Love covers

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Proverbs 10:12 says, "Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins." May the Lord help us this day to be the one who covers another's sin. It is good to forgive, and to cover someone else's sin. Let's do it to others the same way we want done to us. Remember that we all have sin in our lives, and that God is not finished with any of us yet.

are we sensitive to one another

The closer I live to God, the more sensitive I will be to the needs of people. Walking with God can make me intolerant, demanding, and holier than thou. It means that I have received enough of Him to stimulate me, but not enough to intoxicate me.

Waiting on God

Psalm 62:1 says, "truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation." Do we like to wait on God's leading and direction? Or perhaps instead of waiting we make our plans and plow ahead forgetting that the Word tells us, that man makes his plans and God orders his steps. It seems to me that I spend seconds at green lights and hours at yellow lights and most of the time at red lights. In Acts 1:4 Jesus told his disciples not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for the promise of the Father. This promise is found in verse 8 of the same  chapter and says, "But ye shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit is come upon you and ye shall be witnesses...." What are we waiting for? I hope that we understand that before we can go, or leave as the disciples wanted to, we must have the power to go. Waiting on the Lord renews our strength and then when he says go, we go!

YES OR NO

In Matthew 5:37 it says,"But let your communication be, Yea,yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." We should answer with a yes or a no. People used to do this. I can't help but wonder what happened? How honest are we in our lives? Jesus knows!

"Timber"

Jesus said in Matthew 7, "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." God's judgment is certainly exact and to the heart of the matter. Fruitless trees are cut down and thrown into the fire. Can we hear the cries of "timber" coming from those whom God has assigned as the lumberjacks. Remember judgement does begin at the house of God.

Peace

Psalm 37: 37 says, "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace." Where does that peace come from? Philippians 4: 6,7 tells us this, "Be careful for nothing: but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Even a young child knows enough to cry out for help. Lord help us, we pray and thank you for the peace.

When we pray?

In James 5: 16 - 18 it says, "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. Elijah 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. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit." What kind of results are we having when we pray?