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“Keep the FAITH…Keep Your VISION”!
If you will read this book in its entirety, then you will be equipped
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Him, be *fulfilled* in our work, lead a *successful life*, and...
to begin walking with the confidence and authority that Jesus Christ
came and died to provide for us, in order that we may work *with*
Him, be *fulfilled* in our work, lead a *successful life*, and...
Day NINE,
Paragraph NINE:
God, knowing so well our backwards way of thinking, calls us to repentance through the prophet Isaiah, "Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD." (Isaiah 55:6-8).
Question to ponder:
What does it mean to “…let him return unto the LORD” in Isaiah 55:7? _________________________________________
Keith's "Comments from the Author":
"I can remember early in my walk with the Lord just how much I enjoyed doing ‘word studies’. For example, we’re all familiar with the passage where Jesus says, ‘without me, you can do nothing….’ When I was reading and studying that passage of Scripture, the Holy Spirit began to illuminate to me the word ‘without’. The more I looked at that word, the more things started to come together. All of a sudden, I heard in my spirit, ‘What is the word without?' It dawned on me, then, that the opposite of the word ‘without’ is the word ‘within’. What the Holy Spirit was showing me was that Jesus was not saying that, if we ‘don’t hang out with Him’ we can’t do anything. What He was showing me, however, was that ‘without’ meaning ‘on the outside of’ Him (Christ) we can do nothing, reinforcing the passage where John 15:6-9 says, ’If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered ... If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you… so shall ye be My disciples… continue ye in my love.’ Do you see how important it is that we have the Holy Spirit tutoring us in reading and understanding the Word of God? Where ‘...let him return to the Lord’ is concerned, meaning he chose to turn away from the Lord to go in the sinful ways of the world, we have another ‘word revelation’ that the Holy Spirit showed me about what ‘sin’ is. In many circles, the tendency is to think ‘sin’ refers to ‘sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll’. However, what the Holy Spirit whispered to me, concerning those things, changed my thinking from that point on. The Holy Spirit showed me that the 'sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll' are not ‘sin’ themselves, but are means by which wicked spirits lead us to turn away from God. So, what He was revealing to me is that ‘sin’ is turning toward sex, drugs, rock-n-roll, or anything else that separates us from God, building a wall or partition between us and God. Now, having said that, and listening for what the Person of the Holy Spirit will say next, let's look again at the Scripture verses from the Prophet Isaiah (below in bold). Selah. Praise the LORD!"
"Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD." (Isaiah 55:6-8)
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sums up the reason Keith stepped out in faith to focus on reaching the lost and strengthening believers everywhere, through Toward The Mark, Inc. Keith and Brenda's prayer is that you will be encouraged and edified by the Secrets from God's Word that Keith recounts in our written and recorded products. The complete collection of original podcasts, music, blogs, books, CDs, and other resources of Toward The Mark, Inc. are made possible by the prayer and financial contributions of the TTM Support Family. We'd like to welcome you onboard TODAY!
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