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A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold is as pictures of silver.(Prov.25:11) It is so important to speak the right words to people at the right time to produce the right results. When you think of apples of gold in pictures of silver, then you are thinking of wealth and excellence. When we speak wisdom into the lives of others we are making them wealthy. Therefore we must seek God for He is the source of all wisdom and He will give us just the right words needed at the right time.
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#Jesus wept. John 11:35 Why did Jesus weep?
The Greek word for wept is Dakruo, meaning to shed tears., Then Mary came where Jesus was and saw Him; she fell to His feet, saying unto Him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, He groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto Him, Lord, come and see. Jesus had told the disciples that He was going to wake up Lazarus. The disciples did not understand, so Thomas said he that sleepeth doeth well. Then Jesus said No, he is dead. When we die, we fall asleep. So this is why Jesus said I am going to wake him. Jesus wept at their unbelief. For Jesus had told them that if they would believe, they would see the glory of God. We are like the man who said unto Jesus, Lord, I believe, but help thou my unbelief. We are so slow to have faith. Romans 10:17 Faith comes by hearing the Word of God. So we must read and meditate on the word of God to increase our faith. Then said the Jews, Behold how He loved him! And some of them said, could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? Jesus allowed Lazarus to die so that the glory of God could be revealed. We must remember that faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen. Without faith, we can't please God. So, ye Jesus wept because of their unbelief. All things are possible if only we would believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. One day, Jesus is going to step out of the clouds and shout," Come up hither," and all those sleeping in the graves who trusted in Jesus will be awakened. This is our blessed hope, and I am praying for Sarah, who has a fever, that Jesus Christ will heal her. I believe that Jesus has already healed her, and I am rejoicing in the Lord forevermore. This is the kind of faith we must have to please God. So no matter what your problem is, have faith in God, that He can save unto the uttermost, all those who call upon Him. Pray as the disciples said, Lord, increase our faith. Thank God that as we study His word, He will increase our faith. Jesus wept twice in scripture, and it was at the death of Lazarus, and when He told the Israelites If only you had believed, I would have taken you under my wings as a hen takes her chicks, but ye would not, behold your house is left unto you desolate. We must always believe what the Lord has commanded us to do. He has told us to occupy until He comes again. So let us be about our Father's business, waiting for Jesus to come again.
#Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Matthew 22:37
The Greek word for love is Agapao, which means to love unconditionally; in Hebrew, it means Agab for much. But when the Pharisees had heard that He had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Then one of them, who was a lawyer, asked Him a question, tempting Him, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Jesus told the lawyer, who was tempting Him, that we must love the Lord God with all our heart, and soul, and mind. This is unconditional, for God is a jealous God, and we must not have any gods besides Him. Then Jesus said the second is like unto it: Thou must love thy neighbor as thyself. This is difficult for some people because they do not love themselves unconditionally. The whole law is completed when we keep these two commandments. That means racism has to go, for there cannot be any discrimination in Love. We must ask the Lord to teach us how to love like that. The Greek word for heart is Kardia, for the thoughts or feelings. The Greek word for soul is Psuche, meaning inner being or life and breath, and all thy drive and passion. Then the Greek word for the mind is Dianoia, meaning deep thought, contemplation, and imagination or understanding. These three emotions must be in our love for the Lord God and our neighbor. When we learn to love like that, we have arrived at keeping the whole law of God. This is what God commands of us every day, and we do this by meditating on the word of God. We must hide the Word of God in our hearts, so that we will not sin against God. Love does no evil to his neighbor. So when we do these two commandments, it is by the power of the Holy Spirit. Who indwells us and teaches us how to be like Jesus. Just as the good Samaritan saw the man who had fallen by the road robbed by thieves, he put him on his horse and took him to the hospital, paid his bill, and said If there is any more, to charge it to my account. This is unconditional love. This is the love Jesus has for us, and He is interceding for us at the right hand of the Father in heaven.
#And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God, and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. 2 Chronicles 26:5 True prosperity comes from seeking the Lord God.
The Hebrew word for prosper is Tsalach, meaning to push forward in various senses. King Uzziah sought the Lord, and Jehovah God caused him to prosper and push forward in all that he did. When Uzziah was sixteen years old, he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was also Jecoliah of Jerusalem. And he did that which was right in the sight of Jehovah God, according to all that his father Amiziah did. We are about to celebrate Father's Day, and King Uzziah was a good leader for all of us men to follow. True prosperity comes from seeking the Lord God, and that is what Uzziah did even at the age of sixteen. The Bible tells us that righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is an abomination to the Lord. We need to pray for our Fathers to be like Uzziah, who sought the Lord all the days of his life. And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims. And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah, and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly. True prosperity comes from seeking the Lord God, as Uzziah did, and he was strengthened exceedingly by the Lord. This is the prosperity that we want for our families, and we as fathers must seek the Lord God with our whole hearts all the days of our lives. We must raise our children in the commands of the Lord and pray for them every day. When we do this, we will see them push forward in the Lord in their lives. When the righteous rule, the people prosper, but sin is a reproach to the people when the wicked are in authority. So if you want success in your life, then True prosperity comes from seeking the Lord God. Do that by reading the word of God every day and meditating on His precepts. If the Lord had not been on our side, our enemies would have overcome us. Yet we see how the enemies of Uzziah gave gifts to him. When a man's ways please the Lord, then even his enemies will be at peace with him. This is what we want as fathers for our families. Be at peace with all men and follow after holiness, for without holiness, no man will see the Lord. True prosperity comes from seeking the Lord God, so do it and you and your families will be prosperous.
#Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 1 Corinthians 7: Celibacy is a gift
The Greek word for good is Kalos, meaning virtuous. Paul has the gift of celibacy, and he knows that celibacy is a gift, so he says that it is virtuous of him not to have carnal copulation with a woman who is not his wife. The Corinthian church had a lot of lasciviousness, and Paul taught them that it is better to marry than to burn with lust. This command can be kept by a man with Celibacy as his gift. Not every man has this gift. Marriage is honorable in all and the bed undefiled. So if you are burning with lust toward a woman, then it is better to marry and live in holy matrimony. Paul is the only apostle who did not marry, as all the others had wives. So we can see why the Holy Spirit used him to expound on this passage of scripture. The Greek word for touch is Haptomai, meaning to attach oneself to. Touching in marriage is proper, and rendering due benevolence is commanded in conjugal relations between spouses. No touching a woman improperly to seduce her is prohibited. This is a problem when massaging a woman. My wife always preferred women to massage her, and that was a proper thing to do. However, a man can massage a woman, as long as he is virtuous and has no carnal copulation with her. Not all men can do this, so best for husbands to massage their wives, and wives to massage their husbands. Celibacy is a gift, and if you have it, it is a blessing, and you can serve the Lord better than a married man can, who must attend to the desires of his wife. This is why Paul was greatly used of the Lord because he had the gift of celibacy. Paul wrote 14 of the books of the New Testament, and this is why he could say it is good for a man not to touch a woman, because he did not burn with lust for her. Because of the stresses of the present day, Celibacy is a gift worth having. However, if you do not have celibacy as a gift, and burn with lust, then pray for a wife. He that finds a good wife has favor with God.
#And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto Him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. Joshua 7:14 Beware of Covetousness
The Hebrew word for Achan is Akan, meaning troublesome. So is everyone who is to beware of covetousness. So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken. And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken; And he brought his household man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi; to son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. And Achan answered Joshua, and said Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus have I done. When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fiftyshekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and behold, they are hidden in the earth amid my tent, and the silver under it. So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent, and behold it was hidden, and the silver under it. Beware of Covetousness, for a man's life does not consist of the things that he has. Because of his covetousness, Achan caused evil to come upon Israel and all his household. The sin of covetousness is so secret until it manifests in the heart. May the Lord purge the sin of covetousness from our hearts and lives. How many homes are divided today because of covetousness? Repent of this silent and secret sin before it destroys your family. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and its righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto thee.
#Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1 John 2:15
The Greek word for world is Kosmos, meaning orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration and the inhabitants. The apostle John is telling us not to love the wicked system in which this world is arranged. The whole world lies in the hands of the wicked, the devil. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life is not of the Father, but of the world. And the world passes away, and the lust thereof, but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. John is not talking about ecology, but the economy of making money, and the love of money is the root of all evil. Many have become shipwrecked because they loved this worldly system. Whoever loves the world, the love of the Father does not abide in him. It is not a sin to be rich, but no man can serve God and mamon, for he will love the one, and despise the other. Yes, the scripture tells us that if riches increase, we must not set our eyes upon them.
#It would be better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. Luke 17:2 Do not offend the little children of this world.
The Greek word for millstone is Mulos, which means a mill (by implication), a grinder, through the idea of hardship. I enjoyed FaceTime with my grandchildren yesterday, and they are so beautiful and loving to me. I pray for them every day and plead the blood of Jesus for them. Jesus is teaching His disciples how to forgive. Then said He unto the disciples, it is impossible but that offenses will come; but woe unto him, through whom they come! Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying I repent; thou shalt forgive him. And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. We need faith to forgive. We must have childlike faith to forgive our brothers and sisters. Jesus warns Beware of offenses, for they will come, but Do not offend the little children of this world, for of such is the kingdom of God. We must learn to forgive just like the little children forgive. I remember being told by my parents I would get a Pogo stick for Christmas, but I never did get it. I forgave them because they had six children to provide for. But we must be careful. Do not offend the little children of this world. We do this by loving them and teaching them the Word of God. The scripture says to train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart. Jesus told us to rebuke our brother if he sins against us seven times a day, and if he repents, to forgive him seven times. Seven is the number for completion. Just as Jesus completely forgives us when we repent of our sins, we must also completely forgive our brother when he repents. This is how children forgive us, love us, and have faith in us as parents. So we must not offend the little children of this world, for they teach us how to love our Heavenly Father. Pray for your children, and love them even when they become prodigals, and just know that your prayers will bring them back to the Heavenly Father when they get older. Then kiss them and put a ring on their finger for love and forgiveness.
#Greater love hath no man than this, that a man layeth down his life for his friends. John 15:13 Happy Memorial Day to all the fallen
We thank God for all our military members and all those who sacrificed for this country. Salute a veteran today and bless them. The Greek word for love is Agape, for affection or benevolence, and a love feast. Jesus said, If ye keep my commandments ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandment, and abide in His love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants, for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth; but I have called you friends. Jesus came down from heaven to do the will of the Father, which was to lay down His life for His friends, and that is all of us who have placed our faith in Him. Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, He may give it to you. This is how we show our love for the Lord Jesus Christ when we lay down our lives for our friends, just as Jesus laid down His life for us on the cross. Now we are accepted in the Beloved, and have been given the Holy Spirit who produces the fruits such as love, joy, peace, patience, meekness, faithfulness, and self-control; against such there is no law. So, as you celebrate this Memorial Day, take time and show love to the men and women who serve this country and put their lives on the line every day for us. Pray that the Lord will protect them and bring them home to their families.
#Can two walk together, except they be agreed? Amos 3:3 Husbands and wives must agree to walk together.
The Hebrew word for agreed is Yaad, meaning to fix upon and to meet or to summon or to direct a certain quarter. Amos asked the greatest question in marriage: Can two walk together, except they be agreed? The answer is no, they must agree before they can walk together. Too many get married who are not equally yoked together, and all they do is quarrel all the time. It is very important to marry someone who is of the same faith, so that you can agree on worship. Will a lion roar in the forest when he hath no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has taken nothing? No, you see, there has to be a purpose and agreement in nature as well. Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? No, we must avoid the pitfalls of life to be successful in our marriages. Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? No, if there is no agreement in marriage, then you must be afraid that you are headed for the divorce courts. Shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? Yes, there will be evil in a marriage in the city when couples do not agree on who to marry. Jehovah God demands that we worship only Him, and we do this when we agree to worship the true and only God. So it is in marriage that you must agree to worship only the Lord and have no other gods besides Him. It is my prayer that couples will pray about whom to marry so that they can come to an agreement and reach a consensus in their marriage. Therefore, husbands and wives must agree to walk together.
#But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. Jonah 1:3
The Hebrew word for presence is Paniym, which means face or countenance. Jonah is trying to run from the face of the Lord Jehovah. The scripture tells us that if we make our bed in hell, God is there. His face is upon the waters as Elohim. He created the world in six days, and Jonah is about to find out that there is nowhere to run from God. But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah had gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? Arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. Jonah has made the worst decision he could ever make to try to flee from the face of God, and now has fallen asleep. How many of us get out of the will of God and fall asleep? It is high time to wake from sleep. Jonah will be thrown overboard into the ocean and swallowed by a great fish. Jonah had time to pray unto God, Salvation is only of the Lord. So the Lord heard his prayer, and caused the great fish to vomit Jonah up, and He made that journey into Nineveh in one day and preached that great sermon. Yet in forty days, Ninevah shall be overthrown. This is a great lesson for us to get busy doing the work of the Lord and winning souls to the Lord Jesus Christ while there is time.
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