I’m always talking, bla, bla, bla… So today I just want to give you some scriptures. Read over them and see what you get out of it. Have an awesome day and be blessed in every way!
2 Cor 4:16-18
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
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Gal 6:9-10
9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
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Isa 50:7
"For the Lord God will help Me;
Therefore I will not be disgraced;
Therefore I have set My face like a flint,
And I know that I will not be ashamed.
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Isa 40:28-31
28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
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Ps 27:13-14
13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
That I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.
14 Wait on the Lord;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord! (*WAIT – Expect)
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Ps 27:14
14 Stay with God!
Take heart. Don't quit.
I'll say it again:
Stay with God.
MES
Ps 27:14
14 Wait and hope for and expect the Lord; be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring. Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord.
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Col 1:11
11 [We pray] that you may be invigorated and strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory, [to exercise] every kind of endurance and patience (perseverance and forbearance) with joy,
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Col 1:11-12
11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
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James 1:2-5
2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
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Phil 4:4-7
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!
5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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Hab 3:17-19
17 Though the fig tree does not blossom and there is no fruit on the vines, [though] the product of the olive fails and the fields yield no food, though the flock is cut off from the fold and there are no cattle in the stalls,
18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the [victorious] God of my salvation! [Rom 8:37.]
19 The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds' feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]!
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Eph 3:16
16 May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality].
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Eph 6:10-11
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
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Phil 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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Phil 4:19-20
And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 20 Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
ARISE & GO
If you just sit there it’s nothing new, you’re uninspired by the same old view.
You think you’re waiting for God, but He’s waiting for you.
So go ahead and pray and say, “God help me know do Your will today.”
Now get on your way, His voice obey!
The grace won’t come until you go, and if you don’t get started you’ll never know.
So take some steps and then you’ll see, the things that lie ahead for thee.
Acts 9:6
6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?"
Then the Lord said to him, "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."
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You think you’re waiting for God, but He’s waiting for you.
So go ahead and pray and say, “God help me know do Your will today.”
Now get on your way, His voice obey!
The grace won’t come until you go, and if you don’t get started you’ll never know.
So take some steps and then you’ll see, the things that lie ahead for thee.
Acts 9:6
6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?"
Then the Lord said to him, "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Throwin Out the Baby with the Bathwater
Now usually you don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater, but when the baby gets big and still won’t get outta the tub then sometimes you gotta throw out the whole mess and start from scratch. The old water won’t work anymore because it’s dirty with residue from those who have gone before. Not that there was anything wrong with it - in it’s time, but now what’s left behind is old, cold and moldy. And that’s how I felt, until God seemed to say, “throw out the baby with the bath water” and “you’re the baby!” So what worked before, won’t work no more! I need to do – something new!
And it’s scary because I’ve always patterned my ministry after someone who has gone before. And it was alright for a while, but now but now I’m older and need to get out on my own. Not that I don’t respect my elders in the faith, because I do and am thankful for them. But just because I love my parents doesn’t mean that I should hide at home all my life to stay safe in their shadow.
So it’s a new frontier and there is no map. All I can do is pray, go day by day and let God show me the way. It’s very tempting to quit or try go back. But I’ve already gone too far! And furthermore the Lord is leading me forward. The going seems to be getting more difficult and I know that the only way I’m going to make it is to shed all the baggage and start from scratch. Going forth only with what’s absolutely necessary for salvation and survival.
And so it begins, the Ministry for Misfits. But misfits why? Because! That’s why. Because I can hear their cry, and if they don’t get help, then they may die. And so I have to try - and I must do – something new. I don’t know exactly what it will look like or how or how it will be, just one step at a time - and then we will see.
Matt 9:9-17
9 As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, "Follow Me." So he arose and followed Him.
10 Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."
14 Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?"
15 And Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. 17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."
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Luke 5:27-39
27 After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, "Follow Me." 28 So he left all, rose up, and followed Him.
29 Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them. 30 And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, "Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"
31 Jesus answered and said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."
33 Then they said to Him, "Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?"
34 And He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days."
36 Then He spoke a parable to them: "No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. 38 But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. 39 And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, 'The old is better.'"
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And it’s scary because I’ve always patterned my ministry after someone who has gone before. And it was alright for a while, but now but now I’m older and need to get out on my own. Not that I don’t respect my elders in the faith, because I do and am thankful for them. But just because I love my parents doesn’t mean that I should hide at home all my life to stay safe in their shadow.
So it’s a new frontier and there is no map. All I can do is pray, go day by day and let God show me the way. It’s very tempting to quit or try go back. But I’ve already gone too far! And furthermore the Lord is leading me forward. The going seems to be getting more difficult and I know that the only way I’m going to make it is to shed all the baggage and start from scratch. Going forth only with what’s absolutely necessary for salvation and survival.
And so it begins, the Ministry for Misfits. But misfits why? Because! That’s why. Because I can hear their cry, and if they don’t get help, then they may die. And so I have to try - and I must do – something new. I don’t know exactly what it will look like or how or how it will be, just one step at a time - and then we will see.
Matt 9:9-17
9 As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, "Follow Me." So he arose and followed Him.
10 Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."
14 Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?"
15 And Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. 17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."
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Luke 5:27-39
27 After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, "Follow Me." 28 So he left all, rose up, and followed Him.
29 Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them. 30 And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, "Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"
31 Jesus answered and said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."
33 Then they said to Him, "Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?"
34 And He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days."
36 Then He spoke a parable to them: "No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. 38 But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. 39 And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, 'The old is better.'"
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Monday, February 6, 2012
CHILDREN OF GOD!
God Loves YOU! You are ALREADY FORGIVEN and ACCEPTED. If you will believe Him, and receive Him, He will ADOPT you and cause you to become as His very own Son.
1 John 3:1
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!
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John 1:12
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God,
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Eph 1:5-6
5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
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Rom 8:29
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
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Rom 8:16
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
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Eph 5:1
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
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1 John 3:1
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!
NIV
John 1:12
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God,
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Eph 1:5-6
5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
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Rom 8:29
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
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Rom 8:16
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
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Eph 5:1
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
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Friday, February 3, 2012
Ground and Pound
Oppression often comes to say,
“I don’t want do it today!”
But you must resist,
Or become its prey.
Cast down dismay,
It’s thoughts to slay,
Arise and say,
“I’LL DO IT ANYWAY!”
Infections of weakness and legions of lies will try to arise to bring your demise. So you must fight, and persist to resist, till they cease and desist.
Don’t just accept, whatever thought comes into your head, because if you do, your dreams ‘ill be dead. But guard your heart and mind with all diligence for as a man “thinketh in his heart, so is he” and out of his heart “spring the issues of life.”
Ground and pound – weak willed incantations and infectious imaginations. Lift up your chin and declare “I will win!” and “I’ll never give in, to oppression again!”
2 Cor 10:5
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
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Ps 18:37-38
37 I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them;
Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.
38 I have wounded them,
So that they could not rise;
They have fallen under my feet.
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Isa 54:14-15
14 In righteousness you shall be established;
You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
And from terror, for it shall not come near you.
15 Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me.
Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake.
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Isa 41:10-13
10 Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'
11 "Behold, all those who were incensed against you
Shall be ashamed and disgraced;
They shall be as nothing,
And those who strive with you shall perish.
12 You shall seek them and not find them —
Those who contended with you.
Those who war against you
Shall be as nothing,
As a nonexistent thing.
13 For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand,
Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.'
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“I don’t want do it today!”
But you must resist,
Or become its prey.
Cast down dismay,
It’s thoughts to slay,
Arise and say,
“I’LL DO IT ANYWAY!”
Infections of weakness and legions of lies will try to arise to bring your demise. So you must fight, and persist to resist, till they cease and desist.
Don’t just accept, whatever thought comes into your head, because if you do, your dreams ‘ill be dead. But guard your heart and mind with all diligence for as a man “thinketh in his heart, so is he” and out of his heart “spring the issues of life.”
Ground and pound – weak willed incantations and infectious imaginations. Lift up your chin and declare “I will win!” and “I’ll never give in, to oppression again!”
2 Cor 10:5
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
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Ps 18:37-38
37 I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them;
Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.
38 I have wounded them,
So that they could not rise;
They have fallen under my feet.
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Isa 54:14-15
14 In righteousness you shall be established;
You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
And from terror, for it shall not come near you.
15 Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me.
Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake.
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Isa 41:10-13
10 Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'
11 "Behold, all those who were incensed against you
Shall be ashamed and disgraced;
They shall be as nothing,
And those who strive with you shall perish.
12 You shall seek them and not find them —
Those who contended with you.
Those who war against you
Shall be as nothing,
As a nonexistent thing.
13 For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand,
Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.'
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
The-Lord-Will-Provide
The Lord promised to provide but you must obey. In other words, “pray everyday and do what I say.” Pray everyday and be bold to obey! “Today, if you will hear His voice do not harden your hearts”
He said that He would provide but He never said how and He didn’t say that it would be easy either. It’s simple to see that in order to receive the provision the sheep must of necessity follow the Shepherd. And “be diligent to obey his voice” And that’s where the challenge comes in for the flesh. When it comes to the provision it’s not “free choice” but OBEY MY VOICE. You can’t just do whatever, whenever and wherever and expect God to bless the work of your hands. No, He will bless the work of you hands when you obey His voice because then the work of your hands is the work of His hands.
People like to say, “God will provide” and it’s true but the qualification is obedience. God provided for Abraham on the mountain but what if Abraham decided not to get up and go that day? It definitely wasn’t easy and He didn’t know or understand beforehand what God was going to do. But he did know that God is faithful, and was willing to do whatever he needed to do. Obedience even to the extent of sacrificing his own son. Can you even imagine? But he knew that God was greater even than death and that God would fulfill His promise. “By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 of whom it was said, "In Isaac your seed shall be called," 19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.” (Heb 11:17-19)
And so he went. And ultimate obedience resulted in ultimate provision. Abraham was willing to give his son but God said, “No I will provide My own Son and He will be for your sacrifice.” And because you obeyed my voice you have received THE PROVISION.
The Provision is the Provider within. And the ability was provided by The Sacrifice. Now you have the opportunity to be one with the Almighty. The Shepherd and Provider dwells within. And “He shall supply all your need.” Now it’s your responsibility to PRAY AND OBEY. And it’s usually not easy so don’t expect it to be so you won’t be disappointed. But it makes sense because why would He need to strengthen you with mighty power to do His will if it was going to be easy? You don’t need mighty power to sit on the couch and wait for a check to come in. But you do need strength to get up off you butt and obey. And not just doing and being busy about whatever, whenever and wherever and thinking that because you’re in motion now God will provide. But you need to be in the right place at the right time doing what you believe that He wants you to. And He didn’t promise that you would like it, understand it, or be comfortable with it. If you’ve waked with God for very long then you already know this. You don’t just wake up one day and it suddenly gets easier. No, usually it gets harder but you get stronger and become more of an overcomer.
I’m sorry to say but I’ve been waiting, wishing and praying for twenty years for it to get easier it and it hasn’t yet. So I’m waiting no longer but focusing on getting stronger. And the stronger I get the more I can do and I’ve learned that obedience is always the way to get the breakthrough. It’s called the fight of faith and it’s a fight to obey. Not just one day or one time, but to pray everyday and be bold to obey. And there is no “grey” for this is the way, you must be diligent to DO what God has to say.
In Him you abide, He shall provide,
He strengthens you, so you CAN DO,
What He’s put in your heart,
NOW you must follow through.
Phil 4:13 …19
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. …And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
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Ps 90:17
17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us,
And establish the work of our hands for us;
Yes, establish the work of our hands.
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Ps 90:17
7 May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us;
establish the work of our hands for us —
yes, establish the work of our hands.
NIV
Ps 90:17
17 and let the Lord our God favor us and give us success. May he give permanence to all we do.
TLB
Ps 90:17
17 And let the beauty and delightfulness and favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands — yes, the work of our hands, confirm and establish it.
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Beauty – S.#5278 – agreeableness, delight, suitableness, splendor, favor
Ps 5:12
12 For surely, O Lord, you bless the righteous;
you surround them with your favor as with a shield.
NIV
Phil 4:19-20
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 20 Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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1 Tim 5:8
8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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Eph 2:19
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
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Heb 3:6-4:16
6 but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.
7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:
"Today, if you will hear His voice,
8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,
9 Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
And saw My works forty years.
10 Therefore I was angry with that generation,
And said, 'They always go astray in their heart,
And they have not known My ways.'
11 So I swore in My wrath,
'They shall not enter My rest.'"
12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13 but exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15 while it is said:
"Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."
16 For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? 17 Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
1 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. 3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said:
"So I swore in My wrath,
'They shall not enter My rest,'"
although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works"; 5 and again in this place: "They shall not enter My rest."
6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience, 7 again He designates a certain day, saying in David, "Today," after such a long time, as it has been said:
"Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts."
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. 10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.
11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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2 Cor 12:9
9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness."
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Isa 1:19
19 If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the good of the land;
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Deut 28:1-2…8
28 "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
…8 "The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand,
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Deut 30:8-14…19-20
8 And you will again obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you today. 9 The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the Lord will again rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers, 10 if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
11 "For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' 14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
…19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; 20 that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."
NKJV
Abraham obeyed…
Gen 22:8
8 And Abraham said, "My son, GOD WILL PROVIDE for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering." So the two of them went together.
NKJV (Caps. added)
Gen 22:14
14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, "In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided."
NKJV
Gen 22:18-19
18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."
NKJV
Gal 3:14
14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
NKJV
Heb 11:8
8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
NKJV
Gen 22:15-19
15 Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, 16 and said:"By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son — 17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."
NKJV
Psalm 23
1 The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
3 He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever.
NKJV
He said that He would provide but He never said how and He didn’t say that it would be easy either. It’s simple to see that in order to receive the provision the sheep must of necessity follow the Shepherd. And “be diligent to obey his voice” And that’s where the challenge comes in for the flesh. When it comes to the provision it’s not “free choice” but OBEY MY VOICE. You can’t just do whatever, whenever and wherever and expect God to bless the work of your hands. No, He will bless the work of you hands when you obey His voice because then the work of your hands is the work of His hands.
People like to say, “God will provide” and it’s true but the qualification is obedience. God provided for Abraham on the mountain but what if Abraham decided not to get up and go that day? It definitely wasn’t easy and He didn’t know or understand beforehand what God was going to do. But he did know that God is faithful, and was willing to do whatever he needed to do. Obedience even to the extent of sacrificing his own son. Can you even imagine? But he knew that God was greater even than death and that God would fulfill His promise. “By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 of whom it was said, "In Isaac your seed shall be called," 19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.” (Heb 11:17-19)
And so he went. And ultimate obedience resulted in ultimate provision. Abraham was willing to give his son but God said, “No I will provide My own Son and He will be for your sacrifice.” And because you obeyed my voice you have received THE PROVISION.
The Provision is the Provider within. And the ability was provided by The Sacrifice. Now you have the opportunity to be one with the Almighty. The Shepherd and Provider dwells within. And “He shall supply all your need.” Now it’s your responsibility to PRAY AND OBEY. And it’s usually not easy so don’t expect it to be so you won’t be disappointed. But it makes sense because why would He need to strengthen you with mighty power to do His will if it was going to be easy? You don’t need mighty power to sit on the couch and wait for a check to come in. But you do need strength to get up off you butt and obey. And not just doing and being busy about whatever, whenever and wherever and thinking that because you’re in motion now God will provide. But you need to be in the right place at the right time doing what you believe that He wants you to. And He didn’t promise that you would like it, understand it, or be comfortable with it. If you’ve waked with God for very long then you already know this. You don’t just wake up one day and it suddenly gets easier. No, usually it gets harder but you get stronger and become more of an overcomer.
I’m sorry to say but I’ve been waiting, wishing and praying for twenty years for it to get easier it and it hasn’t yet. So I’m waiting no longer but focusing on getting stronger. And the stronger I get the more I can do and I’ve learned that obedience is always the way to get the breakthrough. It’s called the fight of faith and it’s a fight to obey. Not just one day or one time, but to pray everyday and be bold to obey. And there is no “grey” for this is the way, you must be diligent to DO what God has to say.
In Him you abide, He shall provide,
He strengthens you, so you CAN DO,
What He’s put in your heart,
NOW you must follow through.
Phil 4:13 …19
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. …And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
NKJV
Ps 90:17
17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us,
And establish the work of our hands for us;
Yes, establish the work of our hands.
NKJV
Ps 90:17
7 May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us;
establish the work of our hands for us —
yes, establish the work of our hands.
NIV
Ps 90:17
17 and let the Lord our God favor us and give us success. May he give permanence to all we do.
TLB
Ps 90:17
17 And let the beauty and delightfulness and favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands — yes, the work of our hands, confirm and establish it.
AMP
Beauty – S.#5278 – agreeableness, delight, suitableness, splendor, favor
Ps 5:12
12 For surely, O Lord, you bless the righteous;
you surround them with your favor as with a shield.
NIV
Phil 4:19-20
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 20 Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
NKJV
1 Tim 5:8
8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
NKJV
Eph 2:19
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
NKJV
Heb 3:6-4:16
6 but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.
7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:
"Today, if you will hear His voice,
8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,
9 Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
And saw My works forty years.
10 Therefore I was angry with that generation,
And said, 'They always go astray in their heart,
And they have not known My ways.'
11 So I swore in My wrath,
'They shall not enter My rest.'"
12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13 but exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15 while it is said:
"Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."
16 For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? 17 Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
1 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. 3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said:
"So I swore in My wrath,
'They shall not enter My rest,'"
although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works"; 5 and again in this place: "They shall not enter My rest."
6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience, 7 again He designates a certain day, saying in David, "Today," after such a long time, as it has been said:
"Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts."
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. 10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.
11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
NKJV
2 Cor 12:9
9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness."
NKJV
Isa 1:19
19 If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the good of the land;
NKJV
Deut 28:1-2…8
28 "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
…8 "The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand,
NKJV
Deut 30:8-14…19-20
8 And you will again obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you today. 9 The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the Lord will again rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers, 10 if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
11 "For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' 14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
…19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; 20 that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."
NKJV
Abraham obeyed…
Gen 22:8
8 And Abraham said, "My son, GOD WILL PROVIDE for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering." So the two of them went together.
NKJV (Caps. added)
Gen 22:14
14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, "In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided."
NKJV
Gen 22:18-19
18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."
NKJV
Gal 3:14
14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
NKJV
Heb 11:8
8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
NKJV
Gen 22:15-19
15 Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, 16 and said:"By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son — 17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."
NKJV
Psalm 23
1 The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
3 He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever.
NKJV
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
UN-Can’t-tation
I can I will I shall!
I can I will I shall!
With God I can!
With God I will!
I can I shall prevail!
You can chant this uncantation in when needing affirmation. When bound in frustration or in confrontation, and bring the power of the God of creation, into your situation, by His Word’s declaration.
2 Sam 22:1-4
1 Then David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, on the day when the Lord had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 And he said:
"The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
3 The God of my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation,
My stronghold and my refuge;
My Savior, You save me from violence.
4 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
NKJV
Phil 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
NKJV
Ps 60:12
With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.
NIV
2 Cor 2:14
Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ…
NKJV
Isa 42:13
13 The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man;
He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war.
He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud;
He shall prevail against His enemies.
NKJV
Eph 5:1
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
NKJV
Prov 18:21a
Death and life are in the power of the tongue…
NKJV
Matt 12:37
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.
NKJV
Num 13:30-31
30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, "Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it."
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we."
NKJV
Num 14:28-31
28 Say to them, 'As I live,' says the Lord, 'just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: 29 The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. 30 Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in.
NKJV
2 Cor 12:9-10
9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
NKJV
Joel 3:10
10 Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'"
NKJV
Eph 6:10
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
NKJV
2 Sam 22:1-4
22 Then David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, on the day when the Lord had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 And he said:
"The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
3 The God of my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation,
My stronghold and my refuge;
My Savior, You save me from violence.
4 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
NKJV
Job 22:21-28
21 "Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace;
Thereby good will come to you.
22 Receive, please, instruction from His mouth,
And lay up His words in your heart.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up;
You will remove iniquity far from your tents.
24 Then you will lay your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
25 Yes, the Almighty will be your gold
And your precious silver;
26 For then you will have your delight in the Almighty,
And lift up your face to God.
27 You will make your prayer to Him,
He will hear you,
And you will pay your vows.
28 You will also declare a thing,
And it will be established for you;
So light will shine on your ways.
NKJV
I can I will I shall!
With God I can!
With God I will!
I can I shall prevail!
You can chant this uncantation in when needing affirmation. When bound in frustration or in confrontation, and bring the power of the God of creation, into your situation, by His Word’s declaration.
2 Sam 22:1-4
1 Then David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, on the day when the Lord had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 And he said:
"The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
3 The God of my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation,
My stronghold and my refuge;
My Savior, You save me from violence.
4 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
NKJV
Phil 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
NKJV
Ps 60:12
With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.
NIV
2 Cor 2:14
Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ…
NKJV
Isa 42:13
13 The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man;
He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war.
He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud;
He shall prevail against His enemies.
NKJV
Eph 5:1
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
NKJV
Prov 18:21a
Death and life are in the power of the tongue…
NKJV
Matt 12:37
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.
NKJV
Num 13:30-31
30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, "Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it."
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we."
NKJV
Num 14:28-31
28 Say to them, 'As I live,' says the Lord, 'just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: 29 The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. 30 Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in.
NKJV
2 Cor 12:9-10
9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
NKJV
Joel 3:10
10 Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'"
NKJV
Eph 6:10
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
NKJV
2 Sam 22:1-4
22 Then David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, on the day when the Lord had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 And he said:
"The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
3 The God of my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation,
My stronghold and my refuge;
My Savior, You save me from violence.
4 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
NKJV
Job 22:21-28
21 "Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace;
Thereby good will come to you.
22 Receive, please, instruction from His mouth,
And lay up His words in your heart.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up;
You will remove iniquity far from your tents.
24 Then you will lay your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
25 Yes, the Almighty will be your gold
And your precious silver;
26 For then you will have your delight in the Almighty,
And lift up your face to God.
27 You will make your prayer to Him,
He will hear you,
And you will pay your vows.
28 You will also declare a thing,
And it will be established for you;
So light will shine on your ways.
NKJV
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