Through His word...

I pray you all have a great night and in doing so I wanted to leave you this quote which has added to my joy of reading and sharing Gods word with others, and it is this;

"Through His Word The Lord leads us over and over, first to this word, and then to that, showing us His wonderful glory in every one of them." from John Bunyan's "Grace Abounding to The Chief of Sinners"

Have a blessed restful night.

Whole world in His hands

As I have been reading psalms I also came across this quote from C.S. Lewis; "The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance." Although Mr. Lewis did not go into detail about the tears David also suffered, I truly believe that no matter the circumstance, we CAN dance as David danced, because we know that God is sovereign! (He's in control!).

Or as I used to sing as a child "He's go the whole world in His hands, He's got the whole wide world in His hands!"

Psalms 16

How many times have you cried out, begged for God to help you? To just keep you safe? To keep you sane?

King David felt this and wrote down this very feeling in what is commonly referred to as the "Golden Psalm" or the "Michtam of David. It is Psalms 16 and it begins with; "Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge."

The realness of His strain in life is powerful, but please take note of how he ends his first verse. Look carefully how we can and should be encouraged to end our cries of help, "...for in you I take refuge." Through prayer, by His Word, we are assuredly safe and secure in His presence. Cry out, yes, but end with praise and thanksgiving remembering that God is your refuge.

Loved by family

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us." Thank you to all my friends and family that love and support me at times when they didn't even know I needed the encouragement. God is loving through good godly fellowship.

Delight in His word

"but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night." Psalms 1:2

I have the opportunity to humbly preach/teach on this at our bible study tonight, and even though it is for the most part self explanatory, Gods word always accomplishes what it is intended to do if we receive it with open hearts. It may be correction, encouragement, instruction, etc. We need to only humbly accept His love in whatever way He displays it to us, and asks us to share it with others.

Passionately praying

I'm going to say something for the first time slightly controversial, but I hope you who read these see the underlying theme of my heart. "I almost hope we that are comfortable in our lives right now don't have a good start to our day". What?! Yes, I (ALMOST) hope we don't have a good start. Now I would never actually say that or truly hope that for anyone, yet I do honestly desire that we are ...driven to our knees to desperately seek God, dwell at His feet humbly admitting that we need Him, not just His favor, not just help, but Him! I say this of myself, and if doesn't apply to you than of course disregard and go on faithfully strong in The Lord. Is this a form or way of reverse psychology? That I am not sure of, but I know in my heart, that when I have become to relaxed in my need for Him and Him alone, I am on a slippery slope headed for depression, despair., and self destruction. But glory to God He is lovingly patient and merciful, gracious in all His ways towards me, waiting and wanting to hear from my very heart my love and desire to be with Him, to belong to Him in the safety and comfort of His arms. Normally I would have just posted "we need to pray" and that is true and right, but I felt compelled to approach life differently this morning, I prayed with all my heart... let us pray passionately to Him, with Him, for ourselves and others. Blessings.

Keep standing

It's at times when I'm sick, or a family member is, that I remember "after doing all I can do, stand (in faith, believing)". Whatever you may be going through, it's not that we deny the circumstances, rather we trust and believe that no matter what may happen God is in control, God loves you, your family and friends, and if we are His children, than as Romans says, all things will work for good, for those that believe...hold on, stay strong, God is good.