7/12/2010
7:34:22 AM
SPIRITUAL
DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: David’s conviction
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 1Samuel 24:5-75-7
Message
of the verses: “5 It came about afterward that David’s
conscience bothered him because he had cut off the edge of Saul’s robe. 6 So he said to his men, "Far be it from
me because of the LORD that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD’S
anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is the LORD’S
anointed." 7 David persuaded his
men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. And Saul
arose, left the cave, and went on his way.”
It is possible that Samuel had told
David of the time when Saul had cut off the corner of Samuel’s robe at which
Samuel told Saul that the Lord had torn the kingdom from him and given it to
another, so with this act that David did to Saul was the same as David felt bad
about it.
It must be remembered that David was
a young man at this point and that he was also a man that knew the Word of God,
knowing that it was sinful to murder someone as the 6th command
says. When David explained his reasoning
for not killing Saul then his men agreed with him for the most part however
they would have killed him in an instant and thought nothing of it.
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: At this
point in my life I have two persons that I have very little respect for, the
President of the United States, and the Pastor at Grace Baptist Church and even
though I have little respect for them I still have to respect the offices that
they hold and be careful how I speak of them for it is easy to talk bad about
them, but in the same time it is wrong.
I must remember the words of an old time TV show where Joe Friday who
was a police officer would tell the people he was interviewing about a crime
“Just the facts.”
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
In order to
be protective from the schemes of the evil one I must put on each piece of the
spiritual armor today: The belt of
truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the gospel of peace, take
up the shield of faith, and put on the helmet of salvation, and take up the
sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.
2.
I not only need to memorize the Word of God,
(certain portions), but I need to meditate upon it. The first portion I want to memorize is from
1Thes.,chapter four and verses two through eight because in this portion of
Scripture Paul writes by the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ that I am to
live the kind of life that is without lusting after other women or even worse
than lusting after them.
Memory
verses for the week: 1Thes.
4:2-3
Verses
2 & 3: For you know what
commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your
sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;
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8:08:32 AM
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