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March 10
Wednesday


REMINDERS

READ:
2 Peter 1:5-15
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I will not be negligent
to remind you always
of these things.
__2 Peter 1:12
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Jill Price has an extraordinary memory that has stunned scientists. In 2006, her overdeveloped memory was described in a scientific journal article, "A Case of Unusual Autobiographical Remembering." Price has no special aptitude for memorizing lists of words, numbers, facts, or languages. But she does remember what happened to her on any given day over the last 30 years. Name any date and Price will tell you what day of the week it was, the weather, what she had for breakfast, the TV programs she watched, and the people she spoke with.

Few of us have a memory like that. That's why we need reminders to complete simple tasks and keep our appointments. This is especially true when it comes to spiritual truth. The apostle Peter showed he understood the need of spiritual reminders when he wrote: "I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things .....Yes, I think it is right...to stir you up by reminding you....moreover iI will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things" (2 Peter 1:12-15).

No matter what kind of memory we have, we need to be reminded of biblical principles. Daily Bible reading, small group studies, and involvement in a local church can all help us to remember God's vital truths. __Dennis Fisher
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````````````````````Remembering the Word of God```````````````
```````````````````````Does not come naturally;`````````````````
``````````````````````We need reminders to fulfill````````````````
```````````````````What God wants us to be. __Sper``````````````
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Let God's Word fill your memory,
rule your heart, and guide your steps.

**************Today's Bible Reading __ 2 Peter 1:5-15************

5 But also for this very
reason, giving all diligence,
add to your faith virtue, to
virtue knowledge, 6 to
knowledge self-control, to
self-control perseverance, to
perseverance godliness, 7 to
godliness brotherly
kindness, and to brotherly
kindness love. 8 For if these
things are yours and
abound, you will be neither
barren nor unfruitful in the
knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ. 9 For he who
lacks these things is
shortsighted, even to
blindness, and has forgotten
that he was cleansed from
his old sins.

10 Therefore, brethren, be
even more diligent to make
your call and election sure,
for if you do these things
you will never stumble;

11 for so an entrance will be
supplied to you abundantly
into the everlasting
kingdom of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.

12 For this reason I will not
be negligent to remind you
always of these things,
though you know and are
established in the present
truth. 13 Yes, I think it is
right, as long as I am in this
tent, to stir you up by
reminding you, 14 knowing
that shortly I must put off
my tent, just as our Lord
Jesus Christ showed me.

15 Moreover I will ensure that you
always have a reminder of
these things after my
decease.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

In verses 5-7, we are given a pattern that should mark our spiritual
development. All of these elements are connected to each other,
yet are not necessarily developed consecutively. Like the fruit of
the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-23), these marks of spiritual maturity are
independent and interconnected at the same time. __BILL CROWDER