Sunday, September 4, 2011 - Emergency Contact List

     Since we've moved to our new address we've received phone books from several different companies, as well as plenty of advertising targeting the specific needs of new home owners. Phone books are helpful, however, when a crisis arises, it's best to have a list of numbers handy to avoid spending precious seconds nervously thumbing through a phone book. This list is called "favorites" or frequently dialed numbers on a cell phone.


     Max Lucado's devotional today provides a directory for spiritual crises we should memorize, keep under "favorites," or at least keep handy:






*Big problem won't budge:  Ephesians 3:20: "Now to Him Who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us." 


*Large hole needs filling: 2 Corinthians 9:8: "And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work."


*Temptation hotline:   Hebrews 2:18: "Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted." 


*In pit, need a lift: Hebrews 7:25: "Therefore He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them." 


*Courage button malfunction: Jude 24:  "To Him Who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy"


*Hostile bully making life miserable: Philippians 3:21: "Who, by the power that enables Him to bring everything under His control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like His glorious body."