BibleGateway.com Psalm 57
The Lord is my refuge. In who else can we rest? The Lord provides rest for his children and daily I am to seek being in that rest. He is the one that saves us! He sends from heaven to save us (v3). We are surrounded at all times by the way our enemy would love to take us down. Be alert (1 Peter 5:8).
I cannot awaken my own soul, I was dead until the Spirit of the True Living God came into me and made me alive.
For this way, God recieves all glory, honor and praise for I can reserve none for myself. It is our natural tendency to try to get some credit or praise but God will not share His glory with the clay pots. Rejoice for he has allowed the overflow to fill you to the brim and make no mistake the glory is still the LORDS.
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Psalm 56
BibleGateway.com Psalm 56
When living as aliens in this world we are constantly under attack. If we ever let our guard down low we can expect to be hit. If we are afraid put our trust in God. He is in control of all things. If God the creator of all things is where my trust lies what do I have to fear? This mortal body will decay either slowly or quickly. Over time or at the hands of the heathen my life may end but at death is where I truly start to live. I have been promised resurrection, so if I die I will be back. No power can separate me from the love of God. He is sovereign over all powers and if it were not for him allowing them to exist they would become nothing.
When living as aliens in this world we are constantly under attack. If we ever let our guard down low we can expect to be hit. If we are afraid put our trust in God. He is in control of all things. If God the creator of all things is where my trust lies what do I have to fear? This mortal body will decay either slowly or quickly. Over time or at the hands of the heathen my life may end but at death is where I truly start to live. I have been promised resurrection, so if I die I will be back. No power can separate me from the love of God. He is sovereign over all powers and if it were not for him allowing them to exist they would become nothing.
Friday, October 21, 2005
Psalm 55
BibleGateway.com Psalm 55
Trust in the Lord no matter what the treacherous around you do. How hard is it to take into your own hands and give the reaction they so richly deserve. We are to turn over vengeance to the Lord. He will do it in a way that we could never compare. Why hold on bitterly to hatred and hurt. Our Lord will comfort our fear and give wrath to the wrong doer. Remember that our God wins and our eternal future is absent of the ways of this world. We only must wait a short time before all will be made right.
Trust in the Lord no matter what the treacherous around you do. How hard is it to take into your own hands and give the reaction they so richly deserve. We are to turn over vengeance to the Lord. He will do it in a way that we could never compare. Why hold on bitterly to hatred and hurt. Our Lord will comfort our fear and give wrath to the wrong doer. Remember that our God wins and our eternal future is absent of the ways of this world. We only must wait a short time before all will be made right.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Psalm 54
BibleGateway.com Psalm 54
The Lord jealously protects the honor of His name! We call on him in the name of Jesus to "Save me". That is what give us confidence in knowing we have been made right with the Lord. He will not change his mind at the very end of time and say sorry, I don't want you. For the glory of His name he will keep his promise to draw near to those that call on Him.
Our victory over our foes may not come in the time or fashion we think. In the end the wicked will get all they deserve and our foes will face the error of their ways.
The Lord jealously protects the honor of His name! We call on him in the name of Jesus to "Save me". That is what give us confidence in knowing we have been made right with the Lord. He will not change his mind at the very end of time and say sorry, I don't want you. For the glory of His name he will keep his promise to draw near to those that call on Him.
Our victory over our foes may not come in the time or fashion we think. In the end the wicked will get all they deserve and our foes will face the error of their ways.
Monday, October 17, 2005
Psalm 53
BibleGateway.com Passage Lookup: Psalm 53
Verse 1 -
In the atheist heart there is still a tugging that continues to call out for reconciliation to the creator and King of the universe. Only a fool denies this knowledge. The person who claims there is no God is looking at the mirror and not knowing what they look like. You must wickedly twist your reality in order to claim there is no God. We know that not one of us though is innocent there is "no one who does good". Every time we put anything above the rightful place of God we are joining in the saying of fools. To deny God's existence or his Sovereignty is equally reprehensible to the site of the Lord and we have all done it by trying to command our own lives.
Verse 2 -
God is looking for us to seek him. There are many who seek there own personal fulfillment through religion but who actually seeks to be in the presence of the one true God?
Verse 3 and 4-
Once again I have turned away I am full of deceit and evil, I use people for my own gain and satisfaction and comfort.
Verse 5 -
God will put to shame those that continue to attack and rebel against the Most High.
Verse 6 -
We must rejoice for not all is lost! The salvation of the Lord has come to Zion. Through Christ we have been made free or our slavery to sin. We have been made alive to God. You have gained the greatest reward at no price to yourself. The Lord Jesus paid the price and has given us forgiveness. When you were forgiven you were brought the most wonderful treasure in all the universe - relationship with our glorious Lord has been restored! REJOICE all you people of God!
Verse 1 -
In the atheist heart there is still a tugging that continues to call out for reconciliation to the creator and King of the universe. Only a fool denies this knowledge. The person who claims there is no God is looking at the mirror and not knowing what they look like. You must wickedly twist your reality in order to claim there is no God. We know that not one of us though is innocent there is "no one who does good". Every time we put anything above the rightful place of God we are joining in the saying of fools. To deny God's existence or his Sovereignty is equally reprehensible to the site of the Lord and we have all done it by trying to command our own lives.
Verse 2 -
God is looking for us to seek him. There are many who seek there own personal fulfillment through religion but who actually seeks to be in the presence of the one true God?
Verse 3 and 4-
Once again I have turned away I am full of deceit and evil, I use people for my own gain and satisfaction and comfort.
Verse 5 -
God will put to shame those that continue to attack and rebel against the Most High.
Verse 6 -
We must rejoice for not all is lost! The salvation of the Lord has come to Zion. Through Christ we have been made free or our slavery to sin. We have been made alive to God. You have gained the greatest reward at no price to yourself. The Lord Jesus paid the price and has given us forgiveness. When you were forgiven you were brought the most wonderful treasure in all the universe - relationship with our glorious Lord has been restored! REJOICE all you people of God!
Monday, October 10, 2005
Psalm 52
Psalm 52
This is the description of the American rebellion toward God. It is nothing new as you can see. To trust in your strongholds and wealth rather than the Lord is foolishness.
In the culture you are told to depend on yourself. That the "strength is inside you". This makes everyone feel nice and cuddly on the inside but it is a foul smell to God. How far will your great wealth get you after you die? Absolutley nowhere.
Put your trust in the only one that can actually provide all you need and more for all eternity. The ruler of this world may make you happy for 76 years but for the 10 Billion after that? You will be in utter despair with no chance of hope. The time is now to trust the Creator, the Lord, the Giver of all things.
Jim Elliott - "He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he will never lose."
This is the description of the American rebellion toward God. It is nothing new as you can see. To trust in your strongholds and wealth rather than the Lord is foolishness.
In the culture you are told to depend on yourself. That the "strength is inside you". This makes everyone feel nice and cuddly on the inside but it is a foul smell to God. How far will your great wealth get you after you die? Absolutley nowhere.
Put your trust in the only one that can actually provide all you need and more for all eternity. The ruler of this world may make you happy for 76 years but for the 10 Billion after that? You will be in utter despair with no chance of hope. The time is now to trust the Creator, the Lord, the Giver of all things.
Jim Elliott - "He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he will never lose."
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