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 Unwanted
June 1

 Bible Reading: John 4:1-30

 Key Verse: Verse 17 - “The woman answered and
said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast
well said, I have no husband:”
Key Words: I have no husband

The Samaritan woman had been rejected by the men

in her life. She was rejected by the ladies of Samaria; thus she
fetched her water at noon rather than first thing in the
morning with the other ladies. One of the most depressing
feelings in the world is the feeling of being unwanted.
 Park York has known the agony of seeing his wife
suffer with Alzheimer's disease. It first began with an
occasional incoherent or irrelevant question but digressed to
round-the-clock perpetual care. As she declined from 125
pounds to 86, he continuously ministered to her needs. His
daily routine consisted of feeding, bathing, diapering,
changing beds, cleaning house, fixing meals, dressing and
undressing her, and whatever else became necessary to care
for his wife. Sometimes she would mumble a word or two but
never a sentence. Then one Friday morning she seemed to
step outside of her illness and asked a question with perfect
enunciation, "Do you want me?" These softly spoken words
greatly impacted Mr. York. He cried out, "Of course I want
you, Flossie," as he hugged and kissed her. Mrs. York returned
to her state of oblivion just as quickly as she had momentarily
escaped, but her four brief words would never be forgotten.
People everywhere are asking the same question this dear
woman posed, "Do you want me?" May we all respond with
the same compassion Mr. York provided for his wife.
Today, if you feel unwanted understand that God loves
you and wants you (Matthew 11:28-29). Do you believe that?
I sure hope so.

What to do:
✞Make sure those around you know that they are
wanted.

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Unaided
June 2

 Bible Reading: John 5:1-9

 Key Verse: Verse 7 – “The impotent man answered
him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled,
to put me into the pool: but while I am coming,
another steppeth down before me.”
 Key Words: Sir, I have no man

Think about your life and I can assure you that at some
point there was someone God used in order for you to have
accomplished the things you have accomplished.
Today, you may feel as though you have no one to
help. Let me assure you that you do – His name is Jesus.
Derek Redmond was a runner on the British sprint
team. He was running the four-by-four hundred relay with
his teammates. At the onset of the race, his team was moving
nicely along the track. Then came the baton handoff to Derek.
His job was to bring it home. His last leg of the race should
have brought his team and good ol’ England a gold medal.
But as he turned the corner, he pulled an Achilles tendon and
fell flat on his face. He lay there on the ground, in desperate
pain. He didn’t want to be there, but he was in too much pain
to get up.
He began to crawl along the track. You could hear a
pin drop, as all eyes focused on him trying to scratch his way
forward. It was in the midst of this unfolding drama that a
man came down from the stands, went over to the track, and
picked up Derek Redmond.
One of the judges said, “I am sorry, sir, you must leave
the track.”

The older gentleman waved his hand and said, “Leave

me alone, this is my boy.”
Derek Redmond’s father left the stand from on high
and came down where Derek Redmond had fallen down to the
dust, the dirt of defeat. He picked him up and put him over
his shoulder. He put his arms around his son’s waist and
helped him cross the finish line. The crowd stood up in
applause. Derek Redmond and his father got more applause
than the runners who didn’t fall at all. The people who never
fell didn’t need help from their daddy. The people who never
fell never needed help. They were sufficient to make it on
their own.
Today, there is someone in the stands who sits up on
high, who is willing to come down, pick you up, and let you
put your arm around His shoulder. He’ll put His arm around
your waist, and He’ll drag you across the finish line. You can
still come across the line, a winner, for the glory of God, by
relying on Him to carry you through.

What to do:
✞ Allow God to have His way in your life, His help can
strengthen you each day.

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Unreasonable
June 3

 Bible Reading: Isaiah 1:10-20

 Key Verse: Verse 18 – “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.”
Key Words: Come now, and let us reason together

The plea of God to the nation of Israel was to come to

Him and “let us reason together.” You can’t help the hurting,
the lost or the wayward that are “unreasonable.”
Have you ever dealt with someone who is
unreasonable?
Some time back I read a story about Abraham Lincoln
and his two sons who were out for an afternoon walk when
they came upon a walnut tree and found three walnuts. As
they continued their walk they passed a neighbor who both
heard and saw the two boys crying. The neighbor cried out,
“Abe, what’s wrong with your boys?” to which Abraham
Lincoln replied, “I have three walnuts and both boys want
two.” Unreasonable! Most people who are unreasonable are
self-centered; and as a result, someone gets hurt. Which
raises the question: Have you been hurt by someone? If so,
who was the unreasonable one? Was it you or the other
person, or maybe both of you? Remember, it always pays to
be reasonable.

What to do:
✞ Be reasonable.

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Unappreciated
June 4

 Bible Reading: I Corinthians 10:24-31

 Key Verse: Verse 31 - “Whether therefore ye eat, or
drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of
God.”
Key Words: do all to the glory of God

All of us on occasion feel unappreciated whether you

are a housewife, breadwinner, church lay person, staff
member of a church or even the pastor. There are those times
when pity sets in and we begin to say to ourselves, “No one
really appreciates all I do.” As a result, we may find ourselves
with hurt feelings.
I have found the real key to overcoming these feelings
of being unappreciated is genuinely focusing on who we really
do things for.
A pastor friend in Tennessee walked out on his front
porch one Saturday morning to find his newspaper right at his
front door, and there standing with the newspaper in his
mouth was an old stray dog. The pastor was so pleased with
the dog that he went to get some food off the dinner table and
gave it to the dog for his good labor. Amazingly, the next
morning the pastor walked out on his front porch and found
eight, yes eight, Sunday morning newspapers lying on his
front porch with the old stray dog standing there with them.
Now the pastor had to deliver all the neighbor’s newspapers
back to their rightful owners. You see, the dog wasn’t doing
what he did because he loved the preacher; he did what he did
because of the attention and food it provided for him.
If we are not careful, we find ourselves doing the same
as the dog…doing what we do because of the attention we get;
and when we fail to get the attention we think we rightfully
deserve, then come those feelings of being unappreciated.
So let me encourage you today to do what you do for
Jesus; He always appreciates it!

What to do:
✞Make sure your motives for doing what you do are
right.

Unprotected
June 5

 Bible Reading: Psalm 34

 Key Verse: Verse 4 – “I sought the LORD, and he
heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.”
Key Words: delivered me

Have you ever been afraid and just felt unprotected?

There’s a magnificent hotel in the Bahamas. It's named
after the lost city of Atlantis. It is a monstrosity of a hotel and
is viewed as one of the greatest hotels in the world. There is a
water park in the middle of the hotel. In the middle of the
water park is a water slide disguised as a huge Egyptian
pyramid. This pyramid water slide goes straight down at
lightning speed. Lines are always long for this slide. Not only
is it a thriller, but as you can go down you slide through an
aquarium that holds some of the most dangerous fish in the
world. As you do so, you feel very vulnerable. It appears as
though you will become an unprotected prey to the fish below
but the aquarium is contained by thick glass that acts as a
barrier between the hotel guests and that which would eat
them alive. That slide is a scary drop through a tank of scary
fish, but there is a protective covering to keep the fish away
from the visitors.
Sometimes life is a scary slide. Sometimes there
seems to be trouble all around. But God protects those who
fear Him and delivers them out of their trouble. Sometimes
He keeps us from the trouble altogether; sometimes He lets us
slide right on through. Either way, we come out on the other
side protected, even though we felt unprotected!

What to do:
✞Remember the words of the psalmist, “And he
delivered me from all my fears.”

Unworthy
June 6

 Bible Reading: Luke 15:11-24

 Key Verse: Verse 19 – “And am no more worthy to be
called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.”
Key Words: no more worthy to be called thy son

Have you ever felt unworthy? Think about the

following.
Peter denied the Lord – not once, but three times!
Why, he even physically attacked a man, cutting off his ear.
David committed adultery and had one of his finest soldiers
put into the heat of the battle so he would die. Abraham
disobeyed God and instructed his wife to lie for his own good.
Jacob deceived his father, Isaac, and took his brother’s
birthright through deception. Thomas doubted Jesus and
questioned Jesus’ command to go to Jerusalem.
Now let me ask you – because Peter denied God, and
because David committed adultery, and because Abraham
disobeyed God, and because Jacob deceived, and because
Thomas doubted – did it increase their worth? I think not! I
read an interesting story some time back that went something
like this.
A well known speaker started his message by holding
up a $20 bill. He asked the congregation, "Who would like
this $20 bill?" Hands went up everywhere.
He then said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you
but first, let me do this." He proceeded to crumple the $20 bill
up.
He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Again hands went
up all over the auditorium.
"Well," he replied, "What if I do this?" And he dropped
it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his
shoe.
He picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty. "Now
who wants the money?" Still the hands went up everywhere.

He then looked at the congregation and said, "We have all

learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I do to the
money, you still want it, because in spite of the fact it is
crumpled and dirty, it did not decrease in value. It is still
worth $20.”
So it is with our lives. Many times in our lives, we fail
often, we are crumpled by the cares of the world, dirtied by
our lust and sinful nature; but we are still valuable to God.
God loves us and the worth of our lives is not in what we do,
but in whose we are.”
Dear friend, you, as a believer, are the child of God.
You may have fallen and failed but I encourage you to get up
because you are worth much to God.
What to do:
✞Evaluate your worth, not based upon what you do
for God but on what He has and is to you.

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Unhealthy
June 7

 Bible Reading: Psalm 32

 Key Verse: Verse 4 – “For day and night thy hand
was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the
drought of summer. Selah.”
Key Words: For day and night thy hand was
heavy upon me

It was Rutherford who said in the midst of very painful

trials and heartaches: "Praise God for the hammer, the file,
and the furnace!"
Now, the hammer is a useful and handy tool. It is
essential and helpful if nails are ever to be driven into place.
Each blow of the hammer forces the nail deeper until it
reaches its destination.
But if the nail had feelings and intelligence, it would
give us a different side of the story. To the nail, the hammer is
a brutal, relentless master, an enemy who loves to pound into
submission. That is the nail's view of the hammer, but let me
ask, is it a correct view? The nail tends to forget that both it
and the hammer are held by the same workman. The
workman decides whose "head" will be pounded out of sight...
and which hammer will be used to do the job. 
The same analogy holds true for the metal that
endures the rasp of the file and the heat of the furnace.
Heartaches and disappointments are like the hammer,
the file, and the furnace. They come in all shapes and sizes:
an unfulfilled romance, a lingering illness and untimely death,
an unachieved goal in life, a broken home or marriage, a
severed friendship, or a rebellious child. Sometimes
heartaches come suddenly... other times they come on slowly
and seem to hang on forever. 
 So today I write to those of you who have begun to
resent the blows of the hammer, the file, and the furnace of
trials in your life. God knows what He's doing. The bruising
and crushing and melting process is designed to reshape you,
not ruin you. Your value is increasing the longer God lingers
over you. 
A.W. Tozier once said, “It is doubtful whether God can
fully use a man until He has hurt him deeply.”
Aching friend, stand fast like David, when under the
siege of Saul in I Samuel 30:6, “…but David encouraged
himself in the Lord his God.”
If you weren’t important, do you really think God
would be working so hard on you?

What to do:
✞Realize our strength comes from the Lord.

Unrespected
June 8

 Bible Reading: Genesis 4:1-8

 Key Verse: Verse 5 – “But unto Cain and to his
offering he had not respect. And Cain was very
wroth, and his countenance fell.”
Key Words: he had not respect

Respect is something most everyone wants and very

few get, but I believe the Bible lays down some basic
principles by which respect comes. Please note them with me.
 First, we must do right. (Genesis 4:4; see also
Galatians 6:7)
 Secondly, we must be right. (Genesis 4:5a)
  Thirdly, we must act right. (No one will ever
respect childish actions from an adult.)
(Genesis 4:5b)
 Fourthly, we must live right. (Genesis 4:6-7)
 Last of all, we must respect others. (Genesis
4:8-10)
If you want to be respected, these things must be in
place in your life.
Every Christian says, “Not my will, but thine be done,
O Lord.” But do we mean it? In Christianity it is so vital that
each of us be respected. Israel would have never listened to
Joshua had they not respected him. The church at Philippi
would have never listened to Paul had they not respected him.
The house of Cornelius would have never listened to Peter if
they hadn’t respected him.
Today, dear friend, will you commit yourself by God’s
grace to work at being respected by others? You may wonder,
how do I gain this respect?
A man once parked his car on a street. Up came a boy
and looked it over. His eyes were wide with admiration of the
beautiful car. “Where did you get this car?” he asked. “My
brother gave it to me,” replied the man. “My, I wish…” The
man knew the boy was wishing that he had a car like that; but
the lad went on and finished the sentence surprisingly. “I
wish I could be a brother like yours. I have a crippled brother
that I would like to get a car for.” How do you gain respect?
Think more of others than you do yourself.

What to do:
✞Think of others more than you think of yourself.

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Uninspired
 June 9
 Bible Reading: Psalm 77
 Key Verse: Verse 4– “Thou holdest mine eyes waking:
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.”
Key Words: I am so troubled that I cannot speak

One of the greatest preachers in these modern times is

Dr. John Henry Jowett. Dr. Jowett to everyone’s amazement
once said, “You seem to think that I have no ups and downs,
but just a level and lofty stretch of spiritual attainment; but
this is not true! I am often perfectly wretched and almost
everything in life appears most murky.”
“I am the subject of depression of spirit so fearful that
I hope none of you ever get to such extremes of wretchedness
as I go to.” These are the words of the prince of modern-day
preachers, Charles H. Spurgeon.
“Discouragement is no respecter of persons.
Discouragement seems to attack the successful far more than
the unsuccessful, for the higher we climb the farther down we
have to fall.” Warren Wiersbe.
No doubt that many a believer has battled with
adversity and discouragement, but did you know that God
desires for you to use your adversity as a ministry to others?
Look at II Corinthians 1:4, Who comforteth us in all our
tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are
in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are
comforted of God.
Dr. George Truett tells the story about an unbelieving
couple whose baby suddenly died. Dr. Truett conducted the
funeral and later had the joy of seeing this couple trust Jesus
Christ as Savior. A few months later a young mother in their
church lost her baby and again, Dr. Truett was called upon to
help comfort her. But nothing he shared with the young
mother seemed to help. But at the funeral the mother who
had lost her baby just a few months earlier walked up and sat
down by the grieving mother, placed her arms around her and
began to share with her how just a few months before God had
called her little one home. As they wept together, it became
very obvious that the first mother, because of her past
experience, was able to minister to her where the rest of us
had failed. The first mother did not let her adversity get the
victory, but rather she used her adversity to minister to
others.
We all face adversity in life and this adversity will do
one of two things to us. It will either cause us depression and
defeat, or it will open the door of opportunity for God to use
us to minister to others. My prayer for each of you is that you
will use your adversity to minister to others for God’s glory.

What to do:
✞Great adversity can either, inspire you or depress
you. It all depends on who you focus on, you or God?
Focus on God.

Unbearable
June 10

 Bible Reading: I Corinthians 13

 Key Verse: Verse 7 – “Beareth all things, believeth all
things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
Key Words: beareth all things

We read in James 1:2-4, “My brethren, count it all joy

when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the
trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have
her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting
nothing.”
 God is a God of love and doesn’t enjoy watching us
suffer, much like we as parents would not enjoy watching our
children suffer. This reminds me of the following story.
A little boy’s legs were not developing as they ought.
The pediatrician told his parents that their son needed to wear
a leg brace, which would help to position the legs and feet to
grow properly. The parents wanted to do the right thing for
their son but were miserable following the doctor’s orders.
The bar held the little boy’s feet and legs completely straight
and unbendable. Each night when his parents would put the
brace on and put him to bed, he would cry from discomfort
and from his dislike of it. The little boy was sure to have felt
hurt that his parents would treat him wrongly and possibly he
even doubted their love for him. The mother was at times
tempted to take off the bar but resisted because she felt in her
heart that she was doing the right thing for her son.
As difficult as this time was, the doctor, the mother,
and the father did what they did because of their concern and
their thought for his future well-being years down the road.
They were willing to sacrifice convenience now for a better life
later.
God cares for His children. Right now He might use
means of restraint and discomfort to achieve His desired
result but He operates out of the love He has for us.

What to do:
✞Keep on…this, too, shall pass.

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Unprepared
June 11

 Bible Reading: Psalm 1

 Key Verse: Verse 3 – “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.”
 Key Words: And he shall be like a tree

God compares us to a tree. Those who gain strength

from God’s Word grow, but our strength also grows from
adversity if our faith is founded in God’s Word and not man’s
wisdom.
I read the following story which was taken from The
Evangel. We were going through a great furniture factory
when our guide pointed out to us a superbly grained and
figured sideboard in the natural wood. He stated, “It is the
finest selected timber of its kind. The secret,” he said, “is this.
The trees from which it was taken grew in a place where they
were exposed to almost constant conflict and storms.” What a
suggestive fact! The storm-beaten tree develops the choicest
and finest woven fibers. When it is cut down and the saws lay
bare its exquisitely figured grain, the cabinetmaker selects it
as the material for his finest work. So it is when life is beset
by sorrows and trials. If it withstands the storm, the wind of
God strengthens and beautifies it.
Character cannot be developed into its strongest and
most beautiful form without storms and trials.

What to do:
✞ Stay the course. A winner is someone who goes
through the trials and doesn’t quit.

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Unhappy
June 12

 Bible Reading: I John 1


 Key Verse: Verse 9 – “If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness.”
Key Words: If we confess

When we become angry with others we tend to do one

of three things. Some repress their anger, still others
suppress anger, but the vast majority resort to a third
solution–they seek revenge.
Have you ever hungered for a little sweet revenge? I
read recently about a story that took place in 1992. Lady
Sarah Graham Moon, at the age of fifty-five, was dumped by
her British aristocratic husband. She sought to get even with
him in the following ways. First, she poured gallons of paint
on his cherished BMW while it was parked in his girlfriend’s
driveway. A week later she cut four inches off the left sleeve
on thirty-two of his tailored suits, $1,600 suits I might add.
The following week she gave away sixty bottles of his finest
wine. Her actions did not go unnoticed, she caught the
attention of the press and became somewhat of a celebrity.
One lady wrote her to share how she had cleaned the toilet
with her unfaithful husband’s toothbrush, then watched with
glee as he brushed his teeth. Of course, none of these can
compare with the revenge of Vera Czermak. When she
learned that her husband had betrayed her, Mrs. Czermak
became suicidal and decided to jump to her death from their
third floor apartment in Prague. Surprisingly, she survived
the jump because she landed on her husband who was leaving
the apartment on his way to work. She lived, he died. She
was charged with murder and is now serving time in prison.
Oh, by the way, Mrs. Moon was sued by her husband
and won. Vengeance really does not pay. Remember, we said
we usually do three things with our anger: we repress it,
suppress it, or attempt to get revenge. But there is another
thing we can do with anger which is far better, and that is
confess it (I John 1:8), and I have found that confession has
far better consequences than the other methods of handling
our anger.
What to do:
✞ When someone hurts you, confess it. Leave the
vengeance to God.

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Unwise
June 13
 Bible Reading: James 3
 Key Verse: Verse 13 – “Who is a wise man and
endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out
of a good conversation his works with meekness of
wisdom.”
Key Words: Who is a wise man

When you are wronged by others, what is your

response? When one is wronged, it tells you three things.
First of all, it tells you about the one who inflicts the wrong.
Hurt people, hurt people. Proud people also hurt people.
Secondly, it tells you about the character of the one wronged,
by how they handle being hurt by others. Those wronged tend
to respond in one or more of the following ways. First, the
person of weak character will be highly offended and attempt
to get even by threatening, by withholding love, attention, or
possessions. They may even withdraw, move on to another
person or place. The person with strong character will forgive
and pray for those who have hurt them.
When Jesus was wronged and falsely accused by the
leadership of the Pharisees, He answered them not a word,
and while dying on the cross, He prayed, “Father, forgive
them, for they know not what they do.”
If you have ever been wronged by others, here are
some verses to remember. Matthew 5:9, “Blessed are the
peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”
 Matthew 12:34b, “...for out of the abundance of
the heart the mouth speaketh.” (So what are your
words saying about your heart?)
  Ecclesiastes 5:2c, “...therefore, let thy words be
few.”
 Matthew 7:12, “Therefore all things whatsoever ye
would that men should do to you, do ye even so to
them: for this is the law and the prophets.”
 James 3:2b, “If any man offend not in word, the
same is a perfect man.”
 Psalm 19:14, “Let the words of my mouth and the
meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight,
O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.”
 I Peter 3:10, “For he that will love life, and see
good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil,
and his lips that they speak no guile.”
 Psalm 119:165, “Great peace have they which love
thy law: and nothing shall offend them.”
I close by giving you four thoughts. 1) Choose your
words carefully. 2) Two wrongs never equal a right. 3)
Remember, your talk talks, and your walk walks; but your
walk talks louder than your talk talks. 4) I am seldom sorry
for what I do not say. But I am often sorry for what I do say.

What to do:
✞Make wise choices when hurt because you will
live with those choices forever.
Unable
June 14

 Bible Reading: Joel 3:9-17

 Key Verse: Verse 10 – “Beat your plowshares into
swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the
weak say, I am strong.”
Key Words: let the weak say, I am strong

We all face those people or things in life that cause us

to think we are “unable.”
To Israel it was the giant called Goliath that caused
them to think they were unable to defeat the Philistines.
Again, it was the Anakims in the Promised Land that caused
Israel to think they were unable to claim the Promised Land.
In Nehemiah’s day it was the condition of the walls that
caused the people of Jerusalem to believe they were unable to
rebuild. These were hard and difficult times for Israel.
Now, what hard things are you facing that cause you to
think you are unable to be victorious, unable to move
forward?
In 1982 Nick Vujicic was born with Tetra-amelia
Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. Nick has no arms or legs,
although he has two small feet attached to his torso. Growing
up Nick struggled emotionally and physically to accept his
condition. But today Nick, a born-again believer, has what he
calls a ridiculously good life.
Nick is able to use his physical condition for God and
draws a crowd wherever he goes which enables him to witness
to dozens and hundreds of people at one time. Nick took his
inability and made it into an ability. That which he was
unable to do has now become his strength.
It’s your call. You can sit and pout over what you can’t
do or you can focus on what God can do. Let your “unable”
become your “able.”

What to do:
✞Let your unable become your able..
Unthankful
June 15

 Bible Reading: Colossians 3:1-17

 Key Verse: Verse 17 – “And whatsoever ye do in word
or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving
thanks to God and the Father by him.”
Key Words: giving thanks to God

When you go through hard times, are you thankful for

them? Right now you’re probably thinking, “You’ve got to be
kidding!” No, I’m very serious. We are told to be thankful for
everything. Now, doesn’t that include hard times? I must
confess to you that I’m not always thankful for those difficult
situations; but I know in the end God will get the glory and I’ll
be a better Christian for having gone through them, and for
that, I am thankful.
David, a two-year old with leukemia, was taken by his
mother, Deborah, to Massachusetts General Hospital in
Boston, to see Dr. John Truman who specializes in treating
children with cancer and various blood diseases. Dr. Truman’s
prognosis was devastating: “He has a 50-50 chance.”
The countless clinic visits, the blood tests, the
intravenous drugs, the fear and pain—the mother’s ordeal can
be almost as bad as the child’s because she must stand by,
unable to bear the pain herself. David never cried in the
waiting room, and although his friends in the clinic had to
hurt him and stick needles in him, he hustled in ahead of his
mother with a smile, sure of the welcome he always got. When
he was three, David had to have a spinal tap—a painful
procedure at any age. It was explained to him that, because he
was sick, Dr. Truman had to do something to make him
better. “If it hurts, remember it’s because he loves you,”
Deborah said.
The procedure was horrendous. It took three nurses to
hold David still, while he yelled and sobbed and struggled.
When it was almost over, the tiny boy, soaked in sweat and
tears, looked up at the doctor and gasped, “Thank you, Dr.
Tooman, for my hurting.”
“Lord, thank you for my hurting.”
What to do:
✞In everything give thanks.

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Unprofitable
June 16

 Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

Key Verse: Verse 11 – “Then I looked on all the works
that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I
had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and
 vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the
sun.”
Key Words: all was vanity

Notice all the personal pronouns in our Scripture

reading for today: I, me, my, mine. Then Solomon says all
was vanity. Everything I worked for, everything I labored in,
was vanity. Have you ever felt that way?
Reminds me of a recent news release from Charlotte,
North Carolina, which told of a woman who set a world record
while playing a convenience store video game. After standing
in front of the game for fourteen hours and scoring an
unprecedented seven and a half million points on the game
called “Tapper,” the woman was pleased to see a TV crew
arriving to record her efforts for posterity. She continued to
play while the crew, alerted by her fiancé, prepared to shoot.
However, she was appalled to see the video screen suddenly
go blank. While setting up their lights, the camera team had
accidentally unplugged the game, thus bringing her bid for ten
million points to an untimely end! The effort to publicize her
achievement became the agent of her ultimate failure.
When we seek the attention, when we want the glory,
when life and events are about “I, me, my, and mine” hard
times will come for God shall always get the glory, not us!

What to do:
✞To God be the glory! See that He gets it.

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Unheeded
June 17

 Bible Reading: Hebrews 11:23-31

 Key Verse: Verse 25 - “Choosing rather to suffer
affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the
pleasures of sin for a season;”
 Key Words: the pleasure of sin for a season

One of the things that has bothered me for years is to

hear adults tell teens that there is no pleasure in sin. That
simply is not the case. The problem with sin is that there is
pleasure in it. Teens know that adults know that. Maybe
that’s the reason our message goes unheeded. Both teens and
adults go through hard times as a result of not heeding the
message.
Listen up!! There is pleasure in sin, but it is short-
lived; it is only for a season!
Teenagers are much more inclined to take warnings
about steroids seriously if the drugs’ muscle-building benefits
are acknowledged in the same speech, say doctors at Oregon
Health Sciences University. That was the case when the
doctors lectured nine high school football teams on the effects
of steroids. They found that football players who heard a
balanced presentation on steroids were 50 percent more likely
to believe that the drugs could harm their health than those
who were told just of the dangers. This isn’t the only instance
where scare tactics have been known to fail. In spite of a
massive, ongoing campaign on the hazards of cigarette
smoking, millions continue to light up. Health experts might
be more successful if they acknowledged smoking’s
pleasurable aspects. Then once they had a smoker’s attention,
they could let loose on why it’s time to quit.
If we want to be heard and heeded, we must also be
honest!

What to do:
✞You can live in sin and it is pleasurable, but only for
a season. Remember, you make your choices and then
your choices make you.

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 Unemployed
June 18

 Bible Reading: Jeremiah 14:1-9

 Key Verse: Verse 3 – “And their nobles have sent their
little ones to the waters: they came to the
pits, and found no water; they returned with their
vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded,
and covered their heads.”
Key Words: they were ashamed and confounded

The truth is you don’t find unemployment in the Bible.

But for those of you who may be unemployed, that really
doesn’t make you feel any better, does it? But you do find
times of leanness where famine has ravished the land. This is
certainly a hard time for those who experience such as this.
It’s during these times that we “Trust in the Lord with all
thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In
all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths”
(Proverbs 3:5-6).
In such situations Satan means it for bad but God can
take it and use it for good. Such an example of this is during
the time of the Irish Potato Famine (1846 – 1851) which
resulted in a 30 percent drop in the population of the west of
Ireland. The prolonged suffering of the Irish peasantry had
broken the survivors in body and spirit.
John Bloomfield, the owner of Castle Caldwell in
County Fermanagh, was working on the recovery of his estate
when he noticed that the exteriors of his tenant farmers' small
cottages had a vivid white finish. He was informed that there
was a clay deposit on his property of unusually fine quality.
To generate revenue and provide employment on his estate,
he built a pottery at the village of Belleek in 1857. The
unusually fine clay yielded a porcelain china that was
translucent with a glass-like finish. It was worked into
traditional Irish designs and was an immediate success.
Today, Belleek's delicate strength and its iridescent
pearlized glaze is enthusiastically purchased the world over.
This multimillion-dollar industry arose from innovative
thinking during some very anxious times. 
 So today, if you are going through the famine of
unemployment take heart; don’t give up. God can take it and
bring good from it. We read in Proverbs 3:7-8, “Be not wise in
thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. It shall be
health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.”

What to do:
✞ “He that endured to the end shall be saved.” Keep
enduring.
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Unaccepted
June 19

 Bible Reading: Job 42:9-17

 Key Verse: Verse 9 – “So Eliphaz the Temanite and
Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went,
and did according as the LORD commanded them:
the LORD also accepted Job.”
Key Words: the Lord also accepted Job

Job’s friends had refused to accept him because they

believed he was being punished by God for sins he had
committed; but in the end the friends realized the error of
their way and God accepted Job and accepted his friends after
Job had prayed for them (verses 8 – 10).
Being unaccepted by your peers is a difficult thing to
live with. It certainly can produce some hard times in your
life.
Campbell Morgan was one of 150 young men who
sought entrance to the Wesleyan ministry in 1888. He passed
the doctrinal examinations, but then faced the trial sermon. In
a cavernous auditorium that could seat more than 1,000 sat
three ministers and 75 others who came to listen. When
Morgan stepped into the pulpit, the vast room and the
searching, critical eyes caught him up short. Two weeks later
Morgan's name appeared among the 105 REJECTED for the
ministry that year.
Jill Morgan, his daughter-in-law, wrote in her book, A
Man of the Word, "He wired to his father the one word,
'Rejected,' and sat down to write in his diary: 'Very dark
everything seems. Still, He knoweth best.' Quickly came the
reply: 'Rejected on earth. Accepted in heaven. Dad.'"
In later years, Morgan said: "God said to me, in the
weeks of loneliness and darkness that followed, 'I want you to
cease making plans for yourself, and let Me plan your life.'"
Rejection is rarely permanent, as Morgan went on to prove.
Even in this life, circumstances change, and ultimately, there
is no rejection of those accepted by Christ.
To that we can heartily say, “Amen!”

What to do:
✞The key to happiness is not so much being accepted
by men as being accepted in heaven.

Unbelief
June 20

 Bible Reading: Mark 9:14-32

 Key Verse: Verse 24 – “And straightway the father of
the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I
believe; help thou mine unbelief.”
Key Words: help thou mine unbelief

It’s amazing to me how many people live with doubts,

superstitions, and unbelief. These three can cause some really
hard times in our lives.
 Cain didn’t believe and ended up being a
vagabond.
  Saul didn’t believe and lost his kingdom.
 Israel didn’t believe and ended up in captivity
(book of Nehemiah).
 The Pharisees didn’t believe and crucified Jesus, to
no avail. Praise God, He arose on the third day!
The disciples of Jesus said they believed and then
confessed that they really didn’t. So it was with the father of
the demon-possessed boy. Unbelief can and will lead to some
hard times.
Two fishermen were driving along a highway when
they came to a crossroad with a "Closed" sign blocking the
main road. They noticed fresh tire tracks leading around the
sign, so they decided to follow the tracks and disregard the
sign. They had gone some three miles when the road ended at
a broken bridge. The only thing to do was turn around, and
on passing the road block again they observed this inscription
on the reverse side of the sign: "It was really closed, wasn't
it?"
Not believing God causes many people to have to make
U-turns in life. If only they had believed!!

What to do:
✞Lord, please revive us again!

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Unknown
June 21

 Bible Reading: I Corinthians 6

 Key Verse: Verse 2 – “Do ye not know that the saints
shall judge the world? and if the world shall be
judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest
matters?”
Key Words: Do ye not know
 There is an old saying, “What you don’t know won’t
hurt you.” Well, that’s a big lie! What you don’t know can kill
you, and will surely lead to some hard times.
In our Scripture reading for today, some of the
members were taking other members to court so Paul asked
them seven questions:
 Verse 2: “do ye not know” in regard to saints judging
the world.
 Verse 3: “know ye not” we shall judge angels?
 Verse 9: “know ye not” unrighteous shall not inherit
the kingdom of God?
 Verse 15: “know ye not” your bodies are the members
of Christ?
 Verse 16: “what, know ye not” in regard to being joined
to harlots.
 Verse 19: “what, know ye not” your body is the temple
of God?
What they didn’t know did hurt!!
During the Franco-German War of 1870-71, two
unexploded shells were found near a house. The homeowner
cleaned them up and put them on display near his fireplace. A
few weeks later he showed these interesting objects to a
visitor. His friend, an expert in munitions, suddenly had a
horrible thought. “What if they’re still loaded?” After quickly
examining the shells, he exclaimed, “Get them away from the
fire immediately! They’re as deadly as the day they were
made!” Without realizing it, the homeowner had been living
in grave peril.
What you don’t know will hurt you!!

What to do:
✞ Don’t live in spiritual ignorance. 1) Find a good
church and attend faithfully. This means Sunday
School as well. 2) Listen and heed God’s Word. 3)
Spend much time in prayer. Don’t live in spiritual
ignorance for what you don’t know will hurt you.
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Unloved
June 22

 Bible Reading: Psalm 142

 Key Verse: Verse 4 – “I looked on my right hand, and
beheld, but there was no man that would know me:
refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.”
Key Words: no man cared for my soul

There is no pain worse than the pain of being unloved.

It’s one of the most difficult things one could ever experience.
This is what David was feeling as he sat in the cave (which
cave is not known).
There are many today who feel as David felt then…that
no one loves them, no one cares for them.
Bits & Pieces records the story of a father and son who
had become estranged. The son ran away, and the father set
off to find him. He searched for months to no avail. Finally,
in a last desperate effort to find him, the father put an ad in
Madrid newspaper. The ad read: “Dear Paco, meet me in
front of this newspaper office at noon on Saturday. All is
forgiven. I love you. Your Father.” On Saturday 800 Pacos
showed up, looking for forgiveness and love from their
fathers.
Today, maybe you know of someone who feels
unloved. You can be the one who shows this one who feels
unloved that you care, that you love them; but most of all, you
can show them God’s love and tell them God cares.
If today you feel unloved, remember “For God so loved
the world” and that includes you…you are loved!! My plea to
you is to believe this and accept God’s love for you!
What to do:
✞If you know someone who feels unloved, show them
God’s love.

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Uncertainty
June 23

 Bible Reading: Isaiah 45:1-19

 Key Verse: Verse 18 – “For thus saith the LORD that
created the heavens; God himself that formed the
earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it
not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the
LORD; and there is none else.”
Key Words: thus saith the LORD

We live in a day of uncertainties. The economy is

volatile. As a result, many jobs are insecure. Our safety with
terrorism being what it is causes some uncertainty. Many
churches are making changes, and not for the better. Violence
in our schools has caused some to cry out for more controls.
Life is filled with uncertainties.

In a world of uncertainty many of us are going through

some hard times. But isn’t it reassuring to know that God and
His Word are certain? We can count on God’s “thus saith the
Lord.”
In his book Light for Anxious Souls, George Cutting
told about a farmer who lacked the assurance of salvation. He
foolishly prayed that as an evidence of his acceptance, the
Lord would cause 10 sheep of his flock -- and only 10 -- to
gather in a certain shed out in the pasture.
Later that day, when the farmer anxiously approached
the shed, he was relieved to find exactly 10 sheep. That gave
him a temporary sense of peace. Doubt returned with the
shocking thought that it may have been just a coincidence. So
he asked the Lord that 10 different sheep might gather in an
opposite corner of the pasture. And they did!
 When the farmer was asked, “Did this give you
assurance?” he said, “No, nothing gave me certainty until I got
the sure Word of God for it.”
Cutting concluded, “He was all in a fog of uncertainty
until he planted his foot firmly on the ‘Thus saith the Lord.’”
And so it is with us all. Our only certainty of life is in
“thus saith the Lord.” Now, you can count on that!!

What to do:
✞Put your trust in God’s Word, not in society’s
promises.

Unfulfilled
June 24

 Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 5:1-8

 Key Verse: Verse 4 – “When thou vowest a vow unto
God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in
fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.”
Key Words: When thou vowest a vow unto God,
defer not to pay it

Living an unfulfilled life can not only be depressing, it

can be hard. All one has to do is look at Cain, Esau, Demas…
all these lives were unfulfilled. If our life is to be a full life, a
satisfied life, we must fulfill our promises to God and man.
Booker T. Washington describes meeting an ex-slave
from Virginia in his book Up From Salvery:
 “I found that this man had made a contract with his
master, two or three years previous to the Emancipation
Proclamation, to the effect that the slave was to be permitted
to buy himself, by paying so much per year for his body; and
while he was paying for himself, he was to be permitted to
labour where and for whom he pleased.
“Finding that he could secure better wages in Ohio, he
went there. When freedom came, he was still in debt to his
master some three hundred dollars. Notwithstanding that the
Emancipation Proclamation freed him from any obligation to
his master, this black man walked the greater portion of the
distance back to where his old master lived in Virginia, and
placed the last dollar, with interest, in his hands.
“In talking to me about this, the man told me that he
knew that he did not have to pay his debt, but that he had
given his word to his master, and his word he had never
broken. He felt that he could not enjoy his freedom till he had
fulfilled his promise.”
Nor can you or I…I am convinced that many hardships
and unhappiness come from unfulfilled promises. Let your
“yea” be yea, and your “nay” be nay.

What to do:
✞ Live a fulfilled life by
fulfilling your promises to God (and man).

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Unrealistic
June 25

 Bible Reading: Philippians 3:10-21

 Key Verse: Verse 12 – “Not as though I had already
attained, either were already perfect: but I follow
after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I
am apprehended of Christ Jesus.”
Key Words: Not as though I had already attained,
either were already perfect
 We often make life difficult for ourselves by setting
unrealistic goals. Others make life difficult for us because of
their unrealistic expectations of us.
Our life and work within the Christian community will
go much better if we acknowledge our own shortcomings and
do not make unreasonable demands on others. Adoniram
Judson wrote, “In encouraging other young men to come out
as missionaries, do use the greatest caution. One wrong-
headed, conscientiously obstinate fellow would ruin us.” Then
he described the sort of person he preferred: “Humble, quiet,
persevering men; men of sound, sterling talents (though,
perhaps, not brilliant), of decent accomplishments, and some
natural aptitude to acquire a language; men of an amiable
temper, willing to take the lowest place, to be the least of all
and the servants of all; men who live near to God, and are
willing to suffer all things for Christ’s sake, without being
proud of it, these are the men.” Then Judson added, “But oh,
how unlike this description is the writer of it!”
Some one unknown to me once said, “We make
unrealistic demands of our pastors, their wives, and other
Christian leaders, and we judge them unfairly. But the work
of Christ will get done more quickly and efficiently if we
recognize the value of others and admit that we too have
shortcomings. Then, as we do our best, we can admit that like
everyone else we are not perfect yet!”
But you have to admit, those with unrealistic ideas and
thoughts can make life hard for us all.

What to do:
✞Have goals for yourself but make them realistic. Be
realistic in your expectations of others.

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 Unforgiving
June 26

 Bible Reading: Mark 11:20-33

 Key Verse: Verse 26 – “But if ye do not forgive,
neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive
your trespasses.”
Key Words: if ye do not forgive

Have you ever experienced not being forgiven by

someone? While it hurts and is hard to go through, the one I
pity is the one unwilling to forgive.
Leo Tolstoy thought he was getting his marriage off on
the right foot when he asked his teenage fiance to read his
diaries, which spelled out in lurid detail all of his sexual
dalliances. He wanted to keep no secrets from Sonya, to begin
marriage with a clean slate, forgiven. Instead, Tolstoy’s
confession sowed the seeds for a marriage that would be held
together by vines of hatred, not love. “When he kisses me I’m
always thinking, ‘I’m not the first woman he has loved,’” wrote
Sonya Tolstoy in her own diary. Some of his adolescent flings
she could forgive, but not his affair with Axinya, a peasant
woman who continued to work on the Tolstoy estate. “One of
these days I shall kill myself with jealousy,” Sonya wrote after
seeing the three-year-old son of the peasant woman, the
spitting image of her husband. “If I could kill him [Tolstoy]
and create a new person exactly the same as he is now, I
would do so happily.” Another diary entry dates from January
14, 1909. “He relishes that peasant wench with her strong
female body and her sunburnt legs, she allures him just as
powerfully now as she did all those years ago…” Sonya wrote
those words when Axinya was a shriveled crone of eighty. For
half a century jealousy and unforgiveness had blinded her, in
the process destroying all love for her husband.
What a shame!

What to do:
 ✞Forgive those who refuse to forgive you.

Pastor’s Note: Just a piece of pastoral advice: public sins,

public confession; private sins, private confession. Leo should
have confessed to God and lived a pure and clean life from
that point.

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Uncompromising
June 27

 Bible Reading: Exodus 8:25-32

 Key Verse: Verse 25 - “And Pharaoh called for Moses
and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God
in the land.”
Key Words: Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the
land

Pharaoh, rather than letting the people of Israel go,

kept attempting to get Israel to compromise. In our text for
today, Pharaoh makes a revealing statement, “Go ye, sacrifice
to your God in the land.” Pharaoh didn’t care if they sacrificed
to God so long as they stayed in Egypt. I’ve found Satan to be
the same way. He doesn’t care if we sacrifice to God; just
don’t leave the “worldly lifestyle behind. Don’t go all the way
for God. Stick around the world, enjoying the world.” What a
compromise proposal Pharaoh had! In essence, he was
saying, “You can have the best of both worlds. You can
sacrifice to your God and still live a worldly life.” How
revealing! But when you decide you’re not going to
compromise, hard times may come for awhile. But joy will
come in the morning. But when you do decide to
compromise, it can and will consume you…literally.
A hunter had his gun aimed at a large bear and was
ready to pull the trigger. Just then the bear spoke in a soft,
soothing voice, saying, "Isn't it better to talk than to shoot?
Why don't we negotiate the matter? What is it that you
want?" The hunter lowered his rifle and answered, "I would
like a fur coat." "That's good," said the bear. "I think that's
something we can talk about. All I want is a full stomach;
maybe we can reach a compromise." So they sat down to talk
it over. A little while later the bear walked away alone. The
negotiation had been successful - the bear had a full stomach
and the hunter had a fur coat!

What to do:
✞Remember what Dante said, “The hottest places in
hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral
crisis, maintain their neutrality.”

Undisturbed
June 28

 Bible Reading: Acts 26:24-32

 Key Verse: Verse 28 – “ Then Agrippa said unto
Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.”
Key Words: Almost thou persuadest me

I can remember it like it was yesterday: having my

mother crying out with every ounce of energy she could
muster, “M-i-c-h-a-e-l, get back here right now.” It seems as
though Mom didn’t appreciate the fact that I had made our
bathtub the new home to a dozen or so tadpoles. To say the
least, she was upset, and rightly so. She explained to me in
language that could be clearly understood that tadpoles were
not to be a part of the Rouse family, and that I was to “never
pull that little stunt again.” She was disturbed!!
 But you know, there really is nothing wrong with being
disturbed. In Acts 16 after Paul and Silas had prayed and sang
and had an old-fashioned prayer meeting in that Philippian
jail, the earth began to shake and the prison cells all shook
open. Darkness prevailed in that dungeon called a prison and
the guard on duty that night was disturbed. You see, he
thought for sure all the prisoners had fled; and as a result, he
would be tortured and then executed so he decided to take his
own life until Paul interceded. God disturbed this man and as
a result, he and his family were born again.
King Hezekiah was told that he was going to die in II
Kings, chapter 20. This disturbed the great king. He was so
disturbed that he prayed. Evidently he prayed hard enough
and righteous enough to get God’s attention and God gave
him fifteen more years of life. Being disturbed caused the
great king to humble himself and pray.
Now none of us like to be disturbed; but the truth is
that we’ll never be motivated to action until God uses
something or someone to disturb us.
One night the phone rang—actually, it was early
morning about 1:00 or so. Now, when the phone rings at that
hour a hundred things begin to run through my mind…are my
kids and grandkids alright? What about church family? Has
something happened to one of the buildings? Yes, I admit it.
I was disturbed. When Linda answered and I heard her say,
“You’ve got the wrong number,” I breathed a sigh of relief;
and then at 1:00 in the morning, I began to thank God for my
daughters, grandkids, my church family, and for God’s safety
and blessings—all because God used an early morning phone
call to disturb me.
You know, there really is nothing wrong with being
disturbed!! The problem is when we are like Agrippa…
undisturbed.

What to do:
 ✞Remember, there really is nothing wrong with being
disturbed about the right thing.

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Unnecessary
June 29

 Bible Reading: James 3:1-8

 Key Verse: Verse 2 – “For in many things we offend
all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a
perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.”
Key Words: For in many things we offend all

Have you ever said or done something that wasn’t

necessary to say or do and as a result, you find yourself in “hot
water”? Yes, many times we bring these hard times on
ourselves by the unnecessary things we say or do.
Like the man who was working in the produce
department and was asked by a lady if she could buy half a
head of lettuce. He replied, “Half a head? Are you serious?
God grows these in whole heads and that’s how we sell them!”
“You mean,” she persisted, “that after all the years I’ve
shopped here, you won’t sell me half-a-head of lettuce?”
“Look,” he said, “If you like I’ll ask the manager.” She
indicated that would be appreciated, so the young man
marched to the front of the store. “You won’t believe this, but
there’s a lame-brained idiot of a lady back there who wants to
know if she can buy half-a-head of lettuce.”
He noticed the manager gesturing, and turned around
to see the lady standing behind him, obviously having
followed him to the front of the store. “And this nice lady was
wondering if she could buy the other half” he concluded. Later
in the day the manager cornered the young man and said,
“That was the finest example of thinking on your feet I’ve ever
seen! Where did you learn that?”
“I grew up in Grand Rapids, and if you know anything
about Grand Rapids, you know that it’s known for its great
hockey teams and its ugly women.”
 The manager’s face flushed, and he interrupted, “My
wife is from Grand Rapids!” “And which hockey team did she
play for?”
Be careful with what you say and do. They can cause
some hard times.

What to do:
✞ “…let thy words be few. ” (Ecclesiastes 5:2).

Uninformed
June 30

 Bible Reading: II Chronicles 33:1-10

 Key Verse: Verse 10 – “And the LORD spake to
Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not
hearken.”
Key Words: but they would not hearken

Have you ever made a decision without all the facts? It

may be the facts were withheld from you or it could be you
just didn’t want to hear them. When we choose not to be
informed, we are headed for some embarrassing times. Let
me explain by example.
Professional golfer Tommy Bolt was playing in Los
Angeles and had a caddy with a reputation of constant chatter.
Before they teed off, Bolt told him, "Don't say a word to me.
And if I ask you something, just answer yes or no." During the
round, Bolt found the ball next to a tree, where he had to hit
under a branch, over a lake and onto the green. He got down
on his knees and looked through the trees and sized up the
shot.
"What do you think?" he asked the caddy. "Five-iron?"
"No, Mr. Bolt," the caddy said.
"What do you mean, not a five-iron?" Bolt snorted.
"Watch this shot."
The caddy rolled his eyes. "No-o-o, Mr. Bolt."
But Bolt hit it and the ball stopped about two feet from
the hole. He turned to his caddy, handed him the five-iron
and said, "Now what do you think about that? You can talk
now." "Mr. Bolt," the caddy said, "that wasn't your ball."
Oops! Should’ve been better informed.

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✞Remember, no information or wrong information
will lead to wrong decisions which produce wrong
results. 
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Notes:
I deeply appreciate the help of

Mary Parsons
 Glenda Myrick

Terri Phillips

And my lovely wife, Linda

Without God using these

people to help, this devotional
would not have been possible.
Dr. Mike Rouse

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