YEAR 2, WEEK 12, Day 7, Sunday, 23 March 2025

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Observations from today’s readings and today’s S-WOD, Sunday, 23 March 2025:

Psalm 64 – Listen to this short message on Psalm 64 by Paul LeBoutillier from Calvary Chapel Ontario: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pyYrVrACXI

Psalm 64:1 — Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint….

God is ready to hear our complaints, but complaining doesn’t change the situation but rather exposes the condition of our hearts, our lack of confidence in God’s loving providence and our lack of strength in Him. Complaining is discouraged throughout the Bible. Here is a good article on complaining and grumbling: https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-complaining.html

• Philippians 2:14-16 — Do all things without grumbling or questioning, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
• James 5:9 — Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.
• 1 Peter 4:9 — Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.
• 1 Corinthians 10:10 — Nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:18 — Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
• Ephesians 4:29 — Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
• Romans 12:2 — Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
• Exodus 16:8 — And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him—what are we? Your grumbling is not against us but against the Lord.”
• Psalm 106:25 — They murmured in their tents, and did not obey the voice of the Lord.
• Romans 8:28-29 — And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
• Proverbs 17:22 — A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
• Job 2:10 — But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
• Numbers 11:1-4 — And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down. So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burned among them. Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again and said, “Oh that we had meat to eat!
• Isaiah 53:7 — He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.

Psalm 64:10 — Let the righteous one rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him! Let all the upright in heart exult!

Don’t worry about your situation. Trust God, pray, and obey.

“Cross” Fit S-WOD (Spiritual Workout of the Day) – 23 March 2025: Eliminate all, yes all, complaining from your life. Memorize Philippians 4:4-8 and replace all complaining with prayer, thankfulness, praise, and positive thinking.