From: "Phil Rembleski" <PHIl@rescuechurchofchrist.org>

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Sent: Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 6:26 AM

Subject: 3-14-22 THOUGHTS

3-14-22   THOUGHTS

Ps 119:159   Consider how I love Your precepts; Revive me, O LORD, according to Your lovingkindness.
We do love HIS WORD don’t we?  Will you pray with me...  “REVIVE ME, O LORD!”

When Israel was finally allowed to possess the promised land, God anticipated their desire to have a king by saying...
Deut 17:18-20     "Now it shall come about when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.  19  "It shall be with him and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, by carefully observing all the words of this law and these statutes, 20  that his heart may not be lifted up above his countrymen and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel.
Deut 6:4-7     "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!  5  "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6  "These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7  You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
Jos 1:8   "This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success.
Ps 1:1-3      How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! 2  But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3  He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers.
Prov 6:23    For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
2Tim 3:14-17    You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them,  15  and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16  All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;  17  so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
2Tim 4:2a     preach the word;

My Prayer:
O God, You have revealed to us your awesome mind and nature through your spirit in your word.  We praise you and thank you for this most precious gift.  You give us the basis for our faith and guidance for our lives.  Your loving kindness revives us through your word. Help us to overcome our neglectful failures to diligently partake of your mind.  Your word is a lamp to our feet, and a light to our lives. May wisdom enter our hearts and knowledge be pleasant to our souls.       We pray always in the name of Jesus,       Amen