A daily, Bible-based perspective of hope,
encouragement and exhortation.
Daily
Encouragement on
Tuesday, July
16, 2019
The
Zook's Mill Covered Bridge is on Log Cabin Road in
Lancaster County. We had stopped to take a photo of
this bridge on Sunday afternoon when suddenly the
horse and buggy passed us giving us not only the
bridge view but the distinct sound of horses clip
clopping on the wooden bridge deck.
Click on photo to enlarge "God
Is Able"
Message
summary:
Our God is able to
see us standing in
His presence
blameless and
without fault,
because of the
sacrificial blood
of His Son, Jesus
Christ.
Listen to our message on your audio player. "For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day" (2 Timothy 1:12). Early last Friday morning we came up behind a Kane Trucking Company tractor trailer. This company uses the marketing slogan, "Kane Is Able" which makes me wonder if the originator of the slogan might have been influenced by the Biblical characters of Cain and Abel since it sort of sounds like a play on words! Their website is kaneisable.com. The slogan is intended to convey the proficiency of their service. In regard to logistics Kane is able! Today we want to focus on the One who is supremely able to care for all our needs and is thus worthy of our utmost trust! Only after we fully trust an individual will we commit ourselves to that person. Years ago an interesting story was printed in "Our Daily Bread" that is a great illustration of trust: "A crowd gazed in awe as a tightrope walker inched his way across Niagara Falls. The people cheered when he accomplished the feat. Then he turned to a man and said, "Do you think I am able to carry someone across?" "Sure," the man replied. "Let's go then!" "No thanks!" the man exclaimed." The story demonstrates a spiritual challenge each of us must face. Our sinfulness is a yawning chasm between us and God, and we are unable to cross it. Only Jesus is able to bring us safely to the other side. But we must repent and trust Him with our lives. Are you trying on your own to cross the chasm of sin that separates you from God? It's impossible. Put your trust in Christ, for He alone is able to bring you to God. The apostle Paul confidently wrote, "I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day" (2 Timothy 1:12). "Able" is translated from the word dunatos (in turn from dunamai) which refers to the power one has by virtue of inherent ability and resources. "Able" describes that which has sufficient or necessary power, means, skill, or resources to accomplish an objective. Thus in this context dunatos describes one who is powerful enough to have the ability to perform the function of keeping what Paul had committed to Him. "God is able" is also expressed in a theological term known as omnipotence (all-powerful). In the epistles there are several rich expressions of what God is able to do:
Interestingly, though, Paul writes that there is one thing God is unable to do; to be untrue to Himself: "If we are unfaithful, He remains faithful because He cannot be untrue to Himself" (2 Timothy 2:13). That's one thing I'm glad God is unable to do; be untrue to Himself no matter the failings of humankind. Our Father was able to see that our righteous acts were no better than filthy rags, that we were without hope when we were without Him. But in Christ Jesus we who once were far away were brought to God through the blood of Christ. Our God is able to see us standing in His presence blameless and without fault, because of the sacrificial blood of His Son, Jesus Christ. Be encouraged today, Stephen & Brooksyne Weber Daily Prayer: Father, how wonderful it is that nothing is impossible with You. There is nothing You are unable to do except that which is untrue to Your divine nature. You are able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to Your power that is at work within us. To You, Father, be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen. (See
Ephesians 3:20)
Sunday
afternoon we
saw this fawn
feeding on an
albino deer
mother at the
Oregon Dairy.
What a
beautiful and
peaceful
setting it
was.
Click on photo to enlarge We
passed this
pleasant
swimming pond
east of Lititz
PA on Sunday.
Click on photo to enlarge It
has a dock,
benches, slide
and a diving
board.
Click on photo to enlarge On
Sunday
afternoon you
typically see
a lot of Amish
young people
on the road.
These girls
are likely
going to their
youth group.
Some of the
old customs
are still very
much alive
among the
plain people
and a few
other very
conservative
groups where
they set apart
Sunday
afternoons for
visitation
either with
other church
folks or their
extended
family. I
(Brooksyne)
remember when
I was a child
it was very
common for us
to visit a
family in our
church on
Sunday
afternoon,
join them for
lunch and stay
until the
evening
service.
Likewise we'd
have others
over, get the
horses out and
the children
always wanted
to ride
horses.
Today's
Suggested
Music and
Supplemental
Resources
Finally today:
Early this morning we will
be taking five of the Lapp
children up to Knoebel's
Amusement Park so we expect to
get home late this evening
very, very tired!
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