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5 Day
Monday through Friday
devotionals
Written by
Beth McLendon
This week's topic:
Pulling Down Walls
Monday November 1, 2021
Breaking Down Walls
with other people
that hinder a good relationship
Today's devotional comes from
an episode
of
the old TV show
"The Courtship of Eddie’s Father"
Quick note:
Think about a turtle and his shell.
Young Eddie
was thinking about turtles.
Eddie asked his television father (Bill Bixby),
“Why don’t people wear shells to protect themselves?”
Bill Bixby answered, “Some people do.”
Eddie then asked, “How do you get them open?”
Bill said, “You talk them open.”
Many people have been wounded during this life.
Good communication can help relationships.
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Tuesday
Breaking Down Walls
inside ourselves
Waiting
for your Cat to Bark
Awhile back, I ran across a book title:
Waiting for your Cat to Bark.
I did not look inside the book.
Yet...
that title
grabbed my attention and has continued to
promote lots of deep thoughts.
Do you have walls inside yourself
that are keeping you
from something
God wants you to do?
Is there something
you need to be doing for God
but you are waiting
for your cat
to bark?
What I am trying to say is -
Are you are waiting for something
to
happen
that is never going to happen?
If you wait for perfect conditions,
you will never get
anything done.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 TLB
Wednesday
Breaking Down Walls
between ourself and God
God wants to create a
beautiful
love story
between
you and him.
God tells us about his vision
for this
Love Story
in
Song of Solomon 6:3.
That verse says:
I am my beloved and my beloved is mine.
Song of Solomon 6:3
God wants me to see that verse in a very personal way.
God is my beloved
and
I am his beloved.
What a beautiful picture
of a great relationship with God!
Here is a great response to give God:
But as for me,
I get as close to him [God] as I can!
I have chosen him
and
I will tell everyone
about the wonderful ways he rescues me.
Psalm 73:28 TLB
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Allow the walls to continue
to fall
just as the leaves do
in the
fall season!
Thursday
September 6 we started the Jewish month of Tishri.
Before that
we were in the Jewish month of Elul.
Tishri began this new Jewish year 5782.
For the Jewish people,
the month of Elul was a time of repentance
and drawing close to God
in preparation for the new Jewish year.
The Hebrew letters in the Hebrew word
Elul
are often thought of
in the Jewish community as -
an acronym
of
Song of Solomon 6:3.
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I am my beloved and my beloved is mine.
Song of Solomon 6:3
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Yet, even though many Jewish people
are drawing closer to Father God,
they still need to know
Jesus as Messiah.
Breaking Down Walls
with people we may not like
Many Christians have a wall up
between themselves and the Jewish people.
During this week
as we are pulling down walls,
let's also begin pulling down any walls
we have against the Jewish people.
In Romans 10:1,
Paul teaches us
what God's will
is
for us to pray:
Brethren, my heart's desire
and
prayer to God
for Israel
is
that they might be saved.
Romans 10:1 KJV
Please join me in praying:
Lord,
I pray that
MANY of the Jewish people
will
recognize Jesus as their Messiah -
THIS YEAR!
Consider our
for Israel.
Friday
The walls we have talked about all week
are harmful walls.
Today we talk about
Good Walls!
Today
Let's Strengthen
the
Good Walls
we have erected
against the
devil
and
against sin!
Napoleon I
An encyclopedia speaks about Napoleon I in this way:
“He developed a principle of war
that formed the basis of his future campaigns.
He learned to
seek a weak point
in the enemy’s line
and
throw all his strength against it
at the decisive hour of battle.
With that point broken or weakened,
the enemy collapsed.”
That sounds like the battle plans of the satanic forces
that come against us.
Let's Strengthen our
Good Walls!
God tells us that
putting on the
Full Armor of God
strengthens us!
God tells us to put on the
Full Armor of God
and come against evil.
Please join me in putting on
The Powerful Armor of God!
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Mighty God,
Thank you for giving me your armor.
Thank you for explaining to me how Powerful it is.
Thank you for telling me to meditate on your Words.
I see good fruit growing in my life from yielding to your guidance.
So today.......
I put on the Helmet of Salvation.
Thank you for your saving power that rescued me from hell and positions me under your everlasting protection and provision.
I put on the Belt of Truth.
Thank you that as I read your truth, I understand your truth better and better.
Thank you that as I read your truth, my faith in you - and in your Word - grows.
I put on the Breastplate of Righteousness.
Thank you for giving me the righteousness of Christ.
I will show respect and honor to you by seeking to follow you in every way.
I put on the Shoes of Peace.
Thank you for your divine peace that guides me beside the still waters.
Your peace is comforting and calming. Show me how to receive more of your peace this day.
I pick up the Shield of Faith.
Thank you for my strong Shield of Faith that assures me that I am loved and accepted By You.
My shield gives me confidence that I am Powerful and Mighty In You as I follow your Word.
I pick up the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God.
Thank you for a sword that is Powerful.
Thank you for a sword that is Mighty.
My sword changes things in the natural world.
My sword destroys the works of the enemy.
I will speak out your Words this day!
AMEN!
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