Romans 11: 33, 36
Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
Our Lord God is El Shaddai, God Almighty. His wisdom and His knowledge have made this whole Universe and everything in it, including our own solar system, and our Earth.
And His wisdom and knowledge sustains His Creation, and guides His judgments according to His ways.
And God's wisdom and knowledge in guiding His judgments according to His ways will bring all things, all people, all Worlds, all Planets and Stars, all governments, all individual lives, to His determined goals--to the final culmination of all things; and God will receive all the glory, all the honor, in the beauty of His holiness, for all that has been accomplished, according to His Plan of the Ages, fulfilling all His Purposes for all Creation!
O my Father, You are truely the good, intelligent Agent Who thought up, designed, planned out, made and kept everything that exists. You alone are God, we are not.
Everything else that has ever been given any credit or glory is an idol. Only You, my Lord, deserves all the credit, all the honor, and all the glory for designing and planning out and carrying out Your Plan for it all, without a hitch.
Father, Your wisdom and Your knowledge are so far beyond any of our human wisdom and knowledge, every person falls extremely short of Your perfection; even the most highly intelligent genius cannot touch Your wisdom and knowledge.
And Your judgments cannot be second-guessed. Only You have all the knowledge necessary to see the whole picture, and no one else does or can.
So You, our Lord God Almighty, will enjoy all the honor and all the glory forever throughout all eternity for the things You have done. And You will bestow upon Your family, those who have been born spiritually to You, all Your riches in glory.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Saturday, September 29, 2018
Friday, September 28, 2018
How To Respond To Attacks
II Timothy 2: 24-26
And the Lord's bondservant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to knowledge of the Truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.
There are so many in this World today who are being held captive by the devil to do his will, especially in the realm of politics and political manuverings.
And even in our own families.
May God grant them repentance leading to knowledge of the Truth, and they can come to their senses and escape from that snare of the devil.
And may the Lord's bondservants not react to the attacks, but respond in kindness, teaching the right way to respond. And may they be patient under the fire, gently correcting those who are in opposition.
This is not easy. Only in the power and patience of our Lord can we patiently endure the attacks and respond with kindness. We cannot do it in our flesh.
O my Father, thank You that You are God and we are not! We are weak; You know we are only flesh. Please strengthen Your bondservants when they are attacked and falsely accused and slandered, whether by political opponents or by family members, or by anyone else on that continuum.
Teach Your bondservants how to be Christ to their accusers, and may Your kindness lead their accusers to repentance, to break out of the shackles of the enemy who has them captive and wants to destroy them.
Father, destroy the animosity with Your Love, granting them friendship with one another in place of the hatred and enmity. Only You can do that, Father. Only You are God.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
And the Lord's bondservant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to knowledge of the Truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.
There are so many in this World today who are being held captive by the devil to do his will, especially in the realm of politics and political manuverings.
And even in our own families.
May God grant them repentance leading to knowledge of the Truth, and they can come to their senses and escape from that snare of the devil.
And may the Lord's bondservants not react to the attacks, but respond in kindness, teaching the right way to respond. And may they be patient under the fire, gently correcting those who are in opposition.
This is not easy. Only in the power and patience of our Lord can we patiently endure the attacks and respond with kindness. We cannot do it in our flesh.
O my Father, thank You that You are God and we are not! We are weak; You know we are only flesh. Please strengthen Your bondservants when they are attacked and falsely accused and slandered, whether by political opponents or by family members, or by anyone else on that continuum.
Teach Your bondservants how to be Christ to their accusers, and may Your kindness lead their accusers to repentance, to break out of the shackles of the enemy who has them captive and wants to destroy them.
Father, destroy the animosity with Your Love, granting them friendship with one another in place of the hatred and enmity. Only You can do that, Father. Only You are God.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Thursday, September 27, 2018
The Tongue Of The Wise
Proverbs 12: 18
There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Words are so powerful! God's Words spoke the Universe into being. And our words can build up or tear down ourselves and others.
What we tell ourselves is the most important conversation we will have each day. Am I telling myself God's view of me, or the world's ideas? Am I living my life as God's dear child, or have I left myself vulnerable to the enemy's lies?
My words to others will reflect my acceptance or rejection of myself, and I know that my words in the past have been spoken rashly, resulting in harsh pronouncements, pushing away those I want to draw close.
Father, thank You for revealing this sin in my heart so I could confess and forsake it, and allow You to cleanse me of it. And I have been "careful to do" what You lead me to do, in considering my words before I speak them.
This process is taking me time to forsake utterly that rashness, and implementing the habit, the practice of using Your wisdom to consider how my words would affect the sensibilities of the hearers.
Please continue to lead me each day, Father, as I place my hand into Yours, and I know You will never let me go. Strengthen me to walk each step confidently and straight, not turning to the right hand or to the left, not wandering away or pulling back.
I need You, my dear Father! I am desperate for You, for Your strength and wisdom, for I have none in myself.
Let me see myself as You see me, Father; that I would also see others with Your eyes, seeing them with inestimable worth and preciousness. Then my words will encourage them to live their lives in a way that You would consider worthy to share in Your Kingdom and Glory (I Thessalonians 2:12).
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Words are so powerful! God's Words spoke the Universe into being. And our words can build up or tear down ourselves and others.
What we tell ourselves is the most important conversation we will have each day. Am I telling myself God's view of me, or the world's ideas? Am I living my life as God's dear child, or have I left myself vulnerable to the enemy's lies?
My words to others will reflect my acceptance or rejection of myself, and I know that my words in the past have been spoken rashly, resulting in harsh pronouncements, pushing away those I want to draw close.
Father, thank You for revealing this sin in my heart so I could confess and forsake it, and allow You to cleanse me of it. And I have been "careful to do" what You lead me to do, in considering my words before I speak them.
This process is taking me time to forsake utterly that rashness, and implementing the habit, the practice of using Your wisdom to consider how my words would affect the sensibilities of the hearers.
Please continue to lead me each day, Father, as I place my hand into Yours, and I know You will never let me go. Strengthen me to walk each step confidently and straight, not turning to the right hand or to the left, not wandering away or pulling back.
I need You, my dear Father! I am desperate for You, for Your strength and wisdom, for I have none in myself.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
"It's All About Love"
Matthew 22: 37-40
Jesus replied, "'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the other commandments and all the demands of the Prophets are based on these two commandments."
It really is all about Love. God is Love, He loves us, He wants us to love Him back, and He wants us to love others as well as ourselves.
To love with genuine, true Love, not sentimentalism. Real Love is defined in First Corinthians chapter 13. Real Love desires the true best for the one loved, regardless of the cost to the one loving.
God gave us what was of ultimate cost to Himself--His only Son!
O my Father, teach me to love You the way You deserve to be loved. Teach me to love myself with an undefiled love based on the worth You have valued me at. Teach me to love others, seeing them with Your eyes, loving them with Your love, drawing them not to myself but to You.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Jesus replied, "'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the other commandments and all the demands of the Prophets are based on these two commandments."
It really is all about Love. God is Love, He loves us, He wants us to love Him back, and He wants us to love others as well as ourselves.
To love with genuine, true Love, not sentimentalism. Real Love is defined in First Corinthians chapter 13. Real Love desires the true best for the one loved, regardless of the cost to the one loving.
God gave us what was of ultimate cost to Himself--His only Son!
O my Father, teach me to love You the way You deserve to be loved. Teach me to love myself with an undefiled love based on the worth You have valued me at. Teach me to love others, seeing them with Your eyes, loving them with Your love, drawing them not to myself but to You.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Our Lord God
... I am the Lord ...
Repeated continually in:
Leviticus 20: 7;
21: 8, 12, 15, 23;
22: 2, 3, 8, 9, 16.
O my Father, again I am impressed with the Truth that we become like that, that we worship, dwell on, think about, spend time with.
You constantly remind us that You are the God we are to worship, You are the One Who meets all our needs, You are the Lord God Who rescues us from our troubles and our enemies--not any of the gods of any of the lands we are familiar with. We are not to observe any of the ways of this World, this society, this culture in which we live.
We are to know, dwell on, study, and apply in our daily lives, moment-to-moment, only Your ways, Your laws, Your will for us; to accomplish Your purposes according to Your plans for each of us, and Your great Plan of the Ages for all of us.
What You have begun in me You will perform and perfect in That Day when Christ Jesus returns!
Continue to mold me and shape me, form in me the character of Christ my Lord; make me into the person You created me to be.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Repeated continually in:
Leviticus 20: 7;
21: 8, 12, 15, 23;
22: 2, 3, 8, 9, 16.
O my Father, again I am impressed with the Truth that we become like that, that we worship, dwell on, think about, spend time with.
You constantly remind us that You are the God we are to worship, You are the One Who meets all our needs, You are the Lord God Who rescues us from our troubles and our enemies--not any of the gods of any of the lands we are familiar with. We are not to observe any of the ways of this World, this society, this culture in which we live.
We are to know, dwell on, study, and apply in our daily lives, moment-to-moment, only Your ways, Your laws, Your will for us; to accomplish Your purposes according to Your plans for each of us, and Your great Plan of the Ages for all of us.
What You have begun in me You will perform and perfect in That Day when Christ Jesus returns!
Continue to mold me and shape me, form in me the character of Christ my Lord; make me into the person You created me to be.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Monday, September 24, 2018
Flood Of Righteousness
Isaiah 45: 8
Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the the clouds pour down righteousness; let the Earth open up and salvation bear fruit, and righteousness spring up with it. I, the Lord, have created it.
Our God is Almighty God, Creator of everything that exists.
May He cause His righteousness to pour down from Heaven, to drip from the clouds like torrential rain, and the Earth to open up to receive this bounty from above, bringing all the lost sheep into the fold and waking up His church to bear the fruit of righteousness in our Nation from the grassroots up.
O my Lord God, restore us to the righteousness which our Founders based this Nation upon. Let us remember from what heights we have fallen and retun to You, the Shepherd of our souls.
Examine our hearts, O God, and show us our sins, our secret sins we have been cherishing, to acknowledge them and forsake them; to cleanse us, clean out all those old wounds, so we can heal.
And help us live our lives in Righteousness. Teach us how to promote Righteousness in the society in which we live. Flood us in Your Righteousness, O Lord!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the the clouds pour down righteousness; let the Earth open up and salvation bear fruit, and righteousness spring up with it. I, the Lord, have created it.
Our God is Almighty God, Creator of everything that exists.
May He cause His righteousness to pour down from Heaven, to drip from the clouds like torrential rain, and the Earth to open up to receive this bounty from above, bringing all the lost sheep into the fold and waking up His church to bear the fruit of righteousness in our Nation from the grassroots up.
O my Lord God, restore us to the righteousness which our Founders based this Nation upon. Let us remember from what heights we have fallen and retun to You, the Shepherd of our souls.
Examine our hearts, O God, and show us our sins, our secret sins we have been cherishing, to acknowledge them and forsake them; to cleanse us, clean out all those old wounds, so we can heal.
And help us live our lives in Righteousness. Teach us how to promote Righteousness in the society in which we live. Flood us in Your Righteousness, O Lord!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Sunday, September 23, 2018
The Armor Of God
Ephesians 6: 13-17
Therefore, take up the full armor of God ...
We need the full suit, every part, no piece can be left out, it must be complete.
Stand firm, therefore, having girded your loins with truth,
Your loins refers to your waist-to-knees portion of your body, to protect your most private and vulnerable parts; safeguarding your chastity and purity. The first step in putting on this armor.
and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
This covers your heart, to ensure that your heart is filled with right attitudes in order to protect your feelings and emotions.
and having shod your feet with the preparation of the Gospel of peace.
We must prepare ourselves to run with the Gospel that brings peace.
In addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
This shield will catch and put out the flames of the logical and believable lies our enemy throws at us. Believing God shows us the deception of whatever doesn't agree with His Truth.
And take the helmet of salvation,
Our brain is our base of operations of our whole body, which must be surrounded by the protection of God's deliverance from all that falls short of His perfect ways.
and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.
This is our only offensive weapon, all the rest are defensive. Our sword is double-edged and razor-sharp, a very dangerous tool. We need to wield it very carefully, skillfully, and wisely. We need to train in it, regularly, to attain the precision of a brain-surgeon.
Jesus used the Word in response to the Tempter, and the Tempter also quoted Scripture. So we need the Holy Spirit's direction to out-wit our enemy as Jesus did.
O my Father, I pray for Your armor to gird me today, each day: the belt of Truth, breastplate of righteousness, boots of the Gospel, Your shield of faith and sword of the Spirit--the Word of God.
This armor is very strong and impenetrable, yet light of weight and resilient of movement; it fits me perfectly and comfortably, as it was custom-made by You for me.
Teach me Your ways, lead and guide me today into Your steps. Show me where You would have me go and what You would have me do concerning every circumstance and situation I will face each day.
I am yours, my Lord; mold me and shape me according to Your Plan to fulfill Your Purposes. And You will receive all the credit, all the glory forever; because You alone designed it all, planned how it would all work out, and are completing and finishing all Your pleasure in us all.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Therefore, take up the full armor of God ...
We need the full suit, every part, no piece can be left out, it must be complete.
Stand firm, therefore, having girded your loins with truth,
Your loins refers to your waist-to-knees portion of your body, to protect your most private and vulnerable parts; safeguarding your chastity and purity. The first step in putting on this armor.
and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
This covers your heart, to ensure that your heart is filled with right attitudes in order to protect your feelings and emotions.
and having shod your feet with the preparation of the Gospel of peace.
We must prepare ourselves to run with the Gospel that brings peace.
In addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
This shield will catch and put out the flames of the logical and believable lies our enemy throws at us. Believing God shows us the deception of whatever doesn't agree with His Truth.
And take the helmet of salvation,
Our brain is our base of operations of our whole body, which must be surrounded by the protection of God's deliverance from all that falls short of His perfect ways.
and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.
This is our only offensive weapon, all the rest are defensive. Our sword is double-edged and razor-sharp, a very dangerous tool. We need to wield it very carefully, skillfully, and wisely. We need to train in it, regularly, to attain the precision of a brain-surgeon.
Jesus used the Word in response to the Tempter, and the Tempter also quoted Scripture. So we need the Holy Spirit's direction to out-wit our enemy as Jesus did.
O my Father, I pray for Your armor to gird me today, each day: the belt of Truth, breastplate of righteousness, boots of the Gospel, Your shield of faith and sword of the Spirit--the Word of God.
This armor is very strong and impenetrable, yet light of weight and resilient of movement; it fits me perfectly and comfortably, as it was custom-made by You for me.
Teach me Your ways, lead and guide me today into Your steps. Show me where You would have me go and what You would have me do concerning every circumstance and situation I will face each day.
I am yours, my Lord; mold me and shape me according to Your Plan to fulfill Your Purposes. And You will receive all the credit, all the glory forever; because You alone designed it all, planned how it would all work out, and are completing and finishing all Your pleasure in us all.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
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