Biblical And Relationship Undiluted Trutg

DAILY BIBLE READING
TOPIC: GUARD THE TRUTH
TEXT: Malachi 3:13-16
(13) "Your words have been harsh against Me,"
Says the LORD,
"Yet you say,
" What have we spoken against You?"
(14) You have said,
"It is useless to serve God;
What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,
And that we have walked as mourners
Before the LORD of hosts?
(15) So now we call the proud blessed,
For those who do wickedness are raised up;
They even tempt God and go free."" (16) Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another,
And the LORD listened and heard them;
So a book of remembrance was written before Him
For those who fear the LORD
And who meditate on His name.
New King James Version

Malachi wrote in Judea between the return from Babylon and Christ's birth. During that period God's people had grown lackadaisical in their worship, yet a faithful few remained.

"'Your words have been harsh against Me,' says the LORD." God accuses them of calling Him into account for what was happening within the nation. They were experiencing difficult times, just as the people of God have frequently endured difficult times. These are times when we cry out to God, "Why, God? Why are you allowing this to happen? When are you going to intervene?" but He does not seem to be listening.

"Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against You?'" They did not feel that their accusations were against God, but He gives them an example (verses 14-15).

The faithful can see that these others are not very godly. Maybe they see that "the proud" are sinning openly, breaking the commandments of God. Maybe the proud do not have a submissive, quiet, and gentle spirit. Maybe they are aggressive and assertive, and they maneuvered themselves to the head of the group. And they seemed to be getting away with it!

Notice what these faithful people did in response to the difficult times they were enduring as part of the ekklesia (verse 16). All of God's faithful people should do these things:
1). They feared God. They respected and revered Him. They stood in awe of Him. Some may have even felt an appropriate measure of terror.

2). They thought on His name. They meditated on it. It can suggest that they esteemed His name. They spoke highly of it. They honored Him. They looked to Him, though they were complaining for leadership and guidance. His name, of course, stands for everything that He is. He does not have just one name, He has many names. They show, or advertise, what He is, what He will do, and what He requires.

3). They fellowshipped with one another. No doubt they spoke of their trials and their blessings, about the things that were going on in the ekklesia of that day, of their studies into God's Word, of their plans, of their expectations of the Kingdom of God. God heard! God watched and responded, maybe not when they would have liked Him to respond, but God did respond in His time, when it was right for His purposes.

So will He respond to us!

Then God makes a wonderful promise to those who fear Him: "'They shall be Mine,' says the LORD of hosts, 'on that day that I make them My jewels [special treasure—margin]. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him'" (verse 17). In Isaiah 49:15-16, God says, "Yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands...." He is watching! He is aware of what is going on, and He will act!
Think about it.

Scripted By Emma Adatang

UNDERSTANDING THE SECRET POWER OF AN HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP

Several times I've been asked to share the nitty-gritty of an healthy relationship.

I feel this request is timely considering the high rate of breakups these days.

Firstly, I will like to say here that one of the destructive mistakes we usually make js not being honest with ourselves.

Honesty is a BIG ingredient to having an healthy relationship. This word HONESTY is being spoken by so many but only a few practice it. Honesty must begin with yourself before approaching or accepting a relationship approval.

What are those things you want from the relationship?
Do you have a goal with that relationship?

Once yiu are not honest with yourself on what you aim of going into a relationship is then you will not be able to know the direction at which the relationship is heading to. This is true because when you kare honest with yourself then yiu will be honest with the other partner too.

This will help you see the positive and negative things in the relationship jand this will inform your decision too.

You need to be honest with yourself the traits you desire from your partner and whether you have what it takes to maintain or sustain it too.

I told a counselled during a counseling session that you must possess what it takes to sustain what you desire from your partner. For instance, you need a jovial or playful partner. The question is how playful are you? Can you activate a jovial mood in your partner with he or she is moody or angry with you? If you can't then you are in trouble because as a lady you need to know thee verbal playful ways to bringb your partner back.

When you are inable to do this then you may be experiencing prolong issue in that regard.

Once a relationship is not based and backed by honesty then it can't be healthy.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What comes to your mind first when a guy ask you out?