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I’m Doug Apple...and my heart is on fire! (Luke 24:32)
Wisdom preserves you.
If you want to save yourself, if you want to preserve yourself, get some wisdom!
Proverbs 4 says, “Get wisdom...she will preserve you.” (NKJV)
One great example is your teeth.
What are three obvious things that wisdom says will preserve your teeth?
Well, it’s wise to brush your teeth.
It’s wise to floss your teeth.
And it’s wise to go to the dentist for regular cleanings and checkups.
Follow this wisdom and your teeth will be preserved.
And yet I know so many people who chuck this wisdom out the window. And what is going to happen? Their teeth are not going to be preserved.
Think of tobacco products. Wisdom says, “Don’t use tobacco products and you will be preserved.”
Now I’m thinking of the woman my age who has been smoking, I guess, since high school, and when I saw her Facebook picture I was aghast! She almost looked old enough to be my mother, because all that smoking was sucking the life out of her.
Wisdom, though, would have preserved her.
My dad had a bad motorcycle accident when I was in high school. His wisdom in wearing a helmet preserved his life. But his wisdom in not riding motorcycles since then preserved him from all such accidents.
Wisdom in wearing a helmet will obviously preserve you if you have an accident, and wisdom in choosing a car over a motorcycle means you will never, ever be harmed on your motorcycle.
Wisdom preserves you, so get wisdom!
You ate that questionable food and ended up writhing in the bathroom.
Wisdom preserves you!
In your health. In your marriage. In your family. In your career. In your business. In your church. In all things, keep working to grow in wisdom, because one thing is clear.
Wisdom preserves you.
God bless you, today.
I’m Doug Apple.
Monday, June 12, 2017
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Turn Thee Unto Me
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I’m Doug Apple...and my heart is on fire! (Luke 24:32)
Here is a simple prayer you can pray anytime, for anyone, starting with yourself.
Four simple words: turn Thee unto me.
Turn Thee unto me.
Yes, that’s the old King James English, and it’s pretty simple. It’s a simple prayer saying, “Lord, please turn towards me.”
And when the Lord turns toward us...well imagine a shepherd surrounded by sheep. Then imagine the shepherd turning his attention specifically to one particular sheep. He kneels down. He cares for the sheep. He loves on the sheep. He checks on the sheep.
A sheep never feels more loved and secure and KNOWN than when the shepherd turns toward that particular sheep.
And that’s what this prayer encapsulates. “Lord, turn Thee unto me.”
It’s asking for God’s specific attention, for His specific favor and care and love and mercy. It’s asking for His guidance and wisdom and light.
It all comes when the Shepherd turns Thee unto me.
So you can pray this for yourself, just like David did in Psalm 25:16.
Or you can pray it for others, anyone and everyone!
“Lord, turn Thee unto my brother.” “Lord, turn Thee unto my sister.” Lord, turn Thee unto my boss and my coworkers and my pastor and my church.” “Lord, turn Thee unto our president and our senators and congressmen.”
It’s a powerful prayer, and it doesn’t require a bunch of words, because there is an eternity full of power in this one simple prayer.
“Turn Thee unto me.”
God bless you, today.
I’m Doug Apple.
I’m Doug Apple...and my heart is on fire! (Luke 24:32)
Here is a simple prayer you can pray anytime, for anyone, starting with yourself.
Four simple words: turn Thee unto me.
Turn Thee unto me.
Yes, that’s the old King James English, and it’s pretty simple. It’s a simple prayer saying, “Lord, please turn towards me.”
And when the Lord turns toward us...well imagine a shepherd surrounded by sheep. Then imagine the shepherd turning his attention specifically to one particular sheep. He kneels down. He cares for the sheep. He loves on the sheep. He checks on the sheep.
A sheep never feels more loved and secure and KNOWN than when the shepherd turns toward that particular sheep.
And that’s what this prayer encapsulates. “Lord, turn Thee unto me.”
It’s asking for God’s specific attention, for His specific favor and care and love and mercy. It’s asking for His guidance and wisdom and light.
It all comes when the Shepherd turns Thee unto me.
So you can pray this for yourself, just like David did in Psalm 25:16.
Or you can pray it for others, anyone and everyone!
“Lord, turn Thee unto my brother.” “Lord, turn Thee unto my sister.” Lord, turn Thee unto my boss and my coworkers and my pastor and my church.” “Lord, turn Thee unto our president and our senators and congressmen.”
It’s a powerful prayer, and it doesn’t require a bunch of words, because there is an eternity full of power in this one simple prayer.
“Turn Thee unto me.”
God bless you, today.
I’m Doug Apple.
Friday, May 05, 2017
A Robe of Light
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I’m Doug Apple...and my heart is on fire! (Luke 24:32)
He covers Himself with light, as with a garment.
He’s wearing a robe of...not white...but LIGHT.
A robe of light.
Psalm 104 says it, and let that sink in for a minute.
The Lord our God wraps Himself in light.
I don’t know if you’ve ever studied the properties of light, but they are amazing.
And if you think God created light when He created the sun, moon and stars, think again.
In Genesis 1:3, on Day One, God said, “Let there be light.”
Then He didn’t create the traditional sources of light until DAY FOUR.
It’s impossible to imagine this, because when it comes to light, all we know is light that comes from a light source.
But when God wraps Himself with light as with a garment, it’s not because a spotlight is on Him. It’s not because He is wearing a garment full of light bulbs like some crazy Vegas show.
He is wrapped in pure, total, original light. The kind of light that came before the sun, moon and stars!
And it’s like nothing we’ve ever seen, or even can see!
First Timothy 6:16 says that God dwells in unapproachable light.
And remember that light includes gamma rays and X-rays and radio waves and microwaves. It’s shooting out photons of energy, and no wonder “no man can approach!”
So when Psalm 104:1 says God is clothed in majesty, don’t think of purple robes and shiny baubles, but think of this.
God robes Himself in light.
God bless you, today.
I’m Doug Apple.
I’m Doug Apple...and my heart is on fire! (Luke 24:32)
He covers Himself with light, as with a garment.
He’s wearing a robe of...not white...but LIGHT.
A robe of light.
Psalm 104 says it, and let that sink in for a minute.
The Lord our God wraps Himself in light.
I don’t know if you’ve ever studied the properties of light, but they are amazing.
And if you think God created light when He created the sun, moon and stars, think again.
In Genesis 1:3, on Day One, God said, “Let there be light.”
Then He didn’t create the traditional sources of light until DAY FOUR.
It’s impossible to imagine this, because when it comes to light, all we know is light that comes from a light source.
But when God wraps Himself with light as with a garment, it’s not because a spotlight is on Him. It’s not because He is wearing a garment full of light bulbs like some crazy Vegas show.
He is wrapped in pure, total, original light. The kind of light that came before the sun, moon and stars!
And it’s like nothing we’ve ever seen, or even can see!
First Timothy 6:16 says that God dwells in unapproachable light.
And remember that light includes gamma rays and X-rays and radio waves and microwaves. It’s shooting out photons of energy, and no wonder “no man can approach!”
So when Psalm 104:1 says God is clothed in majesty, don’t think of purple robes and shiny baubles, but think of this.
God robes Himself in light.
God bless you, today.
I’m Doug Apple.
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