Jesus Is All We Need

David was a mighty king, ruling a great kingdom. God has given him victory over every enemy.  As he remembers where the Lord found him and all the Lord has done for him, he writes it in a song.

2 Samuel 22:2-3 And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.

The same God that strengthened David is the same God Who has promised to strengthen us, Psa. 55:22; Psa. 121:1-8. 

He is our Protector, John 10:28-29; 1 Pet. 1:5.  —- He is our Promoter.  He has promised us victory, 2 Cor. 2:14; Rom. 8:31, 37; 1 Cor. 15:57.  

Regardless of what we face, know that God is always leading us toward victory, and one day He will allow us to sing the same song of praise that David offered here. 

2 Samuel 22:47 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.

God truly is “all we need.”

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Every Thing’s Gonna Be All Right

Even though we know it, as did Job (Job 14:1), it still bothers us when we see the righteous suffer.

Sometimes troubles knock us down and cause us injury, but let me tell you — no matter how it looks right now — the Lord is working in your life and everything's gonna be all right. 

John 16:33  These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

It may look bad for you, but in the end things are going to work out just as God  planned.  

And, you may ask, what has God planned? He has planned nothing but the best for His children, Rom. 8:28; 2 Cor, 4:17;

 Jer. 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."

God can bring great gain into our lives through these trials. Everything's gonna be all right. Just keep on praying. 

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Our Comfort Zone

When we find ourselves outside our “Comfort Zone” we get a little nervous. There is nothing wrong with being comfortable with our homes, our automobile or our financial standing. 

But as a believer, we should never be satisfied with our spiritual progress or reaching a place where we are totally satisfied with our witness to a lost and dying world.

If any Christian had ever reached a place where he could be satisfied with his spiritual progress, it was the Apostle Paul. Yet, he remained unsatisfied and always reached for more – Phil. 3:12-14.

Philippians 3:13-14 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

God has called each of us and gifted us in wonderful ways, 1 Cor. 12:7-26.  

He has given us the means whereby we can stand out from the crowd and be different for His glory, because the Lord has done a work in our hearts and lives.  

He can take us like He finds us and transform us into what He wants us to be. 

Dedicate your life to Jesus, even if it moves you out of your comfort zone. 

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Though I Walk Through The Valley

David knew he couldn't get out of the valley on his own, so he looked to God.

Psalm 143:8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

Dark valleys will cause you to come to the end of yourself and then you can rely on a big God.  Pro. 3:5-6; Rom. 8:28; 2 Cor. 4:17)

As terrible as the valleys may be, they are also valuable because in the valley we learn eternal truths about God — truths that strengthens our faith.  

Thank God, there is help. 

Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

A personal relationship and daily walk with the Lord Jesus will prepare us for the  valley. 

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Living For Jesus

The twelfth chapter of Romans is a plea for believers to live lives that are pleasing to the Lord. Verse twelve encourages us in hope, troubles, and prayer. 

Romans 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

We should be the happiest people on earth. Why? Because we are saved, forgiven and heaven bound. 

We can rejoice when we remember where the Lord found us and the storms He brought us through. Through it all I’ve learned to  trust in Jesus for everything. 

We are to keep our eyes on Jesus, knowing that He is working out His will everyday and that He is always seeking the best for His people, Rom. 8:28.

Prayer — a vibrant and consistent prayer life — is our life line. God will bless the praying person and the praying church, James 5:16.

The longer you serve Him, the sweeter He grows. 

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Perfect Strength

Fanny Crosby, blinded at the age of five by a wrong prescription given by a doctor, wrote some 8,000 gospel hymns in her eighty-five blind years. Her blindness brought more glory to God than she could have imagined. 

The sufferings of the Apostle Paul taught him to praise the Lord, knowing that God was in control.  

He said, “It doesn’t make sense, but when I am at my weakest after the flesh, I am the strongest spiritually!” Why? Because it’s then the power of God can work in his life.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 

[10] Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

When we are broken by life and it’s infirmities, the Lord puts us in a position of complete dependence upon Him.

It’s then that God can move in us, on us, and through us in extraordinary ways. 

Paul looked beyond the thorn and buffeting, seeing the power and the glory of God that was coming. 

That’s why he had peace and could praise the Lord in the middle of his buffeting. 

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Go Ask

“Don't ask me to explain to you how one could start again or hardened hearts could soften like a child. 

Don't ask me how to reason out the mysteries of life or how to face it's problems with a smile. 

Go ask the man who's found the way through tangled roads back home to stay when all communications were destroyed. 

Go ask the child who's walking now who once was crippled and then somehow her useless legs were made to jump for joy. 

Go ask the one who's burned out mind has been restored I think you'll find the questions not important as before. 

Don't ask me if He's good or bad, I only know the guilt I had is gone and I can't tell you any more. 

And don't ask me how to prove to you why I know God is there, or how I know that He would care for you. 

And don't ask me why someone so great would chose to walk with me and trade my broken life for one that's new. 

Go ask the child whose got a dad to love away the hurt he had before this man called Jesus touched their lives. 

Go ask the one whose fears have fled whose churning heart was quieted when someone whispered peace to all her strife. 

Go ask the man to tell you more whose life was just a raging war in spite of self until the Savior came. 

I don't pretend to be so wise, I only know He touched my eyes and nothing else will ever be the same.” — Gloria Gaither 

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