/'nday is he !rimary day se aside $or he
assembling ogeher o$ he "h'r"h $or he !'r!ose o$
!rea"hing8 $ello(shi!8 and en"o'raging one anoher% <o(
graned8 (e sho'ld be (illing o do hese hings on a daily
basis H9"s 2:J1-J?I> b' /'nday is o'r !rimary day o$
assembling ogeher be"a'se Jes's arose $rom he dead on he
$irs day o$ he (ee# HJohn 2@:1I% I is he only day e)er
re$erred o as he 5ord,s day in regard o he "h'r"h% In
Re)elaion 1:1@a John said8 -I was in the s#irit on the /ord.s
day.!
/'nday is se aside $or a day o$ (orshi!8 !raise8 and
reFoi"ing in and $or he hings o$ +od2no a day o$ res8 ha is
he /abbah or /a'rday% I is no bea"h day> i is he 5ord,s
day% I is no "alled mo'nain day> i is he 5ord,s day% I,s no
"alled $amily re'nion day> i is he 5ord,s day% I is no
re"reaion day8 b' he 5ord,s day% I,s no $amily day8 b' he
5ord,s day%
The (ord day means 2J ho'rs% /o i is no F's he
5ord,s day $rom 1@:@@ 9%M% o noon8 or 11:@@ 9%M% o noon% I
is all day%

We are old in I 3orinhians 11:28 -4#on the first day
of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God
hath #ros#ered him, that there be no gatherings when I
come.! T(o obser)aions $rom his )erse: L1I he $irs day o$
he (ee# is /'nday8 and L2I ho( "an yo' gi)e on he $irs day
o$ he (ee# i$ yo',re no here*
In 9"s 2@:? (e read8 -And u#on the first day of the
week, when the disci#les came together to break bread, 6aul
#reached unto them, ready to de#art on the morrow; and
continued his s#eech until midnight.!
<o(8 (e,)e only o'"hed he hem o$ he garmen in
regard o -/'nday; and o'r assembling ogeher% 9 horo'gh
s'dy o$ +od,s Word is )ery re)ealing abo' +od,s desire $or
's on ha day% I r's yo' (ill ma#e he assembling o$
yo'rsel)es a !rioriy $or yo' and yo'r $amily on his s!e"ial
day%
Wha o do:
Remember ha /'nday is a s!e"ial day $or
assembling ogeher (ih he sains o$ +od%
The Church and Church
Membership
May 22
Bible Reading: 9"s 2:J1-J?
Key Verse: Verse J? - "6raising God, and having
favour with all the #eo#le. And the /ord added to the
church daily such as should be saved."
Key Words: the /ord added to the church daily
Mar# he (ord added in )erse J?% The (ord lierally
means -o be anne7ed8 o be made a !ar o$%; When hese
!eo!le (ere sa)ed8 hey (ere made a !ar o$ he "h'r"h a
Jer'salem% 9noher (ay o (ord his is hey be"ame
members%
I don, belie)e ha Foining a "h'r"h (ill sa)e yo'8 b' I
do belie)e ha e)ery born-again belie)er sho'ld Foin Hanne7I

hemsel)es o a so'nd Bible-belie)ing "h'r"h% 5e me gi)e
yo' a $e( reasons (hy%
Dirs o$ all8 i,s +od,s !lan $or being a'gh he Word o$
+od H9"s 2:J2I% /e"ondly8 i,s +od,s !lan $or good 3hrisian
$ello(shi! H9"s 2:J2I% Third o$ all8 i,s +od,s !lan $or
$'l$illing and a#ing !ar in he ordinan"e o$ "omm'nion H9"s
2:J1-J2I% Do'rh o$ all8 i,s +od,s !lan $or aiding and assising
ohers in need H9"s J:32> 1:1-5I% Di$hly8 i,s +od,s !lan $or
!raying one $or anoher H9"s 2:J2I% /i7hly8 i,s +od,s !lan
$or gi)ing HI 3orinhians 11:1-2I% 5as o$ all8 i,s +od,s !lan $or
ha)ing a !asor HI Ceer 5:2> I Timohy 3:1-?I%
<o(8 yo' #no( as (ell as I ha ea"h o$ 's "an
a""om!lish more as a "h'r"h o$ belie)ers han (e "o'ld e)er
a""om!lish indi)id'ally%
/'!!ose ha in ime o$ (ar a man says8 -I (ish o
ser)e my "o'nry and o de$end her $rom her enemies%; I$ he
ries o "arry o' ha resol'ion alone8 he "an a""om!lish
nohing% .e "an be e$$e"i)e in ha !'r!ose only by sanding
sho'lder o sho'lder (ih ohers o$ li#e mind% I is so (ih he
"h'r"h% Rooed ogeher he h'ge red(ood rees o$ 3ali$ornia
ama6e man#ind% They are he larges li)ing hings on earh
and he alles rees in he (orld% /ome o$ hem are 3@@ $ee
high and o)er 285@@ years old% 0ne (o'ld hin# ha rees so
large m's ha)e a remendo's roo sysem ha rea"hes do(n
h'ndreds o$ $ee ino he earh% B' no so: The red(oods
ha)e a )ery shallo( roo sysem% The red(oods, roo sysem
all iner(ine% They are lo"#ed o ea"h oher% When he
sorms "ome8 he (inds blo(8 and he lighning $lashes8 he
red(oods sill sand% They are no alone $or all he rees
s'!!or and !roe" ea"h oher% Ea"h ree is im!oran o all
he oher rees in he gro)e%
/o i is (ih he "h'r"h% We lo"# ogeher as one so
ha d'ring he sorms and rials (e "an all sand ogeher as
one $or o'r good and +od,s glory%
Wha o do:
Dind yo' a good8 Bible-belie)ing "h'r"h and Foin in
(ih i% <o(8 i,s no going o be !er$e"8 b' i (ill
hel! yo' sand d'ring he rials o$ li$e%
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Get The Facts
May 23
Bible Reading: 9"s 11:1-21
Key Verse: Verse 2 - "And when 6eter was come u# to
3erusalem, they that were of the circumcision
contended with him,"
Key Words: contended with him
The Je(s o$ J'dea didn, "are $or he $a" ha Ceer
had "arried he Word o$ +od o he +eniles% They had
rea"hed a de"ision based on (ha hey had heard (iho'
allo(ing Ceer he o!!or'niy o gi)e hem he $a"s%
Ceo!le ha)e no "hanged8 nor ha)e "h'r"hes% We are
sill basing hings on (ha (e hear or hin# (e hear and (ha
(e see or hin# (e see (iho' ha)ing all he $a"s%
In 2@@J he o! (o "ommer"ials $or he year ran
d'ring he /'!er Bo(l% The "ommer"ial ha $inished se"ond
had a man sanding in line in a "on)enien"e sore al#ing (ih
a $riend on his "ell !hone% When he ges o he "o'ner o !ay
$or his iems he says in grea sho"#8 -Mo',re being robbed*;
al#ing o his $riend% The "ler# loo#ing do(n a he regiser
hin#s he is al#ing o him and !ro"eeds o grab some !e!!er
s!ray and s!raying i in he man,s eyes8 he "ler# F'm!s o)er
he "o'ner and !ro"eeds o bea he man (ih a baseball ba8
and hen shoos him (ih a aser g'n% .e did all o$ his
be"a'se o$ (ha he heard or ho'gh he heard% Wrong
de"ision::
The "ommer"ial ha $inished $irs had a man
!re!aring a romani" meal $or his (i$e% .e (as in he #i"hen
"'ing '! omaoes (hen he se!s ba"# and ri!s o)er his
(i$e,s (hie "a% Tomaoes go $lying e)ery(here in"l'ding
lea)ing omaoes and omao sains on he "a% The man !i"#s
he "a '! o a#e i o he bahroom o "lean i% When his (i$e
sees her h'sband (ih her omao-sained "a in one hand and
a #ni$e in he oher8 she is $'rio's and grabs he lam! and

"ra"#s her h'sband o)er he headKbe"a'se o$ (ha she
ho'gh she sa(% Wrong de"ision::
Moral: 4on, ma#e de"isions on (ha yo' hin# yo'
hear or (ha yo' hin# yo' seeKge he $a"s%
John ?:2J8 +3udge not according to the a##earance,
but 7udge righteous 7udgment.! +e he $a"s%
Wha o do:
<o F'dge "an ma#e a righ de"ision (iho' all he
$a"s% +e he $a"s%
(nthusiasm
May 2J
Bible Reading: II Kings 1@:1-1?
Key Verse: Verse 11 - "And he said, 'ome with me,
and see my 8eal for the /)01. So they made him ride
in his chariot."
Key Words: 'ome with me, and see my 8eal for the
/)01
While yo' do no $ind he (ord enh'siasm in hese
)erses8 yo' "erainly $ind Jeh' $illed (ih i::
The (ord enthusiasm "omes $rom he +ree# (ords
"en" and "Theos" (hi"h alogeher lierally mean o be "in
+od%" In a real sense8 he Roarians8 he 5ions or he
3hamber o$ 3ommer"e "anno ha)e enh'siasm% 0nly he
"h'r"h o$ Jes's 3hris "an #no( r'e enh'siasm8 a""ording
o is de$iniion%
When one is $illed (ih +od i is li#e an e)er-!resen
aresian (ell b'bbling o)er in him% Enh'siasm $or a "hild o$

+od is no somehing ha he has (or#ed '!% I is somehing
ha +od has sen do(n% I is somehing in his hear% I$ yo'
$ind an enh'siasi" "h'r"h8 yo' (ill $ind an enh'siasi"
!rea"her%
The $ollo(ing saemen is said o ha)e been made
abo' 4a)id 5i)ingsone: "Wiho' enh'siasm8 no bales
ha)e been (on8 no Iliads (rien8 no "ahedrals b'il8 no
em!ires $o'nded8 no religions !ro!agaed% The se"re o$
s'""ess is enh'siasm% The men o$ )i"ory ha)e been he men
(ho #e! he $ires b'rning on he alars o$ enh'siasm (hen
oher $lames had s'n# ino "old8 gray ashes o$ des!air%;
Wo'ld yo' no agree ha he li$e o$ 4a)id 5i)ingsone
is one more mon'men o he !o(er o$ enh'siasm*
Wha o do:
I$ iNs (orh doing8 iNs (orh doing (ih enh'siasm%
(ncouragement
May 25
Bible Reading: E7od's 15:2@-2?
Key Verse: Verse 2J - -ut "And the #eo#le murmured
against 2oses, saying, %hat shall we drink&"
Key Words: And the #eo#le murmured
Maybe yo' remember <aomi% /he had her name
"hanged o Marah8 be"a'se her li$e had been bier% I$ here is
one !redominan (ord ha (o'ld des"ribe he $eeling I $ind
among !asors and "h'r"h (or#ers a"ross 9meri"a8 i is he
(ord discouragement% 5eNs $a"e realiy - $rom ime o ime8
(e all need some en"o'ragemen%
The $ollo(ing sory is a#en $rom )ur 1aily -read%
I (asnN li#e /"o Kregal o gi)e '!% .e (as a baler8
a dedi"aed ahlee (ho s!en ho'r a$er ho'r !er$e"ing his
$ree hro( and F'm! sho d'ring he ho s'mmer monhs o$
1A=?% B' F's be$ore $all !ra"i"e8 e)eryhing "hanged% 9
serio's "ar a""iden le$ /"o in a "oma $or se)eral days%

When he a(o#e8 a long rehabiliaion !ro"ess lay ahead% 5i#e
mos !aiens (ih "losed head inF'ries8 /"o bal#ed a doing
he slo(8 edio's (or# ha (as re&'ired o ge him ba"# o
normal - hings s'"h as sringing beads% Wha high s"hool
F'nior (o'ld enFoy ha* Tom Marin8 /"oNs bas#eball
"oa"h a he 3hrisian s"hool he aended8 had an idea% 3oa"h
Marin old /"o ha he (o'ld reser)e a s!o on he )arsiy
$or him i$ he (o'ld "oo!erae (ih his hera!is and sho(
!rogress in he as#s he (as as#ed o do% 9nd TomNs (i$e8
3indy s!en many ho'rs (ih /"o8 en"o'raging him o #ee!
going% Wihin (o monhs8 /"o (as riding o$$ he bas#eball
"o'r on his eammaesN sho'lders% .e had made nine
sraigh $ree hro(s o "lin"h he ri!le-o)erime leag'e
)i"ory% I (as a remar#able esimony o$ he !o(er o$
en"o'ragemen%
The moral o$ he sory is his: ma#e s're yo'
en"o'rage ohers% They may be he ones (ho "an lead yo' o
)i"ory - no on a bas#eball "o'r - b' in yo' daily (al# (ih
+od%
Wha o do:
Ta#e ime o en"o'rage a leas one !erson e)eryday%
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#eing )onorable
May 21
Bible Reading: I /am'el A:1-1@
Key Verse: Verse 1 - "And he said unto him, -ehold
now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an
honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to
#ass( now let us go thither; #eradventure he can
shew us our way that we should go."

Key Words: he is an honourable man
/am'el (as an honorable man% .e (as honorable $or
many reasons% 0ne (as he (as a man o$ +odNs Word and he
#e! .is Word% I reminds me o$ 4a)id 5i)ingsone%
9$er 4a)id 5i)ingsone had been in 9$ri"a se)eral
years8 he had a desire o ra)el $rom (here he (as8 on he eas
"oas o$ he "oninen8 o)er o he (es "oas hro'gh a !ar o$
he "oninen ha no oher E'ro!ean had e)er been be$ore%
.e didnN ha)e any !ossibiliy o$ doing i on his o(n> so he
(en o a lo"al "hie$ and as#ed $or (eny-se)en men o$ he
lo"al ribe o go (ih him% The "hie$ (as more han a lile bi
s's!i"io's% The ri! (as dangero's8 and heNd learned abo'
(hie men ha hey (ere no enirely r's(orhy%
5i)ingsone8 sensing some o$ ha $eeling abo' him8 made
him a !romise%
"I$ yo' gi)e me yo'r sons8 I !romise o re'rn (ih
hem and o deli)er hem o heir homes and $amilies% My li$e
(ill be a !ledge%"
Well8 he "hie$ agreed on ha basis8 and 5i)ingsone
se o'%
The Fo'rney (as e)ery bi as dangero's as i (as
ho'gh o be% There (as in"redibly di$$i"'l errain> here
(ere hosile ribes> here (ere all #inds o$ !redaory and
dangero's animals> here (as si"#ness and illness% B'
$inally8 hey made i o he (es "oas8 and hey s'mbled ino
he !or o$ 5'anda8 (hi"h had been heir arge8 only o be
ama6ed by $inding a Briish (arshi! here% 9nd ha (arshi!
had been sen $rom England $or he s!e"i$i" !'r!ose o$
$inding 5i)ingsone and bringing him ba"#8 on he orders o$
U'een Vi"oria%
The "a!ain "ame o him and said8 "/ir8 U'een Vi"oria
has sen me o 'rge yo' o re'rn% 9ll England is (aiing o
honor yo'%" The re&'es8 e)en ho'gh i (as an order o$ he
U'een8 be"a'se (hen he U'een in)ies8 ha is a "ommand in
mos "ases8 (as )ery em!ing% The ho'gh o$ going home8
and he ho'gh o$ being honored8 alho'gh em!ing8 (ere
a"'ally "reaing a !roblem $or 5i)ingsone% .e had made a
!romise% "Well8" hey ass'red him8 "he !romise o$ a (hie
man o an 9$ri"an doesnN maer% 9nd he U'een is more
im!oran han a "hie$%"
5i)ingsone had made a "ommimen8 and des!ie all
he 'rgings o$ he na)al o$$i"ers (ho (ere here8 he 'rned his
ba"# and headed ba"# ino he F'ngle% The ro'ndri! ended 2
1V2 years a$er he sared8 (ih him deli)ering hose !eo!le
ba"# - o honor a !romise%
This (as !robably (hy8 (hen 5i)ingsone died8 he
9$ri"ans (ere )ery "ommied o b'ry his hear in 9$ri"a%
They (ere more han (illing o lisen o a man (hose (ord
(as somehing hey "o'ld r's%
Wha o do:
The bes (ay o re"ei)e honor is by being honorable%
What God "oves* +s
May 2?
Bible Reading: I John J:=-21
Key Verse: Verse A - "In this was manifested the love
of God toward us, because that God sent his only
begotten Son into the world, that we might live
through him."
Key Words: the love of God toward us
+od,s lo)e $or 's "an be seen in se)eral )erses> $or
e7am!le8 John 3:11 and Romans 5:=% In regard o +od,s lo)e
someone Ha'hor 'n#no(nI has (rien:
.o( dee! is i*
Isaiah 3=:1?8 +Thou hast in love to my soul delivered it
from the #it of corru#tion.!
Csalm J@:28 +e brought me u# also out of an
horrible #it.!

.o( high is i*
E!hesians 2:18 +And 9God: hath raised us u# together,
and made us sit together in heavenly #laces in 'hrist
3esus.!
Wha is is lengh and breadh*
E!hesians 1:J8 -e hath chosen us in him before the
foundation of the world.!
E!hesians 2:?8 +That in the ages to come he might
shew the e;ceeding riches of his grace in his kindness
toward us through 'hrist 3esus.!
4r% .arry Ironside (roe in regard o +od,s lo)e $or
's: -I remember8 (hen I (as a boy8 going o a missionary
meeing% 9 missionary (as here $rom 9$ri"a8 and (as
sho(ing 's a (hole lo o$ "'rio's hings8 and hen he said8
P<o(8 boys8 I (an o ell yo' he #ind o$ +os!el (e !rea"h o
he !eo!le o$ 9$ri"a% .o( many good boys ha)e (e here*, 9
lo o$ 's ho'gh (e (ere good8 b' o'r mohers (ere here8
and so no one o$ 's dared hold '! his hand% PWell8, said he8
Pno one good boy here> hen I ha)e he same message $or yo'
ha (e ha)e $or he heahen in 9$ri"a> +od lo)es na'ghy
boys%, PMy8, I ho'gh8 Phe is geing all mi7ed '!8, $or yo' see I
had heard !eo!le say8 PI$ yo' are good8 +od (ill lo)e yo'%, B'8
dear $riends8 ha is no r'e% +od is no (aiing $or yo' o be
good so .e "an lo)e yo'> +od lo)es sinners% P+od
"ommendeh his lo)e o(ard 's8 in ha8 (hile (e (ere ye
sinners8 3hris died $or 's%,;
+od lo)es 's> more !ersonally8 +od lo)es yo'::
What to do:
Remember8 (hen i a!!ears no one lo)es yo'8 +od
does%
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What God "oves* A Cheer,ul
Giver
May 2=
Bible Reading: II 3orinhians A:1-A
Key Verse: Verse ? - ",very man according as he
#ur#oseth in his heart, so let him give; not
grudgingly, or of necessity( for God loveth a cheerful
giver."
Key Words: God loveth a cheerful giver
The (ord cheerful in o'r #ey )erse means hilario's
(hi"h means gi)ing (ih merrimen% I,s no F's ha (e gi)e
ha +od sees b' he ai'de in (hi"h (e gi)e as (ell% +od
lo)es a "heer$'l gi)er%
The Sunday School "riend re"ords he $ollo(ing%
9 ri"h b'siness man and a !rominen aorney (ere
ra)eling aro'nd he (orld% They sa( many im!ressi)e sighs8
b' agreed ha somehing hey sa( in Korea (as mos
im!ressi)e o$ all%
0ne morning as hey (al#ed along a "o'nry road in
Korea8 hey sa( a boy !'lling a !lo( (hi"h (as seered by an
old man% I am'sed he aorney so m'"h ha he insised on
a#ing a !i"'re o$ he s"ene (ih his lile !o"#e "amera%
5aer he sho(ed he !i"'re o a missionary in he ne7
)illage8 remar#ing abo' he !e"'liar s!e"a"le%
"Mes8" said he missionary8 "i seems a )ery srange
(ay o !lo( a $ield8 b' I ha!!en o #no( he boy and old man
(ell% They are )ery !oor% .o(e)er8 (hen he lile "h'r"h (as
b'il here in he )illage8 hey (aned o "onrib'e somehing%
They had no money% They had no grain o s!are and (iner
(as "oming on8 so hey sold heir o7 and ga)e he money o
he "h'r"h b'ilding $'nd8 and no(8 min's he )al'able
animal8 hey ha)e o !'ll he !lo( hemsel)es%"
The men loo#ed a ea"h oher $or a momen8 hen he
aorney said8 "B' (ha a s'!endo's sa"ri$i"e: Why did yo'
allo( i*"

"They did no $eel ha (ay abo' i% They regarded i
as a grea Foy ha hey had an o7 o gi)e o he 5ordNs (or#%;
Is ha he (ay yo' $eel*

Wha o do:
+i)e8 b' gi)e (ih he righ ai'de: "heer$'lly%
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What God "oves* Righteousness
May 2A
Bible Reading: Csalm 11
Key Verse: Verse ? - ""or the righteous /)01 loveth
righteousness; his countenance doth behold the
u#right."
Key Words: "or the righteous /)01 loveth
righteousness
I$ yo' loo# '! he (ord righteousness in yo'r
di"ionary i (ill in all li#elihood say -o be righ%; My "ollege
English !ro$essor8 Mrs% Bemar#8 (o'ld say8 -Mo' don, de$ine
a (ord by 'sing he same (ord%; I agree8 righeo'sness
means o be on he le)el o be morally and legally F's% +od
lo)es righeo'sness8 moral and legal F'si"e% In he
Beai'des in Mahe( 5:1 (e are old8 +-lessed are they
which hunger and thirst after righteousness.!
In he 9nar"i" s'mmer o$ 1A@=-A8 /ir Ernes
/ha"#leon and hree "om!anions aem!ed o ra)el o he
/o'h Cole $rom heir (iner &'arers% They se o$$ (ih $o'r
!onies o hel! "arry he load% Wee#s laer8 heir !onies dead8
raions all b' e7ha'sed8 hey 'rned ba"# o(ard heir base8
heir goal no a""om!lished%
9logeher8 hey re##ed 12? days% 0n he re'rn
Fo'rney8 as /ha"#leon re"ords in The eart of the Antarctic8
he ime (as s!en al#ing abo' $oodWelaborae $eass8

go'rme delighs8 s'm!'o's men's% 9s hey saggered along8
s'$$ering $rom dysenery8 no #no(ing (heher hey (o'ld
s'r)i)e8 e)ery (a#ing ho'r (as o""'!ied (ih ho'ghs o$
eaing%
Jes's8 (ho also #ne( he ra)ages o$ $ood de!ri)aion8
said8 +-lessed are those who hunger and thirst for
0IGT,)4S<,SS.! We "an 'ndersand /ha"#leon,s
obsession (ih $ood8 (hi"h o$$ers a glim!se o$ he !assion
Jes's inends $or o'r &'es $or righeo'sness%
+od lo)es righeo'sness 2 do yo'*
Wha o do:
5o)e (ha +od lo)es and h'ngers and hirss a$er:
righeo'sness%
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Accountability
May 3@
Bible Reading: Romans 1J:12-23
Key Verse: Verse 12 $ "So then every one of us shall
give account of himself to God."
Key Words: shall give an account of himself to
God
We are a""o'nable $or (ha (e do and (ha (e say%
In Romans 1J8 !eo!le are bragging abo' heir $aih> and
be"a'se hey hin# heir $aih is greaer han ohers8 hey are
F'dging one anoher so Ca'l (arns hem ha (e are
a""o'nable o +od%
We m's reali6e ha e)en in o'r e)eryday li$e8 (e are
a""o'nable $or o'r (ords and a"ions%
3h'"# /(indoll ells ho( se)eral years ago some o$ he
$ello(s in his "h'r"h re"ogni6ed his "ar (hen he ran a red

ligh% 9s a res'l he (as in)ied by hem o mee hem a a
"o$$ee sho! $or brea#$as8 or hey said Fo#ingly "$a"e he
media%" .e arri)ed early (ih a big sign on his shir ha read
"+'ily as "harged%" When e)ery one had la'ghed a his sign
he 'rned i o)er (hi"h said8 " .e (ho is (iho' sin "as he
$irs sone:" <o( he says ha e)ery ime he is em!ed o r'n
a ligh8 he in"iden "omes o ha'n him (hi"h is one o$ he
many bene$is o$ a""o'nabiliy%
/o le me again remind ea"h o$ 's ha (e are
a""o'nable $or (ha (e do8 and (ha (e say:
Wha o do:
5i)e oday in ligh o$ he $a" ha yo' are
a""o'nable:
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-esus. the Coming $ing
May 31
Bible Reading: Re)elaion 1A:11-11
Key Verse: Verse 11 $ "And he hath on his vesture and
on his thigh a name written, =I<G )" =I<GS, A<1
/)01 )" /)01S."
Key Words: =I<G )" =I<GS, A<1 /)01 )"
/)01S
In Re)elaion8 (e see Jes's as he "oming King8 and in
o'r e7 (e see he s"ene ha (ill !re)ail a he Bale o$
9rmageddon% The ani-3hris (ill be gna(ing his ong'e and
blas!heming +od be"a'se his !ride (ill be (o'nded and
"hallenged% The demoni" s!iris (ill organi6e a "on$edera"y
o$ naions ha (ill mo)e agains Jer'salem on"e and $or all o
sol)e he "Je(ish !roblem%" In he grea )alley o$ Je6reel8 in
he mids o$ hese hree mo'nains8 his "on$edera"y (ill ge
ready o mo)e agains Jer'salem (ih heir an#s8 g'ns8
na!alm8 lasers8 and Fes8 and (hae)er else is in he mind o$
he insane one8 he ani-3hris% I is going o loo# dar#%

Then s'ddenly8 Jes's arri)es - he King o$ Kings and
he 5ord o$ 5ords: .e (ill s!ea# and .is Word (ill be a
s(ord8 and he bale is o)er8 he )i"ory is (on: To +od be
he glory:
0n he e)e o$ 4-4ay8 +eneral 4(igh Eisenho(er8
"losed his address o he roo!s by saying8 "We (ill a""e!
nohing less han $'ll Vi"ory:%%%9nd le 's all besee"h he
blessing o$ 9lmighy +od '!on his grea and noble
'ndera#ing%"
In essen"e8 he (as saying here is no room $or de$ea>
(e m's (in> (e (ill (in::
Well8 IN)e read he las "ha!er o$ he boo# and I am
here o ell yo'8 (e (in:: To +od be he glory $or he KI<+
0D KI<+/ 9<4 50R4 0D 50R4/::
Wha o do:
I$ yo' are no sa)ed8 a""e! 3hris and ge on he
(inning side%
Craise +od $or .is goodness%
5oo# '!8 yo'r redem!ion dra(eh nigh%
I deeply appreciate the help of
Mary Parsons
Glenda Myrick
And my lovely wife, Linda
Without God using these people to
help, this devotional would not have
been possible.
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