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Daily
in God’s Word
Emphasis on
Common Sense
Wisdom
July 1
What to do:
✞II Timothy 2:15, “Study to
shew thyself approved unto God.”
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No, I said I love rules and I do. I love them for three
primary reasons.
They give unity. Philippians 3:16.
They protect (by weeding out the insincere and the
rebellious, the mavericks). Philippians 3:16-17.
They give structure and organization. I Timothy,
chapter 1, is filled with structure and organization.
What to do:
✞Let the Lord rule your life. Not all rules are bad.
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What to do:
✞The problem with some people is they have no rule
over their spirit (Proverbs 25:28).
Discretion
July 4
What to do:
✞Remember, I'm often sorry for what I say; I'm
seldom sorry for what I don't.
Common Sense and the Tongue
July 5
What to do:
✞Remember, loose lips are costly for you and others.
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What to do:
✞If we talk about knowledge but do not fear the Lord,
then that’s all we do is talk, not live with knowledge.
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What to do:
✞In accepting and rejecting invitations, common
sense needs to be applied.
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What to do:
✞ Apply the three principles found in the devotion for
today.
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What to do:
✞Be teachable!!
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What to do:
✞Apply Hebrews 10:25.
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What to do:
✞Understand that your sin will always be found out!!
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What to do:
✞For the sake of your children, walk with integrity.
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The right words said at the right time in the right way
are precious. Today the use of being tactful is almost a dead
art.
Wisely labeled “The Saving Virtue,” tact can grace our
life like the fragrance of a sweet-smelling rose. Tact is
appropriate, attractive, alluring, and appealing; but it is also
rare. Oh, so rare!
Remember the teachers you had who lacked tact? You
wondered each day if this was going to be the day you were
singled out for humiliation.
Remember the salesman you encountered who lacked
tact and the only thing you wanted from him was to be far, far
away?
And who can forget the physician who did not consider
you a person, but instead you were Case 35? You were a body
with blood pressure 120/70, height 5’7”, weight 150, and you
need surgery immediately. All of this was spoken in
monotone while he stared at a brown folder stuffed with X-
rays and charts. Brilliant? Yes – but no tact.
Perhaps you heard about the wife who went on a long
trip which took her to New York, London, Paris, and Rome.
She called home one day to check on her poodle. When she
asked how he was, her husband bluntly blurted out, “Well, he
died.” “Well,” she said through her tears and shock, “you
didn’t have to say it so tactless.” “What should I have said?”
he asked. “You should have broken the news gently. When I
called from New York, you could have said, ‘The dog is on the
roof.’ The next day when I called from London, you could
have said, ‘He fell off the roof.’ The following day when I
called from Paris, you could have said, ‘The dog is at the vet’s
in the hospital,’ and finally, when I called from Rome, you
could have said, “Dear, the poodle didn’t make it.’” Then the
wife said, “Now learn to be tactful.” Then she asked, “How’s
mom?” Pausing just for a second, he then replied, “Dear, your
mom is on the roof.”
That’s brutal, isn’t it? We need to be tactful. Solomon
warns us that a “brother offended is harder to be won than a
strong city,” and that “contentions are like the bars of a
castle.”
I read about a shoe salesman who on the first day of
his new job was told by his employer not to say, “Your foot is
too big for the shoe.” Instead, he was taught to say, “I’m
sorry, ma’am, but the shoe is just too little for your foot.”
Both statements express the same fact, but one was an insult
while the other was “tact.” Now, tact didn’t change her foot
size but it did save face and that’s what tact is all about.
What to do:
✞Be tactful, if not, just be quiet!!
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What to do:
✞Always remember that when one complains about
“having” to give, it tells a lot about their relationship
with God.
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What to do:
✞Remember, you will live with your decisions so
make your choices wisely.
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What to do:
✞Remember, God doesn’t do things to us but allows
things for us.
Common Sense About Marriage
July 19
What to do:
✞Be content with the wife of thy youth…she probably
is the only one still willing to love you.
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Common Sense About Life
July 20
What to do:
✞Live your life, not so you will be remembered, but so
Jesus will be remembered.
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But it’s also good to remember that age has its benefits
as well.
Abraham was 75 before he began his journey for God.
Moses was 80 when he led Israel out of Egypt.
Don’t let your age hinder your service. You can always
have a ministry. If nothing else, you can be a prayer warrior.
What to do:
✞Stay faithful until God calls you home.
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Children, like all of us, come into the world with a sin
nature. The Psalmist David said, “In sin did my mother
conceive me.” In this Scripture we do not find a contrast
between “innocent children” and “sinful adults.” “Foolishness
is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall
drive it far from him” (Proverbs 22:15). Children are sinners
as well as adults.
I have never seen a child who needed instruction on
how to sin; it comes quite naturally. I doubt that any of you
sat your child down and taught them how to lie. It just comes
naturally.
In his book, Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning,
Douglas Wilson writes, “I had to confront my five year-old
daughter because of bitterness toward her brother. It seems
he had clobbered her earlier in the day; although he was
disciplined for his action, she was unwilling to forgive. So I
quoted Matthew 6:14-15, ‘For if you forgive men their
trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if
you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father
forgive your trespasses.’ Looking at me she said, ‘Who is this
Matthew guy anyway?’” Now her questioning of the
Scriptures was not due to liberal theologians, but rather it was
a result of her unforgiving spirit and her sin nature.
Our children are sinners and education alone is not
the answer. All you get when you educate a sinner is a “clever
sinner.” Knowledge by itself does not make people better, but
rather makes them worse. Education is not the answer to our
problem, but Jesus is!! (See Romans 3:20 and 5:20.)
I think all of you would agree with me that we want
our children to receive a quality education; but if all we do is
educate the mind and never attempt to regenerate the heart,
we have failed.
What to do:
✞Don’t just educate the mind, work on the heart as
well.
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What to do:
✞Pray for those who fail to see.
✞Pray for our educational system which is blinding
the minds of our youth.
✞Pray for our country to turn back to God.
✞Pray for the righteous to stand and do right.
You find the word thought five times in our text. The
word means anxiety or worry.
Someone said, "Most of today's worries are like
puddles, tomorrow they will have evaporated."
Herbert Lockyear said, "Worry produces doubt in a
three-fold direction: 1) God's love is doubted. Worry implies
that He cares little for His blood-washed children. 2) God's
wisdom is doubted. Worry indicates that He is not able to
plan for His own, that He does not know what is best for them
who belong to Him. 3) God's power is doubted. Worry says
His grace is not sufficient for our needs."
A French soldier in World War I carried with him this
little receipt of worry: "Of two things, one is certain. Either
you are at the front, or you are behind the lines. If you are at
the front, of two things one is certain. Either you are exposed
to danger, or you are in a safe place. If you are exposed to
danger, of two things one is certain. Either you are wounded,
or you are not wounded. If you are wounded, of two things
one is certain. Either you recover, or you die. If you recover,
there is no need to worry. If you die, you can't worry. SO
WHY WORRY?
Good advice!
What to do:
✞Don't worry about tomorrow. Remember, God is
already there.
What to do:
✞Live by God’s grace for that really is sufficient
enough.
Common Sense About the
Resurrection
July 26
What to do:
✞Believe in the resurrection (Romans 10:9-10).
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What to do:
✞Make the right choice: accept Jesus today as your
Savior.
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What to do:
✞Ask God to help your religion to be pure.
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What to do:
✞John 7:24, “Judge not according to the appearance,
but judge righteous judgment.”
Common Sense About the
People, Part One
July 30
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What to do:
✞Never forget: God’s business is always people.
Notes:
I deeply appreciate the
help of
Mary Parsons
Glenda Myrick