DONNIE DAILY GEMS FOR MONDAY APRIL 20:
WORD OF WISDOM
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DAILY DEVOTION
Are You Bearing Fruit?
"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me"...
(John 15:4)
Galatians 5:22-23 says, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control."
Have you ever seen a fruit factory? No. You might have seen a shirt factory,
but you will not see a fruit factory. You will only find a fruit orchard.
You see, there is no fruit without life. You're not going to grow and
produce the fruit of the Spirit unless you're walking in the Spirit. The
Bible says in Galatians 5:25, "If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in
the Spirit." The only way that fruit is going to ripen and grow is in the
right climate. Abide in Jesus.
Are you abiding? Are you being fruitful? Ask God to show you where you need
to make changes so that you are walking in the Spirit.
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DAILY BIBLE READING
Psalm 121 New King James Version (NKJV)
God the Help of Those Who Seek Him
A Song of Ascents.
121 I will lift up my eyes to the hills-
From whence comes my help?
2
My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
3
He will not allow your foot to [a]be moved;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
4
Behold, He who keeps Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5
The Lord is your [b]keeper;
The Lord is your shade at your right hand.
6
The sun shall not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
7
The Lord shall [c]preserve you from all evil;
He shall preserve your soul.
8
The Lord shall preserve[d] your going out and your coming in
From this time forth, and even forevermore.
Psalm 123-125 New King James Version (NKJV)
Prayer for Relief from Contempt
A Song of Ascents.
123 Unto You I lift up my eyes,
O You who dwell in the heavens.
2
Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters,
As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He has mercy on us.
3
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4
Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scorn of those who are at ease,
With the contempt of the proud.
The Lord the Defense of His People
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
124 "If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,"
Let Israel now say-
2
"If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
When men rose up against us,
3
Then they would have swallowed us alive,
When their wrath was kindled against us;
4
Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
The stream would have [a]gone over our soul;
5
Then the swollen waters
Would have [b]gone over our soul."
6
Blessed be the Lord,
Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
7
Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the [c]fowlers;
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
The Lord the Strength of His People
A Song of Ascents.
125 Those who trust in the Lord
Are like Mount Zion,
Which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
2
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
So the Lord surrounds His people
From this time forth and forever.
3
For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest
On the land allotted to the righteous,
Lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity.
4
Do good, O Lord, to those who are good,
And to those who are upright in their hearts.
5
As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways,
The Lord shall lead them away
With the workers of iniquity.
Peace be upon Israel!
Psalm 128-130 New King James Version (NKJV)
Blessings of Those Who Fear the Lord
A Song of Ascents.
128 Blessed is every one who fears the Lord,
Who walks in His ways.
2
When you eat the [a]labor of your hands,
You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
3
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your children like olive plants
All around your table.
4
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
Who fears the Lord.
5
The Lord bless you out of Zion,
And may you see the good of Jerusalem
All the days of your life.
6
Yes, may you see your children's children.
Peace be upon Israel!
Song of Victory over Zion's Enemies
A Song of Ascents.
129 "Many a time they have afflicted[b] me from my youth,"
Let Israel now say-
2
"Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth;
Yet they have not prevailed against me.
3
The plowers plowed on my back;
They made their furrows long."
4
The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked.
5
Let all those who hate Zion
Be put to shame and turned back.
6
Let them be as the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,
7
With which the reaper does not fill his hand,
Nor he who binds sheaves, his [c]arms.
8
Neither let those who pass by them say,
"The blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord!"
Waiting for the Redemption of the Lord
A Song of Ascents.
130 Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord;
2
Lord, hear my voice!
Let Your ears be attentive
To the voice of my supplications.
3
If You, Lord, should [d]mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
4
But there is forgiveness with You,
That You may be feared.
5
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
And in His word I do hope.
6
My soul waits for the Lord
More than those who watch for the morning-
Yes, more than those who watch for the morning.
7
O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is mercy,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
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And He shall redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.
