List of Card Verses 1/25-31

Good morning, I have been doing the card verse for the day, I thought I would share what I have done so far. Those card verse for the day has really blessed me.

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These list of Card Verse for the Day:
25 Jan 2016 – Confidence – Prov. 3:25-26

26 Jan 2016 – Daily Loadeth Us – Ps. 68:19

27 Jan 2016 – Able to Succour – Heb. 2:18

28 Jan 2016 – Let Us Draw Near – Heb. 10:22

29 Jan 2016 – Let Us Hold Fast – Heb. 10:23

30 Jan 2016 – Let Us Stir Up – Heb. 10:24

31 Jan 2016 – Let Us Not Forsake – Heb. 10:25

I pray that God will bless you!

Love,

Dorothy

Wall Broken Down (1/26-31)

26-31 Jan. 2016 - Wall Broken Down – Manna by Dorothy Callies

Ephesians 2:14, KJV “For He is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us.”

I used to think that verse was talking about relationship problem that was between two persons, and that Christ would break down the walls between them.  But doing more research on the scriptures, I learned that there’s more to it.  *I would like to quote a few from the Preacher’s Outline and Sermon Bible.  The key to Christ’s peace is “when we realize …”

*“Christ brings us peace when we realize that He died for us and offers us deliverance from the bondage of sin and death and a life of eternity with God.  Christ brings a deeper sense of peace when we realize that He gives the daily power to overcome the aggravating and terrible weight of anguish and guilt and loneliness and emptiness and fear.  Christ still brings a deeper sense of peace when we realize that He has brought perfect love and unity to the world—that He has eliminated (get rid of) all divisions and barriers and differences between God and man and between men.”

Christ brings peace by bringing men together as “one”.  Who was Christ talking about?  Note that He has made “both one,” that is, Jew and Gentile.  Christ makes men as one since all men now approach God through the blood of Jesus Christ.  I want to focus about Christ bring peace by breaking down all barriers.  What was the Scripture talking about “broken down the middle wall of partition between us?”

*“Christ brings peace by breaking down all barriers. This is a picture taken from the temple.  The Temple was surrounded by a series of courts. Each court had a high wall separating it from the preceding court.  As one approached the temple, he entered first of all the outer Court of the Gentiles.  This is where buying and selling of animals and the exchanging of money for foreign worshippers took place (Mk. 11:15).  Then there was the Court of Women.  A Jewish woman was limited to this court unless she had come to make a sacrifice. 

*“The next court was the Court of the Israelites.  This is where the whole congregation gathered on the great feast days and where sacrifices were handed over to the priests.  The Court of the Priests was next.  This court was in the temple proper where the temple itself stood.  This area was considered sacred and was accessible only to the services of the priests. Finally, within the very heart of the temple stood the Holy of Holies or the Most Holy Place where the very presence of God was to dwell.  Only the High Priest could enter the Holy Place and he could enter only once a year—at the great Passover Feast.

*Partition after partition separated from the presence of God. Tablets hung around the wall of the Gentile Court announcing that if any Gentile walked into any other court, he was to be put to death. The picture is that of Jesus Christ breaking down all barriers and walls that separate man from God. All men can now approach God equally through the death of Jesus Christ. Christ has now done away with all barriers. He has broken them all down by the blood of His cross.”

Matt. 27:51 “And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom …” Christ was on the cross when He had broken down the middle wall of partition between us, the Jew and the Gentile. Christ reconcile us, Gentile and the Jew to God by the cross and we have access to the throne of our heavenly Father (Eph. 2:16, 18).

What does this really mean to me? I was looking for songs that fits this Manna. We are One in the Spirit and it is “All Because of Calvary.” When Christ broke down the partitions, the walls of the temple where God had dwelt in the Ark, God came out freely through the Holy Spirit. He came upon 120 disciples, baptized them with His Presence. Jesus said, “The Father, and I and the Spirit abide inside of you” (John 14:23). What a glorious Manna this is to me!

Song: We are One in the Spirit

We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord.

We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord;

And we pray that our unity will this day be restored,

And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love.

Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

   (Inspiring Choruses)

Song: All Because of Calvary

All my sins are gone,

All because of Calvary,

Life is filled with song,

All because of Calvary,

Christ my Savior lives,

Lives from sin to set me free.

Some day He’s coming,

O wondrous blessed day,

All, yes, all because of Calvary.

    (Inspiring Choruses)

Abound Toward You (1/21-25)

21-25 January 2016 - Abound Toward You – Manna by Dorothy Callies

2 Cor. 9:8 “God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.”

The word abound means to be present in large numbers or in great quantity and to be filled or abundantly supplied. Be plentiful or more than enough. In the Scripture the word, “grace” refers to the favor and blessings of God, both spiritual and material. The word sufficient means enough to achieve a goal or fill a need or to meet one’s needs.

I memorize from a card verse, “God is able to make all grace abound toward you so that you may abound to every good work.” As I ponder this verse, I realized it has something to do with the giving. Reading from Verse 8-11, God gave the seeds to the sower to minister to others and God will multiply back to you. God must have a seed to start with. If you give “0”, God multiply back to you, “0”.

This is a striking truth: the believer receives so that he can give. This means that no believer has an excuse for hoarding and keeping back more than you needs. God did not give it to you to keep back. God gave it to the believer to meet the desperate needs of the world. It means that all the believer has is to be given. It is not to be kept. You are only a channel through which God sends His blessing to the Christians and to the world.

Dear Lord, thank You for this truth what You have given us, we are not to keep them for ourselves. Please forgive us for being selfish. Thank You for cleanse us with the precious blood of Jesus. Your mercy are new every morning. O Lord, make us a blessing to someone today. In Jesus’ name.

Song: Make Me a Blessing

                Chorus:

Make me a blessing, Make me a blessing;

Out of my life may Jesus shine;

Make me a blessing, O Savior, I pray,

Make me a blessing to someone today.

Give as ‘twas given to you in your need;

Love as the Master loved you;

Be to the helpless a helper indeed;

Unto your mission be true. (Chorus)

Tell the sweet story of Christ and His love;

Tell of His power to forgive;

Others will trust him if only you prove

True every moment you live. (Chorus)

          (By Ira Bishop Wilson, Sing His Praise)

You Never Know (1/16-20)

2 Kings 5:15 “Now I know that there is no God in all the earth, except in Israel.”

        John is a humble, uneducated man. Yet God used him to start the peace process in Mozambique. His name is not mentioned in any official documents; all he did was arrange a meeting between two of his acquaintances—Kenyan Ambassador Bethuel Kiplagat and a Mozambican. But that set in motion the events that led to a peace treaty after a 10-year civil war.

        From that experience, Ambassador Kiplagat learned the importance of respecting everyone. “YOU NEVER DISMISS PEOPLE because they are not educated, because they are white, because they are black, because they are women, BECAUSE THEY ARE OLD or young. Every encounter is sacred, and we need to value that encounter,” he said. “You never know what word might be there for you.”

        The Bible confirms that this is true. Naaman was a great man in Syria when he got leprosy. A servant girl whom he had captured from Israel told Naaman’s wife that the prophet Elisha could heal him. Because Naaman was willing to listen to this lowly servant girl, his life was spared and he came to know the one true God (2 Kings 5:15).

        God often speaks through those to whom few are willing to listen. To hear God, be sure to listen to the humble. –Julie Ackerman Link from Our Daily Bread November 4, 2010.

Dorothy: I picked up one of many old pamphlets I saved for my personal devotion. I was amazed of how God seems to read my heart about the word, dismiss and when I wondered how Tony and I would deal with it. I know some of you have been very supportive and pray for us.

        This devotion was the most powerful advice I have ever seen. “You never dismiss people … because they are old,” Ambassador Kiplagat in Mozambique, Africa, quoted this. Those words boost our spirits, “You never dismiss people because they are old …”

        The Bible has mentioned how God has chosen ancient people to do His great work. Can you name them? Abraham, Sarah, Noah, Moses, Zecharias, Elisabeth, Simeon, and Anna. Enoch was 365 years old when he walked with God and God took him (Gen. 5:23-24).

        God would never “dismiss old people” to do His great work. This is a wonderful testimony, one could ever give. Thank You, Lord for this wonderful words of encouragement. You are a great God! We praise You!

Come unto Me (1/11-15)

11-15 January 2016 - Come Unto Me – Manna by Dorothy Callies
Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life." John 14:6

May the Lord touch your heart as you come to Jesus.

Poem: Come Unto Me

Are you tired? Are you weary?
Are you feeling life is so dreary?
Come unto Me and I will give you rest.

Are you feeling restless?
Are you angry that life’s a mess?
Come unto Me and I will give you My best.

Are you feeling anxieties?
Is your mind full of worries?
Come unto Me and your mind will be at ease.

Are you feeling the worst
since the day of your birth?
Come unto Me and you shall find peace.

Are you struggling with your life?
Are you and your friends in strife?
Come unto Me and allow Me to show you.

Are you so very proud
that you couldn’t come around?
Come unto Me for I am lowly in heart, too.

Are you confused with life’s road?
Do you carry a heavy load?
Come unto Me and I will show you the Way.

Are you broken in heart
and feeling pulled apart?
Come unto Me and I will brighten your day.

Why are you so down?
Is your face darkened by a frown?
Come unto Me and with you, let Me embrace.

Are you feeling bad?
Are you feeling sad?
Come unto Me and let me give you My grace.

Poem written by Dorothy Callies in January 20, 1986

Dorothy: What this poem means to me? Early this Sunday morning I was trying to prepare myself for the Manna. There was a time when I had grown weary in well-doing. It seemed that the very life of God was drained in me. I did not feel like praying; I did not feel like ministering to anyone; and I certainly did not feel like praising. I was lacking in strength and endurance.

I turned to Jesus and He led me to read this poem several times and He spoke to my heart, “Come unto Me and I will give you rest. Come unto Me and I will give you My best. Come unto Me and your mind will be at ease. Come unto Me and you shall find peace. Come unto Me and allow Me to show you. Come unto Me for I am lowly in heart, too. Come unto Me and I will show you the Way. Come unto Me and I will brighten your day. Come unto Me and with you, let Me embrace. Come unto Me and let me give you My grace.”

I felt the spirit of heaviness left and I was clothed in the garment of praise. I began to sing this prayer song to Jesus under the anointing of the Holy Spirit. “Oh, Jesus, I love You, I know You are mine. For You all my feelings of sin I resign. My wonderful Redeemer, My Savior are Thou. Who would I ever loved Thee, but You Jesus, just now.”

Song: My Jesus, I Love Thee

By William Ralph Featherston, Sing His Praise

I love Thee because Thou hast first loved me

And purchase my pardon on Calvary’s tree;

I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;

If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ‘tis now.

In mansions of glory and endless delight,

I’ll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;

I’ll sing with the glittering crown on my brow,

“If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ‘tis now.”

I will began my day by proclaiming praises to my Father: “Father, this is the day that You have made. I will rejoice and be glad in it! The spirit of rejoicing, joy and laughter are my heritage. I will praise You with joyful lips. I am always filled and stirred by the Holy Spirit. Where Your Spirit is, Lord, there is liberty—freedom from bondage. I walk in that liberty.

“I speak out in psalms and hymns and make melody with all my heart to You, Lord. My happy heart is a good medicine and my cheerful mind works healing. Your joy is my strength, Lord. Then I can count it all joy, all strength, when I faced with tests or trials of any kind because I am strong in You, Lord, and in the power of Your might. I have victory in the name of Jesus. Satan is under Jesus’ feet. I will be strong in Jesus’ name. Amen!”

The Lord is not Slack (1/6-10)

06-10 January 2015 - The Lord is not Slack – Manna by Dorothy Callies

2 Peter 3:9a “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is long suffering to us ward . . .”

The word slack interests me. I like the King James Version to keep in the Word of God as much as possible before going into other translations. I choose to interpret this: Slack means slow, weak, careless, taking sweet time as if it was nothing, not busy or nothing important.

Question: Why would Peter bring up the subject, “The Lord is not slack?” I looked at 2 Peter 3:1-8 and noticed verse 3 & part 4 says, “Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own flesh, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? …”

NLT gives a clear translation: “First, I want to remind you that in the last days there will be scoffers (mockers) who will laugh at the truth and do every evil thing they desire. This will be their argument: “Jesus promised to come back, did he? Then where is he? Why, as far back as anyone can remember, everything has remained exactly the same since the world was first created” 2 Peter 3:3-4.

Peter responded and said, “They deliberately forget that God made the heavens by the word of his command, and he brought the earth up from the water and surrounded it with water. Then He used the water to destroy the world with a mighty flood. And God has also commanded that the heavens and the earth will be consumed by fire on the Day of Judgment, when ungodly people will perish” 2 Peter 3:5-7 NLT.

Peter went on to defend God from those who mocked God about His ‘slackness.’ Peter said, “But you must not forget, dear friends, that a day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day” 2 Peter 3:8 NTL. God is an eternity God so one day is like a 1,000 years to Him.

The mockers attacked God and His Word so Peter gave an answer to defend God. Peter responds this verse to the scoffers and said, “The Lord isn’t really being slow about His promise to return, as some people think. No, He is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to perish, so He is giving more time for everyone to repent” 2 Peter 2:9.

Peter exhorted us and said, “I am warning you ahead of time, dear friends, so that you can watch out and not be carried away by the errors of these wicked people. I don’t want you to lose your own secure footing. But grow in the special favor and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be all glory and honor, both now and forevermore. Amen” 2 Peter 3:17b, 18.

Dorothy: What does this whole devotion means to me? I see TV and internet news about riot in other countries, wars, hazardous weather, flood, people died everywhere, leaders corrupted, unrest people, people losing homes, and oh so many things going on that we may have never seen this much happenings so fast and so distressing.

It is a temptation for anyone to say “Where is God in all this? Why is He so slow in doing something to stop the bad things from happening to all of us? Where is He? Why God keeps putting it off? Is Jesus coming back at all?” Peter, the Apostle had the answers since He knew Jesus and His Word so well. Peter was very close to Jesus and Peter loved Jesus.

If Peter was here today, what do you think his answers would be to us? “The Lord isn’t really being slow about His promise to return, as some people think. No, He is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to perish, so He is giving more time for everyone to repent” 2 Peter 2:9.

You know, God read my secret thought when I admit at times, it does feel like He was being slow about everything. God cares what I thought and through Peter’s quoting that “God isn’t being slow.” The Holy Spirit corrected my thoughts and His Word changed me. I realized that God still has a plan and that I am to trust Him. I thank God for loving me this much.

Maybe you felt the same way and I pray that His Word would corrected our thoughts that He seems slow when in fact, God isn’t slow in His promise to return. Jesus said, “Men ought always to pray.” So let us continue to pray and thank God for each day.  

Song: O How Sweet to Trust in Jesus

O How Sweet to Trust in Jesus

Just to trust Him at His Word.

Just to rest upon His promise,

Just to know “Thus saith the Lord.”

Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him,

How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er.

Jesus, Jesus, Precious Jesus!

O, for grace to trust Him more.

(Louisa M. R. Stead, Sing His Praise)

Good Treasure & Happy New Year! (1/1-5)

01-05 Jan 2016 - Good Treasure – Manna by Dorothy

"The Lord shall open unto thee good treasure." Deut. 28:12a

Moses was giving his last speech to the newest generation. They had come to the end of their 40 years of wandering and they were now ready to enter the Promise Land. Moses said, "The Lord will open up the heavenly storehouse so that the skies send rain on your land at the right time, and He will bless... you" Deut. 28:12ab New Century Version.

The new generation had been wandering in the desert and when they hear "rain" from "treasure"? That was new to them. All they had seen was their daily manna to eat except Sabbath Day. So now they were called to trust God's Promise by faith they had not seen yet. For them, that was a big daring step to put their faith in God. And Israel became a nation.

Are we ready to enter the New Year of 2016 with “God’s Promise Land of Healing Manna and to meet our needs?” I say, “Let us come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Heb. 4:16. Yes, let us come boldly unto God’s grace and His healing power.

The Lord is not slack concerning His promises. God is not slack, taking His sweet time. God has a plan and He is very patience, working on us to come into the likeness of Christ. One of the character of Christ is longsuffering in time of His great pain through stripes and through being nailed to the cross.

We are under God’s grace and if you felt like you had been wandering through the desert for a long time. Good news … The Lord shall open unto you His good treasure. Let us visualize that God will open up His heavenly storehouse that He will rain His blessings upon us every day. Why? Because His mercy is new every morning.

So let us trust God today! AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Dorothy
[By the way, I’ll be 73 on Jan. 3^rd]