Monday, January 30, 2012: Zechariah 4:10 (NKJV)            Seven Spirits of God

If three colors of light mingle, seven colors result:  3 pure, 2 doubles and 1 triple overlap.

      For who has despised the day of small things?

      For these seven rejoice to see

      The plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

      They are the eyes of the Lord,

      Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.”

Revelation 1:4 (NKJV)

John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne

Revelation 3:1 (NKJV)

“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write,

‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.

Revelation 5:6 (NKJV)

And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

 

1 4 2

Father                 Son

7

6 5

Holy Spirit

3

Tuesday, January 31, 2012: John 10:28 – 30 (NKJV)             Union of Father & Son, yellow overlap 4.

And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one.”

Wednesday, February 1, 2012: Galatians 4:6             Union of Son and Holy Spirit, cyan overlap 5.

And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

Thursday, February 2, 2012: Mt. 10:20             Union of Father & Holy Spirit, magenta overlap 6.

for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

Friday, February 3, 2012: Lu. 23:45 – 46             Union of Father, Son & Holy Spirit, white overlap 7.

Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two. And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, ‘into Your hands I commit My spirit.’” Having said this, He breathed His last.

Endure

Monday, January 23, 2012: 2 Corinthians 11:3 – 4 (NKJV)                  Do you put up with a different Jesus?

But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!

Do you put up with a different Jesus? The way to detect a false Christ is to read the Bible.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012: 2 Corinthians 11:17 – 20 (NKJV)                  Do you put up with being in bondage?

What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast. For you put up with fools gladly, since you yourselves are wise! For you put up with it if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face.

Do you put up with being in bondage? From the time of the apostles we have false teachers who enslave, rob, abuse believers while exalting themselves.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012: 2 Timothy 4:2 – 4 (NKJV)                  Do you dictate to your church leaders?

Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.

Do you dictate to your church leaders? If you dislike criticism, you do not put up with sound doctrine, which builds you up. Some tell their leaders that a message was inappropriate!

Thursday, January 26, 2012: Ephesians 4:1 – 3                  Are there church members you can’t bear?

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Are there church members you can’t bear? You are wrong: love them as Christ did and put up with them.

Friday, January 27, 2012: Colossians 3:12 – 13 (NKJV)                  Are there church members you can’t forgive?

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.

Are there church members you can’t forgive? You are wrong: forgive them as Christ forgave you.

Life After Work: Get A Life!

Monday, January 16, 2012: Proverbs 19:24 (NKJV)                   How NOT to be a home decoration

      A lazy man buries his hand in the bowl,

      And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

How to be a home decorator: finish what you started to do in the strength of the Lord.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012: Proverbs 6:9 – 11 (NKJV)                   How NOT to be a sleepyhead

      How long will you slumber, O sluggard?

      When will you rise from your sleep?

      A little sleep, a little slumber,

      A little folding of the hands to sleep—

      So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,

      And your need like an armed man.

How to be a provider: change your stationary status to movement.

Wednesday, January 18: Proverbs 10:26 (NKJV)                   How NOT to be a sour taste in God’s mouth

      As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,

      So is the lazy man to those who send him.

How to be God’s workman: limit your rest to a short nap; rise up and build.

Thursday, January 19, 2012: Proverbs 13:4 (NKJV)                   How NOT to be a dreamer

      The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing;

      But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

How to be a doer: finish what you started in the strength of the Lord.

Friday, January 20, 2012: Proverbs 21:25 (NKJV)                   How NOT to be a dead duck

      The desire of the lazy man kills him,

      For his hands refuse to labor.

How to get abundant life: please family and friends in loving works.

Rejection

Monday, January 9, 2012: Galatians 2:20 – 21 (NKJV)                   Did Christ die in vain?

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.”

Did Christ die in vain? No, He did not. If our new birth and life comes by doing what is  right and lawful, then He died in vain. This rejects God’s grace.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012: Galatians 3:15 – 16 (NKJV)                   Can a contract be annulled?

Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: Though it is only a man’s covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it.

Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ.

Can a contract be annulled? No human contract be annulled or added to once signed. Our heavenly contract was signed by Abraham’s seed, Christ, in His pure blood.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012: 1 Corinthians 1:18 – 19                  How strong is human logic?

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written:

      “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,

      And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”

How strong is human logic? It is weak. Before God’s logic, it is reckoned as nothing.

Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012: Jude 1:4, 8                  What is one mark that identifies the ungodly?

For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries.

What is one mark that identifies the ungodly? They reject authorities.  

Friday, January 13, 2012: Luke 10:16 – 17                   What does rejection of the gospel mean?

He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.” Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”

What does rejection of the gospel mean? It is God who they ultimately reject, not just you.

Sloth: how NOT to work.

Monday, January 2, 2012: Proverbs 22:13            How NOT to begin your workday.

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

How to begin your workday: Pray and lay to rest unfounded fears for the day.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012: Proverbs 15:19            How NOT to pass your workday.

The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

How to pass your workday: periodically examine your attitude. Stop building thorny barriers; construct smooth highways and move on.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012: Proverbs 24:30-31            How NOT to maintain your workspace.

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

How to maintain your workspace: create order, arrangement and protective barriers.

Thursday, January 5, 2012: Proverbs 20:4            How NOT to end your workday.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

How to end your workday: overcome weariness to line up tasks for the morrow.

Friday, January 6, 2012: Proverbs 26:14            How NOT to unwind after your workday.

As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

How to unwind after your workday: Limit your R&R to a single timed amusement (a- is without, muse is thought).