June 3
1 Thessalonians 5:21 (The Voice Bible)
21Take a close look at everything, test it, then cling to what is good.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 (The Voice Bible)
21Take a close look at everything, test it, then cling to what is good.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
DAY 10 - DAILY DEVOTION - JUNE 3, 2012
June 3
To Judge or Not
James 4:11-12(NLT) says, “Don’t speak evil of each other… So what right do you have to judge your neighbor”?
Don’t you just love when people judge you? No! No one likes to be judged. We judge in so many different ways: not knowing the whole story, the way a situation was handled or not handled correctly or past lifestyle choices. Or, have you been guilty of judging someone because they didn’t meet up to your expectations? The Bible says, “Judge not, lest you be judged.” Those are harsh but necessary words.
Ephesians 4:29 (NKJV) “Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.”
God we ask that you help us to be more compassionate, forgiving, gentle, kind, loving, and patient. Let us speak words of life instead of words of judgement. We lift up our eyes to you Lord, not to concentrate on judging others but to let you be the judge. We want hearts that are forgiving without finding fault, not looking for the speck in others. Help us to find good in those whom others have written off.
Lord, I pray that you would bring healing to those who have been judged. Let them sense your sweet presence of love towards them now, no matter what they have done. Thank you Lord for your love and forgiveness. And, thank you for not judging us when we should have been judged. Your mercy, O God, endures forever!
Let this verse be your life mission statement, Colossians 4:6 MSG “..Make the most of every opportunity. Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out.”
In partnership with Katherine Clift of DailyLiveWorship
To Judge or Not
James 4:11-12(NLT) says, “Don’t speak evil of each other… So what right do you have to judge your neighbor”?
Don’t you just love when people judge you? No! No one likes to be judged. We judge in so many different ways: not knowing the whole story, the way a situation was handled or not handled correctly or past lifestyle choices. Or, have you been guilty of judging someone because they didn’t meet up to your expectations? The Bible says, “Judge not, lest you be judged.” Those are harsh but necessary words.
Ephesians 4:29 (NKJV) “Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.”
God we ask that you help us to be more compassionate, forgiving, gentle, kind, loving, and patient. Let us speak words of life instead of words of judgement. We lift up our eyes to you Lord, not to concentrate on judging others but to let you be the judge. We want hearts that are forgiving without finding fault, not looking for the speck in others. Help us to find good in those whom others have written off.
Lord, I pray that you would bring healing to those who have been judged. Let them sense your sweet presence of love towards them now, no matter what they have done. Thank you Lord for your love and forgiveness. And, thank you for not judging us when we should have been judged. Your mercy, O God, endures forever!
Let this verse be your life mission statement, Colossians 4:6 MSG “..Make the most of every opportunity. Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out.”
In partnership with Katherine Clift of DailyLiveWorship
DAY 10 - DAILY PRAYER (MEDIA) - JUNE 3, 2012
June 3
Father, once again, I come before your throne - first to give honor and praise and thanksgiving. What a marvelous God you are!! Thank you for your Son, Jesus Christ. Thank you for your holy Word, the Bible. Thank you for the freedoms afforded us as citizens of America. Thank you that you are unchanging - who you were yesterday and who you will be tomorrow is exactly who you are today! In this world of constant change, how wonderful that we have a God who does not change. A God whose Word does not change - what You spoke in the beginning, still holds for today. What you desired for your people of yesteryear, is still the desire of your heart today and will be tomorrow.
Father, I especially want to pray for all those associated with the media - producers, directors, publishers, actors, songwriters, artists - anyone and everyone who works in the field or has influence in the field of media. Father, give them a life-changing encounter with you - one that will bring peace into their lives. I come against selfish ambition and egotistic tendencies.
I ask, Father, that You grant wisdom and understanding to media leaders as they make decisions that will impact our world and especially the minds of our youth and children. I come against the violence and lewdness in the media. I ask for a return of sanctity of marriage and the family being portrayed in the lives and productions of the media. I pray for believers who work in media - give them courage and boldness as they hold fast to their beliefs and become true witnesses of your goodness and mercy.
Father, use the world of media to your advantage. Let your love and power flow throughout our nation and even our world. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
Betty Gilespie
Christian
Lancaster, Ohio
Father, once again, I come before your throne - first to give honor and praise and thanksgiving. What a marvelous God you are!! Thank you for your Son, Jesus Christ. Thank you for your holy Word, the Bible. Thank you for the freedoms afforded us as citizens of America. Thank you that you are unchanging - who you were yesterday and who you will be tomorrow is exactly who you are today! In this world of constant change, how wonderful that we have a God who does not change. A God whose Word does not change - what You spoke in the beginning, still holds for today. What you desired for your people of yesteryear, is still the desire of your heart today and will be tomorrow.
Father, I especially want to pray for all those associated with the media - producers, directors, publishers, actors, songwriters, artists - anyone and everyone who works in the field or has influence in the field of media. Father, give them a life-changing encounter with you - one that will bring peace into their lives. I come against selfish ambition and egotistic tendencies.
I ask, Father, that You grant wisdom and understanding to media leaders as they make decisions that will impact our world and especially the minds of our youth and children. I come against the violence and lewdness in the media. I ask for a return of sanctity of marriage and the family being portrayed in the lives and productions of the media. I pray for believers who work in media - give them courage and boldness as they hold fast to their beliefs and become true witnesses of your goodness and mercy.
Father, use the world of media to your advantage. Let your love and power flow throughout our nation and even our world. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
Betty Gilespie
Christian
Lancaster, Ohio
DAY 10 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR JUNE 3, 2012
June 3
During its Golden Age, the Dutch Republic of the Seven United Netherlands had settlements around the world, including a monopoly on trade with Asia, financed by the first modern stock market.
The Dutch sent Henry Hudson to find a water route across America to the Pacific.
Though unsuccessful, Hudson claimed the land along the "Hudson" River, and there the Dutch West India Company founded the New Netherlands Colony, receiving its charter JUNE 3, 1621.
Franklin Roosevelt told the Detroit Jewish Chronicle, March 7, 1935:
"All I know about the origin of the Roosevelt family in this country is that all branches bearing the name are apparently descended from Claes Martenssen Van Roosevelt, who came from Holland sometime before 1648."
The Chamber of Amsterdam wrote in articles for the Dutch Colony, 1624:
"They shall within their territory practice no other form of divine worship than that of the Reformed religion...and thus by their Christian life and conduct seek to draw the Indians and other blind people to the knowledge of God and His word, without, however, persecuting any on account of his faith, but leaving each one the use of his conscience."
The Charter of Freedoms, June 7, 1629, gave land to wealthy "Patroons" who helped 50 families emigrate, stating:
"Colonists shall...in the speediest manner...find out ways and means whereby they may support a Minister and Schoolmaster, that thus the service of God and zeal for religion may not grow cool."
In 1664, the Dutch Colony of New Netherlands was taken over by the English and renamed New York.
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During its Golden Age, the Dutch Republic of the Seven United Netherlands had settlements around the world, including a monopoly on trade with Asia, financed by the first modern stock market.
The Dutch sent Henry Hudson to find a water route across America to the Pacific.
Though unsuccessful, Hudson claimed the land along the "Hudson" River, and there the Dutch West India Company founded the New Netherlands Colony, receiving its charter JUNE 3, 1621.
Franklin Roosevelt told the Detroit Jewish Chronicle, March 7, 1935:
"All I know about the origin of the Roosevelt family in this country is that all branches bearing the name are apparently descended from Claes Martenssen Van Roosevelt, who came from Holland sometime before 1648."
The Chamber of Amsterdam wrote in articles for the Dutch Colony, 1624:
"They shall within their territory practice no other form of divine worship than that of the Reformed religion...and thus by their Christian life and conduct seek to draw the Indians and other blind people to the knowledge of God and His word, without, however, persecuting any on account of his faith, but leaving each one the use of his conscience."
The Charter of Freedoms, June 7, 1629, gave land to wealthy "Patroons" who helped 50 families emigrate, stating:
"Colonists shall...in the speediest manner...find out ways and means whereby they may support a Minister and Schoolmaster, that thus the service of God and zeal for religion may not grow cool."
In 1664, the Dutch Colony of New Netherlands was taken over by the English and renamed New York.
Staten Island, Microsoft7 Encarta7 Online Encyclopedia 2000, http://encarta.msn.com 8 1997-2000 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. http://odur.let.rug.nl/usanew/E/newnetherlands/nl5.htm, The United States of America & the Netherlands, 6/14 The towns of New Netherland, By George M. Welling: In the early sixties of the seventeenth century, Pieter Plockhoy of Zeeland province, The Netherlands, started the first of the many Utopias which shine in the pages of American history. In 1662 he sailed from Holland with twenty-four families, to establish his colony of 'universal Christian brotherhood,' ... to raise up an universal magistrate in Christendom, that can suffer all sorts of people (of what religion soever they are) in any one country, as God suffers the same in all the countries of the world.' The city of Amsterdam met the expenses of the expedition. The place chosen was on the Delaware River, & the following year forty more immigrants joined those already there. Plockhoy's Utopia was soon to come to a terrible end. It resisted the British troops of Sir Robert Carr which landed in New Netherland in 1664, & was destroyed 'to a very naile.'
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