Monday, 10/2/06 "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing."
Genesis 12:2 NIV

Abraham would BE a blessing. What would have happened to us if he had walked away from the Lord instead of obeying? Just like Abraham YOU can be a blessing to someone else.

Tuesday, 10/3/06 And now it is because of my hope in what God has promised our fathers that I am on trial today.
Acts 26:6 NIV

Paul had HOPE in God. That Hope is Jesus Christ. We can not come to the Father unless we go through the Son. For we are dead in our sins but Christ died for us so that we may live. He gave us Hope in the future, a future in Heaven.

Wednesday, 10/4/06 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.
Genesis 6:22 NIV

It doesn't say "he did some things as God commanded" or "he did everything kind of like God commanded". Noah did EVERYTHING JUST as God commanded. God's Will is perfect if we just follow His commands our lives will be fruitful.

Thursday, 10/5/06 "For the Lord your God is the One who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory."
Deuteronomy 20:4 NIV

The enemy is determined and he tries to catch us unprepared for battle. The Lord is our protector. He is always prepared to defend us, and He knows all of Satan's attacks. We will be victorious when Christ is our armor.

Friday, 10/6/06 Some of the wise will stumble, so that they may be refined, purified and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.
Daniel 11:35 NIV

We will encounter obstacles in our life that cause us to stumble. Remember that God uses these speed bumps as a way to bring us low so that He may lift us up.
Monday, 10/9/06 It is better to heed a wise man's rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5 NIV

When someone offers advice do you listen for the wisdom or are you quick to dismiss their words? Can you handle the guidance of others or are your feelings hurt? If you can't handle the rebuke of others how will you handle the judgment of God?

Tuesday, 10/10/06 Naaman's servants went to him and said, "My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, 'Wash and be cleansed'!"
2 Kings 5:13 NIV

Why is it that we wait on God to perform "miracles" when He's standing here waiting to bless our everyday life. Do your blessings have to be majestic for everyone to see? Or are you thankful for all that the Lord provides?

Wednesday, 10/11/06 A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.
Romans 2:28 NIV

Where is your heart? Are you worried about how others perceive you or how Jesus knows you? The world only sees the outer shell that will age and die, Christ knows the inner soul that He loves. Forgo the world for the greater glory.

Thursday, 10/12/06 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:14 NIV

What are you thankful for during the season? We praise the Father for sending the Son to us during Christmas but should it end there? Let's carry that over into the new year and let His Light shine through us year round.

Friday, 10/13/06 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
Hebrews 11:6 NIV

What is it that you seek? Do you strive to please God? Do you earnestly seek Him? Without faith these things are impossible.
Monday, 10/16/06 Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!
Nehemiah 4:20 NIV

God has not only fought for us but He has won the war! We only need to join Him. The outcome is already determined and every knee WILL bend. Don't wait until that day to declare Jesus as Lord.

Tuesday, 10/17/06 Then He returned to His disciples and found them sleeping. "Could you men not keep watch with Me for one hour?" He asked Peter.
Matthew 26:40 NIV

One hour? How much time are you devoting to God? Are you keeping watch or have you fallen asleep? Notice that Jesus didn't ask for anything more than to merely watch with Him for one hour. This was as He was preparing to go to the cross for them. He died on that cross for YOU, can you spare Him some of your time?

Wednesday, 10/18/06 Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.
Deuteronomy 4:39 NIV

God is Lord not only in Heaven but on the earth as well. There is NO other God.

Thursday, 10/19/06 I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
Luke 12:4-5 NIV

Hell is real. Don't let anyone deceive you lest of all Satan. Satan doesn't want you to believe in hell. Why? Simple, if there is no hell then there is no consequence for failing to follow God and each of us are free to follow his own way.

Friday, 10/20/06 'Listen, O high priest Joshua and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring My servant, the Branch. See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,' says the Lord Almighty, 'and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.
Zechariah 3:8-9 NIV

God will bring forth the Branch and will remove the sin in a single day. Jesus is that Branch and He died upon the cross so that your sin might be removed. In one day, He brought salvation for all who believe in Him.
Monday, 10/23/06 Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm:
Job 40:6 NIV

Even in the middle of the storm when all seems lost and we feel forsaken, God is there. Just listen for His direction and He will guide you through.

Tuesday, 10/24/06 Some have in fact already turned away to follow Satan.
1 Timothy 5:15 NIV

They didn't just turn away instead they turned away to follow Satan. There is no middle ground. You are either following God or you are following the deceiver. Make the right choice.

Wednesday, 10/25/06 Keep my commands and follow them. I am the Lord.
Leviticus 22:31 NIV

It's not enough to just KEEP His commands, we also have to FOLLOW them. Keep is a matter of knowing. Follow requires actual action. Follow the Lord!

Thursday, 10/26/06 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that His life may be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
2 Corinthians 4:10-12 NIV

We are constantly dying so that we might live in Christ. His life is revealed in us. We live, we rejoice, we weep, we hurt, we pray, we love, we hope, we trust, we believe.

Friday, 10/27/06 Daniel replied, "No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come. Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind as you lay on your bed are these:
Daniel 2:27-28 NIV

God was talking to Nebuchadnezzar. He talks to even those that do not believe. And He reveals what he chooses to reavel to whow He chooses.
Monday, 10/30/06 And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.
Malachi 3:18 NIV

Do people see a distinction when they look at you? Do they see someone who serves God?

Tuesday, 10/31/06 "Please do not go away until I come back and bring my offering and set it before you." And the Lord said, "I will wait until you return."
Judges 6:18 NIV

The Lord waits for us everyday. Everytime we sin we are cutting ourselves off from Him but He is still there waiting. The day will come though when His patience will come to an end. Don't be caught away from Him on that day.