Learn The Fast That God Wants

Isaiah 58:1-12. Cry aloud, spare not,
lift up thy voice like a trumpet,
and shew my people their transgression,
and the house of Jacob their sins.
Yet they seek me daily,
and delight to know my ways,
as a nation that did righteousness,
and forsook not the ordinance of their God:
they ask of me the ordinances of justice;
they take delight in approaching to God.
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not?
wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge?
Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure,
and exact all your labours.
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate,
and to smite with the fist of wickedness:
ye shall not fast as ye do this day,
to make your voice to be heard on high.
Is it such a fast that I have chosen?
a day for a man to afflict his soul?
is it to bow down his head as a bulrush,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
wilt thou call this a fast,
and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Is not this the fast that I have chosen?
to loose the bands of wickedness,
to undo the heavy burdens,
and to let the oppressed go free,
and that ye break every yoke?
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry,
and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house?
when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him;
and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning,
and thine health shall spring forth speedily:
and thy righteousness shall go before thee;
the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer;
thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am.
If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke,
the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry,
and satisfy the afflicted soul;
then shall thy light rise in obscurity,
and thy darkness be as the noonday:
And the LORD shall guide thee continually,
and satisfy thy soul in drought,
and make fat thy bones:
and thou shalt be like a watered garden,
and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places:
thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations;
and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach,
The restorer of paths to dwell in.

Start Your Day Off Right Series 5/17

Here is some food for your Daily Bread!

5/17–Start Your Day Off Right Series

Quote:

5/17–Clap & Cheer

Story:

Heb 11: 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report.

I had a hard time explaining this scripture until I heard a preacher say that when he was a young boy his family was very poor. If they had ham and red eye gravy the Father would eat first without the children and would eat the ham. They were too poor for everyone to have a piece of ham and the Father didn’t want to eat it in front of his children. The children would then come to the table and eat the red eye gravy and biscuits. The red eye gravy tasted like the ham, but wasn’t the ham. It was just substance and proof that the ham had been there.

Scripture:

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Humor:

If A Dog Was A Teacher

Remember , if a dog was the teacher you would learn things like:

 

When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.

 

Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride.

 

Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.

 

Take naps. Stretch before rising.

 

Run, romp, and play daily.

 

Thrive on attention and let people touch you.

 

Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.

 

On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass..

 

On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree.

 

When you’re happy, dance around and wag your entire body.

 

Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.

 

Be loyal.

   

Never pretend to be something you’re not.

 

If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it.

 

When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by, and nuzzle them gently.

 

ENJOY EVERY MOMENT

   OF EVERY DAY

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Start Your Day Off Right Series 5/16

Here is some food for your Daily Bread!

5/16–Start Your Day Off Right Series

Quote:

5/16–Faith As A Grain Of Mustard Seed

Story:

I’m just a plowhand from Arkansas, but I have learned how to hold a team together. How to lift some men up, how to calm down others, until finally they’ve got one heartbeat together, a team. There’s just three things I’d ever say: If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. That’s all it takes to get people to win football games for you.

Bear Bryant.

There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go, if he doesn’t care who gets the credit.

Scripture:

Hebrews 3:13

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Humor:

Can You Spate A Minute 5/16?

If you can’t find five minutes, can you spare two or three?

Plato wrote the first sentence of his famous Republic nine different ways before he was satisfied. 

Cicero practiced speaking before friends every day for thirty years to perfect his elocution.

 

Noah Webster labored 36 years writing his dictionary, crossing the Atlantic twice to gather material. 

Milton rose at 4:00 am every day in order to have enough hours for his Paradise Lost. 

Gibbon spent 26 years on his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 

Bryant rewrote one of his poetic masterpieces 99 times before publication, and it became a classic.

It is said that Thomas Edison performed 50,000 (sic) experiments before he succeeded in producing a storage battery. We might assume the famous inventor would have had some serious doubts along the way. But when asked if he ever became discouraged working so long without results, Edison replied, “Results? Why, I know 50,000 things that won’t work.” 

Today in the Word, August, 1990.

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The Lesson From The Crabs In A Barrel

Crabs In A Barrel

“Crabs in a barrel is a story I’ve heard motivational speaker Craig Valentine tell! He said you could put crabs and a big barrel and leave the lid off and still none of them would get out. Just to soon as one crab started getting near the top of crab below would reach up and pull him back down. Craig compared it to us humans. If we are slightly below another and they begin to rise we have a tendency to try to pull them back now. If we say that we are going to write a book they say, “don’t you know that you probably won’t be successful?” They ask if we know how many people have written books that didn’t sell even one hundred copies? They seemingly want to dash some water on your fire. They ask the question “what do you want to do that for.””

— Building Take Skill, Tearing Down None by J D Canter

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