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Daily Devotional, Year 1 – NOVEMBER 11th

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A Soul is a Terrible Thing to Waste!

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“For what shall it profit a man,

if he shall gain the whole world,

and lose his own soul?”

Mark 8:36

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Of all the possessions that a human can have, the soul is by far the most important!

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And yet, it’s truly remarkable how lightly esteemed the soul is!

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The above verse from Mark 8:36, puts the importance of the human soul in proper perspective…

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Listen again…“For what shall it profit a man,

if he shall gain the whole world,

and lose his own soul?”

Mark 8:36

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It is more valuable than all the riches this world can offer, as the above verse alludes…

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New York Times Square – terabass – cropped image – Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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“Preserve my soul; for I am holy!” 

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The soul is what makes you, you, and me, me.

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So, if both you and I lose our soul, then there is no more “you”, and there is no more “me”.

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We simply will no longer exist.

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Listen again… “Preserve my soul; for I am holy:

O Thou my God, save Thy servant that trusteth in Thee.”

Psalm 86:2.

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Prayer – USMC – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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WHAT DID HENRY SAY ABOUT, “MY SOUL…MY DARLING”?

Psalm 22:20 & 35:17

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“Lord…rescue my soul from their destructions,

my darling from the lions.”

Psalm 35:17

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That great theologian of yesteryear, Matthew Henry, had a thing to say concerning the preciousness of the soul, and why Psalms 22:20 & 35:17 refer to it as “my darling”…

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Listen to Henry… “My soul is my only one…

…I have but one soul to take care of…

…and therefore the greater is my shame if I neglect it…

…and the greater will the loss be if I let it perish…

…Being my only one, it ought to be my darling…

…for the eternal welfare of which I ought to be deeply concerned…

…I do not use my soul as my darling…

…unless I take care to preserve it from every thing that would hurt it…

…and to provide all necessaries for it…

…and be entirely tender of its welfare.”

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So, Henry interprets, “my darling”, as referring to the soul, expressing how dear and precious is a man’s soul!

(See Psalms 22:20 & 35:17 for this expression, “darling”)

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Matthew Henry – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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SILENCE IS DEAFENING!

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But of course, as far as those of the world are concerned, the soul is mostly regarded as worthless!

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On TV or radio, there are endless commercials about physical or mental health or safety!

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But do you ever hear an advertisement about the value of a soul? Do the various TV dramas ever deal with the preservation of the soul?

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And if you ever do, it will probably be done in a mocking or negative manner.

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TV icon novela svg. – Wikimedia –

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THE REAL BILLIONAIRES!

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Those who neglect the care of their soul, are indeed, the poorest of the poor! They will simply wither away and die and be no more!

(See Psalm 37:10, read entire Psalm)

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But on the other hand, those who value, and care, and nurture their soul, are among the richest of the rich, though they may be poor in earthly wealth!

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After all, who would you rather be: an earthly billionaire, who eventually withers away and dies, or a poor person who will live forever in a beautiful universe?

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No, the real billionaires are those who love their own soul, and care for it and nurture it…

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Listen… “There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing:

there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

The ransom of a man’s life are his riches:”

Proverbs 13:7, 8.

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Jesus is the ransom for our soul.

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And that ransom paid by Him is worth more than all the riches of this world!

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Old Man Street-Preaching – Wikipedia – Courtesy of BeenAroundAWhile at en.wikipedia – Share-alike License

Poor man reading – cropped image – wikimedia – share-alike license

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TO READ PART 2, GO HERE…

October 6 (A Soul Is A Terrible Thing To Waste, Part 2: “A Conscience Is A Terrible Thing To Waste!”)

ABOVE PICTURE: Most Holy Place within the heart – Signs Of Heaven

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to set my priorities right, and make my Salvation (and the Salvation of others) my one and only chief desire…

Prayer for USA – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

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READ MORE…

You may wish to read this following related devotional…

…May 28th” (George Whitefield: Ye Must Be Born Again!)”…

 …or you can also read…“MARCH 31 (How To Put Time In A Bottle!)”

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THE END

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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN

 

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ARK SEEN IN HEAVEN

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“And the temple of God was opened in Heaven,

and there was seen in His temple the ark of His testament:

and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.”

Revelation 11:19

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The above verse from Revelation, speaks of God’s Temple in Heaven being opened.

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But this great constellation the Sagittarius Constellation is actually being the constellation of the Ark of the Covenant.

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So, these two events (the Ark in Heaven seen, and this Ark in the night-sky revealed) go hand in hand simultaneously.

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The Ark Constellation, as sketched in to this Wikipedia star-chart, is a representation of the heavenly Ark, as God begins to open up the spiritual concepts of that true Ark to our minds.

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Star-chart from Wikipedia (this Website has taken the liberty to sketch in this Ark Constellation)

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READ MORE…

The Ark of the Covenant Constellation

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TOMORROW:

“November 12th (Are You Suffering From D.C.S.?)”

Pilgrim’s Progress – Converse with Ignorance – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY

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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 IS STUDY #313 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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