OUR DAILY BREAD : DEBITS AND CREDITS
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 9:45 pmTUESDAY AUGUST 11
DEBITS AND CREDITS
READ:
John 16:33 NIV
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In this world you
will have trouble.
But take heart!
I have overcome
the world.
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When my husband was teaching an accounting class at a local college, I took one of the tests just for fun to see how well I could do. The results were not good. I answered every question wrong. The reason for my failure was that I started with a faulty understanding of a basic banking concept. I reversed debits and credits.
We sometimes get our debits and credits confused in the spiritual realm as well. When we blame Satan for everything that goes wrong__whether it's bad weather, a jammed printer, or financial trouble__we're actually giving him the credit that he doesn't deserve. We are ascribing to him the power to determine the quality of our lives, which he does not have. Satan is limited in time and space. He has to ask God's permission before he can touch us (JOB 1:12; LUKE 22:31).
However, as the father of lies and prince of this world (JOHN 8:44; 16:11), Satan can cause confusion. Jesus warned of a time when people would be so confused that they wouldn't know right from wrong (16:2). But He added this assurance: "The prince of this world now stands condemned" (v.11 NIV).
Problems will disrupt our lives, but they cannot defeat us. Jesus has already overcome the world. To Him goes all the credit. __Julie Ackerman Link
**Thank You, Father, for being Lord over everything in our lives.
We praise You for overcoming the world through Your Son.
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While Satan accuses and confuses, God controls.
*******************************Today's Bible Reading __ John 16:1-11***************************
1 "These things I have spoken to you, that you should
not be made to stumble. 2 They will put you out of the
synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you
will think that he offers God service. 3 And these things
they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor
Me. 4 But these things I have told you, that when the time comes,
you may remember that I told you of them. And these things I
did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.
5 "But now I go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you
asks Me, 'Where are You going?' 6 But because I have said these
things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless I tell
you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do
not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I
will send Him to you. 8 And when He has come, He will convict
the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 of sin,
because they do not believe in Me; 10 of righteousness, because
I go to My Father and you see Me no more; 11 of judgment,
because the ruler of this world is judged."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IN REMEMBRANCE <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
AFTER A LEGENDARY BATTLE with cancer, Julie Ackerman Link went
to be with the Lord on April 10, 2015. Since 2000, Julie has
written articles each month for Our Daily Bread. She is a popular
author with Our Daily bread readers, and her insightful and
inspiring articles have touched millions of lives around the world.
Julie also wrote the books above All, Love and a Heart for God,
published by Discovery House, which is affiliated with Our daily
bread Ministries. Because we still have a number of unpublished
articles from Julie in our files, her writing will continue to appear in
Our Daily bread for several months. After that, we hope to reprint
some of her devotionals from time to time.
Thank you Julie A. L. for your devoted work to the Lord. You will be missed.
DEBITS AND CREDITS
READ:
John 16:33 NIV
____________________________________________________________________________________
In this world you
will have trouble.
But take heart!
I have overcome
the world.
___________________________________________________________________________________
When my husband was teaching an accounting class at a local college, I took one of the tests just for fun to see how well I could do. The results were not good. I answered every question wrong. The reason for my failure was that I started with a faulty understanding of a basic banking concept. I reversed debits and credits.
We sometimes get our debits and credits confused in the spiritual realm as well. When we blame Satan for everything that goes wrong__whether it's bad weather, a jammed printer, or financial trouble__we're actually giving him the credit that he doesn't deserve. We are ascribing to him the power to determine the quality of our lives, which he does not have. Satan is limited in time and space. He has to ask God's permission before he can touch us (JOB 1:12; LUKE 22:31).
However, as the father of lies and prince of this world (JOHN 8:44; 16:11), Satan can cause confusion. Jesus warned of a time when people would be so confused that they wouldn't know right from wrong (16:2). But He added this assurance: "The prince of this world now stands condemned" (v.11 NIV).
Problems will disrupt our lives, but they cannot defeat us. Jesus has already overcome the world. To Him goes all the credit. __Julie Ackerman Link
**Thank You, Father, for being Lord over everything in our lives.
We praise You for overcoming the world through Your Son.
___________________________________________________________________________________
While Satan accuses and confuses, God controls.
*******************************Today's Bible Reading __ John 16:1-11***************************
1 "These things I have spoken to you, that you should
not be made to stumble. 2 They will put you out of the
synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you
will think that he offers God service. 3 And these things
they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor
Me. 4 But these things I have told you, that when the time comes,
you may remember that I told you of them. And these things I
did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.
5 "But now I go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you
asks Me, 'Where are You going?' 6 But because I have said these
things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless I tell
you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do
not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I
will send Him to you. 8 And when He has come, He will convict
the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 of sin,
because they do not believe in Me; 10 of righteousness, because
I go to My Father and you see Me no more; 11 of judgment,
because the ruler of this world is judged."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IN REMEMBRANCE <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
AFTER A LEGENDARY BATTLE with cancer, Julie Ackerman Link went
to be with the Lord on April 10, 2015. Since 2000, Julie has
written articles each month for Our Daily Bread. She is a popular
author with Our Daily bread readers, and her insightful and
inspiring articles have touched millions of lives around the world.
Julie also wrote the books above All, Love and a Heart for God,
published by Discovery House, which is affiliated with Our daily
bread Ministries. Because we still have a number of unpublished
articles from Julie in our files, her writing will continue to appear in
Our Daily bread for several months. After that, we hope to reprint
some of her devotionals from time to time.
Thank you Julie A. L. for your devoted work to the Lord. You will be missed.