<font size=3>This blog is a daily dose of thoughts from God's word. We read the scriptures to build our faith, hope, and love. This blog is intended to aid us in that quest by allowing us a forum for comments and questions about these daily messages.</font> http://www.edwardslakechurch.org/Home/DailyBibleMessage/tabid/57/BlogId/2/Default.aspx en-US carpecollum@gmail.com carpecollum@gmail.com Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:15:20 GMT Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:15:20 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.4.0.39853 <div><strong>Chapter 31 </strong>is a further plea by God to the Israelites - please don't depend on the Egyptians!  God reminded them simply, <em>"the Egyptians are men and not God"</em> (<strong>31:3</strong> ).  How often do we need these little reminders?  It's so easy to have our focus shifted from God to something useless.  We depend on doctors - to the exclusion of God.  We depend on psychiatrists - to the exclusion of God.  We depend on government.  I'm sad to say it, but we sometimes depend on "church" as a group of people who will get us to heaven.  Remember, these are all men and not God!</div> <div> </div> <div>God's simple plea to those of us who depend on men is in <strong>31:6 </strong>- <em>"Return to Him from whom you have deeply defected."</em></div> <div> </div> <div><strong>Chapter 32 </strong>is a glorious picture of a wonderful future.</div> <div> </div> <div>Nathan</div> http://www.edwardslakechurch.org/Home/DailyBibleMessage/tabid/57/EntryID/11/Default.aspx carpecollum@gmail.com http://www.edwardslakechurch.org/Home/DailyBibleMessage/tabid/57/EntryID/11/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.edwardslakechurch.org/Default.aspx?tabid=57&EntryID=11 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:00:36 GMT 0 http://www.edwardslakechurch.org/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=11