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Daily Writing Prompt

There is Only One

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Daily writing prompt
What book could you read over and over again?
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I have been reading the Holy Bible everyday for 16 years now. This practice has completely changed everything about me for the better. By faith I was born again many years before I started feeding daily on the Word of God. My life didn’t start to change, however, until I started learning and practicing the Word. I have read the entire NIV, ESV, NASB, NLT, and KJV versions of the Bible. I have been blessed by them all, but the most blessed version of the Bible for me is the KJV. I have been reading it exclusively for the past 5 years or so. I plan to continue this practice for as long as I live. It is just as essential for my soul as air, food, and water are to my body.

Here is the key: Don’t go to the Bible to decide whether or not you should believe it. All who do so will find it locked and it’s transforming power out of reach. Go to the Bible to see what we are to believe. This is the knock that opens the Holy Book. (Matthew 4:1-4; 2 Peter 1:20-21; James 1:21;Romans 12:2; Matthew 7:7-8)

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Devotional for December 11

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His Mercy Is Great

10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. Psalm 103:10-14 (KJV)

Morning Exhortation

We should never mistake not being able to hear God as His approval or disapproval. The mistake of the unbeliever who practices the things the Bible speaks against is in assuming that it’s okay, simply because the judgement of God is delayed. It is likewise easy for the believer to mistake the difficultly of the way, as signs showing the disapproval of God. When the clouds of doubt surround you and the night seems very dark, when God seems distant and you can’t see His hand anywhere, there is only one thing to do. Make sure you are in accordance with the written Word and then hold to the course God has set you on despite the difficulty of the way. Faith must be tested. Thoughts and feelings are the reigns of the heart. The will and faith are the hands that must hold the reigns. To wait on the Lord means to keep the thoughts and feelings in check by the will and faith alone, through the weeping of the night, until God sends the joy that comes in the morning.

Today’s Bible Reading

2 Chronicles 11-12; Revelation 2

Zephaniah 3; John 1

The Prayer Appointed for This Week from the Book of Common Prayer

Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory now and for ever. Amen.