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January 3
Friday'


HELP FROM
HIS SPIRIT

READ:
What does the LORD
require of you but to
do justly, to love mercy,
and to walk humbly
with your God?
__Micah 6:8
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Many of us make promises to ourselves to mark the beginning of a new year. We make pledges such as I'm going to save more, exercise more, or spend less time on the Internet. We begin the year with good intentions, but before long old habits tempt us to take up our old ways. We slip up occasionally, then more frequently, and then all the time. Finally, it's as if our resolution never existed.

Instead of choosing our own self-improvement goals, a better approach might be to ask ourselves: " What does the Lord desire of me?" Through the prophet Micah, God has revealed that He wants us to do what is right, to be merciful, and to walk humbly with Him (Mic. 6:8). All of these things relate to soul-improvement rather than self-improvement.

Thankfully, we don't have to rely on our own strength. The Holy Spirit has the power to help us as believers in our spiritual growth. God's Word says, He is able to strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being" ( Eph) 3:16 NIV).

So as we begin a new year, let's resolve to be more Christ-like. The Spirit will help us as we seek to walk humbly with God. __Jennifer Benson Schuldt

`````````````````````Truthful Spirit, dwell with me;``````````````````````
```````````````````````I myself would truthful be;```````````````````````
`````````````````````And with wisdom kind and clear`````````````````````
`````````````````Let Thy life in mine appear. __Lynch`````````````````````
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He who has the Holy Spirit as his resource
has already won the victory.

*****************************Today's Bible Reading __ Micah 6:3-8***************************

3 "O My people, what
have I done to you? And
how have I wearied you?
Testify agains Me. 4 For I
brought you up from the
land of Egypt, I redeemed
you from the house of
bondage; and I sent before
you Moses, Aaron, and
Miriam. 5 O My people,
remember now what Balak
king of Moab counseled,
and what Balaam the son of
Beor answered him, from
Acacia Grove to Gilgal, that
you may know the
righteousness of the LORD."

6 With what shall I come
before the LORD, and bow
myself before the High
God? Shall I come before
Him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old? 7
will the LORD be pleased
with thousands of rams, ten
thousand rivers of oil? Shall
I give my firstborn for my
transgressions, the fruit of
my body for the sin of my
soul?

8 He has shown you, O
man, what is good; and
what does the LORD require
of you but to do justly, to
love mercy, and to walk
humbly with your God?

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

The name Micah is an appropriate name for a prophet. It is a
shortened form of the name Micaiah, which means "who is like
Jehovah?" Little is known about this prophet. Easton's Bible
Dictionary tells us that he was "The Morasthite,' so called to
distinguish him from Micaiah, the son of Imlah (1 Kings 22:8). He
was a prophet of Judah, a contemporary of Isaiah (Michah 1:1), [and]
a native of Moresheth of Gath (Micah 1:14, 15)." HIs prophecy, given
in the 700's BC, is marked by the declaration that the long-awaited
Messiah would be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2).