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Monday, June
5, 2023
"What
Is Good"
Message
summary: God
has told us
that which is
good. Let us
heed His Word
and follow in
the steps of
Christ who was
the supreme
example of
that which God
requires of
us!
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to our message
on your audio
player.
"He
hath showed
thee, O man,
what is good;
and what doth
the Lord
require of
thee, but to
do justly, and
to love mercy,
and to walk
humbly with
thy God"
(Micah 6:8).
We
have
been studying
the Minor
Prophets in
our Adult
Bible
Fellowship
(ABF).
Yesterday I
began a two
part lesson on
the book of
Micah. The
Minor Prophets
are among the
harder books
of the Bible
to understand
and there's a
tendency to
neglect
portions of
Scripture like
this.
I am part of a teaching team with several other older teachers and the teaching team is planning to cover each of these books prior to a church-wide study of the Sermon on the Mount this fall.
I am part of a teaching team with several other older teachers and the teaching team is planning to cover each of these books prior to a church-wide study of the Sermon on the Mount this fall.
Our
study of a
harder to
understand
section of
Scripture is
an expression
of our belief
that "All
Scripture is
God-breathed
and is useful
for teaching,
rebuking,
correcting and
training in
righteousness,
so that the
servant of God
may be
thoroughly
equipped for
every good
work" (2
Timothy
3:16,17).
For
the next two
weeks here on
Daily
Encouragement
we plan to use
select texts
from Micah in
what I
referred to as
mega themes in
our lesson
yesterday.
When
considering
these mega
themes we see
how timelessly
relevant this
book is to any
age including
our own. In
fact it seems
to especially
address many
of the
troubles we
find in our
country and
world today.But
early in the
lesson I
encouraged
each member of
the class to
memorize a key
text from the
book and I
will do so
with our Daily
Encouragement
readers as
well. Micah
6:8 is
timeless key
to pleasing
God. "He
hath showed
thee, O man,
what is good;
and what doth
the Lord
require of
thee, but to
do justly, and
to love mercy,
and to walk
humbly with
thy God".
In
order to
sweeten up the
proposal
yesterday,
with
Brooksyne's
permission, I
offered a
small jar of
Brooksyne's
strawberry/blackberry/rhubarb
jam to any
class member
who memorizes
the verse. Not
surprisingly
several class
members
already had
this verse
memorized so
if they or any
of our readers
who have
already
memorized the
verse you can
go ahead and
memorize Psalm
119.
For
our readers
who memorize
Micah 6:8 let
us know (honor
system) and we
provide the
link below to
a jar of
virtual
strawberry/rhubarb
jam.*
God
has told us
that which is
good. Let us
heed His Word
and follow in
the steps of
Christ who was
the supreme
example of
that which God
requires of
us!
Daily
prayer: Father,
the prophet
Micah speaks
of those who
zealously
offered gifts
of calves,
rams, rivers
of olive oil,
even their
firstborn
children to
appease Your
case against
Israel. More
recently
people offer
good works
seeking to
appease You
such as
acts of
charity and
kindness,
along with
other actions
and deeds, all
performance
based. You
choose instead
to deal with
our inner
qualities and
attitudes that
influence our
words and
actions,
thereby
enabling us to
do justly, to
love mercy,
and to walk
humbly with
You in our
daily walk.
May these
qualities be
engrafted in
us in such a
way that they
are a natural
outgrowth of
who we are in
Christ Jesus.
In His name we
pray. Amen.Today's
Suggested Music and Supplemental
Resources
"Micah
6:8"
Click to
listen on
YouTube
Maranatha
Music We
have learned
that singing a
verse to music
is a great aid
in
memorization
that won't
fade away even
decades later.
*
Virtual
jam (Click
only if you
have memorized
Micah 6:8) Note:
Please take
only one jar.
Yesterday
Josh Beers, a
friend of
ours, preached
in the church
service about
finding hope
in suffering.
The above
photo was
taken
yesterday as
he introduced
his family. Josh
is a leader at
One
Life Institute,
a nine month
Christian Gap
Year Program
for students
who want to
grow in their
faith,
experience
genuine
community,
serve others,
and travel
while earning
college
credit. Awhile
back Josh made
a visit to our
home telling
us of his
ministry: One
Life is for
students out
of high school
and we
discussed ways
that others
may be of
benefit to the
ministry. I am
refreshed by
Josh's heart
for ministry
and for young
people. He is
also very
active in
local ministry
serving as
chaplain to
our
Barnstormers
minor league
baseball team
as well as
several other
ministries. We
would like to
share a link
to his message
which we feel
would be
helpful to
many of our
readers but
the livestream
video has not
been edited at
the time we
post our
message.
Flower
planters on
our deck. We
were serving
as chaplains
at Audrey's in
Lebanon just
before the
spring season
and I came
across these
galvanized
planters with
the fun
messages
printed on the
side. I gave
them to
Brooksyne for
Mother's Day
and now we're
watching the
coleus grow.
We're in
Brooksyne's
favorite
season now,
that when I
look outside
my office
window, I see
her smiling as
she is
watering,
trimming or
inspecting her
many plants.
Click to enlarge
Click to enlarge
Our
neighbors Bob
and Laura are
growing greens
in the small
garden behind
their house
and gave us
some fresh
broccoli
yesterday. The
fun of
gardening is
getting an
abundance and
sharing with
neighbors,
family and
co-workers.
Finally
today:
Ever
since our
college days,
when we met in
the
mid-seventies,
we have both
been blood
donors and
normally go to
the
bloodmobile
together. On
Saturday we
were seated
across from
each other for
the first time
we ever
recall.
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To
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WEBER -
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