Wisdom From Above

James has it right.  From Chapter 3:

Wisdom from Above

¹³ Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. ¹⁴ But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. ¹⁵ This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. ¹⁶ For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. ¹⁷ But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. ¹⁸ And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Love that symmetry

Love that symmetry.  Perhaps it was because I mentioned yesterday to a friend there was something about the number 2013 that I didn't like.

A reminder that all of God's creation is beautiful.

Psalm 113

1 Corinthians 13

“Do not fear, only believe.”

Census Tax 0.2 oz rich or poor

But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.”

God Is In It

Even when things don't go as planned,  God is in the very detail.

Genesis 40 waiting for the big dream.

Acts 15 doubling the output.

The 'Random' Connection

Today's 'Random' comes across linking the Old Testament with the New Testament.  Can you see it?

Here are the links

Psalm 48

Hebrews 11

At The End Of The Day

At the end of the day, it is all about worshiping the one true God.

This is worship at its best.

Which leads to Revelation Song -

Hope you can join in.

today's random - my favorite story

The link to my favorite bible story will not post in FB because of 'privacy settings'  - something new and unbelievable to me.  At any rate,  just checking to see if it posts indirectly.

ACTS 10

Have No Fear

Have No Fear

²⁶ “So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. ²⁷ What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. ²⁸ And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. ³⁰ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. ³² So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, ³³ but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Lest We Perish

¹⁷ Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’ ¹⁸ You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day. ¹⁹ And if you forget the Lord your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I solemnly warn you today that you shall surely perish. ²⁰ Like the nations that the Lord makes to perish before you, so shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God.

From Deuteronomy 8 -   ESV

A word for us all.

Also 1 Corinthians 5 is also on the what is being forgotten list.

The Greatest Commandment

A reminder -

Deuteronomy 6

English Standard Version (ESV)

The Greatest Commandment

6 “Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules—that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, ² that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long. ³ Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

⁴ “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. ⁵ You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. ⁶ And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. ⁷ You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. ⁸ You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. ⁹ You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;

¹⁶ Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. ¹⁷ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. ¹⁸ Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, ¹⁹ that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
²⁰ Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. ²¹ For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Today's NT

Today's OT   Pancakes!

An Oh! Moment

This 'Random' was an oh!  Reading something familiar for one reason then being hit with something familiar for another .. never having realized they were one after the other ...

Isaiah 9

 

One of the most familiar passages in all of Christendom followed by the least understood ...  confer Rabbi Jonathan author of The Harbinger.

Perhaps an answer

Today's random points to last night's discussion.

The Firsts

Two firsts in today's 'random',  and two goodies at that.

Genesis

Matthew

Right hand of the Father

We are doing a chronological study on the Apostle Paul,  reading Acts and the letters in the sequence in which they occurred.

It starts with the story of Stephen in Acts 6, and of particular note was that he saw Jesus *standing* at the right hand of the Father.  Made me think of the crowd at a baseball game standing up when a home run is hit.

Wondered how many reference there were to "the right hand of the Father".  Just got one in today's 'random'.   Psalm 80

At the end of the book

Today was the 'random' day to read the end of the book.

Interesting how "I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you" got started.  That is the story of the OT today.  It actually was first spoken to Abram in Haran - here it is getting passed on to the third generation under somewhat shady circumstances.

light and darkness

Proverbs 4 and Revelation 14

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
    which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
    they do not know over what they stumble.

¹² Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.

Philosophic Sanctification

Philosophic Sanctification

Colossians 2:8 in light of John 15:

The Hatred of the World

¹⁸ “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. ¹⁹ If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. ²¹ But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me. ²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ Whoever hates me hates my Father also. ²⁴ If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵ But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’
²⁶ “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. ²⁷ And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.

God Fearing Leadership

From today's 'random' -

Nehemiah 7

English Standard Version (ESV)

7 Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, ² I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many. ³ And I said to them, “Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot. And while they are still standing guard, let them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, some at their guard posts and some in front of their own homes.” ⁴ The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt.

also Acts 14

The double David

Psalm 70 is a psalm of David.

Romans 4 refers to David.

I love 'random' links.

What happened?

Today's random is Numbers 31

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%2031&version=ESV

and

1 Thessalonians 2

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Thessalonians%202&version=ESV

I wondered what happend in 16b?

"But wrath has come upon them at last!"

Who are "the rest"?

The 'random for today' -

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%205&version=ESV

and

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Nehemiah%2011&version=ESV

In Acts 5-

Many Signs and Wonders Done

¹² Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico. ¹³ None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high esteem.

I was struck by the phrase "the rest" wondering exactly what that meant.  I think it means believers apart from the apostles staying away so they wouldn't be arrested along with the apostles.  What do you think?

report for 2012

A random study was recorded 341 days out of 366 from 1/1/2012 to 12/31/2012

93% ptL!

I see that Google has adopted an old meme for it's own use.  "Windows isn't done if Lotus doesn't run"

Two details of the adapted meme:

• Gmail doesn't run on IE8.
• I use to be able to upload pictures to Blogger from a Windows operating system.

Now if the choice "from your computer" exists, it is hidden, replaced by anything but: