Psalm 103:1-2 Bless the Lord , O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
How could the soul forget the tender touch of the Great Physician. When I think of the healing I have received, what can I say but, "Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name."
He crowns me with lovingkindness and tender mercies. When I think of His grace and His goodness towards me, I just have to say, "Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name."
When I think of how I was once a slave to sin but now I am free from sin's bondage, sin's curse and sin's penalty, I just have to say, “Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name.”
When I think of how The Lord has repeatedly lifted me from the jagged rocks of affliction and pain and restored to me spiritual strength and victory, I just have to say, "Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name."
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
The Beauty Of Jesus
Isaiah talks about the coming ministry of the Messiah. He paints a portrait of Jesus that is unlike that of most artists.
Isaiah 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Jesus appeared as a normal, run of the mill man. It wasn’t what they saw, but what they didn’t see that made Him extra-ordinary. His real beauty was in what He did for you and me.
He will take His Redeemed to Heaven one day. Throughout eternity, we will look upon Him who loved us and died for us, and we’ll see the evidence of that love constantly staring back at us.
I am certain that this will be the grounds for much of Heaven's rejoicing. You want to see the real beauty of Jesus? Look at the holes in His hands and feet. Look at the wounds on His back and side. Look at the punctures in His head where He wore a thorny crown for you and me. There is His real beauty. There is our salvation.
Isaiah 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Jesus appeared as a normal, run of the mill man. It wasn’t what they saw, but what they didn’t see that made Him extra-ordinary. His real beauty was in what He did for you and me.
He will take His Redeemed to Heaven one day. Throughout eternity, we will look upon Him who loved us and died for us, and we’ll see the evidence of that love constantly staring back at us.
I am certain that this will be the grounds for much of Heaven's rejoicing. You want to see the real beauty of Jesus? Look at the holes in His hands and feet. Look at the wounds on His back and side. Look at the punctures in His head where He wore a thorny crown for you and me. There is His real beauty. There is our salvation.
Monday, November 30, 2015
That Special Place
It’s wonderful to be saved by the grace of God. Some believers wander around aimlessly, living far below the place God saved them to be. They are saved, but there is little power, little glory and little victory in their lives.
God wants to lead you to a place of blessing and glory and victory in your life--- a place where you don’t have to depend on the blessings of yesterday, a place where you can enjoy the priceless riches of what He has given you in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
You need to find that place now. Actually, that place is a place of intimacy with the Lord, a glorious place you find in prayer, in praise, in Bible Study, in surrendering to His will. Now that’s a place of blessing, a place of peace and joy. It’s special.
Psalm 1:1-2 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
God wants to lead you to a place of blessing and glory and victory in your life--- a place where you don’t have to depend on the blessings of yesterday, a place where you can enjoy the priceless riches of what He has given you in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
You need to find that place now. Actually, that place is a place of intimacy with the Lord, a glorious place you find in prayer, in praise, in Bible Study, in surrendering to His will. Now that’s a place of blessing, a place of peace and joy. It’s special.
Psalm 1:1-2 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Sunday, November 29, 2015
God Is Worthy Of Your Praise
Psalm 146:2 While I live will I praise the Lord : I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
God is worthy of your love. He is worthy of your devotion. He is worthy of your obedience. He is worthy of everything you can offer to Him, but most of all He is worthy of your praise.
We can always praise the Lord for His greatness.. He is the God of creation! He is the God Who said “Let there be…” and there was, Psa. 19; Isa. 40:12. His power is awesome and it’s limitless.
Isaiah 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
It’s this power that He extends to us in salvation and in our support day by day! When you are overwhelmed by life, remember Who your God is and what He has done. Then remember that He is still “able”, Eph. 3:20 and that He is still the “I Am.”, Ex. 3:14. When you trust Him, His power becomes your power!
God is worthy of your love. He is worthy of your devotion. He is worthy of your obedience. He is worthy of everything you can offer to Him, but most of all He is worthy of your praise.
We can always praise the Lord for His greatness.. He is the God of creation! He is the God Who said “Let there be…” and there was, Psa. 19; Isa. 40:12. His power is awesome and it’s limitless.
Isaiah 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
It’s this power that He extends to us in salvation and in our support day by day! When you are overwhelmed by life, remember Who your God is and what He has done. Then remember that He is still “able”, Eph. 3:20 and that He is still the “I Am.”, Ex. 3:14. When you trust Him, His power becomes your power!
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