When acceptance wins over choice, today’s chapter sets the scene in history for the consequences of having a culture of unbridled toleration…
READ JUDGES 1 Make notes, if you’d like, of what stands out for you. Feel free to use the “Leave a Comment” box below to also write some of your thoughts.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The predominant belief today seems to be that if we’re accepting, open-minded, inclusive, gracious, understanding and forgiving, we’ll be the kind of people that any good god would surely want us to be. However, when we don’t understand the full picture, and think we know better, humans seem to have a habit of continually changing the goal posts. If this then includes turning our back on the Master Planner and His guidebook for LIFE, it’ll always have unforeseen and tragic consequences.
Today’s chapter shows from HISstory the downfall, even of the Creator God’s people, when they totally ignore the warnings in a culture of unbridled toleration. Hinged on trust and obedience, there’s always been a mandate at stake in every scene played out on the Creator God’s global stage. From the first chapter, the central issue has never changed: Do I want to operate in the likeness of the Creator God – as I’ve been designed to do?[a] And, am I following His instructions or twisting them?[b]
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But what about your thoughts – can you tell me what today’s “breadcrumb” is? Leave a note in the “Comments” box below to tell me what you think of today’s chapter.
Wanting to speak directly to the One who made you to be like Him? The rest of this webpage uses Jesus’ own prayer to help…[c]
THE LORD’S PRAYER:
1. Praise: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your Name. Your Kingdom come! Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven …”
I’ll praise Your Holy Name, Lord, because You’re the God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome. You show no partiality and You accept no bribes. [Deuteronomy 10:17]
2. Ask: “…Give us today our daily bread…”
The World: The Kingdom of Denmark[d]
Your Country: Teachers and Educators
Yourself: Your immediate family
Your concerns for today
My soul is in deep anguish. How long, Lord, how long? Turn, Lord, and deliver us – wherever we are on the planet and whatever our circumstances. Save us because of Your unfailing love. [Psalm 6:3-4]
3. Admit: “…Forgive us our sin as we forgive those who sin against us…”
Thank-you Father God, that Your eyes are on the righteous and Your ears are attentive to our cry. But as I go about my daily choices, help me to remember that Your face, Lord, is against those who do evil to blot out their name from all the earth. [1 Peter 3:12; Psalm 34:15-16]
4. Protect: “…Lead us not into temptation but delivers us from evil.”
You, O Lord, have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. [Isaiah 25:4]
“For Yours Lord is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory now and forever. Amen!”
When Jesus was questioned, tested, tricked or in His hour of great need, He always spoke things that were previously written in God’s Word.[e] Following these memory verses from ten topics, will help you learn 52 verses from the bible in a year! THIS WEEK’S MEMORY VERSE: An Assured Future
Jesus said: “Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.” [John 7:17]
[a] Genesis 1:26
[b] Genesis 3:1
[c] Matthew 6:5-15
[d] http://www.operationworld.org/node/163
[e] Matthew 4:4,6,7,10; 11:10; 21:13; and 26:24,31