“My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.”
- Psalms 34:2-4 KJV
Paise to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for his sacrifice on the cross for our sins. Death has been swallowed up in victory as eternal life awaits those who believe! We no longer fear death's sting which is our sin as we have been forgiven and the grave is not the end for us!
@wendelltalks A society that mostly rejects God, will not value most of these commandments. I think they will find some are common sense, such as thou shall not kill, thou shall not steal. For a society to value these, there has to be an awakening, repentance from the heart towards salvation.
Let's take time today to meditate on the grace of God. Let's not set it aside, but remember how Christ died for our sins so that we no longer need to live under the laws of the old covenant. Thank you Lord for the new covenant created through your shed blood on the cross.
Family,
Fixing our eyes on the problem is debilitating. It leads to depression. In fact, we can make an idol of our problem.Jesus didn’t focus on the cross, it’s shame/humiliation. He focused on the joy, the eternal, and the ultimate results that would come from His sacrifice.
DEAR GOD, THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT NATION
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
-2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
Trust in the promises of God, no matter what challenge you may face today. Tell God, "Give me this mountain!", He will be with you, to give you strength no matter how daunting the mountain may seem!
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he had executed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.” And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”
Then as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat.” Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again. And the angel of the Lord came back the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.” So he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God. 1 Kings 19:1-8
In 1 Kings 18, Elijah experienced one of the most dynamic victories in all of Scripture. Armed with unflinching faith in the Lord, he faced down 450 priests of the local false deities. God moved mightily, destroying the idolaters and bringing glory to Himself throughout Israel. What a fantastic win!
But right after this confrontation, when Elijah’s faith should have been at its peak, he became scared. In today’s reading, the prophet learned that the evil queen Jezebel had called for his death. Apparently forgetting God’s mighty victory just moments before, Elijah ran away. How could this be?
Elijah’s story reminds us that success and spiritual growth do not necessarily go hand in hand; our faith can waver at any time. In fact, when we’re successful and confidence is high, that’s often when we turn our eyes away from the Giver of strength and toward ourselves.
Your victory is always in God’s hands. Don’t be fooled: He may work in, around, or through you to accomplish His purpose, but it is always His victory. Have you been distracted by success? Turn your eyes back to God. All praise and glory are rightly His. And He is also the source of freedom from fear.
Denise M.
@wendelltalks A pastor is to guide God's children through the use of God's word and allow the Holy Spirit to work in their hearts. By doing this, the church will learn to discern what is right and wrong. The pastor should also encourage praying for that discernment.
The fruits of the Spirit are free for us to have and to share with others. There are no restrictions or limitations as to how much of these fruits we can have, or how much we can share with others.
@davidvance I see a demolition of concrete stairs. Rainbow colors repesenting a promise from God, but perverted and twisted to represent what God sees as an abomination. So symbolically, one could say this is a representation of what God did to Sodom and Gamorrah?
Every word Jesus spoke in the Bible is important for us to pay attention to. Even more than the apostle Paul. But, if you had to pick the most important phrase Jesus ever spoke. What would it be? I would choose "It is finished." John 19:30
#love#sacrifice#forgiven