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: Good Morning Peeps,
: How are you doing this morning, good I hope?
: I feel very Blessed to see another Birthday
: (Today), and that I am very healthy and in
: my right mind too! Well ALMOST LOL! I hope
: that you’ve had a very good week so far?
: Today around noon will be my last day to
: work this year, as well as the last “Soul
: Food and Thought For Today” for the year
: being emailed. If you are a Facebook friend
: I will still be posting my Thought for
: Today’s randomly over the holidays. I’m
: really looking forward to the time off with
: my not so little man Dawson. Have a good and
: very Blessed Friday, weekend, Christmas and
: New Year’s too!
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: God Bless You and Yours!
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: Making directional decisions without the
: wisdom of God can be hazardous.
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: “Joseph . . being a just man decided . .”
: Matthew 1:19 NLT.
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: My Thoughts Today Are About – “The Rest of
: The Story”
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: By Pastor Allen Randolph
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: This morning, I saw a practical application
: in the Christmas story that my familiarity
: had previously obscured. I love those times
: when the Holy Spirit opens one’s heart to an
: enriched understanding of an already
: familiar Scripture. Before reading my
: comments any further, I suggest you read the
: story of Joseph. Matthew 1:18-25 NKJV.
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: There will be times when circumstances
: require decisive action. But be extra
: careful in such moments. Making directional
: decisions without the wisdom of God can be
: hazardous. James 1:5 NIV. The information
: you know is probably partial, correct but
: incomplete. Solomon observed the folly of a
: person, “who answers a matter before he
: hears it.” Proverbs 18:13 NKJV. Yet people
: do that all the time, especially when the
: few facts they know are difficult to hear.
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: Joseph and Mary had planned their life
: together; they were engaged and waiting to
: be married. All was well, until an angel’s
: pronouncement to Mary rearranged every
: assumption about hers and Joseph’s future.
: Read Luke 1:26-36 NKJV. The angel’s visit to
: Mary changed everything, but at least she
: had all the truth, directly from Heaven.
: When you do not know what you do not yet
: know, a wise decision is chance or
: providence. When you know what God knows,
: your situation and future make sense.
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: Joseph was not as fortunate as Mary, at
: least not initially. Possibly others, but
: probably Mary, related this new information
: to Joseph. It was a strange story indeed.
: They were not yet married, but Mary was
: pregnant and some difficult and important
: decisions had to be made and the sooner the
: better. Joseph would have to make hard
: choices, but he did not realize that he did
: not yet have the facts that God alone knew.
: He almost missed God’s plan for his life and
: for Mary’s.
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: Joseph wanted to do the right thing, but
: what was the right thing to do? He loved
: Mary; he didn’t want to shame or hurt her.
: He was hurting enough for both of them. The
: Bible records, “Then Joseph . . being a just
: man, and not wanting to make [Mary] a public
: example, was minded to put her away
: secretly.” Matthew 1:19 NKJV. In a dilemma,
: Joseph did what I have done on occasion,
: when not careful. Ostensibly for Mary’s
: well-being, he considered their situation,
: evaluated his options, and then made the
: best decision he could. Here is what Joseph
: did not do; he did not wait on God for the
: rest of the story. That’s always a mistake.
: Bring every matter to God for His wisdom and
: direction before acting. There are always
: other lives touched by your uninformed
: decisions.
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: God is so gracious. “And an angel of the
: Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream . .
: ‘Joseph, do not be afraid to go ahead with
: your marriage to Mary. For the child within
: her has been conceived by the Holy Spirit’ .
: . When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel
: of the Lord commanded.” Matthew 1:20/24 NLT.
: Joseph listened to God, rather than his own
: reasoning. Listen to your heart in those
: quiet times when you “feel” there are things
: you don’t know but need to know. See Isaiah
: 30:21 NIV. Don’t rush ahead of God; wait on
: the Lord for wisdom and trust His faithful
: direction. Proverbs 3:5-7 NKJV
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: My prayer for you today is that your heart
: includes God in every decision and
: direction.
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: K-Love’s Encouraging Words:
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: I am convinced that nothing can ever
: separate us from God's love. Neither death
: nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither
: our fears for today nor our worries about
: tomorrow-not even the powers of hell can
: separate us from God's love.
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: ~ Romans 8:38, NLT
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: "Life without God is like an
: unsharpened pencil - it has no point".
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: ~ LONG LIVE COWBOYS ~
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