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T.O.D.A.Y.'S ENCOURAGEMENT for Nov. 09, 2005
T.O.D.A.Y.
Ministries
14745 Merrilltown #1611 Austin TX 78728
Good
Morning!
In
one of my previous encouragements, I mentioned maybe using Wednesday to share
"songs" with you, and I will get back to that. However, from
the responses that I have been receiving, it seems like everyone wants to continue
on with the study we are doing in Proverbs chapter 3. Well, I am all for
that...we are "gleaning" so much revelation, and we have
only read the first four verses! In fact, we are not even done with
verses 3 & 4! But, that's okay.....we don't need to be in any hurry.
I believe that many people make the mistake of just "scanning" over
God's Word, and don't take time to "draw the Life out of His
"life-changing" Word! Jesus said that if we would
"continue" in His Word, then we would know the truth and the
truth would make us free! Did you get that? It is not just the
"truth" that makes us free....it is the "truth" that we
KNOW that makes us free!
Anyway,
that is what I want to talk about today.....the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth! I am referring to the instruction that God gave
us in verse 3. If we want the "results" that are promised in
verse 4, then we must choose to tell the truth no matter
what! I have to believe that all of you, like myself, want The
Lord to "bless" you, but you need to know this.....God cannot
"bless" a lie! I am going to share something with you
that happened to give me this "revelation"~~~~~
Some
friends of mine were trying to get custody of the husband's children from a
previous marriage. All of us were praying for them, because we knew that
those children would be better off with them than with the mother. Time
does not allow me to go in to all of the reasons. Anyway, I attended the
hearing and I knew that God was working in all of this.....but when the father
was being questioned during the hearing, he did not answer
"truthfully". He thought if he told the truth, then it would
keep him from getting custody of his children. Please hear what I am going to
say! Up until this point, I had felt the presence of God in the
courtroom, but when the father did not answer the question truthfully....I actually
felt the presence of God leave, and His hand was lifted off of this situation. When
it was all over, the Judge denied the request of the father to receive
custody. That judge did not know anything about the father....he had no
way of knowing if he had lied or told the truth. The "ruling"
came because.....God cannot bless a lie!
There is
a "happy" ending to this story.....I will share it with you
tomorrow! I hope no one is saying "Ho-hum (yawn)"
I promise that you will be blessed when you hear how it turned out!
Have
a Blessed Day!! (It is the "truth"
that we KNOW that makes us free!)
In His Love, Luanne
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