God Is Good

Life is hard, but God is Good. The Lord is good all the time—when life is good and 

when life is bad. 

Nahum 1:7 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

Sooner or later trouble will come, and the pressures of life will close in around us. We will need a strong hold.

In those times, God is that strong hold—our place of safety, protection and refuge. He knows them that trust Him. 

Proverbs 18:10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Did I mention that the Lord knows all who trust Him. 

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Amazing Grace

The amazing grace of God doesn’t look upon us and concern Himself with our crippled spiritual condition.  

He looks upon us though the eyes of grace.  He sees us exactly like we are, but He loves us anyway.   

He knows all about our past, our problems and our potential, yet He responds by drawing us to Himself.    

God extends His amazing grace to us because of Another.  He reaches out to fallen, depraved sinners because He loves His Son; and because Jesus died for us on the cross. 

When grace fixes its gaze on one of the crippled sons of Adam’s race, it cares for nothing but fetching us to itself.  No wonder it’s called amazing. 

2 Thessalonians 3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

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God Has A Plan

When it comes to believers, the Lord expects us to walk in obedience to His will, because He has a plan for our lives. 

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord , thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

He never asks us to take blind leaps in the dark, but He does ask us to take clear steps of faith in response to His plan.

The surest path to knowing His plan requires prayer, holiness and patience. It requires us to practice Rom. 12:1-2. 

Our Christian walk ought to lead us to Jesus, to His plan and not ours. 

Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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Learning To Lean

The Philistines haven’t forgotten that it was David who destroyed their champion years ago. Afraid they will retaliate, David pretends to be a raving lunatic so that he might escape their presence.  

1 Samuel 21:13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

The mighty man who killed the great giant Goliath is acting like a mad man. Oh, how the mighty are fallen!  

Alone, afraid and alienated, David has nothing and no one on whom he can lean. God has brought him from the very top to the very bottom of life. 

Why did God so afflict the “man after His Own heart”? He wanted David to learn to lean on Him and not on all the other props he had constructed in his life. 

Did David learn to lean solely on the Lord?  I believe He did. Later, he writes about it.  

Psalm 34:3-4 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.

What God did in David’s life, He is prepared to do in your life and mine. You see, leaning isn’t bad as long as we are leaning on the right One. 

“Learning to lean, learning to lean—I’m learning to lean on Jesus—Finding more power than I’d ever dreamed—I’m learning to lean on Jesus.” By John Stallings

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Our Strength Is In The Lord

The Apostle Paul gives us some insight into blessings that we as believers can enjoy. This is a favorite of mine. 

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

All Things—In His will and in His time—I can rise above any situation or circumstance in life. 

It only works when we believe in Christ and His mighty power—the power of working out His will in His children. . 

Romans 8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Bring your need to Jesus and let Him have His way in whatever you need. He will do it for you. 

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The Picture Of Prayer

Prayer is the picture of a weak child seeking the attention of a powerful parent.  

Prayer is leaving the cares of the world behind to get lost in the presence of God. 

Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

God wants His children to pray, but He wants us to pray with a passion about the things that move our hearts, James 5:16; Heb. 5:7; Rom. 15:30; Col. 4:12. 

Earnestly sharing our burdens, needs and problems—many on Facebook—gives us confidence because there is power in prayer. 

It’s humbling to reflect on the prayers that God has answered. 

From an amazing unique consequence during surgery to giving strength in weakness and much more,  I’ve seen the Hand of God in action again and again. 

God is faithful. 

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God Is With You — Always

Sometimes our trials are over in a short time or God may spend years shaping your life for a short period of service, preparing you for greater service.

It took at least 15 years from the time David was anointed king over Israel until he ruled over the land, 1 Sam. 16; 2 Sam. 5:4.  

Those 15 years were hard years; but they were years of development.  David was forced to walk through some hard places, but God used that time in his life to develop him to sit on the throne.

Regardless of how long or how short our experiences may be, our duty is to submit to God and to His will for our lives. 

Remember this: God will always be with you. Heb. 13:5; 

Isa. 43:2, “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.”

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