Monday, September 19th
Isaiah 28:1-4
1 Woe to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim's drunkards, to the fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley - to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine! 2 See, the Lord has one who is powerful and strong. Like a hailstorm and a destructive wind, like a driving rain and a flooding downpour, he will throw it forcefully to the ground. 3 That wreath, the pride of Ephraim's drunkards, will be trampled underfoot. 4 That fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley, will be like a fig ripe before harvest - as soon as someone sees it and takes it in his hand, he swallows it.
Drunkard (noun):
- One who is habitually drunk.
- One suffering from or subject to acute or chronic alcoholism.
- One who habitually becomes drunk.
- A chronic drinker.
Wreath (noun):
- A ring or circlet of flowers, boughs, or leaves worn on the head, placed on a memorial, or hung as a decoration.
- A representation of this ring or circlet, as in woodwork.
- A curling or circular form
Objects of pride, other than righteous things, will be destroyed. My heart is not in my quiet time today. I am struggling. There is so much to see in this scripture, but my focus is lacking. A great scripture this is and I will have to revisit it later on in the week when my heart and thoughts are back on course. Johnny Out.
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Good morning fellas, how is everyone this morning? I am fired and ready to have a great week praising God and doing his will. I had a great weekend. Lots of fellowship and lots of time with God. I have been focusing on my time with God and now I am reading before I go to bed as well and that helps me sleep better and have good dreams and I wake up with a better attitiude and yearning to be with God in the morning as well. I started to read the book, Worship the King, granted I am only on the first chapter I have been so much more in awe of God already. I was reading this morning in 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Paul is talking about his weaknesss and how he boasts about them. He boasts because he know that God power is made perfect because of his weakness. I love that and the end of he takes delight in his weakness, insults and other things for Christ. Do you delight in these things for Christ? I have to ask my self that question and the answer is, just to be real, no, not all of the time. It needs to be though and I need to work on that, and I will. Guys I love all of you and I pray that all of you has a great day and God bless.
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
7To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 10That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Thanks for that scrip, Brother. It was convicting. Normally I want to make myself great, powerful, efficient, excellent, etc., and hide my weakness. Lately I've been more open about my weaknesses, especially to sisters [within reason] ('cause that's where I want to cover over most of my weaknesses), but to *boast* about them? And gladly? Wow! But if God's power is made *perfect* in weakness, and if when I'm weak I'm really strong, then please pray that I live out this scripture!!
That's a great idea about spending time w/God before bed. I'm going to try that.
Keep up the fight y'all.
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