[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] DONNIE DAILY GEMS FOR MONDAY OCTOBER 3

Mon Oct 3 16:06:05 UTC 2022

DONNIE DAILY GEMS FOR MONDAY OCTOBER 3

NOTE: Sorry for not posting my "Donnie Daily Gems" last week, but my
computer apparently ate my address book and I'm having a very difficult time
getting email addresses back.
Hopefully, I am on the right track now.

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MEMORY SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK

Matthew 6:9-13
9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name. 
 10Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 
 11Give us this day our daily bread. 
 12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 
 13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is
the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

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THOUGHT OF THE DAY

God's plan for our life is always forward focused.

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DAILY DEVOTION

Rejecting the World

The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so
that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live. In
which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his
father's house three months: And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter
took him up, and nourished him for her own son. And Moses was learned in all
the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
Acts 7:19-22

>From the time he was five or six years old, Moses lived as royalty. As the
adopted grandson of Pharaoh, he had all of the privileges and power a young
man could want. He was taught and trained in the Egyptian system. Yet
despite that indoctrination, Moses remained true to the God of Israel. When
the time came to make a choice, he turned his back on prestige and position
and chose to stand with the people of God, who were slaves at that time. God
used Moses as the human instrument of their deliverance. Even though he was
raised in the world's system, he remained true to God. The Puritan English
preacher Thomas Watson wrote, "All the danger is when the world gets into
the heart. The water is useful for the sailing of the ship; all the danger
is when the water gets into the ship; so the fear is when the world gets
into the heart."
Daily we are exposed to the indoctrination of the world. It fills our
education system, our media, our entertainment, and all too often, it begins
to influence our thinking. It takes a great deal of effort and commitment to
stand firmly for God and the truth in the face of such a strong force, but
it is right and possible. Like Moses in Egypt or like Daniel in Babylon, we
can be true to God no matter what others around us may be doing. We do not
have to adopt their values and beliefs. We do not have to give in to the
pressure.
The world tries to draw us away from God, but they cannot succeed unless we
help them.

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DAILY BIBLE READING

Haggai 1-2 New King James Version
The Command to Build God's House
1 In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of
the month, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the
son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the
high priest, saying, 2 "Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, saying: 'This people
says, "The time has not come, the time that the Lord's house should be
built." ' "

3 Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 "Is it
time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, and this [a]temple
to lie in ruins?" 5 Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: "Consider
your ways!

6 "You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough;
You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no
one is warm; And he who earns wages, Earns wages to put into a bag with
holes."

7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Consider your ways! 8 Go up to the mountains
and bring wood and build the [b]temple, that I may take pleasure in it and
be glorified," says the Lord. 9 "You looked for much, but indeed it came to
little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?" says the Lord of
hosts. "Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to
his own house. 10 Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the
earth withholds its fruit. 11 For I called for a drought on the land and the
mountains, on the grain and the new wine and the oil, on whatever the ground
brings forth, on men and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands."

The People's Obedience
12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak,
the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the
Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God
had sent him; and the people feared the presence of the Lord. 13 Then
Haggai, the Lord's messenger, spoke the Lord's message to the people,
saying, "I am with you, says the Lord." 14 So the Lord stirred up the spirit
of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of
Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the
remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the Lord of
hosts, their God, 15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the
second year of King Darius.

The Coming Glory of God's House
2 In the seventh month, on the twenty-first of the month, the word of the
Lord came [c]by Haggai the prophet, saying: 2 "Speak now to Zerubbabel the
son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the
high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying: 3 'Who is left among
you who saw this [d]temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now?
In comparison with it, is this not in your eyes as nothing? 4 Yet now be
strong, Zerubbabel,' says the Lord; 'and be strong, Joshua, son of
Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land,' says
the Lord, 'and work; for I am with you,' says the Lord of hosts. 5
'According to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of
Egypt, so My Spirit remains among you; do not fear!'

6 "For thus says the Lord of hosts: 'Once more (it is a little while) I will
shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; 7 and I will shake all
nations, and they shall come to the [e]Desire of All Nations, and I will
fill this [f]temple with glory,' says the Lord of hosts. 8 'The silver is
Mine, and the gold is Mine,' says the Lord of hosts. 9 'The glory of this
latter [g]temple shall be greater than the former,' says the Lord of hosts.
'And in this place I will give peace,' says the Lord of hosts."

The People Are Defiled
10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of
Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 11 "Thus
says the Lord of hosts: 'Now, ask the priests concerning the law, saying, 12
"If one carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with the edge he
touches bread or stew, wine or oil, or any food, will it become holy?" ' "

Then the priests answered and said, "No."

13 And Haggai said, "If one who is unclean because of a dead body touches
any of these, will it be unclean?"

So the priests answered and said, "It shall be unclean."

14 Then Haggai answered and said, " 'So is this people, and so is this
nation before Me,' says the Lord, 'and so is every work of their hands; and
what they offer there is unclean.

Promised Blessing
15 'And now, carefully consider from this day forward: from before stone was
laid upon stone in the temple of the Lord- 16 since those days, when one
came to a heap of twenty ephahs, there were but ten; when one came to the
wine vat to draw out fifty baths from the press, there were but twenty. 17 I
struck you with blight and mildew and hail in all the labors of your hands;
yet you did not turn to Me,' says the Lord. 18 'Consider now from this day
forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that
the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid-consider it: 19 Is the seed
still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the
olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will bless you.' "

Zerubbabel Chosen as a Signet
20 And again the word of the Lord came to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of
the month, saying, 21 "Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying:

'I will shake heaven and earth.
22 I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms; I will destroy the strength of
the Gentile kingdoms.
I will overthrow the chariots
And those who ride in them;
The horses and their riders shall come down, Every one by the sword of his
brother.

23 'In that day,' says the Lord of hosts, 'I will take you, Zerubbabel My
servant, the son of Shealtiel,' says the Lord, 'and will make you like a
signet ring; for I have chosen you,' says the Lord of hosts."

Footnotes
Haggai 1:4 Lit. house
Haggai 1:8 Lit. house
Haggai 2:1 Lit. by the hand of
Haggai 2:3 Lit. house
Haggai 2:7 Or desire of all nations
Haggai 2:7 Lit. house
Haggai 2:9 Lit. house

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