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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: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:34 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Saturday December 19 > Day 353 > > James 4 > Get Serious > 1-2Where do you think all these appalling wars and quarrels come from? Do > you think they just > happen? Think again. They come about because you want your own way, and > fight for it deep inside > yourselves. You lust for what you don't have and are willing to kill to > get it. You want what isn't > yours and will risk violence to get your hands on it. > 2-3You wouldn't think of just asking God for it, would you? And why not? > Because you know you'd be > asking for what you have no right to. You're spoiled children, each > wanting your own way. > > 4-6You're cheating on God. If all you want is your own way, flirting with > the world every chance > you get, you end up enemies of God and his way. And do you suppose God > doesn't care? The proverb has > it that "he's a fiercely jealous lover." And what he gives in love is far > better than anything else > you'll find. It's common knowledge that "God goes against the willful > proud; God gives grace to the > willing humble." > > 7-10So let God work his will in you. Yell a loud no to the Devil and watch > him scamper. Say a quiet > yes to God and he'll be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify > your inner life. Quit playing > the field. Hit bottom, and cry your eyes out. The fun and games are over. > Get serious, really > serious. Get down on your knees before the Master; it's the only way > you'll get on your feet. > > 11-12Don't bad-mouth each other, friends. It's God's Word, his Message, > his Royal Rule, that takes > a beating in that kind of talk. You're supposed to be honoring the > Message, not writing graffiti all > over it. God is in charge of deciding human destiny. Who do you think you > are to meddle in the > destiny of others? > > Nothing but a Wisp of Fog > 13-15And now I have a word for you who brashly announce, "Today-at the > latest, tomorrow-we're off > to such and such a city for the year. We're going to start a business and > make a lot of money." You > don't know the first thing about tomorrow. You're nothing but a wisp of > fog, catching a brief bit of > sun before disappearing. Instead, make it a habit to say, "If the Master > wills it and we're still > alive, we'll do this or that." > 16-17As it is, you are full of your grandiose selves. All such vaunting > self-importance is evil. In > fact, if you know the right thing to do and don't do it, that, for you, is > evil. > > James 5 > Destroying Your Life from Within > 1-3 And a final word to you arrogant rich: Take some lessons in lament. > You'll need buckets for the > tears when the crash comes upon you. Your money is corrupt and your fine > clothes stink. Your greedy > luxuries are a cancer in your gut, destroying your life from within. You > thought you were piling up > wealth. What you've piled up is judgment. > 4-6All the workers you've exploited and cheated cry out for judgment. The > groans of the workers you > used and abused are a roar in the ears of the Master Avenger. You've > looted the earth and lived it > up. But all you'll have to show for it is a fatter than usual corpse. In > fact, what you've done is > condemn and murder perfectly good persons, who stand there and take it. > > 7-8Meanwhile, friends, wait patiently for the Master's Arrival. You see > farmers do this all the > time, waiting for their valuable crops to mature, patiently letting the > rain do its slow but sure > work. Be patient like that. Stay steady and strong. The Master could > arrive at any time. > > 9Friends, don't complain about each other. A far greater complaint could > be lodged against you, you > know. The Judge is standing just around the corner. > > 10-11Take the old prophets as your mentors. They put up with anything, > went through everything, and > never once quit, all the time honoring God. What a gift life is to those > who stay the course! You've > heard, of course, of Job's staying power, and you know how God brought it > all together for him at > the end. That's because God cares, cares right down to the last detail. > > 12And since you know that he cares, let your language show it. Don't add > words like "I swear to > God" to your own words. Don't show your impatience by concocting oaths to > hurry up God. Just say yes > or no. Just say what is true. That way, your language can't be used > against you. > > Prayer to Be Reckoned With > 13-15Are you hurting? Pray. Do you feel great? Sing. Are you sick? Call > the church leaders together > to pray and anoint you with oil in the name of the Master. > Believing-prayer will heal you, and Jesus > will put you on your feet. And if you've sinned, you'll be forgiven-healed > inside and out. > 16-18Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and > pray for each other so > that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living > right with God is > something powerful to be reckoned with. Elijah, for instance, human just > like us, prayed hard that > it wouldn't rain, and it didn't-not a drop for three and a half years. > Then he prayed that it would > rain, and it did. The showers came and everything started growing again. > > 19-20My dear friends, if you know people who have wandered off from God's > truth, don't write them > off. Go after them. Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives > from destruction and > prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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