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Psalm 71:17

Todd Taylor — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:30:35 -0400

BIBLE MEDITATION:
Psalm 71:17 - "O God, Thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I

declared Thy wondrous works."

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Satan is on a killing spree - he wants to kill our memory and set us awash in the sea of forgetfulness without any recollection of our Christian heritage as a nation. Tragically, he's aiming his artillery at our children, and particularly in the place where they used to grow in the knowledge of good things - the public school. Prayer is out. Police are in. Bibles are out. Values clarification is in. The Ten Commandments are out. Social engineering is in. Creation is out. Evolution is in. History is out. Revisionism is in. God

says we need to remember the generation to come.

ACTION POINT:
You have an important job - to influence the lives of those who will come after you.

Teach them to walk in the ways of the Lord and against the tide of the world.

Colossians 3:1

Todd Taylor — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:11:00 -0400

BIBLE MEDITATION:
Colossians 3:1 - "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God."

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
First Peter 2:11 says that we are aliens and strangers in this world. We are in the world, but we are not of the world. We are twice-born in a world of once-born people, and we're going to find ourselves going against the tide most of the time. It's like a deep sea diver who is underwater and outside his natural environment. He could not live if he weren't linked to his life supply above. That's the way we need to live. If we are to survive, we must stay linked to Jesus who is our life. The Bible says we're not to set our affections on things beneath, but on things above where Christ sitteth at the right hand of the Father. (Colossians 3:1)

ACTION POINT:
It's time to check your lifeline...are you trusting in anything in this world? Are you making friends with the things of this world?

Ephesians 2:16

Todd Taylor — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:37:44 -0400

BIBLE MEDITATION:
Ephesians 2:16 - "And that He might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby."

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Up in heaven is the holy God; down below is the sinful man. And sin is the dividing rod that separates. Man has an empty void, so man is constantly trying to reach God. But he keeps rebounding off the sin barrier. Then God, moved in mercy by the pitiful plight of sinful man, said, "I will do something." God sent His Son, the Lord Jesus, to make a way. And upon the rough hewn timbers of a cross, Jesus gave His life so you and I could live forever. and live forgiven. Jesus built a bridge between man and God. It's a bridge man could never build and a bridge that man can never take away. God made a way that we couldn't make - for you and for me.

ACTION POINT:
Since Jesus built a bridge of love for you to be reconciled to God, it's your turn to build a bridge of love to someone who is lost and searching.

2 Corinthians 5:8

Todd Taylor — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:09:00 -0400

BIBLE MEDITATION:
2 Corinthians 5:8 - "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord."

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
A man named Solomon Peas died. His tombstone in London reads:
"Beneath these clouds and beneath these trees,
Lies the body of Solomon Peas.
But this ain't Peas - it's just the pod.
Peas shelled out and went to God."
I like that. That's what your body is. It's just a pod. What happens to a child of God who has trusted Christ as his personal Savior? When he closes his eyes in this life, he opens them in the next. Jesus did not say, "After two or three thousand years, you'll be with

Me in paradise." Jesus said, "Today, truly, you'll be with Me in paradise" (Luke 23:43).

ACTION POINT:
Are you confident that, if you died today, you'd be with Jesus in paradise? If not, then confess your sins and believe upon His name to save you. Now, go and tell someone!

John 3:16

Todd Taylor — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:35:00 -0400

BIBLE MEDITATION:
John 3:16 - "That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life."

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Your soul, made in the image of God, will exist forever. I think Billy Sunday the

evangelist said it this way. "Imagine a little bird taking a grain of sand and flying to a distant planet. It would take him a million years to fly to that distant planet. Then he would drop that grain of sand. Then the little bird would fly back to the earth taking

him a million years. He gets another grain of sand and flies back to the distant planet. Back and forth, back and forth it goes. When he will have transplanted every speck of earth to that distant planet, it will only be breakfast time in eternity." Your soul will go

on, and on, and on.

ACTION POINT:
Where do you plan on spending eternity? Where do your loved ones plan on spending it? If you don't know, ask them today and get their salvation on the right side of eternity.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Todd Taylor — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:34:00 -0500

BIBLE MEDITATION:
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 - "Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God."

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Someone has well said that discouragement is a dark room where the negatives of fear and failure are developed. There are some who are encouragers and others who are discouragers. Have you ever met a discourager? They're like a drink of water to a drowning man. They can brighten up a room by leaving it. They leave you drained and depressed. But an encourager leaves you full and refreshed. God has cornered the market on encouragement. All encouragement comes from God. You're never more like God than when you're encouraging people and never more like the devil than when you are discouraging people.

ACTION POINT:
Find a needy person and enrich him; a lonely person and include him; a misunderstood person and affirm him; an undiscovered person and develop him; a failing person and restore him.

Luke 6:35

Todd Taylor — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:39:48 -0500

BIBLE MEDITATION:
Luke 6:35 - "But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great."

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
I've seen bumper stickers that exhort us to "show random acts of kindness." I think that's a good thing. And what is kindness? It's love in the little things. A woman came down the aisle of a church to give her heart to Christ, and the preacher wanted to know what had impacted her life for Christ. She said, "You did." The pastor said, "Well, I'd be interested to know what it was that I said that brought you to Christ." She said, "It was nothing you said. It was something you did. I was standing nearby when somebody criticized you very unfairly. I saw the kindness with which you responded, and I knew that your faith was real."

ACTION POINT:
What random act of kindness can you do today that will demonstrate that your faith is real?

Isaiah 63:7

Todd Taylor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:52:28 -0500

BIBLE MEDITATION:
Isaiah 63:7 - "I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord."

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
One time a man came into a village and asked an old man living there, "Any great men born here?" The old man said, "No, just babies." Great men are not born; great men are made, investing in the lives of others, sharing God's love, and showing His mercies. There is not a magic formula that instantly makes us sanctified. Sanctification is a process. Our calling is to be poured out into the lives of others for His glory.

ACTION POINT:
How can you show His mercies to a lost co-worker or neighbor today? Pray about it and then watch for how God provides!

Romans 1:20

Todd Taylor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:37:58 -0500

BIBLE MEDITATION:
Romans 1:20 - "For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse."

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Can intellectuals believe in God? Absolutely! Many intellectuals believe in God. As a matter of fact, your intellect has very little to do with your belief in God. Out of all of the secular professional groups, do you know what professional group has the highest number of believers in God? Astronomers. Over 90% of the world's great astronomers believe in God. Why? Because they have studied the heavens. It's not a sign of intelligence not to believe in God. If you're intelligent, you have to say, "Someone created all of this."

ACTION POINT:
Take a walk with your family under the canopy of the night sky. Praise God for His handiwork in the heavens. Is anything too hard for the Lord?

Genesis 18:14

Todd Taylor — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:36:00 -0500

BIBLE MEDITATION:
Genesis 18:14 - "Is anything too hard for the Lord?"

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
A little boy was trying to roll a rock as his father watched from a distance. The boy was heaving and sighing, but he couldn't turn the stone over. His dad with a smile said, "Son, are you using all of your strength?" He said, "Yes, Daddy, I'm using all my strength." And the father said, "No, you're not because you haven't asked me to help you. My strength is your strength." Sometimes we wrestle with problems and say, "I don't know what to do." Our Father wants us to say, "I've run out of my strength," and run into His. He is there. There is no problem too big for Jesus to solve. Do you believe that? I hope so.

ACTION POINT:
Is there a problem too big for you to solve? Give it to Jesus. He can handle it.