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Aloha, I just wanted to thank you all, so much for the new way you are doing the Daily Devotionals, I love it and it has been such a blessing to me.. Have a blessed week !
Posted by Muriel Louise Williams on Jan 09, 2012, in response to the devotional on
Thursday, January 5, 2012
I' ve read all your messages from my arriving to Hawaii last November and I have been much blessed.Please, keep up the good job. I m sure there very many like me who appreciate it. Thank you pastor Wayne, thank you pastor Andy.
Posted by Carmen Teresa Coronado on Dec 27, 2011, in response to the devotional on
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
As you point out, Pastor Mike, today's passage is much deeper than most people think. It is a wonderful verse to take the time to ponder. Let us go to a quiet place with this verse, and invite our hearts and minds to reflect upon the deep meaning that the Holy Spirit wants us to learn. Thank you for giving us a nudge to do just that.
Posted by Ann Verblaauw on Dec 09, 2011, in response to the devotional on
Friday, December 9, 2011
We try to also use the "presence gauge" of Jesus Himself: "Would I do this thing if Jesus was visibly sitting right next to me?" His Spirit is, after all, right here inside of us believers. Another challenging gauge that helps us is: "Would I want to be doing this, if Jesus came back at this very moment to take us to Heaven?" We miss Hawaii and send everyone our aloha from Virginia
Posted by The Brzostowski Ohana on Dec 05, 2011, in response to the devotional on
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Thank you, Pastor Wayne.
Posted by Ann Verblaauw on Nov 19, 2011, in response to the devotional on
Saturday, November 19, 2011
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Psalm 119:161-168 “Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.”Amanda and I have been together for a little over three years now, and I have learned that a relationship takes patience, understanding, forgiveness, laughter, and love. I have learned in my short time of being married, that you just have to laugh about some things rather than get all bent out of shape about them. I have learned that I need to, though I do not always, think of the best in her and allow myself to be driven by love towards her. I need to allow love to dominate my mindset towards Amanda rather than allowing jealousy, anger or frustration in me. Likewise, God desires that we be filled with love as well, so that we may not stumble in our relationship with Him.
Verse 165 of our passage says, “Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.” What our verse is telling us is that, those who love God’s Word, those who can say, “Thy word have I hid in mine heart,” will have the peace of God within their hearts and will not stumble or fall. I have seen people in churches get offended, hurt, or cross, and instead of getting things right, they leave the church bitter and angry. We need to have Christians where the peace of God, which passeth all understanding dwells within their lives. This takes getting the Word of God into your life by way of doing your devotions, memorizing Scripture, and meditating upon It.
How many frustrations would be prevented if we would just be driven by love in our marriages instead of allowing anger, hurt, or bitterness dwell within us? How many Christians would serve God, or still be serving God, if we would just allow a love for God’s Word to dwell within us? What is dwelling within your heart? When trials or hardships come our way, the way we react reveals what is on the inside.
Love you all!
Pastor Mike
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