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Build a Life with High Standards

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Mark Shields

This day with God, set out to follow the plan of the Architect of life. Be devoted and dedicated to this plan so that every detail is carried out. The skies the limit! Inch by inch anything is a cinch because of confidence in God. Trust in His plan for you and expect good to happen because He thinks you are AWESOME!

Step Ahead

For a sky scrapper
To be constructed,
A plan is made
And work is conducted.

The plan of architects
And engineers
Are followed in detail
Which can take years.

It’s the same in life;
Build with a plan
And little things
Become bigger than.

By having a vision,
Setting a goal
To make big things happen
And rock and roll.

So tweak a thought,
Fine-tune an idea,
Be an overcomer,
Find your panacea.

Poem by Mark Shields – © 01-09-2020
Inspired by “This Day with God Devotional – Leviticus 1”

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The Perfect Life

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Mark Shields

And the Words of the Lord are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times. – Psalm 12:6

Explained in the post “True Value” was that the perfect life of Jesus, death on the cross as a sacrifice, and resurrection from death qualified Him to be a priest forever and save all who accept Him as savior.

The new has come and the Holy Spirit lives in us. Take inspiration from the video Resurrection Power by Chris Tomlin. We have freedom today and resurrection power because of the perfect life of Jesus.

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True Value

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Mark Shields

This day with God will be amazing because we are able to find treasure and share in these riches together. His Word is like silver or gold and today we are mining in Hebrews 7:11-17.

Remembering the Old Testament Law, only Levites could serve as priests but we are told in verses 13-14 that Jesus came from the tribe of Judah. So how did Jesus become qualified as priest?

We know today that Jesus became qualified because of being without sin. The perfect life of Jesus, death on the cross as a sacrifice, and resurrection from death qualified Him to be a priest forever and save all who accept Him as savior.

When the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed. The qualifications of Jesus supersede the law because of what He has done. His sacrifice on the cross did what the law couldn’t and that is cover all our sin so we can share in the unlimited treasure of spiritual riches forever.

A thought brought on by this study today is about our monetary system based on paper money. Today a person can be considered wealthy and then tomorrow, this wealth can vanish suddenly because of the decision of a federal bureaucrat or news of a product causing harm which causes the stock price to fall.

The gold standard is a monetary system where a country’s currency or paper money has a value directly linked to gold. As Christians, we have a system God has provided that brings true value for us right now and throughout eternity. That system is solid because of the life of Jesus and what was done for us.

This day with You Lord, we have studied Your Word and understand the priceless treasure You provide. Your plan for our life is beyond what we could have ever imagined. The plan gives us freedom and gives us power because the Holy Spirit lives in us. Amen.

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Rejoice and Be Glad

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Mark Shields

This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. – Psalm 118:24

In the post “Live Out the Good Life Today”, we are given facts about Melchizedek who in some ways is an excellent representation of Christ.

These truths affect us today and should inspire us daily since we are able to better understand God’s Plan for Us. We can live out the best day today and look forward to our tomorrows. Celebrate today with the uplifting song Greatness of Our God by Newsboys.

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Live Out the Good Life Today

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Mark Shields

This day with God will be amazing because we have a fresh start and optimistically look forward to a better day than yesterday. We have chosen to accept the unquenchable love of God, His amazing grace, and unlimited power. Reading in Hebrews 7:1-10 we will gather facts about Melchizedek who is an excellent representation of Christ. These facts affect us today because we are able to better understand God’s Plan for Us. We can live out the good life today and look forward to our tomorrows.

Melchizedek was king of Salem which means “king of peace” and Salem became the Jerusalem of Today. The name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”. He blessed Abraham after returning from victory in a war and Abraham gave him a 10^th of everything.

Melchizedek is an excellent representation of Christ as he is described as Priest of God Most High. Like the incarnate Christ who is described as Son of God and continual High Priest, there is mystery behind the life of Melchizedek as there was no genealogy recorded of his father. Like Christ who has blessed us with victory, Melchizedek blessed Abraham with victory. Melchizedek had no descendants to take his position and similar to Christ is described as continual priest.

These facts and truths affect us because we are better able to understand God’s ultimate plan given to us in the Old Testament and coming to fruition in the New Testament. For this reason, we can live out the good life today and look forward to even better ones to come.

Lord, this day we have accepted the Son. We are better than brand new because we have received Your unquenchable love, Your amazing grace, and today will be confident because of Your unlimited power at work in us. We are looking forward to each day to getting better and better as we grow in grace. We look forward to living in paradise forever.