Good morning!

On  Monday, I left you with the puzzle that all of the writers on the T.O.D.A.Y. Ministries staff, had used similar scriptures as they prepared their writings without knowing what the other writers were planning to write about.  That should be a beacon light that we are all hearing from the same Holy Spirit and being obedient to that Spirit. 

Romans 15:5 - 6 tells says in the Amplified Bible, "Now may the God Who gives the power of patient endurance (steadfastness) and Who supplies encouragement, grant you to live in such mutual harmony and such full sympathy with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus (the Messiah).  That together you may [unanimously] with united hearts and one voice, praise and glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)." This is what happens when you achieve such a level of unity and purpose. It's not a coincidence at all that we all used similar scriptures.  We are all of one accord, so the Holy Spirit dictates and we just type. 

Are you listening to what He is saying?  Remember the Love Commandment!

If we focus on loving God and the people we come into contact with, we do not have to worry that we will somehow fail to measure up in other ways.  People who love God and care about one another don't have a problem with the rest of the Ten Commandments or other moral laws.  Obeying them comes naturally - even today while we are under Grace and not the Law.  It is a positive way of viewing the Ten Commandments, instead of worrying about all of the "thou shalt not's…"

As Luanne would say, God makes it so simple for us.  We are the ones who complicate things. 

Before Jesus came, it was quite a bit more complicated to obey all of God's Laws.  Even reading in the Bible about those laws in the Old Testament can be an exercise that leads to furrowed brows.  We will look into those laws on Friday.

Judith Luttrell

T.O.D.A.Y. Ministries

www.todayministries.org