psalm 139:1-24

 139 O lord, thou hast searched me and known me.

2 Thou knowest my down sitting and mine uprising, thou understands my thought afar off.

3 Thou compasses my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

5 Thou hast beset me behind and before and laid thine hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

24 And see if there be any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.

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Trusting in Jesus

 

28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:28-39

Thanks for coming by for today's promises of God! I will get back to WHO IS God? tomorrow JULY !9th. God bless you!

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Who Is God? (Part four)

 

23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalms 23:1

Most of us know Psalms 23 well. Maybe some can even recite it.  But do you know what shepherds do?

Let's take a look:

A shepherd's job:

He watches over his sheep or whatever his flock happens to be.

He provides water for them.

He provides food for them.

He protects them from predators.

And if ever necessary, a shepherd would lay down him life for his sheep.

Sound familiar?

As human (parents) aren't we to do this for our own children or those children in our care?

God provides for us like that.

His name in the Bible is 

God our provider

He is who we look to. To provide us with the things we need. We don't always get what we want. But He gives us what we need. 

And praise God for that in this time when the world crashes around us. Everyday there is more and more bad news. It comes at alarming rates and there are some days that we cry out to God "Come quickly Lord Jesus!"

The thing is, we are not in control of when that time will happen. I don't believe it will be that long. But who knows? I believed the same thing 30 years ago. And we are still here. Waiting and watching.

  

However, while we wait, Jesus still sits on His throne. And....

 He is:

Jehovah-Raah

Our Shepard and Provider

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Have a blessed day in Jesus!

   

 

Trusting in Jesus

18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.    Proverbs 4:18-24

Hello, Friends. Just a quick note to let you know that I will continue my series on Who is God on Monday July 14. Thanks for coming by, Friends. Have a blessed day in Jesus!

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Trusting in Jesus

 

4 For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth.

5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

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Who Is God? (Part three)

 

 18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation. ’Numbers 14:18

Who was God?

Moses led the Children of Israel to the Promised Land. The Promise Land was described as flowing with mild and honey. They had been under Egypital rule for many years. Who would not want to be freed from that and led to a new land. One that flowed with milk and honey.

And yet, they complained and at one point wanted to return to the slavery that they had just been freed from. 

They would confess their sins during this time and God would forgive them. But then they would go right back to complaining again. 

Sometimes we do the same thing. We see God working in our lives after we have sinned and He has forgiven us. 

But then we turn around sometimes doing the same thing only to become miserable again and we start complaining. 

We finally ask God's forgiveness, and He forgives and then the whole thing starts over.

How many chances in life do we get? I know I have had my share. And yet, God has never let me down. He was always waiting. Always willing to forgive me. 

But my time on this earth is running out. We should never take our salvation for granted because even as a young person or at any age really, our time can run out.

And I know that I do not want to be caught in sin when my time is up. So, I am always asking His forgiveness every day. 

He is steadfast in love and mercy, and I am thankful for that. Because I for one have needed it. Time and time again, just like the Israelites, I have needed it.

What about your God. Who is He to you?  He loves you with all His heart. That I know. 

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