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Isaiah 58:8
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

The phrase “I’ve got your six” refers to having someone’s back. Watching out for them at an angle they cannot cover themselves. It actually comes from the old pilots reference of positions based on the clock. Six o’clock is at your back, while twelve o’clock is in front of you.

We serve a God who promises to have your Six AND seven through five! Today’s verse states He will go before you and be your rear guard. Not only that but He will flood your path with light. We have nothing to fear.

Satan is sneaky. I would even say he is the king of sneak attacks. However all we need to do is keep our eyes on God. Follow His steps and you will find your way. Let God have your six and all the rest of the numbers!

Lord thank You for having my six and covering all the angles of my life.

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1 Corinthians 10: 23-24
“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.

I think we have all seen those videos or even watched the TV shows where they show home videos. We laugh and laugh all while thinking the same thing, “At what point did you think the was going to be a good idea?” I admit to saying it to a kid or two and maybe even to an adult. OK, let’s get real, I have said it to myself. . . LOL! Seriously, just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should!

Today’s verses are telling us that exact same thing. This isn’t even necessarily talking about sinning. There are things we do day to day, that aren’t necessarily hurting anyone. However, we could make better choices that would help someone instead. The key is being open to the prompting of the Holy Spirit. Seek out wisdom when you make choices. Perhaps, He is saying pay for the person’s lunch behind you in the drive-thru. Perhaps he is asking you to stop and talk to someone or even just smile at them. It may not be something big, but it is always something you can say, “I know it was a bright idea!”

Lord, help me listen for Your prompting today. I want to make wise choices that leave me saying, “That was a bright idea!”

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Acts 13:38-39
38 “Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. 39 Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.

“The forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.” Proclaimed, what is meant by proclaimed? Proclaim means announce officially or publicly, to declare something one considers important with due emphasis. Can you think of anything more important to proclaim?

Under the law of Moses you were required to sacrifice things. Depending on the sin or the timing of the sin you would involve a priest to do the sacrifice for you at the temple. That meant taking time out of your life to get to the temple. Hello! Transportation was not readily available and distances were often vast.

We have been set free from that burden. There are no if you did this then you must do this anymore. Each of our sins is the same, with the same result and the same correctional move. The only traveling you will do is to your knees. This is not a freedom to sin, it is a freedom from sin. No more bondage. When we screw up, and you know we do, we take it to God. We make amends and we move on with our lives. Now that is worth proclaiming.

Lord thank You for freeing me from the bondage of sin. I know this not a freedom to sin, but a freedom from sin. ~amen

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Ephesians 3:11-12

11 according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.

Do you think you could call up the President and ask him to help find your car keys? What about your governor, mayor, or any other governing body? Would they come to your rescue immediately? Yeah, me either! The fact is they have too much to do to listen to your needs and act on them immediately. They may not even act on them at all, ever. They certainly aren’t going to do anything about your day to day needs or what we like to refer to as the petty little needs.

On the other hand, we serve a God who is ALWAYS there. Who is ALWAYS listening. Who is ALWAYS caring about anything that involves you. I do mean EVERYTHING and ANYTHING! He wants to know about your bad hair day to your prayers over your family, friends and enemies. We serve a God we can approach with freedom and confidence. We don’t have to leave a message or take a number. We just have to have faith and ask.

I am so grateful that you are ALWAYS there 24-7 to help me through EVERYTHING and ANYTHING! I put my faith in you Lord! ~amen

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Hebrews 2:14-15
14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

Can you imagine owning your home, but someone else controlling who unlocked and locked the doors? Well let me tell you, that is what Satan feels like. He may think Hell is his domain, but he has no control over who comes into his house because Jesus took the keys!

We have a wonderful God. He didn’t just sit up in His thrown looking down at us. No! He came to Earth to see what it was like to be us! When we go through anything He can say, “Been there! Done that and lived to tell the tale!” As if that wasn’t enough, He died and took our place to pay our bill for all our sins. He ascended into Hell, took one look at Satan and said, “Paid in full!” Then He was raised from the dead and returned to Heaven so we could follow. By doing this act of love, He took the keys away from Satan forever and we are set free from the prison of death!

Lord thank You for taking the keys away from Satan and allowing me to escape the prison of death. ~amen

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Romans 8:24-25
24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

When you were a. kid did you ever get up all excited on Christmas morning to open presents and then your mom handed you the squishy one? You know the one I am talking about. You knew it did not come from Santa even if she put his name on it. Santa does not send socks and underwear!

We don’t wait in anticipation and determination for things we already have. Why would we? Not that we don’t like what we have or appreciate it, we just have no need to hope for it. Hope is for those things we cannot see or touch, at least not right now.

Our hope in God is EVERYTING! It is that thing that feeling that keeps you moving and going. It makes you put in that little extra more. It tells you when you have given your all that there is still a little more to reach for and you do. Life would be nothing without our Hope in God. So, don’t let go of your hope. It is the gas that fuels everything in your life even if you are hoping for those new socks and underwear. Hmmm…I think I need to go shopping🤔

Lord my Hope is in You and it will never let me down and will always keep me going. ~amen

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Luke 4:18
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,

These verses are from Luke but there were actually a prophecy written in Isaiah 61:1. Jesus stood up in the temple and read this prophecy about Himself out loud to the people.

This prophecy is still alive and well. It has been passed down to us. We are the ones with the Spirit of the Lord in us. We have been tasked with proclaiming the good news to the poor, freedom to the prisoners, recovering the sight to the blind, and setting the oppressed free. It is our job to introduce Christ to the world!

This is not the time to set back and complain about the world. It is time to stand up and bring Christ to change the world. It is time to proclaim the good news! Someone shared it with you and set you free, recovered your sight. Time to pass it on!

Lord, thank you for bringing someone in my life to share Your word with me Now I want to be that person in someone else’s life ~amen!

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1 Corinthians 6:12
“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.

I had no choice or I don’t have a choice. I don’t know how many times I have heard these excuses. Yes, that is exactly what they are too, excuses and not very good ones either. We always have a choice. We just may not like the consequences that come with that choice.

I recently read it is estimated that the average adult makes about 35,000 remotely conscious decisions each day. Each decision, of course, carries certain consequences with it that are both good and bad. Either way you go you made a choice.

With all of these choices there are thousands of things you could do. However, like the old saying goes, just because you can doesn’t mean you should. You need to be wise about you choices. Never let your choices enslave you. You are responsible for your choices. God gave you free will to make whatever choice you want. Use that mind to make the good ones and not just the easy out ones.

Thank You for letting me make choices and helping me make the right ones. ~amen

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Galatians 5:13-15
13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

I just want to publish a headline or send out a social media, email and snail mail notes to everyone on the planet. It would say, “Love your neighbor as yourself. If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.” The problem is I am sure people still will not listen.

Look at the world. People are destroying each other left and right for anything and nothing at the same time. We live in a ‘me’ society. A society that puts itself first and does whatever it takes to satisfy its own desires. When are they going to wake up and realize they are getting nowhere!

I can’t change the whole world. However, I can change my own. I can start by changing me. I can love my neighbor as myself. How about you? Want to change the world with me?

Lord help me love my neighbor as myself.
~amen

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Psalms 118:8
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in humans.

“You know the bit, the lady fair and the knight on the white horse. Let me tell you something, it’s kind of dangerous putting those knights up on white horses. – They’re likely to slip off, you know” (Bob Wallace, White Christmas).

White Christmas is one of my favorite movies. I don’t just watch it at Christmas. As a matter of fact, I have it on right now as I curl up to write this blog. Bob (Bing Crosby) is telling Betty (Rosemary Clooney) that people aren’t perfect. Mistakes are made and misunderstandings happen. This of course is setting up the conflict that arises in the movie. Eventually, everything is worked out in the movie and Betty puts her knight back up on his stead.

We cannot put all our hopes and faith in other human beings. They will fail, just like we will fail them. This doesn’t mean we never trust or love someone. We just can’t put them in God’s place. He is only person that we can put up on the white horse. He will never fall off. He will never let us down. We have a shiny knight on a trusted white stead who will never fail us.

Lord, I need a knight right now and I am putting all my faith and hope in You.

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