Psalm 98: The coming reign of the Lord on the earth is here celebrated as an event of great joy. Therefore, three groups are called upon to rejoice: God’s people (verses 1-3), the whole earth (verses 4-6), and all of nature (verses 7-9).Psalm 98 describes God’s redemption of Israel and the rejoicing that will ensue. It also features many expressions and instruments of music and song. According to the Midrash Tanchuma, Psalm 98 is the tenth and final song that the Jewish people will sing after the final redemption.
Psalm Chapter 98:1-9 O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvelous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together. Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. Father God, thank You for Your music that can help to overcome the tuff stuff and praise You all the time in this life. Thank You for all that You see and hear before it gets to me. Thank You that You sort everything out and that You lead me down the path You want for me. I know it is all alright when I trust You. Keep reminding me of Your mercies that are always new each day. I thank You, praise You and give You all the glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen! {Power Verse} The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
Psalm 97 is another royal psalm. “Royal” means “as a king”. In Psalm 97 It tells us what will happen when everybody sees that God is king. That is why some Bible students say that this is a psalm about the end of the world. Psalm 97: This enthronement psalm reveals the Lord’s kingship (verses 1-6), and enunciates its effect on both the wicked (verse 7), and righteous (verses 8-12). Verses 1-12: The psalmist, though recognizing the Lord’s universal rule at the present (verse 9), anticipates a new coming of the Lord to judge the earth. Difference between Psalm 96 and Psalm 97? Bible students think that whoever wrote Psalm 96 also wrote Psalm 97. But Psalm 96 remembers what God has done. Psalm 97 looks to the future. It says (or prophesies) what God will do. Psalm 96 remembers that God brought his people home from a foreign country. He did this because he was a powerful king. Psalm 96:2 says “God has made us safe”. Psalm Chapter 97:1-12 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory. Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods. Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD. For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivered them out of the hand of the wicked. Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. {Prayer} Father God, Your presence in our hearts are breath taking. I thank You and praise You that You are coming to us, to make a even-handed judgement in Your world. I thank You and praise You that all of humanity and all Your creatures will have new balance to reign with You. Only You can change the structure of Your people and this world. I thank You and praise You that we are all of Your image and plan. Only need to rest in Your peace, joy, goodness and Your love as we stand in awe of Your love for all of us, in Jesus Precious Name Amen. {Power Verse} Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserved the souls of his saints; he delivered them out of the hand of the wicked. Psalm 97:10
Psalm 96 Explained. A call to praise God, O sing unto the Lord a new song. Psalm 96. Psalm 96: Psalms 96 and 99 are linked together with the expression “the Lord reigns”, except for Psalm 98 which has “the Lord, the King” (verse 6). As such, they conclude the body of the divine kingdom psalms (see also 47, 93), which speak of Messiah’s reign over all the earth. The psalm calls to praise God in music and dance, because he has chosen his people and helped them to victory. Psalm Chapter 96:1-13 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people. For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. Honor and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. Say among the heathen that the LORD reigns: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice. Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. Father God, Loving Father, I thank You and praise You that I am free to lift up my voice in praise and thanksgiving for all the wonders and blessings! You have done in my life. I believe that my life in thought, word and deed may be a song of praise to You, for the goodness of Your grace, for You alone are worthy to be honored, praised and give You all the glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen. [Power Verse] Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. Psalm 96:8 Thank You for reading. Have a wonderful day full of blessings.
You ever talk to someone and say: Hey Sally! Would you like to go to church with me? She would say: I don’t think so the church would fall in! I’d say but you go to the grocery store, your not afraid of it caving in! Right? does it ever fall in. When you eat the food do you ever cave or crave more? A church don’t cave when someone walks through the door. When you walk in a church, you are walking into a new life that you get used to and wonder why you never walked through the door before. I got this from a friend from church who felt this way. But it is true. If you are afraid of giving money, if this is what scares you then you really don’t know. Because a church works together for the good of everyone. People volunteer, work, donate and live to grow their new home in Christ! In a household it can not be run by one person! It can! But if there is several people in the household and no one helps that one person, that n=home becomes a disaster, bills don’t get paid, the yard looks like a jungle! The home just isn’t a home with no giving there is no real living. (1 Timothy 4:9-14) 1 Timothy 4:9-10 {This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, specially of those that believe.} (Who is Paul talking about? Lord sent Jesus to walk the earth in His image for our sins and also to know that The Lord loved us so much that He would die for our sins.
1 John 2:1-3 ” 1 John 2:1-3 (KJV)My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. “Trust”: Believers are saved in trust and live and serve in light of that trust of eternal life.) 1 Timothy 4:11 {These things command and teach.} God Knew we would sin, He also knew we would learn to walk right with Him. 1 Timothy 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. {“Let no man despise thy youth”: Greek culture placed great value on age and experience. Since Timothy was in his thirties, still young by the standards of that culture, he would have to earn respect by being a godly example. Because he had been with Paul since a young teenage, Timothy had much experience to mature him, so that looking down on him because he was under 40 was inexcusable.} I see children that have grown up, that I have been blessed to watch them grow as I have faithfully gone to church, other than being ill at times. But to see them baptize others in the church. God this is a joy that makes my heart smile. No words can express.
I love this song. The song “Love Is Spoken Here” shows the strength of a mother’s prayer as seen by her child.
I see my mother kneeling with our family each day. I hear the words she whispers as she bows her head to pray. Her plea to the Father quiets all my fears, And I am thankful love is spoken here. (A mother’s prayer is that her children will grow up and be Christ to others) 1 Timothy 4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Christianity is truth, learning to walk right to what actually exists in the universe. Upon these positions is based the Christian concept of academic freedom. All truth is God’s truth and if and if Christianity is true to what is actually there, then the Christian can pursue truth without the fear of conclusive denial. 1 Timothy 4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery {a body of Church elders and ministers, especially (in Presbyterian Churches) an administrative body (court) representing all the local congregations of a district}.
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At the voice of thy cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer thee.
Isaiah 30:19
Prayer: O’ God, Thank You for being ready and willing to rescue me in the midst of trials of life in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
Psalm 95 is the 95th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: “O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.”. The Book of Psalms starts the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and, as such, is a book of the Christian Old Testament. In the slightly different numbering system in the Greek Septuagint version of the Bible, and in the Latin Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 94. In Latin, it is known as “Venite exultemus”. The psalm is a hymn psalm, one of the Royal psalms, praising God as the King of His people. Psalm 95 identifies no author, but Hebrews 4:7 attributes it to David. The Vulgate also names David as the author. The 95th Psalm asserts Jehovah’s Godhead, and his power over all nature, and exhorts his people to serve him. In Psalm 96th all nations are exhorted to join in his service, because he cometh to judge all mankind, Jew and Gentile. In the 97th Psalm, Jehovah reigns over all the world, the idols are deserted, the Just One is glorified.
Psalm 95:1-11
O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: Unto whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
Father God, I want to sing beautifully again. Like I used too. I am thankful and I praise You for all the singing You have let me sing all my life from the outside in and the inside out. I still hear the beautiful voice You gave me on the inside. I just want to be able to sing on the outside again. Let me keep on making a joyful noise, even if it is on the inside. This means a happy attitude noise of joy to You. I thank You and praise You no matter what I am giving You honor and praise through my singing and speaking and perhaps playing the radio, taberine, piano. You Lord are the Rock of our Salvation. Let keep on focusing on You during our praise and worship. I thank You, praise You and give You all the glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
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O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Psalm 95:1
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Psalm 94 is the 94th psalm in the biblical Book of Psalms, one of the Royal Psalms, Psalms 93–99, praising God as the King of His people. In the slightly different numbering system in the Greek Septuagint version of the bible, and in its Latin translation, the Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 93. Psalm 94: This psalm is a prayer for God’s judgment to fall. It is in the spirit of the petition, “Thy kingdom come”, a cry that God’s righteous rule be established over all men, especially the wicked. The introduction (verses 1-2), briefly sets forth the psalmist’s desire; the lament (verses 3-7), describes how the wicked are acting; the appeal (verses 8-11), is offered directly to the wicked for their self-correction; and finally, the confidence section (verses 12-23), expresses the psalmist’s trust and certainty that the Lord will in fact judge.
Psalm Chapter 94:1-23
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? He that chastises the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teaches man knowledge, shall not he know? The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. Blessed is the man whom thou chastens, O LORD, and teaches him out of thy law; That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by a law? They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge. And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
Father God, I thank You and Praise You that “Blessed is the man or woman You discipline. I thank You and praise You that the man or woman You teach from Your law everyday. You grant him or her relief from days of trouble.” This is more than just a benefit, it is a eternal love of Your freedom. Let me be one of them who heeds to Your discipline and be receptive to Your teaching. I thank You, praise You and give You all the glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
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For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
I have a God shaped hole in my neck from a seizure after I had a run in with someone wanting to lie about something that truly happened and I let anger about the lie land me on the floor and in a situation I never wanted to be in. This seizure landed me on the floor where my husband found me laying. I put myself in a situation, I never should of put myself in. I should of just gave it to God and moved on. Who knew! God gave us this extra air hole to live. Many people have had Trachea large membranous tube reinforced by rings of cartilage, extending from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe. So that they can breathe again. God knew what He was doing when He made us. When I look back at all I have gone through. God has been with me all along. I have seen friends, who have gone through a tracheostomy surgery and they have passed on to heaven because their lungs was not strong enough. I wake up with a headache some mornings, only to realize after I clean my trach that it caused the headache. No one caused me to be angry and try to fix someone else who had their own agenda. I in the beginning should of given that situation to God and not been angry. I probably wouldn’t have this hole in my neck today. God has His way of letting us know He will never leave us and we need to just heed to Him in everything. Amen! The “God-shaped hole” is the innate longing of the human heart for something outside itself, something transcendent, something “other.” {Ecclesiastes 3:11:He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end.} refers to God’s placing of “eternity in man’s heart.” God made humanity for His eternal purpose, and only God can fulfill our desire for eternity. “The yoke is that used by two oxen to pull a heavy load. Why did God put a yoke around Moses’ neck? It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery. Now therefore why tempt you God, to put a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? Why. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink.
Matthew 11:28-30 NIV It reads: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Ecclesiastes 3:1-22: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he labored? I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end. I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God. I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requires that which is past. And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Yesterday as I was leaving church. I saw this The red cardinal bird: They symbolize the phases of restoring when going through great difficulties with greater hope in God. The red cardinal birds viewed as the symbols of keeping faith irrespective of the tough times, which comes through in our life. They remind us to glue with the Lord even in times of despair. I have always loved these birds. I like taking their pictures. Then I saw a rabbit eating out of the grass took his picture. It was so peaceful. {Treasure Box} As I was with Muse’s so I will be with thee. Joshua 3:7 {Prayer}Dear Lord, please remove all doubt from my mind and help me to have faith in Your promises in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
Thank you for reading and I hope this message touched someone’s heart today. Have a wonderful day full of blessings and enjoy this new day God has given you.
Verses 1-5: Psalm 93 and 95 to 100 (compare Psalm 47), are dedicated to celebrating God’s sovereign kingship over the world. Psalm 93 glorifies God’s eternal, universal kingdom which is providentially administered through His Son (Col. 1:17). Nothing is more powerful than the Lord; nothing is more steadfast. In Hebrew, the number 93 can also mean “the sons of (the merciful) God.” The number 93 is an intensification of the numbers 3 and 31, which makes it more significant, for it carries the meaning from offspring to sons of God, which speaks of completeness.
I. The Lord’s Universal Kingdom (93:1-4).
A. Over the Earth (93:1-2); B. Over the Sea (93:3-4).
II. The Lord’s Authoritative Revelation (93:5). Psalm Chapter 93:1-5: The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting. The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever. Father God, You are the Mighty King Robbed in Your Majesty! Lord Jesus You reign over the sea and dry land. You reign over all Your creation. You are our eternity in righteousness. You are always to be praised in all and all. I thank You, Praise You and give You all the glory for life in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
{Power Verse} The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. Psalm 93:1
I wanted to look up a bow bible verse. So I put bow in the search: This is what I came up with. And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle-I am telling the truth, I am not lying-and a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles. Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing. I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, 1but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God. A woman should learn in quietness and full {submission.the action or fact of accepting or yielding to a superior force or to the will or authority of another person.} 1 Timothy 2:7-11 Like my husband. I tell him I am going to do something and he might tell me no! I need you to do it this way. I do it his way and realize my way was not what it was all cracked up to be. Then he may suggest something and I say let’s work on this. Together we come up with a solution. Working together is like taking this elastic and adding ribbon to it to make it more beautiful to use. This is submission. Teamwork, working together. Venturing together. Now I looked up the word braid: I like looking stuff up on the computer so I came up with 1 Timothy 2:9. How cool is that! Also Matthew 6:1-34 it reads: Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. {Treasure Box} The Lord is my strength and song, and He is become my salvation. Exodus 15:2 {Prayer}
Lord, make me strong, not for the sake of possessing strength, but to make me sufficient for the crisis moments in my life and in the lives of others who reach out to me in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
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