Daily Inspiration

Daily Inspirational Thoughts

to bless your life.

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A Daily Devotional

Monday through Thursday

by Beth McLendon

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The topic this week is:

Bible verses to live by

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Monday August 9, 2021

Train up a child in the way he should go: 

and when he is old,

he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:6 KJV

The best way to begin

is by teaching your children to pray.

To get ideas on how to teach your child to pray

and how to

teach your child the Bible -

Please consider visiting our page called:

Family Devotional Ideas

or Bible activities

And we have a page of

Youtube children Bible story videos for you!

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Tuesday 

Salt and Light!

The following verses
were spoken by Jesus:

You are the salt of the earth;
but
if the salt loses its flavor,
how shall it
be seasoned?

Matthew 5:13a NKJV

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You are the light of the world.

Matthew 5:14a

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Let your light shine.

Matthew 5:16a

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So we have a destiny to 
  be "salty"
to make people thirsty for Jesus
and to
"light up" the way to Jesus.

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I am speaking to "You" the reader -

How could you be more salty,
and how
could you be a brighter light -
in your family and in the world?

Tuesday Thoughts

I have a friend who I've known for over 30 years. She is almost 80 years old. She has been going to the same Bible-believing church for more than
50 years.

In 2015, her church began to turn away from the Bible -  and instead be outspoken against Bible principles concerning sin.

The church leadership decided that God would want to change with the times. After all, it is 2015.

I talked to my friend during this difficult time in her church, and she told me
that she and several hundred members
had a meeting.
They all decided to leave and create a new church.

She said that she loves the friends who are not leaving, and she hopes that they will continue to love her - but she has to do the right thing.

I told her that she was being a model of doing the right thing, and I would pray for those who stayed behind.

I told her I would pray for those left behind that they would re-think the positions that they are endorsing.

I repeat that my friend was almost 80 years old. The last thing she wants to do is start a new church.

I am sooooooo proud of my friend. She didn't just do the easy thing. She did the right thing!

She did the right thing - in love.

She is being salt, and she is being light.

2021 Update - The new church is thriving and my friend is happy in her church.

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God tells us that we must put HIM first.

We must follow Him and the words He gave us in the Bible.

What will you do if you are faced

with the same situation?

Some of you are
facing that situation right now.

I am praying for you.

MANY people that I know have faced that same decision. (Friends from many different churches.)

The question becomes:

Will they follow Jesus and the Bible,

or will they

turn their back on the Bible and

follow lukewarm church friends?

It is not an easy situation.

Some of my friends left their church, and some stayed.

I admire those who left, and I am praying for those who stayed.

Even if we have a hard time finding a Bible-believing church at this time in history - we can still choose to have home church.

Jesus never promised us that being a Christian would be easy.

In fact, he assured us that we would face opposition and Persecution. Please read John 15:18-20 and Matthew 5:10.

Here is a Bible verse

that sums up

my message about salt and light:

"Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus

shall suffer persecution."

2 Timothy 3:12 KJV

We invite you to our page about the dangers of

the New Jesus - The link is below:

the New Jesus.

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Wednesday 

Here is a verse for believers

during hard times:

"He does not fear bad news,
nor
live in dread of what may happen.
For he is settled in his mind
that
Jehovah will take care of him.
That is why
he is not afraid,
but can calmly face his foes."

Psalm 112:7-8 TLB

Wednesday Thoughts

Christians are in hard times.

The world is beginning to express anger at the Bible and at Christians.

It is not popular to be a Bible-believing Christian.

It is important to deepen our devotion to God.

It is important to find Scriptures that we can lean on to get us through tough times.

Leviticus 6:12-13 -

We need to keep the

fire of God in our heart -

burning brightly.

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Thursday 

"For he is our God;

and we are the people of his pasture,

and the sheep of his hand.

Today if ye will hear his voice,

HARDEN   NOT   your heart."

Psalm 95:7-8a KJV

Thursday Thoughts

The New Testament identifies

Jesus as our Shepherd.

John 10:11

We are called to obey Jesus our Shepherd.

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Jesus is God - the second part of the Trinity.

Click here for understanding the Trinity.

The main way we hear God's voice is by reading the Bible.

Interesting that the New Testament also identifies

Jesus as the Word of God.

John 1:1 and Revelation 19:13

Some people - even some Christians  -

harden their heart as they read what the Bible says.

The words  - in blue above -  explain what Psalm 95:7-8a (the first verse quoted today) is talking about when it says, "Today if ye will hear his voice, Harden Not your heart."

If we harden our heart toward the Bible, we will end up in trouble:

"Despise God's Word and find yourself in trouble.

Obey it and succeed."

Proverbs 13:13 TLB

We must be alert and watchful as we study the Bible.

We must make sure that we do not harden our heart against the Words in our Bible.

As we read the Bible, God intends for its messages to change our perspectives and beliefs.

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Being a Christian is not as easy as it used to be.

We have to come up higher in our walk with Jesus in order to even survive the peer pressures that are coming at us.

What do I mean by "survive"?

The Philadelphia church -  written about in the book of Revelation  - answers that question.

Note that the book of Revelation contains the last words that Jesus spoke to the church.

I marvel that so few sermons focus on Revelation chapters 2 and 3  - because those verses contain Jesus' last advice to the church on how to live in this dark world.

Jesus spoke of being pleased with the Church of Philadelphia in the book of Revelation.

They were the only church -  of the 7 churches -
that totally pleased Jesus.

Jesus said he was pleased because they:

kept the Word of God and did not deny HIM.

Jesus told us that there would be great heavenly

rewards for those in the Church of Philadelphia.

All of this can be read in
Revelation 3:7-13.

Let's choose to be like the Philadelphia Church.

So...

Let's try to obey

the Words in the Bible, and

let's be sure to never deny that we love Jesus Christ.

To "survive"

is to remain FAITHFUL to Jesus.

Jesus is the Word of God.

John 1:1 and Revelation 19:13

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May we always respect and follow

the Bible - the Word of God!