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Daily Devotional

October 23

The Grandpa that wouldn’t go to Church!

Every Sunday morning the house came alive with the sound of the family getting ready. His son, his son’s wife, and their two children would dress in their best clothes, gather their Bibles, and head out the door for church.

Grandpa stayed behind. He would settle into his favorite chair in front of the fireplace, content to be warm and quiet while the others were gone. “Church is for them,” he would say. “I’ve lived long enough without it.”

One Sunday, not long after the family left, Grandpa heard a soft pecking at the front window. He got up and saw a small flock of little birds hopping along the sill, looking in at him. They seemed hungry. He went to the pantry, took out some bread and a handful of cat food, and carried it outside to the empty barn. He spread the food across the floor, then stepped back into the shadows, hoping the birds would come in and eat.

They didn’t. They fluttered around the doorway and the windows of the barn, but they would not step inside. Grandpa watched them and thought, “If I could just become a bird for a little while, I could lead them in. They would trust one of their own.”

Just then the church bells began to ring across the distance. The sound carried clearly on the quiet morning air. As Grandpa stood there listening, something stirred in him. The thought about the birds suddenly opened into a much larger picture. He remembered what the family had tried to tell him for years: God the Father had done the very thing Grandpa had just wished for. He had sent His Son, Jesus, who became a man—like us—so He could lead people into the safety and provision of God. And now, more than two thousand years later, millions of people follow Him!

Grandpa stood still for a long moment. The birds still would not enter the barn, but he no longer saw only the birds. He saw himself. He had stayed outside the door for a long time, watching others go in. That morning he understood why Jesus had come.

The next Sunday, when the family began to get ready, Grandpa was already dressed and waiting by the door. From that day on he went with them every Sunday. The chair by the fireplace stayed empty on Sunday mornings. Grandpa had finally stepped inside.

Bob Lewis

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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 21 in Proverbs for today: (OCTOBER 21 (MT) (ESV)

21 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
    he turns it wherever he will.
²Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.
³To do righteousness and justice
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
⁴Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
    the lamp^[a] of the wicked, are sin.
⁵The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
⁶The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.^[b]
⁷The violence of the wicked will sweep them away,
    because they refuse to do what is just.
⁸The way of the guilty is crooked,
    but the conduct of the pure is upright.
⁹It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
    than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
¹⁰The soul of the wicked desires evil;
    his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
¹¹When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;
    when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
¹²The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked;
    he throws the wicked down to ruin.
¹³Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
    will himself call out and not be answered.
¹⁴A gift in secret averts anger,
    and a concealed bribe,^[c] strong wrath.
¹⁵When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous
    but terror to evildoers.
¹⁶One who wanders from the way of good sense
    will rest in the assembly of the dead.
¹⁷Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;
    he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
¹⁸The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,
    and the traitor for the upright.
¹⁹It is better to live in a desert land
    than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
²⁰Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man’s dwelling,
    but a foolish man devours it.
²¹Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness
    will find life, righteousness, and honor.
²²A wise man scales the city of the mighty
    and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
²³Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue
    keeps himself out of trouble.
²⁴“Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man
    who acts with arrogant pride.
²⁵The desire of the sluggard kills him,
    for his hands refuse to labor.
²⁶All day long he craves and craves,
    but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
²⁷The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;
    how much more when he brings it with evil intent.
²⁸A false witness will perish,
    but the word of a man who hears will endure.
²⁹A wicked man puts on a bold face,
    but the upright gives thought to^[d] his ways.
³⁰No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
    can avail against the Lord.
³¹The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
    but the victory belongs to the Lord.

Proverbs 21:4 Or the plowing

Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Latin; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death

Proverbs 21:14 Hebrew a bribe in the bosom

Proverbs 21:29 Or establishes

CHAPTER 16 ISAIAH for today:

(October 21 (RF) ESV)

16 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land,
from Sela, by way of the desert,
    to the mount of the daughter of Zion.
²Like fleeing birds,
    like a scattered nest,
so are the daughters of Moab
    at the fords of the Arnon.

³“Give counsel;
    grant justice;
make your shade like night
    at the height of noon;
shelter the outcasts;
    do not reveal the fugitive;
⁴let the outcasts of Moab
    sojourn among you;
be a shelter to them^[a]
    from the destroyer.
When the oppressor is no more,
    and destruction has ceased,
and he who tramples underfoot has vanished from the land,
⁵then a throne will be established in steadfast love,
    and on it will sit in faithfulness
    in the tent of David
one who judges and seeks justice
    and is swift to do righteousness.”

⁶We have heard of the pride of Moab—
    how proud he is!—
of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;
    in his idle boasting he is not right.
⁷Therefore let Moab wail for Moab,
    let everyone wail.
Mourn, utterly stricken,
    for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.

⁸For the fields of Heshbon languish,
    and the vine of Sibmah;
the lords of the nations
    have struck down its branches,
which reached to Jazer
    and strayed to the desert;
its shoots spread abroad
    and passed over the sea.
⁹Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer
    for the vine of Sibmah;
I drench you with my tears,
    O Heshbon and Elealeh;
for over your summer fruit and your harvest
    the shout has ceased.
¹⁰And joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful field,
and in the vineyards no songs are sung,
    no cheers are raised;
no treader treads out wine in the presses;
    I have put an end to the shouting.
¹¹Therefore my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab,
    and my inmost self for Kir-hareseth.

¹²And when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself on the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.

¹³This is the word that the Lord spoke concerning Moab in the past. ¹⁴But now the Lord has spoken, saying, “In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who remain will be very few and feeble.”

Isaiah 16:4 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; Masoretic Text let my outcasts sojourn among you; as for Moab, be a shelter to them

Revelation 7

for today: (OCTOBER 21 (NN) ESV)

7 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree. ²Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, ³saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” ⁴And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

⁵12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed,
12,000 from the tribe of Reuben,
12,000 from the tribe of Gad,
⁶12,000 from the tribe of Asher,
12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali,
12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,
⁷12,000 from the tribe of Simeon,
12,000 from the tribe of Levi,
12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,
⁸12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun,
12,000 from the tribe of Joseph,
12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.

A Great Multitude from Every Nation

⁹After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, ¹⁰and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” ¹¹And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, ¹²saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

¹³Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” ¹⁴I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

¹⁵“Therefore they are before the throne of God,
    and serve him day and night in his temple;
    and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
¹⁶They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
    the sun shall not strike them,
    nor any scorching heat.
¹⁷For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd,
    and he will guide them to springs of living water,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

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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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