[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] DONNIE DAILY GEMS FOR WEDNESDAY MAY 25

[Donnie Parrett]

DONNIE DAILY GEMS FOR WEDNESDAY MAY 25

WORD OF WISDOM

I went to an antique show and people were bidding on me!

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DAILY DEVOTION

The Name on the Helmet


For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you,
not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think
soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For
as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same
office: So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one
of another.
Romans 12:3-5

When Herman Edwards was introduced as the new head coach of the Kansas City
Chiefs in 2006, he immediately made it clear what he would be looking for in
his players. Edwards said, "The players that play on this football team will
play for the name on the side of the helmet and not the name on the back of
the jersey." It can be hard to get a team filled with star atheletes making
millions of dollars per year to work together. But it is essential. A team
that is riven by division and strife is not likely to win their games or
reach their goals.
The same is true in the spiritual world. All of God's children wear the same
helmet-the helmet of salvation-and we are called to work together, each of
us playing the role God has given us. A church that is not united will not
see great victories for God. The church in Jerusalem was characterized by
their unity, and great power followed. "And when the day of Pentecost was
fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there
came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the
house where they were sitting" (Acts 2:1-2).
The critical thing for a church that is struggling is not to replace their
"players" or "coaches," but for everyone to work together. Our common love
for God should knit our hearts together, and our desire to please Him should
motivate us to carry out the responsibilities we have in His work.
A church that is united around their common bond through Christ and common
desire to lift Him up will have the power needed to overcome the enemy and
win the victory.

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DAILY BIBLE READING

Job 13-15 NKJV

Chapter 13
 13:1  "Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood
it.
 13:2  What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
 13:3  But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.
 13:4  But you forgers of lies, You are all worthless physicians.
 13:5  Oh, that you would be silent, And it would be your wisdom!
 13:6  Now hear my reasoning, And heed the pleadings of my lips.
 13:7  Will you speak wickedly for God, And talk deceitfully for Him?
 13:8  Will you show partiality for Him? Will you contend for God?
 13:9  Will it be well when He searches you out? Or can you mock Him as one
mocks a man?
 13:10  He will surely rebuke you If you secretly show partiality.
 13:11  Will not His excellence make you afraid, And the dread of Him fall
upon you?
 13:12  Your platitudes are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of
clay.
 13:13  "Hold your peace with me, and let me speak, Then let come on me what
may!
 13:14  Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hands?
 13:15  Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my
own ways before Him.
 13:16  He also shall be my salvation, For a hypocrite could not come before
Him.
 13:17  Listen carefully to my speech, And to my declaration with your ears.
 13:18  See now, I have prepared my case, I know that I shall be vindicated.
 13:19  Who is he who will contend with me? If now I hold my tongue, I
perish.
 13:20  "Only two things do not do to me, Then I will not hide myself from
You:
 13:21  Withdraw Your hand far from me, And let not the dread of You make me
afraid.
 13:22  Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, then You respond to
me.
 13:23  How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my transgression
and my sin.
 13:24  Why do You hide Your face, And regard me as Your enemy?
 13:25  Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro? And will You pursue dry
stubble?
 13:26  For You write bitter things against me, And make me inherit the
iniquities of my youth.
 13:27  You put my feet in the stocks, And watch closely all my paths. You
set a limit for the soles of my feet.
 13:28  "Man decays like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Chapter 14
 14:1  "Man who is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble.
 14:2  He comes forth like a flower and fades away; He flees like a shadow
and does not continue.
 14:3  And do You open Your eyes on such a one, And bring me to judgment
with Yourself?
 14:4  Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!
 14:5  Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You;
You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.
 14:6  Look away from him that he may rest, Till like a hired man he
finishes his day.
 14:7  "For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout
again, And that its tender shoots will not cease.
 14:8  Though its root may grow old in the earth, And its stump may die in
the ground,
 14:9  Yet at the scent of water it will bud And bring forth branches like a
plant.
 14:10  But man dies and is laid away; Indeed he breathes his last And where
is he?
 14:11  As water disappears from the sea, And a river becomes parched and
dries up,
 14:12  So man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake Nor be roused from their sleep.
 14:13  "Oh, that You would hide me in the grave, That You would conceal me
until Your wrath is past, That You would appoint me a set time, and remember
me!
 14:14  If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my hard service
I will wait, Till my change comes.
 14:15  You shall call, and I will answer You; You shall desire the work of
Your hands.
 14:16  For now You number my steps, But do not watch over my sin.
 14:17  My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You cover my iniquity.
 14:18  "But as a mountain falls and crumbles away, And as a rock is moved
from its place;
 14:19  As water wears away stones, And as torrents wash away the soil of
the earth; So You destroy the hope of man.
 14:20  You prevail forever against him, and he passes on; You change his
countenance and send him away.
 14:21  His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; They are brought
low, and he does not perceive it.
 14:22  But his flesh will be in pain over it, And his soul will mourn over
it."

Chapter 15
 15:1  Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
 15:2  "Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge, And fill himself with
the east wind?
 15:3  Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or by speeches with which he
can do no good?
 15:4  Yes, you cast off fear, And restrain prayer before God.
 15:5  For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the tongue of
the crafty.
 15:6  Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify
against you.
 15:7  "Are you the first man who was born? Or were you made before the
hills?
 15:8  Have you heard the counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
 15:9  What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is
not in us?
 15:10  Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Much older than your
father.
 15:11  Are the consolations of God too small for you, And the word spoken
gently with you?
 15:12  Why does your heart carry you away, And what do your eyes wink at,
 15:13  That you turn your spirit against God, And let such words go out of
your mouth?
 15:14  "What is man, that he could be pure? And he who is born of a woman,
that he could be righteous?
 15:15  If God puts no trust in His saints, And the heavens are not pure in
His sight,
 15:16  How much less man, who is abominable and filthy, Who drinks iniquity
like water!
 15:17  "I will tell you, hear me; What I have seen I will declare,
 15:18  What wise men have told, Not hiding anything received from their
fathers,
 15:19  To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them:
 15:20  The wicked man writhes with pain all his days, And the number of
years is hidden from the oppressor.
 15:21  Dreadful sounds are in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer comes
upon him.
 15:22  He does not believe that he will return from darkness, For a sword
is waiting for him.
 15:23  He wanders about for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that a
day of darkness is ready at his hand.
 15:24  Trouble and anguish make him afraid; They overpower him, like a king
ready for battle.
 15:25  For he stretches out his hand against God, And acts defiantly
against the Almighty,
 15:26  Running stubbornly against Him With his strong, embossed shield.
 15:27  "Though he has covered his face with his fatness, And made his waist
heavy with fat,
 15:28  He dwells in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabits, Which
are destined to become ruins.
 15:29  He will not be rich, Nor will his wealth continue, Nor will his
possessions overspread the earth.
 15:30  He will not depart from darkness; The flame will dry out his
branches, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
 15:31  Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself, For futility
will be his reward.
 15:32  It will be accomplished before his time, And his branch will not be
green.
 15:33  He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine, And cast off his
blossom like an olive tree.
 15:34  For the company of hypocrites will be barren, And fire will consume
the tents of bribery.
 15:35  They conceive trouble and bring forth futility; Their womb prepares
deceit."