Isaiah 32:17 King James Version
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Lord, Your presence in my life changes everything about me. Help me to stand up alongside You for all that You want me to do and say and be. Amen.
God bless you and your loved ones.
Someone else did such a wonderful job that I decided to let them tell you instead of me about this song.
https://findingpurpose.net/wonderful-merciful-savior/
What a powerful song! I get chills every time I hear it. Speaks so much about what my heart at least hungers for.
Lyrics below for anyone who may not be able to hear video.
Verse 1
Wonderful, merciful Savior
Precious Redeemer and Friend
Who would have thought that a Lamb could
Rescue the souls of men,
Oh You rescue the souls of men.
Verse 2
Counselor, Comforter, Keeper
Spirit we long to embrace,
You offered hope when our hearts had
Hopelessly lost the way,
Oh we’d hopelessly lost the way.
Chorus
You are the One that we praise
You are the One we adore
You give the healing and grace our
Hearts always hunger for,
Oh our hearts always hunger for.
Verse 3
Almighty, infinite Father
Faithfully loving Your own.
Here in our weakness You find us
Falling before Your throne,
Oh we’re falling before Your Throne.
Chorus twice
You are the One that we praise
You are the One we adore
You give the healing and grace our
Hearts always hunger for,
Oh our hearts always hunger for.
God bless you and your loved ones.
1 Timothy 2:1-4 King James Version
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
We are asked to pray on their behalf. It does not say pray for the one you like and ignore the one you dislike but to pray. We pray so that God will use them where they are. Maybe they are not saved you can pray for their salvation.
It is perfectly well to pray for those in office we like makes prayer that much more easier. Praying for someone who’s views different a bit harder. But those we disagree with are they not the ones who need the most prayers out of everyone else.
So, when you pray to God the next time remember to pray for all leaders from Mayor, Commissioners, to the Senate up to the President. If you are in another country prayer for those in authority over you.
We are called upon to pray for them let us join together and pray for them.
God bless you and your loves ones.
12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Pray: Lord, I want to make something happen through my life, but with the confidence that comes through Your strength. I humble myself under Your mighty hand and refuse to trust in myself alone. Amen
Hebrews 12:1King James Version
12 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Isaiah 40:31King James Version
31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
2 Timothy 2:22-3:5 King James Version
22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give themrepentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
I love seeing how scripture back then relates to us currently.
Right now we have seen evidence of what is right is wrong and what is wrong is right play out. Turning and rejecting God even those in the Christian faith have walked away.
How someone who has known and walked with God stops and no longer needs Him especially in these days is beyond my comprehension. But this is what is going on around us.
We have a huge number of homeless in our own backyard and yet we do nothing to help them. Even those claiming to be for charity are really after themselves and what they can get and how little they give back to those in need.
The lack of discipline of children and their need to be all about me is astounding. Schools cannot step in to lean a hand of correcting a child’s behavior because the child may cry wolf. They are worried about being sued by said child and their parents.
The world is so vastly different that we are so worried about putting someone’s noses out of joint and we tiptoe around people. Worried to cause offense so easily even though not your goal. You are just having conversation that people may take out of context. When did we let fear decided for us and control us.
We have let fear take over our lives in such an unhealthy way and turned such a blind eye that the next generation is going to be in a mountain of trouble.
We took God out of church, schools, and the work place and we need to put Him back and make Him number one in our lives.
In the book of Revelation we have this verse below.
Revelation 2:4 KJV
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Our first love should be Jesus and if not then we need to make Him our first love as found in Matthew 22:37. With everything that is in you, you should love the Lord thy God.
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Then in Matthew 6:33 Put God first.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Doing so is what made America great in the first place is because we put God first in all we did and He blessed the nation as found in Psalm 33:12.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Let’s get back to putting God first in our lives and everywhere else we go each day.
God bless you and your loved ones. Recommend Billy Graham’s book Storm Warning to read.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel%2023&version=KJV
God bless you and your loved ones
1 Timothy 2:9-10 King James Version
9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
In verse 9 it says to dress in modest apparel. You can pray and ask God to reveal what modest means to you.
I was raised with the help of grandparents so my version of modest may be different then yours. To me that means revealing no parts of myself. I do not mean to say wear a nun outfit just be respectful of yourself. Your body is to be only for your husband not for other men to lust after.
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
The way you dress is how guys will see you and respect you.
God says in Proverbs your price (women) is far above rubies. My favorite verses in Proverbs.
Proverbs 31:10-12 King James Version
10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
How wonderful to having a caring Heavenly Father who cares enough about us that He instructs us each day of our lives. It is not just in the way we should dress but how we conduct ourselves. How we should pray for everyone which includes those you do not agree with in authority over you. We have a God who loves us and wants only the best for us and looks out for our best interest.
Meditate on the above and pray about it and ask God to lead you on what you should take away from it. Below is a song that reminds me of how priceless we are as women.
God bless you and your loved ones.
1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
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