I’ve decided that I will try my best to live out a certain verse each day. Instead of making multiple posts, I’m just going to edit this one.

August 13

I’ve felt really unmotivated at work lately so I thought I’d start with this one.

Colossians 3

 22Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

 23Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men,

 24knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.

I was a lot more productive today than I had been. I seemed to be friendlier with the customers as well. A pretty good start. I hope it continues. I have the day off tomorrow and don’t know what to pick as I won’t be in much contact with people. I’m guessing something in the Proverbs about not being a sluggard.

August 14

Proverbs 6:9-11

9How long will you lie down, O sluggard?
         When will you arise from your sleep?
    10“A little sleep, a little slumber,
         A little folding of the hands to rest”–
    11Your poverty will come in like a vagabond
         And your need like an armed man.

I don’t think I did that well on this.

August15

Luke 14:12-14

 12And He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment.

 13“But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

 14and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

I don’t think I’ll be having any dinner receptions at work… but I’ll try to help out others as I can, but at the very least meditate on the principlal.

Colossians 3

Put On the New Self

 1Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

 2Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

 3For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

 4When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

 5Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.

 6For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience,

 7and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them.

 8But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.

 9Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices,

 10and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him–

 11a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.

 12So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;

 13bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

 14Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.

 15Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.

 16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

 17Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.

Family Relations

 18Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

 19Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

 20Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

 21Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.

 22Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

 23Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men,

 24knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.

 25For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality.

“Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you are not saved yourself. Be sure of that. The saving of souls, if a man has once gained love to perishing sinners and his blessed Master, will be an all-absorbing passion to him. It will so carry him away, that he will almost forget himself in the saving of others. He will be like the brave fireman, who cares not for the scorch or the heat, so that he may rescue the poor creature on whome true humanity has set its heart. If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees, imploring them to stay. If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go there unwarned and unprayed for.”
- Charles Spurgeon

“The Christian man…finds in the Bible the very Word of God. Let it not be said that dependence on a book is a dead or an artificial thing. The Reformation of the sixteenth century was founded upon the authority of the Bible, yet it set the world aflame. Dependence upon a word of man would be slavish, but dependence upon God’s word is life. Dark and gloomy would be the world, if we were left to our own devices, and had no blessed Word of God. The Bible, to the Christian, is not a burdensome law, but the very Magna Charta of Christian liberty.

It is no wonder, then, that liberalism is totally different from Christianity, for the foundation is different. Christianity is founded upon the Bible. It bases upon the Bible both its thinking and it’s life. Liberalism on the other hand is founded upon the shifting emotions of sinful men.”
-J.Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism

Mark Cahill Interview

This is a great interview from Way of the Master Radio. He talks a lot about Evangelism. He has a book called One Thing You Can’t Do in Heaven, which I have not read… but plan to someday. If you don’t have an hour… start at the 40 minute mark where he starts to give a sample of his preaching.

“Everyone wants God to take them just as they are; but no one wants to take God just as He is. Modern evangelicals, in particular, commit blasphemy against God and stumble headlong into idolatry by spending more time examining their personal experiences — trying to make sure God belongs to them — and less time examining the Scriptures to make sure they belong to Him.“ - Alex Burroughs

What do you think about when your mind slips into neutral? How much sympathy do you have for deception, no matter how skillful? For shady humor, no matter how funny? To what do you pay consistent allegiance? What do you want more than anything else? What and whom do you love? To what extent are your actions and words accurate reflections of what is in your heart? To what extent do your actions and words constitute a cover-up for what is in your heart?

D.A. Carson