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Morning Direction from Scripture 4-7-19

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But they put God to the test
    and rebelled against the Most High;
    they did not keep his statutes.
57 Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless,
    as unreliable as a faulty bow.
58 They angered him with their high places;
    they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
59 When God heard them, he was furious;
    he rejected Israel completely.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,
    the tent he had set up among humans.
61 He sent the ark of his might into captivity,
    his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;
    he was furious with his inheritance.
63 Fire consumed their young men,
    and their young women had no wedding songs;
64 their priests were put to the sword,
    and their widows could not weep.

65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
    as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66 He beat back his enemies;
    he put them to everlasting shame.
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
    he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
    Mount Zion, which he loved.
69 He built his sanctuary like the heights,
    like the earth that he established forever.
70 He chose David his servant
    and took him from the sheep pens;
71 from tending the sheep he brought him
    to be the shepherd of his people Jacob,
    of Israel his inheritance.
72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;
    with skillful hands he led them. Psalm 78:56-72

What are the qualities of rebellion? How do we avoid them?

Evening Devotion 4-4-19

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But they put God to the test
    and rebelled against the Most High;
    they did not keep his statutes.
57 Like their ancestors they were disloyal and faithless,
    as unreliable as a faulty bow.
58 They angered him with their high places;
    they aroused his jealousy with their idols.
59 When God heard them, he was furious;
    he rejected Israel completely.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,
    the tent he had set up among humans.
61 He sent the ark of his might into captivity,
    his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;
    he was furious with his inheritance.
63 Fire consumed their young men,
    and their young women had no wedding songs;
64 their priests were put to the sword,
    and their widows could not weep.

65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
    as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66 He beat back his enemies;
    he put them to everlasting shame.
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
    he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
    Mount Zion, which he loved.
69 He built his sanctuary like the heights,
    like the earth that he established forever.
70 He chose David his servant
    and took him from the sheep pens;
71 from tending the sheep he brought him
    to be the shepherd of his people Jacob,
    of Israel his inheritance.
72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;
    with skillful hands he led them. Psalm 78:56-72

Have you ever put God to the test? How did it work out?

A Question A Day From Rory Pt. 4

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Here is part 4 in my question a day series. I GOT THESE GREAT QUESTION FROM RORY OVER AT A GUY CALLED A BLOKE. CLICK HERE TO VISIT HIS BLOG.

Here is today’s question and my answer:

What’s something you know you do differently than most people?

I pray differently more than most people.

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For me prayer is a lifestyle that consumes vast amounts of time in my life. This lifestyle has developed over years. When I began I thought I was just developing a little devotional life. It has become this thing that informs everything I am and do. I used to ask the question, “How can I fit prayer into the rest of my life?”

Over the course of the last twenty years that question has changed to become, “How do I fit the rest of my life in around prayer.”

The other difference is that for me most of prayer has become about listening for the voice of God in the world rather than trying to get Him to hear my voice. I don’t spend so much time asking for things anymore. I spend more time waiting in His presence than anything.

Isaiah 40 :31 “They that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings as Eagles…”