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Topic: Tozer Devotional Friday, December 16, 2011
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From: "Honeybee" <honeybeerhoads@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 16 05:08AM -0600
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Christmas Angel, CloudEight Stationery, Christmas Dreams: The Art of
Penny Parker Stationery Collection

Tozer Devotional
Friday, December 16, 2011

The Period Becomes a Comma

He was dead, but He is alive forevermore. That such a thing could be
was intimated by the miracles of restoration which our Lord performed
during His earthly ministry. The widow's son was brought back to life
for a brief time; at our Lord's gentle call Jairus's little daughter
rose from her bed of death; and Lazarus, at Christ's command, came
forth bound hand and foot. These were but vague disclosures of what
was to come, and were at best only temporary suspensions of the
inexorable law which demands that death shall always follow
life--death complete and final. For these all died again, and the rule
of biography was upheld. Each ended in a sepulcher at last. And that
sepulcher was the period at the end of the last chapter. What a
perpetual wonder it is, then, that the biography of Jesus had to be
resumed. Luke added not merely another chapter, but a whole book. The
book of Acts was a logical necessity. "He showed himself alive after
his passion," writes Luke. The rest of the New Testament gives us some
idea of what He is doing now, and prophecy reveals a little of what He
will be doing through the ages to come.

Verse
The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of
linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, Take off the
grave clothes and let him go. John 11:44

Thought
What was it like for Lazarus to be dead four days and then be raised
to life again? Did he want to return? There is nothing recorded
concerning Lazarus after that experience. The period became a comma.
Lazarus would die again but he would be raised forev

Prayer
Thank You, Father, that for the believer the period becomes a comma.
From here we go home through Christ. Amen!

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Topic: Daily Light on the Daily Path Devotional
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/t/e344a1247bf49e91
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From: Bob Chote <robertlchote@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 16 05:00AM -0600
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/msg/36df22dd5320c280

Morning

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of
others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: [who] took
upon him the form of a servant.--Even the Son of man came not to be
ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for
many.--He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live
unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

When Jesus . . . saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with
her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. . . . Jesus wept.--Rejoice
with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

[Be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as
brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous: not rendering evil for evil, or
railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are
thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

Ga 6:2 Php 2:4,5,7 Mr 10:45 2Co 5:15 Joh 11:33,35 Ro 12:15 1Pe 3:8,9

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Daily Light on the Daily Path Devotional
http://bible.christiansunite.com/devotionals.shtml
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Evening

Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

Thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God
through Christ.

Reckon ye . . . yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal
body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your
members [as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves
unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as]
instruments of righteousness unto God.--As obedient children, not
fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: but
as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of
conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am
holy.--Sanctified, and meet for the master's use, [and] prepared unto every
good work.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is
not in vain in the Lord.

Mt 21:28 Ga 4:7 Ro 6:11-13 1Pe 1:14-16 2Ti 2:21 1Co 15:58

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Topic: C.H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Devotional
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/t/600f9c291e0c81f9
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From: Bob Chote <robertlchote@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 16 05:00AM -0600
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/msg/a5e8eb611e7c84a9

Morning

"Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth clave unto her."-Ruth 1:14

Both of them had an affection for Naomi, and therefore set out with her
upon her return to the land of Judah. But the hour of test came; Naomi most
unselfishly set before each of them the trials which awaited them, and bade
them if they cared for ease and comfort to return to their Moabitish
friends. At first both of them declared that they would cast in their lot
with the Lord's people; but upon still further consideration Orpah with
much grief and a respectful kiss left her mother in law, and her people,
and her God, and went back to her idolatrous friends, while Ruth with all
her heart gave herself up to the God of her mother in law. It is one thing
to love the ways of the Lord when all is fair, and quite another to cleave
to them under all discouragements and difficulties. The kiss of outward
profession is very cheap and easy, but the practical cleaving to the Lord,
which must show itself in holy decision for truth and holiness, is not so
small a matter. How stands the c!
ase with us, is our heart fixed upon Jesus, is the sacrifice bound with
cords to the horns of the altar? Have we counted the cost, and are we
solemnly ready to suffer all worldly loss for the Master's sake? The after
gain will be an abundant recompense, for Egypt's treasures are not to be
compared with the glory to be revealed. Orpah is heard of no more; in
glorious ease and idolatrous pleasure her life melts into the gloom of
death; but Ruth lives in history and in heaven, for grace has placed her in
the noble line whence sprung the King of kings. Blessed among women shall
those be who for Christ's sake can renounce all; but forgotten and worse
than forgotten shall those be who in the hour of temptation do violence to
conscience and turn back unto the world. O that this morning we may not be
content with the form of devotion, which may be no better than Orpah's
kiss, but may the Holy Spirit work in us a cleaving of our whole heart to
our Lord Jesus.

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Evening

"And lay thy foundations with sapphires."-Isaiah 54:11

Not only that which is seen of the church of God, but that which is unseen,
is fair and precious. Foundations are out of sight, and so long as they are
firm it is not expected that they should be valuable; but in Jehovah's work
everything is of a piece, nothing slurred, nothing mean. The deep
foundations of the work of grace are as sapphires for preciousness, no
human mind is able to measure their glory. We build upon the covenant of
grace, which is firmer than adamant, and as enduring as jewels upon which
age spends itself in vain. Sapphire foundations are eternal, and the
covenant abides throughout the lifetime of the Almighty. Another foundation
is the person of the Lord Jesus, which is clear and spotless, everlasting
and beautiful as the sapphire; blending in one the deep blue of earth's
ever rolling ocean and the azure of its all embracing sky. Once might our
Lord have been likened to the ruby as He stood covered with His own blood,
but now we see Him radiant with the s!
oft blue of love, love abounding, deep, eternal. Our eternal hopes are
built upon the justice and the faithfulness of God, which are clear and
cloudless as the sapphire. We are not saved by a compromise, by mercy
defeating justice, or law suspending its operations; no, we defy the
eagle's eye to detect a flaw in the groundwork of our confidence-our
foundation is of sapphire, and will endure the fire.

The Lord Himself has laid the foundation of His people's hopes. It is
matter for grave enquiry whether our hopes are built upon such a basis.
Good works and ceremonies are not a foundation of sapphires, but of wood,
hay, and stubble; neither are they laid by God, but by our own conceit.
Foundations will all be tried ere long: woe unto him whose lofty tower
shall come down with a crash, because based on a quicksand. He who is built
on sapphires may await storm or fire with equanimity, for he shall abide
the test.

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Topic: Power Point -Exodus 20:3-
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From: Ron Brown <ronnie_j_brown@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 16 02:54AM -0800
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/msg/c56ec0cc5c62eab3

Giving Christ every day of the week
December 16, 2011
"You shall have no other gods before me."
Exodus 20:3
So often people will ask me, "Pastor, what's wrong with the Church
today?" Now, I believe that every generation has problems in their
church, but one of the biggest challenges we face today in our worship
is this: Jesus is just a "Sunday god" for many Christians.
You see, many believers today have idols that compete for their
attention. There are other things that they worship, serve, and love
more than Jesus Christ. But in order to truly turn to God and to
receive the salvation that He has promised, they must be willing for
God to cleanse them and to remove all of those idols that are in their
lives.
Many times, I'll hear people say things like, "Jesus Christ is number
one in my life." But let me tell you, Jesus doesn't just want to be
number one in your life among many other things that you serve and
worship. No, He wants to be the only one in your life… your
all-consuming everything!
Do you focus your life on Christ every day of the week? Or, is Jesus
just a "Sunday god" for you among many more? Make Jesus Christ Lord
over every aspect of your life and watch Him transform you from the
inside out!

DON'T LET JESUS JUST BECOME A "SUNDAY GOD" FOR YOU. SERVE HIM EVERY
DAY AND GIVE HIM RULE AND REIGN OVER EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE.

As the body without the spirit is dead,
so faith without deeds is dead.
--James 2:26--
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Topic: Faith's Check Book -Divine Expulsion-
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/t/ea6b209c2e6a3093
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From: Ron Brown <ronnie_j_brown@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 16 02:52AM -0800
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/msg/acf935e92cf1acb0

Faith's Check Book, Daily Entry
C. H. Spurgeon

December 16
Divine Expulsion

Thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots,
and though they be strong. (Joshua 17:18)
It is a great encouragement to valor to be assured of victory, for
then a man goes forth to war in confidence and ventures where else he
had been afraid to go. Our warfare is with evil within us and around
us, and we ought to be persuaded that we are able to get the victory
and that we shall do so in the name of the Lord Jesus. We are not
riding for a fall, but to win; and win we shall. The grace of God in
its omnipotence is put forth for the overflow of evil in every form:
hence the certainty of triumph.
Certain of our sins find chariots of iron in our constitution, our
former habits, our associations, and our occupations. Nevertheless we
must overcome them. They are very strong, and in reference to them we
are very weak; yet in the name of God we must master them, and we
will. If one sin has dominion of us we are not the Lord's free men. A
man who is held by only one chain is still a captive. There is no
going to heaven with one sin ruling within us, for of the saints it is
said, "Sin shall not have dominion over you." Up, then, and slay every
Canaanite, and break to shivers every chariot of iron! The Lord of
hosts is with us, and who shall resist His sin-destroying power?

As the body without the spirit is dead,
so faith without deeds is dead.
--James 2:26--
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Topic: O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL! -Psalm 98:4, 9-10-
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From: Ron Brown <ronnie_j_brown@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 16 02:50AM -0800
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/msg/b5f16516cb5f5f24

DAILY-E-VOTIONAL
BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART
Pastor Cecil A. Thompson
December 16, 2011

O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL!
Psalm 98:4, 9-10
"Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth; Break forth in song,
rejoice, and sing Let the rivers clap their hands; Let the hills be
joyful together before the LORD."

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel is probably the oldest Christmas carol we
still sing today. The words were thought to have been penned before
800 A.D. While the writer is unknown, he was evidently a scholar with
a deep knowledge of both the Old and New Testaments. It seems to
present the various prophetic roles Jesus fulfilled when He was on
earth.
One of the many tragedies connected with modern music is that our
hymns are being neglected and belittled. Deep spiritual meaning is
being replaced with words and music that is unclean. This hymn is a
prayer for the Lord to come and rescue us from our deplorable
condition. How sad that at best, we may only hear this hymn once a
year. I pray that the Lord will come into our jaded lives.

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
and ransom captive Israel,
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.

Refrain: Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, thou Rod of Jesse,
free thine own from Satan's tyranny;
from depths of hell thy people save,
and give them victory over the grave.
Refrain: Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer
our spirits by thine advent here;
disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
and death's dark shadows put to flight.
Refrain: Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, thou Key of David, come,
and open wide our heavenly home;
make safe the way that leads on high,
and close the path to misery.
Refrain: Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, O come, Adonai,
Who in thy glorious majesty
From Sinai's mountain, clothed in awe,
Gavest thy folk the elder law.

Refrain: Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely
and be a blessing!
---Pastor Cecil
360-570-0074
PastorCecil@Daily-E-Votional.com

As the body without the spirit is dead,
so faith without deeds is dead.
--James 2:26--
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Topic: KJV Daily Bible Verse ""
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From: alice_e watts <alice_e_watts@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 16 02:43AM -0800
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/msg/3b8253119b2615ea

KJV Daily Bible Verse

Luke 1:30-33

And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found
favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and
bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great,
and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall
give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over
the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

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Topic: Bible Verse of the Day "Galatians 3:26"
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From: alice_e watts <alice_e_watts@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 16 02:40AM -0800
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/msg/a2cf28d79be0fe36

Bible Verse of the Day

Galatians 3:26

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. - (KJV)

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Topic: Quiet Waters Christian Devotions Friday, December 16, 2011
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From: Peach Blossom <peachblossom40@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 16 02:37AM -0800
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/msg/3a53ce2469ed3202

Quiet Waters Christian Devotions
Friday, December 16, 2011

Affliction
"It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your
decrees." Psalm 119:71

Look back on your life and view the times you were afflicted. Did they
serve a purpose in your life? Did they draw you into your Father's
presence? Did they turn your affections from the things of this earth
to that which was eternal? Did they teach you that you could trust
your Father? Did God bring forth self-control or patience in your life
as a result of affliction? Did you learn to submit as a result of
being broken? Did God teach you when you were lonely that His company
was more precious than any other? Were you able to feel a special
fellowship with your Savior when a loved one betrayed you? Has God
drawn you closer to Himself through affliction? I know that He has
done that in my life. I have come to know God through the afflictions
that I have faced. I have learned that I have a faithful Father who is
always there for me. I have tasted of His love and I have learned His
decrees. Afflictions are not something I would choose for my life, but
I
know that they have made me stronger and drawn me closer to my Father
and I do not regret any of them.
Father, thank You for the afflictions that You have placed in my life.
They have changed me and I am grateful for that. They have taught me
that You are faithful and that I can trust You in all the areas of my
life. I thank You for them and pray that I might always learn quickly
what You have for me to learn that I might become more like You, my
beloved Father. Amen.

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Topic: UpWords: The Teaching Ministry of Max Lucado 12-16-11
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From: Peach Blossom <peachblossom40@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 16 02:35AM -0800
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/msg/aab0170e7d2fb392

UpWords: The Teaching Ministry of Max Lucado
Friday, December 16, 2011

Touch the WorldShe brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped
Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger.
Luke 2:7, NKJV

Where will God go to touch the world? What a great thought and even
better question.
It's that time of year when we hear about the virgin birth. And yet,
it's more, much more, that a Christmas story. It's a story of how
close Christ will come to you.

The first step on his itinerary was a womb. Where will God go to
touch the world? Look deep within Mary for an answer. Better still,
look deep within yourself.
"Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Col. 1:27 NIV).

Christ grew in Mary until he had to come out. Christ will grow in you
until the same occurs. He will come out in your speech, in your
actions, in your decisions. Every place you live will be a Bethlehem,
and every day you live will be a Christmas. You, like Mary, will
deliver Christ into the world.

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Topic: Devotional For Dieters 12/16
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From: Peach Blossom <peachblossom40@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 16 02:33AM -0800
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/msg/4a335dac0a2f2274

Devotional For Dieters 12/16

December 16

Psalm 68:19
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God
of our salvation. Selah.

Doris stood at the window, watching the first heavy snow cover
everything outside with a blanket of white. She sipped a cup of tea
and reflected on the year quickly fleeting. So many good things had
happened. Certainly there had been bad, too, but mostly it was good.
She couldn't imagine why she was so blessed as to have so many things
going her way. The Lord had looked kindly on her this year. She had
never felt so healthy and good. The year had seen weight loss every
month. She finally was beginning to look like she'd always dreamed she
could. The Lord could take credit for that, too. There was no way
Doris could have done so well if God hadn't strengthened her.

Today's thought: I gladly receive all the benefits the Lord has to
give, as long as they're not fattening!

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Topic: AWWY - "Our Own Little Bethlehem" (#6505)
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From: Peach Blossom <peachblossom40@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 16 02:31AM -0800
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Christmas Moments from Ron Hutchcraft

Friday: Bending Low to Enter
My visit to Jesus' birthplace in Bethlehem was really something
special. The cave is under the Church of the Nativity where the door
into the church is so low you can't go in standing up.
Read More | Listen Online
Saturday: The Longest Christmas Journey
One of the happy faces around our friends' Christmas tree this year
will be their precious China doll - the little girl they went ten
thousand miles to bring into their family.
Read More | Listen Online

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Our Own Little Bethlehem - #6505
Friday, December 16, 2011

There's just no better time to have a baby boy than Christmastime. My
parents did, we did. Not my wife and me! That would really be a
Christmas miracle! No, it was our son and daughter-in-law.
And our family was able to say, with the ancient prophecy of Jesus'
coming, "to us a child is born; to us a son is given" (Isaiah 9:6).
And what a baby boy he was, charging into the world at ten pounds, ten
ounces!
I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "Our
Own Little Bethlehem."
The parents decided to hold off on announcing Christmas-boy's name
until he was born, so we didn't know. And they gave him a strong Bible
name for a first name. But it was his middle name that melted me into
a puddle. It's my brother's name; the one who died suddenly when I was
only four years old; the baby who brought Jesus to our family.
I was a baby boy born at Christmastime, too, but into a family who
knew little or nothing about Jesus. I never heard about Him. In our
little second-floor apartment on the south side of Chicago, there was
as in the Christmas story, "no room" for Jesus. There was room for
gambling and arguing and drinking, but we were spiritually nowhere.
Then came the night my only sibling, my baby brother, was rushed to
the hospital, and he never came home. My dad's heart broke. And in his
grief, he decided he should take his four-year-old son to church. Oh,
he didn't go in; he just stayed in the car and read his Sunday paper
and smoked his cigarette. One Sunday I came bounding out of that
church, and I said, "Daddy, today I accepted Jesus into my heart." I
don't think he had any idea what I was talking about, but the
following Christmas Eve he got it. That night my father went to church
there and he came out with Jesus in his heart, too. My mom soon
followed. And Jesus became the center of our life in that little
apartment, and I got a brand new mommy and daddy all because of a baby
who died.
As I understand the Bible, my little brother's in heaven. But his mom
and dad and brother were headed for a different destination. He was
the only one in our family who was ready to die. My whole family
believed then, and believes now, that my baby brother was sent by God
to lead us to Jesus. And over the years, it has been my privilege to
be there as many thousands of folks have found the same Jesus that
changed my family and changed our eternities forever.
Because of that baby, because of the mission he accomplished, all my
children belong to Jesus. And so do all their children who are old
enough to welcome Jesus into their heart as I did. One of my children
was right then, the father of a brand new, hours-old baby boy. The
baby I looked at across the hospital room. The baby who bears the name
of the baby God used to give me Jesus.
I can't answer all those hard questions about why God allows suffering
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Verse of the Day - December 15, 2011
Galatians 2:20 - I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer
live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by
faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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Date: Dec 16 04:23AM -0600
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December 16, 2011 *[image: Daily Devotional] * *Under the surface**
**I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity.( Joel 2:28, HCSB

*What are some evidences of the Spirit-filled life? How do we know when we
are fully indwelt by the divine Paraclete?

I am not going to begin where you might expect, in the area of spiritual
gifts, but in a realm believe to be equally important yet seldom mentioned.
I refer to the area of the subconscious. The longer I live, the more I feel
the church has missed its way here. We have talked much about the works of
the Spirit on the conscious level but little of His work at a subconscious
level. We have failed to see, generally speaking, that part of the work of
the Holy Spirit in the life of a Christian is to project His power and
presence into the depths of the personality - even the subconscious.

We are told that about one-tenth of the mind is conscious and the other
nine-tenths subconscious. Like the iceberg, which is nine-tenths submerged,
life is largely lived in the submerged part of our being. Now, if this is
so, then it becomes evident at once that if the submerged ninetenths is not
working with the conscious purposes of the one-tenth, then there is going
to be a serious division, and a division this serious becomes divisive.
Whatever controls the nine-tenths greatly influences the one-tenth. The
Holy Spirit wants to project Himself into that submerged part of our being
in order to harness those untamed forces and make them work for us and not
against us. Then the subconscious is no longer an enemy but a friend.

*Daily Prayer*
O God, my Father, I am grateful that You have provided for my deepest need
- the need of unifying and controlling the depths within me. My heart
tingles at the thought that I can be unified - on the inside. Thank You,
Father. Amen.*
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Topic: The active Word December 16, 2011
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Date: Dec 16 04:21AM -0600
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*The active Word
pastor bob coy*

*December 16, 2011*

*Sensing sin*

*But the children of Israel committed a trespass regarding the accursed
things...so the anger of the LORD burned against the children of Israel.
Joshua 7:1 (NKJV)*

*The seventh chapter in Joshua stands as a powerful warning of sin's
infectious effects. In short, it tells the story of a man named Achan and
how his personal act of disobedience caused a national crisis. *

*Israel had begun its conquest of the Promised Land, and one city after
another fell in their path, including Jericho. And it was there that God
specifically commanded the Israelites to not touch or take any of the
victory spoils, which is exactly what Achan did. He secretly snagged a few
pieces of silver, a wedge of gold, and a Babylonian garment, and he buried
them under his tent. God saw this and removed His hand of protection from
His people. *

*Joshua, Israel's commander, was unaware of what Achan had done, and went
ahead with an invasion of Ai, which ended in disaster. Joshua couldn't
figure it out. Why had they been defeated like this? Had God forsaken them?
Notice what happens when Joshua falls on his face and gets alone with God: *

*So the LORD said to Joshua... "Israel has sinned, and they have also
transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. For they have even taken
some of the accursed things, and have both stolen and deceived..." (Joshua
7:10-11 NKJV) *

*In his solitude with the Lord, Joshua discovered that there was a serious
sin issue in Israel. Sin was brought to light and eventually dealt with.
But please note that it was one-on-one time with the Holy One that got
things going in the right direction. *

*This example can carry over into our lives, as well. When our lives are
consumed with people and relationships, it's often hard to discern sin's
presence in our hearts. But when we are set apart and in the holy presence
of God, we become more sensitive to sin that needs to be dealt with. *

*Think About It? What does this passage reveal to me about God? What does
this passage reveal to me about myself? Based on this, what changes do I
need to make?
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Topic: Daily Thoughts~The Bible
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From: 2GoneFishin <twogonefishin@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 16 02:20AM -0800
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/msg/9b008f30b280cc4f

Daily Thoughts

The Bible

The Bible will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you
from the Bible.

- D.L. Moody (1837-1899)

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Date: Dec 16 04:19AM -0600
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*FaithWriters
Fri., Dec. 16, 2011*

*Our Daily Devotional:*

*Remain In My Love*

*John 15:10, NIV: "If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love,
just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love."*

*How can we experience the love of someone we are not near--not close too?
How can we hear the voice of someone speaking to us if we are not within
distance to hear? How can we know the plans and intents of God's heart for
us, if we do not take time to get as close to Him as we can get? To remain
in His love is something that surely we all long for. It is a place wherein
we find His comfort, peace, and the fullness of His joy. It is a place
wherein we find guidance, purpose, and understanding of the place we are at
in life on this earth. We cannot know the fullness of what He has for us,
if we do not remain in Him. And we cannot remain in Him, if we do not keep
His commands. We cannot remain in Him, if we do not draw near to Him, pray
to Him, and spend adequate time in His Word as a priority of our
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Topic: Wisdom from the Psalms~Psalm 147:3
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Date: Dec 16 02:14AM -0800
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December 16
Psalm 147:3
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Mae sat by the window of her apartment, watching the children playing
in the snow below. She wished she could have fun like that once more.
Even the companionship and feeling of belonging would be nice. At
present, all she had was her cat, Morgan, and he wasn't much for
conversation.

Mae was shaken from her reverie by a knock at the door. As she opened
it, she was met by the greetings of her neighbors from one floor
below. Bearing gifts of food and drink, they asked if they might come
in to share the evening with her. Glowing with a warmth long
forgotten, Mae invited them in to celebrate a new, blossoming
friendship.

We have been given the power to bring joy to the lives of others. In
this season of God's gift of joy to us, we ought to think of ways that
we might spread happiness to those who have little to be happy about.
God heals the broken hearts of His children, often through His
servants: you and me. Reach out in love to heal the wounds of
loneliness and despair.

Prayer: Make me an agent of Your love and care, Father. Send me forth
with a message of mercy and joy. Use me to heal the emotional wounds
of my neighbors. Amen.

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From: Daisy <daisyrhoads@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 16 02:13AM -0800
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December 16, 2011
GOD IS ALMIGHTY
"Sir," the women said, "you have nothing to draw with and the well is
deep. Where can you get this living water?" John 4:11How much we
resemble the Samaritan woman at the well. She was engrossed with the
teaching, tradition and customs in which she had grown up and been
taught. When Jesus asked, "Will you give me a drink?" she looked
"within" and her answer was from her finite understanding and her
cultural upbringing. To this Jesus answered, "If you knew the gift of
God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him
and he would have given you living water."

Still mystified and bewildered she says, "Sir, you have nothing to
draw with and the well is deep." She had no idea who Jesus was nor the
power of His infinite resources.

All too often we find ourselves living "within" the boundaries of our
making. We limit God by trying to understand the magnitude of His
infinity with the limitations of our finite minds. God does not expect
nor desire that we "understand" His ways or thoughts, for He said,
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my
ways," declares the Lord. "As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your
thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8-9).

We face alarming circumstances and we shutter in unbelief as we seek
to understand with frustrating misgivings. We are like the Samaritan
woman that had no concept of the mighty power or the infinite
resources of Jesus who asked her for a drink of water. We limit God by
relying upon "our" concept of who God is. We revere Him within our
human understanding, who we think He is and what He can do. We are
like Job. We "have heard Him by the hearing of the ear." We have been
taught, we have read the Word, we have acknowledged Christ as
Savior...but He has never penetrated our hearts by His transforming
power. Job said, "now my eyes have seen you" (Job 42:5). The scales
were removed from his eyes and he now sees God in His majesty and as
his Almighty God. What a radical change this made in his life.

One of our great needs today is that we have lost our concept of who
God is. A. W. Tozer speaks very clearly on this: "The church has
surrendered the once lofty concept of God and has substituted for it
one so low, so ignoble, as to be utterly unworthy of thinking,
worshiping men. With our loss of the sense of majesty has come further
loss of religious awe and consciousness of the divine presence. We
have lost our spirit and our ability to withdraw inwardly to meet God
in adoring silence to 'Be still and know that I am God.'"

The alarming result is that we have formed a concept of God that
brings Him down to our "life-style" and "use" Him at our own
discretion. How far from the truth can we get! How ungodly.

God is Almighty. He is all-powerful. He is all-knowing, present
everywhere all the time, full of infinite love, grace and mercy. Our
deficient spiritual lives can be attributed to this one insipid
concept of God...not knowing, not believing, and not relying on the
greatness of our God. We need to open our hearts and lives to the
reality that our GOD IS ALMIGHTY. Our lives need to be surrendered to
His lordship, control and authority so we will be governed not by
"our" resources but by the might and power of Almighty God. We need to
be connected to the Almighty power plant...God Himself! Until we have
this concept of God we will live on the perimeter of all God wants to
be and do in our lives. Draw from the well that never runs dry...His
everlasting refreshing spring.

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Topic: [WordsOfFaith] Set Your House In Order
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/t/8c45437ecbc10b37
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From: Daisy <daisyrhoads@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 16 02:12AM -0800
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/msg/fb19b561523fd33b

Set Your House In Order
by Lorraine Ezell

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the
son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set
thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. Isaiah 38:1

The Lord sent the prophet Isaiah to King Hezekiah when he was sick to
tell him to get his house in order because he was going to die. Our
word this morning is.. set your house in order. I am not saying that
the Lord has told me you are going to die, none of us know when that
time will come. We aren't promised tomorrow, it could happen today.
Jesus told us our time was always at hand.

Setting our house in order is something that we should attend to
everyday. Each day I make sure the physical house that I live in is
in order, it's not full of trash, cluttered, dirty, things work
properly and it's not in disarray. How much more important is it that
I make sure daily that my heart house" is in order. We should never
neglect to make sure that all is well.

How do we get our house in order? First, we make sure that we have a
relationship with God through the blood of Jesus Christ. After that
we make sure our house is in order by confessing and repenting of any
known sin. We ask the Lord to search us and see if there is any
wicked way in us. We don't neglect so great a salvation, we work out
our salvation with fear
and trembling, we make sure we love the Lord with all our heart and
not have any
other Gods before Him.

I need to make sure daily that there is nothing in my life that is
displeasing to the Lord,
nothing that will hinder my relationship with Him, nothing that will
come between us when I stand before Him. I need to make sure that
daily I walk before Him with clean hands and a pure heart. Daily I
need to make sure that He occupies the throne of my heart and
I decrease so that He can increase. It's in this way that I make
sure my heart
house is in order. Are you doing that? We must do it and not neglect it.
It would be bad for Him to come and find our house out of order.

Have a great day. Make sure everyday that your house is in order. Is
it today?

"The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon
you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give
you peace." Numbers 6:24-26

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Topic: Prayer, Praise & Promises
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/t/e69b504363f456a6
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From: Daisy <daisyrhoads@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 16 02:11AM -0800
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/msg/90692ade2ededfb9

Author: Warren Wiersbe
Source: Prayer, Praise and Promises
Scripture Reference: Nehemiah 1:4 Ephesians 4:30 Genesis 6:6 Mark 3:5
Romans 12:19 Psalm 139:19-22

Confronting Evil

Read Psalm 139:19-22
Many people are bothered by the problem of evil. They say, "If God is
a loving and good God, why does He allow evil?" David did not ignore
this problem, nor did he give in to it. Instead, he made a decision
and took his stand with God. Only our God can permit evil and be able
to overrule it to accomplish His purposes. As David confronted the
problem of evil in the world, he did so in stages.
Stage one: He evaluated (v. 22). David looked at the wicked, violent,
blasphemous, deceitful and rebellious crowd. He showed courage and
honesty in taking his stand against them. When we start asking
ourselves, Is it safe? or, Is it popular? we have moved away from
biblical ethics and integrity.
Stage two: He grieved (v. 21). God the Father grieves (Gen. 6:6); God
the Son grieves (Mark 3:5); and God the Holy Spirit grieves (Eph.
4:30) over sin. We also ought to grieve over sin. When Nehemiah heard
that the walls of Jerusalem were destroyed, he sat and wept (Neh.
1:4). Today, we need people who will sit down long enough to weep over
sin.
Stage three: He hated (vv. 21,22). We could use a little more holy
anger today. Christians sometimes are too bland, too complacent and
too comfortable. Edmund Burke said, "All that is required for evil to
triumph is for good men to do nothing." Love and hate are not
contradictory when dealing with sin. Jesus showed both compassion
toward sinners and hatred of sin.
Stage four: He decided (v. 19). David decided to separate himself from
evil (Ps. 119:115). We need to stand among sinners as the salt of the
earth and the light of the world, but we need to have contact without
contamination.
Stage five: He trusted (v. 19). We must leave vengeance with God; He
will punish the wicked (Rom. 12:19). Our job is to give ourselves to
Him and do the work He wants us to do.

* * *
If you fail to make a decision, the world will make it for you. Take
your stand with God and use David's experience as a guide for
confronting the problem of evil. Determine to live a holy life that
honors the Lord.

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Topic: FaithWalk
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/t/32cf4174b0342812
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From: Daisy <daisyrhoads@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 16 02:10AM -0800
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/msg/246167f2f95b62f0

Author: Woodrow Kroll, Tony Beckett
Source: FaithWalk
Scripture Reference: Revelation 6 Amos 1-3

God's Nobody

Amos 1-3, Revelation 6
Key Verse: Amos 1:1
My hometown had only one building, which contained the train station,
general store, gas station and post office. I used to say that it was
"just five miles south of resume speed." There's something about
coming from a small town that makes you feel insignificant.
I'm sure Amos was like that. He came from the tiny village of Tekoa.
If you rode your donkey south out of Jerusalem you soon came to
Bethlehem. If you rode six miles further, you came to Tekoa. And if
you rode even further you came to nothing. Tekoa was a frontier town,
on the edge of the harsh Judean wilderness.
There, Amos was a shepherd. He was not the mayor of the town; he was a
sheep breeder. He was a nobody.
Still, God came to this nobody and called him to become His servant
and spokesman. (Read Amos 7:14-15.) Amos wasn't eloquent nor was he
educated. But he was available and he wholly obeyed the Lord. Eleven
times in his tiny book Amos says, "Thus says the LORD . . . "
Maybe God has something special for you to do too. It doesn't matter
what you are now; it only matters what He intends to make of you. Be
available. Be clean. Be ready. You may be His next Amos.
"God, make me the kind of person who is clean and pure before You, so
that if You have some special task for me to do, I will be ready,
willing and able to do it."

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Topic: Lessons on Living
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/t/e18fc29528bc1aaf
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From: Daisy <daisyrhoads@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 16 02:09AM -0800
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/msg/fee58f14c953f51e

Author: Woodrow Kroll
Source: Lessons on Living from Solomon
Scripture Reference: 1 Kings 6:2 1 Kings 8:27
1 Kings 8:27
"But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven
of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have
built!"
How Big Is God?
Years ago when the city fathers of New York contemplated the future
growth of their city, they plotted the streets and numbered them from
the center outward. At the time, New York consisted of only six or
seven streets. In their planning maps, they projected how large they
thought the city might grow. Reaching beyond their wildest
imagination, they drew streets on the map all the way out to a 19th
street. They called it "Boundary Street" because they were sure that
was as large as New York City would become. But history proved them to
be shortsighted. At last count, the metropolis had reached beyond
284th Street.
Solomon labored under no such delusions when it came to God. He had
built the largest man-made structure in Israel. (Interior dimensions
of the temple were at least 90 feet long, 30 feet wide and 45 feet
high, according to 1 Kings 6:2.) Yet this builder-king knew that even
the heaven of heavens was unable to contain God, not to mention a
building. God was far larger than anything Solomon could build.
In our desire to be intimate with God, we often try to shrink Him down
to a size we're comfortable with. If God were too big, so our thinking
goes, His awesomeness would threaten to overwhelm us. Therefore, we
are prone to think of God in the small, cuddly size--someone little
enough to fit in our back pocket. Yet in doing so, we miss the comfort
of knowing a God who is greater than any challenge life may set before
us, a God so majestic and exalted that everything else shrivels up
into nothingness in comparison.
Instead of downsizing God, let your imagination go and contemplate His
true size. Imagine His filling the whole universe. Picture His
reaching out to the farthest stars and even then spilling over into
the outermost limits of space. Then kneel before Him and confess that,
even so, your vision is still too small.
The universe is big; God is bigger.

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Topic: Strength for the Journey
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/t/213bfd9c53ce053e
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From: Daisy <daisyrhoads@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 16 02:09AM -0800
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/krazykorner/msg/772baa29c33ea03a

Author: Theodore Epp
Source: Strength for the Journey
Scripture Reference: John 15:7 John 14:12-17

Prayer and the Trinity
John 14:12-17
Each member of the Trinity has a distinct role in prayer.
The Father waits at the throne of grace to hear the prayers of us who
trust His Son. The Lord Jesus Christ is our Advocate in the presence
of God the Father. The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, is the Advocate
in our hearts, teaching us to pray.
We can view it from another position. The Holy Spirit in us prepares
the case we need to make. Christ pleads that case before the Judge.
God the Father, as the Judge, hears the case.
So we pray to the Father through the Son in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Prayer is not something natural. Prayer to God is not the same as
communion with our family or friends. It is on a spiritual level and
goes beyond the natural and the physical.
The Son receives from the Father and reveals for our benefit what God
wants us to know. But the Holy Spirit within us acts as an interpreter
of spiritual truths.
Christ's unceasing intercession for us is indispensable. We need this
in order to receive that which the Father has planned for us.
But just as essential is the intercession of the Spirit within us,
praying for these things in our behalf and accepting from the Son what
the Father desires to provide us with.
"If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye
will, and it shall be done unto you" (John 15:7).

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