sweeter days by Adrian Rogers

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Adrian Rogers

Love Worth Finding
Every Day Can Be Sweeter Than the Day Before

BIBLE MEDITATION:
“Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts…” (Hebrews 3:15)
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
We hear people say, "Well, get right with God—you may die." Let me change that: "Get right with God—you may live." And if you live, you can live with Jesus.

Don't get the idea that being a Christian is paying some sort of penalty to get into Heaven…like taking bad medicine to get well. You don't like the way it tastes, but you choke it down.

I would be a Christian even if there were no Heaven or Hell, just to be able to serve the Lord Jesus Christ in this life. Now, there is a Heaven and there is a Hell, but serving Jesus is so wonderful, I’d do it even if there weren’t. Jesus said, “I have come that you might have life, and… have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).

Oh, there are sorrows. We have troubles. Persecutions, certainly. Unsaved people have them too. But God’s child has Someone to bring his sorrows to. A Christian has a hope and a strength and looks forward to the day when there'll be no more sorrows, no more suffering when Jesus takes every tear and turns it to a pearl; the day He takes every hurt and turns it to a hallelujah.

ACTION POINT:
We have a loving Savior. How wonderful to know the Lord Jesus Christ in this life. Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before. Get right with God now, because you may live.

My Never Again List. Pro 18:21

My Never Again List

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Proverbs 18:21 KJV

Becuase our tongue acts as a rudder of sorts directing our lives what we say is of the paramount importance.  People are always speaking Life sentences or desth sentences. Choose life.  Below are some daily scripture affirmations paste them in your cell phone or computer and read then out loud every day.

 My Never Again List” taken from Don Gossett’s book, What You Say Is What You Get.

“My Never Again List”

Never again will I confess “I can’t” for “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (Philippians 4:13)

Never again will I confess lack, for “My God shall supply all of my needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19)

Never again will I confess fear, for “God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7)

Never again will I confess doubt and lack of faith, for “God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.” (Romans 12:3)

Never again will I confess weakness, for “The Lord is the strength of my life.” (Psalm 27:1) “The people that know their God shall be strong and do exploits.” (Daniel 11:32)

Never again will I confess supremacy of Satan over my life, for “Greater is He that is within me than he that is in the world.” (1 John 4:4)

Never again will I confess defeat, for “God always causeth me to triumph in Christ Jesus.” (2 Corinthians 2:14)

Never again will I confess lack of wisdom, for “Christ Jesus is made unto me wisdom from God.” (1 Corinthians 1:30)

Never again will I confess sickness, for “With His stripes I am healed” (Isaiah 53:5). Jesus “Himself took my infirmities and bare my sickness.” (Matthew 8:17)

Never again will I confess worries and frustrations, for I am “Casting all my cares upon Him, who careth for me.” (1 Peter 5:7) In Christ I am “care-free.”

Never again will I confess bondage, for “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” (2 Corinthians 3:17)

Never again will I confess condemnation, for “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 8:1) I am in Christ; therefore, I am free from condemnation.

Never again will I confess loneliness, Jesus said, “Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” (Matthew 28:20) “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” (Hebrews 13:5)

Never again will I confess curses or bad luck, for “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us…that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” (Galatians 3:13-14)

Never again will I confess discontent because “I have learned, in whatsoever state (circumstances) I am, therewith to be content.” (Philippians 4:11)

Never again will I confess unworthiness because “He hath made Him to be sin for us who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.” (2 Corinthians 5:21)

The confession of our mouths will eventually bring forth the things we speak.

When we are baby Christians who have not yet learned this truth. God, in His grace, does not give us the things we confess or speak wrongly because they are not in accord with His will. We have not yet learned His will. He looks on our heart, and simply because we are desiring to do the will of the Father, He cancels those things that are not His will. Our hearts are speaking louder than our mouths. “Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart” (Psalm 15:1-2). If we continue to speak truth in our hearts, our mouths will soon begin to line up with our hearts. However, until that time the Lord is gracious to us when our hearts and our mouths are not agreeing.

Choose Life

CHOOSE LIFE

Several years ago, there was a news story about a man named Don Wyman. He was muscular and worked for a mining company. One day about 4:00 p.m. he was alone in a forest cutting down a tree when the tree snapped back in his direction and knocked him to the ground. The massive oak landed on hi left shin – shattering his bone and ripping his flesh.He tried to free himself, using his chainsaw to no avail. He did everything he could think of, but still he couldn’t get free. He realized that unless he got help soon he was going to bleed to death. He knew it would be hours before someone might figure something had gone wrong and come looking for him. So he made a courageous decision. Pulling the starter cord from his chain saw he tied a tourniquet to his leg, shutting off the blood flow to his shin. Then somehow, with his pocket-knife, he proceeded to amputate his lower leg, just below the knee.Now, on one leg, he had to find help. He crawled 135 feet uphill to his bulldozer, climbed in, started it up and drove that extremely slow machine 1/4 mile to his pickup truck. The truck was a stick shift and he had to use a metal rod to depress the clutch when he shifted. He drove a mile and a half and came upon a dairy farm where someone called an ambulance. . Don Wyman survived the ordeal. --But only because he realized that being pinned like that under that oak tree, to keep his leg might cost him his life.

So he had a decision to make. --And he chose to live. Through the whole Bible --the invitation to choose to be wise or to choose to be foolish. The book of Proverbs is almost entirely devoted to the comparison between the wise person and the foolish person

How do you feel about tough decisions…I don’t mean the easy ones like where to eat this weekend or what breakfast cereal to choose. No I mean the ones that are vital. Who will your mate be? What is your mission? The most critical of all choices: Who will be your master. Listen to Moses near the end of his ministry to the children of Israel.

Dt. 30:19-20a –19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

He seems to be saying make a choice to make wise choices…commit to making wise choices in several key areas.

Make Life a priority in a culture that is toxic and deadly.
Live in the Love of God and learn to love Him with your whole heart.
Remember to Choose blessing instead of cursing.
Always obey His voice as he speaks to you through His word.
Cleave to Him tenaciously.
Remember as you follow Him He is your life and can lengthen your days.After these basic life principles are in place. Spend your life studying these areas in the Bible so you can choose wisely in them.
· Marriage
· Relationships
· Finances
· Balance
· Attitudes
· Time
· Health
· Habits
· Work
· Study

Teach Us To Number Our Days

   In a funeral today I read the following verse  " 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." Psalm 90:12.  I

t is tucked up in a chapter on the brevity of life.

look at a couple of the analogies the Psalmist uses here.

"4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth"  PS.90:4-6

He is saying a millennium is but a moment,  a short night shift, a blade of grass that grows up almost overnight and is cut down in a moment. our days are like a tale that is told, or in modern vernacular it ends all to quickly like a good movie or book. Else where we read that life is swifter then a weavers shuttle (think sowing machine for our time), also life is described as a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. We are told as a consequence of this "not to boast ourselves of tomorrow, because we don't know what a day may bring. We should Number our days, that means more then counting your days it means making those days count.  

That means two distinct things:

1. Right Priorities:  

     Matt. 6:33 "33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."  This verse means that God isn't one of many important things to you instead Christ and his kingdom have the highest significance.   

 2. Right Practices:

     We often find that we "don't have time" when facing opportunities to do things for God's kingdom. The truth is we all have the same amount of hours.  The truth is we make time for what is important to us. below is a three step strategy to get more time in your life or more accurately, how to get more life in your time, how to make your days count. 

     

Dave Berry the writer gives this time management advice.

     Well guess what? I know how you can not only turn your 24-Hour-Day into 25 Hours, but even 26, 27, or 30! Of course, I can't really change time, but I can show you how to gain extra hours every day, week, month and year of your life, and do it by putting forth less effort than you are today. And it is as simple as can be! It's the perfect solution if you regularly find yourself looking back at at your life wondering what in the world happened to all your time, and why you have very few results to show for it. So Let Me Share this Simple Three-Step System with You:

 Step #1 --Write down everything that you need to get done today. Step #2 --Assign a time period to each task you need to accomplish.  Step #3 --Select one of the tasks on your list, start a timer, and focus only on the task at hand until is is completed. 

Repeat for each task on your list. If you will practice these three simple steps on a regular basis, it will completely change the way you get things done in life...guaranteed! Take another look at the three simple steps, and then take a minute to allow the structure and purpose behind them to sink in --you'll quickly begin to see the genius in the system. I can say this without bragging, because I didn't invent it --I'm just a true believer because I know how it has impacted my own life.         

      So here's the big question: Why Does It Work So Well? It boils down to fact that it uses these three key elements: An end-result or goal (each of your daily tasks) -Our brains love goals, big or small, because they're built to be goal-seeking machines. Give your brain a goal, and it immediately goes to work finding ways to achieve it. A specific timeframe or deadline (the time you assign each task) -Once your brain has a goal, a deadline is the fuel that motivates it to act! The shorter the deadline, the more revved up your brain gets. Believability (the order and structure of the system) -Instead of surrendering yourself to lackluster results because you see your day as an overwhelming, uncontrollable mess, this system breaks your day down into small, manageable pieces that you actually see yourself getting done with ease. When you believe you can, you will! When these three elements are brought together, the synergy totally transforms the way you psychologically and emotionally look at all the things you have to do. So much so, that after you've used it for a while, you almost feel yourself getting addicted to taking action. I don't know about you, but that's a habit I can definitely live with! 

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