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Daily Devotional

October 12

The Cross is the Diamond Pivot upon which all the world revolves!

The Cross stands as the Diamond Pivot of all reality—the single, immovable axis upon which human history, divine purpose, and eternal destiny turn!

Like a flawless diamond that concentrates and refracts light, the Cross gathers every thread of God’s redemptive plan into one radiant center.

From the fall of Adam to the consummation of the ages, every event in Scripture bends toward or radiates from Calvary. It is not a mere historical occurrence or religious symbol; it is the decisive fulcrum by which God reconciles the world to Himself!

In the Living Bible’s rendering of Galatians 6:14, Paul declares, “As for me, God forbid that I should boast about anything except the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that Cross, my interest in all the attractive things of the world was killed long ago and the world’s interest in me is also long dead.”

Here the apostle reveals the Cross’s transformative power: It severs the believer from the world’s orbit and reorients the entire life around Christ.

Colossians 1:19-20 affirms that through the blood of the Cross, God has reconciled all things—things on earth and things in heaven—to Himself.

The pivot is cosmic; nothing remains untouched.

Before the Cross, humanity revolved around self, sin, and separation.

After the Cross, the invitation is extended to revolve around a crucified and risen Savior.

First Corinthians 1:18 declares the message of the Cross to be the power of God to those being saved. It is the place where justice and mercy meet, where the penalty of sin is absorbed, and where the righteousness of Christ is freely offered.

Every subsequent doctrine—resurrection, justification, sanctification, and glorification—draws its force from this central event.

Church history itself turns upon it: The Apostles preached it, the martyrs sealed it with their blood, and every genuine revival has returned to its message.

Personally, the Cross demands a response. It calls each soul to die to self and live unto Christ. As an 85-year-old veteran who has walked with the Lord for decades, I testify that life’s true orientation is found only when one bows at its foot.

The world may spin on its axis of ambition, conflict, and fleeting pleasure, yet the Diamond Pivot remains fixed.

All who embrace the Cross find their lives reordered, their hope secured, and their future aligned with the eternal purposes of God.

Let every heart turn toward it today, for upon this pivot rests the destiny of every man and woman,

In Jesus’ Precious Name.

AMEN!

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Let us Praise Him Daily!

A good way to learn to Praise God is to memorize the first 6 Verses of Psalms 148:

1 Praise the Lord, O heavens! Praise Him from the skies!

²Praise Him, all His angels, all the armies of heaven.

³Praise Him, sun and moon and all you twinkling stars.

⁴Praise Him, skies above. Praise Him, vapors high above the clouds.

⁵Let everything He has made give praise to Him. For He issued His command, and they came into being;

^{6 H}e established them forever and forever. His orders will never be revoked.

PLEASE read the last 6 Chapters of Psalms: 145-150 so that you will learn how to Praise God like David did!

If you don’t want to get your Bible, Here they all are, just click on each Chapter and I will read them to you:

PSALMS 145 PSALMS 146 PSALMS 147 PSALMS148 PSALMS 149 PSALMS 150

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JESUS IS:

THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH,

THE LEADER,

THE ORIGINATOR,

THE LORD & MASTER,

THE SUPREME LEADER,

OUR HOPE,

1ST BORN FROM THE DEAD WITH AN IMMORTAL BODY TO NEVER DIE AGAIN,

THE 1ST FRUITS OF THE RESURRECTION,

HE IS OUR FESTIVAL OF HOPE,

OUR PARDON,

GIVEN 1ST PLACE IN EVERYTHING,

HAS BEEN EXALTED AS SUPREME OVER EVERYTHING,

IS ENOUGH,

THE FULLNESS OF GOD DWELLS IN US THROUGH JESUS,

JESUS HAS BROUGHT US INTO HARMONY WITH GOD,

HE HAS BROKERED A PEACE TREATY BETWEEN GOD & MAN,

YOU WERE BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE, BUT BY ACCEPTING JESUS

YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE NOW,

YOU ARE BEYOND REPROACH,

JESUS WAS THE SOLUTION BEFORE YOU HAD A SIN PROBLEM,

NEVER GET OVER WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR YOU!

NOW:

THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH:

TO TEACH US TO LEAD OTHERS TO CHRIST!

AMEN!

(You might want to copy those down and memorize them!)

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DAILY BIBLE READING:

>1. Chapter for the DAY in Proverbs;

>2. PLUS: 1 NEW Chapter from the Old Testament AND

>3. PLUS: 1 NEW Chapter from the New Testament Daily:

Chapter 12 in Proverbs for today: (OCTOBER 12 (MT) (ESV)

12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but he who hates reproof is stupid.
²A good man obtains favor from the Lord,
    but a man of evil devices he condemns.
³No one is established by wickedness,
    but the root of the righteous will never be moved.
⁴An excellent wife is the crown of her husband,
    but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
⁵The thoughts of the righteous are just;
    the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
⁶The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
    but the mouth of the upright delivers them.
⁷The wicked are overthrown and are no more,
    but the house of the righteous will stand.
⁸A man is commended according to his good sense,
    but one of twisted mind is despised.
⁹Better to be lowly and have a servant
    than to play the great man and lack bread.
¹⁰Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast,
    but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
¹¹Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread,
    but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.
¹²Whoever is wicked covets the spoil of evildoers,
    but the root of the righteous bears fruit.
¹³An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,^[a]
    but the righteous escapes from trouble.
¹⁴From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good,
    and the work of a man’s hand comes back to him.
¹⁵The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
    but a wise man listens to advice.
¹⁶The vexation of a fool is known at once,
    but the prudent ignores an insult.
¹⁷Whoever speaks^[b] the truth gives honest evidence,
    but a false witness utters deceit.
¹⁸There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
    but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
¹⁹Truthful lips endure forever,
    but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
²⁰Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
    but those who plan peace have joy.
²¹No ill befalls the righteous,
    but the wicked are filled with trouble.
²²Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,
    but those who act faithfully are his delight.
²³A prudent man conceals knowledge,
    but the heart of fools proclaims folly.
²⁴The hand of the diligent will rule,
    while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
²⁵Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down,
    but a good word makes him glad.
²⁶One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor,^[c]
    but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
²⁷Whoever is slothful will not roast his game,
    but the diligent man will get precious wealth.^[d]
²⁸In the path of righteousness is life,
    and in its pathway there is no death.

Proverbs 12:13 Or In the transgression of the lips, there is an evil snare

Proverbs 12:17 Hebrew breathes out

Proverbs 12:26 Or The righteous chooses his friends carefully

Proverbs 12:27 Or but diligence is precious wealth

CHAPTER 7 ISAIAH for today:

(October 12 (RF) ESV)

7 In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not yet mount an attack against it. ²When the house of David was told, “Syria is in league with^[a] Ephraim,” the heart of Ahaz^[b] and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

³And the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-jashub^[c] your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer’s Field. ⁴And say to him, ‘Be careful, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliah. ⁵Because Syria, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying, ⁶“Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it^[d] for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” ⁷thus says the Lord God:

“‘It shall not stand,
    and it shall not come to pass.
⁸For the head of Syria is Damascus,
    and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
And within sixty-five years
    Ephraim will be shattered from being a people.
⁹And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
    and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.
If you^[e] are not firm in faith,
    you will not be firm at all.’”

The Sign of Immanuel

¹⁰Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz: ¹¹“Ask a sign of the Lord your^[f] God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” ¹²But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” ¹³And he^[g] said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also? ¹⁴Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.^[h] ¹⁵He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. ¹⁶For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be deserted. ¹⁷The Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father’s house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria!”

¹⁸In that day the Lord will whistle for the fly that is at the end of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. ¹⁹And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures.^[i]

²⁰In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired beyond the River^[j]—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.

²¹In that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep, ²²and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he will eat curds, for everyone who is left in the land will eat curds and honey.

²³In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels^[k] of silver, will become briers and thorns. ²⁴With bow and arrows a man will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns. ²⁵And as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.

Isaiah 7:2 Hebrew Syria has rested upon
Isaiah 7:2 Hebrew his heart
Isaiah 7:3 Shear-jashub means A remnant shall return
Isaiah 7:6 Hebrew let us split it open
Isaiah 7:9 The Hebrew for you is plural in verses 9, 13, 14
Isaiah 7:11 The Hebrew for you and your is singular in verses 11, 16, 17
Isaiah 7:13 That is, Isaiah
Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God is with us
Isaiah 7:19 Or watering holes, or brambles
Isaiah 7:20 That is, the Euphrates
Isaiah 7:23 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

Revelation 20

for today: (OCTOBER 12 (NN) ESV)

20 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit^[a] and a great chain. ²And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, ³and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.

⁴Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. ⁵The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. ⁶Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

The Defeat of Satan

⁷And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison ⁸and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. ⁹And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven^[b] and consumed them, ¹⁰and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Judgment Before the Great White Throne

¹¹Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. ¹²And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. ¹³And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. ¹⁴Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:1 Greek the abyss; also verse 3
Revelation 20:9 Some manuscripts from God, out of heaven, or out of heaven from God

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Please Remember:

“CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS

AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD!”

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The Steps to Salvation:

> Repent: Repentance means that you are turning away from sin to turn to Christ. It does NOT mean that you will be perfect.

> Believe/Receive: Salvation is through Faith in Jesus and by the Grace of God. Believing means putting your Faith in Jesus and receiving forgiveness of sin.

>Walk in the Newness of Life: Jesus died so that we might live. We walk in the Newness of Life being Born Again by His Blood.

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GOD THE FATHER IS THE SOVEREIGN KING
AND CREATOR OF THE ENTIRE
UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!

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