Month: October 2024

faith

Devotional for October 17

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Quote by Bruce Coleman: "Hold fast the way as the reward is sure."

O God, Who Is Like You?

19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. Psalm 71:19-24 (KJV)

The Morning Exhortation

All are called, few are chosen, because they are unwilling. The Spirit bids all who are willing to come and drink deeply of the water of life. God would have all of us to be saved, but only those who are willing are the elect of God. Those who aren’t willing are not. Let no one steal your crown. Each of us constructs our own crown from what we build in this life. Those who build with the wood, hay, and stubble of this world will suffer lost when it is tried by the fire. Those who build this life with faith, hope, and love of Jesus Christ fashion precious jewels for their everlasting crown in the Kingdom God. Hold fast the way as the reward is sure. (Psalm 81:10; Matthew 22:14; Matthew 23:37; Matthew 11:28-30; Revelation 22:17; 1 Corinthians 3:10-15; 1 Corinthians 13:13; Revelation 3:11; John 10:10; 1 Thessalonians 3:5, 5:3-10; 1 Peter 5:6-11)

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Workout Log October 16

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New blog plan: It’s been a long time since I’ve posted any of my workouts. It really isn’t a new plan. Just getting back to the original plan of posting about faith and fitness. Time is at a premium for me these days. My morning routine has essential been the same now for the past 16 years. I wake up early. Read the Bible. Pray and workout six days a week. I leave off the workout on Sundays. I pray that you will be inspired.

Workout log for October 16, 2024

My 9 to 5 has to start early this morning. I’ve learned on such days that it is better to get in even a 5 minute workout than it is to skip it altogether. Did a light kettlebell routine to maintain mobility more than anything else. Followed that with a couple of shoulder strengtheners using bands. Solid piece of work for only and it only took about 20 minutes of time.

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Devotional for October 15

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Quote by Bruce Coleman: "Happiness depends on our ability to eliminate distractions and time wasters."

Key to the Blessings of God

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Psalm 1 (KJV)

The Morning Exhortation

Righteousness consists in doing all the good you know and letting go of all that you know is wrong. Both parts are necessary if we are to be whole. The modern world is so noisy. All day every day we are pulled in this direction and then another. Happiness depends on our ability to eliminate distractions and time wasters. Who is sufficient to do this all the time? Not a single one of us apart from the Lord. The sooner you come to that conclusion, the faster the blessings will come. Go to the Holy Bible to learn what to do and what to avoid. Pray for the focus to do and not to do. Then can we be sure the grace of God will bring us the blessings God intends for us to have. (Matthew 5:6; Luke 12:15-32; Romans 8:28-39; 1 John 4:9-10; Philippians 4:5-7; Ephesians 3:20-21)