6/22/2012 Max, Forward Day TO Day, & Chambers Daily Devotionals + Daily Verse

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Friday, June 22, 2012

Pride leads to arguments; those who take advice are wise.

Proverbs 13:10 New Living Translation [NLT] (Read all of Proverbs 13)

Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.

Proverbs 13:10 New International Version [NIV] (Read all of Proverbs 13)

Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

Proverbs 13:10 King James Version [KJV] (Read all of Proverbs 13)

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Meditation for FRIDAY, June 22

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, abides under the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91.

I sat with my son in the lavish dining room of the historic Wort Hotel in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The next morning we would ascend to the lower saddle of the Grand Teton, then start early the next day for the summit. He was sixteen years old. I was just old. We had had a wonderful few days at the Exum Climbing school (where my father and I had been decades before); but that night, together at dinner, I was suddenly struck by fear. I thought: “I have loved being with my son, but—listen—tomorrow you’re going vertical.”

I turned to notice a TV evangelist and his wife leaving their table. “Will you pray with us?” I asked. She drilled right into my dread. As she left she said: “Read Psalm 91.” And here came God. “For he shall give his angels charge over you.…They shall bear you in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.”

In a breath my heart had been relocated—from dwelling in fear to abiding in the shelter of the Most High. Ask the Lord to relocate your heart to his right now.

Psalm 88 [NIV]


A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.

Lord, you are the God who saves me;
day and night I cry out to you.
May my prayer come before you;
turn your ear to my cry.

I am overwhelmed with troubles
and my life draws near to death.
I am counted among those who go down to the pit;
I am like one without strength.
I am set apart with the dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
who are cut off from your care.

You have put me in the lowest pit,
in the darkest depths.
Your wrath lies heavily on me;
you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
You have taken from me my closest friends
and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined and cannot escape;
my eyes are dim with grief.

I call to you, Lord, every day;
I spread out my hands to you.
Do you show your wonders to the dead?
Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
Is your love declared in the grave,
your faithfulness in Destruction?
Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

But I cry to you for help, Lord;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.

Why, Lord, do you reject me
and hide your face from me?

From my youth I have suffered and been close to death;
I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
Your wrath has swept over me;
your terrors have destroyed me.
All day long they surround me like a flood;
they have completely engulfed me.
You have taken from me friend and neighbor—
darkness is my closest friend.
Psalm 91 [NIV]


Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”

Surely he will save you
from the fowler’s snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.

If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
and you make the Most High your dwelling,
no harm will overtake you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
He will call on me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation. ”

Please continue reading the following throughout your day:

Psalm 92; Numbers 13:1-3, 21-30; Romans 2:25—3:8; Matthew 18:21-35

Max Lucado Daily Devotional

He Wants You To Fly

June 22

“If you believe, you will get anything you ask for in prayer.”

Matthew 21:22

Don’t reduce this grand statement to the category of new cars and paychecks . . .
God wants you to fly. He wants you to fly free of yesterday’s guilt. He wants you to fly free of today’s fears. He wants you to fly free of tomorrow’s grave. Sin, fear, and death. These are the mountains he has moved. These are the prayers he will answer.

Daily Devotional by Max Lucado

“the One who came still comes and the One who spoke still speaks”

June 22

The Oldest and Choicest

Even when you are old, I will be the same. Even when your hair has turned gray, I will take care of you.

Isaiah 46:4 (NCV)

Growing old can be dangerous. The trail is treacherous and the pitfalls are many. One is wise to be prepared. You know it's coming. It's not like God kept the process a secret. It's not like you are blazing a trail as you grow older. It's not as if no one has ever done it before. Look around you. You have ample opportunity to prepare and ample case studies to consider. If growing old catches you by surprise, don't blame God. He gave you plenty of warning. He also gave you plenty of advice.


Your last chapters can be your best. Your final song can be your greatest. It could be that all of your life has prepared you for a grand exit. God's oldest have always been among his choicest.


From: He Still Moves Stones
Copyright (Word Publishing, 1993)
Max Lucado

Today's My Utmost For His Highest

Oswald Chambers

June 22

The Unchanging Law of Judgment

With what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you

Matthew 7:2

This statement is not some haphazard theory, but it is an eternal law of God. Whatever judgment you give will be the very way you are judged. There is a [big] difference between retaliation and retribution. Jesus said that the basis of life is retribution— "with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you." If you have been shrewd in finding out the shortcomings of others, remember that will be exactly how you will be measured. The way you pay is the way life will pay you back. This eternal law works from God’s throne down to us (see Psalm 18:25-26 ).
Romans 2:1 applies it in even a more definite way by saying that the one who criticizes another is guilty of the very same thing. God looks not only at the act itself, but also at the possibility of committing it, which He sees by looking at our hearts. To begin with, we do not believe the statements of the Bible. For instance, do we really believe the statement that says we criticize in others the very things we are guilty of ourselves? The reason we see hypocrisy, deceit, and a lack of genuineness in others is that they are all in our own hearts. The greatest characteristic of a saint is humility, as evidenced by being able to say honestly and humbly, "Yes, all those, as well as other evils, would have been exhibited in me if it were not for the grace of God. Therefore, I have no right to judge."
Jesus said, "Judge not, that you be not judged" ( Matthew 7:1 ). He went on to say, in effect, "If you do judge, you will be judged in exactly the same way." Who of us would dare to stand before God and say, "My God, judge me as I have judged others"? We have judged others as sinners— if God should judge us in the same way, we would be condemned to hell. Yet God judges us on the basis of the miraculous atonement by the Cross of Christ.