Psalm 1

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Friday, February 21, 2014

James 5

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. 10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

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  1. MelodieFebruary 23, 2014 at 8:51 AM

    It's an interesting comparison between how we are to wait for the coming of the Lord how a farmer waits for his crops. He plants them and then just has to wait for either weeks or months before he sees anything come of it. You could say, "Yes, but that is a yearly routine. He knows they will come up because they do every year." That is true; but is it not even more true that we can rest in God's promises because they too have always come true? I find the believers in Israel during the 400 "silent years" between the Old and New Testaments inspiring. They had always had God leading them (whether they listened or not), but now He hadn't spoken to them in so long--almost twice the time of our own country's existence. The parents kept passing the stories on to their children. When Mary, Simeon, Anna, Zechariah and Elizabeth, and others believed, what we can read between the lines is that they had parents, grandparents, and generations of ancestors who had taught them the stories and promises of God. What stories/promises/beliefs are we passing on to the next generation that will still be with them in 400 years?

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  2. MelodieFebruary 25, 2014 at 10:00 PM

    I love the scenario spelled out in verses 19 & 20. Don't we each know someone who has "wandered fron the truth"? Our Christian duty is to try to bring them back. Look at the beauty if God deems to bless that effort: it "will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins." What more beautiful thing can you ask for?

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