Daily Devotional, Year 2 – JUNE 26 (Eating Like A Bird!)

By admin On January 26th, 2021

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Daily Devotional, Year 2 – JUNE 26

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Eating Like A Bird!

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Endangered Bird – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

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“I have esteemed the Words of His mouth

more than my necessary food.”

Job 23:12

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Have you ever heard the expression, “She eats like a bird”?

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Well, there once was a beautiful young lady with a golden voice, named Karen Carpenter.

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Unfortunately, her career was tragically cut short because she literally starved herself to death.

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You see, for some reason, Karen just couldn’t eat enough food.

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Karen Carpenter – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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PHYSICAL & SPIRITUAL FOOD!

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Just think about our opening little worldly proverb… “She (or he) eats like a bird!”

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This little expression can very easily be translated into spiritual truth, if we just look at how little that most Christians study the Bible.

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Pollsters have discovered that the average Christian spends very little time, if any, studying our Bible!

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Oh, you need proof?

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Well, the general consensus in Christendom says that if you asked the average Christian to recite the Ten Commandments, they couldn’t do it!

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Listen… “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:

because thou hast rejected knowledge,

I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me…”

Hosea 4:6

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Sadly, as this above statement from Hosea 4:6 was true in Old Testament times, it is just as true today!

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Family watching television – c. 1958 – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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ONE TINY MEAL PER DAY?

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Most dedicated churchgoers probably spend perhaps 15 minutes per day studying the Bible.

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And if we translate that into worldly terms, that would be like eating one small meal per day!

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But can a person survive on one small meal per day? No, eventually that person would starve to death!

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US Navy – Chaplain Lt. Jason Gregory reads Bible on weather deck – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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SATAN KEEPS US BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!

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Yes, the Enemy of Souls has put forth herculean effort in designing this complicated society for that very purpose…

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…to get Christians so busy in the world, that we put our prayer and Bible study on the proverbial, “back-burner”!

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Listen… “And take heed to yourselves,

lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting,

and drunkenness, and cares of this life,

and so that Day come upon you unawares…”

Luke 21:34-36 (Condensed)

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**Such a frightful and sobering warning as this from Luke 21:34-36, should cause us to re-assess the priorities in our lives!**

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Multitask – Wikimedia – C.C. Share-alike License

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NO DIGESTION EITHER!

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Now, if this weren’t a bad enough situation, it even gets worse, since most Christians do not contemplate what we read in the Bible!

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In other words, when we close our Bibles in the morning, we get so busy with the cares and pleasures of life, that we simply forget to contemplate God’s Word as we go about our daily tasks!

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And so, this condition would be akin to eating that one small meal, but not even digesting the little food that we did eat!

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Hunger breeds madness – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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LOVING TO EAT GOD’S WORD!

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The Bible says… “Thy words were found, and I did eat them;

and Thy Word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart:

for I am called by Thy name, O LORD God of hosts.”

Jeremiah 15:16

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Yes, Jeremiah’s love for the Bible should likewise be our same love!

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And listen to Job… “I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.” Job 23:12

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Yes, both Job and Jeremiah share the same love for God’s Word!

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Now just listen to one more verse… “Oh how I love Thy Law (Thy Word)! It is my meditation all the day long!” Psalm 119:11

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Now these three verses from Job, Jeremiah and Psalms should be the very same spirit which permeates through my own daily life!

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Prophet Jeremiah Dictates to Baruch – Wikiart.com – US Public Domain

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STILL TIME TO CHANGE!

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The Good News is that this is still the Day of Salvation!

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So, why not plead with God to fill up my daily life with His Word?

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I really need to turn off the world, as much as possible and fill my ears with God’s Word!

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No, not some book about the Bible!

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But maybe even get the Bible on audio, and listen to it as I awake, and as I walk and work, and as I lie down at night!

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And then, by so-doing, I can fulfill God command to, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom…”

Colossians 3:16

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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Give me the desire to totally dedicate my life to the knowledge of Thee as revealed in Thy Word…

Marine Praying – Wikimedia – USMC Public Domain

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THE END

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FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

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LOCATING THIS 3RD FACE

The 3rd face of the Moon is a bit more difficult to locate, because it is mostly upside down.

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But this photo and this sketch are how this face would appear if it was turned right side up. (In the southern hemisphere, however, this is how the Moon would appear.)

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The third face is the most difficult to see in the northern hemisphere, but once you do, it then becomes easy.

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This face is like a furry creature of the field.

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Maybe a rabbit. Maybe a squirrel. Perhaps a chipmunk.

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Probably a mouse.

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All “seekers”; all foragers or scavengers.

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And while this picture shows this little “beast of the field” right side up, this 3rd face is always pretty much in an upside-down position.

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The other two faces appear right-side-up, and are easier to locate.

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This photo and this sketch are both turned around to help you see this 3rd face easily.

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This enhanced sketch to the above right is merely to help you to see this face more easily. (As already stated, this 3rd face is right side up in the southern hemisphere.)

Moon – by James Bowe – 3rd Face – cropped & highlighted photo – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

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TOMORROW…

JUNE 27 (Eternal Torment? Part 10: Endless Stripes?)

whipping – forty-stripes – Wikipedia – US-public-domain. (2)

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO STUDY IN JEREMIAH

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.

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THIS STUDY #541 IS PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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above picture: Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain

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