Sunday Morning Reflections_October 23, 2011

The Word of God for wisdom:

Proverbs 23:17-18 (HCSB)
¹⁷ Don't let your heart envy sinners; instead, always fear the Lord. ¹⁸ For then you will have a future, and your hope will never fade.

Proverbs 23:22 (HCSB)
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.

The Word of God for inspiration:

Psalm 17:8-9 (HCSB)
⁸ Protect me as the pupil of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings ⁹ from the wicked who treat me violently, my deadly enemies who surround me.

The Word of God for encouragement:

Deuteronomy 8:3 (HCSB)
He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then He gave you manna to eat, which you and your fathers had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

Matthew 4:4 (HCSB)
But He answered, "It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."

My observation:

It is heartening to see how Jesus handled the temptations that Satan put before him. Satan tempted him three times, and three times used the word of God for his response to the temptation. The above is one example.

It worked for Jesus, and it will work for you and me. We need to know our bible and use the word of God like Jesus used it to respond to the attacks of Satan. He will leave you, but be on guard, he will return on another day to test you again.

Matthew 4:11 (HCSB)
Then the Devil left Him, and immediately angels came and began to serve Him.

Luke 4:13 (HCSB)
After the Devil had finished every temptation, he departed from Him for a time.

My prayer:

Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I thank you for the power of the word of God, and the presence of the Holy Spirit of God in my life. Father God, I ask that you protect me as the pupil of your eye, and keep me in the shadow of your wings. Father, keep me in the word, and your word in me.

Psalm 119:11 (HCSB)
I have treasured Your word in my heart so that I may not sin against You.

My song:

Thy Word Have I Hid in My Heart (Click on link below to listen to this song):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii8SNOisvUM

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1 Peter 2:2-3 (ESV)
² Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— ³ if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.