Contemplations

LIVING WORDS TO HIDE IN YOUR HEART “Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, ‘This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.’ Ex. 24:8” (Jesus’ blood sealed the New Testament/Covenant and we are to abide by that covenant.) Because they have despised the Lord’s word and broken his commands, they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.’” Num. 15:31 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Deut. 8:3 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Deut. 11:18 When such a person hears the words of this oath and they invoke a blessing on themselves, thinking, “I will be safe, even though I persist in going my own way,” they will bring disaster

MR. LUKE B. WARM      Once there was a man named Luke Warm. He loved the Lord, or so he said. He valued his time off work on Sundays so he didn't always go to church. Once in a while he would help out when asked if it was something he didn't mind doing.       It was important to Luke to attend church on Easter and Christmas because he wanted to show the Lord how faithful he was. He dressed up in his finest clothes on those Sundays and sat with the elite. He sure didn't want to sit with the low class sinners.      Mr. Warm thought about praying over his meals when he ate in a restaurant but was embarrassed that someone would see him. He always meant to pray over meals at home but he ate in front of the tv and he didn't want to miss anything on the news. Other times he would just forget.      His wife went along with what he did, as did the kids. He never gave their salvation a thought. He decided he would leave it up to them to choose whether or not they would go to chur