Daily Scripture Feb. 10, 2010

2 Corinthians 5:11-17

Identity: You Are His Child

11Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience. 12We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart. 13If we are out of our mind, it is for the sake of God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

16So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

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Daily Scripture Feb. 9, 2010

1 Timothy 4:7-8

Identity: You Are His Child

7Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. 8For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
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Pete's Pick -- Switchfoot "Hello Hurricane"

The band that brought us "Dare You To Move" and "Meant To Live" on their break out album The Beautiful Letdown is out with a new effort, Hello Hurricane. This is the first time that the band is no longer on a corporate label, they have started their own label and this is their first release. They now have their own creative freedom and ability to put out whatever they want for an album, and that is what they have done here. Ever since The Beautiful Letdown, Switchfoot has created some pretty good songs, but not good albums. This new album is a very strong endeavor at creating a good album.

Their first big single, "Mess of Me", is a rauckus and energetic song that sets the album off to a good start. They follow up with a few other solid songs ranging from rocking to ballads. Switchfoot offers a great album for listeners and are stepping up to regain the notoriety of The Beautiful Letdown.

Switchfoot is a great band and never really disappoints with their music or their lyrics. This is definitely an album worth getting. Not sure if I would buy it new, but definitely glad that I own it -- I got it for $5 from Amazon.com. Check it out for sure!

pete

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Daily Scripture Feb. 8, 2010

Philippians 3:12-14

Identity: You Are His Child

12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
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Daily Scripture Feb. 7, 2010

2 Samuel 9:1-7

Identity: You Are His Child

1 David asked, "Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan's sake?"

2 Now there was a servant of Saul's household named Ziba. They called him to appear before David, and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?"
"Your servant," he replied.

3 The king asked, "Is there no one still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show God's kindness?"
Ziba answered the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in both feet."

4 "Where is he?" the king asked.
Ziba answered, "He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar."

5 So King David had him brought from Lo Debar, from the house of Makir son of Ammiel.

6 When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor.
David said, "Mephibosheth!"
"Your servant," he replied.

7 "Don't be afraid," David said to him, "for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table."

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Daily Scripture Feb. 6, 2010

1 Corinthians 3:1-9

Our Vision: An Invitation to Go Forward

1Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly—mere infants in Christ. 2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men? 4For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere men?

5What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. 7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. 9For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

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Daily Scripture Feb. 5, 2010

Acts 2:36-41

Our Vision: An Invitation to Go Forward

36"Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."

37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"

38Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call."

40With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation." 41Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

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