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"Make Time to Worship the Lord"

Joshua 1:8  "This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it.  For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success."

Jeremiah 17:7, 8  "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD.  For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit."

Matthew 23:12  "And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Ephesians 3:20  "Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever.  Amen."

Acts 13:22  "And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’"

Insight: We all need to make time to worship the Lord.  He is certainly worthy.  God commands us to worship Him because it will inevitably help us and bless us as well.  Don't miss out on one of the greatest blessings, one of the sweetest sacrifices, and one of the most therapeutic commands that God has given us.

Prayer: "Dear Lord, bless us and lift us up.  Make us like You.  Remind us how awesome it is to worship You.  Forgive us for not worshiping You enough.  Forgive us for putting other things in front of You.  Help us to put You back on the throne of our life.  We love You, Lord.  You are worthy of all our praise and devotion.  In Jesus' name, Amen."

James Wilson (1742-1798), appointed as a Supreme Court Justice by President George Washington in 1789, held the distinction of being one six of the Founding Fathers to sign both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.  James Wilson was very active in the Constitutional Convention, having spoken 168 times. He also, in 1790, became the first Law Professor of the University of Pennsylvania.

In the Pennsylvania Supreme Court records of Updegraph v. Commonwealth, 1824, Judge James Wilson is mentioned:

"The late Judge Wilson, of the Supreme Court of the United States, Professor of Law in the College in Philadelphia, was appointed in 1791, unanimously, by the House of Representatives of this state ....  He had just risen from his seat in the convention which formed the constitution of the United States, and of this state; and it is well known, that for our present form of government we are greatly indebted to his exertions and influence.  With his fresh recollections of both constitutions, in his Course of Lectures (3d vol. of his Works, 122), he states that .... Christianity is part of the common-Iaw." ¹

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(This explanation came from "The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained", by Dr. Jason Gastrich.  This book is on CD and gives over 4,000 answers to alleged Bible errors, regarding the entire Bible at http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.org.  There is also a 300 question workbook that accompanies the CD-ROM.)

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