O. Addison Gethers
e-mail address [email protected] [email protected] twitter URL http//:twitter.com/OAddisonGethers Messenger contact window live/msn messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS rs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 6:50 AM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday September 23 > Day 266 > > Amos 1-3 (The Message) > > Amos 1 > 1 The Message of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa, that he received on > behalf of Israel. It came > to him in visions during the time that Uzziah was king of Judah and > Jeroboam II son of Joash was > king of Israel, two years before the big earthquake. > Swallowing the Same Old Lies > 2 The Message: > God roars from Zion, > shouts from Jerusalem! > The thunderclap voice withers the pastures tended by shepherds, > shrivels Mount Carmel's proud peak. > > 3-5 God's Message: > > "Because of the three great sins of Damascus > -make that four-I'm not putting up with her any longer. > She pounded Gilead to a pulp, pounded her senseless > with iron hammers and mauls. > For that, I'm setting the palace of Hazael on fire. > I'm torching Ben-hadad's forts. > I'm going to smash the Damascus gates > and banish the crime king who lives in Sin Valley, > the vice boss who gives orders from Paradise Palace. > The people of the land will be sent back > to where they came from-to Kir." > God's Decree. > > 6-8 God's Message: > > "Because of the three great sins of Gaza > -make that four-I'm not putting up with her any longer. > She deported whole towns > and then sold the people to Edom. > For that, I'm burning down the walls of Gaza, > burning up all her forts. > I'll banish the crime king from Ashdod, > the vice boss from Ashkelon. > I'll raise my fist against Ekron, > and what's left of the Philistines will die." > God's Decree. > > 9-10 God's Message: > > "Because of the three great sins of Tyre > -make that four-I'm not putting up with her any longer. > She deported whole towns to Edom, > breaking the treaty she had with her kin. > For that, I'm burning down the walls of Tyre, > burning up all her forts." > > 11-12 God's Message: > > "Because of the three great sins of Edom > -make that four-I'm not putting up with her any longer. > She hunts down her brother to murder him. > She has no pity, she has no heart. > Her anger rampages day and night. > Her meanness never takes a timeout. > For that, I'm burning down her capital, Teman, > burning up the forts of Bozrah." > > 13-15 God's Message: > > "Because of the three great sins of Ammon > -make that four-I'm not putting up with her any longer. > She ripped open pregnant women in Gilead > to get more land for herself. > For that, I'm burning down the walls of her capital, Rabbah, > burning up her forts. > Battle shouts! War whoops! > with a tornado to finish things off! > The king has been carted off to exile, > the king and his princes with him." > God's Decree. > > Amos 2 > 1-3 God's Message: > "Because of the three great sins of Moab > -make that four-I'm not putting up with her any longer. > She violated the corpse of Edom's king, > burning it to cinders. > For that, I'm burning down Moab, > burning down the forts of Kerioth. > Moab will die in the shouting, > go out in the blare of war trumpets. > I'll remove the king from the center > and kill all his princes with him." > God's Decree. > 4-5 God's Message: > > "Because of the three great sins of Judah > -make that four-I'm not putting up with them any longer. > They rejected God's revelation, > refused to keep my commands. > But they swallowed the same old lies > that got their ancestors onto dead-end roads. > For that, I'm burning down Judah, > burning down all the forts of Jerusalem." > > Destroyed from the Roots Up > 6-8 God's Message: > "Because of the three great sins of Israel > -make that four-I'm not putting up with them any longer. > They buy and sell upstanding people. > People for them are only things-ways of making money. > They'd sell a poor man for a pair of shoes. > They'd sell their own grandmother! > They grind the penniless into the dirt, > shove the luckless into the ditch. > Everyone and his brother sleeps with the 'sacred whore'- > a sacrilege against my Holy Name. > Stuff they've extorted from the poor > is piled up at the shrine of their god, > While they sit around drinking wine > they've conned from their victims. > > 9-11"In contrast, I was always on your side. > I destroyed the Amorites who confronted you, > Amorites with the stature of great cedars, > tough as thick oaks. > I destroyed them from the top branches down. > I destroyed them from the roots up. > And yes, I'm the One who delivered you from Egypt, > led you safely through the wilderness for forty years > And then handed you the country of the Amorites > like a piece of cake on a platter. > I raised up some of your young men to be prophets, > set aside your best youth for training in holiness. > Isn't this so, Israel?" > God's Decree. > > 12-13"But you made the youth-in-training break training, > and you told the young prophets, 'Don't prophesy!' > You're too much for me. > I'm hard-pressed-to the breaking point. > I'm like a wagon piled high and overloaded, > creaking and groaning. > > 14-15"When I go into action, what will you do? > There's no place to run no matter how fast you run. > The strength of the strong won't count. > Fighters won't make it. > Skilled archers won't make it. > Fast runners won't make it. > Chariot drivers won't make it. > Even the bravest of all your warriors > Won't make it. > He'll run off for dear life, stripped naked." > God's Decree. > > Amos 3 > The Lion Has Roared > 1 Listen to this, Israel. God is calling you to account-and I mean all of > you, everyone connected > with the family that he delivered out of Egypt. Listen! 2"Out of all the > families on earth, > I picked you. > Therefore, because of your special calling, > I'm holding you responsible for all your sins." > 3-7Do two people walk hand in hand > if they aren't going to the same place? > Does a lion roar in the forest > if there's no carcass to devour? > Does a young lion growl with pleasure > if he hasn't caught his supper? > Does a bird fall to the ground > if it hasn't been hit with a stone? > Does a trap spring shut > if nothing trips it? > When the alarm goes off in the city, > aren't people alarmed? > And when disaster strikes the city, > doesn't God stand behind it? > The fact is, God, the Master, does nothing > without first telling his prophets the whole story. > > 8The lion has roared- > who isn't frightened? > God has spoken- > what prophet can keep quiet? > > 9-11 Announce to the forts of Assyria, > announce to the forts of Egypt- > Tell them, "Gather on the Samaritan mountains, take a good, hard look: > what a snake pit of brutality and terror! > They can't-or won't-do one thing right." God said so. > "They stockpile violence and blight. > Therefore"-this is God's Word-"an enemy will surround the country. > He'll strip you of your power and plunder your forts." > > 12God's Message: > > "In the same way that a shepherd > trying to save a lamb from a lion > Manages to recover > just a pair of legs or the scrap of an ear, > So will little be saved of the Israelites > who live in Samaria- > A couple of old chairs at most, > the broken leg of a table. > > 13-15"Listen and bring witness against Jacob's family"- > this is God's Word, God-of-the-Angel-Armies! > "Note well! The day I make Israel pay for its sins, > pay for the sin-altars of worship at Bethel, > The horned altars will all be dehorned > and scattered around. > I'll tear down the winter palace, > smash the summer palace-all your fancy buildings. > The luxury homes will be demolished, > all those pretentious houses." > God's Decree. > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > Also, follow my tweets on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/Donnie1261 > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. 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