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Day 129 - Build Up People Read: Psalm 107;  Proverbs 31:13-15; 1 Thessalonians 3; Deuteronomy 11-12 1 Thessalonians 3 7  Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith.   8  For now we really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord.   9  How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you?   10  Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith. How important that we care for the spiritual aspects of a person. How we need to encourage one another to grow in the faith! This is because this is our treasures in Heaven - people who are growing and loving the Lord! We need to supply what is lacking in their faith. How we need to love another and to build people up. Matthew 24: 12  said, "And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.” This verse is stated in M

Day 128 - Importance of Rules Read: Psalm 106;  Proverbs 31:10-12; 1 Thessalonians 2; Deuteronomy 9-10 “The LORD wrote on these tablets what he had written before, the Ten Commandments he had proclaimed to you on the mountain, out of the fire, on the day of the assembly. And the LORD gave them to me. And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the LORD’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good? Yet the LORD set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today. Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer. Fear the LORD your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name.” ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭10:4, 12-13, 15-16, 20‬ ‭NIV‬‬ http://bible.com/111/deu.10.4,

Day 127 - We Have a Powerful God Who Empowered us At All Times Read: Psalm 105; Proverbs 31:7-9; 1 Thessalonians 1; Deuteronomy 7-8 “We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father, knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God. For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.” ‭‭I Thessalonians‬ ‭1:2-5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/1th.1.2-5.nkjv Apostle Paul remarked the above when he wrote to the church in Thessalonica. What we can learn is that the church were faithful and were serving in love and were patient in anticipation in the hope of the glorious return of Jesus Christ. I guess they knew that the Gospel not only comes in the power of the Word but in the power o

Day 126 - No Longer Slaves To Sin Read: Psalm 104; Proverbs 31:4-6; Colossians 4; Deuteronomy 5-6 Deuteronomy 5-6 20 In the future, when your son asks you, “What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the Lord our God has commanded you?” 21 tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 22 Before our eyes the Lord sent signs and wonders—great and terrible—on Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household. 23 But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land he promised on oath to our ancestors. 24 The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. 25 And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.” God wants us to REMEMBER that we were slaves to sins before and that Jesus sacrificed Himself to bring us out of darkness to th

Day 125 - Jesus - Worthy to Be Worshipped Read: Psalm 103;  Proverbs 31:1-3; Colossians 3; Deuteronomy 2-3 “Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits— who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children— with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭103:1-5, 8, 11-12, 17-18‬ ‭NIV‬‬ http://bible.com/