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Jul 14 • 7 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
#GeraldsDevotional
This is How We Fight Our Battles
In these days of unprecedented events (both good blessings and extreme conflicts and rebellion), there is a continuous strong temptation to lash out with words of correction or retaliation. I have struggled with that intently over this past weekend watching local, national and
global events and wanting to call out people by name making a case and an argument for their rebellion, hypocrisy, lies and manipulation. Any time spent watching the news media immediately fills anyone with these desires. I have found that it doesn’t really matter which news
outlet (liberal or conservative), they are all heavily skewed with opinions and motivation.

It was at this point this weekend when I disconnected from monitoring all of it and was reminded of this famous Pauline verse that so precisely describes the times in which we live today.
It is not by my own might, power, intellectual wit, or ability to overcome or to shame anyone in order to make them believe what I believe. It is only by God’s awesome power working in each of His children. That is the only thing which will bring ultimate healing and resolution.
3 We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. 4 We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. 5 We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their
rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. - 2 Corinthians 10:3-5

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Jul 13
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God is Always Good
This simple four-word message or theme is what the Lord woke me up with this morning as yet another burden on my heart. As I contemplated and reflected, I saw it as a reminder to you and me today of some important truths that will keep us focused and not distracted. The
characteristic of His goodness is shown as a theme permeating the entire bible from Genesis to Revelation (His goodness and mercy which endures forever). His intentions and plans for us are always good and never change (even when we do). His commands are always for our good.
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Jul 12
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Wherever I Go…
Today’s devotional is about one of my favorite bible verses. A dearly beloved brother who serves along side of me had a lanyard made for me with my name on one side and this verse on the other. I wear this lanyard daily in service as a reminder for me and often as a way to
generate conversation with others.

It is a verse that has kept me as a reminder even at times when I thought the sky was falling in and all was lost. During those times, it has reminded me of from where my help and strength come. It has also kept me when I have tended to stray
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Jul 11
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Fear God – The Beginning of Wisdom?
In yesterday’s devotional, I explored the idea that there is no fear in love and that God’s perfect love casts out fear. Yet the bible also teaches us in Proverbs 9:10 that “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.” Is this a contradiction? I would submit to you that it
is not at all a contradiction and here is my reason for you to consider.

It is ironic that Proverbs 9:10 was written by Solomon whom God blessed with great wisdom. When we look at the whole of Solomon’s life, we see that he lived a life of great excess with somewhat of a selfish
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Jul 10
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Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
“Faith, Hope and Love… the greatest of these is love…” When we have given our lives completely to God, His perfect love overshadows us and begins to develop a love like His in us. That type of love (based on faith in Him) can not co-exist with fear. What do we tend to fear
these days? The list goes on and on. One of the long-established fears is that of death.

The good news is that when it comes to death, we go back to the title of this devotional. Death was never part of God’s design in creation (what He described as “very good” in Genesis 2).
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Jul 9
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The Potter and the Clay
Six years ago today as I awoke, the Lord showed me the famous word He gave to Jeremiah in chapter 18 about the Potter and the clay. He showed me some basic things about this famous metaphor to give insight and comfort. First, just as He did in the beginning when the LORD created
man, here again He gets very personal with the clay, getting His hands involved in the shaping and molding (getting them dirty). There are two very opposing laws at work during this process. 1) The law of sin and death which is always trying to remind the clay that it is simple
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The Great Pursuit
I had a dream last night that I was on the run for my life, being chased in hot pursuit by a group of adversaries. Have you ever had one of those types of dreams that brings about a somewhat restless night that bordered on tossing and turning? My dream involved running through
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