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God for good things as well as things those are not so good. The reason for this is because, finally, our test is not based on how much God blessed us in this life but how we acted when these blessings were taken from us. May we all learn to develop strong backbones! Large, Generous Hands Open up your hands, look at your palms. What do they say to you? Are they busy hands? Thifty or generous hands? 2 Samuel 24:19-25: "And David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Jehovah commanded. And Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and he went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. And he said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people. And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood: all this, O king, doth Araunah give unto the king. And the king said Nay; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price. Neither will I offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peaceofferings. So Jehovah was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel." How do we give to the Lord? Is it our best? Does it cost us something? How about our Sunday giving? Do we do it consistently? When we have a pay cut, an emergency hospital bill or car repairs... does the Lord gets a cut as well? Look at our hands again. May we have the mindset of David, exercise it in such a way that when it comes to the Lord, we are there with our best efforts, unlike the people at Malachi's time... consistently and ever increasing. The Lord will respond with much more like He did in answer to David's sacrifice. Thick Skin, Shameless Face Finally, we look at the head, more acurately, the face. The Bible records an account where Abraham bargained with God. He did such a good job, that I would like to take him shopping with me some time. 92
The Lord was about to destroy Sodom when Abraham started to plead for them. Genesis 18:23-33: "And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes: peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five. And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake. And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake. And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake. And Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place." What a shrewd bargainer Abraham was! From 50 to 10. The point is, he was not afraid to lose face for the sake of souls. Why? Because he felt passionately for them that we would say that he had 'thick skin'! What about us? Could we at least try - open our mouth and tell others we are Christians and share our story in order to bring them to Christ? In Conclusion In closing, we have gone all the way from the feet to the head, to the skin that keeps everything intact. Which part in our spiritual body is in need of attention? Where do we think we are? Each of us needs to start our spiritual exercises by developing a contrite heart because Psalm 51:17 tells us that God will not depise such a heart. Then let us treat our faith, the church and all that is holy as a pearl of great prize. According to Matthew 13:45, it is worth effort effort and every sacrifice. 93
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The Whole Duty of The Church: To Sp
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3 Keys to Making our Lives a Living
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The Kind of Servants God Uses for H
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A More Inspiring Worship Begins wit
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Serving with John 17:12 as Our Goal
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How to Own a First-hand Knowledge o
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What Happens When You Pray Whenever
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Showers of Great Blessings! In all
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2010 Roundup Nat and I started 2010
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The Kind of Service that Pleases Go
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programme what Care teams are to ou
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Page 59 and 60: The Place of God in Your Life Where
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