Thank You

I want to say a special "thank you" today to all my social media friends and contacts worldwide.

A new milestone has been reached today! Now there are 25,000 connections in my professional LinkedIn network, reaching out in 195 countries around the world. 

That's in addition to the thousands of followers on Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, and Blogger. 

Here is one great big THANK YOU to all my friends and contacts worldwide!

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Insight for Today

Shortly before her death in February 1971, my mother did an oil painting for me. It has become a silent "friend" of mine, a mute yet eloquent expression of my calling. It is a picture of a shepherd with his sheep. The man is standing all alone with his crook in his hand, facing the hillside with sheep here and there. You cannot see the shepherd's face, but the little woolies surrounding him have personalities all their own. Some have the appearance of being devoted and loving, one looks independent and stubborn, another is starting to wander in the distance. But the shepherd is there with his flock, faithfully and diligently tending them.

The rather large piece of art hangs in my study with a light above it. There are times when I am bone-weary after a long day of people demands, preaching, teaching, leading, or just meeting with people as I travel. Quite often when I come home after a day like that, I will come into my study and turn off the lights and leave on only the small light over that unique painting. It helps me keep my perspective. It is a reminder . . . a simple, silent affirmation that I am right where God wants me, doing the very things He wants me to do. There is something very encouraging about taking a final look at the shepherd with his sheep at the end of my day.

In the Beatitudes, Jesus painted a portrait of a servant that is both enlightening and encouraging (Matthew 5:3–12). His promises are assuring and His repeated reminders ("Blessed are") are affirming. He has described our calling as His servants by explaining our role as:

• Poor in spirit
• Mourning
• Gentle
• Hungering and thirsting for righteousness
• Merciful
• Pure in heart
• Peacemakers
• Persecuted

As we turn out all the other lights that distract us, it helps to concentrate our full attention on these eight specifics. The question we now must face is: Can such a person as this really influence a stubborn, competitive, strong-willed world? Is it possible for servants to make an impact?

In reply, I offer a resounding "Yes!" In our tasteless, dark world, servants actually become the only source of salt and light.

In our tasteless, dark world, true servants who care become the only source of salt and light*

*Insight for Today, written by Pastor Charles R. Swindoll

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Kindness and Change

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.Aesop
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

Amelia Earhart

Daniel 2:20-22 (NASB)

²⁰ Daniel said, “Let the name of God be blessed forever and ever,
For wisdom and power belong to Him.
²¹ “It is He who changes the times and the epochs;
He removes kings and establishes kings;
He gives wisdom to wise men
And knowledge to men of understanding.
²² “It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things;
He knows what is in the darkness,
And the light dwells with Him.

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands

How many of us have listened to the global or national news and wondered, What in the world is going on? Without a firm foundation of biblical truth, we can easily be overcome with fear and despair. Despite the upheaval in political and financial realms, we can find peace in the knowledge that our God is sovereign over every nation and ruler on earth.

Though the future of a nation appears to be in the hands of its rulers and lawmakers, an omnipotent hand is orchestrating a good and glorious plan: The Lord is the one who “removes kings and establishes kings” (Dan. 2:21). Ultimately, every governmental leader is put into office, not by voters, political campaigns, or personal abilities, but by the hand of God.

Nothing that the Lord does is carried out in isolation. He’s working all things according to His divine plan. We tend to think that a ruler has to be righteous for God to use Him, but Proverbs 21:1 tells us the Lord can direct the heart of any national leader wherever He wishes. In fact, He describes two pagan kings—Nebuchadnezzar and Cyrus—as “My servant” (Jer. 25:9) and “My shepherd” (Isa. 44:28). Unbeknownst to them, God guided their paths to fulfill His purposes for Israel.

When the news threatens to dislodge your peace or cause despair, remember who holds the nations and rulers in His hand. The Lord’s plans for this world are moving along according to His divine purposes, and nothing nor anyone can thwart Him. Just keep singing, “He’s got the whole world in His hands.”*

"In Touch Ministries" Daily Devotional July 24th.

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²⁰ Daniel said, “Let the name of God be blessed forever and ever,
For wisdom and power belong to Him.
²¹ “It is He who changes the times and the epochs;
He removes kings and establishes kings;
He gives wisdom to wise men
And knowledge to men of understanding.
²² “It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things;
He knows what is in the darkness,
And the light dwells with Him.

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands

How many of us have listened to the global or national news and wondered, What in the world is going on? Without a firm foundation of biblical truth, we can easily be overcome with fear and despair. Despite the upheaval in political and financial realms, we can find peace in the knowledge that our God is sovereign over every nation and ruler on earth.

Though the future of a nation appears to be in the hands of its rulers and lawmakers, an omnipotent hand is orchestrating a good and glorious plan: The Lord is the one who “removes kings and establishes kings” (Dan. 2:21). Ultimately, every governmental leader is put into office, not by voters, political campaigns, or personal abilities, but by the hand of God.

Nothing that the Lord does is carried out in isolation. He’s working all things according to His divine plan. We tend to think that a ruler has to be righteous for God to use Him, but Proverbs 21:1 tells us the Lord can direct the heart of any national leader wherever He wishes. In fact, He describes two pagan kings—Nebuchadnezzar and Cyrus—as “My servant” (Jer. 25:9) and “My shepherd” (Isa. 44:28). Unbeknownst to them, God guided their paths to fulfill His purposes for Israel.

When the news threatens to dislodge your peace or cause despair, remember who holds the nations and rulers in His hand. The Lord’s plans for this world are moving along according to His divine purposes, and nothing nor anyone can thwart Him. Just keep singing, “He’s got the whole world in His hands.”*

"In Touch Ministries" Daily Devotional July 24th.

(To view Gene Allen Groner's books, biography, and messages of hope and peace, go to his Author Page at www.amazon.com/Gene-Allen-Groner/e/B077YTVSJZ ) 

Jesus Calling Daily Devotional July 26th

RELAX AND LET ME LEAD YOU through this day. I have everything under control: My control.

You tend to peer anxiously into the day that is before you, trying to figure out what to do, and when.

Meanwhile, the phone or the doorbell rings, and you have to reshuffle your plans. All that planning

ties you up in knots and distracts you from Me. Attentiveness to Me is not only for your quiet time, but

for all your time. As you look to Me, I show you what to do now and next.

Vast quantities of time and energy are wasted in obsessive planning. When you let Me direct your

steps, you are set free to enjoy Me and to find what I have prepared for you this day.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;

I will counsel you and watch over you.

PSALM 32 : 8

Direct me in the path of your commands,

for there I find delight.

PSALM 119 : 35

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,

for I have put my trust in you.

Show me the way I should go,

for to you I lift up my soul.

PSALM 143 : 8

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Jesus Calling Daily Devotional July 25th

AS YOU LISTEN to birds calling to one another, hear also My Love-call to you. I speak to you

continually: through sights, sounds, thoughts, impressions, Scripture. There is no limit to the variety of

ways I can communicate with you. Your part is to be attentive to My messages, in whatever form they

come. When you set out to find Me in a day, you discover that the world is vibrantly alive with My

Presence. You can find Me not only in beauty and birdcalls, but also in tragedy and faces filled with

grief. I can take the deepest sorrow and weave it into a pattern for good.

Search for Me and My messages, as you go through this day. You will seek Me and find Me when you

seek Me with your whole being.

“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” JOHN 10 : 27

"And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28

“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”

JEREMIAH 29 : 13

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Proverbs 4:10-27 (NASB)

¹⁰ Hear, my son, and accept my sayings
And the years of your life will be many.
¹¹ I have directed you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in upright paths.
¹² When you walk, your steps will not be impeded;
And if you run, you will not stumble.
¹³ Take hold of instruction; do not let go.
Guard her, for she is your life.
¹⁴ Do not enter the path of the wicked
And do not proceed in the way of evil men.
¹⁵ Avoid it, do not pass by it;
Turn away from it and pass on.
¹⁶ For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.
¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know over what they stumble.

²⁰ My son, give attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
²¹ Do not let them depart from your sight;
Keep them in the midst of your heart.
²² For they are life to those who find them
And health to all their body.
²³ Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
²⁴ Put away from you a deceitful mouth
And put devious speech far from you.
²⁵ Let your eyes look directly ahead
And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
²⁶ Watch the path of your feet
And all your ways will be established.
²⁷ Do not turn to the right nor to the left;
Turn your foot from evil.

Wisdom for Life

Sometimes life seems like a confusing maze of options, and we don’t know which path to choose. What we need is God’s wisdom to guide us. Our first source for insight is His Word, but that is not the end. With scriptural principles as our foundation, God provides other opportunities that can help us grow in wisdom.

Discernment. Instead of blindly accepting cultural ideas, we should compare what we hear and see around us with what God has said in His Word. Then we’ll recognize evil and deception and have the wisdom to avoid that path.

Observation. By noticing actions of godly and ungodly people, we gain wisdom. As we observe their mistakes and successes, as well as our own past, we learn the blessings of obedience and the consequences of wrongdoing.

Godly counsel. The Lord will sometimes use other people to give direction for our life (Prov. 12:15). Whether they speak encouragement or correction, we can trust their advice when it lines up with Scripture and is confirmed by the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Wise Associates. There’s great benefit in spending time with those who know the Lord and routinely respond in a godly manner (Prov. 13:20). Before developing close relationships, we should learn what people value. As we recognize which individuals reflect wisdom in thought and deed, we can cultivate a relationship with them and emulate their discerning ways.

God wants us to pay attention to what we see and hear—and to be deliberate in our choice of companions. Wisdom isn’t just having the right information; it’s an ability to perceive between right and wrong, good and best.*

"In Touch Ministries" Daily Devotional July 23rd.

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We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. 
God is the friend of silence. 
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; 
see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... 
We need silence to be able to touch souls.

Mother Teresa

Work With Enthusiasm

What if everyone worked with Ephesians 6:7 in mind? “Work with enthusiasm, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.”  Suppose no one worked to satisfy self or please the bottom line but everyone worked to please God.  Many occupations would instantly cease– drug trafficking, thievery, prostitution, nightclub and casino management.

Certain behaviors would cease as well. If I’m repairing a car for God, I’m not going to overcharge his children. Imagine if everyone worked for the audience of One. Every nurse, thoughtful. Every officer, careful. Every teacher, hopeful. Every lawyer, skillful. Impossible? Well, not entirely. All we need is someone to start a worldwide revolution. Might as well be us!*

*Daily Devotional by author and minister Max Lucado.

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Absolute Honesty

Let's think about an essential mark of servanthood: integrity . . . or absolute honesty.

Remember these words?

Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart, but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. (2 Corinthians 4:1–2)

And how about these?

For our exhortation does not come from error or impurity or by way of deceit; but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who examines our hearts. (1 Thessalonians 2:3–4)

There really isn't much to add, is there? Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it . . . as do servants of God. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality.

As honesty and real integrity characterize our lives, there will be no need to manipulate others. We'll come to the place where all the substitutes will turn us off once we cultivate a taste for the genuine, the real.

I'm far from through, but this is enough for one sitting. We need to put it on the back burner and let it simmer for a while. Before going on with the rest of your day, take time to give some thought to your own life.

Think about becoming more of a servant . . . think of characteristics like transparent humanity and genuine humility and absolute honesty. Being real—that's what I want to get across—being who you really are and then allowing the Lord God to develop within you a style of serving that fits you.

As honesty and real integrity characterize our lives, there will be no need to manipulate others.

— Charles R. Swindoll

Daily Devotional July 18th

I AM NEARER than you think, richly present in all your moments. You are connected to Me by Lovebonds that nothing can sever. However, you may sometimes feel alone, because your union with Me is invisible. Ask Me to open your eyes, so that you can find Me everywhere. The more aware you are of My Presence, the safer you feel. This is not some sort of escape from reality; it is tuning in to ultimate reality. I am far more Real than the world you can see, hear, and touch. Faith is the confirmation of things we do not see and the conviction of their reality, perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses.*

“God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’”

ACTS 17 : 27 – 28

Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not

see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].

HEBREWS 11 : 1 (AMP)

*Jesus Calling daily devotional July 18th by Sarah Young.

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Proverbs 3 New King James Version (NKJV)

Guidance for the Young

3 My son, do not forget my law,
But let your heart keep my commands;
2 For length of days and long life
And peace they will add to you.

3 Let not mercy and truth forsake you;
Bind them around your neck,
Write them on the tablet of your heart,
4 And so find favor and high esteem
In the sight of God and man.

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.

7 Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the Lord and depart from evil.
8 It will be health to your flesh,
And strength[d] to your bones.

9 Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
10 So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.

11 My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord,
Nor detest His correction;
12 For whom the Lord loves He corrects,
Just as a father the son in whom he delights.

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