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Morning Devotional...


[td]WALKING IN THE OLD PATHS
Jeremiah 6:16
By the late Jack Scott



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Angels, Angels, Angels. The ubiquitous angel. We find them in the Avon catalogue, in the jewellery shop window, and on the covers of glossy and not so glossy magazines. People claim to talk to angels, receive messages from angels and have angel companions. Many of those who pay great attention to the angelic hosts, oddly enough have little time for the Creator of angels or for His precious Word.

The reality of angels is not to be doubted. There are frequent references to them in the Bible. In fact, if you are interested in numbers, angels are mentioned 108 times in the Old Testament and 165 times in the New Testament. The writer to the Hebrews reminds Christians that "Ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels." [/b](Hebrews 12:22).

Yes, indeed there are angels, but how did they come into existence, what is their function and what is their relationship to the Eternal Son of God?

David, King of Israel reminds us in Psalm 148 that God created all things in heaven and on earth. Verses 2 and 5 read as follows, "Praise ye Him, all His angels: praise ye Him all His hosts. Let them praise the name of the Lord; for He commanded and they were created."

Paul the Apostle assures us in Colossians 1 that this one who created all that "IS" was the Son of God. "For by Him were all things created that are in heaven and that are in earth visible and invisible".[/b] (For the context, it is suggested that Colossians 1:12-19 be read).

These heavenly created beings have many tasks to perform, ranging from chanting the praises of the triune God to executing judgment on fallen angels and those among humankind who reject the saving work of the Lord Jesus Christ.  One of their principle activities is to minister to God's people. "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation?"[/b] (Hebrews 1:14)

Some people have tried to teach that Jesus Christ is an angelic being, the first created being and therefore the chief angel. Nothing could be further from the truth. The book of Hebrews in the New Testament (Hebrews 1:5-14) makes it very, very clear that while angels are created beings, the Son of God is the King Eternal uncreated and without beginning.

It is this same Jesus who became a man, lived a sinless life and has become the sacrifice for sin for all who will believe in Him. "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God." (Romans 3:25)

Just a word of warning: not all angels are good. There are fallen angels too. These are enemies of God and of the souls of humans. Those who feel that they receive guidance from angels need to be very careful. Should anyone, human or angelic point you to any other source other than Christ for salvation or direct you to take actions condemned in the word of God, flee from that being and turn quickly to Jesus Christ the Saviour of men.

"I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel which is not another: but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed." [/b](Galatians 2:6-9 New King James).

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Jack Scott loved his Lord! He passed away on January 10, 2001 after a lengthy illness.
He is missed greatly by his family.

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From Ruthie:



URGENT PRAYER REQUEST

Please pray for LALMALSAWMA  a 21 year old medical student in Delhi, India.  Lalmalsawma has been very sick and the signs show he could have leukemia!   This young man has medical exams on Monday, Oct. 27/03.

I promised his father that we would all rally behind his son and lift him up before the Lord and ask for a healing.   Also ask God to help him with his medical exam on Monday.   Vanlal was telling us of his son's integrity and love for the Lord.

Thank you so much.   It is so good to know that we can all come in agreement and pray and be a part of the answer.

May God richly bless you all.


Love Ruthie

Consider it prayed about Pat.

Angels....Interesting.   I am leaving this one alone.

Pat John has foung Jag on the TV and seems to want to watch it.  DAH  what else is new eh?

Interesting thing happened.  We left to pick John up and this time Jake didn't beg to come for a "LetsGo".  I wondered about it till Melaura told me he had jumped up on my bed and was laying with his head on my pillow!    Well is he a person or not!  He sure thinks so.   Now I have to change the pillow cases.  Oh well he doesn't complain if I am grumpy   so I will not complain about pillow cases.

Melaura is so excited about being allowed on CP.  Expect to see a lot of her.  Perhaps Santa will bring a camera for her.  

No trace of Cecilia.  That is tonights news.  It really sounds fishy.

Well I really have to go to bed. I have a long day ahead so....
night, night all
JudyB

Pat.........

I've prayed for him and that he's studied sufficiently, and is well enough to pass the test.

I want to respond to your devotional, but will await others to post first.

Have you read todays message in "Our Daily Bread"?  It's wonderful.  As I was reading it I immediately thought of you and Jack.

Ok Pat, what's the name?  Also Pat, I'm now sure the others already know, and I've just learned.....You're a NUT.


My hardy WELCOME MelauraAnd yes, I've been to Scotland and love it.  I call it a trip to my roots.  Something funny though.  My father (dad) always said we were Highlanders.  Nope, we were Midlanders.  No noble roots, my ancestors were hard working farmhands similar to slaves.

Sonja.........
Vivian says I could talk to a telephone pole and get answers.  I have my very serious side and go there often.  However, I love teasing and having a good time.  

Well, I have decided to come back around a little more often.  I have been directed to take some "self-care" time and do something nice for myself everyday, so this is one of the things that I am going to do.  I may not be able to get on every day, but I will be around a little more often.  

Angels.....well there have been times in the last year, when feeling particularly alone, even in rooms full of people, when I have "felt" the gentle tap on my shoulder and a gentle calm surrounding me, reminding me that I am not alone, that the Holy Spirit is right there with me.  I don't know if that is an angel, or if it is the Holy Spirit Himself reminding me, but I do feel considerably better after it happens.

Alot of things in my life have changed in just a short few months, but I think the most important change is that for the first time in my life, I am actually reading my Bible daily, and putting all of my faith in Jesus.  For years I have tried to do things on my own.  Remembering my faith only when it suited me to do so.  I am starting this new routine of reading in short little bits, usually only 10 or 15 mins a day, but you know what, I am already seeing the benefits of doing so.  I have been accused in the past of being an angry person.  I discovered tonight, that I am not an angry person, I just have some situational anger that I am dealing with.  I am learning how to deal with that in appropriate ways.  I don't explode nearly as often as I used to, instead I will take some deep breaths and exhale slowly, and then I can approach the situation in a calm and relaxed manner.  I have also begun to learn how to deal with the things in my life that I need to deal with, assertively, instead of aggressively.  This in itself is a big time change....and anyone who knows me personally will know this to be true.

Anyway, enough about me.....I just wanted to let you all know what Jesus is doing in my life.

Love you all, will check in tomorrow, as long as I am able to get online.  

Heather

Hey Melaura!!![/color][/size]
Love you sweetie!!!

Good morning all 9.45AM

Pat thank you for the devotional Your Jack has writen this. Very good You must missing him very much
I pray for uou Pat.

Judy B  yes we booth are maestro this week.WELCOME MELAURA LOVE FROM RIA

Also nice to see you Heather also Love from me RIA

It is cold in Holland now it is -2* C.
And we have a little bit snow this morning and it is dark i think we are getting more snow today i don't like that. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Yesterday in the evening i remember me a song that i
was singing when i was a child i have try to translate it:

I wish to be like Jesus
so humble and so good
His words they are so kindly
His voice was always good
But sadly i am not as Jesus
that is seeing an each on me
O Saviour will me help
and make me so as you


I wish you all a very good day
God Bless you all
Bye for now
RIA

ALSO MY PRAYERS ARE FOR LALMALSAWNA
RIA

HAPPY BIRTDAY

                  JUDY MC KENNA

                   HAVE A NICE DAY

                    RIA

England 9 a.m.


Pat thank-you for Jack's Message.  It says ALL we need to know about angels.

I have reasons to praise and thank-God for my own angel.  I have known divine intervention by angels in my own life without which I wouldn't be alive. Some understand and some pooh, pooh when I tell them, but I KNOW first hand that they exist.  My own angel is a spirit messenger, going back and forth to the throne room to report on me......."The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him and delivereth them". Ps 34:7.  Thank-you Heavenly Father for GOOD ANGELS.

HAPPY WINTER EVERYONE.
God Bless,
Jenny.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUDY

Pat - Your devotional this morning was the first things that I actually read on CP. Little wonder then that I was drawn back time and time again.

I wish that i had met Jack as I am sure we would have got on well together. I would have been happy sitting at his feet asking the questions.

Happy birthday Judy. LOL

Lee- I am sure that you looked the business in your kilt. Did you find out if any of your ancestors fought in the battle of Stirling Bridge?

I never tire of reading the story of Joseph. Anyone who has had difficulties in their life or unfathomable trials can take great comfort from these glorious chapters in God's Word. Thank you Lord, for Joseph and his brothers.

I find that I have no sooner said to myself that things cannot get any worse for me than they do! Often it seems to me to be one heavy stroke after another. I rise and seem to get my head above the water line for a little while then bang, down I go again! Each time I go down, I wonder if I will ever reach the surface and light again.

It is at times like this that it is all too easy to look around and be envious of others. Why do these things always seem to happen to me? Why are these things against me? Why is God against me?

Yep! I am no sooner down than I am looking for someone to blame. It cannot be me! What have I done now to deserve this? God is in control of everything. It is His doing. God is to blame! Is it just me, or have you had these thoughts as well?

An anger against God sets in. No point in reading the Bible as I cannot believe a word He tells me these days! No point in praying because I've been praying for these things for years without an answer. He is no listening to me. He is not interested in my prayers!

Oh! Poor me! Who is like me? If I were truly a Christian then these thoughts would not enter my head and these things would not be happening to me.

No?

Read the story of Joseph! Sold by his brothers, taken from his home and family, taken to a different country, thrown into jail for a crime he did not commit and forgotten by those whom he helped bail out!

The story does not make any sense if we only read an isolated chapter. We must look at the big picture, the whole story. Only then will we marvel at God's goodness, mercy and love.

God and I were not talking to each other earlier this week. Things had plummeted badly for me and it seemed that no matter what I tried, it failed! I could do nothing right, yet I did no know what I was doing wrong!

I had been praying earnestly for certain things to happen in my life, yet the opposite seemed to be my portion. I found this so disheartening that my spirit failed, and as it did, things got even worse! I was hurt and I was angry with my God. Why did you let these things happen? It would have been just as easy for You to bless as to withhold.

I dreaded getting up in the morning. I hated myself, my life and I wasn't best pleased with God either. So what changed or what caused me to think again?
The answer -  A good night's sleep! Rest.

I had been attacked when I was physically weak and I was unable to fight against the wiles of the Evil One. The more he took advantage of my weakness the more defeated and deflated I became.

But God!

Two little words, yet they mean so much to us. God stepped in and as He did with Peter as he began to sink beneath the waves, he grabbed my hand and lifted me up. He will not let us suffer beyond what we are able to bear. He had mercy upon me and because He delighted in me, he delivered me.

He delivered me not from my trials and difficulties, as they still remain, but He delivered me from myself! I had been viewing my life chapter by chapter and sometimes even verse by verse.  

I was not seeing the big picture, the whole story. Only God knows the way that I take. He knows how to deliver His own. He knows how to bless and to set us free.

Having enjoyed a good nights rest, I felt stronger and refreshed in body this morning. The first thing I wanted to do was to pray. Then I had a hunger for His Word. I read the story of Joseph from start to finish – halting at the words at the head of this post – and I marvelled at the love of God for His people.

'It was not you that sent me hither, but God' My life is mid-chapter or even mid-verse and I have an enthusiastic hope and confidence regarding the outcome of things. My friend, do not make the same mistakes that i have made. Let God finish what He has started and try not to get in Hi way.

It is God who has placed me were I am. It is God who has ordered my circumstances. It is all of grace and all of God. I surrender my all to Him today in confidence that He does all things well.

I may get in His way from time to time. But God......

LOL

A poor student in the school of faith.

Iain

[size=12]HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUDY MCKENNA!!![/size]
I hope you have a wonderful day.  God bless you!  Jen.

Heather, great to see you posting again!  I'll be praying for you.  I'm glad you're able to take time each day to read the Word of God.  It's funny how we know we should be doing it, and when we finally start, we're amazed at the benefits.  God bless you.

Pat, great devotional.  It's not a subject I've given much thought or research.  But it's a fascinating subject too.

WELCOME MELAURA!!

I'll keep this brief as I am getting ready to go shopping with my mom in Pigeon Forge, TN.  (TAS is with Bernard's parents).

I think Jack's devotion is right on.  I very much believe in the existence of angels -- good and evil.  But, I also believe that they can only do what God directs them to do.  I find that many people, under the guise of being a Christian, actually end up worshipping angels.  

There was a song out a few years ago that said, "I believe there are angels among us."  I believe that is correct as well.  "For you entertain angels unawares."  

I have a good friend who was at the beach one time.  A little boy got caught in a riptide and was in danger of drowning, so Matt swam out to help.  Unfortunately the current was too swift and strong.  (Matt is a skinny little guy).  Just when he thought it was too much, a large beefy kinda guy came to their rescue and helped them in.  

On shore, Matt began to inquire as to this man's whereabouts to thank him.  EVERYBODY there stated without a doubt the only two people in the water where Matt and the little boy.

Do angels exist?  Yes.  Do they help us?  Yes.  Can they do anything on their own power?  NO!

One of my favorite pictures is of a little boy sleeping and a huge soldier looking guardian angel standing over him.

One more thing, people do not become angels when they die.  We have something even the angels cannot sing about -- the salvation and grace of Jesus Christ.  

Oops, thought I said it would be short.  Sorry.

have a good day all!!!!!

  A Happy Birthday Wish for Ms McKenna  

I hope it is a special day for you, I am awake very early so I can begin to party and rejoice in this day that God made.

I pray today for Ms Beth, I hope she will find a answers today and a peace to know what is Gods wish.  

Ms KarenB, I love you and I pray you are most happy today. You are forever in my heart as my friend.  

I wait for the sun to wake up so I can run. The night it is long but i will treasure my time here at home for this day.
I wish everyone a good day.  

  OH AND A NANNY WISH MS PAULETTE  


(hi ms Pat)  

Well thanks very much Pat and Mieka.....I am happy and tired and the Lord was with us last night.......and blessed us with a bundle of joy.....they both are doing very well......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUDY MC may the Lord our God bless you with a very warm and lovely day....!!!
Paulette

Latest on little Cecilia...

http://www.canada.com/national/story.asp?id=6B46AF74-6676-4314-8590-8F16D3387940

Happy Baby Simon
            With a nanny as PAULETTE

                 CONGRATULATIONS  

Hi everyone.  First of all Happy Birthday Judy--hope you have a marvelous day.  I also want to welcome Melaura and I look forward to reading your postings.  Paulette, is this a new grandchild in your family?  Regardless, congratulations appear in order.

Pat, as always I appreciate the writings that Jack left and your sharing them with us from time to time in the daily devotional.  

Iain, your writing on the hardships and then triumph of Joseph and relating it to your own life helps us all focus.  Thanks for sharing your thoughts this morning.

Marilyn, happy to hear of your new computer and this will allow you to show us the pictures you will be taking with your new camera.  Keep us informed on the progress.

Pat and Ruthie, I have prayed for Lalaml Sawma and will continue to keep him in my daily prayers.  

Judyb, I had to laugh at your "changing the pillowcases" as I wondered how many times Jake has done that and you never knew.    Pets are wonderful.

Lee, are we going to see some photos of you in your kilt?  I think my Hanna ancestors were probably from Scotland, although my immediate ancestor who first came to the USA came here from Ireland.

Heather, it is good to see you posting again and it sounds like you are on the right track in dealing with your anger.  I agree with you on the daily Bible reading.  While several years ago I got a Bible that was broken down so that you would read through it in 365 days and did read it faithfully for a year, I had gotten away from that habit.  At the beginning of this year, your Aunt Pat put up the links to a couple of locations that had plans for reading through the Bible in a year and I have been following one of the plans faithfully this year and plan to continue using another plan next year.  The one I used this year started in Genesis and only now am I finally getting to the New Testament.  I think in the future I will use a plan that combines both each day.

Ria, it sounds very cold over your way.  I know we are now having some snow in various places here in the USA but not here in Georgia.  Thanks for sharing the song.

Jenny, hope you are feeling better now from your cold or flu.  Good to see you posting and I always enjoy seeing your Bible quotes as a part of your postings.

Jen, Karma, Jane, Nita and  Mieka, hope you all have a great day as well as all those who joing us later.

Thank you Pat for the site about Cecilia
She is in my prayers

I WISH YOU ALL A GOOD AFTERNOON IT IS 4.14AM in
Holland and COLD  2* C

RIA

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrssss... Ria! That is cold.  Get a blanket a cuddle up with a good book.  

Good Morning.
And many more.

Thank you Pat for Jacks lesson on Angels, Part 1 . Looking forward to Part 2. I have often thought about the angels, it is my understanding that there are ministering angels who watch over us and report back to the father about us.

Iain thank you for reminding us that when the times are bad there is always a light on the other side of the dark tunnel. (my words)> BTW Bro. Iain, I am getting a Dell 2400, the shipping date is Oct. 29th. and Yes I will be able to show the pictures from my new camera. I hope you are feeling better Iain.

I have uninstalled a lot of stuff from my computer and will have to put everyones websites in My favorites in the new computer. I am leavind the Christian Sites in the favorites, maybe they will bless the next person who gets this computer.

Judy B.  My dogs sleep on the other pillow every night. They ahve one side of the bed and I have the other. We share.  

Tonight is our Steak dinner at the church to raise the money for the Fire Bibles for China, if we can raise $500. we can buy 40 Bibles.

Heather I have missed you here So glad to see you coming back.

TTYL