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The Word:
From His dwelling place He looks [intently] upon all the inhabitants of the earth,
He Who fashions the hearts of them all, Who considers all their doings.
- Psalm 33:14, 15
The Word of God tells us that The Lord looks upon us from His Throne Room In Heaven and that we (as Christians, as Believers) are Blessed, happy, fortunate [to be envied] to "Be" His Nation, His Chosen People, His Heritage, a Royal Priesthood and Children of The Most High God. His Counsel stands For Ever and the thoughts of His Heart towards us, to All generations are more than the grains of sand on the shores. We are not Saved by the "great" amount of people surrounding us, our own power, might or strength, but by The Victory and Great Power of Our Deliverer, Jesus! The Lord's Eye Is Upon us (He Who Watches Over Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep), those who fear (The Fear of The Lord Is The Beginning of Wisdom), trust (Trust In The Lord With All of your heart and lean not on your own Understanding), are confident In (Our Confidence Is In The Work of Jesus Christ upon The Cross of Calvary), revere (He Is King of Kings, Lord of Lords and Worthy of All Glory, Honor, Reverence and Praise), worship Him with awe (we MUST Worship Him In Spirit and Truth for Our God "Is" An Awesome God); who wait for Him (they that wait upon The Lord Shall Renew their Strength), Hope In His Mercy (Hope Will not disappoint us and His Tender-Mercies "are" Renewed Each and Every morning) and Loving-Kindness (Thy Loving-Kindness "Is" Better Than Life). It "Is" He Who Delivers us from sin, death, famine, our "self;" Jesus "Is" Our Help and Shield!
Does your heart Rejoice In His Holy and Precious Name?
Give and "It" Shall Be Given Unto you!
What?
With whatever measure you use to give (whatever you do give), God Will multiply back to you 30, 60, 100, yes and even 1,000 fold. His Word says, God's Mercy and Loving-Kindness Shall "Be" Upon us in proportion to our waiting and Hoping For Him! Are you waiting, wishing, Hoping, Longing For His Love to "Be" Revealed To you, In you and Through you to others? It "Is" God's Good, Perfect and Acceptable Will For your Life In Jesus to "Be" A Reflection of Him! In The Beginning, God Created man and woman In His Image and Likeness, as a Reflection of Him, so that we could radiate The Love of God back to Him, our neighbors as ourselves and certainly to Love One another as Christ Loves us.
Jesus said, "If you Have Seen Me, you Have Seen The Father." Do you show The Love of God and The Good News of Jesus to All?
Let All the Earth fear The Lord - Revere and Worship Him; Let All the inhabitants of the World stand In Awe of Him.
- Psalm 33:8
Is This your goal, your Hope, dream and Vision? Whatever is not done By Faith "Is" sin, missing The Mark. God has "given" us All the ability to dream dreams and see visions and without His Vision we perish (so will others around us who may not ever hear The Gospel of God, because of our own selfishness). As Disciples of Christ, His Followers have been "given" Everything we need to Live our Life Unto Him In Christ Jesus! We "are" The Righteousness of God In Jesus, His Representatives, Ambassadors For Christ to All the Earth.
God Is Faithful and Jesus Never Fails, so if we remain Faithful and True To Him, we can not fail at the task that He has set before us.
Rejoice In The Lord, Give Thanks to The Lord, Sing Praises To Him, Sing A New Song, Make a Loud and Joyful Sound!
Make God Smile Upon you! Take His Word to All Nations and Peoples In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
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Subject: What Makes God Smile? Psalm 68:3
The Word:
But let the [uncompromisingly] righteous be glad; let them be in high spirits and glory before God, yes, let them [jubilantly] rejoice!
- Psalm 68:3
"Be Ye Glad, O Be Ye Glad! For Every debt that you ever had has been paid up in full by The Grace Of The Lord. Be Ye Glad, Be Ye Glad, Be Ye Glad!"
- GLAD
There is NONE Righteous, NO! NOT ONE!
The Word of God is full of extremes and limitations, but if we read and study it through from The Genesis of Creation to The Revelation of Jesus Christ and Shine The Light of The Holy Spirit upon our hearts, minds and soul, we will find the complete and total balance of It's Truth!
We (you and me as confessing Christians, Born-Again, Spirit-Filled Believers In Jesus as Lord and Savior of our Life) "ARE" The Righteous of God In Christ Jesus! Although you may feel the Holy Spirit's tug upon your heart in the form of conviction, convincing you of sin, a situation or circumstance in your Life of which you need to bring before The Cross, AlWays realize and Understand that there is NO condemnation for those who are In Christ Jesus! Do not give the enemy any leeway, but alWays give him his just dues. Resist the devil and he MUST flee from you! When he comes to you with trials and temptations, get into The Word and allow God's Holy and Precious Word to get into you, because It Is Spirit and Life! Put up The Shield of Faith and quench the fiery darts of Satan, The Accuser of The Brethren.
James tells us to count it All Joy when these trials come our Way. Jesus says, "Rejoice and Be Glad for I Have Overcome the World!" The Breath of God drives aWay the smoke, His Holy Spirit Fire burns aWay and melts down what the adversary sends your Way or whatever blockades he tries to put in your path and the wicked (All wickedness will) perish before The Presence of God!
GOD is [already] beginning to arise, and His enemies to scatter; let them also who hate Him flee before Him!
- Psalm 68:1
King David knew experientially how God worked In and Through His Life and he continuously Praised and Worshipped Him In Spirit and Truth! The Lord Inhabits the Praises of His People. Let All who have breath in them Praise His Holy Name! The Heavens declare The Glory of God, so shouldn't we do much more? We have been placed In Right Standing before God, Our Heavenly Father, because of what Jesus did on our behalf.
He paid the debt for our sin by dying on The Cross of Calvary in our stead, so that we could "have" Eternal, Everlasting, The Abundant Life In His Holy and Precious Name. Should we not be Glad to give Him All of the Glory, Honor and Praise that is due Him, for He Alone Is Worthy!
Too many of us have gotten high in spirits and jubilant in the wrong Ways. I venture to say that some who are reading this Message still do. If you are not All too willing to lay down and give up whatever or whoever it is that is holding you down and keeping you back from becoming Everything that God originally intended you to go, do and be, then you will certainly miss the best that He has for you, be lacking in Joy and could quite possibly never, ever enter into His Rest.
Sing to God, sing Praises to His Name; cast up a highWay for Him Who rides through the deserts; His Name Is The Lord, be in high spirits and Glory before Him!
- Psalm 68:4
Bless The Lord! He bears our burdens and carries us day by day. God Is Our Salvation! He has given us Everything we need to live our Life Unto Him, Gifts, Talents, Abilities, Faith, Hope, Love, His Spirit, His Word and so much more, so let us be Glad and Rejoice as we move forward In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
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Subject: Sharing Your Life Message:
Proverbs 25:12
The Word:
A an ear or nose ring of gold, or an ornament of fine gold, is a wise reprover to an ear that listens and obeys.
- Proverbs 25:12
James exhorts us All as Christians to guard our tongue. It is the well spring of Life, for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Just as we "are" The Essence Of Christ where ever we go, bringing some to Life and some to death, The Spoken Word can tear down or build.
I personally like to think of the bringing death part as convincing others to die to self and come alive to Jesus, but even He tears things down within our own Life in order to build us up Into The Perfect Man, His "Self" and not our own.
In The Beginning, God Spoke and things happened! When The Spirit Of The Lord goes into action, things change. When we, as Believers say anything, The Spirit Of The Living God moves In and Through us to go forth and accomplish whatever (and I do mean whatever) it is that we say, so be careful what you wish for.
Sometimes our actions speak much louder than any words could express, but we have a Perfect example to follow, Jesus. He said, "Love One Another As I Have Loved You." Love Is The Greatest and it is By Love and In Love that The World Will Come To Know that we "are" Christians, that Christ Is In us and He Is The Hope of Glory, The Hope of The World!
The Word of God tells us (and when I say, The Word of God, I alWays mean Jesus, because He Is The Living Word of God), "Faithful "are" the wounds of a friend."
Nobody likes to be told when they are in the wrong and although, we are not called to judge one another, correction and discipline has to come from someone. Of course, the ultimate conviction comes by The Holy Spirit, but are we not our Brothers keepers? Should we not warn somebody of impending doom when they are blindly stumbling through this present darkness that the World is living in? God corrects us and disciplines us, because He Is A Loving Father.
A word fitly spoken and in due season is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
[Prov. 15:23; Isa. 50:4.]
- Proverbs 25:11
In The Old Covenant, if The Watchman did not sound the trumpet (The Shofar) as a warning of doom, he would be responsible for that persons actions (or inactions) and their blood would be on his head. When you read in Holy Scripture, "Watchman, What of the night?," the question is, What do you see? If you see something wrong in your own Life, you should come before The Cross of Jesus and ask His forgiveness of your sin. When you see a Brother or Sister In The Lord Jesus about to stumble or fall, lend forth a helping hand. Listen to what it is they are really telling you and truly seek The Spirit of The Lord's Will as to what you could say or do to help them through In Jesus!
As the cold of snow [brought from the mountains] in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the life of his master.
- Proverbs 25:13
Not only Is Jesus Our Lord and Savior, but He Is Our Faithful and True Friend, Our Brother. It Is His Holy Spirit that brings The Message of God, The Good News, The Gospel to our ears and refreshes our very heart, mind and soul.
Do you know what The Greatest Commandment is? Hear! O Israel, The Lord Our God, The Lord Is One! Jesus says to us Today, "He who has ears to hear, let them hear what The Spirit is saying." Like an earring, nose ring or an ornament of fine gold worn on a person's body stands out and gets noticed, God's Holy and Precious Word is full of valuable nuggets and gems for us to stand up and take notice of. Is The Spirit Of The Lord Reproving you Today? If you hear, listen, take heed and obey Him you will prove yourself to be a wise Servant of The Most High God.
You may be going through trials and temptations, but God has Promised (All God's Promises "are" Yes and Amen In Jesus) to take you through as gold tried in the fire! All Things "are" working together for His and your Good In Jesus and Your Father Who Art In Heaven (Already) Sees you Pure, Holy and Blameless In His Sight. You "are" Precious In His Sight, shining like a diamond in the night and a cherished ornament of His. You were bought, purchased, redeemed and cleansed with The Precious Blood of Jesus! He wants to show you forth to the World, so let Him use you to reflect His Goodness, Mercy and Grace In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
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Subject: How Real Servants Act:
Proverbs 20:6
The Word:
Many a man proclaims his own loving-kindness and goodness, but a faithful man who can find?
- Proverbs 20:6
Search for The Truth in your heart and you will find that It is like water in an extremely deep well, but as A Believer, God Will "give" you the Understanding to draw It out. [Prov.18:4.] Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? Jesus exclaims, "No man is Good, but God!" Paul the Great Apostle cries out, Our righteousness is as filthy rags! Feeling good about your"self"? God Alone Is Worthy of All Glory, Honor and Praise, but In Him, In Jesus we become The Righteousness of God In Christ!
When mankind walks according to God's Word, Will, Way and Lives a Life of Integrity; Blessed - Happy, Fortunate [Enviable] - are their children after them.
As God's Offspring, Children of The Most High God, Born of His Spirit and Blood, we can be constantly being filled with His Holy Spirit, His Joy and bear Fruit, Lasting Fruit for His Kingdom!
Billy Joel sings, "I Am an innocent man," but The Word of God declares that All have sinned and fallen short of The Glory of God. Each and Every One of us has missed The Mark. There is none Righteous! No! Not One! Peter claimed to Love Jesus, yet he denied Him 3 times.
Jesus asks you Today, "Lovest thou Me?" His Loving-Kindness Is Better than Life Itself, but man's love can disappoint us. How many unbroken promises have you been hurt by or wounded others with.
Even within the Christian Church, we have a divorce rate of 50%! The toll is astronomical, but the problems that we have are the problems that we make up ourselves. It is because of the hardening of our own hearts that we use and abuse each other, rather than Love One Another as Christ Loves us. God Is Good All of the time, but as confessing Christians, do we manifest God's Goodness to Each Other and The World? Jesus says, "They'll Know that We "Are" Christians By Our Love!"
God Is Faithful and Jesus Never Fails!
Who can find a Faithful Man? Behold!
The Man Christ Jesus! Look Unto Him, for He Is The Author and Finisher of Our Faith! Without Faith, It Is Impossible to Please God! Faith Comes By Hearing and Hearing By The Word of God! Do you spend quality time Each and Everyday In and With The Word of God? Do you want to "Be" Filled with The Spirit? Jesus says, "My Word Is Spirit and My Word Is Life!" Want a Full Life (Eternal, Everlasting and The Abundant Life)?
Then get Into The Word and allow The Word of God to get Into you! Ask and you shall receive. Knock and The Door (Jesus Is The Door) shall be opened Unto you.
Seek and ye shall find! Jesus Is God (Emmanuel: God with us)! God Is Faithful and we can be too In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
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Subject: Planned For God's Pleasure:Ps. 34:1;Shaped For
Serving God:Prov. 27:19
Worship:
HERE I AM TO WORSHIP
VERSE 1:
Light of the World, You stepped down into darkness Opened my eyes, let me see
Beauty that made this heart adore You
Hope of a life spent with You
CHORUS:
So here I am to worship, here I am to bow down Here I am to say that You're my God!
(And) You're altogether lovely, altogether worthy Altogether wonderful to me
VERSE 2:
King of All days, oh so highly exalted
Glorious in heaven above
Humbly You came to the Earth You created All for love's sake became poor
BRIDGE:
And I'll never know how much it cost to
see my sin upon that cross
And I'll never know how much it cost to
see my sin upon that cross
The Word:
I WILL bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
- Psalm 34:1
As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man to man.
- Proverbs 27:19
We have been planned for God's Good Purposes since before the foundations of this Earth was laid. Created In His Glorious Image, we were shaped to be vessels fit for His Use and the furtherance of His Kingdom. Due to the fall of man (All of mankind), The Truth has been distorted over these many years, but Jesus died on The Cross of Calvary to redeem that which was lost in us and restore us into a right relationship with Him and God, as Our Heavenly Father In The Holy Spirit.
Our God Is A Consuming Fire, His Holy Spirit burns deep within our heart and soul, purifying our Life In Jesus, so that we bring the essence of Christ wherever we go. Jesus Himself says, "If you have seen Me, you have seen The Father. This Is Eternal Life, to Know God and Who He sent." We, The Church, the Temple Of The Living God, His Body, His Bride, Ambassadors For Christ are the representation of Jesus to the World.
Though The Bible, God's Holy and Precious Word Is The Most Published and Distributed Book Ever In Human History, you and I may be the only True Witness of God anyone may ever see. People are watching your every move, listening to your every word, we "are" The Fifth Gospel of God In Christ Jesus. It is our job to Show the World The Love Of God and Tell them of The Good News.
As jars of clay molded in The Master's Hands, we get poured from vessel to vessel until the sediment of sin is no longer found in us. Our Lives are to be poured out as a drink offering before the World and God's Throne of Grace and Mercy. Do you take The Cup of God, The Cleansing Blood of Christ and drink It Unto Eternal Life In His Name?
The Silversmith continually turns up the flames which bring the dross to the top, so it can be skimmed off until He Sees His Reflection. God chastens those He Loves, His Kindness brings us to repentance. Do people (Believers and non-Believers alike) see Jesus In you?
Christ In you Is The Hope Of Glory! God's Glory Is His Goodness, Tender Mercy and Favor, His Grace Manifesting Itself In and Through our Life. The Gifts and Fruit of His Holy Spirit are there for our individual and corporate use to Bring Unity to Every Member within The Body of Christ Jesus, Equip The Saints for Service In His Kingdom, Which Is Righteousness, Peace and Joy In The Holy Ghost and Fulfill The Great Commission Of God! Are you doing your part?
Do you Bless The Lord At ALL Times? Is
His Praise continually in your mouth?
God's Mercy and Loving-Kindness is upon us in proportion to our waiting and Hoping for Him. Our "cup," Our Life In Jesus Overflows as we empty our"self" and allow Him to Fill us Up with His Spirit, His Love! Don't be a pretender, because that will only drive your"self" and others aWay from God and not towards Him. If you have anything to boast about, let it "Be" In The Lord Jesus. If you humble your"self" In His Sight, He Will Lift you Up and Use you!
The afflicted will hear and be glad.
Magnify The Lord, Exalt His Name, Seek, Inquire Of, Require Him [of necessity, and On the Authority Of His Word, for He Will Hear you and Deliver you from All your fears. [Ps. 73:25; Matt. 7:7.] When we Look To Him, Turn our eyes Upon Jesus; our faces become radiant (Stephen's face was as the face of an Angel in the eyes of his enemies), reflecting God's Love and Light in this present darkness. When the poor man cries, He Hears and Saves him out of All his troubles. Jesus Is our Deliverer! [Pss. 145:20; 18:1.] Taste and See that The Lord Is God (All The Time)!
As we Patiently and Faithfully Guard our hearts and minds In Jesus, Heed His Holy and Precious Word, He Honors our efforts. [1 Cor. 9:7, 13.] Have you ever looked at your reflection in a still, peaceful, quiet pool of pure, crystal, clear water? That Is what It means to have face answer to face. The Word of God Is His Mirror, our mirror. What do you see when you Look Into It? Do you walk aWay from your daily Bible reading, forgetting what you look like according to God's Word?
Are you seeing the World and Everyone in It through God's Eyes?
God Knows your heart and so do you.
The Word Of God asks, The heart is deceitful and wicked, who can know it?
The lust of the eyes and the lust of the flesh are never satisfied [Prov. 30:16; Hab. 2:5.], as the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold [bring forth All the impurities of the metal], so let us "Be" before God [ridding our"self" of our baseness and insincerity]. God Is our Judge, Let us Praise Him, Worship Him In Spirit and Truth, may our boast "Be" In The Lord! Take His Message To All In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
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Subject: What Makes God Smile? Ps. 147:11; Shaped For Serving God: Prov. 4:23
Worship:
FREEDOM
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
And there is peace, there is love, there is joy!
I'm free, I'm free, I'm free!
So we will walk in Your freedom,
walk in liberty.
So we will walk in Your freedom,
dance in Your liberty.
And we will dance in Your freedom, dance in Your liberty.
Where the Spirit of the Lord is;
(shout) - There -- is -- free -- dom!
Where the Spirit of the Lord is;
(shout) - There -- is -- free -- dom!
Where the Spirit of the Lord is;
(shout) - There -- is -- free -- dom!
Where the Spirit of the Lord is;
(shout) - There -- is -- free -- dom!
It is for freedom You've set us free
It is for freedom You've set us free...
The Word:
The Lord takes pleasure in those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy and loving-kindness.
[Ps. 145:20.]
- Psalm 147:11
Keep your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.
- Proverbs 4:23
Do you Worship God "fully" In Spirit and Truth?
The Reverential fear of the Lord "Is" the beginning of Wisdom, but we must walk according to His Word, Will and Way, Hope (which will not disappoint us) In His Goodness (God Is Good All The Time), His Tender-Mercies and Loving-Kindness towards us, in order for Him to Bless us, Keep us, cause His Face to Shine upon us, "Be" Gracious unto us (shower His undeserving Favor upon us), lift up The Light of His Countenance upon us and "give" to us His Peace (The Peace of God which passes All Understanding to rule and reign in our heart and mind), which can only be found In Jesus.
What Makes God Smile? When we come to Him by Faith, Obey His Commandments and Love one another, He is filled with Joy. We "are" His Workmanship, Created In Christ Jesus, Made, Shaped In His Image to Serve Him according to His Good Purposes. As we allow Him to melt us, mold us, fill us and use us, The Spirit of The Living God falls fresh on us and allows us to go, do and "be" All that He has Called us to "be" In His Holy and Precious Name. The Joy of The Lord "Is" our Strength! In order for us to pass from Glory to Glory, Strength to Strength, Grace to Grace and Image to Image, we must guard our heart, mind and soul In Christ Jesus. Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. As a man thinks, so "Is" he. The eyes "are" the window to your soul, so feed them, flood them with The Eternal Light and Love of God's Word! His Word "Is" Healing and Life Itself to your very being. Listen to The Voice Of The Spirit as He leads and guides you on The Straight and Narrow Way!
The Lord Inhabits The Praises of His People and takes Pleasure In you. It "Is" Good to Praise The Lord, for He "Is" Gracious and Lovely! Grow "daily" In Him, come to Know Him, Understand Him, Appreciate Him, Give Heed To Him and Cherish His Ordinances, for He Alone "Is" Worthy to be Praised! - Hallelujah! [Ps. 79:6; Jer. 10:25.] He Made Heaven and Earth, the sea, and All that in them is, He Keeps Truth and "Is" Faithful For Ever; He Executes Justice for the oppressed; He "Gives" food to the hungry. The Lord sets Free the prisoners; Opens the eyes of the blind; Lifts Up those who are bowed down; Loves the [uncompromisingly] Righteous - those Upright In Heart and In Right Standing With Him. [John 9:7, 32; Luke 13:13.] God Protects and Preserves the strangers and temporary residents; He Upholds the fatherless and the widow and Sets them Upright; He Makes our Way Straight - Turns our World Right Side Up and Brings us Peace (Jesus' Peace that overcomes this present World of darkness, sin and death). The Lord Shall Reign For Ever, from generation to generation, so let us Praise The Lord! - Hallelujah! [Ps. 10:16; Rev. 11:15.]
We were Shaped For Serving God and He Will Smile Upon us when we serve Him and each other In Love, In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In HIm, Mark
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Subject: What Makes God Smile?Psalm 100:2;Shaped For Serving God:Proverbs 15:16
Worship:
JESUS IS MY ROCK AND HE ROLLS MY BLUES AWAY
CHORUS
Jesus is my Rock and He rolls my blues away.
Jesus is my Rock and He rolls my blues away.
Jesus is my Rock and He rolls my blues away
VERSES
When you're out on the street, and feelin' down and low You're out on the street, ain't got no place to go; When you're out on the street, Ya know He's gonna save your soul,
When you wake up in the mornin', the sky ain't bright and blue You wake up in the mornin' and the big world's after you!
When you wake up in the mornin', Ya know He's gonna see ya thru,
You look into the mirror, and your face makes it to crack!
You're through with your day, feelin' like you been attacked!
Well, Jesus gonna la', and baby that's a fact!
The Word:
Serve the Lord with gladness! Come before His presence with singing!
- Psalm 100:2
Better is little with the reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord than great and rich treasure and trouble with it. [Prov. 16:8, Ps. 37:16; 1 Tim. 6:6.]
- Proverbs 15:16
We "are" Shaped For Serving God, created In His Image and Worshipping Him In Spirit and Truth "is" What Makes God Smile. The Lord inhabits the Praises of His People. Each and Every Believer around the World is Called Of God to "be" A Servant Of The Most High God, A Child Of The Father, His Friend and Brother Of The Lord Jesus Christ, In and Through The Holy Spirit. The Joy Of The Lord "Is" Our Strength! We should enter His Gate with Thanksgiving In our hearts, His Courts with Praise, Serve Him with Gladness and Come before His Presence Singing. This "Is' The Day which The Lord has Made, so Rejoice and "be" Glad In It!
I'd rather "be" alone with The Lord than in a crowd without Him. Better "is" One Day In His Presence than a thousand elsewhere (and we certainly don't want to spend our Eternity "elsewhere"). I would rather "be" a door-keeper in The House Of The Lord than to go through this temporal life without serving Him. What "Good" is it to gain the whole World and lose your very soul? Where your heart "is," There your treasure Will "be." The Fear Of The Lord "Is" The Beginning Of Wisdom and Jesus "Is" The Wisdom Of God. Troubles may come your Way, but Jesus has overcome sin and death by dying on The Cross Of Calvary in our stead, so that we could "have," Live The Abundant, Eternal, Everlasting Life and "be" overcomers in this World In His Holy and Precious Name!
Feeling despondent, afflicted by anxious thoughts and foreboding? Let The Light Of Life, Jesus, The Light Of The World, shine A Light, His Light In the darkness and chase aWay your darkness. He who "has" a Glad heart "has" a continual feast [regardless of circumstances], so "be" ye Glad, for Every debt that you've ever had has been paid up in full by The Grace Of The Lord. He'll lead you to His Banqueting Table and His Banner, His Standard over you "Is" Love, His Love, God's Love. Your Cup Of Life Will Overflow as God pours out His Blessings Upon you, His Grace, Mercy and Goodness. The Peace Of The Lord, His Shalom, which far surpasses All human Understanding will Rule and Reign In your heart and mind In Christ Jesus. Let your mind be stayed On Him, Seek His Knowledge, Inquire After, Crave It and you Will Find your Confidence In Him.
[Isa. 32:6.] A Glad heart Makes a cheerful countenance and The Lord Will Lift Up His Countenance Upon you. [Prov. 17:22.]
His Love "Is" Better than Life! [Prov. 17:1.]
MAKE a Joyful noise to The Lord, make your Life a Prayer To Him, A Thank Offering, All you lands! He "Is" Holy and we are also to "be" Holy, Set Aside and Sanctified Unto Him. Come to Know - Perceive, Recognize and Understand with approval - that The Lord "Is" God, He Made us and we "Are" His, His People and The Sheep Of His Pasture. [Eph. 2:10.] Bless and affectionately Praise His Holy and Precious Name, for The Lord "Is" Good (All The Time); His Mercy and Loving-Kindness "are" Everlasting; His Faithfulness reaches to the clouds and His Truth endures to All generations!
Behave Wisely, give heed to His Blameless Way, Walk with integrity, a blameless heart before God and SING to All Nations and Peoples of The Justice Of The Lord In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
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Subject: Prov. 3:28
The Word:
Do not say to your neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give it, when you have it with you. [Lev. 19:3; Deut. 24:15.]
- Proverbs 3:28
Who is "your neighbor?" We are All Created to Love God and our neighbor as our"self!" Our neighbor is Everyone else around us, our brother, sister, enemy and stranger. Just think about All the people that you have ever met (and All those that you have not met) in your lifetime coming and going, fiddling about, wandering through this present, temporal life aimlessly without Jesus. Today "Is" The Day Of Salvation (In Jesus' Holy and Precious Name) and if you hear (Hear, O Israel, The Lord, Our God, The Lord "Is" One) His Voice, harden not your heart.
None of us are promised tomorrow (as Christians, Believers, we "have" the Hope [Hope will not disappoint us] and Promise of Eternal, Everlasting Life In Jesus), so it is what we do Today that counts for All of Eternity.
Render unto to Caesar what is Caesars and Unto God, what "is" God's! We have been bought with a price, so that we could bring Good (God Is Good All The Time) to All Nations and Peoples by the Power of God's Holy Spirit Working and Moving In and Through our Life In Him.
Taking The Love of God and The Good News of Jesus to the four corners of the Earth is what we were Saved for. God wants to use you as He did Jesus! Jesus says, "As The Father has sent me, so I Am sending you!" Our plan and purpose In Life should be to Preach, Teach and Heal In The Name of God's Holy Child, Jesus!
Do you think that The Church, The Body of Christ here in America should just concentrate on the needs of this country?
As Paul the Apostle would say, "Heaven Forbid!" Despite the overwhelming numbers of people around the World and the tremendous needs to be met, we are Commanded of God to Go and Do! If each and every one of us (as confessing Christians) went about in our daily Life helping one person at a time, we could make a difference in this present World of darkness. It only takes a spark to keep a fire going and Jesus wants us to shine our Light, to "be" a city on the hill.
James exhorts us not to say to someone in need that shows up on our front doorstep, "Be warmed and be filled." Whatever we do should be done Unto The Lord! In the Parable of The Sheep and The Goats, Jesus says, When I was hungry, you fed Me, when I was naked, you clothed me. Have you visited a sick friend lately? How about a prisoner?
When was the last time you gave a cold glass of water to someone who was thirsty? It is time for The Church to wake up! Arise and Shine for your Light has come and The Glory of The Lord has Risen Upon you! We must Go, Do and Be what God has Called us to! The time is short and Jesus Is Coming Again Soon!
Maranatha! We "have" The Bread of Life, The Living Water, God's Word, Will, Way and Jesus has "given" us His Name which "Is" Above All others!
It is time for us to Go and tell the World that Jesus says, "Come Unto Me, All ye that labor are heavy laden and I Will "give" you Rest!" He "Is" Our Rest, Our Peace, Our Shalom. Take no thought for tomorrow for Today has enough worries in and of itself, but Choose you This Day Who you Will Serve! God has "given" us Everything that we need to Live our Life Unto Him In Jesus. He Will Provide All of your needs (and the needs of others) according to His Riches In Glory! Step out In Faith Today and make a difference in the lives of others. As we work together as One In Him, we can and Will change the World In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
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Subject: Psalm 119:33
The Word:
Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep it unto the end - steadfastly.
- Psalm 119:33
The longest Psalm ever written is souly focused on God's Holy and Precious Word! The Love of God's Law, the fulfillment, pleasure and Joy that It brings to the heart of All humankind when accepted by Faith In The Living Word Himself, Christ Jesus. He says to us Today, "If you Love Me, you'll obey My Commandments. Love God and one another In My Name (representing All that He Is)." It is The Holy Spirit's "job function" to Teach us All Things pertaining to Jesus and By His Anointing on our Life In Him we can go and do likewise. He Will Lead and Guide us Into All Truth (Jesus "Is" The Truth) and Understanding, but we must submit to His Will for our Life and allow Him to accomplish His Perfect Work Within us.
God Promises to never, ever leave or forsake us and He says that He Will "Be" With us AlWays, even until the end of the ages - steadfastly.
Do you ask God to open your eyes, so that you can see Wonderful Things In His Word? He wants us to not merely walk with HIm, but challenges us to run with the horses. As we wait upon The Lord (Jesus tells us to watch and wait), He renews our strength (we are All Called to Love Him with All of our heart, mind, soul, Spirit and strength), enables us to mount up with wings as eagles (to soar high above the worries of this World that choke His Seed and keep It from bearing The Abundant Fruit In our Life), to run The Good Race, complete and accomplish The Course that He has laid out before us, so that we bring Glory, Honor and Praise to His Holy Name! Do you ask Him to "give" you a heart that Is Willing, to "give" you Understanding, that you may keep His Law of Love; yes, observe It with your whole heart [Prov. 26; James 1:5], to make you go In The Path of His Commandments? In Them and In Jesus Is where you Will find your Delight!
Incline your heart to His Testimonies [Ezek. 33:31; Mark 7:21, 22; 1 Tim. 6:10; Heb. 13:5.], turn aWay your eyes from beholding vanity [idols and idolatry]; and allow Him to restore you to vigorous Life and Health In His Way! He Will Establish His Word, Confirm His Promises to you [Ps. 96:9; Deut. 10:12] and take aWay the reproach which you fear and dread. His Ordinances "are" Good (God Is Good All the time), His Precepts "are" Right and In His Righteousness, He Will "give" you renewed Life. Let His Tender-Mercies and Loving-Kindness come to you, even His Salvation, according to His Word, Will and Way!
Jesus, The Living Word of God, "Is" The Answer for the World Today! His Word "Is" The Lamp that Guides us Into All Truth and Understanding. You can lean on, rely on, trust in and Hope (Hope Will not disappoint us) In His Ordinances, His Law of Love and Life continually for ever and ever [hearing, receiving, loving and obeying It]. Walk at Liberty, ease, seek, inquire for [and desperately require] His Precepts, speak His Testimonies (The Testimony of Jesus "Is" The Spirit of Prophecy) and you will not be put to shame. [Ps. 138:1; Matt. 10:18, 19; Acts 26:1, 2.] Love and Delight your"self" In His Commandments, lift up Holy Hands and Remember [fervently] The Word! He "Is" our Comfort and Consolation. Let us take Him to All Nations and Peoples, so that they can "have" Eternal, Everlasting Life In Jesus' Name. Amen.
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Date: Wed, Jan 29, 2003,
Subject: PSALMS & PROVERBS:
WORSHIP:
O LORD YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL
O Lord, You're beautiful
Your face is all I see
And when Your eyes are on this child
Your grace abounds to me.
I want to take Your Word and shine It All around (But) First help me just to live it Lord And when I'm doing well, help me to never seek a crown For my reward is giving glory to You
O Lord please light the fire, that once burned bright and clear Replace the lamp of my first love, that burned with holy fear
THE WORD:
Also to You, O Lord, belong mercy and loving-kindness, for You render to every man according to his work. [Jer. 17:10; Rev. 22:12.]
- Psalm 62:12
If you [profess ignorance and] you say, Behold, we did not know this, does not He Who weighs and ponders the hearts perceive and consider it? And He Who guards your life, does He not know it?
And shall not He render to [you and me] every man according to his work?
- Proverbs 24:12
We are His Workmanship Created for Good Works In Christ and He Calls Us to Offer Up Ourselves A Living Sacrifice!
Remember when Jesus said, "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God what Is God's?" Our God Is Just and His Word Is True! Whatever a man (woman or child) sows they shall reap.
As a teacher of God's Word I know and understand that I will be held accountable to God for every Word spoken and written, so I must be cautous to present the Truth In Love. God has given each and every Believer His Holy Spirit to lead and guide us into All Truth and Understanding concerning the Things of God, His Word, Will and Way. Listening to the Voice of the Holy Spirit and being obedient to Him is a choice we have to make every moment of every day. As we humble ourselves In the Sight of the Lord He shall lift us up. There is no striving to be done on our part, but we are to be "pressing" forward. Though the Spiritual battles rages All around us, Jesus goes before us in All things, He has Promised Never, Ever to leave or forsake us and surely God's Goodness and Mercy Shall Follow Us All The Days Of Our Lives In Christ Jesus!
God has spoken once, twice have I heard this, that power belongs to God.
- Psalm 62:11
O GOD, You are my God; earnestly will I seek You; my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint for You, in a dry and weary land, where no water is;
So I have looked upon You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory.
- Psalm 63:1, 2
Are you allowing God to speak to your heart and feed your soul daily in and through His Holy Word? Are you responding to what He is leading and telling you to do? Obedience Is Blessing!
You reap what you sow! If you are in doubt and unbelief then you may find yourself wandering around the desert for 40 years rather than entering into His Promised Land and God's Rest that He Has For YOU In Christ Jesus. He has given us the "Power" of His Holy Spirit In Our Lives to Enable us to Live out Lives Unto Him! He Is Our God! The One True God! Seek Him and you shall find Him!
Hunger and thirst after Him and you shall be satisfied.
This World we live in is a dry and weary land, but Jesus pours out His Living Water Into and Upon Us from the very Throne Room of heaven Itself! Enter His gates with Thanksgiving in your hearts and Enter His Courts with Praise. Go Boldly before HIs Throne of Grace and Mercy In the Mighty Name of Jesus, Praying In the Holy Spirit and Behold the Beauty of the Lord!
Deliver those who are drawn away to death, and those who totter to the slaughter hold back [from their doom].
- Proverbs 24:11
My son, eat honey, because it is good, and the drippings of honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
- Proverbs 24:13
Jesus Is Our Deliverer and by the Holy Spirit draws us to Himself, but the choices we make have consequences.
Taste and See that the Lord Is Good! I remember when I was in the 7th grade my Science Teacher told the class that honey was the closest thing to preventing and curing the common cold. When Jonathan was in a battle the Word of God tells us he tasted of the honey and his eyes were brightened. God's Word brings Light into the darkness. In Revelation John eats the scroll which tasted sweet, but was bitter in his stomach. Jesus asks, "Are you able to drink the cup I am about to partake of?" The Word of God Is Truth whether we like it or not and accept it as such or not. We can not and will not fool God!
Pleading ignorance to God when we know the Truths of His Word will only bring judgement upon ourselves. He weighs our hearts in the balance. Do we come up lacking? God wants just and balanced scales and thats why we need to present the Full Gospel In Love! He Is Our Help and Shield! Our Protector! Our Covering! He chastens those He Loves!
His rod and staff they comfort me. Yes!
He comforts me! I Know I can completely and totally Trust and Obey Him, because there Is No Other Way to have Peace In my heart and soul, but to be In Jesus, His Will and His Way!
For He will render to every man according to his works - justly, as his deeds deserve: [Ps.62:12.]
To those who by patient persistence in welldoing [springing from piety] seek for [unseen but sure] glory and honor and [the eternal blessedness of] immortality, He will give eternal life.
- Romans 2:6, 7
This Is Our Calling! Be not weary in welldoing, because in due time you shall receive your JUST reward. Be patient, but persistent in the Works He has Called YOU to "Do" In and For Christ Jesus.
Though unseen, In The Spirit God's Promises Are Sure! He has given us Eternal Life In Jesus' Name, so let us go out Freely Giving This Life to a dying World! Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother In Jesus, Mark
Date: Wed, Jan 22, 2003,
Subject: FAREWELL MESSAGE TO ALL: WHAT DRIVES YOUR LIFE? / WHAT MATTERS MOST
THE WORD:
BLESSED - happy, fortunate [to be envied] - is he who has forgiveness of his transgression continually exercised upon him, whose sin is covered.
- Psalm 32:1
Withhold not good from those to whom it is due [it's rightful owners], when it is in the power of your hand to do it. [Rom. 13:7; Gal. 6:10.]
- Proverbs 3:27
It is with much pain of heart and brokenness of spirit that I write to you all today. I have done everything within my power to uphold the Truth within this ministry and serve Jesus to the best of my abilities with some of the best of people I have ever had the pleasure to work with. My intentions have always been to bring unity to the Whole Body of Christ Jesus, equip each and every one of the Saints here for service in the Kingdom of God and work towards the fulfilling of the Great Commission. My prayer is that All of you will continue in the Faith, be willing and obedient to follow Jesus every step of the Way and accomplish His Purposes for the Life He Has Given You In His Name! God Is Faithful and Jesus Never Fails! I ask that you all keep me in your daily prayers and I invite you all to join me on the continuation of this spiritual journey we call life by becoming a member of the brand new Simple Church Fellowship Group at:
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Without a doubt anything and everything we do in this life should be to the Glory, Praise and Honor of Our Heavenly Father, In Jesus by His Precious Holy Spirit working In and Through Us Every Step of the Way!
We have traveled together for quite some distance and have made great strides. I can not name names to thank all those who have blessed me while here, you shall all be in my heart and prayers. I hope to see you all again if not here, but here after when everything will be as He Desires!
God's richest blessings and His Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother Forever In Jesus, Mark
FINAL MESSAGE:
And Jesus called them to Him and said, You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men hold them in subjection, tyrannizing over them.
Not so shall it be among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant,
And whoever desires to be first among you must be your slave; Just as the Son of man came not to be waited on but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many - the price paid to set them free.
- Matthew 20:25-28
He who the Son sets free is free indeed!
Jesus is calling you all to Himself, because He Alone Is Worthy! The greatest of all men are faulted, so listen to the Voice of God speaking to your hearts and minds In Christ Jesus and not the doctrines of men. Follow the Good Shepherd, because He will always and forever Love You and Never Ever let you down. My Dear Sweet Brothers and Sisters In the Lord Jesus, Love One Another as Christ Jesus Has Loved YOU with an Everlasting Love! It has been my pleasure to serve you and I will be forever grateful to God for the opportunity, but it is He Who has Ransomed you, purchased you, bought you back and brought you back to God Our Heavenly Father In and Through His Precious Blood shed on the Cross at Calvary!
Let us not squander such a gift and calling! You have been set free to be all that God has created you for, to do all that He has anointed you to and to go into all the World with this Good News of Jesus, so don't let any man, woman or child, group, church, religion, any sickness, disease, circumstances or situations in your life hold you back from reaching the heights and hitting the mark of the high calling you have upon your Life In Christ Jesus!
When we All get to Heaven what a Day of Rejoicing that will be! When we All see Jesus we'll sing and shout the Victory!
But until that Day, stay in touch, in prayer and In Jesus!
GBY,
<')))>< Mark
Subject: Ps. 91:1; Prov. 4:20-22: Are You Stable? Do You Consent And Submit?
Worship:
This Is The Day
This is the day
This is the day
That the Lord hath made
That the Lord hath made
We will rejoice
We will rejoice
And be glad in it
And be glad in it.
O, this is the day that the Lord hath made We will rejoice and be glad in it
This is the day
This is the day
That the Lord hath made!
The Word:
HE who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand].
- Psalm 91:1
My son attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings.
Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart.
For they are life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh.
- Proverbs 4:20-22
Is The Lord, Jesus Your Refuge, Your Fortress, Your God? Do You Lean And Rely On Him? Do You Confidently Trust Him?
The rich promises of this whole chapter of Psalm 91 are dependent upon one's meeting exactly the conditions of the first 2 verses.
If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, and will do what is right in His sight, and will listen to and obey His commandments and keep all His statutes, He will put none of the diseases upon you which He brought upon the Egyptians; for He is the Lord Who heals you.
- Exodus 15:26
After Moses presented this statement to the people of God, they came to Elim and encamped there by the waters. After coming out of the wilderness, God had turned the bitter waters of Marah into sweet, proved them, but afterwards THEY set out from Elim, came to Sin, murmured against Moses and Aaron, wished they had died in Egypt, still The Lord, once again provided by raining bread from the heavens for them, Manna From Heaven!
As each and every one of us obeys God and His Holy Word, according to His Will and Way, He Will deliver us, cover us and shield us. The terror of night, evil plots and slanders of the wicked by day, pestilence that stalks in the darkness, the destruction, sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noon day shall not come near us, because we have made the Lord our refuge, and the Most High our dwelling place, no evil will befall or come near! God's angels are given especial charge over us, to accompany, defend and preserve us in all our ways of obedience and service to bear us up on their hands. We are to trample the serpent under our feet, because we have set our Love upon Jesus, therefore He Will Deliver us, set us on high, because we know and understand His Name [have personal knowledge of His Mercy, Love, Kindness; trusting and relying on Him, knowing He Will never forsake us, No, Never, so when we call upon Him, He Will Answer; He Will Be With us In trouble, deliver us and honor us with long life (Eternal Life), satisfy us, and show us His Salvation In Christ Jesus! It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord and to sing Praises to his Holy and Precious Name!
The wicked walk and stumble in the deep darkness (their own way), but we as Christians, Believers In Jesus as the Lord and Savior of our souls follow Him Who Is The Way! Do you attend, consent and submit to the daily reading and studying of God's Holy Word to you? Don't miss It!
Your eyes are the windows to your soul, so feed it with the Word of God! Hide God's Word In your heart, protect It with the Breastplate of Righteousness, because It Is Life (Eternal Life) to you and All who Believe! Seek and Ye Shall Find!
He Is The Lord That Healeth Thee! Guard your heart and out of it will flow the springs of Life Eternal! Fix your eyes On Jesus (The Living Word of God), the Author and Finisher of our Faith, consider Your Way, let It be established and ordered aright, turn not to the left or the right (unless lead by the holy Spirit); remove your foot from evil at all cost! Be attentive to God's Wisdom, listen to His Understanding, exercise discretion, guard you lips, keep Knowledge and the Wise answer to temptation In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother In Him, Mark
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Title. Subject: Psalms & Proverbs Message
Worship:
I know my Saviour's alive, He has risen, hallelujah.
I know my Saviour's alive, He has risen from the tomb.
I know my Saviour's alive, He has risen, hallelujah.
He has risen and He's coming back again soon.
The Word:
Some go down to the sea and travel over it in ships, to do business in great waters;
These see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.
For He commands and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of the sea.
Those aboard mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the deeps; their courage melts away because of their plight.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits end - all their wisdom has come to nothing.
Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distresses.
He hushes the storm to a calm and to a gentle whisper, so that the waves of the sea are still. [Ps. 89:9; Matt. 8:26.]
Then the men are glad because of the calm, and He brings them to their desired haven.
- Psalm 107:23-30
These six things the Lord hates; indeed, seven are an abomination to Him:
A proud look [the spirit that makes one overestimate himself and underestimate others], a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, [Ps. 120:2, 3.]
A heart that manufactures wicked thoughts and plans, feet that are swift in running to evil,
A false witness who breathes out lies [even under oath], and he who sows discord among his brethren.
- Proverbs 16:16-19
As you all know I have been doing Psalms and Proverbs Messages every Wednesday, Today is no exception to the rule, but from time to time I get requests from people like you and when the Spirit moves me (Thank God He Does :) I can't help but comply with His leading, so pay attention and let the Spirit move you too.
Ash Wednesday is Today and I hope you will all humble yourselves before the Lord during this special season on the Christian calendar leading up to Palm Sunday, Passover, Good Friday, Easter and the Feast of First Fruits! Two prayer requests need to be presented to the Group Today as well for Melissa, a dear sweet Sister In the Lord Jesus and her family, because her Grandmother just went home to be with the Lord and for a Christian friend of mine who Juliet has known since the 6th grade, Sandy whose father also went home to be with Jesus, so pray the Lord to comfort His People at this time and Thank Him that Jesus has conquered sin and death for All who choose to accept Him as Saviour of our souls!
Those who are aboard with us here at Faithful Source know and understand that Jesus has called us to go or cross over to the other side, but we are not exempt from the storms of Life that are sure to come our Way. The heights and depths within our Christian walk and relationship with Our Heavenly Father are just part of that Spiritual Journey, but God is in command and as we turn our eyes upon Jesus we shall see His Works and Wonders! Listening to the still small voice of God's Holy Spirit telling us which Way to go, He has promised to lead and guide us in the right direction.
When we cry out to the Lord in our troubles, He brings us out of our distresses. Be Glad and Rejoice, because He Who calms the raging and roaring seas says to us, "Peace, Be Still!"
Sacrifice the sacrifices of Thanksgiving, and rehearse His deeds with shouts of Joy and Gladness! Praise and Confess to the Lord His Goodness, Loving-Kindness and His Wonderful Works to the children of men! Be Still and Know that He Is God, allow Him to calm your spirit, speak Peace to your heart, mind and soul for He will bring you to your desired haven, so delight yourself In the Lord and He Will "give" YOU the desires of your heart! Lay down and take your rest In Him! Jesus Is Our Peace! Shalom!
The Word of God says much about sluggards, poverty, being helpless, a worthless person, a wicked man and how "suddenly" the crushing weight of calamity will come and break such people without remedy. How do we escape such tragedy? By keeping Our Heavenly Father's Words, God-given Commandments and forsaking not the Law of the Lord! His Word Is Truth, Spirit and Life! "Where else can we go?" the Disciples said to Jesus, "For You Have The Words Of Eternal Life!" Bind them continually upon your heart, tie them about you neck. When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you, and when you waken, it shall talk with you. For The Commandment is a lamp, and the whole teaching of the Law Is Light, to keep you from evil. Your heart is sealed with God's Holy Spirit until the day of Redemption, He Who watches over you will neither slumber or sleep and God speaks to us Today In Jesus! He fulfilled the Commandments, All the Law and the Prophets, His Word is a Lamp to Guide us and a Light for our path, It Brings Light and Life to our souls and He Delivers us from evil. How important is the Word of God in the Believer's Life? It Is The Bread Of Life, Life Eternal, Life Itself, so take and eat, Jesus says, "This Is My Body. Broken For YOU. Do This In Remembrance Of Me!"
God hates! That's quite a statement from the Word of God (considering we serve a God of Love), but anything contrary to His Love is an abomination to His Word, Will and Way! Never overestimate your "self" and certainly don't underestimate others. Pride comes before a fall, so watch for the warning signs. Nothing in this life comes your way without God allowing it to happen. He'll never send you more than you can bear (although that's not alWays easy to accept), but will alWays bring you through it tried as gold in the fire or provide the Way out, because we have to remember that All Things Work Together for Good to those who Love God and are Called According to His Purposes.
A lie, is a lie, is a lie! No matter what, so which ever Way you cut it, the Truth Will set you Free and He who the Son sets Free is Free Indeed!
The human heart is deceitful and wicked.
None can know it better than God Himself! Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. We manufacture wicked thoughts and plans, shed innocent blood, our feet rush to evil rather than us fleeing from evil temptations or resisting the devil, so that he "must" flee from us In the Name of Jesus! Every breath we take is a Gift From God for Life to bring Glory, Praise and Honor to His Holy and Precious Name, so why do we use it to breathe out lies [even under oath], and sow discord among our brethren?
Unity of Spirit and God's Purposes should be our goals at all costs. After All, God sent His One and Only Begotten Son, Jesus Who Gave His Life, His All In our stead, so that we could have Life, Eternal Life, The Abundant Life In His Name! Let us put our Total Trust In Him, His Work, His Will, His Way, According to His Holy Word, so that we can overcome this present World we live in and allow Him to Bring us to Our Desired Haven In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Psalms & Proverbs Message
Worship:
I've Been Delivered
I've been delivered, Oh praise the Lord
I've been delivered by His Word
The chains of sin are broken
I've been delivered, Oh praise the Lord.
There's been a big change in me Oh, a big change in me I am so happy, I am so free
He brought me out of bondage and into liberty Oh, oh, oh, there's a big change in me.
The Word:
I am a stranger and a temporary resident on the earth; hide not your commandments from me.
[Ps. 39:12; Gen. 47:9; 1 Chron. 29:15; 2 Cor. 5:6; Heb. 11:13.]
- Psalm 119:19
A SOFT answer turns away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger.
- Proverbs 15:1
Life is far too short (It Is, but a Breath), so why is it that even among Believers there is such division and strife? With the divorce rate at 50% for non-believers and Christians alike, backbiting and slander within the Church, the question begs to be asked, "Why can't we All just get along?" The Word of God commands us to be at Peace with one another while it is yet called Today, but it seems no matter how hard we may try to comply there are still those who choose not to obey God's Word, Will and Way. Let's face it, nobody is perfect (even though we are All Called of God to "Be"), none is Worthy and we All like sheep have gone astray from the Good Shepherd of Our Souls, Who is wanting to lead and guide us by His Holy Spirit into greener pastures and enter into His Rest.
Our King's Favor (God's Grace) is toward the "wise" and discreet servant, but His wrath is against those who do shamefully. The tongue of the "wise" utters "knowledge" rightly, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fools pours out folly. How's your Wisdom and Knowledge lately? Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks and obedience brings blessing, so as Servants of the Most High God, we are to tame the tongue, speak forth the Things of God, as Oracles of God, whose lips have been anointed to bring Life and not death! Much to our own shame we take the Lord's Name in vain, are all too confident in our "selves," damn things in this World that God Himself has created (including our own fellow man) and in our own folly, play the fool by pouring out language unfit to be uttered by the vilest of sinners. Be angry, but sin not! If you really want to stir something up, turn aWay wrath with a soft answer, a Loving Word from God instead of grieving the Holy Ghost and quenching His Holy Spirit Fire that burns up the wheat and chaff to bring purity and holiness into every situation that comes our Way.
Our hearts cry and prayer should constantly be, "Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law!"
For out of Psalm 119 (the longest Psalm of All that pays tribute to none other than the Word of God) God reminds us that our time here on Earth is only temporal and apart from Him and His Holy Word we can do nothing. Does your heart break with longing for His ordinances and judgements at All times?
As the deer pants for the water does your soul long for the Things of God, after God Himself, to touch the hem of His Garment, lay your head upon His Chest and listen to the heartbeat of Jesus? Do you hunger for His Righteousness and thirst for His Streams of Living Waters to flow in and through you, to touch other's hearts and change their lives In Jesus' Name? We are a peculiar people, God's Chosen People and although strangers in this World, just passing through, we are not strangers to God and are Called of Him to Go to All Nations and Peoples, casting His Light of Life out into the darkness!
Our God wants to show us All His Blessings and He wants to show the World All of His Blessings through us!
The importance of God's Word and the working of His Holy Spirit In our Life is top priority for every single Christian Believer on the face of this planet we call Earth!
Unity of Spirit (His Spirit) and Purpose (His Purpose), the Bible (God's Holy Word), His Will (as clearly revealed to us in His Word) and Way (Jesus Is The Way and Answer for All the World) should be our goals. If we Love Him then we will keep His Commandments to Love God and one another! Listen to His Still "Soft" Voice as He speaks forth His Word of Love and Life to your heart, mind and soul. His Grace Is Sufficient for us, so let us be wise and discreet Servants, turn aWay wrath (kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight), utter knowledge rightly, put our complete and total confidence in Him, "be" a fool for Christ Jesus and allow Him to use your tongue to speak forth His Word of Spirit and Life In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Reason For Everything Ps. 19:1;Restoring Broken Fellowship Prov. 16:21
Worship:
A New Covenant
John 13:34, 35
A new commandment I give unto you,
That ye love one another as I have loved you, That ye love one another as I have loved you.
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples If ye have love one to another.
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples If ye have love one to another.
The Word:
THE heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows and proclaims His handiwork.
[Rom. 1:20, 21.]
- Psalm 19:1
The wise in heart shall be called prudent, understanding and knowing; and winsome speech increases learning [in both speaker and listener].
- Proverbs 16:21
There is a reason for everything that occurs under The Son, the Good, the bad and the ugly will All be used by Him and work together for His and our Good.
Jesus came from Heaven to Earth to show us the Way to Restoration, Our Healing and Fellowship with God, Our Heavenly Father and even our fellow man. As Believers, we are all "given" the ministry of reconciliation. We are His Workmanship Created In Christ Jesus to do Good Works In Him that were prepared for us to do before the foundations of this present World we live in were ever laid. God has "given" us great deliverances and triumphs over sin and death, He shows us Mercy and His Steadfast Love never ceases, It never comes to an end for us as His Anointed, His Offspring. Even the Heavens Sing Forth His Praises, day after day they pour forth speech, and night after night they show forth knowledge, so how much more should we as Children of the Most High God Declare His Glory, Show and Proclaim His Handiwork!
If we deal wisely and heed His Holy Word, we will find Good (God Is Good All The Time and when you seek Him with All of your heart, you will find Him) and when we lean on, trust in and are confident In the Lord, we will be happy, blessed and fortunate. Wisdom Is A "Gift From God," Jesus Is God's Wisdom and when the Son of God comes to dwell in your heart by Faith, you'll find that you are much more prudent, understanding of His Word, Will and Way, you "know," that you "know," that you "know," that you " now have" Eternal Life, The Abundant Life In His Holy and Precious Name!
Out of the abundance of your heart the mouth speaks! The Word of God tells us to be slow to speak, but quick to listen.
Hear, O Israel! The Lord Our God, The Lord Is One! Thou shalt Love The Lord Thy God with All of thy heart, mind, soul, spirit and strength! Love your neighbor as yourself and Jesus says, "Love one another as I "have" Loved YOU!" Do you speak forth the Things of God as an Oracle of God?
Isaiah the Prophet cried out to God, "Woe is me, for I am a man of unclean lips!"
God heard his cry and touched him.
When God reveals an area in our lives that needs to be dealt with it is so that we will give it over to the Lord, allow Him to deal with it, correct it and restore us into a right relationship with Him, so that we can go forward In His Name and be used by HIm to the utmost of His Abilities, not ours. We must first listen and take heed to the Things of God before we can speak and expect others to listen to what we have to say. As we open up ourselves to God's Holy Spirit In Our Life, His Streams of Living Waters will flow in and through us to be a Wellspring of Eternal Life unto others!
The mind of the wise instructs his mouth and adds learning. Pleasant words are as honeycomb, sweet to the mind and healing to the body (not only the physical body, but the Spiritual Body of Christ Jesus, His Church here on Earth as well).
Hey, we all lose it sometimes, but we are exhorted to be angry and sin not. He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his own spirit than he who takes a city. No man can tame the tongue, but God can and will as we submit to the workings of His "Holy" Spirit In our Lives. There is a way that seems right to us, but the final decision is the Lord's and it is His Way that alWays prevails! Even the events that seem accidental are really ordered by Him.
There is a reason for everything, a time and a season, but it all comes down to restoring our broken fellowship with God and our fellow man In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Ps. & Prov. Message: The Reason For Everything/Protecting Your Church
Worship:
Psalms 134:2
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary
Lift up your hands and bless the Lord
And the Lord that made heaven and earth
Bless thee out of Zion
The Word:
ASCRIBE to the Lord, O sons of the mighty, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
- Psalm 29:1
An evildoer gives heed to wicked lips, and a liar listens to a mischievous tongue.
- Proverbs 17:4
Are you a Son or Daughter of the Almighty, Most High God? Do you Worship the Lord In Spirit and Truth, In The Beauty of His Holiness? Man does not live on bread alone, but by Every Word that proceeds, comes forth out of the Mouth or very Lips of God! Do you heed His Word? What do you listen to and what have you been listening to?
Like any good tree, we are known by our fruit, what we bear, the things that come out of our well spring, our heart, for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Be careful what you say and what you listen to. He who has ears to hear, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to His Church, His Temple, His Holy and Precious Bride!
Our everyday life sometimes seems like a series of tests, trials and challenges.
There is a time and a place for everything under the sun, but we must guard our hearts and minds from this World and the things not pertaining to the Kingdom of God. Within this Spiritual Battle for the Human Soul, the enemy is constantly looking for the slightest opening to gain access to our hearts and minds. We cannot afford to play games and allow him to get even an inch of turf, for he will surely at"tempt" to take (the enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy) a mile, so we must put on the Whole Armor of God to Obtain the Victory we Have In Jesus!
Jesus came to Save the People from sin and death! He blesses us with All Spiritual Blessings In The Heavenlies, because we are His Heritage! He Nourishes us with His Bread and Wine, The Body and Blood of Jesus. Our Good Shepherd leads and guides us every step of the Way, He carries our load and even us when we are weary and heavy laden.
The Lord Inhabits the Praises of His People! Ascribe to Him All the Glory, Honor, Praise and Strength Due to His Holy and Precious Name! Worship Him, Who Alone Is Worthy In the Beauty of Holiness and In Holy Array! Jesus "Gives" unyielding and impenetrable strength to His People and He Blesses us with His Peace In Everything Which Passes All human understanding.
Our God Is A Consuming Fire! We are constantly being refined In His Refining Fire where He Brings us forth as Gold, seeing the Image of His Son In us. The Lord tries the hearts of All! [Prov. 27:21; Ps. 26:2; Jer. 17:10; Mal. 3:3.] No one is held innocent or goes unpunished who is glad at calamity and should you mock the poor you reproach your Maker. A liar will not even see the Kingdom of God, so why listen to anything he would have to say? I am saddened by the naivety of most Christians, how they listen to wicked lips and mischievous tongues, give heed to evildoers, listen to lies and believe them as truths. We are Called to Be Wise as serpents, yet Gentle as Doves! The Holy Spirit grieves at the condition of the (so called) Church Today! The form of godliness, but denying the Power Thereof is appalling! We must move In God's Will and Way, According to His Holy Word or else we are just playing Church. Should we appear to be white washed tombs outwardly, yet inside be full of dead men's bones?
Let's die to self, the works of the flesh, be crucified with Christ and Resurrected by His Spirit unto His Good Works! In Everything, Let's Reason Together, protect the innocent, heal the sick, set the captives free and "Be" The Church of the Living God that He Intends us to "Be" In Jesus' Name! Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Reason For Everything Ps. 66:1, 2 Protecting Your Church: Prov. 20:19
Worship:
Isaiah 51:11
Chorus:
Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return,
And come with singing into Zion
And everlasting joy shall be upon their head
(repeat)
They shall obtain gladness and joy;
And sorrow and morning shall flee away
(Repeat chorus)
The Word:
MAKE a joyful noise unto God, all the earth; Sing forth the honor and glory of His name; make His praise glorious!
- Psalm 66:1, 2
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore associate not with him who talks too freely. [Rom. 16:17, 18.]
- Proverbs 20:19
Do you greet one another with a Holy (consecrated) kiss? Are you remembering All the Churches of Christ Jesus, the Messiah in your prayers and giving? Paul the Apostle appeals to us, "Be on your guard concerning those who create dissensions, difficulties and cause divisions, in opposition to the doctrine - the teaching - which we have been taught." He warns us, "Turn aside from them, avoid them."
Such persons do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ but their own appetites and base desires, and by ingratiating, flattering speech they beguile the hearts of the unsuspecting and simple-minded [people]. I rejoice over All of you who are loyal and obedient to the Word of God, His Will and Way, would have you well-versed and wise as to what is Good, and innocent, guileless as to what is evil!
One has to have "thick skin" to survive in Ministry Today and this message could not come to us at a more crucial time.
With countless "Christian" Groups and Churches out in "The World," having a form of godliness and denying the Power thereof, we are challenged to uphold the Name of God for His Honor, Glory and Praise! It is not enough in these "Last Days" to play Church, we must blow the trumpet in Zion, sound the alarm, the battle cry to war in the Spiritual realm, the Heavenlies and be prepared to move ahead, go forward In Jesus. Onward (and upward) Christian Soldiers! Faith without Works Is DEAD! Prayer without Action Is DEAD! Even God spoke to Moses and exclaimed, "Stop Praying and Get The People MOVING!" It is not enough to say, "Be warmed and be filled." We must put feet on our prayers, take All the "Gifts" and "Talents" God has given us. pull our resources together and meet the needs of others who are less fortunate than ourselves. What would have happened if just the first few rows continued to pass the food back and forth to each other and not to all who were yet behind them when Jesus fed the people the fish and bread?
The Lord God Commands us to Go! Go to All Nations and Peoples with His Love and Good News of The Kingdom! We here in the United States of America are gorging ourselves with countless varieties of Bibles, Christian Broadcasting on radio and television, several Churches on every corner while the rest of the World is starving for the Things of God, begging for just a few crumbs that might fall from our banqueting tables. His Word Is Spirit and Life and millions of souls go into Eternity every single day without ever hearing of Jesus and Eternal Salvation In His Name!
It is time for the True Church, Believers In Jesus to rise up and MAKE a Joyful Noise unto God and All the Earth; to sing forth the Honor and Glory of His Name and make His Praise Glorious! The meadows are clothed with flocks, the valleys also covered with grain, the field is white unto harvest and is ripe for the picking, so let us go forward with Shouts of Joy and singing together. All the earth shall bow down every knee to Him, sing praises to His Name in song, every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ Is Lord of All! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! But, how will they hear and know if we who have "The Truth" do not share it with others?
God's Purposes and Plans are Established by His Council and only when we are obedient to His Word, Will and Way can we make or carry on in this Spiritual War Successfully. Many have their own opinions on such matters, their own secrets to reveal and they are more than happy to share them with All who will listen, but we are to heed the Voice of God and not man! I seem to recall Jesus saying, "Many, many will come to Me on That Day and say, 'Lord, Lord!' but, I will say, 'Depart from Me! I Never Knew you.'" Unfortunately there are All too Many preaching and teaching a different gospel than the Gospel of Christ Jesus, the Good News of Salvation In His Holy and Precious Name. They will find themselves with their lamps put out in complete darkness, so associate not and have nothing to do with them.
There is a reason for everything that happens in each and every one of our lives, so we need to put them in their proper perspective, in line with God''s Word, because He Promises us that He Will Work All Things Together for Good (His and ours :) Protect your heart, guard it for it is the Holy of Holies within your body which is the Temple of the Holy Spirit. We are the Body of Christ Jesus here on this Earth, The Temple of God, The Church and we need to be Strengthened In Him, so that we can protect those sheep who are weaker than ourselves. I am asking All of you here to pray, stand firm, be bold, ask God what He would have you to do and step out In Faith to Do It In Jesus' Holy Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Ps. 96:7; Prov. 26:20 Reason For Everything / Protecting Your Church
Worship:
It Is Good To Give Thanks
It is good to give thanks to the Lord.
To sing praise to his holy name.
So worthy is the Lord. To be praised, worshipped, adored.
Declare his lovingkindness in the dawn of the morning
light.
And shout of his faithfulness with a song of joy in the
night
Worthy, worthy, worthy of all my praise. Holy, holy to you I will sing all my days.
I will praise the Lord while I live,
While I have my breath, any being.
With all that I have to give, I will praise the God of the living.
The Word:
Ascribe to the Lord, O you families of the people, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
- Psalm 96:7
For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where here is no whisperer, contention ceases.
- Proverbs 26:20
Keith Green once asked in one of his songs, "Can't God even take a joke?" to which God replied, "NO!" How many times have you said, "I was only joking," to someone? 70 X's 7? In Jesus we need to watch what we say and do, because our Life In Him is a witness to the World around us and may very well be the only representation of God that others might ever come to see or know, so taming of our tongue is vital, cause it can cause a great fire and obedience to the Lord's Word, Will and Way will bring Glory to His Holy and Precious Name!
Our speech should be seasoned with salt, preserving Life, because every Believer is Called to be an Oracle of God, speaking forth the Things of God and bringing Life Eternal to those who have ears to hear.
The Lord Inhabits the Praises of His People, so lift up the Name of the Lord for Honor and Majesty are before Him; Strength and Beauty are in His Sanctuary.
Come and Magnify the Lord with me! Let us Exalt His Name Together! I honestly believe that as we lift up the Name of Jesus among us He Will Draw All of mankind Unto Himself. If we "give" to the Lord the Glory that is due to His Name; bring an offering and come (before Him) into His Courts, then He Will Honor His Word and pour out His Blessings Upon us. The Earth Is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, so what can mankind "give" to Him? He "gave" His Life for us, so why can't we offer up ourselves as living sacrifices to Him? Jesus has made the Way (He Is The Way, Truth and Life) for us to go boldly into God's Throne Room of Grace and Mercy to offer up prayers and petitions on behalf of others.
We are not only of the family of man by natural birth, but as Christians (Born-Again of the Holy Spirit), we "are" of the Family of God, Children of the Most High, Sons and Daughters of Our Heavenly Father! Jesus tells us, "As you have seen Me Do, Go and Do likewise!"
All of the earth is called upon to sing to
the Lord a New Song! When Jesus comes again to judge and govern the Earth with Righteousness and Justice, and the people with His Faithfulness and Truth, the Word of God says that the fields will be exultant, All the trees of the wood will sing for Joy and clap their hands!
[Rev. 19:11; 1Chron. 16:23-33.] The Joy of the Lord should be our strength, for we "are" the Temple of the Living God, His Holy Spirit dwells within us, we "are" His Sanctuary and His Word tells us that His Beauty is within us, His Power to change hearts and lives by His Love which has come into our hearts and minds In Christ Jesus! God Is Working All Things Together for His and our Good According to His Purposes and Plans. To Everything there is a season.
Guard your hearts the Scripture tells us.
Paul exhorted Timothy to stir up the Gift of the Holy Spirit that was within him. It only takes a spark to keep the fire glowing and that's how it is with God's Love. John Wesley called it the burning heart, the flame of God's Holy Spirit within a man, woman or child, but we must constantly keep feeding that fire.
God's Word Is Spirit and Life unto our very souls! Feed upon the Word of God and watch the zeal for God's House consume you as it did our Lord Jesus, for Our God Is A Consuming Fire and He wants to use you to the Utmost of His Abilities to Bring Glory, Honor and Praise to His Holy Name, but for lack of wood the fire goes out. We can (and unfortunately often do) quench the Spirit of God Working In and Through our Life In Jesus. The Shield of Faith was "given" us to quench the "fiery" darts of Satan, the Deceiver, our Enemy and the Accuser of the Brethren. Without Faith it is Impossible to please God and if we walk in the flesh, listening to deceptive neighbors, whisperers of lies, slander and gossip that cause quarrelling and strife then we deceive ourselves. Honor is not fitting for a [self-confident] fool [Isa. 32:6.], a lying tongue hates those whom it has wounded and crushed, and a flattering mouth works ruin. Voice your thankfulness to God [Eph. 5:4.], be slow to anger and appease contention. [Prov. 15:18.] If we humble ourselves In the Sight of the Lord then He Will Lift us Up, Protect us, Lead us and Guide us, so Come, Let us Reason Together With Him and Each Other In The Holy Name Of Jesus. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Planned For God's Pleasure:
Psalm 147:11 / How We Grow: Proverbs 4:23
Worship:
How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place
How lovely is your dwelling place, Oh Lord of Hosts, My soul longs and faints for your courts; and my heart and flesh sing for joy to the Living God.
For a day in Your Presence is far better to me than gold, Or living my whole life somewhere else.
And I would rather be a doorkeeper in your fold, than to take my fate upon myself.
Chorus:
You are my Sun and my Shield,
You are my Lover from the start,
And the highway to your city runs through my heart.
The Word:
The Lord takes pleasure in those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy and loving-kindness.
[Ps. 145:20.]
- Psalm 147:11
Keep your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.
- Proverbs. 4:23
God Will Fulfill the Desire of those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, He'll hear their cry and save them. The Lord preserves all those who love Him, but all the wicked will be destroyed. My mouth shall speak the Praise of the Lord, and let All flesh bless - affectionately and gratefully Praise - His Holy and Precious Name Forever and Ever! The Fear of the Lord Is Wisdom and Knowledge and as we delight ourselves In the Lord, He "gives" us the desires of our heart. Call upon the Lord and He Will Answer you.
Our Heavenly Father sent Jesus into the World to Save sinners, to preserve Life for All those who would come to put their Trust In Him, Lean On Him, Rely On Him and Come to Love Him with All of their heart, mind, soul, spirit and strength! The wicked will perish and be destroyed, but the Lord Inhabits the Praises of His People. Bless the Lord, Oh my soul! Bless His Holy Name!
The Joy of the Lord Is our Strength! Let us put our Faith, Hope and Trust In Him, for He Alone Is Worthy! God takes pleasure in us, He Is Pleased when we revere and worship Him In Spirit and Truth. Offering up our lives as a living sacrifice Unto Him is our Spiritual Service and an act of Worship Unto Him.
Do you Hope In His Mercy? Hope will not disappoint us, because the steadfast Love of the Lord never ceases and His Mercy never comes to an end.
Great Is Thy Faithfulness, Oh Lord! Your Tender Mercies are New to us Every morning, You go before us in All things, Keep us in Your Perfect and Acceptable Will for our Life In Christ Jesus and Surely, Your Goodness, Mercy and Loving-Kindness shall follow us All the Days of Our Life In You Forever and Ever!
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
- Psalm 147:12
He has strengthened, blessed and been Gracious unto us, because we are planned for God's Pleasure. When we attend to His Word; consent and submit to His sayings, don't let them depart from our sight and keep them in the center of our heart, they are Life to those who find them, Healing and Health to All their flesh! Jesus said, "My Word Is Spirit! My Word Is Life!" This Is How We Grow! We are to be rooted and grounded In the Word of God, nourished by His Streams of Living Waters, abiding In The Vine, so that we will bear lasting, Good Fruit for God's Kingdom and stretching upwards to absorb The Light of The Son. Listen to the Voice of the Spirit as He tells you, Turn not aside to the right hand or to the left; remove your foot from evil. Put aWay from you false and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk put far from you.
God wants to "give" to your head a Wreath of Gracefulness; a Crown of Beauty and Glory, but first you must guard your heart. The Word of God says, With All vigilance and above All!
Why? Because your heart is the Wellspring of Life, The Holy of Holies in human flesh where Christ Jesus Dwells by Faith. The Son has come to Dwell In your heart! Because you "are" Sons and Daughters of God, He has sent forth the Spirit of His Son Into your heart. The Love of God has been shed abroad in your heart, so that we can Love The Lord, Love our neighbor as ourselves and Love one another as Christ has Loved us. Be attentive to God's Wisdom and incline your ear to His Understanding.
Learn by actual and costly experience of what is becoming and prudent for you; That you may exercise proper discrimination and discretion, and your lips guard and keep knowledge and the wise answer [to temptation]. Avoid the very scenes of temptation; [Prov. 4:15; Rom. 16:17; 1 Thess. 5:19-22.] Don't give your honor to others or your years to those without mercy; lest strangers [and false teachings] take their fill of your strength and wealth, and your labors go to the house of an alien [from God]; because out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks!
Lift up over all the (covering) shield of saving faith, upon which you can quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked [one].
- Ephesians 6:16
Without Faith it is impossible to please God! It is most interesting that the Word of God tells us, Above All and Over All, By Faith (our shield and covering), to guard our heart! Jesus Is The Author and Finisher of our Faith, He Is our Protection, our Covering, our Savior and when God looks at our heart as Believers, He Sees His Son, He Sees us Perfect, Holy and Blameless In His Sight and He Is Pleased, He Finds Pleasure In us, because we "are" In Jesus. Our Life is hid In Christ and by The Word of God we "are" growing up Into The Perfect and Mature Stature of The Man, Christ Jesus!
As Children of God, let us bring the Light of Life and Love by the Grace of The Lord to All Nations and Peoples In Jesus' Name! Amen - so be it.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him,
Mark
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Subject: Planned For God's Pleasure: Ps.
105:4/Transformed By Truth: Prov. 30:5
Worship:
From The Rising Of The Sun
From the rising of the sun, (Chorus)
Until its going down,
Let the Lord's Name be praised,
Let the Lord's Name be praised.
O Lord you are a great God,
And you are my only God.
It is you whom I love,
It is you whom I adore.
(Chorus)
Holy, holy, holy Jesus
Show me how to love you more.
Holy, holy, holy Jesus
Show me how to serve you more.
(Chorus)
Let your Holy Name be praised,
Let your Holy Name be praised.
The Word:
Seek, inquire of and for the Lord, and crave Him and His strength [His might and inflexibility to temptation, seek and require His face and His presence continually] evermore.
- Psalm 105:4
Every word of God is tried and purified; He is a shield to those who trust and take refuge in Him. [Pss. 18:30; 84:11; 115:9-11.]
- Proverbs 30:5
Our Life was Planned and Created by God, so that we would bring Glory, Honor and Pleasure to Him, but how would or could we come to know Him if not for the Truths of His Holy and Precious Word that Transform us into the image and likeness of His One and Only Begotten Son, Jesus?
Who has ascended to Heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fist? Who has bound the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name, if you know?
[John 3:13; Rev. 19:12.]
- Proverbs 30:4
These Old Covenant Words found in The Book of Proverbs are pointing The Way to God through His Son, Jesus by the Ministry of The Holy Spirit! God does not propose a question without providing the Answer. Jesus Is The Answer for the World Today! Above Him there is no other (There Is No Other Name On Earth Or Under Heaven By Which We Must Be Saved, come to Salvation, be Born-Again).
Jesus Is The Way (The Truth and The Life) and no man, woman or child can come to The Father, but by Faith, Hope and Trust In Him! He Is The Living Word of God Who Is Faithful, Tried and True.
Jesus Is Pure, Holy, Blameless; He Is Our Shield and we can take refuge In Him. Let God Be True and Every man a liar!
We can not add one thing to the Work that Christ Jesus accomplished upon the Cross at Calvary. His Life, death and Resurrection is proof positive that The Bible is 100% accurate, God's Word to humankind. Jesus descended to the very depths of the Earth and ascended to the very heights of Heaven where He is now seated at the Right Hand of God, Our Heavenly Father. Even the wind and the waves obey Him! If any one thirsts they can come to Him and streams of Living Waters will flow out from their innermost being. God has established the very ends of the Earth and Calls us to Go to Them (All Nations and Peoples) with His Love and Good News of Salvation In His Name, The Name of His Son, Jesus!
O GIVE thanks unto the Lord, call upon His name, make known His doings among the peoples!
- Psalm 105:1
Believe His Words - Trust In, Rely On Them; sing Praises Unto God! Sing Praises! Observe His Statutes, Keep His Laws [Hear (Hear, O Israel), Receive, Love and Obey Them]. Praise The Lord! - Hallelujah! Meditate (roll over and over in your heart, mind and soul) upon His Holy and Precious Word. Talk, Teach, Preach of All His Marvelous Deeds and Devoutly Praise Them! Do you seek and require the Lord as your indispensable necessity?
Have you earnestly remembered His Miracles and Wonders, the judgements and sentences He pronounced upon His enemies, as in Egypt?
[Ps. 78:43-51.] We are All temporary residents and strangers here upon the earth, just as the Nation of Israel was when wandering through the desert from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people, God allowed no man to do them wrong, He reproved kings for their sake [Gen. 12:17; 20:3-7.] Saying, Touch not My anointed, and do My prophets no harm.
[1 Chron. 16:8-22.] Give thanks to the Lord for He Is Good and His Mercy and Loving-Kindness endure For Ever! [1 Chron. 16:34.]
Who can put into words and tell the mighty deeds of the Lord? Or can show forth all the praise [that is due Him]?
- Psalm 106:2
We who observe justice - treat others fairly - do right and are in right standing with God at All times In Christ Jesus Can and Should! Do you seek Him? If you Seek Him with All of your heart then You Will Find Him! Do you Inquire of and For the Lord? Ask and You Shall Receive!
Do we Crave Him and His Strength?
Delight yourself In The Lord and he Will "Give" You The Desires Of Your Heart!
Are we hungering and thirsting after Righteousness (an upright and right standing relationship with God, Our Heavenly Father In Christ Jesus)? We must be strong In The Lord and In The Power of His Might! There is no temptation given unto mankind that Jesus Himself did not suffer, so He completely, totally knows and understands what we go through and He AlWays provides The Way OUT, but we have to make the conscious effort, decision and choice to take It!
Seek and Require His Face and His Presence AlWays, Continually and For Evermore to bring Glory and Pleasure to Him. Follow His Plan by getting into His Holy and Precious Word Daily to renew your mind, so that we can be transformed by His Truth from Image to Image, Glory to Glory and Grace to Grace In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Planned For God's Pleasure:Ps.113:3;Transformed By Truth:Prov.22:17,18
Worship:
My Heart Rejoiceth In The Lord
My heart rejoiceth in the Lord
My horn is exalted in the Lord
My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies
Because I rejoice in Thy Salvation
There is none holy as the Lord
For there is none beside Thee
Neither is there any rock like our God
My heart rejoices in the Lord.
(1 Sam. 2:1, 2)
The Word:
From the rising of the son to the going down of it, and from the east to the west the name of the Lord is to be praised!
- Psalm 113:3
Listen [consent and submit] to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge;
For it will be pleasant if you keep them in your mind [believing them]; your lips will be accustomed to [confessing] them.
- Proverbs 22:17, 18
God has "given" us His Word to transform our mind. As a man thinks, so "is" he! We "are" HIs Workmanship, Created In Christ Jesus for Good Works In His Holy and Precious Name. "I have made these things known to you Today, even to you," says the Lord, so that our trust - belief, reliance, support and confidence - may be In the Lord! We "are" planned for God's Good Pleasure, but in order to fit into His Plan we must get into The Written Word Of God (His Blueprint for the operation, the owners manual) and allow [consent and submit] To His Living Word, Jesus to get into us, so that we can be led by The Good Shepherd. He has "given" us His Life, so that we can apply our Life In HIm to fulfill His Purposes. His Word brings Wisdom and as we "are" transformed by the renewing of our mind, obey His Will and walk In His Way, we receive the Abundant Life. It "is" pleasant for us to keep His Word, because we receive excellent things in counsels and knowledge that make us know the certainty of the words of Truth, confessing them, so that our lips want to give a true answer and speak forth the Things of God to others! The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom. There is a latter end [a future and a reward]; and your Hope and expectation shall not be cut off. This is why the Word of God directs us to Hear and Listen, so that we will be wise and direct our mind In The Way [of the Lord]. We "have" the Mind of Christ, but we have to use It!
Let us not underestimate the Power of Praise! If we just stick to our thoughts and don't speak out, All of the Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding of God amounts to nothing. God spoke and the entire universe came into existence! The Lord inhabits the Praises of His People, so we should Praise The Lord and Bless His Name from this time forth and for ever! He has taken aWay our sins and cast them as far as the east is to the west, from the rising of the sun to the going down of it, so the whole Earth from east to west and north to south should Praise the Name of the Lord for His Goodness, Mercy and Grace!
NOT to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Your name give glory, for Your mercy and loving-kindness and for the sake of Your truth and faithfulness!
- Psalm 115:1
Jesus has made our adversaries our footstool.
[Matt. 26:64; Acts 2:34; 1 Cor. 15:25; Col. 3:1; Heb. 12:2.] Though they may curse, we are to bless. When adversaries arise, He puts them to shame, but we (as Servants of the Most High God) Rejoice!
He stands at our right hand. We can lift up our head [triumphantly], for Jesus Is the Head of the Church and we "have" the Victory In Him! Praise and give thanks to Him with your whole heart, for the Works of the Lord are Great, to be remembered, His Work is Honorable and Glorious, and His Righteousness endures for ever! The Lord "Is" Gracious, Merciful and full of Loving Compassion towards us who reverently and worshipfully fear Him; He remembers His Covenant for ever and imprints It [on His Mind] [Ps. 96:9; Deut. 10:12.], so how much more should we Love Him with All of our heart, mind, soul, spirit and strength?
When we Worship Him In Spirit and Truth, we "are" Blessed - happy, fortunate [to be envied] - we "have" skill, understanding, wisdom and meaning when we "do" [the Will of the Lord] and delight greatly In His Commandments.
[Deut. 10:12.] Let us follow God's Plan, fulfill our Purpose, be transformed by the Truth of His Word and Please Him by going into All the World, giving New Birth, New Life, Eternal Life, obtaining [spiritual] offspring upon this Earth and reaching this generation with The Love of God, The Good News (Gospel) of Christ and making them upright, so they shall be Blessed In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Wed., May 7, 2003: Ps. & Prov.
Message! Ps.119:147;
Prov. 4:26, 27
Worship:
How Lovely On The Mountains
How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him Who brings good news, good news.
Announcing peace,
Proclaiming news of happiness,
Our God reigns, our God reigns. (four times)
The Word:
I anticipated the dawning of the morning and cried [in childlike prayer]; I hoped in Your word.
- Psalm 119:147
Consider well the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established and ordered aright.
Turn not aside to the right hand or to the left; remove your foot from evil.
- Proverbs 4:26, 27
Temptations will come our way, but we can grow through them In the Lord Jesus if we properly apply His Word and Listen to The Voice of His Holy Spirit.
Anticipating the dawn isn't hard to do and doesn't take much Faith, but it does require hours of waiting and they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength! Soon, The Son shall rise to the Dawn of a New Day, so we should be watching the choices and decisions we make, but until then, His Word Is a Lamp to Guide us and a Light for our path. Are you on the Straight and Narrow Way?
How lovely on the mountain "are" the feet of Him Who Brings Good News, The Gospel of God, but it is while walking through the valleys and on the mountainsides that we must follow our Good Shepherd, so that our feet do not trip us up or cause us to stumble along The Way. O Lord, Give us hinds feet in high places! Commit and Submit your Way Unto Him and He Will establish, direct and order your steps aright, He Will Make your path straight. Listen to The Voice of The Holy Spirit as He Leads and Guides you into All Truth and Understanding, telling you whether to go to the right or to the left. Obedience to God's Word, Will and Way brings God's Blessings, but we must make a continuous and constant effort to remove our feet from evil. Resist the devil and he Must Flee From You!
Let your eyes look right on Jesus with great determination [with fixed purpose], let your gaze be straight upon the Shepherd of your Soul. The Word of God tells us that Jesus "must needs go to Samaria" where He had a Divine Appointment with the Woman at Jacob's Well and that He "set His Face like a flint towards Jerusalem" when He was destined to be sacrificed as The Lamb of God to take aWay the sins of the World.
Like Jesus, the zeal for God's House should consume us! Our God Is A Consuming Fire, His Angels or Messengers (which we "are") should be flames of fire, God's Holy Spirit Fire should be burning within our heart, mind and soul, causing us to be focused on the things of God and wanting us to fulfill His Purposes. John Wesley (founder of the Methodist Church) spoke of the burning heart and God's Holy and Precious Word tells us to keep our heart with All vigilance and above All that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. As God's Children we are admonished to be attentive to His Wisdom [learn by actual and costly experience], and incline our ear to His Understanding [of what is becoming and prudent for us]; that we may exercise proper discrimination and discretion, guard our lips, keep knowledge and the wise answer [to temptation]. Sin is pleasurable for a season, but the Righteousness of God which comes by Faith In Jesus last for All Eternity!
Do you cry Unto God with your whole heart? It Is He Who Saves us, so that we may keep His Testimonies, His Statutes.
Do you hear His Word, receive It Into your heart, mind and soul, Love God, your neighbor as yourself, one another as Christ (God's Living Word) has Loved you and obey It? Jesus says, "Let the little children come Unto Me." We are to cry in childlike prayer Unto the Lord and Hope In His Word! Hope Will not disappoint us, because God's Word Is Faithful and True. Just as we can anticipate the dawning, we can expect the night to come and meditate On His Word, His Steadfast Love, His Everlasting Life and Righteous Decrees. Does your heart stand in awe of God's Word [dreading violation of them far more than the force of prince or potentate]?
[1 Sam. 24:11, 14; 26:18.] Do you rejoice at God's Word as one who finds great spoil? We should abhor falsehood, but Love God's Law and All day long Praise Him! Nothing shall offend you or make you stumble and you shall have great Peace (The Peace of God that far surpasses All human understanding) when you Love His Law. [Prov. 3:2; Isa. 32:17.] Are you hoping, waiting (eagerly) for His Salvation? Do you keep His Commandments (Jesus says, "If you Love Me, you Will Obey My Commandments."), HIs Testimonies and Precepts? We should Love Them Exceedingly, because They "are" Promise and Assurance to us when Jesus Is ours.
He Is our Deliverer and our lips should pour forth Praise with Thanksgiving and Renewed Trust! Jesus should be our delight and we should live to Praise Him!
As our HIgh Priest, Jesus sympathizes with our weaknesses, but in All points tempted as we are, He Is Without sin, so let us go boldly to the Throne of Grace, that we may obtain Mercy and find grace in our times of need. There is a whole World out there that has yet to have heard of The Christ, The Messiah, The Anointed One and is in need of His Salvation, so let us take God's Life Changing Word to All Nations and Peoples In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Planned 4 God's Pleasure:Ps.5:3; Growing Through Temptation:Prov.16:17
Worship:
KINDNESS
VERSE 1
Open up the skies of mercy
And rain down the cleansing flood
Healing waters rise around us
And hear our cries, Lord, let'em rise
(REPEAT VERSE 1)
CHORUS
And it's Your kindness, Lord
That leads us to repentance
Your favor, Lord
Is our desire
And it's Your beauty, Lord
That makes us stand in silence
And Your love, Your love is better than life
The Word:
In the morning you hear my voice, O Lord; in the morning I prepare [a prayer, a sacrifice] for You, and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart].
- Psalm 5:3
The highway of the upright turns aside from evil; he who guards his way preserves his life.
- Proverbs 16:17
In the morning when I rise, in the morning when I rise, in the morning when I rise, give me Jesus!
More then the watchman for the morning, more then the evening for the dawning, I wait for You, my soul waits for You.
- Marty Goetz
How many times do you read in Scripture of people rising up early to find a secluded spot and seek the Lord in prayer? Prayer is not only asking of God, but communion and fellowship with Him.
Keith Green wrote, "Make my Life a prayer to You" and that should be our heart's cry as well. King David said that he would not put his head to the pillow at the end of the day until he had found a "place" for God and His Holy Word. Jesus has gone to prepare a "place" for us, but do you prepare a "place" for Him?
What was it that Jesus told us to do before His ascension to our Heavenly Father, "Watch and wait." What exactly is it that we are supposed to be watching and waiting for? As we pour out our prayers, our heart, our sacrifices of praise, worship and petitions before God, He longs to speak to our heart and mind In Christ Jesus, but we have to take the time to listen to His still, small voice.
Prayer is not only communion with the Father, but communication with the Father. He speaks to us through His Word, His Holy Spirit and to the World through His Son, Jesus.
God listens to your words, but do you listen to His? He hears the sound of your cries, your sighing and groaning when you pray In The Spirit, In Jesus' Precious Name, because He Is our God, we are the people of His Pasture and as His Sheep, we know and hear The Good Shepherd's Voice. As with a shield (He has "given" us the Shield of Faith) He surrounds us with His Good Will (pleasure and favor), God's Grace. God has a plan for us to experience His Good Pleasure In and Through our Life In Jesus. He will hem us in on every side to protect us and move the entire World in order for us to get into His Perfect Way!
No weapon formed against us shall prosper, God will AlWays provide the Way out when we are tempted, but even when we stumble and fall, if we confess our sins, He Is Faithful and Just to forgive us of All unrighteousness! He will use All things (Everything) that we go through in this life for Good (His Good and ours). We are constantly being changed, transformed and renewed from image to image, Glory to Glory and Grace to Grace. Even through temptation and trials we can grow deeper and higher In Jesus!
The choice is AlWays ours! Choose you this day Who you will serve! Choose Life, Eternal Life, Everlasting Life In Jesus' Holy and Precious Name! Take the HighWay of the upright in heart, In Jesus and turn aside, repent of evil which will only lead you in the low way, our own way and not God's Way. Guard your hearts and minds In Jesus, follow His Way for He alone can and will protect and preserve your Life In Him (His Life In you). Pride certainly comes before a fall, but the meek and poor In Spirit shall inherit the Earth! Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord and He will lift you up above the worries and ways of this World. We can overcome our daily circumstances, because Jesus overcame the World! Heed God's Word, lean on, trust and be confident in the Lord and you shall find Good (God Is Good All the time), be happy, blessed and fortunate.
The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is wholly of the Lord - even the events [that seem accidental] are really ordered by Him.
- Proverbs 16:33
Our God Is slow to anger and abounding with Love towards you! To Know Him, Understand Him and His Resurrection Power working In and Through our Life by the Holy Spirit is better than gaining the whole World, All of It's gold and silver! O that He would cause His Face to Shine Upon us, lift up the Light of His Countenance Upon us and "Give" To us His Peace, the Peace of God which far surpasses All human understanding! His Favor, His Grace Is As a cloud bringing the Spring rain, refreshing, renewing, Anointing us, pouring out upon us His Love, His Living Waters, bringing newness of Life to our very soul!
THE plans of the mind and orderly thinking belong to man, but from the Lord comes the [wise] answer of the tongue.
- Proverbs 16:1
Let the Lord hear your voice in the morning and listen for His. Watch and wait for He Will Speak to your heart and mind In Christ Jesus. Guard your heart, preserve your Life by taking the highWay of the upright. Listen to The Voice of The Spirit, follow His Plan according to His Word, Will and Way, so that you can experientially know God's Good Pleasure through it All In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Planned For God's Pleasure:Ps. 63:5,6; Defeating Temptation:Prov. 4:23
Worship:
BREATHE
This is the air I breathe
This is the air I breathe
Your holy presence living in me
This is my daily bread
This is my daily bread
Your very word spoken to me
And I, I'm desperate for You
And I, I'm desperate for You
The Word:
My whole being shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips,
When I remember You upon my bed, and meditate on You in the night watches.
- Psalm 63:5, 6
Keep your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.
- Proverbs 4:23
Out of the Abundance of the heart the mouth speaks, where your heart is there your treasure will be and as a man thinks, so is he. The Christian Life is to "be" a Life of Communion and Fellowship with God, Our Heavenly Father, Jesus, His One and Only Begotten Son and The Holy Spirit, Living, Moving and Having His Being In and Through us. Jesus informed the Disciples at The Last Supper, The Passover Feast, The First Communion, "Do This In Remembrance of Me." It Is The Working of The Holy Spirit that leads, guides us into All Truth, Understanding and brings to our Remembrance Jesus' Words Of Eternal Life. "This Is My Body." Jesus said, "Take, Eat." Do you eat His Flesh and drink His Blood? This Is The New Covenant For All! As Children of The Most High God, we should submit, consent to His sayings; attend to His Words,; don't let Them depart from your sight; keep Them In the Center of your heart, for They "are" Spirit and Life to those who find Them, healing and health to All their flesh. Out of your heart flow the Springs of Life, Rivers of Living Water, so you should guard it above All and with All diligence. It is impossible to please God without Faith, it is The Shield of Faith that guards your heart, protects you from the fiery darts of Satan and will defeat temptation.
We "are" planned for God's Good Pleasure, should bless Him while we live and lift up our hands in His Holy and Precious Name! All who have breath should look upon Him in the sanctuary, to see His Power, His Glory, Goodness, Tender Mercies, Grace and Favor, because His Loving-Kindness is better than life and our lips should Praise Him Forever! Do you earnestly seek, thirst, long and faint for Him? Is He The Living Water in your dry and weary land, your Way in the wilderness? Seek Him and you shall find Him. Nothing and no "one" can satisfy the longings of the human soul like Jesus. His Word and Spirit cut to the bone and marrow of our very existence, fill us up to overflowing with Joy and our whole being is satisfied. He is Our Help and hides us in the shadow of His Wings. His Right Hand upholds us as our whole being follows hard after Him and as we cling closely to Him In Jesus. Bind your "self" to God's Authority, acknowledge His Supremacy, Devote your "self" to His Glory and Service alone, for your enemies, those who speak lies shall be stopped, be given over to the power of His Swift and Mighty Sword, ruined, destroyed and go into the lower parts of the earth [into the underworld of the dead]. God renders to Every man, woman and child according to their work. [Jer. 17:10; Rev. 22:12.] He speaks to us Today through His Son, Jesus, His Word; All Power belongs to Him Alone and we will reap what we sow. In God Alone our soul should wait and In Him Is our salvation. He's our Rock, Defense, Fortress and Shield; we shall not be moved! Jesus sits enthroned Forever before the face of God and we should sing Praise to His Holy and Precious Name Forever, paying our vows day by day to Him for All that He Has Done for us! To fear, revere and honor His Name is our heritage. We should pause and calmly think of the fact that we will dwell in His Tabernacle Forever! Find your Refuge and Trust In the Shelter of His Wings. He Is our Strong Tower against the adversary.
Remember Him AlWays! Upon your bed, meditate upon Him in the night. Practice the Presence of God in your Life with every breath, heartbeat, thought, word and deed. HEAR His Voice, for He guards and preserves our Life In Christ from the terror of the enemy. Wisely consider and acknowledge that it is His Doing and It Is Marvelous In our eyes! Be Glad In The Lord, Reverence and Praise befits Him.
He forgives, purges, makes atonement for and covers our iniquities, guilt and transgressions from His Sight. Choose Life In Him, Come Near, Dwell In His Courts, "Be" Blessed - Happy, Fortunate to "Be" envied] - "Be" Satisfied with the Goodness of His House, His Holy Temple. He makes the places where the morning and evening have birth to shout for Joy! God came down from Heaven in human flesh, visited the Earth and saturated it with His Living Water; The River of God, so let us go forth with His Presence, defeat the enemy, fulfill His Good Pleasure, The Great Commission by Bringing Unity to His Body and Equipping His Saints for Service In The Kingdom In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: What Makes God Smile? Psalm 116:17
The Word:
I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the name of the Lord.
- Psalm 116:17
As Servants of The Most High God, we have been set free (He who The Son, Jesus sets Free "Is" FREE Indeed!), He has loosed our bonds, so that we can pay our vows Unto The Lord, in the presence of All His People, in the Courts of The Lord's House and In the midst of Jerusalem! We are to lift up The Cup of Salvation and Deliverance, and Call On The Name of The Lord!
How can we repay Him for All of His bountiful dealings with us?
Precious (important and no light matter) in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints - his loving ones.
- Psalm 116:15
This portion of Scripture is not telling us that God is happy and joyful when His People die (although Believers are then Called Home to spend the rest of Eternity With, In Him and gathered to their people), but He wants us to die to "self," be buried in baptism and rise to newness of Life, Eternal, Everlasting and The Abundant Life In Jesus! We "are" Precious In His Sight, Important and Every situation in this life involving us comes as no light matter to Him. You, who are walking by Faith in Jesus "are" The Saints of God - His Loving Ones.
Most of us living in the World Today have no idea what it means to sacrifice anything. We are living in the most affluent times of human history, yet many (too many) are still suffering and impoverished. The Christian Church is Called of God to give, not take! Are you clothing the naked, feeding the hungry and housing the homeless? Many of our Brothers and Sisters around the World are suffering for their Faith In Christ without any relief in sight while "The Church" builds buildings, puts on social events and tickles the ears of those who want to hear only what makes them "feel" good and happy. "I Will offer the sacrifice of Thanksgiving," says The Word of God to us Today. What are you thankful for?
Rejoice that your names are written in The Lamb's Book of Life! Offer up The Sacrifice of Praise to He Alone Who "Is" Worthy! God Inhabits The Praises of His People. Call Upon The Name of The Lord and you shall "be" Saved! Saved from your"self," the wages of sin and death.
Pray, Ask The Lord of The Harvest (which is ripe and ready) to send you and others to All Nations and Peoples with The Love of God!
Have you ever made a vow to The Lord?
What was it? Did you follow through on it? Offer up your"self" as a Living Sacrifice, make Every Day Thanksgiving Day and Call On The Name of The Lord.
He Will Answer you, lead and guide you in the Way you should go. Draw near to Him and He Will Draw Nearer Still Unto you, giving you the strength and abilities to fulfill His Purposes for your Life In Him. Enter His Gate with Thanksgiving and His Courts with Praise. I know He keeps His Vows To us In Jesus, so let us do unto others as we would have them do unto us In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Mark
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Subject: What Makes God Smile? Psalm 69:30, 31
The Word:
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving,
And it will please the Lord better than an ox or a bullock that has horns and hoofs.
- Psalm 69:30, 31
When we are poor, sorrowful and in pain, God's Salvation is there to set us up on high! When we humble our"self" In His Sight, Seek after God, inquire for and require Him [As Our First Need], our heart Revives and Lives! [Pss. 22:26; 42:1.] Jesus says, "Blessed, O How Happy "are" the poor in spirit (the humble, rating themselves insignificant), for theirs "Is" The Kingdom of God, which "Is" Righteousness, Peace and Joy In The Holy Ghost and Enviably Happy [with a Happiness produced by Experience of God's Favor and especially conditioned by the Revelation of His Matchless Grace] "are" those who mourn, for they Shall "Be" Comforted!
[Isa. 61:2.]" No pain, No gain, but Jesus went to The Cross, so that we wouldn't have to! He suffered and died in our stead, so that we could Live The Abundant (Eternal, Everlasting) Life By Faith In His Holy and Precious Name!
What Makes God Smile? Obedience brings His Blessings, for His Word tells us, To Obey Is Better than sacrifice! The cattle on a thousand hills are His (He Created the Earth and Everything in It), so what would he want horns and hoofs of a bullock or an ox for? All of the sacrifices throughout the Old Covenant were set in place to point us to Christ, to show us that God would Provide Himself, A Lamb for the slaughter. Behold! The Lamb of God (Jesus) Who takes aWay the sins of the World!
Because of what Jesus did on our behalf, God's Ears "are" Opened to Hear the cries of the poor and needy. Our sins have been blotted out of our heart, mind and soul, we have been forgiven and enrolled among the uncompromisingly righteous - those upright and in right standing with God. [Rev. 3:4, 5; 20:12, 15; 21:27.] We "are" Justified (Just as if we had Never, Ever sinned at All) and acquitted by Jesus. The accuser of The Brethren (Satan, The Devil) has NOTHING on us! It is only what we "choose" to give him that he can use against us. Gossip (according to God's Holy Word) adds to our grief and pain, so don't play with fire and you won't get burned (literally)!
When you weep and humble your"self" before The Lord, you may get jeered at and humiliated by others or when you make sackcloth your clothing, you may become a byword - an object of scorn - to them, but even if people talk badly about you, Jesus Will Recognize you before Our Father Who Art In Heaven, even mankind and He'll Hear, Answer, Rescue, Deliver, Draw Close, Redeem, Ransom and Turn To you in your times of Need!
God "Is" Faithful and True (All the time), He has an abundance of Mercy (His Tender-Mercies "are" Renewed Each and Every Morning) and Loving-Kindness that He "Is" Constantly Wanting to pour out All over you. Don't get overwhelmed by anything your enemies dish out, because God's Plenteous Steadfast Love Never ceases and His Mercies Never come to an end! The Right Arm of The Lord Will reach down out of Heaven, pull you out of your despair and put your feet firmly on The Rock.
Have you become a stranger to your Brethren, an alien to your Mother's children? [John 7:3-5.]
If the zeal for God's House has consumed you (Our God "Is" A Consuming Fire); and the reproaches and insults of those who insult Jesus have fallen upon you, then you are In Good Company. [John 2:17; Rom. 15:3.] In this World you will have tribulation, but be of Good Cheer for Jesus has Overcome the World and we "have" The Victory In Him! As we follow Jesus, Our Lord and Savior according to God's Holy and Precious Word, Will and Way, Our Heavenly Father Shines His Countenance Upon us, Smiles On us and "gives" us His Peace, Strength, Fullness and Might to Go and accomplish All that He has Called us to Do In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Mark
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Subject: Balancing Your Life: Proverbs 11:25
The Word:
The liberal person shall be enriched, and he who waters shall himself be watered.
[2 Cor. 9:6-10.]
- Proverbs 11:25
Hold on to your seats, because God's Words of Wisdom are going to blow us All aWay Today! I want you to Know and Understand that God Is Liberal. He wants so much to Bless and Enrich Every aspect of your daily Life In Jesus. As you pour out your Life unto others, God Is More Than Willing and Able to have your cup overflow! He Wants you to Give Freely, openly, honestly and most of All, Liberally, to Do unto others as you would have them do unto you and it shall be given back to you in fullness and abundance, pressed down and overflowing. We "have" The Living Water of God to bring forth in the desert, the dry and weary waste lands, so that those who hunger and thirst can be filled up completely and totally satisfied.
As we consistently delight ourselves In The Lord Jesus, He Will "Give" us the desires of our heart! When we Live and Walk In The Righteousness of God (In Christ Jesus), we bring Good (God Is Good All the time) to each and every situation. Those who generously scatter abroad shall increase ever-more! With so much of the World's population undernourished and suffering from malnutrition, why is it that we store our food (sometimes until it rots and it even costs us more) rather than "give" it aWay? Is the cost of the human Life, heart, mind and soul that meaningless to us? The Word of God tells us, "A Blessing [from God and man] is upon the head of him who sells it." [Proverbs 11:26b.]
If we seek, we shall find! He who diligently seeks good seeks God's favor.
Are you out after God's Grace? You reap whatever it is that you sow! He who searches after evil, it shall come upon him. The wages of sin is death, but The Gift of God Is Eternal, Everlasting, The Abundant Life In Jesus' Holy and Precious Name! The people will curse him who holds back grain [when the public needs it]. Those who withhold more than is fitting or what is justly due, tend only to want. When The Lord Is Your Shepherd, you shall not want! He shall supply All of your needs according to His Riches In Glory! What are you expecting?
The expectation of the wicked brings wrath!
He who leans on, trusts and is confident in his riches shall fall, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall flourish like a green bough.
- Proverbs 11:28
Christians should be leaning on The Everlasting Arms of Jesus and NOTHING else! We should be clinging to, trusting in and relying on Him and Him Alone! He Alone Is Worthy of All Glory, Honor and Praise! Are you offering up your"self," your Entire Life (Every aspect of It) Unto Him as a Holy, Living Sacrifice, which Is your Spiritual Worship and Service? He Is The Vine and we "are" the branches!
Apart from Him we can do NOTHING! As the deer pants for the water, so our soul should long after Him.
He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
- Proverbs 11:29
If you sow to the wind, you will reap the whirl-wind! Why would any One willingly bring trouble into and upon his own house when The Word of God clearly says, "A house divided against itself shall not (can not) stand!" Like me, I Am sure that most of you (Hopefully All) want to Inherit Eternal Life and NOT the wind. I want to "be" A Servant of The Most High God and NOT play the fool.
The wisdom of this World is foolishness unto God, His Ways are NOT our Ways and His Knowledge and Understanding are far above any human comprehension.
If we plant ourselves as trees by His Streams of Living Water, rooted and grounded In His Word, Will and Way, we can not fail! Those who "are" Wise In The Wisdom of The Word shall capture human lives for God [as fishers of men]
- we'll gather and receive them for eternity. [Matt. 4:19; 1 Cor. 9:19; James 5:20.] Love conquers All and we "are" More than Conquerors In Christ Jesus!
The Victory Is Ours In Jesus' Name!
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Title. Subject: What Makes God Smile? Psalm 37:23
The Word:
The steps of a [good] man are directed and established of the Lord, when He delights in his way [and He busies Himself with his every step].
- Psalm 37:23
OK! OK! We have All heard (and All too often) that No "man" is Good, but God!
Paul The Apostle tells us that for "The Good" that is within us, so we MUST find the balance of The Word of God In our hearts and Life. Christ In us "Is" The Hope of Glory, therefore if Jesus Lives, Moves and Has His Being In us, God's Goodness (and God Is Good All the time), The Fullness of The Godhead Dwells In us Bodily! If there is any Good in us at all, It Is God's Spirit Upon us and In us that Shines His Light of Life and Love to the World. God Created Mankind, the World, the Universe and Every Things In It, only to say, "It Is Good!" Sin in the World and in our Life (our"self") is what is not Good.
The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth, so shall The Blessed (The Redeemed) of The Lord, but All who do not come to Know (experientially) Jesus as Lord and Savior are cursed of Him and cut off Eternally.
[Isa. 57:13c.] Apart from Him, we can do NOTHING, but In and Through Him, All Things "ARE" Possible! God Is Willing and He Makes us Able to "Be" The [Uncompromisingly] Righteous (Right Standing In His Eyes).
What Makes God Smile? When we are openly Willing and Obedient to His Word, Will and Way. When we Love Him and delight In His Way (Jesus Is The Way), He Busies Himself with our Every step. God Will Move Heaven and Earth to get you Into and Keep you In His Perfect and Acceptable Will for your Life. Like a watercourse, He Will let His Streams of Living Waters Flow, so that your heart Will "Be" Focused On and Directed To Jesus. Delight your"self" In Him and He'll "give" you The Desires of your heart, because He Will Delight Himself In you.
You "are" The Apple of His Eye, He Will Protect and Comfort you in each and every circumstance that comes your Way.
He Is With us AlWays!
You can make your plans, but The Lord Will alter your steps. His Hands support and uphold us. Be confident In His Love and lean on The Everlasting Arms! Jesus says, "I'll Never leave or forsake you" and God Can Not lie! His Goodness, Tender-Mercies, Favor and Grace "are" NEW (Fresh) To us Each and Every morning.
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever [securely].
- Psalm 37:27
We "Are" His Saints and He'll Preserve us For Ever! He Is Our Help, Our Deliverer and Our Savior. Let us Go Forth, so that others can Come To Trust, Take their Refuge In and Obey His Holy and Precious Word In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Balancing Your Life: Proverbs 27:17
The Word:
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend [to show rage or worthy purpose].
- Proverbs 27:17
Any One who works in a Kitchen should know that the best Way to sharpen a knife is with a Good Steel. We're not talking about "The Amazing Ginsu" here, but about "The Most Valuable Human Life." Going back to the beginning of All time (as we know it), God said, "It is Not Good for man to be alone." Of course we need to realize that He was speaking of All "mankind," meaning: it is not good or any of us to be lost and All alone, whether male or female. We need each other and have to have one another (working together as One In Jesus, According to His Perfect Plan, Purpose, Word, Will and Way) in order to live a full and productive Life. As Christians, Every One of us "Is" an important, vital Member In The Body of Christ Jesus, but most importantly, Apart From Him, we can do NOTHING!
King David asked, "Why are you downcast, O my soul, why so disturbed within me?" Did you ever look at someone and know (just by seeing their face, their countenance) that something was not right within them? We Must Put Our Hope In God and not allow the enemy to come and rob, kill or destroy The Joy that Jesus has set before us (even in the presence of our enemies).
How many times have you gone out to get your hair cut, died your hair, had your nails done, purchased a whole new wardrobe from hat to shoes (don't forget the purse, pocketbook and other accessories), because you thought if you looked better on the outside, you would feel better on the inside. Joe Jackson had a hit song several years ago that told us All, "You Gotta Look Sharp!" If you really and truly want to look, sound, act and feel sharp, on top of your game (and Life "Is" a very serious Game), then you Must Put On The Lord Jesus Christ, get in touch with Him and allow Him to get in touch with you. Communion and Fellowship are most important in order for you to have a vibrant, Spirit-Filled Life In Jesus.
Christ In you "Is" The Hope of Glory!
Hope Is an anchor, resting solid and sure, keeping you In The Faith! Get Into The Word and stay constantly, continuously In Prayer. Be ye being Filled With The Holy Ghost! When you know and feel sharp, your confidence and self esteem (In Jesus) will allow you to cut through this present darkness and Be The Light to All Nations and Peoples He has Called Each and Every One of us to Be! When you are on your knees, you haven't far to fall. Take your stand In Jesus and when you've done All that you possibly can to stand, stand therefore and See The Glory of The Lord! God SOOOOOOOOOO wants to show you, me and The World His Goodness, Tender-Mercies, Loving-Kindness, Favor and Grace.
Forsake not the assembling of the Brethren! We need One another! Like plain rocks in a giant tumbler, God has us together, rubbing and bumping up against each other until the mix is done and we come forth as precious stones.
"Behold The Man!" Pilate exclaimed.
Jesus Is The Man Who sticks closer to us than any Brother, Sister, Mother, Earthly Father, any relative or absolute best Friend in this World ever could or would.
He "Is" and Must Be Our All In All, Our Everything! He sharpens us, melts us, molds us, fills us and uses us for His Purposes and Good Pleasure. All Things "are" working Together for His Good and ours! Smile, He Calls you "Friend." He Lifts Up The Light of His Countenance and Gives us His Peace, The Peace of God that passes All human understanding or comprehension. He Alone Is Worthy! Surely The Day will come when His Fury and Rage will be poured out upon a World that denied His One and Only Son's Atonement for their sins, but until that time, we Live In His Grace. Take advantage of The Door (Jesus) of Great Opportunity that He has Opened before you. Sinner, Come to God! Saint, Press In, Draw Closer unto Him and He'll Draw Closer Unto you. The Lord Is Our Peace, He Gave His Joy to us and we most assuredly can Have His Shalom, Fullness, Wholeness and Blessings, Eternal, Everlasting, The Abundant Life In Jesus' Name! Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Planned For God's Pleasure:Ps. 119:62;Defeating Temptation:Prov. 14:16
Worship:
ARE YOU WASHED?
Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are you garments spotless?
Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you walking daily by the Savior's side?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the crucified?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
When the Bridegroom cometh will your robes be white?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Will your soul be ready for the mansions bright?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin, And be washed in the blood of the Lamb.
There's a fountain for the soul unclean, Oh, be washed in the blood of the Lamb.
The Word:
At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous ordinances.
- Psalm 119:62
A wise man suspects danger and cautiously avoids evil, but the fool bears himself insolently and is [presumptuously] confident.
- Proverbs 14:16
If The Psalmist would rise at midnight to thank and praise to The Lord, why don't I? Was his Calling more important than mine that he should have to try harder In his Walk and Relationship with God? Am I so confident In The Love Of God, dependant On His Grace and Mercy that I Am Living on the edge? It "Is" one thing to have an edge and to be sharp, but quite another to be walking on the edge and Living dangerously close to the edge by playing games with sin and evil. Can a man take fire into his bosom and not get burned? Delight your "self" In The Lord, "be" cleansed In His Living Waters, washed In His Blood, His Life, The Blood Of The Lamb Of God Who and Which takes aWay your sins, because your Life "Is" hid In Jesus and was planned for Gods Good Pleasure (and yours) before the foundations of the World were laid. Resist the devil and he Must flee from you, raise up your shield of Faith to put out his fiery darts, lift high The Banner Of Love, defeat temptation, the lust of the eyes and flesh by taking God's Way out!
The wicked will try to enclose, entangle and ensnare you with their cords (even with religious, man made rules and regulations), but as long as we don't forget God's Law of Love, Justice, Mercy, Loving-Kindness, Grace and Walk Humbly before our God, Fear, Revere, Worship Him In Spirit and Truth, Observe and "give" Heed to His Precepts, His Holy and Precious Word, He Will Fulfill His Promises to us. All of His Promises "Are" Yes and Amen In Jesus! His Holy Spirit Will Teach us His Statutes, Good Judgement, Right Discernment and "give" us His Wisdom and Knowledge. If we keep on keeping on In His Word, His Commandments, hearing, receiving, loving and obeying It with our whole heart, mind, soul, Spirit and strength, the Steadfast Love Of The Lord Will Keep and Comfort us into All Eternity!
I made haste and delayed not to keep Your commandments.
- Psalm 119:60
Do you spend quality time daily In The Bible, languishing, growing faint for His Salvation, Hoping In His Word? As Faithful Servants Of The Lord, we "Must" Persue His Will and Way, According to His Holy Word. Forsaking All others God Will "give" us Eternal, Everlasting Life, The Abundant Life In Jesus' Name as we Hear The Voice Of His Spirit and Obey.
Our Obedience brings God's Richest Blessings! His Word [stands firm as the Heavens] "Is" Settled In Heaven. [Ps. 89:2; Matt. 24:34, 35; 1 Pet. 1:25.] God's Faithfulness "Is" from generation to generation; He established the Earth, and It Stands Fast. Let us as individuals and The Body Of Christ continue This Day According to His Ordinances [Jer. 33:25.]
In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: What Makes God Smile? Psalm 103:13, 14
The Word:
As a father loves and pities his children, so the Lord loves and pities those who fear Him - with reverence, worship and awe, For He knows our frame; He [earnestly] remembers and imprints [on His heart] that we are dust.
- Psalm 103:13, 14
God can not "Be" Your Heavenly Father without you being Born-Again of His Spirit and washed in The Precious Blood (Life Is In The Blood) of Jesus! Without The Spirit of The Living God "Being" In your heart, you don't really have Life at All. Yes, you are existing, but you have not "Entered In" to All that God has prepared for you In The Spirit, Eternal, Ever-Lasting, The Abundant Life In Christ! God so Loved the World that was steeped in sin, He Gave His One and Only Begotten Son, Jesus (to die on The Cross in our stead), so that we could "Enter In" to a Right Relationship, Right Standing, A Life of Righteousness With Him and get back to The Garden.
Are you living a "Godly" Life? Godliness has to do with a Powerful God-Oriented Life of Worship and Devoted Obedience.
Do your prayers pursue something Lovely and Desirable To God Himself?
We have no power of our own that matters, but The Power of The Holy Spirit Living, Moving and Having His Being Working In and Through us "Is" Life Changing to us and All around us! We should be bringing The Essence of Christ Everywhere we go and All our Words should "Be" Seasoned with Salt. His People, God's Chosen Ones should "Be" Shining In Christlike Beauty, Living In Open Devotion, Obedience To His Word, Will and Way! Do you Worship In Spirit and Truth? If you Love Him, you Will (a Will only comes into affect when a death [to self] occurs) Obey His Commandment. Obedience brings God's Blessings! He Is Altogether Lovely, Worthy and Wonderful!
The Fear, Reverence, Worship, Awe of The Lord "Is" The Beginning of Wisdom!
Do you Know This? Do you Really and Truly (Intimately) KNOW God? THIS "IS" What Makes Him Smile! He wants, longs for, desires and invites you "IN" to a Personal, One on One Relationship With Him. He Knows us (Completely [He Created us]), Remembers and Imprints On His Heart (We "ARE" Engraved On The Palm Of His Hand) that we are dust and To Dust We Shall Return! God became man (In Christ), so that we could become Sons and Daughters of The Most High God. Our Heavenly Father Breathed The Breath of Life into the dust of the Earth and Adam became A Living Soul.
Jesus Breathed The Holy Spirit of God Into His Disciples (we are All Called to "Be" Disciples of Christ), He Came to Earth (we "are" Earthen Vessels), The Son has Come to Dwell In our Hearts!
As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
- Psalm 103:12
His Mercies "are" Renewed Towards us Each and Every Morning. God Remembers, but He Also Forgets! Every sin that you ever committed (or thought about committing) was nailed to The Cross of Christ at Calvary! NOW, you "are" Pure, Holy (set aside for His Glory, Sanctified for His Use) and Blameless In His Sight! What Makes God Smile? You "are" His and He "Is" Ours! He Will (Jesus died, so All The Blessings of Abraham [by Faith] could "Be" Ours) Cause His Face to Shine Upon us, Lift Up The Light of His Countenance Upon us (GOD SMILES) and He Gives To us His Shalom, Peace, Fullness and Wholeness In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Living With Purpose: Proverbs 4:26
The Word:
Consider well the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established and ordered aright.
- Proverbs 4:26
Jesus had a plan and Purpose for being born, Living and dying and so do you and I! He had His Eyes Look Right On [with fixed Purpose], and let His Gaze Be Straight Before Him. His Face Was Set Like A Flint Towards Jerusalem and He told Pilate, "It Is For This Reason That I Came Into The World." Jesus listened to The Voice of The Holy Spirit and watched The Father's Hand. He Grew In Stature and In The Grace and Knowledge of The Lord. Jesus Is The Living Word of God, Thy Word "Is" A Lamp Unto My Feet and A Light Unto My Path. He told us that The Holy Spirit would Lead and Guide us In His Word, Will and Way. It "Is" The Spirit of The Living God that Lives, Moves and Has His Being Working In and Through you as A Believer. He'll Lead you Along The Straight and Narrow Way, Tell you (Listen to His Still, Soft Voice), "Turn not aside to the right hand or to the left; Remove your foot from evil." Be attentive to His Wisdom and incline your ear to His Understanding. [Prov. 5:1.]
Although actions speak louder than words, we must put aside false, dishonest speech, willful and contrary talk, exercise proper discrimination, discretion and guard your lips. It is our heart that must be guarded with All vigilance, because out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks and out of it flow the Springs Of Life!
How often do you really stop and consider your Way? It's more than OK to take "The Road Less Traveled." Many are on their Way to destruction, but few follow The Path that Christ Jesus has laid out before us. Follow Him, for He "Is" The Good Shepherd." The Psalms often tell us "Selah," which means: to pause and calmly think about this. Do you ponder and meditate (roll things over in your heart, mind and soul) upon The Word of God? What is It (He) trying to tell you? Have you been listening to what He's (It's) got to say? Consider the lilies of the fields, ask God and let Him show you what He wants of you, from you? To what Plan, Purpose and end did He Create you? We "are" His Workmanship, Created In Christ, Unto Good Works In Jesus' Holy and Precious Name. He Is For Ever Calling us to offer up ourselves as Living Sacrifices before His Throne of Grace and Mercy!
Are you Trusting In The Lord, Leaning On The Everlasting Arms Of Jesus and Acknowledging Him as The One True God? He Is The Way, Truth and Life! Do you Know (experientially) This? Every knee shall bow and tongue confess that Jesus Christ Is Lord! We "are" on The Winning Side! All mountains shall be laid low and the valleys shall rise up to establish, order our pathWay level, straight and aright. There Will "Be" Smooth sailing (full speed ahead) when we "are" Spirit Filled, Led and His Breath, wind blows upon us. Jesus is Calling us to Go to the other side of Life, He wants us to Love God, our neighbor as our"self" and each other as He Has Loved us. Who is our neighbor? He Will take you to who, what, where, when and why, but you must allow Him to Do So In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Living With Purpose: Proverbs 17:24
The Word:
A man of understanding sets skillful and godly Wisdom before his face, but the eyes of a [self-confident] fool are on the ends of the earth.
- Proverbs 17:24
Putting any confidence whatsoever in your"self" (outside of the person that God Created you to "Be" In Jesus) is complete and utter foolishness the eyes of God. This Proverb speaks of those who think that the grass is alWays greener on the other side. The Word of God tells us to Choose, This Day, Who you Will Serve, but Choose Wisely, with Godly Wisdom (The [Reverential] Fear of God "Is" The Beginning of All Wisdom), Knowledge (based on His Perfect and Acceptable Will and Way) and All The Understanding that He Gives to us In The Revelation of His Son, Jesus, His Plan and Purposes that we are to fulfill In our Life In Him.
Don't be fooled by the second half of this Proverb! We are to continuously and constantly have our eyes turned, fixed upon Jesus As The Author and Finisher of Our Faith. He has Commissioned, Commanded us to Go to All Nations and Peoples, "To The Ends Of The Earth" with The Love of God and The Good News of Jesus! No contradictions here, but we should ever and alWays be searching for the True conviction of our hearts. Jesus set His Face Like A Flint towards Jerusalem, to die on The Cross of Calvary, because He Loved us, so should we not set skillful and Godly Wisdom before our Face (Are you reading, studying and praying over His Word Daily)? As we are Obedient to The Call of God In our Life, He Blesses and Causes His Face To Shine Upon us In All that we say and Do In His Holy and Precious Name!
The World says, "Silence is golden," but when The Word of God Is Spoken Forth from the mouth of His People, Under His Anointing, It brings (Eternal, Everlasting, The Abundant) Life, Grace, Favor, Shalom, Peace, Fullness and Wholeness to All who have ears to hear what The Spirit Is Saying!
There is no other Name under Heaven By Which we MUST Be Saved (Receive Salvation and Deliverance)! Put your Faith in no other One, in No Thing! Ask God to open up your Spiritual eyes, so that you can see The Truth of His Word.
Only put your confidence In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Psalms and Proverbs / Psalm 14:2
"The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God."
- Psalm 14:2
Psalm 14 starts with a crisis and ends with a solution. It starts with darkness and ends in light. It starts with Godlessness and corruption and ends in salvation and gladness. But it's THIS verse, verse two, that is the love story.
The LORD looked down upon the children of men to see if any sought
God. God looked. God Sought. God considered. He remembers that we are dust.
And what He saw was Truth: There was no one. No, not one.
Now we see in retrospect that yes, just as this Psalm concludes, salvation did indeed come from Zion...because God DID desire for the children of men to understand and seek Him. By His own hand, His own Son, His own Self, He made sure that we who are dust would again have the opportunity to walk with Him in the cool of the evening as He originally intended.
So, what about Now? What about Today?
God is still looking to see if there are any who understand, any who seek Him.
And now, Beloveds, we are without excuse. The lost and blinded in the world are without excuse because "Since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse." (Romans 1:20)
But what of us?
We, His Church, His Bride, His own...we who have the Spirit of the Living God alive in us, aching to be at work in us...do WE understand? Do WE seek God? Do we strive to love the things that God loves and hate the things that break His heart? Do we seek out comfort in the world instead of in the Everlasting Arms?
Do we return to our sin as if it were the key to freedom instead of turning from it like the vomit that it is? Do we say we love God while we hate our brother? Do we sing that grace is amazing while we try to somehow work off the sting of our guilt?
Like this Psalm, our lives - our new lives in Christ - have been re-configured so that which starts with a crisis and ends with a solution. That which starts with darkness and ends in light. And we, who started in Godlessness and corruption, find ourselves rejoicing in the salvation of our souls with gladness.
We have been given a immeasurable gift, my brothers and sisters! By Gods grace, we have been given the ability to understand and to seek the LORD. What manner of love the Father must have for us to have sought us out so that He could call us His sons and His daughters! Let us not take it for granted.
God is for you. There is so much to see with our new heavenly eyes...
Love in Jesus,
Juliet
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Psalms and Proverbs / Proverbs 22:18
"For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; let them all be fixed upon your lips. (So that your trust may be in the Lord."
-Prov 22:18 (&19)
What Solomon is referring to are the words of the wise and the knowledge that he offers here.
It's interesting that he exhorts us to heed the words of wise MEN so that our trust may be in the LORD.
Why? Because the truly wise man weighs all he says against the word of God and the Spirit of God within him, and does not utter a sound if it is contrary to either of those standards. And if a man doesn't do that - if he does not consider God in his ponderings then for as much as he knows and learns, he is not - and never will be - wise because "The fool says in his heart 'there is no God' ".
Not only are we instructed to keep wisdom within us, but we are also told to keep it fixed upon our lips...that all we speak should bring life and be honest and fair and wise. In other words: "Godly".
The Bible tells us that as Christians - as the ministers of reconciliation that we are - we have been entrusted with the very words of God. We have been entrusted with being the Body of the Word - the Body of Christ...so how can we speak otherwise?
How can we NOT speak wisdom and healing and strength when we have been made into the likeness of He who IS wisdom and healing and strength?
How can all that NOT be kept within us when the Spirit of God is within us?
When the Kingdom of God is within us?
What Solomon exhorted us to do, Jesus Christ commands us to do: To be His ambassadors. To flow Light and Living Water into a dark and thirsty world, which we can not do if our lips and hearts are bathed in thirst and darkness.
Divine wisdom has been given to us by the Almighty not just so we can be wise but so that our wisdom - our knowledge of God - can bring comfort and safety and reconciliation to the sacred and dying who He has entrusted to us...
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Title. Subject: Psalms and Proverbs - Ps14:2
Psalms and Proverbs: Psalm 14:2
"The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God."
Psalm 14 starts with a crisis and ends with a solution. It starts with darkness and ends in light. It starts with Godlessness and corruption and ends in salvation and gladness. But it's THIS verse, verse two, that is the love story.
The LORD looked down upon the children of men to see if any sought
God. God looked. God Sought. God considered. He remembers that we are dust.
And what He saw was Truth: There was no one. No, not one.
Now we see in retrospect that yes, just as this Psalm concludes, salvation did indeed come from Zion...because God DID desire for the children of men to understand and seek Him. By His own hand, His own Son, His own Self, He made sure that we who are dust would again have the opportunity to walk with Him in the cool of the evening as He originally intended.
So, what about Now? What about Today?
God is still looking to see if there are any who understand, any who seek Him. And now, Beloveds, we are without excuse.
The lost and blinded in the world are without excuse because "Since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse." (Romans 1:20)
But what of us?
We, His Church, His Bride, His own...we who have the Spirit of the Living God alive in us, aching to be at work in us...do WE understand? Do WE seek God? Do we strive to love the things that God loves and hate the things that break His heart? Do we seek out comfort in the world instead of in the Everlasting Arms?
Do we return to our sin as if it were the key to freedom instead of turning from it like the vomit that it is? Do we say we love God while we hate our bother? Do we sing that grace is amazing while we try to somehow work off the sting of our guilt?
Like this Psalm, our lives - our new lives in Christ - have been re-configured so that which starts with a crisis and ends with a solution. That which starts with darkness and ends in light. And we, who started in Godlessness and corruption, find ourselves rejoicing in the salvation of our souls with gladness.
We have been given a immeasurable gift, my brothers and sisters! By Gods grace, we have been given the ability to understand and to seek the LORD. What manner of love the Father must have for us to have sought us out so that He could call us His sons and His daughters! Let us not take it for granted.
God is for you. There is so much to see with our new heavenly eyes...
Love in Jesus,
Juliet
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Subject: Psalms and Proverbs / Prov. 22:18
"For it is ia pleasant thing if you keep them within you; let them all be fixed upon your lips. (So that your trust may be in the Lord.)" -Prov 22:18 (&19)
What Solomon is referring to are the words of the wise and the knowledge that he offers here.
It's interesting that he exhorts us to heed the words of wise MEN so that our trust may be in the LORD.
Why? Because the truly wise man weighs all he says against the word of God and the Spirit of God within him, and does not utter a sound if it is contrary to either of those standards. And if a man doesn't do that - if he does not consider God in his ponderings then for as much as he knows and learns, he is not - and never will be - wise because "The fool says in his heart 'there is no God' ".
Not only are we instructed to keep wisdom within us, but we are also told to keep it fixed upon our lips...that all we speak should bring life and be honest and fair and wise. In other words: "Godly".
The Bible tells us that as Christians - as the ministers of reconciliation that we are - we have been entrusted with the very words of God. We have been entrusted with being the Body of the Word - the Body of Christ...so how can we speak otherwise?
How can we NOT speak wisdom and healing and strength when we have been made into the likeness of He who IS wisdom and healing and strength? How can all that NOT be kept within us when the Spirit of God is within us? When the Kingdom of God is within us?
What Solomon exhorted us to do, Jesus Christ commands us to do: To be His ambassadors. To flow Light and Living Water into a dark and thirsty world, which we can not do if our lips and hearts are bathed in thirst and darkness.
Divine wisdom has been given to us by the Almighty not just so we can be wise but so that our wisdom - our knowledge of God - can bring comfort and safety and reconciliation to the sacred and dying who He has entrusted to us...
Love in Jesus,
Juliet
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"Satan, the Hinderer, may build a barrier about us, but he can never roof us in, so that we cannot look up." - J. Hudson Taylor
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Subject: Psalms and Proverbs / Psalm 145:9
"The LORD is good to all and His tender mercies are over all His works." - Psalm 145:9
Just three nights ago, I had a conversation about the fact that "God remembers that we are dust." And about how Jesus (through whom all things were made) had compassion on the crowds because "they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd…"
God's mercy is all over all that He has made. Creation declares the glory of God – not just because it is a reflection of His majesty, not just because it is a representation of His creative hand… but because it also demonstrates His mercy toward all that He spoke into existence, all that He formed from the dust of the ground…
The deer pants for water, God provides fresh cold streams of it from deep inside His mountains.
An infant hungers, but has no way to fill herself, and God provides nourishment from the very body that she yearns to be closest to.
A nomad walks through the heat of the day, day after day, and God darkens his skin to protect him from the sun.
A little boy falls off his bike and his bruised, bloody leg is broken. God - as He has set this world in motion, our bodies in motion – designed it so that after just a few short weeks, the bone is whole, the black-and-blue-ness of the bruises gone, and the skin long closed up to protect what lies beneath it once again.
Right down to the cellular level, the mercy of God is knit into His creation. I was reading an article just a few nights back about light. Essentially what I read was this:
That light, as it was spoken into being, unobserved by human eyes, is a wave…and acts like a wave. But while it's being observed, it acts like particles. So that we can use it to see by. We wouldn't be able to use it for any practical thing if God, in His mercy, did not adapt the very essence of the universe solely for the purpose of His beloved children.
And we can take that one step further, following the natural (divine?) progression of things:
God changed the very essence of His creation - His Laws, if you will- solely for the purpose of His beloved children. (For, we who were once far off have been brought near by the blood of Jesus.) The life-giver died, the dead lived, the One True Light adapted Himself so that He could be – instead of a Law – The Light by which we might see.
He is Good to us because He IS good.
His mercy is over all His works not because we deserve mercy (which, we don't) or because we need mercy (which, we do) but because He IS merciful.
When we think – truly think and reflect on – what manner of love the Father has given to us, it is staggering.
It's mind-blowing, and all our works, all our sin, all our past and all our plans amount to nothing more than a vapor.
We stand by grace and grace alone.
We are justified by Christ's blood and HIS faithfulness. Not that that should give us any justification to live in sin any longer, but it should bring us to a more vital revelation of the SMALLNESS of us and the IMMENSITY of the God who laid Himself down for us.
His mercy is over ALL His works, and His love endures forever.
Love in Jesus,
Juliet
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Subject: Proverbs 19:21
The Word:
Many plans are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand. [Job 23:13; Ps. 33:10, 11; Isa. 14:26, 27; 46:10; Acts 5:39; Heb. 6:17.]
- Proverbs 19:21
Although The Voice of Much Wise Counsel, instruction and correction are worth listening to, It Is The Voice Of God, His Holy and Precious Word, Perfect / Acceptable Will and Way and our Obedience To It that matter most! Your inner-most heart's desire can only truly be fulfilled by your loyalty to God (His Loving-Kindness Is Better Than Life), basking In His Glory and Delighting your"self" In Him, so that He Will Give you Life, Eternal, Everlasting, The Abundant Life In Jesus. It Is The Reverential, True, Worshipful Fear (The Beginning Of Wisdom) Of The Lord that leads to This Life In Christ, and he who Has It (he who Has The Son, Has Life) shall rest (completely and totally) satisfied. [Job 5:19; Prov. 12:13; Isa. 46:4; Jer. 1:8; Dan. 2:27; Ps. 91:3; 2 Tim. 4:8.]
I Am sure that many of you have heard it said, "Plan your work and work your plan." God established His Plan and Purpose for ALL of His Creation before the very foundations of the Earth were laid. His Word Is His Bond! Jesus said, "Heaven and Earth shall pass aWay, but My Words shall NEVER Pass AWay."
God's Word (Spoken, Written and Living) Is Faithful and True! Surely we make up our own plans and determine things in our own mind, but Thanks Be To God, His Ways are not our ways and His Thoughts are not our thoughts. Yet, The Word of God tells us that We HAVE The Mind Of Christ, so why don't we use It?
How many times have we made up our own minds, established our own plans and purposes, only to falter and fail? Oh, To Know The Mind Of God! The Bible says, "He has Given us EVERYTHING we need to Live our Life Unto Him! Are you following His Game-plan, reading the owners manual and walking In His Footsteps?
It has been said that ALL roads lead to God and in some Ways that is True, for It Is Appointed unto man once to die and then The Judgement! Man makes his plans, but God directs our Heart and Life like a water-course and if we commit our Way unto Him, He Will Direct our paths, He Will Set us Straight! Are you willing to let The Light Of His Word Be your Guide, so that you will not stumble or fall along The Way, His Way? God Is Faithful and Jesus Never Fails! The Lord's Plan and Purpose For You Will Stand The Test Of Time For Ever And Ever as you follow Him, The Shepherd Of Your Heart And Soul. Let Each and Every One of us counsel, instruct and correct All who do not Know The Truth, so that they may Become Wise In The Time To Come In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: The Heart Of Worship: Psalm 37:7
The Word:
Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him, and patiently stay yourself upon Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.
- Psalm 37:7
Don't touch that keyboard, mouse, remote, move a muscle, breath or blink!
Be still and Know that He Is God! Speak to the raging storm around you, Peace, Be still! Enter Into The Rest of The Lord.
Cast ALL of your cares upon Him, because He Cares For YOU. Jesus Is Our Peace, Our Rest, The Hope of The World and The Joy Of The Lord Is Our Strength!
Those of us who choose to wait upon Him shall renew our strength. Jesus says, Watch and Wait! Stand still and See The Hand, The Glory Of The Lord at work in your Life and the lives of others around you.
Patience is a virtue of which few have any is quite a statement. As a Believer In Jesus as The Savior, Healer and Lover of our Soul, we should be manifesting The Fruit of The Spirit Working In and Through our Life! Love, Joy, Peace, Patience... Shall I continue? Those Disciples of Christ who tarried, waited in Jerusalem for The Promise of The Father, His Holy Spirit, Through Their Faith and Obedience, Received The New and Fresh Anointing From Heaven! They waited patiently, stayed themselves Upon Him, He and He Alone was Their Focus and Concern.
Turn your eyes Upon Jesus. Look Full In His Wonderful Face and the things of Earth Will draw strangely dim in the Light of His Glory and Grace.
Behold! The Beauty of The Lord! Gaze Upon Him! Look Unto Jesus as The Author of ALL Life and The Finisher ("It Is Finished!") of Our Faith! Without Faith, Without Jesus It Is IMPOSSIBLE to Please, God! Do not fret or worry your"self!" Take no thought for tomorrow, but focus On Him, His Word, Will and Way. If you see another prospering in "his way," think about the prosperity, The Abundant, Eternal and Everlasting Life that you HAVE In Jesus, In His Way!
Commit, trust in, lean on, rely on, be confident in, delight your"self" in your Way (God's Way) To The Lord - roll and repose each and every care of your load On Him; also In Him, and He Will Bring It To Pass! Men will bring wicked devices to pass and the evil-doers shall be cut off; but those who wait, Hope and Look For The Lord, in the end shall inherit the Earth (The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth).
[Isa. 57:13c.] He who endures to the end shall Be Saved, so don't fret or be envious against those who work unrighteousness - that which is not upright, nor in right standing with God, but Do That Which Is Good! Delight your"self" In The Abundance Of Shalom, God's Peace, His Fullness, Wholeness, Complete and Total Blessings. [Ps. 37:29; Matt. 5:5.] The Lord laughs at the wicked (their Day of Defeat Is Coming), but takes Joy In those who humble themselves before Him and He Lifts Them Up (Jesus Is Coming SOON)! Let us go forward laughing, bringing The Joy of The Lord, His Joy To The World, because THIS Is our Spiritual Worship In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Title. Subject: The Heart Of Worship: Psalm 145:8
The Word:
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and abounding in mercy and loving-kindness.
- Psalm 145:8
Psalm 145 Is [A Psalm] of Praise, Of David and certainly Of The Spirit Of The Living God! The Lord inhabits (dwells in and amongst) the Praises Of His People.
It is only because of what Jesus did on The Cross Of Calvary that we have the right and the privilege to come boldly before God's Throne Of Grace and Mercy to plead our case and intercede on behalf of others. For Through Him we "ARE" OF God! Worthy Is The Lamb Of God Who has taken aWay the sins Of the World!
Worship is not just a bunch of nice songs to sing at your average Church Service, but an attitude Of your heart towards God and your fellow man (meaning All Of mankind). When you come to (REALLY) Know and Acknowledge Jesus as your Lord and Savior, when you See (In The Holy Spirit and In the natural) that He Is The Son Of God and by Faith In Him we Become Children Of The Most High God, you can not contain the Joy that wells up within you from Worshipping and Honoring Him In Spirit and Truth!
King David writes:
I WILL extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name for ever and ever - with grateful, affectionate praise.
- Psalm 145:1
With an act of The Will, His Will, King David dies to him"self," humbles him"self" In The Sight Of The Lord and is lifted up! In Jesus, death brings Life Eternal! Would you be willing to lay down your crown to Worship The King Of Kings and Lord Of Lords? Jesus Is The Son Of David, The Son Of God! His Name Is above ALL and most Worthy of grateful, affectionate Praise! Do you let your mouth speak the Praise Of The Lord, and let ALL flesh Bless - affectionately and gratefully Praise - His Holy Name For Ever and Ever?
God Is Good to ALL! His Light shines on the just and the un-just. His Tender-Mercies and Loving-Kindness are New (constantly re-newed) Each and Every Morning! We should be pouring forth [as a fountain] The Fame Of His GREAT and Abundant Goodness, and singing aloud Of His Rightness and Justice. His Love Is Over ALL His Works - the entirety of things created. God gave His One and Only Begotten Son, Jesus, His Very Heart to the World, so should we not give to Him our very heart, mind, soul, spirit and strength? With complete and total submission to His Word, Will and Way, we should surrender ALL to Jesus and Worship Him In Spirit and Truth! Love God, your neighbor as your"self," each other as Christ Loves you and you will show the World what The Real Heart Of Worship Is In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Title. Subject: Psalms and Proverbs Message - Psalm 139:3
"You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways." (Ps 139:3)
Hmmm.
I looked this verse up in a lot of different versions. The word "comprehend" was the most diversely translated. Look: "You comprehend my path" (NKJV)
"Thou compassest my path" (KJV)
"You discern my going out" (NIV)
"You chart the path ahead of me" (NLT)
"You scrutinize my path" (NASB)
So, I got out this really cool book I have, a translation of the Bible that is my absolute favorite, even though it's a project to read because it goes from right to left most the time and the grammar is all messed up. It's the Interlinear Bible:
Hebrew/Greek/English and it's a literal word-for-word translation that doesn't concern itself with being grammatically correct. Ever. (As nor do I, most the time!
:-) The translation of that verse, I found, was surprising:
"My path and my lying down you SIFT and with all my ways you are acquainted.
"Sift." That was interesting. It's the Hebrew word "zarah", meaning (according to Strongs concordance) to toss about, to diffuse, to disperse, to strew, to scatter, spread, winnow.
That different wording might not seem like such a big deal, but I LOVE stuff like this, so oblige me for a moment here, and consider this:
God disperses and diffuses both our path and our rest.
It's the same word used in the book of Ruth, when Ruth told Naomi that Boaz was winnowing the barley, and she should go make herself beautiful for him.
Winnowing. He comes along and makes Himself at home, and sets His hand to do in our lives something not unlike what happens on the threshing floor…where the harvested wheat is crushed, the kernel stays and the useless chaff is blown away. Sifted out. And if He just winnowed through out lives without winnowing through our paths, we'd be even more like square pegs in round holes than we are already…but God, who always does exceedingly more than we could ever ask or imagine, orchestrates the very roads set before us…so those redeemed by Him walk in ways that have been appointed by Him.
And he is acquainted with all our ways.
Now, truly, I didn't intend for this to be a word study, but listen to this and hold onto you hat! The word acquainted used here is the Hebrew "cakan" – which has a few very different meanings, but it's implication in this verse means this: "To minister to, to acquaint oneself to be ever an advantage, a treasurer."
He acquaints Himself with us to be ever an advantage, to minister to us. Like one studying to be a physician, (if he is to be a good physician, and in this case, Is the Great Physician!) the knowledge of the subject is only exceeded by the desire to heal and make whole what is sick and broken. But in God's case, one does not exceed another. In God's case, the knowing and the healing are eternal…and he is FOR us.
How truly beautiful.
So when He sifts, we can be assured that He sifts with mercy. When He enters in and re-configures our lives and all seems to be turned upside-down, we can rest in the truth that after the chaff of us is scattered to the wind, the seed of us – the part of us that He created to blossom – will surely remain.
Because He is the treasurer of us.
He will spend us wisely…
Love in
Jesus,
Juliet
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Subject: NEW ADDRESS / Psalms Message: Becoming Best Friends With God: Ps. 95:6
The Word:
O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker [in reverent praise and supplication].
- Psalm 95:6
The heights and strength of the hills, the sea and dry land are His, for He Made ALL Things (seen and invisible). O COME, let us Adore Him, Christ The Lord! Sing to The Lord, let Heaven and Nature Sing (A New Song). ALL of Creation should Praise and Worship Him In Spirit and Truth, for He Alone Is Worthy! Make a Joyful Noise to The Rock Of Our Salvation, Yeshua, Jesus! O COME Before His Presence Singing, with Thanksgiving in our hearts and Enter His Courts With Praise, for He Is A GREAT God and we "are" The Sheep of His Pasture, His Chosen People. O COME, Humble your"self" In His Sight and He Will Lift you Up, Higher and Higher! The Reverential Fear Of The Lord Is The Beginning Of Wisdom and Jesus Is The Wisdom Of God, He Is The First and The Last! Make your requests known to Him and He Will Answer you.
O COME, because that is the very reason that He Came from Heaven to Earth, for you! O COME to The Ancient of Days, because He Loves you and Wants to spend ALL Of Eternity With you. Do not grieve or disgust The Holy Spirit. Don't try His Patience or test Him. We err in heart if we do not approve, acknowledge or regard His Ways. Surely, you want to Enter Into His Rest. [Heb. 4:3-11].
Without integrity, being [consistently] Righteous (In Right Standing With God In Christ Jesus), we will be condemned and wiped out by means of our own wickedness! O COME ye sinners and heavy laden souls! Jesus Is Our Rest! His Yolk Is Easy and His Burden Is Light.
When God spoke Light into the World, He Commissioned It (The Light of Life, The Light of ALL mankind) To ALL Nations and Peoples! O COME Into The Light of God In Christ!
TODAY if you hear His Voice (He who has ears to hear should hear what The Spirit Is Saying), [Heb. 3:7-11.] Harden not your heart (The Choice Is yours to make [Choose you This Day Who you Will Serve])! [Exod. 17:1-7; Num. 20:1-13; Deut. 6:16.] TODAY Is The Day of Salvation, Yeshua, Jesus! THIS Is The Day that The Lord has Made, so Rejoice and Be Glad In It! O SING to The Lord and Give Thanks at The Remembrance of His Holiness, for He Has Done GREAT Things, Marvelous Things. The Lord has made known His Salvation, Yeshua, Jesus; His Righteousness has He openly shown in the sight of the Nations. [Luke 2:30, 31.] O COME, because His Tender-Mercies, Loving-Kindness, Truth and Faithfulness toward The House Of Israel are extended to ALL the ends of the earth In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: ALL NEW MAILING ADDRESS & MESSAGE: Psalm 86:5
The Word:
For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive [our trespasses] - sending them away, letting them go completely and for ever; and You are abundant in mercy and loving-kindness to all those who call upon you.
- Psalm 86:5
As Servants of The Most High God, we are Called to Rejoice! Rejoice over what?
That we are forgiven of our sins and trespasses before God, because of what Jesus did on The Cross of Calvary for us!
Rejoice In The Lord AlWays (In ALL Ways) and again I say, Rejoice! God has been more than Merciful (Full of Mercy) and Gracious (Showing Favor) Unto us.
He preserves our Life In HIm, because we Trust In, Lean, Believe On and confidently commit our Way Unto Jesus, without fear or doubt. Don't we? Do you lift your"self" up To Him? Have you Humbled your"self" In His Sight, so that He can lift you up? Each and Every One of us Is poor, distressed, needy and desiring in One Way or the other, but are we looking unto the hills and seeing where Our Help really comes from? Are you asking God, making your petition before Him to INCLINE His Ear, O Lord, Give Ear, O Lord, to my prayer, listen and answer to the cry of my supplications?
Let's face it, most of us wait until "The Day Of Trouble" before we Call Upon The Name Of The Lord. The Word of God Is Clear and Constantly reminding us that TODAY Is "The Day Of Salvation!"
TODAY if you hear His Voice harden not your heart! TODAY, TODAY, TODAY!
Yesterday is gone and tomorrow is not promised to us (unless of course if you are a born-again, Spirit-filled Christian with the promise of ALL Eternity In Christ :) If you are in a daily walk and relationship with Jesus, He goes before you In ALL Things!
Righteousness shall go before Him, and will make His footsteps a way in which to walk.
- Psalm 85:13
Our righteousness is as filthy rags. Jesus Is Our Righteousness (In Him we Have A Right Relationship With God, Our Father Who Art In Heaven) and we "Are" The Righteousness Of God In Christ! To quote an old King James question, "Believest Thou This?" Are you walking In The Righteousness Of Christ, following The Footsteps Of The Good Shepherd Of Your Heart And Soul? Jesus Is "The Way" In which we are to walk, stand, sit, kneel, lie down, rise up, eat, drink and be merry! Is your Christian Walk In Christ? If not, then It isn't "The Christian Walk," because according to God's Holy and Precious Word, "Your Life Is Hid In Christ!" God Is Good ALL the time! Are you "In Good," "With God"?
God is alWays ready, willing, wanting and able to forgive us our trespasses, but are we forgiving those who trespass against us? In most cases we are not sending aWay the trespasses, but the "trespassee". We are not letting go of the trespass against us, but more than willing to let go completely and for ever of the person who committed the crime against us. Are we doing unto others as we would have them do unto us? Is, "I'll scratch your back and you knife mine," very Christian-like? God Is Super-Abundantly, Over-Aboundingly pouring out His Tender-Mercies and Loving-Kindnesses to ALL who Call Upon Him! Should we not ALL, Go and Do Like-Wise?
Especially This Time of Year, but Each and EVERY Day of the year, Believers ALL around the World should be showing forth their Faith through Love and Good Works (that were prepared for us To Do In Christ Jesus before the foundations of the Earth were laid). Faith without works is dead and we are Called To Be Alive In Christ! Surely we Know and Understand that, "It Is Better To Give Than It Is To Receive," as Jesus said (except when it comes to free advice, I Believe). Let's forget about our"selves," Magnify The Lord and Worship Him In Spirit and Truth! What God Says should Be What Matters Most. Every Body has an opinion, but that doesn't make "It" right! Let us ALL go forward laughing, In The Joy Of The Spirit, In The Joy Of The Lord and bring Glad Tidings, Good News, The Gospel of God to ALL Nations and Peoples, Telling them of His Forgiveness, Mercy and Loving-Kindness to ALL those who Call Upon Him In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Title. Subject: Becoming Best Friends With God: Psalm 89:26
The Word:
He shall cry to Me, You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!
- Psalm 89:26
God Has Made Jesus "The First-Born (Son and The First-Born from the dead), Highest of ALL the kings of the Earth."
[Rev. 1:5.] His Tender-Mercies and Loving-Kindness Will Keep us For Ever More, and God's New Covenant stands fast and Faithful (God Is Faithful and Jesus Never Fails!) With / In Him! The Offspring Of The Lord, Children Of The Most High God Will Endure For Ever, and His Throne Of Grace and Mercy as The Days Of Heaven. [Gal. 3:16; Isa. 9:7.] Our God Is In Control, His Right Hand Up Holds us In Righteousness. As we Humble our"self" In His Site, He Lifts us Up In His Name, His Horn Is Exalted [Great Power and Prosperity Is Conferred Upon Him and us]. The enemy can not exact from, do violence to, outwit, afflict, humble, beat down or smite us, because His Hand Establishes, allows us to ever abide and His Arm Strengthens us. We "are" sealed until The Day Of Redemption By The Holy Spirit, Endowed With Might [Given Power - To Be Champions For Israel], Exalted, Chosen and Found Anointed With His Holy Oil.
Jesus Is Our Shield! He Has our back!
He's The Glory Of Our Strength [Our Proud Adornment], By His Favor, His Grace Our Horn Is Exalted, we Walk With Uplifted faces and In His Name we can Rejoice ALL Day Long, because In His Righteousness we "are" Exalted. Do you understand and appreciate the Spiritual Blessings symbolized by The Feasts?
When you Walk In Jesus, The Lord's Light, Favor and Grace Of His Countenance Shine Upon you, we Know His Joy, Blessedness, Happiness, Righteousness, Justice, Tender-Mercies, Loving-Kindness and Truth! He Has A Mighty Arm; Strong Hand and His Right Hand Is Soaring High (Like and Eagle)!
Are you leaning on The Everlasting Arms, Waiting Upon The Lord, so that He Can and Will Renew your Strength? Mount Up With Wings As Eagles and Fly!
God Has To Be An Essential Part Of YOU At ALL Times! His Holiness CANNOT Be Violated, He Will NOT Break, Profane or Alter The Word that has gone out of His Lips, He Will NOT and CANNOT lie!
Blessed Be The Lord For Evermore! He Is Our Dwelling Place and Refuge In ALL Generations [says Moses]. Cry Unto Him and He Will Answer you. He Is Our Father Who Art In Heaven, Hallowed Be His Name! God Is The Rock Of Our Salvation, Yeshua / Jesus, The Strength Of Our Life, Our Hope, Our Inspiration and He Sets His Hand Upon us In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Becoming Best Friends With God: Psalm 136:3
The Word:
O give thanks to the Lord of lords, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever;
- Psalm 136:3
You Will notice that this Scripture verse does not end with a period, question-mark or exclamation point and if you'll take the time to view this whole Psalm, you Will find that it has 26 verses, but only 4 sentences. How many times and for how many reasons should we thank The Lord for His Tender-Mercies, Loving-Kindness, Goodness, Favor, Grace, His Glory Being Manifest Towards us? From here on out and into ALL of Eternity! He Has Done GREAT Things and His Grace Extended To us Will Keep us In His Love For Ever! We could NEVER thank God enough for ALL that He Has Done For us and Given To us In Christ, because He Has Given us EVERYTHING that we need to Live our Life In Jesus, Unto Him, According to His Word, Will and Way.
God SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Loved the World that He Gave, so should we not do everything within our power to Give our Best back To Him. Whatever we Do should Be Done Unto The Lord, but also for His Glory, His Honor and His Praise! God Is Good ALL The Time! His Mercies ARE renewed each and every morning, so that every day is like Resurrection Day! Every Day The New Birth of Jesus should Be Evident to us and those who are in the World around us. He has not only given us ALL of His Love, He has shown us The Way to enter into His Rest, His Everlasting, Abundant Life, but we MUST Endure Unto The End!
He Is The God of gods, Lord of lords, He Alone Does Wonderful Things, He Made The Heavens, Stretched out The Earth upon the waters, Made Great Lights, The Sun (The Son) to rule over The Day, the moon and stars to rule the night, He Smote Egypt, Brought Out Israel with His Strong Hand and Out-stretched Arm to Divide The Red Sea into parts, so they could pass through the midst of it, He shook off, overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sae, He Led His Chosen People through the wilderness, smote, slew, great, famous kings, Gave their land for a Heritage to Israel His Servant, remembered our low estate and imprinted us on His Heart, Rescued us from our enemies and He Gives food to ALL flesh!
O Give Thanks To The God Of Heaven, For His Mercy And Loving-Kindness Endure Forever!
- Psalm 136:26
Bless [affectionately and gratefully praise] the Lord; reverently and worshipfully fear (The Fear Of The Lord Is The Beginning Of Wisdom) Him! [Deut. 6:5; Ps. 31:23.] Blessed out of Zion be the Lord, Who dwells, Tabernacles [with us] at Jerusalem (The City Of Peace / Shalom [Jesus Is Our Peace] and Look For The New Jerusalem which Is Coming Down From God Out Of Heaven)! Praise the Lord! - Hallelujah!
Earnestly Remember Zion [The City Of Our God Imprinted On Our Hearts], become Best Friends With God (Abraham was and we are ALL His Children Of Faith) by giving thanks with a grateful heart to Him for His Tender-Mercies and Loving-Kindness Endure For Ever In Jesus' Name! Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Title. Subject:
Becoming Best Friends With God: Psalm 23:4
The Word:
Yes, though I walk through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil; for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort me.
- Psalm 23:4
This is just One of the many popular Psalms of King David (or should I say, of David [The Man Of God] as written to His King Of Kings), perhaps his best known (not to mention: Psalms 22 and 51). Let's take a quick Spiritual quiz and ask the following questions:
1) Is The Good Shepherd, The Lord Jesus Christ, Your Shepherd?
2) Is The Living Word Of God, The Bible and are The Holy Scriptures Feeding You?
3) Is The Holy Spirit, Christ In You, Your Guide, Shield Of Faith and Is He Leading you?
4) Are you lacking anything in your Life?
5) Can you lie down In Peace, Be Refreshed, Restored, Still and Restful?
6) Are you Living In Righteousness, Uprightness and Right Standing With Him - not by your own earning It, but For His Name's Sake?
So, How did you do? Did you pass with flying colors, just skip by or fail all together? David Knew that he KNew, that he KNEw, that he KNEW God! He expected His Father In Heaven to prepare A Table, His Table before him (in the presence of his enemies), Anoint his head with His Holy Spirit Oil and have his cup brimming, running over with The Fullest, Richest Blessings Of God!
Knowest thou this? SURELY or ONLY God's Goodness (God Is Good ALL The Time), Tender-Mercies (His Mercies ARE Renewed Each and Every Morning), Unfailing Loving-Kindness (God's Grace and Favor) WILL Follow Us (you, me and every True Believer on the face of Planet Earth) ALL "The Days Of Our Life;" and through The Length Of Days The House Of The Lord [and His Presence] Shall Be Our Dwelling Place!
Believest Thou These Things? This Psalm is not only a "Statement Of Faith," but The Truth, The Absolute Fact Of What Our Faith Stands For! David knew It from the time he was a little ruddy boy watching over his Father's Sheep in the open fields of Israel, from his Anointing By Samuel The Prophet and right up to his dying breath. He Walked With God!
Was he perfect, righteous or faithful on his own? Certainly NOT, but he was a man after God's Own Heart! Each of us fails and falters in our own strength, but where The Spirit Of The Lord Is, There Is FREEDOM! Jesus Alone Is Worthy! There is NONE Righteous, NO NOT ONE, but The Lamb Of God Who Takes AWay The sins of the World! When we Come To Know and Understand This, Submit our"self" To Him, His Word, Will and Way, then (and only then) He Can Lift Us Up To Heavenly Places In Christ.
Jesus (ALL Ways) walks with us, takes us to the very depths and into the highest of heights, but even when there are shadows (grey areas) in the valley, Know that His Light Shines In The Darkness.
Fear or dread No evil! Perfect Love casts out ALL fear and Jesus Is The Complete, Total Manifestation Of God's Perfect Love To Mankind (ALL of human nature). Apart from Jesus we can do NOTHING, we are enemies of God and The Cross Of Christ, but By Faith In Him and His Name, we Become His Best Friends, God's Children, His Chosen Ones! He Promises NEVER to leave or forsake us, ALL His Promises ARE Yea, Yes and Amen In Christ and God can NOT lie! Jesus says to us Today and Every Day, "I Will Be With YOU (In) ALL Ways!
No One likes correction, but God Disciplines Those He Loves. His Rod Protects Us and His Staff Guides Us along His Path Of Righteousness! Are you Comforted By Them, do you not recognize that This Is The Working Of His Holy Spirit In And Through Your Life? He Is "The Comforter" that Jesus Promised To His Disciples and when He Ascended To Heaven, He Poured Out His Spirit On ALL Flesh! Have you Received Him Into Your Heart and Life? Is He Lord Of ALL?
Do you Experientially Know Him as King David did? He Will Quicken your heart RIGHT NOW and For Ever More, if you Praise, Diligently Seek For, Inquire Of, For Him and Require Him As Your Greatest Need. What we (ALL Christians, Everywhere) REALLY NEED IS "MORE OF JESUS!" NOTHING Less Will Do Or Satisfy.
Lift up your heads, O you gates; yes, lift them up, you age-abiding doors, that the King of glory may come in.
- Psalm 24:9
Let us ALL Humble our"self" In His Sight, Lift Up Our Eyes To See His Glory and Bring His Preaching, Teaching and Healing (The Good News, The Gospel Of God) To ALL Nations and Peoples In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Becoming Best Friends With God: Psalm 143:5
I remember the days of old, I meditate on all Your doings; I ponder on the work of Your hands.
- Psalm 143:5
When was the last time you lifted up Holy hands (or have you ever) to Worship God In Spirit and Truth? Do you hunger and thirst after His Righteousness, after Jesus like a thirsty land [for water]. He Is The Bread Of Life, The Living Water and Only God can satisfy the longings of your heart, mind and soul! Are you desperate for Him?
Do you remember the days of old, how God delivered you out of sin and bondage in the land of Egypt? Have you been Baptized Into Christ and Entered Into The Promised Land, His Rest? When you read about, take or celebrate (and This Should Be A Celebration) The Passover, Communion, The Lord's Supper, do you "Remember" Him? Jesus said, "This Is My Body, Broken For You and as often as you take This, Do This In Remembrance Of Me."
As Servants Of The Most High God, we "ARE" Called To Meditate On His Doings, Word, Will and Way! How often do you read, study, examine, roll over, regurgitate, chew on, open up to, pray about, speak forth, praise and / or receive the promises of The Word Of God? If and when you consider what He has done (He Has Done GREAT Things), knowing that He Is The Same, Yesterday, Today and Forever (God NEVER Changes), you can find the Faith To Believe Him for (what Jesus Called) Even GREATER Things to be worked out, in and through your (Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant) Life In Christ Jesus! God Is Faithful (and True) and Jesus Never Fails!
Be Sure to Take (Take advantage of each and every opportunity that comes your Way) The Time, "This Time" To Ponder On The Works Of His Hands! We ARE His Workmanship, Created In Christ Jesus For Good Works In His Holy and Precious Name. NOTHING is Impossible for you or me (us) In Jesus! He Made EVERYTHING your eyes can see, ears hear, minds imagine, bodies taste, touch, smell, sense, feel and hearts desire, visible and invisible. When you consider the lilies of the fields, know and understand that This Present Life is temporary, but our Spiritual Life In Christ Is Eternal and Everlasting. He Is The Fulfillment of ALL, The First and Last, The Beginning and The End. Christ In You Is The Hope Of Glory, He Is The Hope Of Israel and The Hope Of The World! Remember, Meditate and Ponder on the days of old, ALL His Doings and The Works Of His Hands.
Spread Forth Your (Holy) Hands To Him; Hunger and Thirst After God like a thirsty land for water (Streams of Living Water) and you Will Be Completely and Totally
Satisfied In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL, <')))>< Mark
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Psalms Message: Becoming Best Friends With God / Psalm 145:5
The Word:
Of the glorious splendor of Your majesty, and of Your wondrous works, I will meditate.
- Psalm 145:5
OOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM......
We're DEFINITELY NOT talking TM here, but the Words of our mouth and the Meditations of our heart! EVERY One of us is "supposed" to have [A Psalm] of Praise (as This One Of David Is), Hymn and Spiritual Song, so One Generation "Lauds" God's Works To Another, and Declares Of His Mighty Acts (such as are found In "The Acts Of The Holy Spirit In The Lives Of Believers"). Men, Women and Children Of God should CONSTANTLY Speak Of The Might Of His TREMENDOUS, TERRIBLE (as in AWESOME!) Acts, and Declare His GREATNESS, Pour Forth (As A Fountain [Of Living Water]) The Fame Of His GREAT, ABUNDANT GOODNESS, Sing ALOUD Of His RIGHTEOUSNESS and JUSTICE, For The Lord "IS" GRACIOUS, FULL Of COMPASSION, S-L-O-W to anger, ABOUNDING In MERCY, LOVING-KINDNESS and GOOD (God Is GOOD ALL The Time) To ALL!!!
The Lord INHABITS The Praises Of His People, but ALL TOO OFTEN and UNFORTUNATELY, The Church, His Bride DOES NOT Extol Him or Bless His Holy and Precious Name (Which "IS" Above ALL others) - With Grateful, Affectionate Praise! He ALONE "IS" WORTHY Of ALL GLORY, HONOR and ADORATION, so His Saints SHOULD CONTINUOUSLY Confess, Praise, WORSHIP Him, In Spirit and Truth!!
My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord, and let all flesh bless - affectionately and gratefully praise - His holy name for ever and ever.
- Psalm 145:21
Is "THIS" Your Heart's Cry? It was King David's and perhaps, that is why God said, He Was A Man After His Own Heart.
Do you (EVER) speak of The Glory Of His Kingdom, talk of His Power, make known to the sons of men God's Mighty Deeds, and The Glorious Majesty Of His Kingdom? THIS "IS" RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE & JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST, "IT" Is An EVERLASTING KINGDOM, and His Dominion Endures Throughout ALL Generations! The Lord Preserves ALL Those Who Love Him (With ALL of their Heart, Mind, Soul, Spirit & Strength), but the wicked He Will destroy!!
REVERENTLY and WORSHIPFULLY PRAISE The Lord! - HALLELUJAH! Praise The Lord, Sing Praises To Our God while we have any Being!!! Cling To, Rely On, Believe and Trust Him, In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL, <')))>< Mark
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Becoming Best Friends With God / Psalm 1:2
The Word:
But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law - the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God - he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night. [2 Tim.3:16; Gal. 3:1-29; Rom. 13:8-10.]
- Psalm 1:2
And a One-ah and a two-ah! I Am certain that This Word For Today applies to each and every reader here, but for those of you who may have fallen short of The Glory of God (as ALL have sinned and done), I invite you to take a second look and listen to what The Holy Spirit Is Saying to you and me as The Church Of Jesus Christ, His Body. Delight your"self" In The Lord and He Will Give YOU The Desires Of YOUR Heart! I know you probably heard that Scripture a million times before, but it is about time that we, who confess To Be Believers In Jesus As Lord, grab hold of The Truth (Jesus Is The Way, "Truth" And Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life), The Good News, The Gospel Message and ALL The Promises Of God That ARE YES And AMEN In Christ Jesus, Who Is The Same, Yesterday, Today and For Ever and Ever!
Right off the bat, from the get-go, The Book Of Psalms, The Nation Of Israel's Hymnal, God''s Chosen People's Songbook Of Praise And Worship tells us how we can Be BLESSED - Happy, Fortunate, Prosperous and Enviable by NOT walking or living in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advise, plans and purposes], nor standing [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, sit down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather.
We are ALL Called Of God To Walk According To His Word, Will and Way, Forsaking NOT The "Gathering" Of His People! If you Live, Move and Have Your Being In The Holy Spirit, You Will Take "The High-Way," The Path Of Righteousness, Right "Standing" and Relationship With God, Our Father Who Art In Heaven. He Is Our Counselor To Advise, Show Us God's Plan and Purposes In Christ Jesus. Take Your Stand In Him, Submit ALL Your Ways To Him and He Will Make Your Path Straight.
Enter Into Your Rest!
Are you like a Tree Of Life firmly planted In The Lord [And Tended] By The Streams Of Living Water, ready to bring forth your (Good and Lasting) fruit in and out of season?
Your leaf shall NOT Fade or Wither, and EVERYTHING YOU Do Shall Prosper [And Come To Maturity]. [Jer. 17:7, 8.]
- Psalm 1:3
Obedience (In) ALL-Ways Brings God's Richest Blessings! We "ARE" Justified (Just, as if I [we] had NEVER sinned), Righteous (In Right Standing With God) and The Lord Is FULLY Acquainted With The Way Of Us! Jesus Came To Full-Fill The Law - God's Precepts, Instructions and Teachings - and NOT Abolish It, so should we not HABITUALLY Meditate, Ponder and Study "The Living Word Of God" Day And Night? Turn your (Spiritual) eyes Upon Jesus, Look Unto Him As The Author And Finisher Of Your Faith, EVERY Moment Of Your Life and you Will NOT Fail Or Falter In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL, <')))>< Mark
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Subject: Psalms Message: Becoming Best Friends With God / Psalm 119:97 ; 77:12
The Word:
Oh, how love I Your law! It is my meditation all the day. [Ps. 1:2.]
- Psalm 119:97
I will meditate also upon all Your work and consider Your [mighty] deeds.
- Psalm 77:12
CHEW ON THIS! Isn't it funny how advertising sticks in our brain, but how little or no quality time is taken by confessing Christians to renew their minds? Many of you (I Am sure) are on or have tried the "Low-Carb" Diets, remember when gasoline was thirty five cents a gallon (instead of our present almost $2.00 per gal) and when we bought used cars rather than "Pre-Owned Ones." Times they are a changing, but not necessarily for the best. Jesus said, "If YOU Love Me, YOU Will Obey My Commandments." Are the Words of your mouth and "the meditations" of your heart pleasing to Him? Is EVERY thought, Word and deed brought into submission to The Perfect And Acceptable Will Of God ALL-Mighty? Are you Constantly Walking In Obedience To His Word and Way? Psalm 119 (the LONGEST Psalm in this Hebrew Song Book) is a continual study of God's Law and One that should Be Meditated On ALL The Days Of Our Life In Christ Jesus!
What Is "The Law Of God?" The Law Of Moses Commanded ALL Of God's Chosen People To Love God with ALL of their heart, mind, soul, spirit, strength and to Love their neighbors as themselves. Jesus proclaims, "A New Commandment I Give Unto YOU... LOVE One Another As I Have LOVED YOU!"
Paul The Great Apostle wrote, Faith, Hope and Love abide, BUT The GREATEST IS (God's Pure, Holy & Precious) LOVE! The Word Of God tells us that God Is Love, so if God Is Spirit (and we are ALL Called Of God To Be Filled With The Holy Spirit), then EVERY Christian on the face of planet Earth should "Be Filled" With God's Agape Love! Jesus said, "My Word Is Spirit And My Word Is Life," so if Jesus Is The Living Word Of God, then He Alone Is Eternal, Everlasting, The Abundant, Resurrection, True Life!
WE Are His Workmanship, Created In Christ Jesus, Unto Good Works. He Calls us to offer up ourselves a Living Sacrifice. There should NEVER be a day where we have breath that we do not Consider The Work Of His Hands. Do YOU Earnestly REMEMBER The Wonders God Performed For Our Fathers Of Old?
Who Is GREAT Like Our God? He demonstrated His Mighty Powers Among The Peoples Of The Past, so what makes you not expect Him To Demonstrate His Holy Spirit Power and Redeem ALL Nations and Peoples Today? He's The Same, Yesterday, Today and Forever!
God NEVER Changes!! There is NO shadow In His Light Beyond Light!!!
My dear, sweet Brothers and Sisters In The Lord Jesus, Meditate, Talk and Walk In The Spirit. THIS Is The Law Of God:
LOVE! Live It, Love It, Consider It, Obey It "ALL The Day" and your Life In Christ Jesus Will Be Full To Overflowing! Do The Works Of God In Christ that He Prepared For YOU Before the foundations of this World were laid!! Let your Good Deeds be known by God and ALL of Mankind!!! In This Present Darkness, the World is looking for The Light and it is You and I who have It (Him, Jesus), so let Your Light Shine to ALL Nations and Peoples In His Holy and Precious Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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"Developing Your Friendship With God," Psalms Message / Psalm 69:9
The Word:
For the zeal for Your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches and insults of those who reproach and insult You are fallen upon me. [John 2:17; Rom. 1:3.]
- Psalm 69:9
As We (Bible Believing Christians) set out to "Serve The One Who Calls Us `Friends´ (John 15:15; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Hebrews 6:10)," We MUST (above ALL else) realize that "The Crucified Life IS The ONLY Way To The Resurrection Life!" The Fervor Of Love (God´s Love) Will "CONSUME" Us With (Righteous) Jealousy For The Honor Of His House (My House Shall Be Called A House Of Prayer) and NO sign, Wonder, miracle, token, indication or evidence of authority can PROVE God, but His Love Alone.
Jesus said, "They Shall KNOW YOU "ARE" Christians (Believers, Followers, Disciples) By My Love!" Christ (gave NO thought to His Own Interests) to please Himself; but, as It Is Written, The reproaches and abuses of those who approached and abused you fell on Him, so that WHATEVER was written in former days was written for our instruction (The Holy Spirit Shall Instruct YOU In The Way YOU Should Go [Into ALL The World]), that by [our steadfast and patient] endurance and the encouragement [drawn] from the Scriptures we might hold fast and cherish Hope (Jesus IS "The Hope Of Israel & The Hope Of The World")!
How We Should Live With Such Mutual Harmony and Such FULL Sympathy with One another, In Accord With Christ Jesus. Let The Spirit Of The Living God and His Holy Spirit Fire BURN With / In YOU. Our God IS A Consuming Fire!
Imagine if Each and Every Member With / In "The Body Of Christ" Let Their Light Shine. If we would ALL come to Know and Understand that Light "Chases aWay" (Consumes and Dispels) darkness, IT (The Light [Jesus IS The Light Of The World]) Consumes it (the darkness) and it is NO MORE! YOU, My Dear Sweet Brothers & Sisters In The Lord Jesus ARE "The Light Of The World," so Let YOUR Light SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SHINE!
Many of us are like salmon swimming up-stream, seeming as if we are in a losing battle, but The Victory IS Ours, It Is FINISHED, He Has Done It, Life Conquered death, Jesus Christ Has WON It! If you feel like "A Rolling Stone" (gathering no moss), perhaps you are "Just" being poured from vessel to vessel, Glory to Glory, Grace to Grace and Hope Beyond Hope! ALL Things ARE Working Together For His AND YOUR GOOD and "Just" because you're in a tumbler, do NOT think for One second that God has forgotten or taken His Hand off of YOU. Maybe ("Just" Maybe :) He is smoothing out some rough edges. Did you ever stop to think that if you're feeling the heat, His Holy Spirit Fire IS Burning DEEP Into The Bone & Marrow Of YOUR Very Existence, so that YOU Can Come Forth As Gold and "Be" The Vessel that He Uses To Fulfill His Purposes And Further His Kingdom Here On Earth? Oh Christian Friends Of God And Man, Let us say, "Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will `Be´ Done On Earth As It Is In Heaven. Give Us THIS Day (TODAY Is The Day Of Salvation) Our Daily Bread, Forgive Us Our Trespasses and Deliver Us from evil!"
Followers Of Christ, Let Us set our face like a flint, Look Unto Him As The Author And Finisher (Completer) Of Our Faith [The Substance Of Things Hoped For], "Be" Driven By His Passion, Drawn By His Holy Spirit, Consumed By His Eternal Flame and "Have" The Zeal For His House, His Honor, His Word, Will And Way, eat us up In Jesus' Name. Amen.
The Humble (Humble your-self In The Sight Of The Lord And He Will Lift YOU Up) Shall See IT (Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life) And "Be" Glad (EVERY debt that you ever had, has been paid up In Full By The Grace Of The Lord); YOU Who Seek (and He May "Be" Found) After God, Inquiring For And Requiring Him [as Your First (My God Shall Supply ALL Of YOUR) Need], Let YOUR (Love Him With ALL YOUR) Heart (Mind, Soul, Spirit, [In YOUR weakness, He'll Show His] Strength) Revive And Live! [Pss. 22:26; 42:1.]
- Psalm 69:32
God Bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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Psalm 25:14
The Word:
The secret [of the sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear - revere and worship - Him, and He will show them His covenant, and reveal to them its [deep, inner] meaning. [John 7:17; 15:15.]
- Psalm 25:14
"UNTO You, O Lord, do I bring my life," is how King David begins this Psalm of his. He continues with, "O my God, I trust, lean on, rely on and am confident in You; Yes, let none who trust and hopefully wait and look for You be be put to shame or be disappointed; Show me Your ways, O Lord; Guide me in Your truth and faithfulness and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercies and loving-kindnesses; Remember not [my lapses and frailties] the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; Good and upright is the Lord; He leads the humble in what is right, and the humble He teaches His way."
All the paths of the Lord are mercy and steadfast love, even truth and faithfulness are they for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
For Your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity and my guilt, for they are great.
- Psalm 25: 10, 11
"Who is the man who reverently fears and worships the Lord?"
He himself shall dwell at ease, and his offspring shall inherit the land.
- Psalm 25:13
The Question of The Day is, "How do YOU stack up to these Words Of Truth?"
The Word Of God Is FILLED With His Inner-Most Secrets and Mysteries Revealed In And Through Christ Jesus, but ONLY to those who fear, revere, worship and serve Him In Spirit And Truth!
Deep Calls To Deep as we search diligently for The Inner Meaning of Communion, Fellowship, The Sweet, Satisfying Companionship Of The Lord Through His New Covenant. The Holy Spirit Leads us Into ALL Truth And Understanding. Like Paul The Apostle explained, We See Through A Glass Darkly, but The Complete And Total "Vision Of His Glory" Comes In And Through The Revelation Of Jesus Christ!
My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for He will pluck my feet out of the net.
Lord, turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
- Psalm 25: 15, 16
David continues, "The troubles of my heart are multiplied; Behold my affliction and my pain; Consider my enemies for they abound; O keep me, Lord, and deliver me; Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for and expect You."
Do you wait for Him more than The Watchmen for the morning, more than the daylight for the dawning? Can you say, "I wait for You, my soul waits for You." He Is Our Redeemer, Deliverer, Righteousness, Preserver, Lord, God And Savior of our heart and soul! Out of ALL our troubles, trials and tribulations, He Works ALL Things Together For Good In The Holy And Precious Name Of Jesus.
Amen and Amen.
God Bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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Developing Your Friendship With God / Psalm 27:4
The Word:
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after, inquire for and [insistently] require, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty [the sweet attractiveness and the delightful loveliness] of the Lord, and to meditate, consider and inquire in His temple.
[Pss. 65:14; 18:6; 16:11; Luke 2:37.]
- Psalm 27:4
JESUS Is Our Vital Need, His Presence Is A Necessity and We MUST Stand On The Authority Of His Holy & Precious Word, Will & Way! THIS Is "The One Thing" that we should be asking of Him, seeking after, Insistently requiring and inquiring for, Meditating On and considering, "Give Me Jesus!" He Alone FULL-FILLS Our EVERY Hope, Dream and Vision, NOT By Might or (our own natural) Power, but By His Holy Spirit, Living, Moving and Having His Being Upon, In and WORKING Through us. Unto Him and Him Alone Is To Be ALL The Glory, Honor, Praise & Continual Thanksgiving, because apart from Him we can do NOTHING!
The Word Of God Is PERFECTLY Clear:
1) What we ask for... We Receive By Faith In Jesus' Holy & Precious
Name.
2) When we seek after something... We Find It By Faith In Christ Jesus.
To Pray means "To Ask." It's NOT Hard, but it is something that we are commanded to do. The Door SHALL Be Opened Unto us when we Knock, so I ask you, "Have Y-O-U been [insistently] Knock.. Knock... Knocking On Heaven's Door?" Is it that you are TOO Busy to want to Dwell, Tabernacle In The House Of The Lord, In His Holy Presence for ALL The Days Of Your Life In Christ Jesus? What is "The MOST Important THING" To You In This WHOLE WIDE World? Is it to Behold, Look, Fix Your Eyes Upon, Gaze At The Beauty, The Sweet, Fragrant Attractiveness and Delightful Loveliness Of The Lord, and To Meditate, Think About, Concentrate On, Consider and Inquire In His Holy Temple?
Be Confident, Take Courage and Be Strong In The Holy Spirit Power Of His Might, for THE Lord "IS" Our Light, Salvation / Yeshua / Jesus, The Refuge and Stronghold Of Our Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life!
When we are un (NOT)-Faithful He Remains Faithful, because He "IS" The Same, Yesterday, Today & Forever, there "IS" NO Shift of Light In Him (NO Shadows), for He "IS" The Light Of Life, The Light Of ALL Mankind, The Light Of The World. Jesus "IS" Our Hiding Place, Our High Tower, Our Shelter In Times Of Need and In The Secret Place Of His Tent (How Lovely "IS" His Dwelling Place), He'll Hide us and Set us Upon The SOLID Rock which "IS" Higher than us ALL! He "IS" The Lifter Of Our Head, WORTHY of ALL sacrifices and shoutings of Joy. Let us Sing Of The Mercies Of The Lord FOREVER and Sing Praises To The Lord, because He Re-News His Tender-Mercies EVERY Morning, Showers us with His Loving-Kindness, Pours Out His Grace, Favor Upon us and ANSWERS Our Prayers & Supplications.
Ask The Holy Spirit, The Third Person Of The God-Head To Lead & Guide Y-O-U Into ALL Truth and Spiritual Understanding, so that He Will Take us UP, Adopt us As His Own, His Children and Chosen Ones. What Will Become Of us if we do NOT Believe, Cling To, Trust In and Rely On His Holy & Precious Word? WE MUST LOOK (Upon The Author & Finisher, Completer Of Our Faith) To SEE The Lord's Goodness, Tender-Mercies & Loving-Kindness, Grace & Favor (Right Here & NOW) In The Land Of The Living! Wait, Hope, Expect, Let Your Heart Be Stout, Steadfast and Enduring, so that we WILL SEE The Glory Of The Lord, Rising Upon & Within The Church Of Jesus Christ In His Holy & Precious Name. AMEN.
God Bless & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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Developing Your Friendship With God / Psalm 63:3
The Word:
Because Your loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You.
- Psalm 63:3
Let us ask "The Jewish Question," WHY?
What is "The Cause" of David (while in the `Wilderness´ of Judah) "Be"-ing Wanting & Willing To Praise God´s Name? He "Experientially" KNEW ALL about God´s Loving-Kindness towards him and as "a shepherd of the flock," King David Understood God´s Grace, Favor and Tender-Mercies that were (AND ARE) Re-Newed Each and Every Morning-by-morning for The Sheep Of His Pasture, As The Shepherd & Bishop Of Our Very Soul. This "Man After God´s Own Heart" could Humble him"self" before His Maker (Knowing that he would Be Lifted Up, Exalted [Seated In Heavenly Places] and used as An Instrument For God´s Glory, To FULL-FILL His Ultimate Purposes) and lose his meek & lowly (Worldly) life, because he Knew that A Better Life, Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life was ahead of him. To THIS Thought & Spiritual REALITY, David, you and I can allow God to Anoint Our Lips and Loose Our Tongues To Worship Him In Spirit & Truth, Praising His Holy & Precious Name! He Is NOT ONLY Enthroned On The Praises Of Israel, His Chosen People, BUT He INHABITS, Indwells, Tabernacles With-IN The Praises Of His People, Body, Church & Bride.
How LOVELY Is The Dwelling Place Of The Lord God MOST High! Y-O-U, I, We "ARE" The Temple Of His Holy Spirit, Who Lives, Moves & Has His Being In, Through & Upon us. He "IS" Our God and we should Continually & Continuously Seek His Face, Hunger & Thirst After His Righteousness, Long, Faint For Jesus, Our Living Water In This Dry & Weary Land, This Present World Of Darkness, where there is NO water To Quench The Deepest Longings Of EVERY Human Mind, Heart & Spirit!
LOOK, Behold, Gaze Upon "The Beauty Of The Lord" In The Sanctuary Of God ALL-Mighty, To SEE His Power and Glory, Goodness, Mercy & Kindness.
BLESS Him while you live (here and NOW), Lifting Up Holy Hands In Jesus' Precious Name and YOU Shall Be Satisfied, JOY-FULL Beyond your Wildest Hopes, Dreams or Visions. Do you "Remember" Him upon your bed, and Meditate Upon Jesus in your "night watches?" You Do NOT have to wait until Sunday Services To "Commune & Fellowship" With "The Lover Of Your Heart & Soul," Who told us, "Do THIS As OFTEN As You Can In Remembrance Of Me." He "IS" Our (EVER-Present) Help where we can hide in the shadow of His Wings & Rejoice. FOLLOW Hard After Him As The Good Shepherd, Cling To, Trust In & Rely On Him, because His Right Hand Up-Holds us.
Again I say, REJOICE In God, Bind Your"self" By God's Authority (He "IS" The Author & Finisher, Completer Of Your Faith), Acknowledge His Supremacy, Devote Your"self" To His Glory & Service Alone and EVERY Such One Shall Glory In Jesus' Holy & Precious Name. Amen & Amen.
God Bless & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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Subject:
Worship That Pleases God / Psalm 7:17
The Word:
I will give to the Lord the thanks due to His rightness and justice, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
- Psalm 7:17
Jesus tells us, "Those who Worship The Father MUST Do So In Spirit And Truth."
God SOOOO Loved The World That He Gave, so should we not "give" back To Him The Glory, Honor, Praise & Thanks (Giving) That Is Due His Holy & Precious Name? It Is His Right-ness (His Integrity In us), The Righteousness Of Jesus Christ that makes and keeps us in a Right Standing, Personal, One-On-One Relationship with Our Father Who Art In Heaven, through The Ministry Of His Holy Spirit. He Is "The Light Of The World" that Makes us "The Light Of The World" and It Is His Justice That Makes and Keeps us Justified (Just As If I [we] Had NEVER Sinned), In A "Just" and Up-Right Relationship With (and In) The Most High God!
How Excellent, Majestic And Glorious Is His Holy & Precious Name in ALL The Earth! Jesus Is The Name Above ALL Names By Which We MUST Be Saved. He Has Set His Glory (Goodness, Tender-Mercies, Loving-Kindness & Grace, Favor) On & Above The Heavens AND Established, Ordained His Strength AND Crowned the sons & daughters of Earthborn man With His Honor, In His Honor & For His Honor. We "HAVE" Dominion Over The Works Of His Hands AND He Has Put ALL Things Under Our Feet In Jesus' Holy & Precious Name.
O Lord, Our Lord, How Excellent (Majestic And Glorious) Is Your Name In ALL The Earth!
- Psalm 8:9
Praise Him With Your WHOLE Heart, Mind, Soul, Spirit & In Your Weakness, Show Forth, Recount & Tell ALOUD Of ALL His Strength, Marvelous Works & Wonder-FULL Deeds. Be In High Spirits & Rejoice In The Lord Most High In ALL-Ways, For He Is Our God And We ARE "The Sheep Of His Pasture, The Work Of His Hands." Sing Praise Unto God, Sing Glorious Praises & Hallowed Be His Name!
These are "Just" 8 of The Old Covenant Compounded Names Of Jehovah God that we reap 5 benefits from In The New Covenant:
1) Jehovah-tsidkenu = "Jehovah Our Righteousness"
2) Jehovah-m'kaddesh = "Jehovah Who Sanctifies"
3) Jehovah-shalom = "Jehovah Is Peace"
4) Jehovah-shammah = "Jehovah Is There"
5) Jehovah-rophe = "Jehovah Heals"
6) Jehovah-jireh = "Jehovah My Provider"
7) Jehovah-nissi = "Jehovah My Banner"
8) Jehovah-rohi = "Jehovah My Shepherd"
What are the 5 benefits you might be asking?
1) The First & Second Names Of God deal with our SIN.
2) The Third & Fourth Names Of God deal with our SPIRIT.
3) The Fifth Name Of God deals with our SOUNDNESS.
4) The Sixth Name Of God deals with our SUCCESS.
5) The Seventh & Eighth Names Of God deal with our SECURITY.
These Eight Names Of God ONLY Scratch The Surface, Depth, Height, Length & Breadth Of "The MOST High," but Remember That It Is Jesus' Holy & Precious Name, The Name Above ALL Names, Who Is Our Righteousness, Sanctifier, Peace, Ever Present Help In Times Of Need, Healer, Provider, The Banner Over us (Which Is LOVE) AND Our Good (God Is GOOD ALL The Time) Shepherd That Leads & Guides us Into His Greener Pastures, Besides The Still Waters Of Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life, so let us ALL Look Unto Him As The Author & Finisher, Completer Of Our Faith, Which Is The SUBSTANCE Of Things Hoped For, The EVIDENCE Of Things Unseen.
During This VERY Special Holiday Season, Let us Give To The Lord MOST High ALL The Thanks, Glory & Honor That Is Due His Holy & Precious Name and Sing Praises Unto Him, Who ALONE Is Worthy, In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
God Bless & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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ps. PLEASE, feel FREE to pass "This Message" and information along to ALL that you Know & Love In Jesus' Holy & Precious Name. GBY!
Date: Wed, Jan 19, 2005
Subject:
Worship That Pleases God / Psalms Message - Psalm 149:3
The Word:
Let them praise His name in chorus and choir and with the [single or group] dance, let them sing praises to Him with the tambourine and lyre!
- Psalm 149:3
To quote The Cowardly Lion, "Who's Them? Who's Them?" The Word Of God tells us that God not only Is Enthroned On The Praises Of His (Chosen) People, but He Inhabits Their Praises. Do we not Believe In, Cling To, Trust In AND Rely On The TRUTH (Facts Change, BUT The Truth Remains The Same, Yesterday, Today & Forever) that "The Son Of God, Jesus Christ, Messiah, The Anointed One Has Come To Dwell, Tabernacle, Inhabit Our Hearts?
Praise The Lord, Oh My Soul & ALL That Is Within Me Praise His Holy & Precious Name!
As Children Of The Most High God, we are To Be Speaking (The Truth In Love) As Oracles Of God, Instruments Of His Glory (Goodness, Tender-Mercies, Loving-Kindness, Grace, Favor), For His Honor AND Praise.
HALLOWED Be Thy Name! Jesus "IS" The Name Above ALL Others, so EVERY Knee MUST Bow, Kneel Down, Humble our"self" In The Sit Of The Lord & He WILL Lift Y-O-U UP as you Come & Adore Him. He "IS" Wonder-FULL and B-E-A-UTIFUL, so why don't we acknowledge Him Before God AND ALL of Mankind? He Alone "IS" Worthy, because He "IS" The Lamb Of GOD that was slain for the sins of This Present World Of Darkness in which we live, move and have our being. Let EVERYTHING that has breath PRAISE The Lord!
Do your Church Members speak to One another in Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs? If The Spirit Of The Lord NOW Rests Upon, In AND "IS" Working Through us, do we Pray like David Prayed, Sing like David sang and Dance Like David Danced? Did Jesus Pray when He was here on Earth? He "IS" Still Continually Interceding On Our Behalf Before God's Throne Of Grace & Mercy In The Heavenlies! I Wonder of Jesus sang?
He "IS" The Greatest Of ALL Songs (according to The Song Of Solomon, The Song Of Songs) and SURELY He sang ALL "The Songs Of Ascension" (as recorded in The Book Of Psalms) EVERY Time He Made His Regular Pilgrimages To The Holy City, Jerusalem, BUT (Now That's A BIG "But") did Jesus EVER Dance? He "IS" The Son Of David, so as The Son Of The Father, I Am personally convinced that He did and does do "The Dance Of The Merry Makers." Was He not "The Life" of the party when He Attended The Wedding Feasts?
In 1985 I was taking classes at The Billy Graham School Of Evangelism in Connecticut, while The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association held their Crusade and it was the first time that I was on sight to watch people use sign language to Minister The Gospel Of Jesus Christ. To See The Good News Of God presented in such a Way was simply Beautiful and greatly impacted my heart.
In 1991 I was Assistant Pastor of a Messianic Congregation in New Jersey, where we had a Dance Team called "Living Waters Ministry" that Ministered To God & The Members Of Our Church / Temple Through Dance "In Worship."
There is NOTHING More Beautiful and satisfying than Seeing God's (Holy) People Offering themselves Up To Him As Living Sacrifices and Worshipping Him In Spirit & Truth! To Be REAL "IS" To Have The Son Of God As Your Lord & Savior. WHATEVER we do (or say) should "Be" As Unto The Lord Of Heaven & Earth!
My Dear, Sweet, Brothers & Sisters In The Lord Jesus, SING To The Lord A New Song and PRAISE Him In The Sacred Assembly Of His Saints! DANCE before Him (In The Spirit) with Beauty & Holiness, because He [The Lord] "IS" The Honor Of ALL His Saints, so Praise The Lord Our God! - Hallelujah! LOVE The Lord Thy God With ALL Of Your Heart, Mind, Soul, Spirit & Strength (in your weakness let Him Show, Manifest His ALL-Mighty, ALL-Power-FULL Strength), LOVE Your Neighbor As Your"self" AND LOVE One Another as Jesus Has (AND Does) LOVE Y-O-U, In His Holy & Precious Name. Amen & Amen.
God Bless & LOVE To ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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Date: Wed, Feb 2, 2005
Subject:
Psalms Message / Worship That Pleases God - Psalm 150:3
The Word:
Praise Him with trumpet sound; praise Him with lute and harp!
- Psalm 150:3
The Word Of God Exhorts us, "Let EVERYTHING that has breath and EVERY Breath Of Life Praise The Lord! Praise Y-O-U The Lord! Hallelujah!" So, why is it that so many confessing Christians are not speaking as Oracles Of God, Instruments Of God and Proclaiming His Power, Mighty Acts and Abundant Greatness? Could it be that we do not Truly Know The God, Who we say, we do? I Am deeply concerned about The Bride Of Christ Today, because She is not the spotless Lover that God intended Her To Be. We have ALL played the fool and gone our own Way, but still The Holy Spirit Calls us To Come And Draw Near To Our Beloved Bridegroom. He Has Paid The Purchase Price To Redeem us with His Precious Life's Blood, so is He not Worthy of ALL The Glory, Honor, Thanksgiving And Praise That Is Due His Holy Name?
Do you Praise The Lord God In His Sanctuary (Y-O-U "ARE" The Temple Of His Holy Spirit)?
Do you Praise Him In The Heavens Of His Power (We "ARE" Seated In Heavenly Places With Him)?
Do you Praise Him For His Mighty Acts (The Book Of Acts Has NOT Ended Yet, so why are we NOT displaying His [Holy Spirit] Acts In The Life Of [ALL] Believers Today)?
Do you Praise Him According To The Abundance Of His Greatness [Ps. 145:5, 6; Deut. 3:24] (Jesus Died On The Cross Of Calvary For Our Sins, so that we could Have The Eternal, Everlasting, Resurrection, ABUNDANT Life That God Promised us In Him)?
Do you Praise Him with The Trumpet Sound?
BLOW The Trumpet In Zion, SOUND It On The Mountain, For The Day Of The Lord "IS" Come!
There are OVER 70 references In The Word Of God regarding The Trumpet or Shofar, but TOO Many confessing Christians have No Clue as to what they're all about. Are we not ALL supposed to be waiting for The Last Trumpet Sound and Jesus' Second Coming? I Am thoroughly convinced that The Church Today is NOT bearing Good & Lasting Fruit For God's Kingdom, because we have not only left Our First Love, but we have cut ourselves off from our Spiritual Roots! Are we not Engrafted Into The Olive Tree, Citizens Of Israel (Destined For The New Jerusalem) and Children Of Abraham, Our Father Of Faith? READ The NEW Covenant Words Of God and WEEP as Priests Before His Altar Of Grace, Favor, Tender-Mercies And Loving-Kindness, because we have not accepted Our Destiny and have separated ourselves from Our Heritage And Spiritual Inheritance In Christ Jesus!
Do Y-O-U EVER Pray For The Peace Of Jerusalem To Rule And Reign In Your Heart & Mind?
PRAISE Him with lute, harp, tambourine, [single or group] dance, sounding, loud clashing cymbals, stringed and wind instruments or flute, but Do PRAISE Him, For He Alone "IS" Worthy and God Demands, Requires And Commands EVERYTHING & EVERY One That Has His Holy Spirit Breath Of Life To PRAISE The Lord - Hallelujah, Allelujah!
No matter what nation or people you go to on Planet Earth Today, you Will AlWays find some One who says, "Allelujah or Hallelujah!" In Every Language, Tribe & Tongue, these words mean, "Praise The Lord!" Why out of EVERY form of speech would these things be?
Because, ALL of Humankind was Created In The Image & Likeness Of God To Bring Glory, Honor, Thanksgiving & (YES) PRAISE To His Holy & Precious Name, The Name Above ALL Names, Jesus, so let us Come Together As One In Him and SHOUT To The Lord, ALL The Earth, Let us Sing, Power & Majesty, PRAISE To The King! Mountains Will Bow Down & The Seas Will Roar, Resound At The Sound Of His Holy & Precious Name. It Is GOOD To Sing PRAISES To Our God, For He "IS" Gracious And Loving; PRAISE "IS" Becoming And Appropriate, so let us ALL Worship Him In Unity, In Spirit & Truth, In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
God Bless & Love to ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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Date: Wed, Feb 16, 2005
Subject:
Worship That Pleases God - Psalm 50:3 / Psalms Message
The Word:
Our God comes, and does not keep silence; a fire devours before Him, and round about Him a mighty tempest rages.
- Psalm 50:3
You may be asking your"self," What does this portion of Holy Script have to do with "Worship That Pleases God?" First off, Let me say that we, as God's Chosen People, are Called Upon To Worship Him In His Holy Spirit & The Truth Of Christ Jesus. The Word Of God Declares To us Today, He Does NOT Keep Silence (notice: It Does NOT Say, Silent), but He DOES Keep (ALL) Those Whose Hearts "ARE" Set On Him To "Make A (Holy Spirit FILLED) JOY-FULL NOISE Unto The Lord God, ALL-Mighty! In regards to "The Fire"... (Much To Your Surprise :) I have Several Comments. BEHOLD, He Comes, Shining Like The Sun (Like The Son Of The MOST High God), Riding On The Clouds, At The Trumpet's Call, So Lift Your Voice, For It's The Year Of Jubilee "AND" Out Of Zion's Hill Salvation / Yeshua / Jesus Comes! God's Holy & Precious Word Comes Forth (as a Bride-Groom From His Chamber) & Shall "GO" Forth (Out Of) From Zion and Accomplish What He Wills. His Living Word "IS" A Flaming Fire! Why?
Because, It "IS" (Of The Holy) Spirit & (Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection) Life In Christ Jesus.
He & It "IS" The Perfection Of God's Beauty (In Holiness) and Shines Forth (Out Of Zion) From The Rising Of The Sun (The Rising Of His One & ONLY Begotten Son From The Dead) To Its Setting and you and I are Called Of God To Do Like-Wise, Shining EVER Brighter Until His FULL Light Of Day! During The Days Of Noah, God Brought A (Water) Baptism To ALL Of Planet Earth and His Prophetic Word Tells us That He Will (In The VERY Near Future) Bring Another Baptism To Our Beloved Planet, but This Time By FIRE! Without trying to get everyone confused, The Word Of God Tells us that His [Angels] Messengers (which you and I are Called Of God To Be) are As Flames Of Fire and His Final Command To us (ALL) was that we should Wait (Upon The Lord) For His Holy Spirit (FIRE) To Fall Upon us, so that we would "Be" His Witnesses To ALL Nations & Peoples, Tribes & Tongues.
He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that He may judge His people:
- Psalm 50:4
JUDGEMENT Begins At The House Of God! A Mighty Tempest Rages Round About Him (Remember The Disciples In The Boat With Jesus During The Storm On The Sea?), but He Has Promised To Take us Through To The Other Side. He "IS" Our Peace and Desires To Gather us (ALL Of His Saints) Together To Himself, The Ones Who Have Found Grace, Favor In His Sight and ALL Those Who Have Made A NEW Covenant With Him By The Sacrifice Of Jesus Upon The Cross Of Calvary.
Like John The Baptist, you and I are Called Of God To Go Before Him, Make Straight Paths For His Second Coming, but we can do NOTHING apart from Him and His Holy Spirit Moving Upon us, Living, Moving & Having His Being In us and Accomplishing His Works (Signs & Wonders) Through us. THIS "IS" The Baptism Of FIRE That Needs To Fall Upon The Church Of Jesus Christ TODAY! It should NOT Be "The Experience" That We Seek After, but The "Experientially" Knowing Of The Very Person Of Jesus, Messiah, The Anointed One.
One Thing Have I Desired Of The Lord, That Will I Seek After...
GIVE Me Jesus! He "IS" ALL That He Need, because, Christ In Y-O-U "IS" The Hope Of Glory. Seek after Him and you Shall Find Him, In ALL of His Glorious Majesty. He Has Given us EVERYTHING That We Need To Live Our Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life Unto Him In Jesus' Holy & Precious Name, so let us Ask Him (And Receive) to Send The Devouring FIRE and Consume His Saints.
STIR UP The Flame With-In Y-O-U, Keep The Holy Spirit FIRE Burning and Set ABLAZE The World around you With The Love Of God & The Good News Of Jesus, before He Comes With His Judgement FIRE, In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
God Bless & Love to ALL,
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Title. Date: Wed, Mar 2, 2005
Subject:
Worship That Pleases God - Psalm 51:17 / Psalms Message
The Word:
My sacrifice [the sacrifice acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart [broken down with sorry for sin and humbly and thoroughly penitent] such, O God, You will not despise.
- Psalm 51:17
Important Notice: This Portion of Holy Script was in No Way Chosen by (this) man, but By The One TRUE God. It was next in line for my daily devotions of Rick Warren's, "The Purpose Driven Life, What On Earth Am I Here For?" Book, which I have been going consecutively through in this series of Psalms & Proverbs Messages. May God Use His Word To Bring About His Purpose In ALL Of Our Lives.
God ALL-Mighty does NOT Delight in Sacrifice and He Finds NO Pleasure in burnt offering. [1 Sam. 15:22; Psalm 51:16.] Why then did He institute The Law? He did This To Point us ALL to The Need of Salvation and That Saving Grace Is Found In None Other, There Is NO Other Name Under Heaven By Which We MUST Be Saved, Yeshua / Jesus! It Is NO Coincidence that This Word Comes To us Today, for Today Is The Day Of Salvation, There "IS" A Way (The Way) Out, but we must Choose (Wisely) and Take It. We look at the outer man, but God Looks At The Heart Of The Matter and that is what lies deepest within our very Soul. Deep Calls to Deep, sometimes churning up things we wish were better left unsaid or virtually unknown, but God Is Forever reaching down to our baser nature in a concerned effort to Resurrect Our Spiritual Man.
"HAVE Mercy Upon me, O God!" is what King David cried out, when he was rebuked by Nathan The Prophet, AFTER he had sinned with Bathsheba, but I say unto You Today, "God Have Mercy On us ALL," for ALL Have sinned and ARE Falling Short Of His Calling, Missing The Mark, The Glory Of God In Christ Jesus, Christ In us, which "IS" The ONLY Hope of ALL mankind. We ALL Need His Tender Mercies To Be Renewed EACH & EVERY Morning and He Thoroughly Knows THAT! His Loving-Kindness "IS" Better than ANYTHING This Present World Of Darkness has to offer us, It "IS" FAR Better than the lower life that TOO Many confessing Christians WILLINGLY Choose. SURE, sin "IS" Pleasurable, but ONLY for a season, short lived and CERTAINLY Not Worth The Eternal Consequences the sinner and The Saint have to deal with Here, NOW and in The Life To Come!
David repented, still remained King, eventually married "The Other Woman," was given Solomon as His Son and was even Called By God, "A Man After My Own Heart," but suffered many, MAny, MANY Losses. As Paul The Apostle asked, "Shall We Go On Sinning?" I think NOT, for ALL that we read about in the Old & New Covenant was written for examples, so that we would NOT make the same mistakes! Achan hid his sin (within the camp), but eventually paid the price, along with his entire family. Eli lost his two sons who went blatantly out of their Way to do the wrong thing, God's Glory Departed From The Whole Nation Of Israel and as if that wasn't enough, Eli lost his own life as well. What is YOUR Sin Worth?
To Do Justly, To LOVE Mercy & To Walk Humbly With Our God (and man) Is What "IS" WHOLELY (HOLY) Required Of us, as True Spiritual Believers Today! Are any of us Worthy or without ANY type of sin in our being and able to cast "the first stone" at those we deem or even Know To Be In Wrongful Disobedience To God's Word, Will & Way? When Jesus said, "Turn The Other Cheek," did He mean that we should look the other Way in such instances?
CERTAINLY NOT! Sin needs to be dealt with, but dealt with properly. Doing unto others as we would have them do unto us is Definitely NOT an easy task, but who said living The Christian Life would be an easy One? The Woman At The Well was told To Go and sin no more, just as The Woman Caught In Adultery and The Man At The Pool Of Bethesda. O, To Be A REAL Man or Woman, A Child Of God and Stand Before Others, Face To Face, as Nathan The Prophet and Speak The Truth In Love. ALL of us within The Church, The Body Of Christ MUST Be Ministers and NOT Manipulators, but on the other hand, we MUST Go, Do AND Be ALL That Christ Calls Us To. Mothers against daughters or fathers against sons is NOT a pretty picture, but we MUST Rightfully Divide The Word Of Truth NOW, because Jesus "IS" Coming Again SOON and when He Does, the sheep and the goats Will Be Separated and at that point, it will be too late!
The Wall Of Separation "IS" NOW Broken Down (Among Believers) In Christ Jesus, there is no Greek or Jew, male or female, because we are Called Of God To Be One In The Spirit & One In The Lord. Should ANY of us go astray, discipline is painful, but it Proves That We Are STILL Children Of The Most High God and God's ULTIMATE Purpose "IS" ALL-Ways to bring Complete & TOTAL Healing & Restoration to Each and Every Situation.
This "IS" The Will Of God, For ALL Things To Come Into Submission To His Holy & Precious Word. I Pray that No Offense is taken to This Word Today, for there is NOW, No Condemnation To Those Who "ARE" In Christ Jesus. For those who are struggling or willingly going out of their Way, for their own good pleasure (the sins of the flesh) and NOT Walking In The Fruits & Gifts Of God's Holy Spirit, Let THIS Be A Warning. The Trumpet Call has been sounded, so each and every One of us MUST answer To God and Do The Right Thing as He Reveals His Will To us In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
BEHOLD, You Desire TRUTH In The Inner Being; Make Me Therefore To Know Wisdom In My Inmost Heart.
- Psalm 51:6
May The Grace Of The Lord Be With Us ALL, <')))>< Mark
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Date: Wed, Mar 16, 2005
Subject: Psalm 54:6 - Worship That Pleases God / Psalms Message!
The Word:
With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to You; I will give thanks and praise Your name, O Lord, for it is good.
- Psalm 54:6
God "IS" Our Helper, Ally and Upholder.
He Will "Pay Back" (and you know what they say about pay backs :) evil to our enemies; In His Faith FULLness, The Lord Will put an END to ALL of them. The Word Of God Declares, "He HAS Delivered us out of EVERY trouble" and our (Spiritual & Natural) eyes CAN Look upon our enemies In Triumph! How? By taking hold of The Truths Of God's Holy & Precious Word, Will and Way. Jesus was slain (in our historical sense) 2,000 years ago, but The Bible says, "He Was Slain Before The Foundations Of The World Were Laid." So... If you're feeling like, "WHY Can't I Get OVER This Hump," let us take a look at our present situations through God's Eyes.
Praise The Lord, O My Soul and ALL That "IS" Within Me Bless His Holy Name!
Wherever you are or whatever you are going through, Jesus Promises To Take Y-O-U (and me) THROUGH It! Do you think that Joseph believed or knew that he was going to be The Prince Of Egypt at the time that he was in the pit? How about when he was in the dungeon of The King? Did The Disciples think that they were going over to the other side while they were in the midst of the storm?
Obviously NOT, but no matter how bad things may look at the time (This Time), we Have The VICTORY In Jesus When God "IS" On Our Side AND If God Be FOR us, Who Can Be Against us? The answer to that question (in case you didn't know or slightly doubted) is NO One, NOTHING, Zip, Zero, Nada, Zilch, because NOTHING can separate us from The Love Of God and God "IS" LOVE!
ALL Confessing Christians Are Called Of God To Offer Up Themselves As Living Sacrifices, Holy (Wholly / 100%) & Blameless (Righteous) In His Sight, As A FREE-WILL Offering Of Thanksgiving And Praise To His Holy & Precious Name.
THIS "IS" what The Psalmist is saying to us Today as The Body Of Christ! At this time, it was King Saul, who was in hot pursuit of David and The Ziphites went and told The King where The Man After God's Own Heart was hiding. Are you in a place of hiding, in despair? No matter what the situation or circumstance David was in, He Gave Thanks & Praise To God's Name, The Lord, For He (STILL) Knew That Is "IS" GOOD, because God "IS" Good ALL Of The Time. Even The Apostle Paul tells us To Give Thanks In ALL Things, Cause This "IS" The Will Of God. What EXACTLY "IS" The Will Of God For Y-O-U (and me)? The Book Of Ephesians lets us KNOW that It "IS" Bringing ALL Things Into Submission To Christ, Laying EVERYTHING Down at The Foot Of The Cross, At The Feet Of Jesus.
We're not just talking 10% of our financial gains here, but of giving Our ALL To Jesus! After ALL, He Gave His ALL, His Life For us. Are you REALLY, Completely and Totally Surrendered to His Word, Will & Way? THIS "IS" The Sacrifice that God Requires of EVERY Believer, THAT "IS" How We Can Give Thanks & Praise His Holy & Precious Name, The Name Above ALL Others, The Lord, Yeshua / Jesus / Salvation and It "IS" Good, for He "IS" GOOD (ALL The Time) In Jesus' Name.
Amen & Amen.
God's Richest Blessings & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Your Brother & Friend In Him, Mark
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Date: Wed, Mar 30, 2005
Subject: Psalms Message / Worship That Pleases God - Psalm 141:2
The Word:
Let my prayer be set forth as incense before You, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. [Rev. 8:3, 4; 1 Tim. 28.]
- Psalm 141:2
Have you "Called Upon The Lord; Hastened To Him; Given Ear To His Voice When He Cries To (For) You?" Set a guard before your mouth, keep watch at the door of your lips, incline your heart to submit, be content with Holy Things and Be Occupied (Until He Comes) In The Deeds Of Righteousness, Peace And Joy In The Holy Ghost That Jesus Has Prepared For us To Do Before The Foundations Of This World Were Laid. He Alone "Is" Our Refuge And Portion In The Land Of The Living! Jesus, Our Passover Lamb has been slain and "is" NOW Risen, as The Firstfruits From The Dead, a Wave Offering Unto Our Father Who Art In Heaven, so why are we not (as Confessing Christians, Believers) Lifting Up Holy Hands In Praise And Worship, In Spirit & Truth? THIS "Is' What The Father SEEKS, but Will He Find (True Spiritual) Faith On The Earth when He Comes Again In ALL Of His Glory?
Does not The Bride want to make her"self" ready for Her Beloved's Return?
Intimate Communion & Fellowship with The Lover Of Her Soul should certainly spur her on to bring forth The Essence Of Christ, Messiah, The Anointed One unto Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life In His Holy & Precious Name. Lift Up Your Hands In The Sanctuary & Bless, Bless Ye The Lord God Almighty, because "The Evening" is drawing closer and we MUST Offer Ourselves Up As A Living Sacrifice Of Praise & Thanksgiving! The Golden Altar "Is" Before God's Throne Of Grace & Mercy, His Presence Burns Like (Holy Spirit) Fire Within Our Hearts, The Revelation Of Jesus In ALL Of His Heavenly Glory Flashes Like Lightning and sends rumblings, like an earthquake through our very Being. Are you catching "The Vision," because without It, you perish.
Paul The Apostle Desired (SURELY, THIS "Is" God's Desire Too) that "IN EVERY PLACE" Men, Women and Children Of The Most High God would PRAY, without anger, quarrelling, resentment or doubt [in their minds], lifting up Holy Hands!
Are Y-O-U doing THIS? How about The Members Of Your Church, The Body Of Christ? For those of us who Profess Reverential Fear For And Devotion To God, I hear too much talk and see not enough Action (The Acts Of The Holy Spirit Upon, In And Through The Lives Of Confessing Believers), because The Word Of God DOES Declare, "Faith Without (True Spiritual) Works, Doing Good Deeds - that is, deeds in themselves Good, and for the Good and advantage of those contacted by them - "Is" DEAD!
Are we not Alive & Well with The Holy Spirit Of God Living, Moving & Having His Being In us? God "Is" Good ALL The Time and we MUST Be About "DOING Our Father's Business!" What exactly is it that Y-O-U "Are" DOING to Further The Kingdom Of God?
The Lord Actually "Inhabits" The Praises Of His (Chosen) People AND "Is" Enthroned On The Praises Of Israel!
Jesus (God SO Loved The World That He) Gave Himself WILLINGLY as a Ransom For ALL Peoples, Nations, Tribes & Tongues, so therefore... He Alone "Is' WORTHY Of ALL Glory, Honor, Thanksgiving, Power & (Above ALL) Praise. He "Is' The ONLY One True God and The ONLY Mediator between God And Man, (Behold) The Man Christ Jesus, Who Wishes ALL Men To Be Saved!
What kind of "Praying" is This Portion Of Holy Script Encouraging The People Of God to Commit Themselves to? What kind of Prayers are Good, Right, Pleasing And Acceptable To God Our Savior?
Those Offered Up To God On Behalf Of ALL Mankind, through Petitions, Askings, Intercessions And Thanksgivings, but if Done without Faith, It Is Completely and Totally IMPOSSIBLE To Please God. The Prayer Of The Righteous Person (In Christ Jesus) Is POWER-FULL & Avails Much With God, Through The Moving Of His Holy Spirit, so Ask and Receive, Seek and Find, Knock and The Door Shall Be Opened Unto Y-O-U, In Jesus' Name.
Amen & Amen.
God's Richest Blessings & Love To ALL Who Love The Lord And Seek (Earnestly) To FULL-FILL His GREAT Co-Mission, <')))>< Mark
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Date: Thu, Apr 14, 2005
Subject: When God Seems Distant - Psalm 10:1 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
WHY do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide Yourself, [veiling Your eyes] in times of trouble (distress and desperation)?
- Psalm 10:1
How many times have you asked the question, "WHY?" While attending grammar school, I was taught (when writing an article) to ask, "Who, What, Where, When and Why?" In Christian Counselling, we are told not to ask,"Why," but, "How?" How do we answer ALL TOO MANY Believers who ask, "WHY?" Because? NO, Meganoida, God Forbid! Jesus Is The Answer For ALL The World Today and we MUST Look Unto Him As The Author And Finisher Of Our Faith (no matter how blind it may seem at times). We are Called Upon By God To Walk (The Straight & Narrow Way) By Faith (The Substance Of Things Hoped For And The Evidence Of Things NOT Seen) and NOT By Natural Sight.
Open Our Spiritual Eyes Lord, so that we may Spiritually See WONDER-FULL Things (Daily) In Your Holy And Precious Word, Will And Way! We (MUST) Look To Your ALL-Mighty Hand To Lead And Guide us (As The Good Shepherd Of Our Souls) Into ALL Truth And Understanding Through The Ministry Of Your Holy Ghost. Lead On Lord!
Does God Really Stand Afar Off? He Is AlWays as close as your next breath, heartbeat, thought, word and deed. It is your sin, missing The Mark that separates you and I from Our Loving Father, Who Sent His One And Only Begotten Son To Die In Our Stead Upon The Cross Of Calvary. The Very First Question Posed In The Word Of God To Man Was, "Where Are Y-O-U?" Each and Every One Of us MUST ask our"self" this same question. If we simply turn around (repent of our wicked ways), God Will Bring Complete And Total Healing to us and our land.
Does Our God Play "Hide And Seek?"
The Word Of God Declares to us that He Longs To Hide us In The Shadow Of His Wings and when we Seek Him (with ALL of our heart, mind, soul, spirit and strength), we Shall SURELY Find Him.
King David wrote that if we descend to the deepest, darkest depths, He Is There, because Jesus "Is" EVERYWHERE. Open Our Eyes Lord, We Want (Long) To See Jesus, In ALL Of His Glorious Splendor!
Give us ALL Once Again Lord, The Vision, The True, Spiritual Revelation Of Your Son.
The Eyes Of The Lord Are EVER Seeing and ALL Knowing. It is we who are blinded by the enemies darkness and TOO MANY Confessing Christians are Asleep In The Light! The Veil which kept us out of The Holy Of Holies was rent in two when The Precious (Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection) Life Blood Of Jesus Was Shed On The Cross and He Cried Out, "It Is Finished!" We are No Longer Blinded by The Law of Moses, but Set FREE (Indeed) to Walk In The FULLness of God's Grace and Tender-Mercies Towards us. The Eyes Of The Lord Are CONSTANTLY Looking For Who He Can Bless, For Those Who Seek After Him And ALL He IS. Do Y-O-U Honestly Believe that He Is EVER Wanting, Willing To Bless and Do GOOD (ALL The Time) To Those Who Love Him And Are Called According To His Purposes?
In This World Y-O-U WILL Have Trials, Tribulations & Troubles, but Be Of GOOD Cheer For Jesus Has Overcome It ALL and Y-O-U can Be an Overcomer TOO! In times of distress... Diss The STRESS, Believe On, Cling To, Trust In And Rely On The Lord Jesus Christ And Y-O-U Shall Be Saved To The Uttermost. When desperation comes... remember that there is No Inspiration without perspiration.
You MUST ask to receive, seek to find and knock, so that The Doors and Windows Of Heaven's Blessings Are Opened Unto Y-O-U! After you have done ALL that you can to STAND, Stand Therefore, because The Lord Will Stand For And With You In Jesus' Holy & Precious Name. He Is NOT Afar Off, but Close To You, so close that He Actually Dwells, Tabernacles in your human flesh.
He Is NOT Hiding, but EVER wanting and willing to reveal The Vision Of His Son's Glory To Y-O-U, so that Y-O-U Will in turn DO The Same for ALL Others In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
God's Richest Blessings & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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Date: Wed, Apr 27, 2005
Subject: When God Seems Distant - Psalm 22:1 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
MY God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? [Matt. 27:46.]
- Psalm 22:1
And about the ninth hour [three o'clock] Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, My God, why have You abandoned Me - leaving Me helpless, forsaking and failing Me in My need? [Ps. 22:1.]
- Matthew 27:46
Feeling forsaken, helpless, abandoned, left alone or in need? God Is Faithful And Jesus NEVER Fails! Eli, Eli, My God, My God has Promised (and He Can NOT lie) to NEVER leave or forsake me. He is NOT far off, but an EVER Present Help in my times of Need. The Lord Hears the groanings of His (Chosen) People and Will Answer our cries. God's Holy Spirit Is Called Along Side to Help us and The Word Of God Declares, My God Shall Supply ALL Of Our Needs According To His Riches In Glory!
People, Children Of The MOST High God, we MUST Come To The Place Of Experientially Knowing Who We "ARE" In Christ! Jesus did not say these things from The Cross of Calvary for His Own Purposes, but for ours, so that The Truth would Be Made Known to ALL of His Creation. We "ARE" Forgiven, because He was forsaken, Accepted Of The Father, because He was condemned, Alive and Well, because His Holy Spirit Lives Within us and ALL This, because Jesus took upon Himself the sins of the WHOLE World and died in our stead, in our place, so that we could Have Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life In His Holy And Precious Name!
We MUST change our Way of thinking, make ourself a different set of rules, Walk By Faith and NOT by sight, but according to His Word, Will And Way. We have entered into The Walk of Faith and NOT the walk of feelings. Feelings become numb and die out, but Faith Pleases God and Endures FOREVER! Without Faith it is IMPOSSIBLE To Please God, but With Faith ALL Things Are Possible.
Did God leave us or did we leave Him?
Our sins have separated us from God, so why not turn from our wicked ways, humble our"self," Pray and Allow Him To Complete, Finish and Accomplish "The Perfect Work" that He Has Begun in us?
He Is NOT far from us, but as close as our next breath, heart-beat, thought, word and (Good) deed, which He Has Prepared for us To Do In Christ, before the very foundation of this Earth was laid. Let us pick our"self" up, dust our"self" off, stop groaning (unless it is In The Spirit), grumbling, complaining and Be About Our Father's Business, For His Sake, Glory, Honor, Thanksgiving and Praise.
May The Words of our mouth and The Meditations of our heart Be Pleasing To Him!
Cry ALOUD Unto The Lord Your God, Eli, Eli, MY God, MY God and let this present world of darkness SEE Your Light, His Light Shining Upon, In And Through You, EVER Brighter until The FULL Light Of His SOON Coming Day (Maranatha)! We are NOT abandoned, but MUST Go to those who are, the widows and orphans, the ones who are still left in the darkness and bring them into His Marvelous Kingdom Of Light. The helpless MUST Be Made The HOPE-FULL, because This Is Our Calling, The Great Co-Mission, It Is To ALL Nations, Peoples, Tribes and Tongues. So we do NOT forsake or fail them (or Him), we MUST find our need (to meet their needs) In Christ ALONE!
As Jesus Gave His Life for ALL, so too, you and I MUST take up our Cross DAILY, die to self and Be Obedient To "The Call." Lose your lower life and you Will Find "The Higher Calling Of God" which lies ahead of you, but you MUST Press On to Complete "The Task" that is set before ALL Who Call Themselves Christian. I Am asking each and EVERY One of you to Submit To The Lordship Of Jesus Christ, Go, Do and Be ALL that He Has Called Y-O-U To In Jesus' Name.
Amen & Amen.
God Bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Mark Tross
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Date: Wed, May 11, 2005
Subject: When God Seems Distant - Psalm 43:2 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
For You are the God of my strength [my stronghold - in Whom I take refuge]; why have You cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
- Psalm 43:2
It's NEVER easy, when "your Truth" is Deepest Darkness; there's not enough Light to find The Way through your Valleys of indecision, the shadows of death, despair, destruction; you are looking towards The Hill Of God's Dwelling Place To See where your Help Comes From and who was it that said, Silence Is Golden? I usually find my"self" to be a most positive, uplifting and encouraging person, but let's admit it, face The Truth, confess that Living isn't alWays easy and Life (Even In Christ Jesus) can be hard or often difficult.
Suppose we did lay it ALL down on God's Altar Of Love and Praise Him With ALL Of Our Heart, Mind, Soul, Spirit & Strength, would we THEN Be JOY-FULL (Have The Exceeding JOY Of The Holy Ghost)?
O God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?
We ALL Know and Understand that God's Holy & Precious Word Is AlWays Faithful & True, so how is it that we can go on "feeling" This Way when He Has Promised To NEVER Leave Or Forsake us, EVEN To The End Of The Ages? I know that there comes a time in EVER man and / or woman's Life when we ask "The Question," WHY? Why are you downcast (cast down), O My Soul (My Inner Self), why should you moan over me and be so disturbed, disquieted within me? Jesus Is Our Peace, Our Shalom, Wholeness, The FULLness and Blessing Of God! Has NOT The Son Come To Dwell (Tabernacle) Within Our Hearts? Cry Unto Him, "Abba, Father!"
Hear Our Cries Lord, Let Them Rise As Incense Before Your Throne Of Grace (Favor) And Mercy.
HOPE Is The Anchor That Holds, Keeps us Safe & Secure, Within The Veil. They that (Watch &) Wait Patiently, Expectantly Upon The Lord SHALL Re-NEW Their Strength. He Is Enthroned On The Praises Of Israel And He Inhabits The Praises Of His (Chosen) People, so why do we NOT Yet Praise & Thank Him For ALL That He Has Done Already On Our Behalf, In Our Stead And ALL That He Has Promised To Do For us In Christ Jesus? The Lord Is Our EVER-Present Helper (Our Help-Mate) In Each and EVER Time Of Need and He Has Promised To Provide For Each And Every One Of Those Needs According To His Riches In Glory! Jesus Is The Help Of Our [SAD] Countenance, And Our God. He Has (IS) The Word(s) Of [Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection] LIFE, where else can we go?
WE have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work You did in their days, in the days of old.
- Psalm 44:1
THIS Is Our Day! ENOUGH of relying on everybody elses commentary on The Word Of God!! What Has God For us TODAY? Let us awaken from our slumber, arouse our"self" and Rise UP To The Occasion, because Christ Has Come, He Lived, Died, IS Risen Again From The Grave And He Is Coming Again (REALLY) Soon, perhaps even in our Lifetime! This is Our Time, Our Turn, Our Watch, To Hope In Him & Be Obedient To The Call, so let us take FULL Advantage Of Each & EVERY Opportunity That He Has Given us To Reach ALL Nations & Peoples, Tribes & Tongues! He Is The Light, Our Light, The Truth, Our Truth, The Good Shepherd, Our Good Shepherd, so let Him Bring us To His Holy Mountain, Where God Is Still On The Throne, In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
God Bless & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark Tross
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Date: Wed, May 25, 2005
Subject: When God Seems Distant - Psalm 44:23 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
Awake! Why do you sleep, O Lord?
Arouse Yourself, cast us not off forever!
- Psalm 44:23
This "Reflective Poem" by The Sons Of Korah, brings to mind the story of Elijah and The Prophets Of Baal. Is Our God EVER Asleep, needing to be Awakened or Aroused? The Word Of God Declares, "His Thoughts Towards us Are MORE Than The Grains Of Sand Along The Shores!" It seems to me that when Jesus says, "I Will NEVER Leave Or Forsake Y-O-U," that includes throughout ALL of Eternity, so that doesn't leave much time for slacking off. For the most part, I would have to say that we, The Church are the ones who MUST Be Awakened, because we are Asleep In The Light and NOT Paying Much Attention To The Commandments Of Our Lord. We MUST Arouse Our"self" and Stir Up The Gifts, Talents And Abilities Within us, placed there, given to us By God To FULL-FILL His Word, Will, Way, Plan & Purposes, In Christ Jesus! We MUST "Cast Off" those THINGS that SO Easily Beset us, Press On and Into The Higher Calling Of God.
WE have heard about the works our fathers have told us that God Did in their days and in the days of old, but what about TODAY? The Bible Declares that Jesus Christ, Messiah, The Anointed One "IS" THE SAME, Yesterday, TODAY And FOREVER, so if we are not experiencing Him In The Same WAY that those in The Word Of God Did, the Spiritual Problem lies with you and me and NOT Our Father Who Art In Heaven, Still Seated On The Throne In Heaven.
Who, What are we believing in, clinging to, trusting in, relying or leaning on? If It "IS" The EVERLASTING Arms, then I don't think we Really have much to worry about, because God's Word Says, "He SAVES To The UTTERMOST," and that's a LOT. No matter how things may look, feel or appear to be, we have to make our boast and Give Thanks To His Name FOREVER! He Knows "the secrets of the heart" and the ONLY time He hides His Face, forgets our affliction or our oppression is when we choose to hide our sin from Him.
HUMBLE Your"self" In His Sight, Bow Down, Cleave To The Lover, The Good Shepherd Of Your Very Soul and He Will Lift Y-O-U Up, so Rise (And Wise) Up!
Come To The One Who Can And Will Help Y-O-U, Deliver Y-O-U and Show His Tender-Mercies To Y-O-U, For His Name's Sake and because of His Steadfast Love, which NEVER Ceases or comes to an end! Let YOUR Heart OVERFLOW with a Goodly Theme; Address your Prayer, Praise, Promises, Prophesies, Psalms, Hymns And Spiritual Songs To The King Of Glory. Use your tongue as the pen of a ready writer and Prepare Your"self" for The Royal Wedding Of The Bride (The Church) And The Bride Groom (Christ)!
Make His Name To Be Remembered (PROPERLY & POSITIVELY) In ALL Generations For EVER And EVER In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
God Bless & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark Tross
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Title. Date: Wed, Jun 8, 2005
Subject: Trinity (3-In-1 / Old Covenant, New & Psalms) Message!
The Word:
Then He said, Let Me go, for day is breaking.
But Jacob said, I will not let You go unless You declare a blessing upon me.
- Genesis 32:26
For all [these] things are [taking place] for your sake, so that the more the grace (divine favor and spiritual blessing) extends to more and more people and multiplies through the many, the more the thanksgiving may increase [and redound] to the glory of God.
- 2 Corinthians 4:15
Why do You hold back Your hand, even Your right hand? Draw it out of Your bosom and consume them - make an end!
- Psalm 74:11
Jacob is facing his brother Esau ahead, so he stands at the river's edge and wrestles with God for "The Blessing" that was already obtained by him many years before. He left his home with NOTHING, but is now returning with two wives, MANY children, a multitude of servants and Much livestock. ALL the temptations, trials and tribulations that he endured were going to be worked together for his Good and God's Ultimate Glory, Honor, Thanksgiving and Praise! Would The Angel Of The Lord (Jesus) Hold Back His Right Hand (Where He Is Seated On The Throne In Heaven)? Oh, but that God would Go Before us In ALL Things, consume our enemies and make an end. Maranatha, Come Lord Jesus!
The Day Is Breaking, for we are Living In The Last Hours, perhaps just minutes or seconds until The End Of The Ages. Do NOT let go of The Hem Of HIs Garment unless He Declares, Proclaims His Blessing Upon Y-O-U, For Your Sake and The Sake Of His Holy & Precious Word!
We can ONLY extend, multiply and increase The Kingdom Of God, which is His Righteousness, Peace & Joy In The Holy Ghost, by the level of His Divine Favor and Spiritual Blessing that His Holy Spirit, The Spirit Of Grace Bestowes Upon, In and Flows Through us. Thanks Be To God, Who Takes us From Glory to Glory, Vessel to Vessel and Grace to Grace!
Jesus Promised To Give us EVERYTHING that we need to Live our Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life Unto Him, so why do we doubt that He is EVER Looking out for Our GOOD? He has Promised NEVER to leave or forsake us, that He would Go Before us In ALL Things, He Keeps us In His PERFECT & Acceptable Will and His Goodness, Loving-Kindness and Tender-Mercies (which are Re-Newed Each & EVERY Morning) are going to follow us ALL The Days Of Our Life In Christ Jesus! It's a VERY Good Things that The Bible, The Word Of God says, "God CAN NOT lie," but will we Choose To Walk (DAILY) In It's Truth?
God Is Going To Make "An End" and It Is Written In The Back Of "THE BOOK," so know and understand, like Jacob (who became Israel), that Y-O-U and I are on The Winning Side! Note that I did NOT say, The Whining Side and unfortunately Today, there are TOO MANY Confessing Christians who o and awful LOT of whining and crying. Relax, cause God WILL Wipe aWay EVERY tear from your eyes, but that doesn't mean we have the right to exasperate each situation that comes our Way.
God wants to Cut Y-O-U Loose and NOT Hold Y-O-U Back, but we Certainly MUST Go About Things According To His Word, Will & Way. If we take Him at His Word (and we SHOULD), it's us who are Called Upon (By Him) To Break The Chains That Bind and Declare His Blessings Upon Others, ALL Nations, Peoples, Tribes & Tongues! Jesus is seated at the right hand of God, He has extended His Right Hand to us, Shown us The VERY Heart Of God and THIS IS The Consuming Fire, His Passion and Zeal, The ONLY Means To The End, so let us Go Forward To Accomplish His Work In Jesus' Name.
Amen & Amen.
God's Richest Blessings & Love To ALL,
<')))><
Your Brother & Friend In Him,
Mark Tross
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Date: Wed, Jun 22, 2005
Subject: When God Seems Distant - Psalm 88:14 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
Lord, why do You cast me off? Why do You hide Your face from me? [Matt. 27:46.]
- Psalm 88:14
It isn't so much that The Lord has cast us off, but generally, it is us who hide our faces from Him. All the ask, believe and receive, knock and The Door shall be opened unto you, seek and you shall find stuff works just fine when we apply ourselves to it, but all too often, that is usually not the case. Why is it that we as Believers, Christians, Followers of The Lord are not as consistent in our walk and relationship with Him as we should be? Are we too heavenly minded to be of any earthly good or is it that we are led by our carnal, sinful, baser nature, rather than filled with The Holy Spirit Of God and Spiritually driven by His Word, Will and Way.
LORD, Why do we cast You off? Why do we hide our faces from You? Could it be that we have some deep internal darkness in us and don't want Your Holy Spirit Light to chase it aWay, because after all, sin is pleasurable (for a season).
Cast off your old self and put on The Lord Jesus Christ! Draw close to Him and He will draw close to you. Where can the sinner go to run and hide?
Any One or any body who experientially knows Jesus as Lord, Savior, Master, Rabbi, Messiah, The One And Only Begotten Son and King would not forget that He has Promised NEVER to leave or forsake us. If He Lives, Moves, has His Being Upon, In and Working Through us; If He Is Enthroned and has taken up residency in your heart, mind, soul, Spirit and strength, how far aWay can He go? It is your sin that separates you from God!
Have you any unforgiveness towards others or even your very self? Just one lie will keep you from ever seeing The Kingdom Of God, which is His Righteousness, Peace and Joy In The Holy Ghost, unless you repent, turn, think differently and receive The Grace, Favor, Loving-Kindness and Tender-Mercies Of The Lord.
King David asked, Cast me not aWay from Your Presence and take not Your Holy Spirit from me, so I guess it's fine for us (every once in a while) to question where we are (regarding our Belief and Faith) In Christ, but let us not be forlorn, down-trodden or depressed forever, because we have His GREAT & Precious Promises, that to us ARE Yes & Amen In Christ Jesus! Yes, He Will Shine HIs Face Upon us, so that we can bask In His Holy Presence. Ask and He Will Restore Unto us "The Joy Of His Salvation / Yeshua / Jesus," which is The Joy Of Our Salvation In Him! When we are not faithful, He Remains Faithful Still (To us), from Generation to Generation, because what He Establishes In The Very Heavens Is UNCHANGEABLE, PERPETUAL And FOREVER In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
God's Richest Blessings & Love To ALL,
<'))>< Your Brother & Friend In Him, Mark Tross
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Date: Wed, Jul 6, 2005
Subject: When God Seems Distant - Psalm 89:49 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
Lord, where are Your former loving-kindnesses [shown in the reigns of David and Solomon], which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
- Psalm 89:49
God swore? WOW! Actually, He Gave His Holy & Precious Word, The Truth and God alWays Keeps His Word, because It Is Faithful & True and God can NOT lie.
He says, His Word Will Go Forth, Accomplish What He Wills and NEVER return void. The writer of this reflective poem, skillful song and Psalm is speaking of God's Tender-Mercies and Loving-Kindnesses being made (Experientially) known from generation to generation, but yet he remembers that his time here on Earth is a fleeting life, filled with emptiness (what a contrast and play on words that is), falsity, futility and frailty, so he questions why The Almighty remains silent in his day.
How many times have you sung worship songs in Church about the days of King David, Solomon (Peace), Moses, Ezekiel, Elijah or others? Are you part of a New Testament Congregation? Is your Christian Fellowship ALIVE For Today?
Jesus Christ "IS" The Same, Yesterday, Today and Forever! Perhaps the reason we do not see His Mighty Hand at work among us (as often as we should) Today is because we are NOT applying the basic principles and practices of The Faith. Is He your Dwelling Place, Refuge and God?
Our iniquities, our secret heart and its sins [which we would so like to conceal even from ourselves] You have set in the [revealing] light of Your countenance.
- Psalm 90:8
David and Solomon were men who followed after The Heart, Wisdom, Knowledge, Vision and Power Of Their (Personal) God. Sure, they messed up (as we ALL do), but they also repented of their sin (before God and man) and came to realize that everything apart from Him is Vanity (empty, void and without purpose). If we (The Church & Body Of Christ) would come to (Experientially) Know The Joy and Understanding of who we "ARE" (NOW) In Christ Jesus, we would appreciate the Spiritual Blessings of Walking With The Lord (DAILY) In The Light and Favor (Grace) Of His Countenance, His Face Shining Upon us.
How Blessed - happy, fortunate [to be envied] are His Chosen Ones!
"If his children forsake My law, and walk not in My ordinances; If they break of profane My statutes and keep not My commandments, Then will I punish their transgression with the rod [of chastisement], and their iniquity with stripes. [2 Sam. 7:14.]
Nevertheless My loving-kindness will I not break off from him, nor allow My faithfulness to fail [to lie or be false to him].
My covenant will I not break or profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of My lips."
- Psalm 89:30-34
God has sworn (Once and for ALL) by His Holiness that can NOT be violated! ALL of His Promises are Faithful & True, Yes and Amen, so let us wait upon The Lord, Renew our strength In Him, Take Our Father Who Art In Heaven At His Word and (whether we see it or not at this present time) Believe In Jesus' Name.
Amen & Amen.
God's Richest Blessings & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark Tross
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Date: Wed, Jul 20, 2005
Subject: When God Seems Distant - Psalm 37:28 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
For the Lord delights in justice and forsakes not His saints; they are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked [in time] shall be cut off.
- Psalm 37:28
Not only do we "delight ourselves in the Lord and get the desires of our heart," but God also delights in us when we do justly, Love (His Tender) Mercy and walk humbly with Him. It was Jesus Who said, 'I Will NEVER Leave Or Forsake Y-O-U," so notice the ONE-ness with The Father and Listen to God's Holy Spirit speaking to The Saints (That "Is" Us) through His Holy And Precious Word. Yes, once again The Word Of God reveals our Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection LIFE and how ALL God's Promises "ARE" Preserving us Forever! Unfortunately for the ungodly the story is NOT The Same.
Maybe (like King David) you have seen and found out in your lifetime that the wicked do prosper and succeed in This World Of Present Darkness, but this will NOT alWays be the case, because God Is JUST and His Judgements Will prevail!
Darkness is alWays chased aWay by The Light, but the sinner will NOT escape the Righteous Hand Of Our ALL-Mighty God (read: Jonathan Edward's "Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God"). If the Wayward, Prodigal Child departs from evil and does Good (God Is Good ALL The Time), they Will Dwell Forever [Securely], Leaning On The Everlasting Arms and Resting In The Shadow Of The Almighty!
[Then] the [consistently] righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell upon is forever.
- Psalm 38:29
THIS "IS" Our Heritage as Christians, Fellow Believers from ALL around the World shall Dwell Together FOREVER With God In The Promised Land, The New Jerusalem, His City Of Eternal Peace. NO More sorrow, pain, tears or injustices, because He Has Overcome the darkness and brought us COMPLETELY Into His Marvelous Kingdom Of Light! We "ARE" The Saints Of God, His Chosen Ones and Beloved Bride that He Has Promised In His Holy Word To Keep (Preserve) Together With Him Forever, so Rejoice And Be Glad!
Those who choose (everything in this Daily Life has a choice with eternal consequences for the next) to go against God's Word, be "Anti-Christ" (Against Jesus), reject His Salvation or continue to do evil, wicked things shall be cut off from The Tree Of Life (The Cross Of Christ) and be cast into the lake of fire, separated from God FOREVER, which is eternal hell with their spiritual father of lies, the devil himself and all of his fallen angels. THIS is EVERYONE's Choice, to live or die, here and now, into ALL Eternity, but there are still those who do not know or understand what their choices entail, so it is up to us to take The Love Of God and The Good News Of Jesus to ALL who Will Listen, take heed and Choose Life In Jesus' Name. Amen and Amen.
God's Richest Blessings & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark Tross
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Date: Fri, Aug 5, 2005
Subject: When God Seems Distant - Psalm 51 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had sinned with Bathsheba.
HAVE mercy upon me, O God, according to Your steadfast love; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies and loving-kindnesses blot out my transgressions.
- Psalm 51:1
Does not the whole wide world know of King David's (ALL Too) Personal indiscretions with his "close" neighbor Bathsheba? Do ANY of us think that God does not know about the intimate details of ours? This Psalm, (more than every other) speaks of the one who (experientially) knew that The Lord Jesus Christ was his Shepherd, but NOW he knew what it was that he really wanted and needed, God's Tender-Mercies, His Loving-Kindness (which is far better than this baser nature human life) and for the Precious Blood of his Savior to blot out ALL of his transgressions.
Oh, to be "washed thoroughly" [and repeatedly] from our iniquities, guilt, to be cleansed and made WHOLLY PURE (white as snow) from our deadly sins that left a crimson stain on our very souls!
Are you still made conscious of your transgressions and sins? Is The Holy Spirit asking you t desire Truth in your inner being? Oh, how He wants you to know the Wisdom and Knowledge of Our God! Just the though of being clean before His Holiness should bring you Joy, Gladness and Satisfaction. Rejoice, because your guilt and iniquities have been blotted out. Jesus has created a clean, renewed, right, persevering, steadfast Spirit and heart within Y-O-U!
He shall NOT cast you aWay from His Holy Presence or EVER take His Spirit from you.
Thank God for His Complete, TOTAL Restoration and Deliverance for ALL who Come To Jesus! Break our hearts O God, make us ALL Humble and thoroughly penitent, In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
His Blessings To ALL,
<')))>< Mark Tross
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Restoring Broken Fellowship - Psalm 73:21, 22 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
For my heart was grieved, embittered and in a state of ferment, and I was pricked in my heart [as with the sharp fang of an adder].
So foolish, stupid and brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before You.
- Psalm 73:21, 22
Here is your Biblical "Beauty And The Beast" story for Today. How Lovely Are The Feet Of Him Who Brings Good News. God is Beautiful and we are steeped in sin, but The Good News is that we have been redeemed by The Precious Blood Of The Lamb! Sure we have ALL acted quite ugly at one point or another in our former life, but even as Christians we fall short when we compare ourselves to others, we play the fool, act stupid, get brutish and even prove to come up short and ignorant when it comes to Spiritual Things. Paul did NOT want us to be ignorant of the Spiritual Gifts that God has bestowed upon us, but even in Old Testament times The Psalmist wrote of such "fleshly" attitudes, so let us take a Good look at Today's Word and allow The Holy Spirit to reveal to us His Practical Truths.
Too Many Believers Today are asleep In The Light and desparately need to arouse themselves from their Spiritual Slumber! I can NOT emphasize enough how important it is for us to Experientially Know and Understand who we ARE In Christ Jesus. It was He Who Said, "NO Man Is Good, But God." Yes, we ALL fall short of His Glory, but we are Still The Righteousness Of God In Christ Jesus! Grieve NOT over your past sins that have been forgiven and cast into the sea of forgetfulness, but live in the moment that God Himself Calls Today. When you are embittered, Taste And See That The Lord Is Good, His Holy And Precious Word Is As Honey. Billy Joel sang about being in A New York State Of Mind, but here we read of our hearts being in a state of ferment. Our enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy, but Jesus Came, So That We May Have LIFE And That Life (The Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection One) MORE Abundantly!
The Word Of God Speaks of being pricked and pierced in the heart [as with the sharp fang of an adder]. Again, it was Paul who shook off the deadly serpent in Acts and NOTHING happened to him, because He Believed By Faith In His Loving Father. The sting of sin is death, but when we look unto Jesus as The Author And Finisher Of Our Faith, we obtain LIFE! So, if you have played the fool, been stupid, done brutish things, acted ignorantly or was as a beast towards God and your fellow man, listen to what The Spirit Is Saying To The Church Of Jesus Christ Today,
"Nevertheless I Am Continually With You; You Do Hold My Right Hand."
- Psalm 73:23
Jesus Promises to NEVER leave or forsake us, He Will Guide us with His Counsel and Receive us to His Honor And Glory! Make Him your Delight and Desire on Earth and even when you falter, fall or fail, remember that He Is The Rock, The Firm Foundation, The Strength Of Our Heart and Our Portion FOREVER, In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
God's Richest Blessings & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark Tross
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The Word:
From His dwelling place He looks [intently] upon all the inhabitants of the earth,
He Who fashions the hearts of them all, Who considers all their doings.
- Psalm 33:14, 15
The Word of God tells us that The Lord looks upon us from His Throne Room In Heaven and that we (as Christians, as Believers) are Blessed, happy, fortunate [to be envied] to "Be" His Nation, His Chosen People, His Heritage, a Royal Priesthood and Children of The Most High God. His Counsel stands For Ever and the thoughts of His Heart towards us, to All generations are more than the grains of sand on the shores. We are not Saved by the "great" amount of people surrounding us, our own power, might or strength, but by The Victory and Great Power of Our Deliverer, Jesus! The Lord's Eye Is Upon us (He Who Watches Over Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep), those who fear (The Fear of The Lord Is The Beginning of Wisdom), trust (Trust In The Lord With All of your heart and lean not on your own Understanding), are confident In (Our Confidence Is In The Work of Jesus Christ upon The Cross of Calvary), revere (He Is King of Kings, Lord of Lords and Worthy of All Glory, Honor, Reverence and Praise), worship Him with awe (we MUST Worship Him In Spirit and Truth for Our God "Is" An Awesome God); who wait for Him (they that wait upon The Lord Shall Renew their Strength), Hope In His Mercy (Hope Will not disappoint us and His Tender-Mercies "are" Renewed Each and Every morning) and Loving-Kindness (Thy Loving-Kindness "Is" Better Than Life). It "Is" He Who Delivers us from sin, death, famine, our "self;" Jesus "Is" Our Help and Shield!
Does your heart Rejoice In His Holy and Precious Name?
Give and "It" Shall Be Given Unto you!
What?
With whatever measure you use to give (whatever you do give), God Will multiply back to you 30, 60, 100, yes and even 1,000 fold. His Word says, God's Mercy and Loving-Kindness Shall "Be" Upon us in proportion to our waiting and Hoping For Him! Are you waiting, wishing, Hoping, Longing For His Love to "Be" Revealed To you, In you and Through you to others? It "Is" God's Good, Perfect and Acceptable Will For your Life In Jesus to "Be" A Reflection of Him! In The Beginning, God Created man and woman In His Image and Likeness, as a Reflection of Him, so that we could radiate The Love of God back to Him, our neighbors as ourselves and certainly to Love One another as Christ Loves us.
Jesus said, "If you Have Seen Me, you Have Seen The Father." Do you show The Love of God and The Good News of Jesus to All?
Let All the Earth fear The Lord - Revere and Worship Him; Let All the inhabitants of the World stand In Awe of Him.
- Psalm 33:8
Is This your goal, your Hope, dream and Vision? Whatever is not done By Faith "Is" sin, missing The Mark. God has "given" us All the ability to dream dreams and see visions and without His Vision we perish (so will others around us who may not ever hear The Gospel of God, because of our own selfishness). As Disciples of Christ, His Followers have been "given" Everything we need to Live our Life Unto Him In Christ Jesus! We "are" The Righteousness of God In Jesus, His Representatives, Ambassadors For Christ to All the Earth.
God Is Faithful and Jesus Never Fails, so if we remain Faithful and True To Him, we can not fail at the task that He has set before us.
Rejoice In The Lord, Give Thanks to The Lord, Sing Praises To Him, Sing A New Song, Make a Loud and Joyful Sound!
Make God Smile Upon you! Take His Word to All Nations and Peoples In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
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Subject: What Makes God Smile? Psalm 68:3
The Word:
But let the [uncompromisingly] righteous be glad; let them be in high spirits and glory before God, yes, let them [jubilantly] rejoice!
- Psalm 68:3
"Be Ye Glad, O Be Ye Glad! For Every debt that you ever had has been paid up in full by The Grace Of The Lord. Be Ye Glad, Be Ye Glad, Be Ye Glad!"
- GLAD
There is NONE Righteous, NO! NOT ONE!
The Word of God is full of extremes and limitations, but if we read and study it through from The Genesis of Creation to The Revelation of Jesus Christ and Shine The Light of The Holy Spirit upon our hearts, minds and soul, we will find the complete and total balance of It's Truth!
We (you and me as confessing Christians, Born-Again, Spirit-Filled Believers In Jesus as Lord and Savior of our Life) "ARE" The Righteous of God In Christ Jesus! Although you may feel the Holy Spirit's tug upon your heart in the form of conviction, convincing you of sin, a situation or circumstance in your Life of which you need to bring before The Cross, AlWays realize and Understand that there is NO condemnation for those who are In Christ Jesus! Do not give the enemy any leeway, but alWays give him his just dues. Resist the devil and he MUST flee from you! When he comes to you with trials and temptations, get into The Word and allow God's Holy and Precious Word to get into you, because It Is Spirit and Life! Put up The Shield of Faith and quench the fiery darts of Satan, The Accuser of The Brethren.
James tells us to count it All Joy when these trials come our Way. Jesus says, "Rejoice and Be Glad for I Have Overcome the World!" The Breath of God drives aWay the smoke, His Holy Spirit Fire burns aWay and melts down what the adversary sends your Way or whatever blockades he tries to put in your path and the wicked (All wickedness will) perish before The Presence of God!
GOD is [already] beginning to arise, and His enemies to scatter; let them also who hate Him flee before Him!
- Psalm 68:1
King David knew experientially how God worked In and Through His Life and he continuously Praised and Worshipped Him In Spirit and Truth! The Lord Inhabits the Praises of His People. Let All who have breath in them Praise His Holy Name! The Heavens declare The Glory of God, so shouldn't we do much more? We have been placed In Right Standing before God, Our Heavenly Father, because of what Jesus did on our behalf.
He paid the debt for our sin by dying on The Cross of Calvary in our stead, so that we could "have" Eternal, Everlasting, The Abundant Life In His Holy and Precious Name. Should we not be Glad to give Him All of the Glory, Honor and Praise that is due Him, for He Alone Is Worthy!
Too many of us have gotten high in spirits and jubilant in the wrong Ways. I venture to say that some who are reading this Message still do. If you are not All too willing to lay down and give up whatever or whoever it is that is holding you down and keeping you back from becoming Everything that God originally intended you to go, do and be, then you will certainly miss the best that He has for you, be lacking in Joy and could quite possibly never, ever enter into His Rest.
Sing to God, sing Praises to His Name; cast up a highWay for Him Who rides through the deserts; His Name Is The Lord, be in high spirits and Glory before Him!
- Psalm 68:4
Bless The Lord! He bears our burdens and carries us day by day. God Is Our Salvation! He has given us Everything we need to live our Life Unto Him, Gifts, Talents, Abilities, Faith, Hope, Love, His Spirit, His Word and so much more, so let us be Glad and Rejoice as we move forward In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
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Subject: Sharing Your Life Message:
Proverbs 25:12
The Word:
A an ear or nose ring of gold, or an ornament of fine gold, is a wise reprover to an ear that listens and obeys.
- Proverbs 25:12
James exhorts us All as Christians to guard our tongue. It is the well spring of Life, for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Just as we "are" The Essence Of Christ where ever we go, bringing some to Life and some to death, The Spoken Word can tear down or build.
I personally like to think of the bringing death part as convincing others to die to self and come alive to Jesus, but even He tears things down within our own Life in order to build us up Into The Perfect Man, His "Self" and not our own.
In The Beginning, God Spoke and things happened! When The Spirit Of The Lord goes into action, things change. When we, as Believers say anything, The Spirit Of The Living God moves In and Through us to go forth and accomplish whatever (and I do mean whatever) it is that we say, so be careful what you wish for.
Sometimes our actions speak much louder than any words could express, but we have a Perfect example to follow, Jesus. He said, "Love One Another As I Have Loved You." Love Is The Greatest and it is By Love and In Love that The World Will Come To Know that we "are" Christians, that Christ Is In us and He Is The Hope of Glory, The Hope of The World!
The Word of God tells us (and when I say, The Word of God, I alWays mean Jesus, because He Is The Living Word of God), "Faithful "are" the wounds of a friend."
Nobody likes to be told when they are in the wrong and although, we are not called to judge one another, correction and discipline has to come from someone. Of course, the ultimate conviction comes by The Holy Spirit, but are we not our Brothers keepers? Should we not warn somebody of impending doom when they are blindly stumbling through this present darkness that the World is living in? God corrects us and disciplines us, because He Is A Loving Father.
A word fitly spoken and in due season is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
[Prov. 15:23; Isa. 50:4.]
- Proverbs 25:11
In The Old Covenant, if The Watchman did not sound the trumpet (The Shofar) as a warning of doom, he would be responsible for that persons actions (or inactions) and their blood would be on his head. When you read in Holy Scripture, "Watchman, What of the night?," the question is, What do you see? If you see something wrong in your own Life, you should come before The Cross of Jesus and ask His forgiveness of your sin. When you see a Brother or Sister In The Lord Jesus about to stumble or fall, lend forth a helping hand. Listen to what it is they are really telling you and truly seek The Spirit of The Lord's Will as to what you could say or do to help them through In Jesus!
As the cold of snow [brought from the mountains] in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the life of his master.
- Proverbs 25:13
Not only Is Jesus Our Lord and Savior, but He Is Our Faithful and True Friend, Our Brother. It Is His Holy Spirit that brings The Message of God, The Good News, The Gospel to our ears and refreshes our very heart, mind and soul.
Do you know what The Greatest Commandment is? Hear! O Israel, The Lord Our God, The Lord Is One! Jesus says to us Today, "He who has ears to hear, let them hear what The Spirit is saying." Like an earring, nose ring or an ornament of fine gold worn on a person's body stands out and gets noticed, God's Holy and Precious Word is full of valuable nuggets and gems for us to stand up and take notice of. Is The Spirit Of The Lord Reproving you Today? If you hear, listen, take heed and obey Him you will prove yourself to be a wise Servant of The Most High God.
You may be going through trials and temptations, but God has Promised (All God's Promises "are" Yes and Amen In Jesus) to take you through as gold tried in the fire! All Things "are" working together for His and your Good In Jesus and Your Father Who Art In Heaven (Already) Sees you Pure, Holy and Blameless In His Sight. You "are" Precious In His Sight, shining like a diamond in the night and a cherished ornament of His. You were bought, purchased, redeemed and cleansed with The Precious Blood of Jesus! He wants to show you forth to the World, so let Him use you to reflect His Goodness, Mercy and Grace In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
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Subject: How Real Servants Act:
Proverbs 20:6
The Word:
Many a man proclaims his own loving-kindness and goodness, but a faithful man who can find?
- Proverbs 20:6
Search for The Truth in your heart and you will find that It is like water in an extremely deep well, but as A Believer, God Will "give" you the Understanding to draw It out. [Prov.18:4.] Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? Jesus exclaims, "No man is Good, but God!" Paul the Great Apostle cries out, Our righteousness is as filthy rags! Feeling good about your"self"? God Alone Is Worthy of All Glory, Honor and Praise, but In Him, In Jesus we become The Righteousness of God In Christ!
When mankind walks according to God's Word, Will, Way and Lives a Life of Integrity; Blessed - Happy, Fortunate [Enviable] - are their children after them.
As God's Offspring, Children of The Most High God, Born of His Spirit and Blood, we can be constantly being filled with His Holy Spirit, His Joy and bear Fruit, Lasting Fruit for His Kingdom!
Billy Joel sings, "I Am an innocent man," but The Word of God declares that All have sinned and fallen short of The Glory of God. Each and Every One of us has missed The Mark. There is none Righteous! No! Not One! Peter claimed to Love Jesus, yet he denied Him 3 times.
Jesus asks you Today, "Lovest thou Me?" His Loving-Kindness Is Better than Life Itself, but man's love can disappoint us. How many unbroken promises have you been hurt by or wounded others with.
Even within the Christian Church, we have a divorce rate of 50%! The toll is astronomical, but the problems that we have are the problems that we make up ourselves. It is because of the hardening of our own hearts that we use and abuse each other, rather than Love One Another as Christ Loves us. God Is Good All of the time, but as confessing Christians, do we manifest God's Goodness to Each Other and The World? Jesus says, "They'll Know that We "Are" Christians By Our Love!"
God Is Faithful and Jesus Never Fails!
Who can find a Faithful Man? Behold!
The Man Christ Jesus! Look Unto Him, for He Is The Author and Finisher of Our Faith! Without Faith, It Is Impossible to Please God! Faith Comes By Hearing and Hearing By The Word of God! Do you spend quality time Each and Everyday In and With The Word of God? Do you want to "Be" Filled with The Spirit? Jesus says, "My Word Is Spirit and My Word Is Life!" Want a Full Life (Eternal, Everlasting and The Abundant Life)?
Then get Into The Word and allow The Word of God to get Into you! Ask and you shall receive. Knock and The Door (Jesus Is The Door) shall be opened Unto you.
Seek and ye shall find! Jesus Is God (Emmanuel: God with us)! God Is Faithful and we can be too In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
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Subject: Planned For God's Pleasure:Ps. 34:1;Shaped For
Serving God:Prov. 27:19
Worship:
HERE I AM TO WORSHIP
VERSE 1:
Light of the World, You stepped down into darkness Opened my eyes, let me see
Beauty that made this heart adore You
Hope of a life spent with You
CHORUS:
So here I am to worship, here I am to bow down Here I am to say that You're my God!
(And) You're altogether lovely, altogether worthy Altogether wonderful to me
VERSE 2:
King of All days, oh so highly exalted
Glorious in heaven above
Humbly You came to the Earth You created All for love's sake became poor
BRIDGE:
And I'll never know how much it cost to
see my sin upon that cross
And I'll never know how much it cost to
see my sin upon that cross
The Word:
I WILL bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
- Psalm 34:1
As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man to man.
- Proverbs 27:19
We have been planned for God's Good Purposes since before the foundations of this Earth was laid. Created In His Glorious Image, we were shaped to be vessels fit for His Use and the furtherance of His Kingdom. Due to the fall of man (All of mankind), The Truth has been distorted over these many years, but Jesus died on The Cross of Calvary to redeem that which was lost in us and restore us into a right relationship with Him and God, as Our Heavenly Father In The Holy Spirit.
Our God Is A Consuming Fire, His Holy Spirit burns deep within our heart and soul, purifying our Life In Jesus, so that we bring the essence of Christ wherever we go. Jesus Himself says, "If you have seen Me, you have seen The Father. This Is Eternal Life, to Know God and Who He sent." We, The Church, the Temple Of The Living God, His Body, His Bride, Ambassadors For Christ are the representation of Jesus to the World.
Though The Bible, God's Holy and Precious Word Is The Most Published and Distributed Book Ever In Human History, you and I may be the only True Witness of God anyone may ever see. People are watching your every move, listening to your every word, we "are" The Fifth Gospel of God In Christ Jesus. It is our job to Show the World The Love Of God and Tell them of The Good News.
As jars of clay molded in The Master's Hands, we get poured from vessel to vessel until the sediment of sin is no longer found in us. Our Lives are to be poured out as a drink offering before the World and God's Throne of Grace and Mercy. Do you take The Cup of God, The Cleansing Blood of Christ and drink It Unto Eternal Life In His Name?
The Silversmith continually turns up the flames which bring the dross to the top, so it can be skimmed off until He Sees His Reflection. God chastens those He Loves, His Kindness brings us to repentance. Do people (Believers and non-Believers alike) see Jesus In you?
Christ In you Is The Hope Of Glory! God's Glory Is His Goodness, Tender Mercy and Favor, His Grace Manifesting Itself In and Through our Life. The Gifts and Fruit of His Holy Spirit are there for our individual and corporate use to Bring Unity to Every Member within The Body of Christ Jesus, Equip The Saints for Service In His Kingdom, Which Is Righteousness, Peace and Joy In The Holy Ghost and Fulfill The Great Commission Of God! Are you doing your part?
Do you Bless The Lord At ALL Times? Is
His Praise continually in your mouth?
God's Mercy and Loving-Kindness is upon us in proportion to our waiting and Hoping for Him. Our "cup," Our Life In Jesus Overflows as we empty our"self" and allow Him to Fill us Up with His Spirit, His Love! Don't be a pretender, because that will only drive your"self" and others aWay from God and not towards Him. If you have anything to boast about, let it "Be" In The Lord Jesus. If you humble your"self" In His Sight, He Will Lift you Up and Use you!
The afflicted will hear and be glad.
Magnify The Lord, Exalt His Name, Seek, Inquire Of, Require Him [of necessity, and On the Authority Of His Word, for He Will Hear you and Deliver you from All your fears. [Ps. 73:25; Matt. 7:7.] When we Look To Him, Turn our eyes Upon Jesus; our faces become radiant (Stephen's face was as the face of an Angel in the eyes of his enemies), reflecting God's Love and Light in this present darkness. When the poor man cries, He Hears and Saves him out of All his troubles. Jesus Is our Deliverer! [Pss. 145:20; 18:1.] Taste and See that The Lord Is God (All The Time)!
As we Patiently and Faithfully Guard our hearts and minds In Jesus, Heed His Holy and Precious Word, He Honors our efforts. [1 Cor. 9:7, 13.] Have you ever looked at your reflection in a still, peaceful, quiet pool of pure, crystal, clear water? That Is what It means to have face answer to face. The Word of God Is His Mirror, our mirror. What do you see when you Look Into It? Do you walk aWay from your daily Bible reading, forgetting what you look like according to God's Word?
Are you seeing the World and Everyone in It through God's Eyes?
God Knows your heart and so do you.
The Word Of God asks, The heart is deceitful and wicked, who can know it?
The lust of the eyes and the lust of the flesh are never satisfied [Prov. 30:16; Hab. 2:5.], as the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold [bring forth All the impurities of the metal], so let us "Be" before God [ridding our"self" of our baseness and insincerity]. God Is our Judge, Let us Praise Him, Worship Him In Spirit and Truth, may our boast "Be" In The Lord! Take His Message To All In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: What Makes God Smile? Ps. 147:11; Shaped For Serving God: Prov. 4:23
Worship:
FREEDOM
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
And there is peace, there is love, there is joy!
I'm free, I'm free, I'm free!
So we will walk in Your freedom,
walk in liberty.
So we will walk in Your freedom,
dance in Your liberty.
And we will dance in Your freedom, dance in Your liberty.
Where the Spirit of the Lord is;
(shout) - There -- is -- free -- dom!
Where the Spirit of the Lord is;
(shout) - There -- is -- free -- dom!
Where the Spirit of the Lord is;
(shout) - There -- is -- free -- dom!
Where the Spirit of the Lord is;
(shout) - There -- is -- free -- dom!
It is for freedom You've set us free
It is for freedom You've set us free...
The Word:
The Lord takes pleasure in those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy and loving-kindness.
[Ps. 145:20.]
- Psalm 147:11
Keep your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.
- Proverbs 4:23
Do you Worship God "fully" In Spirit and Truth?
The Reverential fear of the Lord "Is" the beginning of Wisdom, but we must walk according to His Word, Will and Way, Hope (which will not disappoint us) In His Goodness (God Is Good All The Time), His Tender-Mercies and Loving-Kindness towards us, in order for Him to Bless us, Keep us, cause His Face to Shine upon us, "Be" Gracious unto us (shower His undeserving Favor upon us), lift up The Light of His Countenance upon us and "give" to us His Peace (The Peace of God which passes All Understanding to rule and reign in our heart and mind), which can only be found In Jesus.
What Makes God Smile? When we come to Him by Faith, Obey His Commandments and Love one another, He is filled with Joy. We "are" His Workmanship, Created In Christ Jesus, Made, Shaped In His Image to Serve Him according to His Good Purposes. As we allow Him to melt us, mold us, fill us and use us, The Spirit of The Living God falls fresh on us and allows us to go, do and "be" All that He has Called us to "be" In His Holy and Precious Name. The Joy of The Lord "Is" our Strength! In order for us to pass from Glory to Glory, Strength to Strength, Grace to Grace and Image to Image, we must guard our heart, mind and soul In Christ Jesus. Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. As a man thinks, so "Is" he. The eyes "are" the window to your soul, so feed them, flood them with The Eternal Light and Love of God's Word! His Word "Is" Healing and Life Itself to your very being. Listen to The Voice Of The Spirit as He leads and guides you on The Straight and Narrow Way!
The Lord Inhabits The Praises of His People and takes Pleasure In you. It "Is" Good to Praise The Lord, for He "Is" Gracious and Lovely! Grow "daily" In Him, come to Know Him, Understand Him, Appreciate Him, Give Heed To Him and Cherish His Ordinances, for He Alone "Is" Worthy to be Praised! - Hallelujah! [Ps. 79:6; Jer. 10:25.] He Made Heaven and Earth, the sea, and All that in them is, He Keeps Truth and "Is" Faithful For Ever; He Executes Justice for the oppressed; He "Gives" food to the hungry. The Lord sets Free the prisoners; Opens the eyes of the blind; Lifts Up those who are bowed down; Loves the [uncompromisingly] Righteous - those Upright In Heart and In Right Standing With Him. [John 9:7, 32; Luke 13:13.] God Protects and Preserves the strangers and temporary residents; He Upholds the fatherless and the widow and Sets them Upright; He Makes our Way Straight - Turns our World Right Side Up and Brings us Peace (Jesus' Peace that overcomes this present World of darkness, sin and death). The Lord Shall Reign For Ever, from generation to generation, so let us Praise The Lord! - Hallelujah! [Ps. 10:16; Rev. 11:15.]
We were Shaped For Serving God and He Will Smile Upon us when we serve Him and each other In Love, In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
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Subject: What Makes God Smile?Psalm 100:2;Shaped For Serving God:Proverbs 15:16
Worship:
JESUS IS MY ROCK AND HE ROLLS MY BLUES AWAY
CHORUS
Jesus is my Rock and He rolls my blues away.
Jesus is my Rock and He rolls my blues away.
Jesus is my Rock and He rolls my blues away
VERSES
When you're out on the street, and feelin' down and low You're out on the street, ain't got no place to go; When you're out on the street, Ya know He's gonna save your soul,
When you wake up in the mornin', the sky ain't bright and blue You wake up in the mornin' and the big world's after you!
When you wake up in the mornin', Ya know He's gonna see ya thru,
You look into the mirror, and your face makes it to crack!
You're through with your day, feelin' like you been attacked!
Well, Jesus gonna la', and baby that's a fact!
The Word:
Serve the Lord with gladness! Come before His presence with singing!
- Psalm 100:2
Better is little with the reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord than great and rich treasure and trouble with it. [Prov. 16:8, Ps. 37:16; 1 Tim. 6:6.]
- Proverbs 15:16
We "are" Shaped For Serving God, created In His Image and Worshipping Him In Spirit and Truth "is" What Makes God Smile. The Lord inhabits the Praises of His People. Each and Every Believer around the World is Called Of God to "be" A Servant Of The Most High God, A Child Of The Father, His Friend and Brother Of The Lord Jesus Christ, In and Through The Holy Spirit. The Joy Of The Lord "Is" Our Strength! We should enter His Gate with Thanksgiving In our hearts, His Courts with Praise, Serve Him with Gladness and Come before His Presence Singing. This "Is' The Day which The Lord has Made, so Rejoice and "be" Glad In It!
I'd rather "be" alone with The Lord than in a crowd without Him. Better "is" One Day In His Presence than a thousand elsewhere (and we certainly don't want to spend our Eternity "elsewhere"). I would rather "be" a door-keeper in The House Of The Lord than to go through this temporal life without serving Him. What "Good" is it to gain the whole World and lose your very soul? Where your heart "is," There your treasure Will "be." The Fear Of The Lord "Is" The Beginning Of Wisdom and Jesus "Is" The Wisdom Of God. Troubles may come your Way, but Jesus has overcome sin and death by dying on The Cross Of Calvary in our stead, so that we could "have," Live The Abundant, Eternal, Everlasting Life and "be" overcomers in this World In His Holy and Precious Name!
Feeling despondent, afflicted by anxious thoughts and foreboding? Let The Light Of Life, Jesus, The Light Of The World, shine A Light, His Light In the darkness and chase aWay your darkness. He who "has" a Glad heart "has" a continual feast [regardless of circumstances], so "be" ye Glad, for Every debt that you've ever had has been paid up in full by The Grace Of The Lord. He'll lead you to His Banqueting Table and His Banner, His Standard over you "Is" Love, His Love, God's Love. Your Cup Of Life Will Overflow as God pours out His Blessings Upon you, His Grace, Mercy and Goodness. The Peace Of The Lord, His Shalom, which far surpasses All human Understanding will Rule and Reign In your heart and mind In Christ Jesus. Let your mind be stayed On Him, Seek His Knowledge, Inquire After, Crave It and you Will Find your Confidence In Him.
[Isa. 32:6.] A Glad heart Makes a cheerful countenance and The Lord Will Lift Up His Countenance Upon you. [Prov. 17:22.]
His Love "Is" Better than Life! [Prov. 17:1.]
MAKE a Joyful noise to The Lord, make your Life a Prayer To Him, A Thank Offering, All you lands! He "Is" Holy and we are also to "be" Holy, Set Aside and Sanctified Unto Him. Come to Know - Perceive, Recognize and Understand with approval - that The Lord "Is" God, He Made us and we "Are" His, His People and The Sheep Of His Pasture. [Eph. 2:10.] Bless and affectionately Praise His Holy and Precious Name, for The Lord "Is" Good (All The Time); His Mercy and Loving-Kindness "are" Everlasting; His Faithfulness reaches to the clouds and His Truth endures to All generations!
Behave Wisely, give heed to His Blameless Way, Walk with integrity, a blameless heart before God and SING to All Nations and Peoples of The Justice Of The Lord In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
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Subject: Prov. 3:28
The Word:
Do not say to your neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give it, when you have it with you. [Lev. 19:3; Deut. 24:15.]
- Proverbs 3:28
Who is "your neighbor?" We are All Created to Love God and our neighbor as our"self!" Our neighbor is Everyone else around us, our brother, sister, enemy and stranger. Just think about All the people that you have ever met (and All those that you have not met) in your lifetime coming and going, fiddling about, wandering through this present, temporal life aimlessly without Jesus. Today "Is" The Day Of Salvation (In Jesus' Holy and Precious Name) and if you hear (Hear, O Israel, The Lord, Our God, The Lord "Is" One) His Voice, harden not your heart.
None of us are promised tomorrow (as Christians, Believers, we "have" the Hope [Hope will not disappoint us] and Promise of Eternal, Everlasting Life In Jesus), so it is what we do Today that counts for All of Eternity.
Render unto to Caesar what is Caesars and Unto God, what "is" God's! We have been bought with a price, so that we could bring Good (God Is Good All The Time) to All Nations and Peoples by the Power of God's Holy Spirit Working and Moving In and Through our Life In Him.
Taking The Love of God and The Good News of Jesus to the four corners of the Earth is what we were Saved for. God wants to use you as He did Jesus! Jesus says, "As The Father has sent me, so I Am sending you!" Our plan and purpose In Life should be to Preach, Teach and Heal In The Name of God's Holy Child, Jesus!
Do you think that The Church, The Body of Christ here in America should just concentrate on the needs of this country?
As Paul the Apostle would say, "Heaven Forbid!" Despite the overwhelming numbers of people around the World and the tremendous needs to be met, we are Commanded of God to Go and Do! If each and every one of us (as confessing Christians) went about in our daily Life helping one person at a time, we could make a difference in this present World of darkness. It only takes a spark to keep a fire going and Jesus wants us to shine our Light, to "be" a city on the hill.
James exhorts us not to say to someone in need that shows up on our front doorstep, "Be warmed and be filled." Whatever we do should be done Unto The Lord! In the Parable of The Sheep and The Goats, Jesus says, When I was hungry, you fed Me, when I was naked, you clothed me. Have you visited a sick friend lately? How about a prisoner?
When was the last time you gave a cold glass of water to someone who was thirsty? It is time for The Church to wake up! Arise and Shine for your Light has come and The Glory of The Lord has Risen Upon you! We must Go, Do and Be what God has Called us to! The time is short and Jesus Is Coming Again Soon!
Maranatha! We "have" The Bread of Life, The Living Water, God's Word, Will, Way and Jesus has "given" us His Name which "Is" Above All others!
It is time for us to Go and tell the World that Jesus says, "Come Unto Me, All ye that labor are heavy laden and I Will "give" you Rest!" He "Is" Our Rest, Our Peace, Our Shalom. Take no thought for tomorrow for Today has enough worries in and of itself, but Choose you This Day Who you Will Serve! God has "given" us Everything that we need to Live our Life Unto Him In Jesus. He Will Provide All of your needs (and the needs of others) according to His Riches In Glory! Step out In Faith Today and make a difference in the lives of others. As we work together as One In Him, we can and Will change the World In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
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Subject: Psalm 119:33
The Word:
Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep it unto the end - steadfastly.
- Psalm 119:33
The longest Psalm ever written is souly focused on God's Holy and Precious Word! The Love of God's Law, the fulfillment, pleasure and Joy that It brings to the heart of All humankind when accepted by Faith In The Living Word Himself, Christ Jesus. He says to us Today, "If you Love Me, you'll obey My Commandments. Love God and one another In My Name (representing All that He Is)." It is The Holy Spirit's "job function" to Teach us All Things pertaining to Jesus and By His Anointing on our Life In Him we can go and do likewise. He Will Lead and Guide us Into All Truth (Jesus "Is" The Truth) and Understanding, but we must submit to His Will for our Life and allow Him to accomplish His Perfect Work Within us.
God Promises to never, ever leave or forsake us and He says that He Will "Be" With us AlWays, even until the end of the ages - steadfastly.
Do you ask God to open your eyes, so that you can see Wonderful Things In His Word? He wants us to not merely walk with HIm, but challenges us to run with the horses. As we wait upon The Lord (Jesus tells us to watch and wait), He renews our strength (we are All Called to Love Him with All of our heart, mind, soul, Spirit and strength), enables us to mount up with wings as eagles (to soar high above the worries of this World that choke His Seed and keep It from bearing The Abundant Fruit In our Life), to run The Good Race, complete and accomplish The Course that He has laid out before us, so that we bring Glory, Honor and Praise to His Holy Name! Do you ask Him to "give" you a heart that Is Willing, to "give" you Understanding, that you may keep His Law of Love; yes, observe It with your whole heart [Prov. 26; James 1:5], to make you go In The Path of His Commandments? In Them and In Jesus Is where you Will find your Delight!
Incline your heart to His Testimonies [Ezek. 33:31; Mark 7:21, 22; 1 Tim. 6:10; Heb. 13:5.], turn aWay your eyes from beholding vanity [idols and idolatry]; and allow Him to restore you to vigorous Life and Health In His Way! He Will Establish His Word, Confirm His Promises to you [Ps. 96:9; Deut. 10:12] and take aWay the reproach which you fear and dread. His Ordinances "are" Good (God Is Good All the time), His Precepts "are" Right and In His Righteousness, He Will "give" you renewed Life. Let His Tender-Mercies and Loving-Kindness come to you, even His Salvation, according to His Word, Will and Way!
Jesus, The Living Word of God, "Is" The Answer for the World Today! His Word "Is" The Lamp that Guides us Into All Truth and Understanding. You can lean on, rely on, trust in and Hope (Hope Will not disappoint us) In His Ordinances, His Law of Love and Life continually for ever and ever [hearing, receiving, loving and obeying It]. Walk at Liberty, ease, seek, inquire for [and desperately require] His Precepts, speak His Testimonies (The Testimony of Jesus "Is" The Spirit of Prophecy) and you will not be put to shame. [Ps. 138:1; Matt. 10:18, 19; Acts 26:1, 2.] Love and Delight your"self" In His Commandments, lift up Holy Hands and Remember [fervently] The Word! He "Is" our Comfort and Consolation. Let us take Him to All Nations and Peoples, so that they can "have" Eternal, Everlasting Life In Jesus' Name. Amen.
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Date: Wed, Jan 29, 2003,
Subject: PSALMS & PROVERBS:
WORSHIP:
O LORD YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL
O Lord, You're beautiful
Your face is all I see
And when Your eyes are on this child
Your grace abounds to me.
I want to take Your Word and shine It All around (But) First help me just to live it Lord And when I'm doing well, help me to never seek a crown For my reward is giving glory to You
O Lord please light the fire, that once burned bright and clear Replace the lamp of my first love, that burned with holy fear
THE WORD:
Also to You, O Lord, belong mercy and loving-kindness, for You render to every man according to his work. [Jer. 17:10; Rev. 22:12.]
- Psalm 62:12
If you [profess ignorance and] you say, Behold, we did not know this, does not He Who weighs and ponders the hearts perceive and consider it? And He Who guards your life, does He not know it?
And shall not He render to [you and me] every man according to his work?
- Proverbs 24:12
We are His Workmanship Created for Good Works In Christ and He Calls Us to Offer Up Ourselves A Living Sacrifice!
Remember when Jesus said, "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God what Is God's?" Our God Is Just and His Word Is True! Whatever a man (woman or child) sows they shall reap.
As a teacher of God's Word I know and understand that I will be held accountable to God for every Word spoken and written, so I must be cautous to present the Truth In Love. God has given each and every Believer His Holy Spirit to lead and guide us into All Truth and Understanding concerning the Things of God, His Word, Will and Way. Listening to the Voice of the Holy Spirit and being obedient to Him is a choice we have to make every moment of every day. As we humble ourselves In the Sight of the Lord He shall lift us up. There is no striving to be done on our part, but we are to be "pressing" forward. Though the Spiritual battles rages All around us, Jesus goes before us in All things, He has Promised Never, Ever to leave or forsake us and surely God's Goodness and Mercy Shall Follow Us All The Days Of Our Lives In Christ Jesus!
God has spoken once, twice have I heard this, that power belongs to God.
- Psalm 62:11
O GOD, You are my God; earnestly will I seek You; my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint for You, in a dry and weary land, where no water is;
So I have looked upon You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory.
- Psalm 63:1, 2
Are you allowing God to speak to your heart and feed your soul daily in and through His Holy Word? Are you responding to what He is leading and telling you to do? Obedience Is Blessing!
You reap what you sow! If you are in doubt and unbelief then you may find yourself wandering around the desert for 40 years rather than entering into His Promised Land and God's Rest that He Has For YOU In Christ Jesus. He has given us the "Power" of His Holy Spirit In Our Lives to Enable us to Live out Lives Unto Him! He Is Our God! The One True God! Seek Him and you shall find Him!
Hunger and thirst after Him and you shall be satisfied.
This World we live in is a dry and weary land, but Jesus pours out His Living Water Into and Upon Us from the very Throne Room of heaven Itself! Enter His gates with Thanksgiving in your hearts and Enter His Courts with Praise. Go Boldly before HIs Throne of Grace and Mercy In the Mighty Name of Jesus, Praying In the Holy Spirit and Behold the Beauty of the Lord!
Deliver those who are drawn away to death, and those who totter to the slaughter hold back [from their doom].
- Proverbs 24:11
My son, eat honey, because it is good, and the drippings of honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
- Proverbs 24:13
Jesus Is Our Deliverer and by the Holy Spirit draws us to Himself, but the choices we make have consequences.
Taste and See that the Lord Is Good! I remember when I was in the 7th grade my Science Teacher told the class that honey was the closest thing to preventing and curing the common cold. When Jonathan was in a battle the Word of God tells us he tasted of the honey and his eyes were brightened. God's Word brings Light into the darkness. In Revelation John eats the scroll which tasted sweet, but was bitter in his stomach. Jesus asks, "Are you able to drink the cup I am about to partake of?" The Word of God Is Truth whether we like it or not and accept it as such or not. We can not and will not fool God!
Pleading ignorance to God when we know the Truths of His Word will only bring judgement upon ourselves. He weighs our hearts in the balance. Do we come up lacking? God wants just and balanced scales and thats why we need to present the Full Gospel In Love! He Is Our Help and Shield! Our Protector! Our Covering! He chastens those He Loves!
His rod and staff they comfort me. Yes!
He comforts me! I Know I can completely and totally Trust and Obey Him, because there Is No Other Way to have Peace In my heart and soul, but to be In Jesus, His Will and His Way!
For He will render to every man according to his works - justly, as his deeds deserve: [Ps.62:12.]
To those who by patient persistence in welldoing [springing from piety] seek for [unseen but sure] glory and honor and [the eternal blessedness of] immortality, He will give eternal life.
- Romans 2:6, 7
This Is Our Calling! Be not weary in welldoing, because in due time you shall receive your JUST reward. Be patient, but persistent in the Works He has Called YOU to "Do" In and For Christ Jesus.
Though unseen, In The Spirit God's Promises Are Sure! He has given us Eternal Life In Jesus' Name, so let us go out Freely Giving This Life to a dying World! Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother In Jesus, Mark
Date: Wed, Jan 22, 2003,
Subject: FAREWELL MESSAGE TO ALL: WHAT DRIVES YOUR LIFE? / WHAT MATTERS MOST
THE WORD:
BLESSED - happy, fortunate [to be envied] - is he who has forgiveness of his transgression continually exercised upon him, whose sin is covered.
- Psalm 32:1
Withhold not good from those to whom it is due [it's rightful owners], when it is in the power of your hand to do it. [Rom. 13:7; Gal. 6:10.]
- Proverbs 3:27
It is with much pain of heart and brokenness of spirit that I write to you all today. I have done everything within my power to uphold the Truth within this ministry and serve Jesus to the best of my abilities with some of the best of people I have ever had the pleasure to work with. My intentions have always been to bring unity to the Whole Body of Christ Jesus, equip each and every one of the Saints here for service in the Kingdom of God and work towards the fulfilling of the Great Commission. My prayer is that All of you will continue in the Faith, be willing and obedient to follow Jesus every step of the Way and accomplish His Purposes for the Life He Has Given You In His Name! God Is Faithful and Jesus Never Fails! I ask that you all keep me in your daily prayers and I invite you all to join me on the continuation of this spiritual journey we call life by becoming a member of the brand new Simple Church Fellowship Group at:
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Without a doubt anything and everything we do in this life should be to the Glory, Praise and Honor of Our Heavenly Father, In Jesus by His Precious Holy Spirit working In and Through Us Every Step of the Way!
We have traveled together for quite some distance and have made great strides. I can not name names to thank all those who have blessed me while here, you shall all be in my heart and prayers. I hope to see you all again if not here, but here after when everything will be as He Desires!
God's richest blessings and His Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother Forever In Jesus, Mark
FINAL MESSAGE:
And Jesus called them to Him and said, You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men hold them in subjection, tyrannizing over them.
Not so shall it be among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant,
And whoever desires to be first among you must be your slave; Just as the Son of man came not to be waited on but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many - the price paid to set them free.
- Matthew 20:25-28
He who the Son sets free is free indeed!
Jesus is calling you all to Himself, because He Alone Is Worthy! The greatest of all men are faulted, so listen to the Voice of God speaking to your hearts and minds In Christ Jesus and not the doctrines of men. Follow the Good Shepherd, because He will always and forever Love You and Never Ever let you down. My Dear Sweet Brothers and Sisters In the Lord Jesus, Love One Another as Christ Jesus Has Loved YOU with an Everlasting Love! It has been my pleasure to serve you and I will be forever grateful to God for the opportunity, but it is He Who has Ransomed you, purchased you, bought you back and brought you back to God Our Heavenly Father In and Through His Precious Blood shed on the Cross at Calvary!
Let us not squander such a gift and calling! You have been set free to be all that God has created you for, to do all that He has anointed you to and to go into all the World with this Good News of Jesus, so don't let any man, woman or child, group, church, religion, any sickness, disease, circumstances or situations in your life hold you back from reaching the heights and hitting the mark of the high calling you have upon your Life In Christ Jesus!
When we All get to Heaven what a Day of Rejoicing that will be! When we All see Jesus we'll sing and shout the Victory!
But until that Day, stay in touch, in prayer and In Jesus!
GBY,
<')))>< Mark
Subject: Ps. 91:1; Prov. 4:20-22: Are You Stable? Do You Consent And Submit?
Worship:
This Is The Day
This is the day
This is the day
That the Lord hath made
That the Lord hath made
We will rejoice
We will rejoice
And be glad in it
And be glad in it.
O, this is the day that the Lord hath made We will rejoice and be glad in it
This is the day
This is the day
That the Lord hath made!
The Word:
HE who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand].
- Psalm 91:1
My son attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings.
Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart.
For they are life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh.
- Proverbs 4:20-22
Is The Lord, Jesus Your Refuge, Your Fortress, Your God? Do You Lean And Rely On Him? Do You Confidently Trust Him?
The rich promises of this whole chapter of Psalm 91 are dependent upon one's meeting exactly the conditions of the first 2 verses.
If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, and will do what is right in His sight, and will listen to and obey His commandments and keep all His statutes, He will put none of the diseases upon you which He brought upon the Egyptians; for He is the Lord Who heals you.
- Exodus 15:26
After Moses presented this statement to the people of God, they came to Elim and encamped there by the waters. After coming out of the wilderness, God had turned the bitter waters of Marah into sweet, proved them, but afterwards THEY set out from Elim, came to Sin, murmured against Moses and Aaron, wished they had died in Egypt, still The Lord, once again provided by raining bread from the heavens for them, Manna From Heaven!
As each and every one of us obeys God and His Holy Word, according to His Will and Way, He Will deliver us, cover us and shield us. The terror of night, evil plots and slanders of the wicked by day, pestilence that stalks in the darkness, the destruction, sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noon day shall not come near us, because we have made the Lord our refuge, and the Most High our dwelling place, no evil will befall or come near! God's angels are given especial charge over us, to accompany, defend and preserve us in all our ways of obedience and service to bear us up on their hands. We are to trample the serpent under our feet, because we have set our Love upon Jesus, therefore He Will Deliver us, set us on high, because we know and understand His Name [have personal knowledge of His Mercy, Love, Kindness; trusting and relying on Him, knowing He Will never forsake us, No, Never, so when we call upon Him, He Will Answer; He Will Be With us In trouble, deliver us and honor us with long life (Eternal Life), satisfy us, and show us His Salvation In Christ Jesus! It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord and to sing Praises to his Holy and Precious Name!
The wicked walk and stumble in the deep darkness (their own way), but we as Christians, Believers In Jesus as the Lord and Savior of our souls follow Him Who Is The Way! Do you attend, consent and submit to the daily reading and studying of God's Holy Word to you? Don't miss It!
Your eyes are the windows to your soul, so feed it with the Word of God! Hide God's Word In your heart, protect It with the Breastplate of Righteousness, because It Is Life (Eternal Life) to you and All who Believe! Seek and Ye Shall Find!
He Is The Lord That Healeth Thee! Guard your heart and out of it will flow the springs of Life Eternal! Fix your eyes On Jesus (The Living Word of God), the Author and Finisher of our Faith, consider Your Way, let It be established and ordered aright, turn not to the left or the right (unless lead by the holy Spirit); remove your foot from evil at all cost! Be attentive to God's Wisdom, listen to His Understanding, exercise discretion, guard you lips, keep Knowledge and the Wise answer to temptation In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother In Him, Mark
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Title. Subject: Psalms & Proverbs Message
Worship:
I know my Saviour's alive, He has risen, hallelujah.
I know my Saviour's alive, He has risen from the tomb.
I know my Saviour's alive, He has risen, hallelujah.
He has risen and He's coming back again soon.
The Word:
Some go down to the sea and travel over it in ships, to do business in great waters;
These see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.
For He commands and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of the sea.
Those aboard mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the deeps; their courage melts away because of their plight.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits end - all their wisdom has come to nothing.
Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distresses.
He hushes the storm to a calm and to a gentle whisper, so that the waves of the sea are still. [Ps. 89:9; Matt. 8:26.]
Then the men are glad because of the calm, and He brings them to their desired haven.
- Psalm 107:23-30
These six things the Lord hates; indeed, seven are an abomination to Him:
A proud look [the spirit that makes one overestimate himself and underestimate others], a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, [Ps. 120:2, 3.]
A heart that manufactures wicked thoughts and plans, feet that are swift in running to evil,
A false witness who breathes out lies [even under oath], and he who sows discord among his brethren.
- Proverbs 16:16-19
As you all know I have been doing Psalms and Proverbs Messages every Wednesday, Today is no exception to the rule, but from time to time I get requests from people like you and when the Spirit moves me (Thank God He Does :) I can't help but comply with His leading, so pay attention and let the Spirit move you too.
Ash Wednesday is Today and I hope you will all humble yourselves before the Lord during this special season on the Christian calendar leading up to Palm Sunday, Passover, Good Friday, Easter and the Feast of First Fruits! Two prayer requests need to be presented to the Group Today as well for Melissa, a dear sweet Sister In the Lord Jesus and her family, because her Grandmother just went home to be with the Lord and for a Christian friend of mine who Juliet has known since the 6th grade, Sandy whose father also went home to be with Jesus, so pray the Lord to comfort His People at this time and Thank Him that Jesus has conquered sin and death for All who choose to accept Him as Saviour of our souls!
Those who are aboard with us here at Faithful Source know and understand that Jesus has called us to go or cross over to the other side, but we are not exempt from the storms of Life that are sure to come our Way. The heights and depths within our Christian walk and relationship with Our Heavenly Father are just part of that Spiritual Journey, but God is in command and as we turn our eyes upon Jesus we shall see His Works and Wonders! Listening to the still small voice of God's Holy Spirit telling us which Way to go, He has promised to lead and guide us in the right direction.
When we cry out to the Lord in our troubles, He brings us out of our distresses. Be Glad and Rejoice, because He Who calms the raging and roaring seas says to us, "Peace, Be Still!"
Sacrifice the sacrifices of Thanksgiving, and rehearse His deeds with shouts of Joy and Gladness! Praise and Confess to the Lord His Goodness, Loving-Kindness and His Wonderful Works to the children of men! Be Still and Know that He Is God, allow Him to calm your spirit, speak Peace to your heart, mind and soul for He will bring you to your desired haven, so delight yourself In the Lord and He Will "give" YOU the desires of your heart! Lay down and take your rest In Him! Jesus Is Our Peace! Shalom!
The Word of God says much about sluggards, poverty, being helpless, a worthless person, a wicked man and how "suddenly" the crushing weight of calamity will come and break such people without remedy. How do we escape such tragedy? By keeping Our Heavenly Father's Words, God-given Commandments and forsaking not the Law of the Lord! His Word Is Truth, Spirit and Life! "Where else can we go?" the Disciples said to Jesus, "For You Have The Words Of Eternal Life!" Bind them continually upon your heart, tie them about you neck. When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you, and when you waken, it shall talk with you. For The Commandment is a lamp, and the whole teaching of the Law Is Light, to keep you from evil. Your heart is sealed with God's Holy Spirit until the day of Redemption, He Who watches over you will neither slumber or sleep and God speaks to us Today In Jesus! He fulfilled the Commandments, All the Law and the Prophets, His Word is a Lamp to Guide us and a Light for our path, It Brings Light and Life to our souls and He Delivers us from evil. How important is the Word of God in the Believer's Life? It Is The Bread Of Life, Life Eternal, Life Itself, so take and eat, Jesus says, "This Is My Body. Broken For YOU. Do This In Remembrance Of Me!"
God hates! That's quite a statement from the Word of God (considering we serve a God of Love), but anything contrary to His Love is an abomination to His Word, Will and Way! Never overestimate your "self" and certainly don't underestimate others. Pride comes before a fall, so watch for the warning signs. Nothing in this life comes your way without God allowing it to happen. He'll never send you more than you can bear (although that's not alWays easy to accept), but will alWays bring you through it tried as gold in the fire or provide the Way out, because we have to remember that All Things Work Together for Good to those who Love God and are Called According to His Purposes.
A lie, is a lie, is a lie! No matter what, so which ever Way you cut it, the Truth Will set you Free and He who the Son sets Free is Free Indeed!
The human heart is deceitful and wicked.
None can know it better than God Himself! Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. We manufacture wicked thoughts and plans, shed innocent blood, our feet rush to evil rather than us fleeing from evil temptations or resisting the devil, so that he "must" flee from us In the Name of Jesus! Every breath we take is a Gift From God for Life to bring Glory, Praise and Honor to His Holy and Precious Name, so why do we use it to breathe out lies [even under oath], and sow discord among our brethren?
Unity of Spirit and God's Purposes should be our goals at all costs. After All, God sent His One and Only Begotten Son, Jesus Who Gave His Life, His All In our stead, so that we could have Life, Eternal Life, The Abundant Life In His Name! Let us put our Total Trust In Him, His Work, His Will, His Way, According to His Holy Word, so that we can overcome this present World we live in and allow Him to Bring us to Our Desired Haven In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Psalms & Proverbs Message
Worship:
I've Been Delivered
I've been delivered, Oh praise the Lord
I've been delivered by His Word
The chains of sin are broken
I've been delivered, Oh praise the Lord.
There's been a big change in me Oh, a big change in me I am so happy, I am so free
He brought me out of bondage and into liberty Oh, oh, oh, there's a big change in me.
The Word:
I am a stranger and a temporary resident on the earth; hide not your commandments from me.
[Ps. 39:12; Gen. 47:9; 1 Chron. 29:15; 2 Cor. 5:6; Heb. 11:13.]
- Psalm 119:19
A SOFT answer turns away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger.
- Proverbs 15:1
Life is far too short (It Is, but a Breath), so why is it that even among Believers there is such division and strife? With the divorce rate at 50% for non-believers and Christians alike, backbiting and slander within the Church, the question begs to be asked, "Why can't we All just get along?" The Word of God commands us to be at Peace with one another while it is yet called Today, but it seems no matter how hard we may try to comply there are still those who choose not to obey God's Word, Will and Way. Let's face it, nobody is perfect (even though we are All Called of God to "Be"), none is Worthy and we All like sheep have gone astray from the Good Shepherd of Our Souls, Who is wanting to lead and guide us by His Holy Spirit into greener pastures and enter into His Rest.
Our King's Favor (God's Grace) is toward the "wise" and discreet servant, but His wrath is against those who do shamefully. The tongue of the "wise" utters "knowledge" rightly, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fools pours out folly. How's your Wisdom and Knowledge lately? Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks and obedience brings blessing, so as Servants of the Most High God, we are to tame the tongue, speak forth the Things of God, as Oracles of God, whose lips have been anointed to bring Life and not death! Much to our own shame we take the Lord's Name in vain, are all too confident in our "selves," damn things in this World that God Himself has created (including our own fellow man) and in our own folly, play the fool by pouring out language unfit to be uttered by the vilest of sinners. Be angry, but sin not! If you really want to stir something up, turn aWay wrath with a soft answer, a Loving Word from God instead of grieving the Holy Ghost and quenching His Holy Spirit Fire that burns up the wheat and chaff to bring purity and holiness into every situation that comes our Way.
Our hearts cry and prayer should constantly be, "Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law!"
For out of Psalm 119 (the longest Psalm of All that pays tribute to none other than the Word of God) God reminds us that our time here on Earth is only temporal and apart from Him and His Holy Word we can do nothing. Does your heart break with longing for His ordinances and judgements at All times?
As the deer pants for the water does your soul long for the Things of God, after God Himself, to touch the hem of His Garment, lay your head upon His Chest and listen to the heartbeat of Jesus? Do you hunger for His Righteousness and thirst for His Streams of Living Waters to flow in and through you, to touch other's hearts and change their lives In Jesus' Name? We are a peculiar people, God's Chosen People and although strangers in this World, just passing through, we are not strangers to God and are Called of Him to Go to All Nations and Peoples, casting His Light of Life out into the darkness!
Our God wants to show us All His Blessings and He wants to show the World All of His Blessings through us!
The importance of God's Word and the working of His Holy Spirit In our Life is top priority for every single Christian Believer on the face of this planet we call Earth!
Unity of Spirit (His Spirit) and Purpose (His Purpose), the Bible (God's Holy Word), His Will (as clearly revealed to us in His Word) and Way (Jesus Is The Way and Answer for All the World) should be our goals. If we Love Him then we will keep His Commandments to Love God and one another! Listen to His Still "Soft" Voice as He speaks forth His Word of Love and Life to your heart, mind and soul. His Grace Is Sufficient for us, so let us be wise and discreet Servants, turn aWay wrath (kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight), utter knowledge rightly, put our complete and total confidence in Him, "be" a fool for Christ Jesus and allow Him to use your tongue to speak forth His Word of Spirit and Life In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Reason For Everything Ps. 19:1;Restoring Broken Fellowship Prov. 16:21
Worship:
A New Covenant
John 13:34, 35
A new commandment I give unto you,
That ye love one another as I have loved you, That ye love one another as I have loved you.
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples If ye have love one to another.
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples If ye have love one to another.
The Word:
THE heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows and proclaims His handiwork.
[Rom. 1:20, 21.]
- Psalm 19:1
The wise in heart shall be called prudent, understanding and knowing; and winsome speech increases learning [in both speaker and listener].
- Proverbs 16:21
There is a reason for everything that occurs under The Son, the Good, the bad and the ugly will All be used by Him and work together for His and our Good.
Jesus came from Heaven to Earth to show us the Way to Restoration, Our Healing and Fellowship with God, Our Heavenly Father and even our fellow man. As Believers, we are all "given" the ministry of reconciliation. We are His Workmanship Created In Christ Jesus to do Good Works In Him that were prepared for us to do before the foundations of this present World we live in were ever laid. God has "given" us great deliverances and triumphs over sin and death, He shows us Mercy and His Steadfast Love never ceases, It never comes to an end for us as His Anointed, His Offspring. Even the Heavens Sing Forth His Praises, day after day they pour forth speech, and night after night they show forth knowledge, so how much more should we as Children of the Most High God Declare His Glory, Show and Proclaim His Handiwork!
If we deal wisely and heed His Holy Word, we will find Good (God Is Good All The Time and when you seek Him with All of your heart, you will find Him) and when we lean on, trust in and are confident In the Lord, we will be happy, blessed and fortunate. Wisdom Is A "Gift From God," Jesus Is God's Wisdom and when the Son of God comes to dwell in your heart by Faith, you'll find that you are much more prudent, understanding of His Word, Will and Way, you "know," that you "know," that you "know," that you " now have" Eternal Life, The Abundant Life In His Holy and Precious Name!
Out of the abundance of your heart the mouth speaks! The Word of God tells us to be slow to speak, but quick to listen.
Hear, O Israel! The Lord Our God, The Lord Is One! Thou shalt Love The Lord Thy God with All of thy heart, mind, soul, spirit and strength! Love your neighbor as yourself and Jesus says, "Love one another as I "have" Loved YOU!" Do you speak forth the Things of God as an Oracle of God?
Isaiah the Prophet cried out to God, "Woe is me, for I am a man of unclean lips!"
God heard his cry and touched him.
When God reveals an area in our lives that needs to be dealt with it is so that we will give it over to the Lord, allow Him to deal with it, correct it and restore us into a right relationship with Him, so that we can go forward In His Name and be used by HIm to the utmost of His Abilities, not ours. We must first listen and take heed to the Things of God before we can speak and expect others to listen to what we have to say. As we open up ourselves to God's Holy Spirit In Our Life, His Streams of Living Waters will flow in and through us to be a Wellspring of Eternal Life unto others!
The mind of the wise instructs his mouth and adds learning. Pleasant words are as honeycomb, sweet to the mind and healing to the body (not only the physical body, but the Spiritual Body of Christ Jesus, His Church here on Earth as well).
Hey, we all lose it sometimes, but we are exhorted to be angry and sin not. He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his own spirit than he who takes a city. No man can tame the tongue, but God can and will as we submit to the workings of His "Holy" Spirit In our Lives. There is a way that seems right to us, but the final decision is the Lord's and it is His Way that alWays prevails! Even the events that seem accidental are really ordered by Him.
There is a reason for everything, a time and a season, but it all comes down to restoring our broken fellowship with God and our fellow man In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Ps. & Prov. Message: The Reason For Everything/Protecting Your Church
Worship:
Psalms 134:2
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary
Lift up your hands and bless the Lord
And the Lord that made heaven and earth
Bless thee out of Zion
The Word:
ASCRIBE to the Lord, O sons of the mighty, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
- Psalm 29:1
An evildoer gives heed to wicked lips, and a liar listens to a mischievous tongue.
- Proverbs 17:4
Are you a Son or Daughter of the Almighty, Most High God? Do you Worship the Lord In Spirit and Truth, In The Beauty of His Holiness? Man does not live on bread alone, but by Every Word that proceeds, comes forth out of the Mouth or very Lips of God! Do you heed His Word? What do you listen to and what have you been listening to?
Like any good tree, we are known by our fruit, what we bear, the things that come out of our well spring, our heart, for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Be careful what you say and what you listen to. He who has ears to hear, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to His Church, His Temple, His Holy and Precious Bride!
Our everyday life sometimes seems like a series of tests, trials and challenges.
There is a time and a place for everything under the sun, but we must guard our hearts and minds from this World and the things not pertaining to the Kingdom of God. Within this Spiritual Battle for the Human Soul, the enemy is constantly looking for the slightest opening to gain access to our hearts and minds. We cannot afford to play games and allow him to get even an inch of turf, for he will surely at"tempt" to take (the enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy) a mile, so we must put on the Whole Armor of God to Obtain the Victory we Have In Jesus!
Jesus came to Save the People from sin and death! He blesses us with All Spiritual Blessings In The Heavenlies, because we are His Heritage! He Nourishes us with His Bread and Wine, The Body and Blood of Jesus. Our Good Shepherd leads and guides us every step of the Way, He carries our load and even us when we are weary and heavy laden.
The Lord Inhabits the Praises of His People! Ascribe to Him All the Glory, Honor, Praise and Strength Due to His Holy and Precious Name! Worship Him, Who Alone Is Worthy In the Beauty of Holiness and In Holy Array! Jesus "Gives" unyielding and impenetrable strength to His People and He Blesses us with His Peace In Everything Which Passes All human understanding.
Our God Is A Consuming Fire! We are constantly being refined In His Refining Fire where He Brings us forth as Gold, seeing the Image of His Son In us. The Lord tries the hearts of All! [Prov. 27:21; Ps. 26:2; Jer. 17:10; Mal. 3:3.] No one is held innocent or goes unpunished who is glad at calamity and should you mock the poor you reproach your Maker. A liar will not even see the Kingdom of God, so why listen to anything he would have to say? I am saddened by the naivety of most Christians, how they listen to wicked lips and mischievous tongues, give heed to evildoers, listen to lies and believe them as truths. We are Called to Be Wise as serpents, yet Gentle as Doves! The Holy Spirit grieves at the condition of the (so called) Church Today! The form of godliness, but denying the Power Thereof is appalling! We must move In God's Will and Way, According to His Holy Word or else we are just playing Church. Should we appear to be white washed tombs outwardly, yet inside be full of dead men's bones?
Let's die to self, the works of the flesh, be crucified with Christ and Resurrected by His Spirit unto His Good Works! In Everything, Let's Reason Together, protect the innocent, heal the sick, set the captives free and "Be" The Church of the Living God that He Intends us to "Be" In Jesus' Name! Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Reason For Everything Ps. 66:1, 2 Protecting Your Church: Prov. 20:19
Worship:
Isaiah 51:11
Chorus:
Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return,
And come with singing into Zion
And everlasting joy shall be upon their head
(repeat)
They shall obtain gladness and joy;
And sorrow and morning shall flee away
(Repeat chorus)
The Word:
MAKE a joyful noise unto God, all the earth; Sing forth the honor and glory of His name; make His praise glorious!
- Psalm 66:1, 2
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore associate not with him who talks too freely. [Rom. 16:17, 18.]
- Proverbs 20:19
Do you greet one another with a Holy (consecrated) kiss? Are you remembering All the Churches of Christ Jesus, the Messiah in your prayers and giving? Paul the Apostle appeals to us, "Be on your guard concerning those who create dissensions, difficulties and cause divisions, in opposition to the doctrine - the teaching - which we have been taught." He warns us, "Turn aside from them, avoid them."
Such persons do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ but their own appetites and base desires, and by ingratiating, flattering speech they beguile the hearts of the unsuspecting and simple-minded [people]. I rejoice over All of you who are loyal and obedient to the Word of God, His Will and Way, would have you well-versed and wise as to what is Good, and innocent, guileless as to what is evil!
One has to have "thick skin" to survive in Ministry Today and this message could not come to us at a more crucial time.
With countless "Christian" Groups and Churches out in "The World," having a form of godliness and denying the Power thereof, we are challenged to uphold the Name of God for His Honor, Glory and Praise! It is not enough in these "Last Days" to play Church, we must blow the trumpet in Zion, sound the alarm, the battle cry to war in the Spiritual realm, the Heavenlies and be prepared to move ahead, go forward In Jesus. Onward (and upward) Christian Soldiers! Faith without Works Is DEAD! Prayer without Action Is DEAD! Even God spoke to Moses and exclaimed, "Stop Praying and Get The People MOVING!" It is not enough to say, "Be warmed and be filled." We must put feet on our prayers, take All the "Gifts" and "Talents" God has given us. pull our resources together and meet the needs of others who are less fortunate than ourselves. What would have happened if just the first few rows continued to pass the food back and forth to each other and not to all who were yet behind them when Jesus fed the people the fish and bread?
The Lord God Commands us to Go! Go to All Nations and Peoples with His Love and Good News of The Kingdom! We here in the United States of America are gorging ourselves with countless varieties of Bibles, Christian Broadcasting on radio and television, several Churches on every corner while the rest of the World is starving for the Things of God, begging for just a few crumbs that might fall from our banqueting tables. His Word Is Spirit and Life and millions of souls go into Eternity every single day without ever hearing of Jesus and Eternal Salvation In His Name!
It is time for the True Church, Believers In Jesus to rise up and MAKE a Joyful Noise unto God and All the Earth; to sing forth the Honor and Glory of His Name and make His Praise Glorious! The meadows are clothed with flocks, the valleys also covered with grain, the field is white unto harvest and is ripe for the picking, so let us go forward with Shouts of Joy and singing together. All the earth shall bow down every knee to Him, sing praises to His Name in song, every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ Is Lord of All! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! But, how will they hear and know if we who have "The Truth" do not share it with others?
God's Purposes and Plans are Established by His Council and only when we are obedient to His Word, Will and Way can we make or carry on in this Spiritual War Successfully. Many have their own opinions on such matters, their own secrets to reveal and they are more than happy to share them with All who will listen, but we are to heed the Voice of God and not man! I seem to recall Jesus saying, "Many, many will come to Me on That Day and say, 'Lord, Lord!' but, I will say, 'Depart from Me! I Never Knew you.'" Unfortunately there are All too Many preaching and teaching a different gospel than the Gospel of Christ Jesus, the Good News of Salvation In His Holy and Precious Name. They will find themselves with their lamps put out in complete darkness, so associate not and have nothing to do with them.
There is a reason for everything that happens in each and every one of our lives, so we need to put them in their proper perspective, in line with God''s Word, because He Promises us that He Will Work All Things Together for Good (His and ours :) Protect your heart, guard it for it is the Holy of Holies within your body which is the Temple of the Holy Spirit. We are the Body of Christ Jesus here on this Earth, The Temple of God, The Church and we need to be Strengthened In Him, so that we can protect those sheep who are weaker than ourselves. I am asking All of you here to pray, stand firm, be bold, ask God what He would have you to do and step out In Faith to Do It In Jesus' Holy Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Ps. 96:7; Prov. 26:20 Reason For Everything / Protecting Your Church
Worship:
It Is Good To Give Thanks
It is good to give thanks to the Lord.
To sing praise to his holy name.
So worthy is the Lord. To be praised, worshipped, adored.
Declare his lovingkindness in the dawn of the morning
light.
And shout of his faithfulness with a song of joy in the
night
Worthy, worthy, worthy of all my praise. Holy, holy to you I will sing all my days.
I will praise the Lord while I live,
While I have my breath, any being.
With all that I have to give, I will praise the God of the living.
The Word:
Ascribe to the Lord, O you families of the people, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
- Psalm 96:7
For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where here is no whisperer, contention ceases.
- Proverbs 26:20
Keith Green once asked in one of his songs, "Can't God even take a joke?" to which God replied, "NO!" How many times have you said, "I was only joking," to someone? 70 X's 7? In Jesus we need to watch what we say and do, because our Life In Him is a witness to the World around us and may very well be the only representation of God that others might ever come to see or know, so taming of our tongue is vital, cause it can cause a great fire and obedience to the Lord's Word, Will and Way will bring Glory to His Holy and Precious Name!
Our speech should be seasoned with salt, preserving Life, because every Believer is Called to be an Oracle of God, speaking forth the Things of God and bringing Life Eternal to those who have ears to hear.
The Lord Inhabits the Praises of His People, so lift up the Name of the Lord for Honor and Majesty are before Him; Strength and Beauty are in His Sanctuary.
Come and Magnify the Lord with me! Let us Exalt His Name Together! I honestly believe that as we lift up the Name of Jesus among us He Will Draw All of mankind Unto Himself. If we "give" to the Lord the Glory that is due to His Name; bring an offering and come (before Him) into His Courts, then He Will Honor His Word and pour out His Blessings Upon us. The Earth Is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, so what can mankind "give" to Him? He "gave" His Life for us, so why can't we offer up ourselves as living sacrifices to Him? Jesus has made the Way (He Is The Way, Truth and Life) for us to go boldly into God's Throne Room of Grace and Mercy to offer up prayers and petitions on behalf of others.
We are not only of the family of man by natural birth, but as Christians (Born-Again of the Holy Spirit), we "are" of the Family of God, Children of the Most High, Sons and Daughters of Our Heavenly Father! Jesus tells us, "As you have seen Me Do, Go and Do likewise!"
All of the earth is called upon to sing to
the Lord a New Song! When Jesus comes again to judge and govern the Earth with Righteousness and Justice, and the people with His Faithfulness and Truth, the Word of God says that the fields will be exultant, All the trees of the wood will sing for Joy and clap their hands!
[Rev. 19:11; 1Chron. 16:23-33.] The Joy of the Lord should be our strength, for we "are" the Temple of the Living God, His Holy Spirit dwells within us, we "are" His Sanctuary and His Word tells us that His Beauty is within us, His Power to change hearts and lives by His Love which has come into our hearts and minds In Christ Jesus! God Is Working All Things Together for His and our Good According to His Purposes and Plans. To Everything there is a season.
Guard your hearts the Scripture tells us.
Paul exhorted Timothy to stir up the Gift of the Holy Spirit that was within him. It only takes a spark to keep the fire glowing and that's how it is with God's Love. John Wesley called it the burning heart, the flame of God's Holy Spirit within a man, woman or child, but we must constantly keep feeding that fire.
God's Word Is Spirit and Life unto our very souls! Feed upon the Word of God and watch the zeal for God's House consume you as it did our Lord Jesus, for Our God Is A Consuming Fire and He wants to use you to the Utmost of His Abilities to Bring Glory, Honor and Praise to His Holy Name, but for lack of wood the fire goes out. We can (and unfortunately often do) quench the Spirit of God Working In and Through our Life In Jesus. The Shield of Faith was "given" us to quench the "fiery" darts of Satan, the Deceiver, our Enemy and the Accuser of the Brethren. Without Faith it is Impossible to please God and if we walk in the flesh, listening to deceptive neighbors, whisperers of lies, slander and gossip that cause quarrelling and strife then we deceive ourselves. Honor is not fitting for a [self-confident] fool [Isa. 32:6.], a lying tongue hates those whom it has wounded and crushed, and a flattering mouth works ruin. Voice your thankfulness to God [Eph. 5:4.], be slow to anger and appease contention. [Prov. 15:18.] If we humble ourselves In the Sight of the Lord then He Will Lift us Up, Protect us, Lead us and Guide us, so Come, Let us Reason Together With Him and Each Other In The Holy Name Of Jesus. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Planned For God's Pleasure:
Psalm 147:11 / How We Grow: Proverbs 4:23
Worship:
How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place
How lovely is your dwelling place, Oh Lord of Hosts, My soul longs and faints for your courts; and my heart and flesh sing for joy to the Living God.
For a day in Your Presence is far better to me than gold, Or living my whole life somewhere else.
And I would rather be a doorkeeper in your fold, than to take my fate upon myself.
Chorus:
You are my Sun and my Shield,
You are my Lover from the start,
And the highway to your city runs through my heart.
The Word:
The Lord takes pleasure in those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy and loving-kindness.
[Ps. 145:20.]
- Psalm 147:11
Keep your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.
- Proverbs. 4:23
God Will Fulfill the Desire of those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, He'll hear their cry and save them. The Lord preserves all those who love Him, but all the wicked will be destroyed. My mouth shall speak the Praise of the Lord, and let All flesh bless - affectionately and gratefully Praise - His Holy and Precious Name Forever and Ever! The Fear of the Lord Is Wisdom and Knowledge and as we delight ourselves In the Lord, He "gives" us the desires of our heart. Call upon the Lord and He Will Answer you.
Our Heavenly Father sent Jesus into the World to Save sinners, to preserve Life for All those who would come to put their Trust In Him, Lean On Him, Rely On Him and Come to Love Him with All of their heart, mind, soul, spirit and strength! The wicked will perish and be destroyed, but the Lord Inhabits the Praises of His People. Bless the Lord, Oh my soul! Bless His Holy Name!
The Joy of the Lord Is our Strength! Let us put our Faith, Hope and Trust In Him, for He Alone Is Worthy! God takes pleasure in us, He Is Pleased when we revere and worship Him In Spirit and Truth. Offering up our lives as a living sacrifice Unto Him is our Spiritual Service and an act of Worship Unto Him.
Do you Hope In His Mercy? Hope will not disappoint us, because the steadfast Love of the Lord never ceases and His Mercy never comes to an end.
Great Is Thy Faithfulness, Oh Lord! Your Tender Mercies are New to us Every morning, You go before us in All things, Keep us in Your Perfect and Acceptable Will for our Life In Christ Jesus and Surely, Your Goodness, Mercy and Loving-Kindness shall follow us All the Days of Our Life In You Forever and Ever!
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
- Psalm 147:12
He has strengthened, blessed and been Gracious unto us, because we are planned for God's Pleasure. When we attend to His Word; consent and submit to His sayings, don't let them depart from our sight and keep them in the center of our heart, they are Life to those who find them, Healing and Health to All their flesh! Jesus said, "My Word Is Spirit! My Word Is Life!" This Is How We Grow! We are to be rooted and grounded In the Word of God, nourished by His Streams of Living Waters, abiding In The Vine, so that we will bear lasting, Good Fruit for God's Kingdom and stretching upwards to absorb The Light of The Son. Listen to the Voice of the Spirit as He tells you, Turn not aside to the right hand or to the left; remove your foot from evil. Put aWay from you false and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk put far from you.
God wants to "give" to your head a Wreath of Gracefulness; a Crown of Beauty and Glory, but first you must guard your heart. The Word of God says, With All vigilance and above All!
Why? Because your heart is the Wellspring of Life, The Holy of Holies in human flesh where Christ Jesus Dwells by Faith. The Son has come to Dwell In your heart! Because you "are" Sons and Daughters of God, He has sent forth the Spirit of His Son Into your heart. The Love of God has been shed abroad in your heart, so that we can Love The Lord, Love our neighbor as ourselves and Love one another as Christ has Loved us. Be attentive to God's Wisdom and incline your ear to His Understanding.
Learn by actual and costly experience of what is becoming and prudent for you; That you may exercise proper discrimination and discretion, and your lips guard and keep knowledge and the wise answer [to temptation]. Avoid the very scenes of temptation; [Prov. 4:15; Rom. 16:17; 1 Thess. 5:19-22.] Don't give your honor to others or your years to those without mercy; lest strangers [and false teachings] take their fill of your strength and wealth, and your labors go to the house of an alien [from God]; because out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks!
Lift up over all the (covering) shield of saving faith, upon which you can quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked [one].
- Ephesians 6:16
Without Faith it is impossible to please God! It is most interesting that the Word of God tells us, Above All and Over All, By Faith (our shield and covering), to guard our heart! Jesus Is The Author and Finisher of our Faith, He Is our Protection, our Covering, our Savior and when God looks at our heart as Believers, He Sees His Son, He Sees us Perfect, Holy and Blameless In His Sight and He Is Pleased, He Finds Pleasure In us, because we "are" In Jesus. Our Life is hid In Christ and by The Word of God we "are" growing up Into The Perfect and Mature Stature of The Man, Christ Jesus!
As Children of God, let us bring the Light of Life and Love by the Grace of The Lord to All Nations and Peoples In Jesus' Name! Amen - so be it.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him,
Mark
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Subject: Planned For God's Pleasure: Ps.
105:4/Transformed By Truth: Prov. 30:5
Worship:
From The Rising Of The Sun
From the rising of the sun, (Chorus)
Until its going down,
Let the Lord's Name be praised,
Let the Lord's Name be praised.
O Lord you are a great God,
And you are my only God.
It is you whom I love,
It is you whom I adore.
(Chorus)
Holy, holy, holy Jesus
Show me how to love you more.
Holy, holy, holy Jesus
Show me how to serve you more.
(Chorus)
Let your Holy Name be praised,
Let your Holy Name be praised.
The Word:
Seek, inquire of and for the Lord, and crave Him and His strength [His might and inflexibility to temptation, seek and require His face and His presence continually] evermore.
- Psalm 105:4
Every word of God is tried and purified; He is a shield to those who trust and take refuge in Him. [Pss. 18:30; 84:11; 115:9-11.]
- Proverbs 30:5
Our Life was Planned and Created by God, so that we would bring Glory, Honor and Pleasure to Him, but how would or could we come to know Him if not for the Truths of His Holy and Precious Word that Transform us into the image and likeness of His One and Only Begotten Son, Jesus?
Who has ascended to Heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fist? Who has bound the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name, if you know?
[John 3:13; Rev. 19:12.]
- Proverbs 30:4
These Old Covenant Words found in The Book of Proverbs are pointing The Way to God through His Son, Jesus by the Ministry of The Holy Spirit! God does not propose a question without providing the Answer. Jesus Is The Answer for the World Today! Above Him there is no other (There Is No Other Name On Earth Or Under Heaven By Which We Must Be Saved, come to Salvation, be Born-Again).
Jesus Is The Way (The Truth and The Life) and no man, woman or child can come to The Father, but by Faith, Hope and Trust In Him! He Is The Living Word of God Who Is Faithful, Tried and True.
Jesus Is Pure, Holy, Blameless; He Is Our Shield and we can take refuge In Him. Let God Be True and Every man a liar!
We can not add one thing to the Work that Christ Jesus accomplished upon the Cross at Calvary. His Life, death and Resurrection is proof positive that The Bible is 100% accurate, God's Word to humankind. Jesus descended to the very depths of the Earth and ascended to the very heights of Heaven where He is now seated at the Right Hand of God, Our Heavenly Father. Even the wind and the waves obey Him! If any one thirsts they can come to Him and streams of Living Waters will flow out from their innermost being. God has established the very ends of the Earth and Calls us to Go to Them (All Nations and Peoples) with His Love and Good News of Salvation In His Name, The Name of His Son, Jesus!
O GIVE thanks unto the Lord, call upon His name, make known His doings among the peoples!
- Psalm 105:1
Believe His Words - Trust In, Rely On Them; sing Praises Unto God! Sing Praises! Observe His Statutes, Keep His Laws [Hear (Hear, O Israel), Receive, Love and Obey Them]. Praise The Lord! - Hallelujah! Meditate (roll over and over in your heart, mind and soul) upon His Holy and Precious Word. Talk, Teach, Preach of All His Marvelous Deeds and Devoutly Praise Them! Do you seek and require the Lord as your indispensable necessity?
Have you earnestly remembered His Miracles and Wonders, the judgements and sentences He pronounced upon His enemies, as in Egypt?
[Ps. 78:43-51.] We are All temporary residents and strangers here upon the earth, just as the Nation of Israel was when wandering through the desert from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people, God allowed no man to do them wrong, He reproved kings for their sake [Gen. 12:17; 20:3-7.] Saying, Touch not My anointed, and do My prophets no harm.
[1 Chron. 16:8-22.] Give thanks to the Lord for He Is Good and His Mercy and Loving-Kindness endure For Ever! [1 Chron. 16:34.]
Who can put into words and tell the mighty deeds of the Lord? Or can show forth all the praise [that is due Him]?
- Psalm 106:2
We who observe justice - treat others fairly - do right and are in right standing with God at All times In Christ Jesus Can and Should! Do you seek Him? If you Seek Him with All of your heart then You Will Find Him! Do you Inquire of and For the Lord? Ask and You Shall Receive!
Do we Crave Him and His Strength?
Delight yourself In The Lord and he Will "Give" You The Desires Of Your Heart!
Are we hungering and thirsting after Righteousness (an upright and right standing relationship with God, Our Heavenly Father In Christ Jesus)? We must be strong In The Lord and In The Power of His Might! There is no temptation given unto mankind that Jesus Himself did not suffer, so He completely, totally knows and understands what we go through and He AlWays provides The Way OUT, but we have to make the conscious effort, decision and choice to take It!
Seek and Require His Face and His Presence AlWays, Continually and For Evermore to bring Glory and Pleasure to Him. Follow His Plan by getting into His Holy and Precious Word Daily to renew your mind, so that we can be transformed by His Truth from Image to Image, Glory to Glory and Grace to Grace In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Planned For God's Pleasure:Ps.113:3;Transformed By Truth:Prov.22:17,18
Worship:
My Heart Rejoiceth In The Lord
My heart rejoiceth in the Lord
My horn is exalted in the Lord
My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies
Because I rejoice in Thy Salvation
There is none holy as the Lord
For there is none beside Thee
Neither is there any rock like our God
My heart rejoices in the Lord.
(1 Sam. 2:1, 2)
The Word:
From the rising of the son to the going down of it, and from the east to the west the name of the Lord is to be praised!
- Psalm 113:3
Listen [consent and submit] to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge;
For it will be pleasant if you keep them in your mind [believing them]; your lips will be accustomed to [confessing] them.
- Proverbs 22:17, 18
God has "given" us His Word to transform our mind. As a man thinks, so "is" he! We "are" HIs Workmanship, Created In Christ Jesus for Good Works In His Holy and Precious Name. "I have made these things known to you Today, even to you," says the Lord, so that our trust - belief, reliance, support and confidence - may be In the Lord! We "are" planned for God's Good Pleasure, but in order to fit into His Plan we must get into The Written Word Of God (His Blueprint for the operation, the owners manual) and allow [consent and submit] To His Living Word, Jesus to get into us, so that we can be led by The Good Shepherd. He has "given" us His Life, so that we can apply our Life In HIm to fulfill His Purposes. His Word brings Wisdom and as we "are" transformed by the renewing of our mind, obey His Will and walk In His Way, we receive the Abundant Life. It "is" pleasant for us to keep His Word, because we receive excellent things in counsels and knowledge that make us know the certainty of the words of Truth, confessing them, so that our lips want to give a true answer and speak forth the Things of God to others! The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom. There is a latter end [a future and a reward]; and your Hope and expectation shall not be cut off. This is why the Word of God directs us to Hear and Listen, so that we will be wise and direct our mind In The Way [of the Lord]. We "have" the Mind of Christ, but we have to use It!
Let us not underestimate the Power of Praise! If we just stick to our thoughts and don't speak out, All of the Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding of God amounts to nothing. God spoke and the entire universe came into existence! The Lord inhabits the Praises of His People, so we should Praise The Lord and Bless His Name from this time forth and for ever! He has taken aWay our sins and cast them as far as the east is to the west, from the rising of the sun to the going down of it, so the whole Earth from east to west and north to south should Praise the Name of the Lord for His Goodness, Mercy and Grace!
NOT to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Your name give glory, for Your mercy and loving-kindness and for the sake of Your truth and faithfulness!
- Psalm 115:1
Jesus has made our adversaries our footstool.
[Matt. 26:64; Acts 2:34; 1 Cor. 15:25; Col. 3:1; Heb. 12:2.] Though they may curse, we are to bless. When adversaries arise, He puts them to shame, but we (as Servants of the Most High God) Rejoice!
He stands at our right hand. We can lift up our head [triumphantly], for Jesus Is the Head of the Church and we "have" the Victory In Him! Praise and give thanks to Him with your whole heart, for the Works of the Lord are Great, to be remembered, His Work is Honorable and Glorious, and His Righteousness endures for ever! The Lord "Is" Gracious, Merciful and full of Loving Compassion towards us who reverently and worshipfully fear Him; He remembers His Covenant for ever and imprints It [on His Mind] [Ps. 96:9; Deut. 10:12.], so how much more should we Love Him with All of our heart, mind, soul, spirit and strength?
When we Worship Him In Spirit and Truth, we "are" Blessed - happy, fortunate [to be envied] - we "have" skill, understanding, wisdom and meaning when we "do" [the Will of the Lord] and delight greatly In His Commandments.
[Deut. 10:12.] Let us follow God's Plan, fulfill our Purpose, be transformed by the Truth of His Word and Please Him by going into All the World, giving New Birth, New Life, Eternal Life, obtaining [spiritual] offspring upon this Earth and reaching this generation with The Love of God, The Good News (Gospel) of Christ and making them upright, so they shall be Blessed In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Wed., May 7, 2003: Ps. & Prov.
Message! Ps.119:147;
Prov. 4:26, 27
Worship:
How Lovely On The Mountains
How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him Who brings good news, good news.
Announcing peace,
Proclaiming news of happiness,
Our God reigns, our God reigns. (four times)
The Word:
I anticipated the dawning of the morning and cried [in childlike prayer]; I hoped in Your word.
- Psalm 119:147
Consider well the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established and ordered aright.
Turn not aside to the right hand or to the left; remove your foot from evil.
- Proverbs 4:26, 27
Temptations will come our way, but we can grow through them In the Lord Jesus if we properly apply His Word and Listen to The Voice of His Holy Spirit.
Anticipating the dawn isn't hard to do and doesn't take much Faith, but it does require hours of waiting and they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength! Soon, The Son shall rise to the Dawn of a New Day, so we should be watching the choices and decisions we make, but until then, His Word Is a Lamp to Guide us and a Light for our path. Are you on the Straight and Narrow Way?
How lovely on the mountain "are" the feet of Him Who Brings Good News, The Gospel of God, but it is while walking through the valleys and on the mountainsides that we must follow our Good Shepherd, so that our feet do not trip us up or cause us to stumble along The Way. O Lord, Give us hinds feet in high places! Commit and Submit your Way Unto Him and He Will establish, direct and order your steps aright, He Will Make your path straight. Listen to The Voice of The Holy Spirit as He Leads and Guides you into All Truth and Understanding, telling you whether to go to the right or to the left. Obedience to God's Word, Will and Way brings God's Blessings, but we must make a continuous and constant effort to remove our feet from evil. Resist the devil and he Must Flee From You!
Let your eyes look right on Jesus with great determination [with fixed purpose], let your gaze be straight upon the Shepherd of your Soul. The Word of God tells us that Jesus "must needs go to Samaria" where He had a Divine Appointment with the Woman at Jacob's Well and that He "set His Face like a flint towards Jerusalem" when He was destined to be sacrificed as The Lamb of God to take aWay the sins of the World.
Like Jesus, the zeal for God's House should consume us! Our God Is A Consuming Fire, His Angels or Messengers (which we "are") should be flames of fire, God's Holy Spirit Fire should be burning within our heart, mind and soul, causing us to be focused on the things of God and wanting us to fulfill His Purposes. John Wesley (founder of the Methodist Church) spoke of the burning heart and God's Holy and Precious Word tells us to keep our heart with All vigilance and above All that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. As God's Children we are admonished to be attentive to His Wisdom [learn by actual and costly experience], and incline our ear to His Understanding [of what is becoming and prudent for us]; that we may exercise proper discrimination and discretion, guard our lips, keep knowledge and the wise answer [to temptation]. Sin is pleasurable for a season, but the Righteousness of God which comes by Faith In Jesus last for All Eternity!
Do you cry Unto God with your whole heart? It Is He Who Saves us, so that we may keep His Testimonies, His Statutes.
Do you hear His Word, receive It Into your heart, mind and soul, Love God, your neighbor as yourself, one another as Christ (God's Living Word) has Loved you and obey It? Jesus says, "Let the little children come Unto Me." We are to cry in childlike prayer Unto the Lord and Hope In His Word! Hope Will not disappoint us, because God's Word Is Faithful and True. Just as we can anticipate the dawning, we can expect the night to come and meditate On His Word, His Steadfast Love, His Everlasting Life and Righteous Decrees. Does your heart stand in awe of God's Word [dreading violation of them far more than the force of prince or potentate]?
[1 Sam. 24:11, 14; 26:18.] Do you rejoice at God's Word as one who finds great spoil? We should abhor falsehood, but Love God's Law and All day long Praise Him! Nothing shall offend you or make you stumble and you shall have great Peace (The Peace of God that far surpasses All human understanding) when you Love His Law. [Prov. 3:2; Isa. 32:17.] Are you hoping, waiting (eagerly) for His Salvation? Do you keep His Commandments (Jesus says, "If you Love Me, you Will Obey My Commandments."), HIs Testimonies and Precepts? We should Love Them Exceedingly, because They "are" Promise and Assurance to us when Jesus Is ours.
He Is our Deliverer and our lips should pour forth Praise with Thanksgiving and Renewed Trust! Jesus should be our delight and we should live to Praise Him!
As our HIgh Priest, Jesus sympathizes with our weaknesses, but in All points tempted as we are, He Is Without sin, so let us go boldly to the Throne of Grace, that we may obtain Mercy and find grace in our times of need. There is a whole World out there that has yet to have heard of The Christ, The Messiah, The Anointed One and is in need of His Salvation, so let us take God's Life Changing Word to All Nations and Peoples In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Planned 4 God's Pleasure:Ps.5:3; Growing Through Temptation:Prov.16:17
Worship:
KINDNESS
VERSE 1
Open up the skies of mercy
And rain down the cleansing flood
Healing waters rise around us
And hear our cries, Lord, let'em rise
(REPEAT VERSE 1)
CHORUS
And it's Your kindness, Lord
That leads us to repentance
Your favor, Lord
Is our desire
And it's Your beauty, Lord
That makes us stand in silence
And Your love, Your love is better than life
The Word:
In the morning you hear my voice, O Lord; in the morning I prepare [a prayer, a sacrifice] for You, and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart].
- Psalm 5:3
The highway of the upright turns aside from evil; he who guards his way preserves his life.
- Proverbs 16:17
In the morning when I rise, in the morning when I rise, in the morning when I rise, give me Jesus!
More then the watchman for the morning, more then the evening for the dawning, I wait for You, my soul waits for You.
- Marty Goetz
How many times do you read in Scripture of people rising up early to find a secluded spot and seek the Lord in prayer? Prayer is not only asking of God, but communion and fellowship with Him.
Keith Green wrote, "Make my Life a prayer to You" and that should be our heart's cry as well. King David said that he would not put his head to the pillow at the end of the day until he had found a "place" for God and His Holy Word. Jesus has gone to prepare a "place" for us, but do you prepare a "place" for Him?
What was it that Jesus told us to do before His ascension to our Heavenly Father, "Watch and wait." What exactly is it that we are supposed to be watching and waiting for? As we pour out our prayers, our heart, our sacrifices of praise, worship and petitions before God, He longs to speak to our heart and mind In Christ Jesus, but we have to take the time to listen to His still, small voice.
Prayer is not only communion with the Father, but communication with the Father. He speaks to us through His Word, His Holy Spirit and to the World through His Son, Jesus.
God listens to your words, but do you listen to His? He hears the sound of your cries, your sighing and groaning when you pray In The Spirit, In Jesus' Precious Name, because He Is our God, we are the people of His Pasture and as His Sheep, we know and hear The Good Shepherd's Voice. As with a shield (He has "given" us the Shield of Faith) He surrounds us with His Good Will (pleasure and favor), God's Grace. God has a plan for us to experience His Good Pleasure In and Through our Life In Jesus. He will hem us in on every side to protect us and move the entire World in order for us to get into His Perfect Way!
No weapon formed against us shall prosper, God will AlWays provide the Way out when we are tempted, but even when we stumble and fall, if we confess our sins, He Is Faithful and Just to forgive us of All unrighteousness! He will use All things (Everything) that we go through in this life for Good (His Good and ours). We are constantly being changed, transformed and renewed from image to image, Glory to Glory and Grace to Grace. Even through temptation and trials we can grow deeper and higher In Jesus!
The choice is AlWays ours! Choose you this day Who you will serve! Choose Life, Eternal Life, Everlasting Life In Jesus' Holy and Precious Name! Take the HighWay of the upright in heart, In Jesus and turn aside, repent of evil which will only lead you in the low way, our own way and not God's Way. Guard your hearts and minds In Jesus, follow His Way for He alone can and will protect and preserve your Life In Him (His Life In you). Pride certainly comes before a fall, but the meek and poor In Spirit shall inherit the Earth! Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord and He will lift you up above the worries and ways of this World. We can overcome our daily circumstances, because Jesus overcame the World! Heed God's Word, lean on, trust and be confident in the Lord and you shall find Good (God Is Good All the time), be happy, blessed and fortunate.
The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is wholly of the Lord - even the events [that seem accidental] are really ordered by Him.
- Proverbs 16:33
Our God Is slow to anger and abounding with Love towards you! To Know Him, Understand Him and His Resurrection Power working In and Through our Life by the Holy Spirit is better than gaining the whole World, All of It's gold and silver! O that He would cause His Face to Shine Upon us, lift up the Light of His Countenance Upon us and "Give" To us His Peace, the Peace of God which far surpasses All human understanding! His Favor, His Grace Is As a cloud bringing the Spring rain, refreshing, renewing, Anointing us, pouring out upon us His Love, His Living Waters, bringing newness of Life to our very soul!
THE plans of the mind and orderly thinking belong to man, but from the Lord comes the [wise] answer of the tongue.
- Proverbs 16:1
Let the Lord hear your voice in the morning and listen for His. Watch and wait for He Will Speak to your heart and mind In Christ Jesus. Guard your heart, preserve your Life by taking the highWay of the upright. Listen to The Voice of The Spirit, follow His Plan according to His Word, Will and Way, so that you can experientially know God's Good Pleasure through it All In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Planned For God's Pleasure:Ps. 63:5,6; Defeating Temptation:Prov. 4:23
Worship:
BREATHE
This is the air I breathe
This is the air I breathe
Your holy presence living in me
This is my daily bread
This is my daily bread
Your very word spoken to me
And I, I'm desperate for You
And I, I'm desperate for You
The Word:
My whole being shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips,
When I remember You upon my bed, and meditate on You in the night watches.
- Psalm 63:5, 6
Keep your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.
- Proverbs 4:23
Out of the Abundance of the heart the mouth speaks, where your heart is there your treasure will be and as a man thinks, so is he. The Christian Life is to "be" a Life of Communion and Fellowship with God, Our Heavenly Father, Jesus, His One and Only Begotten Son and The Holy Spirit, Living, Moving and Having His Being In and Through us. Jesus informed the Disciples at The Last Supper, The Passover Feast, The First Communion, "Do This In Remembrance of Me." It Is The Working of The Holy Spirit that leads, guides us into All Truth, Understanding and brings to our Remembrance Jesus' Words Of Eternal Life. "This Is My Body." Jesus said, "Take, Eat." Do you eat His Flesh and drink His Blood? This Is The New Covenant For All! As Children of The Most High God, we should submit, consent to His sayings; attend to His Words,; don't let Them depart from your sight; keep Them In the Center of your heart, for They "are" Spirit and Life to those who find Them, healing and health to All their flesh. Out of your heart flow the Springs of Life, Rivers of Living Water, so you should guard it above All and with All diligence. It is impossible to please God without Faith, it is The Shield of Faith that guards your heart, protects you from the fiery darts of Satan and will defeat temptation.
We "are" planned for God's Good Pleasure, should bless Him while we live and lift up our hands in His Holy and Precious Name! All who have breath should look upon Him in the sanctuary, to see His Power, His Glory, Goodness, Tender Mercies, Grace and Favor, because His Loving-Kindness is better than life and our lips should Praise Him Forever! Do you earnestly seek, thirst, long and faint for Him? Is He The Living Water in your dry and weary land, your Way in the wilderness? Seek Him and you shall find Him. Nothing and no "one" can satisfy the longings of the human soul like Jesus. His Word and Spirit cut to the bone and marrow of our very existence, fill us up to overflowing with Joy and our whole being is satisfied. He is Our Help and hides us in the shadow of His Wings. His Right Hand upholds us as our whole being follows hard after Him and as we cling closely to Him In Jesus. Bind your "self" to God's Authority, acknowledge His Supremacy, Devote your "self" to His Glory and Service alone, for your enemies, those who speak lies shall be stopped, be given over to the power of His Swift and Mighty Sword, ruined, destroyed and go into the lower parts of the earth [into the underworld of the dead]. God renders to Every man, woman and child according to their work. [Jer. 17:10; Rev. 22:12.] He speaks to us Today through His Son, Jesus, His Word; All Power belongs to Him Alone and we will reap what we sow. In God Alone our soul should wait and In Him Is our salvation. He's our Rock, Defense, Fortress and Shield; we shall not be moved! Jesus sits enthroned Forever before the face of God and we should sing Praise to His Holy and Precious Name Forever, paying our vows day by day to Him for All that He Has Done for us! To fear, revere and honor His Name is our heritage. We should pause and calmly think of the fact that we will dwell in His Tabernacle Forever! Find your Refuge and Trust In the Shelter of His Wings. He Is our Strong Tower against the adversary.
Remember Him AlWays! Upon your bed, meditate upon Him in the night. Practice the Presence of God in your Life with every breath, heartbeat, thought, word and deed. HEAR His Voice, for He guards and preserves our Life In Christ from the terror of the enemy. Wisely consider and acknowledge that it is His Doing and It Is Marvelous In our eyes! Be Glad In The Lord, Reverence and Praise befits Him.
He forgives, purges, makes atonement for and covers our iniquities, guilt and transgressions from His Sight. Choose Life In Him, Come Near, Dwell In His Courts, "Be" Blessed - Happy, Fortunate to "Be" envied] - "Be" Satisfied with the Goodness of His House, His Holy Temple. He makes the places where the morning and evening have birth to shout for Joy! God came down from Heaven in human flesh, visited the Earth and saturated it with His Living Water; The River of God, so let us go forth with His Presence, defeat the enemy, fulfill His Good Pleasure, The Great Commission by Bringing Unity to His Body and Equipping His Saints for Service In The Kingdom In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: What Makes God Smile? Psalm 116:17
The Word:
I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the name of the Lord.
- Psalm 116:17
As Servants of The Most High God, we have been set free (He who The Son, Jesus sets Free "Is" FREE Indeed!), He has loosed our bonds, so that we can pay our vows Unto The Lord, in the presence of All His People, in the Courts of The Lord's House and In the midst of Jerusalem! We are to lift up The Cup of Salvation and Deliverance, and Call On The Name of The Lord!
How can we repay Him for All of His bountiful dealings with us?
Precious (important and no light matter) in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints - his loving ones.
- Psalm 116:15
This portion of Scripture is not telling us that God is happy and joyful when His People die (although Believers are then Called Home to spend the rest of Eternity With, In Him and gathered to their people), but He wants us to die to "self," be buried in baptism and rise to newness of Life, Eternal, Everlasting and The Abundant Life In Jesus! We "are" Precious In His Sight, Important and Every situation in this life involving us comes as no light matter to Him. You, who are walking by Faith in Jesus "are" The Saints of God - His Loving Ones.
Most of us living in the World Today have no idea what it means to sacrifice anything. We are living in the most affluent times of human history, yet many (too many) are still suffering and impoverished. The Christian Church is Called of God to give, not take! Are you clothing the naked, feeding the hungry and housing the homeless? Many of our Brothers and Sisters around the World are suffering for their Faith In Christ without any relief in sight while "The Church" builds buildings, puts on social events and tickles the ears of those who want to hear only what makes them "feel" good and happy. "I Will offer the sacrifice of Thanksgiving," says The Word of God to us Today. What are you thankful for?
Rejoice that your names are written in The Lamb's Book of Life! Offer up The Sacrifice of Praise to He Alone Who "Is" Worthy! God Inhabits The Praises of His People. Call Upon The Name of The Lord and you shall "be" Saved! Saved from your"self," the wages of sin and death.
Pray, Ask The Lord of The Harvest (which is ripe and ready) to send you and others to All Nations and Peoples with The Love of God!
Have you ever made a vow to The Lord?
What was it? Did you follow through on it? Offer up your"self" as a Living Sacrifice, make Every Day Thanksgiving Day and Call On The Name of The Lord.
He Will Answer you, lead and guide you in the Way you should go. Draw near to Him and He Will Draw Nearer Still Unto you, giving you the strength and abilities to fulfill His Purposes for your Life In Him. Enter His Gate with Thanksgiving and His Courts with Praise. I know He keeps His Vows To us In Jesus, so let us do unto others as we would have them do unto us In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Mark
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Subject: What Makes God Smile? Psalm 69:30, 31
The Word:
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving,
And it will please the Lord better than an ox or a bullock that has horns and hoofs.
- Psalm 69:30, 31
When we are poor, sorrowful and in pain, God's Salvation is there to set us up on high! When we humble our"self" In His Sight, Seek after God, inquire for and require Him [As Our First Need], our heart Revives and Lives! [Pss. 22:26; 42:1.] Jesus says, "Blessed, O How Happy "are" the poor in spirit (the humble, rating themselves insignificant), for theirs "Is" The Kingdom of God, which "Is" Righteousness, Peace and Joy In The Holy Ghost and Enviably Happy [with a Happiness produced by Experience of God's Favor and especially conditioned by the Revelation of His Matchless Grace] "are" those who mourn, for they Shall "Be" Comforted!
[Isa. 61:2.]" No pain, No gain, but Jesus went to The Cross, so that we wouldn't have to! He suffered and died in our stead, so that we could Live The Abundant (Eternal, Everlasting) Life By Faith In His Holy and Precious Name!
What Makes God Smile? Obedience brings His Blessings, for His Word tells us, To Obey Is Better than sacrifice! The cattle on a thousand hills are His (He Created the Earth and Everything in It), so what would he want horns and hoofs of a bullock or an ox for? All of the sacrifices throughout the Old Covenant were set in place to point us to Christ, to show us that God would Provide Himself, A Lamb for the slaughter. Behold! The Lamb of God (Jesus) Who takes aWay the sins of the World!
Because of what Jesus did on our behalf, God's Ears "are" Opened to Hear the cries of the poor and needy. Our sins have been blotted out of our heart, mind and soul, we have been forgiven and enrolled among the uncompromisingly righteous - those upright and in right standing with God. [Rev. 3:4, 5; 20:12, 15; 21:27.] We "are" Justified (Just as if we had Never, Ever sinned at All) and acquitted by Jesus. The accuser of The Brethren (Satan, The Devil) has NOTHING on us! It is only what we "choose" to give him that he can use against us. Gossip (according to God's Holy Word) adds to our grief and pain, so don't play with fire and you won't get burned (literally)!
When you weep and humble your"self" before The Lord, you may get jeered at and humiliated by others or when you make sackcloth your clothing, you may become a byword - an object of scorn - to them, but even if people talk badly about you, Jesus Will Recognize you before Our Father Who Art In Heaven, even mankind and He'll Hear, Answer, Rescue, Deliver, Draw Close, Redeem, Ransom and Turn To you in your times of Need!
God "Is" Faithful and True (All the time), He has an abundance of Mercy (His Tender-Mercies "are" Renewed Each and Every Morning) and Loving-Kindness that He "Is" Constantly Wanting to pour out All over you. Don't get overwhelmed by anything your enemies dish out, because God's Plenteous Steadfast Love Never ceases and His Mercies Never come to an end! The Right Arm of The Lord Will reach down out of Heaven, pull you out of your despair and put your feet firmly on The Rock.
Have you become a stranger to your Brethren, an alien to your Mother's children? [John 7:3-5.]
If the zeal for God's House has consumed you (Our God "Is" A Consuming Fire); and the reproaches and insults of those who insult Jesus have fallen upon you, then you are In Good Company. [John 2:17; Rom. 15:3.] In this World you will have tribulation, but be of Good Cheer for Jesus has Overcome the World and we "have" The Victory In Him! As we follow Jesus, Our Lord and Savior according to God's Holy and Precious Word, Will and Way, Our Heavenly Father Shines His Countenance Upon us, Smiles On us and "gives" us His Peace, Strength, Fullness and Might to Go and accomplish All that He has Called us to Do In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Mark
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Subject: Balancing Your Life: Proverbs 11:25
The Word:
The liberal person shall be enriched, and he who waters shall himself be watered.
[2 Cor. 9:6-10.]
- Proverbs 11:25
Hold on to your seats, because God's Words of Wisdom are going to blow us All aWay Today! I want you to Know and Understand that God Is Liberal. He wants so much to Bless and Enrich Every aspect of your daily Life In Jesus. As you pour out your Life unto others, God Is More Than Willing and Able to have your cup overflow! He Wants you to Give Freely, openly, honestly and most of All, Liberally, to Do unto others as you would have them do unto you and it shall be given back to you in fullness and abundance, pressed down and overflowing. We "have" The Living Water of God to bring forth in the desert, the dry and weary waste lands, so that those who hunger and thirst can be filled up completely and totally satisfied.
As we consistently delight ourselves In The Lord Jesus, He Will "Give" us the desires of our heart! When we Live and Walk In The Righteousness of God (In Christ Jesus), we bring Good (God Is Good All the time) to each and every situation. Those who generously scatter abroad shall increase ever-more! With so much of the World's population undernourished and suffering from malnutrition, why is it that we store our food (sometimes until it rots and it even costs us more) rather than "give" it aWay? Is the cost of the human Life, heart, mind and soul that meaningless to us? The Word of God tells us, "A Blessing [from God and man] is upon the head of him who sells it." [Proverbs 11:26b.]
If we seek, we shall find! He who diligently seeks good seeks God's favor.
Are you out after God's Grace? You reap whatever it is that you sow! He who searches after evil, it shall come upon him. The wages of sin is death, but The Gift of God Is Eternal, Everlasting, The Abundant Life In Jesus' Holy and Precious Name! The people will curse him who holds back grain [when the public needs it]. Those who withhold more than is fitting or what is justly due, tend only to want. When The Lord Is Your Shepherd, you shall not want! He shall supply All of your needs according to His Riches In Glory! What are you expecting?
The expectation of the wicked brings wrath!
He who leans on, trusts and is confident in his riches shall fall, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall flourish like a green bough.
- Proverbs 11:28
Christians should be leaning on The Everlasting Arms of Jesus and NOTHING else! We should be clinging to, trusting in and relying on Him and Him Alone! He Alone Is Worthy of All Glory, Honor and Praise! Are you offering up your"self," your Entire Life (Every aspect of It) Unto Him as a Holy, Living Sacrifice, which Is your Spiritual Worship and Service? He Is The Vine and we "are" the branches!
Apart from Him we can do NOTHING! As the deer pants for the water, so our soul should long after Him.
He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
- Proverbs 11:29
If you sow to the wind, you will reap the whirl-wind! Why would any One willingly bring trouble into and upon his own house when The Word of God clearly says, "A house divided against itself shall not (can not) stand!" Like me, I Am sure that most of you (Hopefully All) want to Inherit Eternal Life and NOT the wind. I want to "be" A Servant of The Most High God and NOT play the fool.
The wisdom of this World is foolishness unto God, His Ways are NOT our Ways and His Knowledge and Understanding are far above any human comprehension.
If we plant ourselves as trees by His Streams of Living Water, rooted and grounded In His Word, Will and Way, we can not fail! Those who "are" Wise In The Wisdom of The Word shall capture human lives for God [as fishers of men]
- we'll gather and receive them for eternity. [Matt. 4:19; 1 Cor. 9:19; James 5:20.] Love conquers All and we "are" More than Conquerors In Christ Jesus!
The Victory Is Ours In Jesus' Name!
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Title. Subject: What Makes God Smile? Psalm 37:23
The Word:
The steps of a [good] man are directed and established of the Lord, when He delights in his way [and He busies Himself with his every step].
- Psalm 37:23
OK! OK! We have All heard (and All too often) that No "man" is Good, but God!
Paul The Apostle tells us that for "The Good" that is within us, so we MUST find the balance of The Word of God In our hearts and Life. Christ In us "Is" The Hope of Glory, therefore if Jesus Lives, Moves and Has His Being In us, God's Goodness (and God Is Good All the time), The Fullness of The Godhead Dwells In us Bodily! If there is any Good in us at all, It Is God's Spirit Upon us and In us that Shines His Light of Life and Love to the World. God Created Mankind, the World, the Universe and Every Things In It, only to say, "It Is Good!" Sin in the World and in our Life (our"self") is what is not Good.
The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth, so shall The Blessed (The Redeemed) of The Lord, but All who do not come to Know (experientially) Jesus as Lord and Savior are cursed of Him and cut off Eternally.
[Isa. 57:13c.] Apart from Him, we can do NOTHING, but In and Through Him, All Things "ARE" Possible! God Is Willing and He Makes us Able to "Be" The [Uncompromisingly] Righteous (Right Standing In His Eyes).
What Makes God Smile? When we are openly Willing and Obedient to His Word, Will and Way. When we Love Him and delight In His Way (Jesus Is The Way), He Busies Himself with our Every step. God Will Move Heaven and Earth to get you Into and Keep you In His Perfect and Acceptable Will for your Life. Like a watercourse, He Will let His Streams of Living Waters Flow, so that your heart Will "Be" Focused On and Directed To Jesus. Delight your"self" In Him and He'll "give" you The Desires of your heart, because He Will Delight Himself In you.
You "are" The Apple of His Eye, He Will Protect and Comfort you in each and every circumstance that comes your Way.
He Is With us AlWays!
You can make your plans, but The Lord Will alter your steps. His Hands support and uphold us. Be confident In His Love and lean on The Everlasting Arms! Jesus says, "I'll Never leave or forsake you" and God Can Not lie! His Goodness, Tender-Mercies, Favor and Grace "are" NEW (Fresh) To us Each and Every morning.
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever [securely].
- Psalm 37:27
We "Are" His Saints and He'll Preserve us For Ever! He Is Our Help, Our Deliverer and Our Savior. Let us Go Forth, so that others can Come To Trust, Take their Refuge In and Obey His Holy and Precious Word In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Balancing Your Life: Proverbs 27:17
The Word:
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend [to show rage or worthy purpose].
- Proverbs 27:17
Any One who works in a Kitchen should know that the best Way to sharpen a knife is with a Good Steel. We're not talking about "The Amazing Ginsu" here, but about "The Most Valuable Human Life." Going back to the beginning of All time (as we know it), God said, "It is Not Good for man to be alone." Of course we need to realize that He was speaking of All "mankind," meaning: it is not good or any of us to be lost and All alone, whether male or female. We need each other and have to have one another (working together as One In Jesus, According to His Perfect Plan, Purpose, Word, Will and Way) in order to live a full and productive Life. As Christians, Every One of us "Is" an important, vital Member In The Body of Christ Jesus, but most importantly, Apart From Him, we can do NOTHING!
King David asked, "Why are you downcast, O my soul, why so disturbed within me?" Did you ever look at someone and know (just by seeing their face, their countenance) that something was not right within them? We Must Put Our Hope In God and not allow the enemy to come and rob, kill or destroy The Joy that Jesus has set before us (even in the presence of our enemies).
How many times have you gone out to get your hair cut, died your hair, had your nails done, purchased a whole new wardrobe from hat to shoes (don't forget the purse, pocketbook and other accessories), because you thought if you looked better on the outside, you would feel better on the inside. Joe Jackson had a hit song several years ago that told us All, "You Gotta Look Sharp!" If you really and truly want to look, sound, act and feel sharp, on top of your game (and Life "Is" a very serious Game), then you Must Put On The Lord Jesus Christ, get in touch with Him and allow Him to get in touch with you. Communion and Fellowship are most important in order for you to have a vibrant, Spirit-Filled Life In Jesus.
Christ In you "Is" The Hope of Glory!
Hope Is an anchor, resting solid and sure, keeping you In The Faith! Get Into The Word and stay constantly, continuously In Prayer. Be ye being Filled With The Holy Ghost! When you know and feel sharp, your confidence and self esteem (In Jesus) will allow you to cut through this present darkness and Be The Light to All Nations and Peoples He has Called Each and Every One of us to Be! When you are on your knees, you haven't far to fall. Take your stand In Jesus and when you've done All that you possibly can to stand, stand therefore and See The Glory of The Lord! God SOOOOOOOOOO wants to show you, me and The World His Goodness, Tender-Mercies, Loving-Kindness, Favor and Grace.
Forsake not the assembling of the Brethren! We need One another! Like plain rocks in a giant tumbler, God has us together, rubbing and bumping up against each other until the mix is done and we come forth as precious stones.
"Behold The Man!" Pilate exclaimed.
Jesus Is The Man Who sticks closer to us than any Brother, Sister, Mother, Earthly Father, any relative or absolute best Friend in this World ever could or would.
He "Is" and Must Be Our All In All, Our Everything! He sharpens us, melts us, molds us, fills us and uses us for His Purposes and Good Pleasure. All Things "are" working Together for His Good and ours! Smile, He Calls you "Friend." He Lifts Up The Light of His Countenance and Gives us His Peace, The Peace of God that passes All human understanding or comprehension. He Alone Is Worthy! Surely The Day will come when His Fury and Rage will be poured out upon a World that denied His One and Only Son's Atonement for their sins, but until that time, we Live In His Grace. Take advantage of The Door (Jesus) of Great Opportunity that He has Opened before you. Sinner, Come to God! Saint, Press In, Draw Closer unto Him and He'll Draw Closer Unto you. The Lord Is Our Peace, He Gave His Joy to us and we most assuredly can Have His Shalom, Fullness, Wholeness and Blessings, Eternal, Everlasting, The Abundant Life In Jesus' Name! Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Planned For God's Pleasure:Ps. 119:62;Defeating Temptation:Prov. 14:16
Worship:
ARE YOU WASHED?
Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are you garments spotless?
Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you walking daily by the Savior's side?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the crucified?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
When the Bridegroom cometh will your robes be white?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Will your soul be ready for the mansions bright?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin, And be washed in the blood of the Lamb.
There's a fountain for the soul unclean, Oh, be washed in the blood of the Lamb.
The Word:
At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous ordinances.
- Psalm 119:62
A wise man suspects danger and cautiously avoids evil, but the fool bears himself insolently and is [presumptuously] confident.
- Proverbs 14:16
If The Psalmist would rise at midnight to thank and praise to The Lord, why don't I? Was his Calling more important than mine that he should have to try harder In his Walk and Relationship with God? Am I so confident In The Love Of God, dependant On His Grace and Mercy that I Am Living on the edge? It "Is" one thing to have an edge and to be sharp, but quite another to be walking on the edge and Living dangerously close to the edge by playing games with sin and evil. Can a man take fire into his bosom and not get burned? Delight your "self" In The Lord, "be" cleansed In His Living Waters, washed In His Blood, His Life, The Blood Of The Lamb Of God Who and Which takes aWay your sins, because your Life "Is" hid In Jesus and was planned for Gods Good Pleasure (and yours) before the foundations of the World were laid. Resist the devil and he Must flee from you, raise up your shield of Faith to put out his fiery darts, lift high The Banner Of Love, defeat temptation, the lust of the eyes and flesh by taking God's Way out!
The wicked will try to enclose, entangle and ensnare you with their cords (even with religious, man made rules and regulations), but as long as we don't forget God's Law of Love, Justice, Mercy, Loving-Kindness, Grace and Walk Humbly before our God, Fear, Revere, Worship Him In Spirit and Truth, Observe and "give" Heed to His Precepts, His Holy and Precious Word, He Will Fulfill His Promises to us. All of His Promises "Are" Yes and Amen In Jesus! His Holy Spirit Will Teach us His Statutes, Good Judgement, Right Discernment and "give" us His Wisdom and Knowledge. If we keep on keeping on In His Word, His Commandments, hearing, receiving, loving and obeying It with our whole heart, mind, soul, Spirit and strength, the Steadfast Love Of The Lord Will Keep and Comfort us into All Eternity!
I made haste and delayed not to keep Your commandments.
- Psalm 119:60
Do you spend quality time daily In The Bible, languishing, growing faint for His Salvation, Hoping In His Word? As Faithful Servants Of The Lord, we "Must" Persue His Will and Way, According to His Holy Word. Forsaking All others God Will "give" us Eternal, Everlasting Life, The Abundant Life In Jesus' Name as we Hear The Voice Of His Spirit and Obey.
Our Obedience brings God's Richest Blessings! His Word [stands firm as the Heavens] "Is" Settled In Heaven. [Ps. 89:2; Matt. 24:34, 35; 1 Pet. 1:25.] God's Faithfulness "Is" from generation to generation; He established the Earth, and It Stands Fast. Let us as individuals and The Body Of Christ continue This Day According to His Ordinances [Jer. 33:25.]
In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: What Makes God Smile? Psalm 103:13, 14
The Word:
As a father loves and pities his children, so the Lord loves and pities those who fear Him - with reverence, worship and awe, For He knows our frame; He [earnestly] remembers and imprints [on His heart] that we are dust.
- Psalm 103:13, 14
God can not "Be" Your Heavenly Father without you being Born-Again of His Spirit and washed in The Precious Blood (Life Is In The Blood) of Jesus! Without The Spirit of The Living God "Being" In your heart, you don't really have Life at All. Yes, you are existing, but you have not "Entered In" to All that God has prepared for you In The Spirit, Eternal, Ever-Lasting, The Abundant Life In Christ! God so Loved the World that was steeped in sin, He Gave His One and Only Begotten Son, Jesus (to die on The Cross in our stead), so that we could "Enter In" to a Right Relationship, Right Standing, A Life of Righteousness With Him and get back to The Garden.
Are you living a "Godly" Life? Godliness has to do with a Powerful God-Oriented Life of Worship and Devoted Obedience.
Do your prayers pursue something Lovely and Desirable To God Himself?
We have no power of our own that matters, but The Power of The Holy Spirit Living, Moving and Having His Being Working In and Through us "Is" Life Changing to us and All around us! We should be bringing The Essence of Christ Everywhere we go and All our Words should "Be" Seasoned with Salt. His People, God's Chosen Ones should "Be" Shining In Christlike Beauty, Living In Open Devotion, Obedience To His Word, Will and Way! Do you Worship In Spirit and Truth? If you Love Him, you Will (a Will only comes into affect when a death [to self] occurs) Obey His Commandment. Obedience brings God's Blessings! He Is Altogether Lovely, Worthy and Wonderful!
The Fear, Reverence, Worship, Awe of The Lord "Is" The Beginning of Wisdom!
Do you Know This? Do you Really and Truly (Intimately) KNOW God? THIS "IS" What Makes Him Smile! He wants, longs for, desires and invites you "IN" to a Personal, One on One Relationship With Him. He Knows us (Completely [He Created us]), Remembers and Imprints On His Heart (We "ARE" Engraved On The Palm Of His Hand) that we are dust and To Dust We Shall Return! God became man (In Christ), so that we could become Sons and Daughters of The Most High God. Our Heavenly Father Breathed The Breath of Life into the dust of the Earth and Adam became A Living Soul.
Jesus Breathed The Holy Spirit of God Into His Disciples (we are All Called to "Be" Disciples of Christ), He Came to Earth (we "are" Earthen Vessels), The Son has Come to Dwell In our Hearts!
As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
- Psalm 103:12
His Mercies "are" Renewed Towards us Each and Every Morning. God Remembers, but He Also Forgets! Every sin that you ever committed (or thought about committing) was nailed to The Cross of Christ at Calvary! NOW, you "are" Pure, Holy (set aside for His Glory, Sanctified for His Use) and Blameless In His Sight! What Makes God Smile? You "are" His and He "Is" Ours! He Will (Jesus died, so All The Blessings of Abraham [by Faith] could "Be" Ours) Cause His Face to Shine Upon us, Lift Up The Light of His Countenance Upon us (GOD SMILES) and He Gives To us His Shalom, Peace, Fullness and Wholeness In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Living With Purpose: Proverbs 4:26
The Word:
Consider well the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established and ordered aright.
- Proverbs 4:26
Jesus had a plan and Purpose for being born, Living and dying and so do you and I! He had His Eyes Look Right On [with fixed Purpose], and let His Gaze Be Straight Before Him. His Face Was Set Like A Flint Towards Jerusalem and He told Pilate, "It Is For This Reason That I Came Into The World." Jesus listened to The Voice of The Holy Spirit and watched The Father's Hand. He Grew In Stature and In The Grace and Knowledge of The Lord. Jesus Is The Living Word of God, Thy Word "Is" A Lamp Unto My Feet and A Light Unto My Path. He told us that The Holy Spirit would Lead and Guide us In His Word, Will and Way. It "Is" The Spirit of The Living God that Lives, Moves and Has His Being Working In and Through you as A Believer. He'll Lead you Along The Straight and Narrow Way, Tell you (Listen to His Still, Soft Voice), "Turn not aside to the right hand or to the left; Remove your foot from evil." Be attentive to His Wisdom and incline your ear to His Understanding. [Prov. 5:1.]
Although actions speak louder than words, we must put aside false, dishonest speech, willful and contrary talk, exercise proper discrimination, discretion and guard your lips. It is our heart that must be guarded with All vigilance, because out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks and out of it flow the Springs Of Life!
How often do you really stop and consider your Way? It's more than OK to take "The Road Less Traveled." Many are on their Way to destruction, but few follow The Path that Christ Jesus has laid out before us. Follow Him, for He "Is" The Good Shepherd." The Psalms often tell us "Selah," which means: to pause and calmly think about this. Do you ponder and meditate (roll things over in your heart, mind and soul) upon The Word of God? What is It (He) trying to tell you? Have you been listening to what He's (It's) got to say? Consider the lilies of the fields, ask God and let Him show you what He wants of you, from you? To what Plan, Purpose and end did He Create you? We "are" His Workmanship, Created In Christ, Unto Good Works In Jesus' Holy and Precious Name. He Is For Ever Calling us to offer up ourselves as Living Sacrifices before His Throne of Grace and Mercy!
Are you Trusting In The Lord, Leaning On The Everlasting Arms Of Jesus and Acknowledging Him as The One True God? He Is The Way, Truth and Life! Do you Know (experientially) This? Every knee shall bow and tongue confess that Jesus Christ Is Lord! We "are" on The Winning Side! All mountains shall be laid low and the valleys shall rise up to establish, order our pathWay level, straight and aright. There Will "Be" Smooth sailing (full speed ahead) when we "are" Spirit Filled, Led and His Breath, wind blows upon us. Jesus is Calling us to Go to the other side of Life, He wants us to Love God, our neighbor as our"self" and each other as He Has Loved us. Who is our neighbor? He Will take you to who, what, where, when and why, but you must allow Him to Do So In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Living With Purpose: Proverbs 17:24
The Word:
A man of understanding sets skillful and godly Wisdom before his face, but the eyes of a [self-confident] fool are on the ends of the earth.
- Proverbs 17:24
Putting any confidence whatsoever in your"self" (outside of the person that God Created you to "Be" In Jesus) is complete and utter foolishness the eyes of God. This Proverb speaks of those who think that the grass is alWays greener on the other side. The Word of God tells us to Choose, This Day, Who you Will Serve, but Choose Wisely, with Godly Wisdom (The [Reverential] Fear of God "Is" The Beginning of All Wisdom), Knowledge (based on His Perfect and Acceptable Will and Way) and All The Understanding that He Gives to us In The Revelation of His Son, Jesus, His Plan and Purposes that we are to fulfill In our Life In Him.
Don't be fooled by the second half of this Proverb! We are to continuously and constantly have our eyes turned, fixed upon Jesus As The Author and Finisher of Our Faith. He has Commissioned, Commanded us to Go to All Nations and Peoples, "To The Ends Of The Earth" with The Love of God and The Good News of Jesus! No contradictions here, but we should ever and alWays be searching for the True conviction of our hearts. Jesus set His Face Like A Flint towards Jerusalem, to die on The Cross of Calvary, because He Loved us, so should we not set skillful and Godly Wisdom before our Face (Are you reading, studying and praying over His Word Daily)? As we are Obedient to The Call of God In our Life, He Blesses and Causes His Face To Shine Upon us In All that we say and Do In His Holy and Precious Name!
The World says, "Silence is golden," but when The Word of God Is Spoken Forth from the mouth of His People, Under His Anointing, It brings (Eternal, Everlasting, The Abundant) Life, Grace, Favor, Shalom, Peace, Fullness and Wholeness to All who have ears to hear what The Spirit Is Saying!
There is no other Name under Heaven By Which we MUST Be Saved (Receive Salvation and Deliverance)! Put your Faith in no other One, in No Thing! Ask God to open up your Spiritual eyes, so that you can see The Truth of His Word.
Only put your confidence In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Psalms and Proverbs / Psalm 14:2
"The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God."
- Psalm 14:2
Psalm 14 starts with a crisis and ends with a solution. It starts with darkness and ends in light. It starts with Godlessness and corruption and ends in salvation and gladness. But it's THIS verse, verse two, that is the love story.
The LORD looked down upon the children of men to see if any sought
God. God looked. God Sought. God considered. He remembers that we are dust.
And what He saw was Truth: There was no one. No, not one.
Now we see in retrospect that yes, just as this Psalm concludes, salvation did indeed come from Zion...because God DID desire for the children of men to understand and seek Him. By His own hand, His own Son, His own Self, He made sure that we who are dust would again have the opportunity to walk with Him in the cool of the evening as He originally intended.
So, what about Now? What about Today?
God is still looking to see if there are any who understand, any who seek Him.
And now, Beloveds, we are without excuse. The lost and blinded in the world are without excuse because "Since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse." (Romans 1:20)
But what of us?
We, His Church, His Bride, His own...we who have the Spirit of the Living God alive in us, aching to be at work in us...do WE understand? Do WE seek God? Do we strive to love the things that God loves and hate the things that break His heart? Do we seek out comfort in the world instead of in the Everlasting Arms?
Do we return to our sin as if it were the key to freedom instead of turning from it like the vomit that it is? Do we say we love God while we hate our brother? Do we sing that grace is amazing while we try to somehow work off the sting of our guilt?
Like this Psalm, our lives - our new lives in Christ - have been re-configured so that which starts with a crisis and ends with a solution. That which starts with darkness and ends in light. And we, who started in Godlessness and corruption, find ourselves rejoicing in the salvation of our souls with gladness.
We have been given a immeasurable gift, my brothers and sisters! By Gods grace, we have been given the ability to understand and to seek the LORD. What manner of love the Father must have for us to have sought us out so that He could call us His sons and His daughters! Let us not take it for granted.
God is for you. There is so much to see with our new heavenly eyes...
Love in Jesus,
Juliet
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Psalms and Proverbs / Proverbs 22:18
"For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; let them all be fixed upon your lips. (So that your trust may be in the Lord."
-Prov 22:18 (&19)
What Solomon is referring to are the words of the wise and the knowledge that he offers here.
It's interesting that he exhorts us to heed the words of wise MEN so that our trust may be in the LORD.
Why? Because the truly wise man weighs all he says against the word of God and the Spirit of God within him, and does not utter a sound if it is contrary to either of those standards. And if a man doesn't do that - if he does not consider God in his ponderings then for as much as he knows and learns, he is not - and never will be - wise because "The fool says in his heart 'there is no God' ".
Not only are we instructed to keep wisdom within us, but we are also told to keep it fixed upon our lips...that all we speak should bring life and be honest and fair and wise. In other words: "Godly".
The Bible tells us that as Christians - as the ministers of reconciliation that we are - we have been entrusted with the very words of God. We have been entrusted with being the Body of the Word - the Body of Christ...so how can we speak otherwise?
How can we NOT speak wisdom and healing and strength when we have been made into the likeness of He who IS wisdom and healing and strength?
How can all that NOT be kept within us when the Spirit of God is within us?
When the Kingdom of God is within us?
What Solomon exhorted us to do, Jesus Christ commands us to do: To be His ambassadors. To flow Light and Living Water into a dark and thirsty world, which we can not do if our lips and hearts are bathed in thirst and darkness.
Divine wisdom has been given to us by the Almighty not just so we can be wise but so that our wisdom - our knowledge of God - can bring comfort and safety and reconciliation to the sacred and dying who He has entrusted to us...
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Title. Subject: Psalms and Proverbs - Ps14:2
Psalms and Proverbs: Psalm 14:2
"The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God."
Psalm 14 starts with a crisis and ends with a solution. It starts with darkness and ends in light. It starts with Godlessness and corruption and ends in salvation and gladness. But it's THIS verse, verse two, that is the love story.
The LORD looked down upon the children of men to see if any sought
God. God looked. God Sought. God considered. He remembers that we are dust.
And what He saw was Truth: There was no one. No, not one.
Now we see in retrospect that yes, just as this Psalm concludes, salvation did indeed come from Zion...because God DID desire for the children of men to understand and seek Him. By His own hand, His own Son, His own Self, He made sure that we who are dust would again have the opportunity to walk with Him in the cool of the evening as He originally intended.
So, what about Now? What about Today?
God is still looking to see if there are any who understand, any who seek Him. And now, Beloveds, we are without excuse.
The lost and blinded in the world are without excuse because "Since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse." (Romans 1:20)
But what of us?
We, His Church, His Bride, His own...we who have the Spirit of the Living God alive in us, aching to be at work in us...do WE understand? Do WE seek God? Do we strive to love the things that God loves and hate the things that break His heart? Do we seek out comfort in the world instead of in the Everlasting Arms?
Do we return to our sin as if it were the key to freedom instead of turning from it like the vomit that it is? Do we say we love God while we hate our bother? Do we sing that grace is amazing while we try to somehow work off the sting of our guilt?
Like this Psalm, our lives - our new lives in Christ - have been re-configured so that which starts with a crisis and ends with a solution. That which starts with darkness and ends in light. And we, who started in Godlessness and corruption, find ourselves rejoicing in the salvation of our souls with gladness.
We have been given a immeasurable gift, my brothers and sisters! By Gods grace, we have been given the ability to understand and to seek the LORD. What manner of love the Father must have for us to have sought us out so that He could call us His sons and His daughters! Let us not take it for granted.
God is for you. There is so much to see with our new heavenly eyes...
Love in Jesus,
Juliet
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Subject: Psalms and Proverbs / Prov. 22:18
"For it is ia pleasant thing if you keep them within you; let them all be fixed upon your lips. (So that your trust may be in the Lord.)" -Prov 22:18 (&19)
What Solomon is referring to are the words of the wise and the knowledge that he offers here.
It's interesting that he exhorts us to heed the words of wise MEN so that our trust may be in the LORD.
Why? Because the truly wise man weighs all he says against the word of God and the Spirit of God within him, and does not utter a sound if it is contrary to either of those standards. And if a man doesn't do that - if he does not consider God in his ponderings then for as much as he knows and learns, he is not - and never will be - wise because "The fool says in his heart 'there is no God' ".
Not only are we instructed to keep wisdom within us, but we are also told to keep it fixed upon our lips...that all we speak should bring life and be honest and fair and wise. In other words: "Godly".
The Bible tells us that as Christians - as the ministers of reconciliation that we are - we have been entrusted with the very words of God. We have been entrusted with being the Body of the Word - the Body of Christ...so how can we speak otherwise?
How can we NOT speak wisdom and healing and strength when we have been made into the likeness of He who IS wisdom and healing and strength? How can all that NOT be kept within us when the Spirit of God is within us? When the Kingdom of God is within us?
What Solomon exhorted us to do, Jesus Christ commands us to do: To be His ambassadors. To flow Light and Living Water into a dark and thirsty world, which we can not do if our lips and hearts are bathed in thirst and darkness.
Divine wisdom has been given to us by the Almighty not just so we can be wise but so that our wisdom - our knowledge of God - can bring comfort and safety and reconciliation to the sacred and dying who He has entrusted to us...
Love in Jesus,
Juliet
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"Satan, the Hinderer, may build a barrier about us, but he can never roof us in, so that we cannot look up." - J. Hudson Taylor
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Subject: Psalms and Proverbs / Psalm 145:9
"The LORD is good to all and His tender mercies are over all His works." - Psalm 145:9
Just three nights ago, I had a conversation about the fact that "God remembers that we are dust." And about how Jesus (through whom all things were made) had compassion on the crowds because "they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd…"
God's mercy is all over all that He has made. Creation declares the glory of God – not just because it is a reflection of His majesty, not just because it is a representation of His creative hand… but because it also demonstrates His mercy toward all that He spoke into existence, all that He formed from the dust of the ground…
The deer pants for water, God provides fresh cold streams of it from deep inside His mountains.
An infant hungers, but has no way to fill herself, and God provides nourishment from the very body that she yearns to be closest to.
A nomad walks through the heat of the day, day after day, and God darkens his skin to protect him from the sun.
A little boy falls off his bike and his bruised, bloody leg is broken. God - as He has set this world in motion, our bodies in motion – designed it so that after just a few short weeks, the bone is whole, the black-and-blue-ness of the bruises gone, and the skin long closed up to protect what lies beneath it once again.
Right down to the cellular level, the mercy of God is knit into His creation. I was reading an article just a few nights back about light. Essentially what I read was this:
That light, as it was spoken into being, unobserved by human eyes, is a wave…and acts like a wave. But while it's being observed, it acts like particles. So that we can use it to see by. We wouldn't be able to use it for any practical thing if God, in His mercy, did not adapt the very essence of the universe solely for the purpose of His beloved children.
And we can take that one step further, following the natural (divine?) progression of things:
God changed the very essence of His creation - His Laws, if you will- solely for the purpose of His beloved children. (For, we who were once far off have been brought near by the blood of Jesus.) The life-giver died, the dead lived, the One True Light adapted Himself so that He could be – instead of a Law – The Light by which we might see.
He is Good to us because He IS good.
His mercy is over all His works not because we deserve mercy (which, we don't) or because we need mercy (which, we do) but because He IS merciful.
When we think – truly think and reflect on – what manner of love the Father has given to us, it is staggering.
It's mind-blowing, and all our works, all our sin, all our past and all our plans amount to nothing more than a vapor.
We stand by grace and grace alone.
We are justified by Christ's blood and HIS faithfulness. Not that that should give us any justification to live in sin any longer, but it should bring us to a more vital revelation of the SMALLNESS of us and the IMMENSITY of the God who laid Himself down for us.
His mercy is over ALL His works, and His love endures forever.
Love in Jesus,
Juliet
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Subject: Proverbs 19:21
The Word:
Many plans are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand. [Job 23:13; Ps. 33:10, 11; Isa. 14:26, 27; 46:10; Acts 5:39; Heb. 6:17.]
- Proverbs 19:21
Although The Voice of Much Wise Counsel, instruction and correction are worth listening to, It Is The Voice Of God, His Holy and Precious Word, Perfect / Acceptable Will and Way and our Obedience To It that matter most! Your inner-most heart's desire can only truly be fulfilled by your loyalty to God (His Loving-Kindness Is Better Than Life), basking In His Glory and Delighting your"self" In Him, so that He Will Give you Life, Eternal, Everlasting, The Abundant Life In Jesus. It Is The Reverential, True, Worshipful Fear (The Beginning Of Wisdom) Of The Lord that leads to This Life In Christ, and he who Has It (he who Has The Son, Has Life) shall rest (completely and totally) satisfied. [Job 5:19; Prov. 12:13; Isa. 46:4; Jer. 1:8; Dan. 2:27; Ps. 91:3; 2 Tim. 4:8.]
I Am sure that many of you have heard it said, "Plan your work and work your plan." God established His Plan and Purpose for ALL of His Creation before the very foundations of the Earth were laid. His Word Is His Bond! Jesus said, "Heaven and Earth shall pass aWay, but My Words shall NEVER Pass AWay."
God's Word (Spoken, Written and Living) Is Faithful and True! Surely we make up our own plans and determine things in our own mind, but Thanks Be To God, His Ways are not our ways and His Thoughts are not our thoughts. Yet, The Word of God tells us that We HAVE The Mind Of Christ, so why don't we use It?
How many times have we made up our own minds, established our own plans and purposes, only to falter and fail? Oh, To Know The Mind Of God! The Bible says, "He has Given us EVERYTHING we need to Live our Life Unto Him! Are you following His Game-plan, reading the owners manual and walking In His Footsteps?
It has been said that ALL roads lead to God and in some Ways that is True, for It Is Appointed unto man once to die and then The Judgement! Man makes his plans, but God directs our Heart and Life like a water-course and if we commit our Way unto Him, He Will Direct our paths, He Will Set us Straight! Are you willing to let The Light Of His Word Be your Guide, so that you will not stumble or fall along The Way, His Way? God Is Faithful and Jesus Never Fails! The Lord's Plan and Purpose For You Will Stand The Test Of Time For Ever And Ever as you follow Him, The Shepherd Of Your Heart And Soul. Let Each and Every One of us counsel, instruct and correct All who do not Know The Truth, so that they may Become Wise In The Time To Come In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: The Heart Of Worship: Psalm 37:7
The Word:
Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him, and patiently stay yourself upon Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.
- Psalm 37:7
Don't touch that keyboard, mouse, remote, move a muscle, breath or blink!
Be still and Know that He Is God! Speak to the raging storm around you, Peace, Be still! Enter Into The Rest of The Lord.
Cast ALL of your cares upon Him, because He Cares For YOU. Jesus Is Our Peace, Our Rest, The Hope of The World and The Joy Of The Lord Is Our Strength!
Those of us who choose to wait upon Him shall renew our strength. Jesus says, Watch and Wait! Stand still and See The Hand, The Glory Of The Lord at work in your Life and the lives of others around you.
Patience is a virtue of which few have any is quite a statement. As a Believer In Jesus as The Savior, Healer and Lover of our Soul, we should be manifesting The Fruit of The Spirit Working In and Through our Life! Love, Joy, Peace, Patience... Shall I continue? Those Disciples of Christ who tarried, waited in Jerusalem for The Promise of The Father, His Holy Spirit, Through Their Faith and Obedience, Received The New and Fresh Anointing From Heaven! They waited patiently, stayed themselves Upon Him, He and He Alone was Their Focus and Concern.
Turn your eyes Upon Jesus. Look Full In His Wonderful Face and the things of Earth Will draw strangely dim in the Light of His Glory and Grace.
Behold! The Beauty of The Lord! Gaze Upon Him! Look Unto Jesus as The Author of ALL Life and The Finisher ("It Is Finished!") of Our Faith! Without Faith, Without Jesus It Is IMPOSSIBLE to Please, God! Do not fret or worry your"self!" Take no thought for tomorrow, but focus On Him, His Word, Will and Way. If you see another prospering in "his way," think about the prosperity, The Abundant, Eternal and Everlasting Life that you HAVE In Jesus, In His Way!
Commit, trust in, lean on, rely on, be confident in, delight your"self" in your Way (God's Way) To The Lord - roll and repose each and every care of your load On Him; also In Him, and He Will Bring It To Pass! Men will bring wicked devices to pass and the evil-doers shall be cut off; but those who wait, Hope and Look For The Lord, in the end shall inherit the Earth (The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth).
[Isa. 57:13c.] He who endures to the end shall Be Saved, so don't fret or be envious against those who work unrighteousness - that which is not upright, nor in right standing with God, but Do That Which Is Good! Delight your"self" In The Abundance Of Shalom, God's Peace, His Fullness, Wholeness, Complete and Total Blessings. [Ps. 37:29; Matt. 5:5.] The Lord laughs at the wicked (their Day of Defeat Is Coming), but takes Joy In those who humble themselves before Him and He Lifts Them Up (Jesus Is Coming SOON)! Let us go forward laughing, bringing The Joy of The Lord, His Joy To The World, because THIS Is our Spiritual Worship In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Title. Subject: The Heart Of Worship: Psalm 145:8
The Word:
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and abounding in mercy and loving-kindness.
- Psalm 145:8
Psalm 145 Is [A Psalm] of Praise, Of David and certainly Of The Spirit Of The Living God! The Lord inhabits (dwells in and amongst) the Praises Of His People.
It is only because of what Jesus did on The Cross Of Calvary that we have the right and the privilege to come boldly before God's Throne Of Grace and Mercy to plead our case and intercede on behalf of others. For Through Him we "ARE" OF God! Worthy Is The Lamb Of God Who has taken aWay the sins Of the World!
Worship is not just a bunch of nice songs to sing at your average Church Service, but an attitude Of your heart towards God and your fellow man (meaning All Of mankind). When you come to (REALLY) Know and Acknowledge Jesus as your Lord and Savior, when you See (In The Holy Spirit and In the natural) that He Is The Son Of God and by Faith In Him we Become Children Of The Most High God, you can not contain the Joy that wells up within you from Worshipping and Honoring Him In Spirit and Truth!
King David writes:
I WILL extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name for ever and ever - with grateful, affectionate praise.
- Psalm 145:1
With an act of The Will, His Will, King David dies to him"self," humbles him"self" In The Sight Of The Lord and is lifted up! In Jesus, death brings Life Eternal! Would you be willing to lay down your crown to Worship The King Of Kings and Lord Of Lords? Jesus Is The Son Of David, The Son Of God! His Name Is above ALL and most Worthy of grateful, affectionate Praise! Do you let your mouth speak the Praise Of The Lord, and let ALL flesh Bless - affectionately and gratefully Praise - His Holy Name For Ever and Ever?
God Is Good to ALL! His Light shines on the just and the un-just. His Tender-Mercies and Loving-Kindness are New (constantly re-newed) Each and Every Morning! We should be pouring forth [as a fountain] The Fame Of His GREAT and Abundant Goodness, and singing aloud Of His Rightness and Justice. His Love Is Over ALL His Works - the entirety of things created. God gave His One and Only Begotten Son, Jesus, His Very Heart to the World, so should we not give to Him our very heart, mind, soul, spirit and strength? With complete and total submission to His Word, Will and Way, we should surrender ALL to Jesus and Worship Him In Spirit and Truth! Love God, your neighbor as your"self," each other as Christ Loves you and you will show the World what The Real Heart Of Worship Is In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to All,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Title. Subject: Psalms and Proverbs Message - Psalm 139:3
"You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways." (Ps 139:3)
Hmmm.
I looked this verse up in a lot of different versions. The word "comprehend" was the most diversely translated. Look: "You comprehend my path" (NKJV)
"Thou compassest my path" (KJV)
"You discern my going out" (NIV)
"You chart the path ahead of me" (NLT)
"You scrutinize my path" (NASB)
So, I got out this really cool book I have, a translation of the Bible that is my absolute favorite, even though it's a project to read because it goes from right to left most the time and the grammar is all messed up. It's the Interlinear Bible:
Hebrew/Greek/English and it's a literal word-for-word translation that doesn't concern itself with being grammatically correct. Ever. (As nor do I, most the time!
:-) The translation of that verse, I found, was surprising:
"My path and my lying down you SIFT and with all my ways you are acquainted.
"Sift." That was interesting. It's the Hebrew word "zarah", meaning (according to Strongs concordance) to toss about, to diffuse, to disperse, to strew, to scatter, spread, winnow.
That different wording might not seem like such a big deal, but I LOVE stuff like this, so oblige me for a moment here, and consider this:
God disperses and diffuses both our path and our rest.
It's the same word used in the book of Ruth, when Ruth told Naomi that Boaz was winnowing the barley, and she should go make herself beautiful for him.
Winnowing. He comes along and makes Himself at home, and sets His hand to do in our lives something not unlike what happens on the threshing floor…where the harvested wheat is crushed, the kernel stays and the useless chaff is blown away. Sifted out. And if He just winnowed through out lives without winnowing through our paths, we'd be even more like square pegs in round holes than we are already…but God, who always does exceedingly more than we could ever ask or imagine, orchestrates the very roads set before us…so those redeemed by Him walk in ways that have been appointed by Him.
And he is acquainted with all our ways.
Now, truly, I didn't intend for this to be a word study, but listen to this and hold onto you hat! The word acquainted used here is the Hebrew "cakan" – which has a few very different meanings, but it's implication in this verse means this: "To minister to, to acquaint oneself to be ever an advantage, a treasurer."
He acquaints Himself with us to be ever an advantage, to minister to us. Like one studying to be a physician, (if he is to be a good physician, and in this case, Is the Great Physician!) the knowledge of the subject is only exceeded by the desire to heal and make whole what is sick and broken. But in God's case, one does not exceed another. In God's case, the knowing and the healing are eternal…and he is FOR us.
How truly beautiful.
So when He sifts, we can be assured that He sifts with mercy. When He enters in and re-configures our lives and all seems to be turned upside-down, we can rest in the truth that after the chaff of us is scattered to the wind, the seed of us – the part of us that He created to blossom – will surely remain.
Because He is the treasurer of us.
He will spend us wisely…
Love in
Jesus,
Juliet
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Subject: NEW ADDRESS / Psalms Message: Becoming Best Friends With God: Ps. 95:6
The Word:
O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker [in reverent praise and supplication].
- Psalm 95:6
The heights and strength of the hills, the sea and dry land are His, for He Made ALL Things (seen and invisible). O COME, let us Adore Him, Christ The Lord! Sing to The Lord, let Heaven and Nature Sing (A New Song). ALL of Creation should Praise and Worship Him In Spirit and Truth, for He Alone Is Worthy! Make a Joyful Noise to The Rock Of Our Salvation, Yeshua, Jesus! O COME Before His Presence Singing, with Thanksgiving in our hearts and Enter His Courts With Praise, for He Is A GREAT God and we "are" The Sheep of His Pasture, His Chosen People. O COME, Humble your"self" In His Sight and He Will Lift you Up, Higher and Higher! The Reverential Fear Of The Lord Is The Beginning Of Wisdom and Jesus Is The Wisdom Of God, He Is The First and The Last! Make your requests known to Him and He Will Answer you.
O COME, because that is the very reason that He Came from Heaven to Earth, for you! O COME to The Ancient of Days, because He Loves you and Wants to spend ALL Of Eternity With you. Do not grieve or disgust The Holy Spirit. Don't try His Patience or test Him. We err in heart if we do not approve, acknowledge or regard His Ways. Surely, you want to Enter Into His Rest. [Heb. 4:3-11].
Without integrity, being [consistently] Righteous (In Right Standing With God In Christ Jesus), we will be condemned and wiped out by means of our own wickedness! O COME ye sinners and heavy laden souls! Jesus Is Our Rest! His Yolk Is Easy and His Burden Is Light.
When God spoke Light into the World, He Commissioned It (The Light of Life, The Light of ALL mankind) To ALL Nations and Peoples! O COME Into The Light of God In Christ!
TODAY if you hear His Voice (He who has ears to hear should hear what The Spirit Is Saying), [Heb. 3:7-11.] Harden not your heart (The Choice Is yours to make [Choose you This Day Who you Will Serve])! [Exod. 17:1-7; Num. 20:1-13; Deut. 6:16.] TODAY Is The Day of Salvation, Yeshua, Jesus! THIS Is The Day that The Lord has Made, so Rejoice and Be Glad In It! O SING to The Lord and Give Thanks at The Remembrance of His Holiness, for He Has Done GREAT Things, Marvelous Things. The Lord has made known His Salvation, Yeshua, Jesus; His Righteousness has He openly shown in the sight of the Nations. [Luke 2:30, 31.] O COME, because His Tender-Mercies, Loving-Kindness, Truth and Faithfulness toward The House Of Israel are extended to ALL the ends of the earth In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: ALL NEW MAILING ADDRESS & MESSAGE: Psalm 86:5
The Word:
For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive [our trespasses] - sending them away, letting them go completely and for ever; and You are abundant in mercy and loving-kindness to all those who call upon you.
- Psalm 86:5
As Servants of The Most High God, we are Called to Rejoice! Rejoice over what?
That we are forgiven of our sins and trespasses before God, because of what Jesus did on The Cross of Calvary for us!
Rejoice In The Lord AlWays (In ALL Ways) and again I say, Rejoice! God has been more than Merciful (Full of Mercy) and Gracious (Showing Favor) Unto us.
He preserves our Life In HIm, because we Trust In, Lean, Believe On and confidently commit our Way Unto Jesus, without fear or doubt. Don't we? Do you lift your"self" up To Him? Have you Humbled your"self" In His Sight, so that He can lift you up? Each and Every One of us Is poor, distressed, needy and desiring in One Way or the other, but are we looking unto the hills and seeing where Our Help really comes from? Are you asking God, making your petition before Him to INCLINE His Ear, O Lord, Give Ear, O Lord, to my prayer, listen and answer to the cry of my supplications?
Let's face it, most of us wait until "The Day Of Trouble" before we Call Upon The Name Of The Lord. The Word of God Is Clear and Constantly reminding us that TODAY Is "The Day Of Salvation!"
TODAY if you hear His Voice harden not your heart! TODAY, TODAY, TODAY!
Yesterday is gone and tomorrow is not promised to us (unless of course if you are a born-again, Spirit-filled Christian with the promise of ALL Eternity In Christ :) If you are in a daily walk and relationship with Jesus, He goes before you In ALL Things!
Righteousness shall go before Him, and will make His footsteps a way in which to walk.
- Psalm 85:13
Our righteousness is as filthy rags. Jesus Is Our Righteousness (In Him we Have A Right Relationship With God, Our Father Who Art In Heaven) and we "Are" The Righteousness Of God In Christ! To quote an old King James question, "Believest Thou This?" Are you walking In The Righteousness Of Christ, following The Footsteps Of The Good Shepherd Of Your Heart And Soul? Jesus Is "The Way" In which we are to walk, stand, sit, kneel, lie down, rise up, eat, drink and be merry! Is your Christian Walk In Christ? If not, then It isn't "The Christian Walk," because according to God's Holy and Precious Word, "Your Life Is Hid In Christ!" God Is Good ALL the time! Are you "In Good," "With God"?
God is alWays ready, willing, wanting and able to forgive us our trespasses, but are we forgiving those who trespass against us? In most cases we are not sending aWay the trespasses, but the "trespassee". We are not letting go of the trespass against us, but more than willing to let go completely and for ever of the person who committed the crime against us. Are we doing unto others as we would have them do unto us? Is, "I'll scratch your back and you knife mine," very Christian-like? God Is Super-Abundantly, Over-Aboundingly pouring out His Tender-Mercies and Loving-Kindnesses to ALL who Call Upon Him! Should we not ALL, Go and Do Like-Wise?
Especially This Time of Year, but Each and EVERY Day of the year, Believers ALL around the World should be showing forth their Faith through Love and Good Works (that were prepared for us To Do In Christ Jesus before the foundations of the Earth were laid). Faith without works is dead and we are Called To Be Alive In Christ! Surely we Know and Understand that, "It Is Better To Give Than It Is To Receive," as Jesus said (except when it comes to free advice, I Believe). Let's forget about our"selves," Magnify The Lord and Worship Him In Spirit and Truth! What God Says should Be What Matters Most. Every Body has an opinion, but that doesn't make "It" right! Let us ALL go forward laughing, In The Joy Of The Spirit, In The Joy Of The Lord and bring Glad Tidings, Good News, The Gospel of God to ALL Nations and Peoples, Telling them of His Forgiveness, Mercy and Loving-Kindness to ALL those who Call Upon Him In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Title. Subject: Becoming Best Friends With God: Psalm 89:26
The Word:
He shall cry to Me, You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!
- Psalm 89:26
God Has Made Jesus "The First-Born (Son and The First-Born from the dead), Highest of ALL the kings of the Earth."
[Rev. 1:5.] His Tender-Mercies and Loving-Kindness Will Keep us For Ever More, and God's New Covenant stands fast and Faithful (God Is Faithful and Jesus Never Fails!) With / In Him! The Offspring Of The Lord, Children Of The Most High God Will Endure For Ever, and His Throne Of Grace and Mercy as The Days Of Heaven. [Gal. 3:16; Isa. 9:7.] Our God Is In Control, His Right Hand Up Holds us In Righteousness. As we Humble our"self" In His Site, He Lifts us Up In His Name, His Horn Is Exalted [Great Power and Prosperity Is Conferred Upon Him and us]. The enemy can not exact from, do violence to, outwit, afflict, humble, beat down or smite us, because His Hand Establishes, allows us to ever abide and His Arm Strengthens us. We "are" sealed until The Day Of Redemption By The Holy Spirit, Endowed With Might [Given Power - To Be Champions For Israel], Exalted, Chosen and Found Anointed With His Holy Oil.
Jesus Is Our Shield! He Has our back!
He's The Glory Of Our Strength [Our Proud Adornment], By His Favor, His Grace Our Horn Is Exalted, we Walk With Uplifted faces and In His Name we can Rejoice ALL Day Long, because In His Righteousness we "are" Exalted. Do you understand and appreciate the Spiritual Blessings symbolized by The Feasts?
When you Walk In Jesus, The Lord's Light, Favor and Grace Of His Countenance Shine Upon you, we Know His Joy, Blessedness, Happiness, Righteousness, Justice, Tender-Mercies, Loving-Kindness and Truth! He Has A Mighty Arm; Strong Hand and His Right Hand Is Soaring High (Like and Eagle)!
Are you leaning on The Everlasting Arms, Waiting Upon The Lord, so that He Can and Will Renew your Strength? Mount Up With Wings As Eagles and Fly!
God Has To Be An Essential Part Of YOU At ALL Times! His Holiness CANNOT Be Violated, He Will NOT Break, Profane or Alter The Word that has gone out of His Lips, He Will NOT and CANNOT lie!
Blessed Be The Lord For Evermore! He Is Our Dwelling Place and Refuge In ALL Generations [says Moses]. Cry Unto Him and He Will Answer you. He Is Our Father Who Art In Heaven, Hallowed Be His Name! God Is The Rock Of Our Salvation, Yeshua / Jesus, The Strength Of Our Life, Our Hope, Our Inspiration and He Sets His Hand Upon us In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Subject: Becoming Best Friends With God: Psalm 136:3
The Word:
O give thanks to the Lord of lords, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever;
- Psalm 136:3
You Will notice that this Scripture verse does not end with a period, question-mark or exclamation point and if you'll take the time to view this whole Psalm, you Will find that it has 26 verses, but only 4 sentences. How many times and for how many reasons should we thank The Lord for His Tender-Mercies, Loving-Kindness, Goodness, Favor, Grace, His Glory Being Manifest Towards us? From here on out and into ALL of Eternity! He Has Done GREAT Things and His Grace Extended To us Will Keep us In His Love For Ever! We could NEVER thank God enough for ALL that He Has Done For us and Given To us In Christ, because He Has Given us EVERYTHING that we need to Live our Life In Jesus, Unto Him, According to His Word, Will and Way.
God SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Loved the World that He Gave, so should we not do everything within our power to Give our Best back To Him. Whatever we Do should Be Done Unto The Lord, but also for His Glory, His Honor and His Praise! God Is Good ALL The Time! His Mercies ARE renewed each and every morning, so that every day is like Resurrection Day! Every Day The New Birth of Jesus should Be Evident to us and those who are in the World around us. He has not only given us ALL of His Love, He has shown us The Way to enter into His Rest, His Everlasting, Abundant Life, but we MUST Endure Unto The End!
He Is The God of gods, Lord of lords, He Alone Does Wonderful Things, He Made The Heavens, Stretched out The Earth upon the waters, Made Great Lights, The Sun (The Son) to rule over The Day, the moon and stars to rule the night, He Smote Egypt, Brought Out Israel with His Strong Hand and Out-stretched Arm to Divide The Red Sea into parts, so they could pass through the midst of it, He shook off, overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sae, He Led His Chosen People through the wilderness, smote, slew, great, famous kings, Gave their land for a Heritage to Israel His Servant, remembered our low estate and imprinted us on His Heart, Rescued us from our enemies and He Gives food to ALL flesh!
O Give Thanks To The God Of Heaven, For His Mercy And Loving-Kindness Endure Forever!
- Psalm 136:26
Bless [affectionately and gratefully praise] the Lord; reverently and worshipfully fear (The Fear Of The Lord Is The Beginning Of Wisdom) Him! [Deut. 6:5; Ps. 31:23.] Blessed out of Zion be the Lord, Who dwells, Tabernacles [with us] at Jerusalem (The City Of Peace / Shalom [Jesus Is Our Peace] and Look For The New Jerusalem which Is Coming Down From God Out Of Heaven)! Praise the Lord! - Hallelujah!
Earnestly Remember Zion [The City Of Our God Imprinted On Our Hearts], become Best Friends With God (Abraham was and we are ALL His Children Of Faith) by giving thanks with a grateful heart to Him for His Tender-Mercies and Loving-Kindness Endure For Ever In Jesus' Name! Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Becoming Best Friends With God: Psalm 23:4
The Word:
Yes, though I walk through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil; for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort me.
- Psalm 23:4
This is just One of the many popular Psalms of King David (or should I say, of David [The Man Of God] as written to His King Of Kings), perhaps his best known (not to mention: Psalms 22 and 51). Let's take a quick Spiritual quiz and ask the following questions:
1) Is The Good Shepherd, The Lord Jesus Christ, Your Shepherd?
2) Is The Living Word Of God, The Bible and are The Holy Scriptures Feeding You?
3) Is The Holy Spirit, Christ In You, Your Guide, Shield Of Faith and Is He Leading you?
4) Are you lacking anything in your Life?
5) Can you lie down In Peace, Be Refreshed, Restored, Still and Restful?
6) Are you Living In Righteousness, Uprightness and Right Standing With Him - not by your own earning It, but For His Name's Sake?
So, How did you do? Did you pass with flying colors, just skip by or fail all together? David Knew that he KNew, that he KNEw, that he KNEW God! He expected His Father In Heaven to prepare A Table, His Table before him (in the presence of his enemies), Anoint his head with His Holy Spirit Oil and have his cup brimming, running over with The Fullest, Richest Blessings Of God!
Knowest thou this? SURELY or ONLY God's Goodness (God Is Good ALL The Time), Tender-Mercies (His Mercies ARE Renewed Each and Every Morning), Unfailing Loving-Kindness (God's Grace and Favor) WILL Follow Us (you, me and every True Believer on the face of Planet Earth) ALL "The Days Of Our Life;" and through The Length Of Days The House Of The Lord [and His Presence] Shall Be Our Dwelling Place!
Believest Thou These Things? This Psalm is not only a "Statement Of Faith," but The Truth, The Absolute Fact Of What Our Faith Stands For! David knew It from the time he was a little ruddy boy watching over his Father's Sheep in the open fields of Israel, from his Anointing By Samuel The Prophet and right up to his dying breath. He Walked With God!
Was he perfect, righteous or faithful on his own? Certainly NOT, but he was a man after God's Own Heart! Each of us fails and falters in our own strength, but where The Spirit Of The Lord Is, There Is FREEDOM! Jesus Alone Is Worthy! There is NONE Righteous, NO NOT ONE, but The Lamb Of God Who Takes AWay The sins of the World! When we Come To Know and Understand This, Submit our"self" To Him, His Word, Will and Way, then (and only then) He Can Lift Us Up To Heavenly Places In Christ.
Jesus (ALL Ways) walks with us, takes us to the very depths and into the highest of heights, but even when there are shadows (grey areas) in the valley, Know that His Light Shines In The Darkness.
Fear or dread No evil! Perfect Love casts out ALL fear and Jesus Is The Complete, Total Manifestation Of God's Perfect Love To Mankind (ALL of human nature). Apart from Jesus we can do NOTHING, we are enemies of God and The Cross Of Christ, but By Faith In Him and His Name, we Become His Best Friends, God's Children, His Chosen Ones! He Promises NEVER to leave or forsake us, ALL His Promises ARE Yea, Yes and Amen In Christ and God can NOT lie! Jesus says to us Today and Every Day, "I Will Be With YOU (In) ALL Ways!
No One likes correction, but God Disciplines Those He Loves. His Rod Protects Us and His Staff Guides Us along His Path Of Righteousness! Are you Comforted By Them, do you not recognize that This Is The Working Of His Holy Spirit In And Through Your Life? He Is "The Comforter" that Jesus Promised To His Disciples and when He Ascended To Heaven, He Poured Out His Spirit On ALL Flesh! Have you Received Him Into Your Heart and Life? Is He Lord Of ALL?
Do you Experientially Know Him as King David did? He Will Quicken your heart RIGHT NOW and For Ever More, if you Praise, Diligently Seek For, Inquire Of, For Him and Require Him As Your Greatest Need. What we (ALL Christians, Everywhere) REALLY NEED IS "MORE OF JESUS!" NOTHING Less Will Do Or Satisfy.
Lift up your heads, O you gates; yes, lift them up, you age-abiding doors, that the King of glory may come in.
- Psalm 24:9
Let us ALL Humble our"self" In His Sight, Lift Up Our Eyes To See His Glory and Bring His Preaching, Teaching and Healing (The Good News, The Gospel Of God) To ALL Nations and Peoples In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Your Brother and Friend In Him, Mark
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Becoming Best Friends With God: Psalm 143:5
I remember the days of old, I meditate on all Your doings; I ponder on the work of Your hands.
- Psalm 143:5
When was the last time you lifted up Holy hands (or have you ever) to Worship God In Spirit and Truth? Do you hunger and thirst after His Righteousness, after Jesus like a thirsty land [for water]. He Is The Bread Of Life, The Living Water and Only God can satisfy the longings of your heart, mind and soul! Are you desperate for Him?
Do you remember the days of old, how God delivered you out of sin and bondage in the land of Egypt? Have you been Baptized Into Christ and Entered Into The Promised Land, His Rest? When you read about, take or celebrate (and This Should Be A Celebration) The Passover, Communion, The Lord's Supper, do you "Remember" Him? Jesus said, "This Is My Body, Broken For You and as often as you take This, Do This In Remembrance Of Me."
As Servants Of The Most High God, we "ARE" Called To Meditate On His Doings, Word, Will and Way! How often do you read, study, examine, roll over, regurgitate, chew on, open up to, pray about, speak forth, praise and / or receive the promises of The Word Of God? If and when you consider what He has done (He Has Done GREAT Things), knowing that He Is The Same, Yesterday, Today and Forever (God NEVER Changes), you can find the Faith To Believe Him for (what Jesus Called) Even GREATER Things to be worked out, in and through your (Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant) Life In Christ Jesus! God Is Faithful (and True) and Jesus Never Fails!
Be Sure to Take (Take advantage of each and every opportunity that comes your Way) The Time, "This Time" To Ponder On The Works Of His Hands! We ARE His Workmanship, Created In Christ Jesus For Good Works In His Holy and Precious Name. NOTHING is Impossible for you or me (us) In Jesus! He Made EVERYTHING your eyes can see, ears hear, minds imagine, bodies taste, touch, smell, sense, feel and hearts desire, visible and invisible. When you consider the lilies of the fields, know and understand that This Present Life is temporary, but our Spiritual Life In Christ Is Eternal and Everlasting. He Is The Fulfillment of ALL, The First and Last, The Beginning and The End. Christ In You Is The Hope Of Glory, He Is The Hope Of Israel and The Hope Of The World! Remember, Meditate and Ponder on the days of old, ALL His Doings and The Works Of His Hands.
Spread Forth Your (Holy) Hands To Him; Hunger and Thirst After God like a thirsty land for water (Streams of Living Water) and you Will Be Completely and Totally
Satisfied In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL, <')))>< Mark
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Psalms Message: Becoming Best Friends With God / Psalm 145:5
The Word:
Of the glorious splendor of Your majesty, and of Your wondrous works, I will meditate.
- Psalm 145:5
OOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM......
We're DEFINITELY NOT talking TM here, but the Words of our mouth and the Meditations of our heart! EVERY One of us is "supposed" to have [A Psalm] of Praise (as This One Of David Is), Hymn and Spiritual Song, so One Generation "Lauds" God's Works To Another, and Declares Of His Mighty Acts (such as are found In "The Acts Of The Holy Spirit In The Lives Of Believers"). Men, Women and Children Of God should CONSTANTLY Speak Of The Might Of His TREMENDOUS, TERRIBLE (as in AWESOME!) Acts, and Declare His GREATNESS, Pour Forth (As A Fountain [Of Living Water]) The Fame Of His GREAT, ABUNDANT GOODNESS, Sing ALOUD Of His RIGHTEOUSNESS and JUSTICE, For The Lord "IS" GRACIOUS, FULL Of COMPASSION, S-L-O-W to anger, ABOUNDING In MERCY, LOVING-KINDNESS and GOOD (God Is GOOD ALL The Time) To ALL!!!
The Lord INHABITS The Praises Of His People, but ALL TOO OFTEN and UNFORTUNATELY, The Church, His Bride DOES NOT Extol Him or Bless His Holy and Precious Name (Which "IS" Above ALL others) - With Grateful, Affectionate Praise! He ALONE "IS" WORTHY Of ALL GLORY, HONOR and ADORATION, so His Saints SHOULD CONTINUOUSLY Confess, Praise, WORSHIP Him, In Spirit and Truth!!
My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord, and let all flesh bless - affectionately and gratefully praise - His holy name for ever and ever.
- Psalm 145:21
Is "THIS" Your Heart's Cry? It was King David's and perhaps, that is why God said, He Was A Man After His Own Heart.
Do you (EVER) speak of The Glory Of His Kingdom, talk of His Power, make known to the sons of men God's Mighty Deeds, and The Glorious Majesty Of His Kingdom? THIS "IS" RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE & JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST, "IT" Is An EVERLASTING KINGDOM, and His Dominion Endures Throughout ALL Generations! The Lord Preserves ALL Those Who Love Him (With ALL of their Heart, Mind, Soul, Spirit & Strength), but the wicked He Will destroy!!
REVERENTLY and WORSHIPFULLY PRAISE The Lord! - HALLELUJAH! Praise The Lord, Sing Praises To Our God while we have any Being!!! Cling To, Rely On, Believe and Trust Him, In Jesus' Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL, <')))>< Mark
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Becoming Best Friends With God / Psalm 1:2
The Word:
But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law - the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God - he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night. [2 Tim.3:16; Gal. 3:1-29; Rom. 13:8-10.]
- Psalm 1:2
And a One-ah and a two-ah! I Am certain that This Word For Today applies to each and every reader here, but for those of you who may have fallen short of The Glory of God (as ALL have sinned and done), I invite you to take a second look and listen to what The Holy Spirit Is Saying to you and me as The Church Of Jesus Christ, His Body. Delight your"self" In The Lord and He Will Give YOU The Desires Of YOUR Heart! I know you probably heard that Scripture a million times before, but it is about time that we, who confess To Be Believers In Jesus As Lord, grab hold of The Truth (Jesus Is The Way, "Truth" And Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life), The Good News, The Gospel Message and ALL The Promises Of God That ARE YES And AMEN In Christ Jesus, Who Is The Same, Yesterday, Today and For Ever and Ever!
Right off the bat, from the get-go, The Book Of Psalms, The Nation Of Israel's Hymnal, God''s Chosen People's Songbook Of Praise And Worship tells us how we can Be BLESSED - Happy, Fortunate, Prosperous and Enviable by NOT walking or living in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advise, plans and purposes], nor standing [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, sit down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather.
We are ALL Called Of God To Walk According To His Word, Will and Way, Forsaking NOT The "Gathering" Of His People! If you Live, Move and Have Your Being In The Holy Spirit, You Will Take "The High-Way," The Path Of Righteousness, Right "Standing" and Relationship With God, Our Father Who Art In Heaven. He Is Our Counselor To Advise, Show Us God's Plan and Purposes In Christ Jesus. Take Your Stand In Him, Submit ALL Your Ways To Him and He Will Make Your Path Straight.
Enter Into Your Rest!
Are you like a Tree Of Life firmly planted In The Lord [And Tended] By The Streams Of Living Water, ready to bring forth your (Good and Lasting) fruit in and out of season?
Your leaf shall NOT Fade or Wither, and EVERYTHING YOU Do Shall Prosper [And Come To Maturity]. [Jer. 17:7, 8.]
- Psalm 1:3
Obedience (In) ALL-Ways Brings God's Richest Blessings! We "ARE" Justified (Just, as if I [we] had NEVER sinned), Righteous (In Right Standing With God) and The Lord Is FULLY Acquainted With The Way Of Us! Jesus Came To Full-Fill The Law - God's Precepts, Instructions and Teachings - and NOT Abolish It, so should we not HABITUALLY Meditate, Ponder and Study "The Living Word Of God" Day And Night? Turn your (Spiritual) eyes Upon Jesus, Look Unto Him As The Author And Finisher Of Your Faith, EVERY Moment Of Your Life and you Will NOT Fail Or Falter In Jesus' Name. Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL, <')))>< Mark
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Subject: Psalms Message: Becoming Best Friends With God / Psalm 119:97 ; 77:12
The Word:
Oh, how love I Your law! It is my meditation all the day. [Ps. 1:2.]
- Psalm 119:97
I will meditate also upon all Your work and consider Your [mighty] deeds.
- Psalm 77:12
CHEW ON THIS! Isn't it funny how advertising sticks in our brain, but how little or no quality time is taken by confessing Christians to renew their minds? Many of you (I Am sure) are on or have tried the "Low-Carb" Diets, remember when gasoline was thirty five cents a gallon (instead of our present almost $2.00 per gal) and when we bought used cars rather than "Pre-Owned Ones." Times they are a changing, but not necessarily for the best. Jesus said, "If YOU Love Me, YOU Will Obey My Commandments." Are the Words of your mouth and "the meditations" of your heart pleasing to Him? Is EVERY thought, Word and deed brought into submission to The Perfect And Acceptable Will Of God ALL-Mighty? Are you Constantly Walking In Obedience To His Word and Way? Psalm 119 (the LONGEST Psalm in this Hebrew Song Book) is a continual study of God's Law and One that should Be Meditated On ALL The Days Of Our Life In Christ Jesus!
What Is "The Law Of God?" The Law Of Moses Commanded ALL Of God's Chosen People To Love God with ALL of their heart, mind, soul, spirit, strength and to Love their neighbors as themselves. Jesus proclaims, "A New Commandment I Give Unto YOU... LOVE One Another As I Have LOVED YOU!"
Paul The Great Apostle wrote, Faith, Hope and Love abide, BUT The GREATEST IS (God's Pure, Holy & Precious) LOVE! The Word Of God tells us that God Is Love, so if God Is Spirit (and we are ALL Called Of God To Be Filled With The Holy Spirit), then EVERY Christian on the face of planet Earth should "Be Filled" With God's Agape Love! Jesus said, "My Word Is Spirit And My Word Is Life," so if Jesus Is The Living Word Of God, then He Alone Is Eternal, Everlasting, The Abundant, Resurrection, True Life!
WE Are His Workmanship, Created In Christ Jesus, Unto Good Works. He Calls us to offer up ourselves a Living Sacrifice. There should NEVER be a day where we have breath that we do not Consider The Work Of His Hands. Do YOU Earnestly REMEMBER The Wonders God Performed For Our Fathers Of Old?
Who Is GREAT Like Our God? He demonstrated His Mighty Powers Among The Peoples Of The Past, so what makes you not expect Him To Demonstrate His Holy Spirit Power and Redeem ALL Nations and Peoples Today? He's The Same, Yesterday, Today and Forever!
God NEVER Changes!! There is NO shadow In His Light Beyond Light!!!
My dear, sweet Brothers and Sisters In The Lord Jesus, Meditate, Talk and Walk In The Spirit. THIS Is The Law Of God:
LOVE! Live It, Love It, Consider It, Obey It "ALL The Day" and your Life In Christ Jesus Will Be Full To Overflowing! Do The Works Of God In Christ that He Prepared For YOU Before the foundations of this World were laid!! Let your Good Deeds be known by God and ALL of Mankind!!! In This Present Darkness, the World is looking for The Light and it is You and I who have It (Him, Jesus), so let Your Light Shine to ALL Nations and Peoples In His Holy and Precious Name.
Amen.
God bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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"Developing Your Friendship With God," Psalms Message / Psalm 69:9
The Word:
For the zeal for Your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches and insults of those who reproach and insult You are fallen upon me. [John 2:17; Rom. 1:3.]
- Psalm 69:9
As We (Bible Believing Christians) set out to "Serve The One Who Calls Us `Friends´ (John 15:15; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Hebrews 6:10)," We MUST (above ALL else) realize that "The Crucified Life IS The ONLY Way To The Resurrection Life!" The Fervor Of Love (God´s Love) Will "CONSUME" Us With (Righteous) Jealousy For The Honor Of His House (My House Shall Be Called A House Of Prayer) and NO sign, Wonder, miracle, token, indication or evidence of authority can PROVE God, but His Love Alone.
Jesus said, "They Shall KNOW YOU "ARE" Christians (Believers, Followers, Disciples) By My Love!" Christ (gave NO thought to His Own Interests) to please Himself; but, as It Is Written, The reproaches and abuses of those who approached and abused you fell on Him, so that WHATEVER was written in former days was written for our instruction (The Holy Spirit Shall Instruct YOU In The Way YOU Should Go [Into ALL The World]), that by [our steadfast and patient] endurance and the encouragement [drawn] from the Scriptures we might hold fast and cherish Hope (Jesus IS "The Hope Of Israel & The Hope Of The World")!
How We Should Live With Such Mutual Harmony and Such FULL Sympathy with One another, In Accord With Christ Jesus. Let The Spirit Of The Living God and His Holy Spirit Fire BURN With / In YOU. Our God IS A Consuming Fire!
Imagine if Each and Every Member With / In "The Body Of Christ" Let Their Light Shine. If we would ALL come to Know and Understand that Light "Chases aWay" (Consumes and Dispels) darkness, IT (The Light [Jesus IS The Light Of The World]) Consumes it (the darkness) and it is NO MORE! YOU, My Dear Sweet Brothers & Sisters In The Lord Jesus ARE "The Light Of The World," so Let YOUR Light SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SHINE!
Many of us are like salmon swimming up-stream, seeming as if we are in a losing battle, but The Victory IS Ours, It Is FINISHED, He Has Done It, Life Conquered death, Jesus Christ Has WON It! If you feel like "A Rolling Stone" (gathering no moss), perhaps you are "Just" being poured from vessel to vessel, Glory to Glory, Grace to Grace and Hope Beyond Hope! ALL Things ARE Working Together For His AND YOUR GOOD and "Just" because you're in a tumbler, do NOT think for One second that God has forgotten or taken His Hand off of YOU. Maybe ("Just" Maybe :) He is smoothing out some rough edges. Did you ever stop to think that if you're feeling the heat, His Holy Spirit Fire IS Burning DEEP Into The Bone & Marrow Of YOUR Very Existence, so that YOU Can Come Forth As Gold and "Be" The Vessel that He Uses To Fulfill His Purposes And Further His Kingdom Here On Earth? Oh Christian Friends Of God And Man, Let us say, "Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will `Be´ Done On Earth As It Is In Heaven. Give Us THIS Day (TODAY Is The Day Of Salvation) Our Daily Bread, Forgive Us Our Trespasses and Deliver Us from evil!"
Followers Of Christ, Let Us set our face like a flint, Look Unto Him As The Author And Finisher (Completer) Of Our Faith [The Substance Of Things Hoped For], "Be" Driven By His Passion, Drawn By His Holy Spirit, Consumed By His Eternal Flame and "Have" The Zeal For His House, His Honor, His Word, Will And Way, eat us up In Jesus' Name. Amen.
The Humble (Humble your-self In The Sight Of The Lord And He Will Lift YOU Up) Shall See IT (Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life) And "Be" Glad (EVERY debt that you ever had, has been paid up In Full By The Grace Of The Lord); YOU Who Seek (and He May "Be" Found) After God, Inquiring For And Requiring Him [as Your First (My God Shall Supply ALL Of YOUR) Need], Let YOUR (Love Him With ALL YOUR) Heart (Mind, Soul, Spirit, [In YOUR weakness, He'll Show His] Strength) Revive And Live! [Pss. 22:26; 42:1.]
- Psalm 69:32
God Bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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Subject:
Psalm 25:14
The Word:
The secret [of the sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear - revere and worship - Him, and He will show them His covenant, and reveal to them its [deep, inner] meaning. [John 7:17; 15:15.]
- Psalm 25:14
"UNTO You, O Lord, do I bring my life," is how King David begins this Psalm of his. He continues with, "O my God, I trust, lean on, rely on and am confident in You; Yes, let none who trust and hopefully wait and look for You be be put to shame or be disappointed; Show me Your ways, O Lord; Guide me in Your truth and faithfulness and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercies and loving-kindnesses; Remember not [my lapses and frailties] the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; Good and upright is the Lord; He leads the humble in what is right, and the humble He teaches His way."
All the paths of the Lord are mercy and steadfast love, even truth and faithfulness are they for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
For Your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity and my guilt, for they are great.
- Psalm 25: 10, 11
"Who is the man who reverently fears and worships the Lord?"
He himself shall dwell at ease, and his offspring shall inherit the land.
- Psalm 25:13
The Question of The Day is, "How do YOU stack up to these Words Of Truth?"
The Word Of God Is FILLED With His Inner-Most Secrets and Mysteries Revealed In And Through Christ Jesus, but ONLY to those who fear, revere, worship and serve Him In Spirit And Truth!
Deep Calls To Deep as we search diligently for The Inner Meaning of Communion, Fellowship, The Sweet, Satisfying Companionship Of The Lord Through His New Covenant. The Holy Spirit Leads us Into ALL Truth And Understanding. Like Paul The Apostle explained, We See Through A Glass Darkly, but The Complete And Total "Vision Of His Glory" Comes In And Through The Revelation Of Jesus Christ!
My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for He will pluck my feet out of the net.
Lord, turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
- Psalm 25: 15, 16
David continues, "The troubles of my heart are multiplied; Behold my affliction and my pain; Consider my enemies for they abound; O keep me, Lord, and deliver me; Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for and expect You."
Do you wait for Him more than The Watchmen for the morning, more than the daylight for the dawning? Can you say, "I wait for You, my soul waits for You." He Is Our Redeemer, Deliverer, Righteousness, Preserver, Lord, God And Savior of our heart and soul! Out of ALL our troubles, trials and tribulations, He Works ALL Things Together For Good In The Holy And Precious Name Of Jesus.
Amen and Amen.
God Bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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Developing Your Friendship With God / Psalm 27:4
The Word:
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after, inquire for and [insistently] require, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty [the sweet attractiveness and the delightful loveliness] of the Lord, and to meditate, consider and inquire in His temple.
[Pss. 65:14; 18:6; 16:11; Luke 2:37.]
- Psalm 27:4
JESUS Is Our Vital Need, His Presence Is A Necessity and We MUST Stand On The Authority Of His Holy & Precious Word, Will & Way! THIS Is "The One Thing" that we should be asking of Him, seeking after, Insistently requiring and inquiring for, Meditating On and considering, "Give Me Jesus!" He Alone FULL-FILLS Our EVERY Hope, Dream and Vision, NOT By Might or (our own natural) Power, but By His Holy Spirit, Living, Moving and Having His Being Upon, In and WORKING Through us. Unto Him and Him Alone Is To Be ALL The Glory, Honor, Praise & Continual Thanksgiving, because apart from Him we can do NOTHING!
The Word Of God Is PERFECTLY Clear:
1) What we ask for... We Receive By Faith In Jesus' Holy & Precious
Name.
2) When we seek after something... We Find It By Faith In Christ Jesus.
To Pray means "To Ask." It's NOT Hard, but it is something that we are commanded to do. The Door SHALL Be Opened Unto us when we Knock, so I ask you, "Have Y-O-U been [insistently] Knock.. Knock... Knocking On Heaven's Door?" Is it that you are TOO Busy to want to Dwell, Tabernacle In The House Of The Lord, In His Holy Presence for ALL The Days Of Your Life In Christ Jesus? What is "The MOST Important THING" To You In This WHOLE WIDE World? Is it to Behold, Look, Fix Your Eyes Upon, Gaze At The Beauty, The Sweet, Fragrant Attractiveness and Delightful Loveliness Of The Lord, and To Meditate, Think About, Concentrate On, Consider and Inquire In His Holy Temple?
Be Confident, Take Courage and Be Strong In The Holy Spirit Power Of His Might, for THE Lord "IS" Our Light, Salvation / Yeshua / Jesus, The Refuge and Stronghold Of Our Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life!
When we are un (NOT)-Faithful He Remains Faithful, because He "IS" The Same, Yesterday, Today & Forever, there "IS" NO Shift of Light In Him (NO Shadows), for He "IS" The Light Of Life, The Light Of ALL Mankind, The Light Of The World. Jesus "IS" Our Hiding Place, Our High Tower, Our Shelter In Times Of Need and In The Secret Place Of His Tent (How Lovely "IS" His Dwelling Place), He'll Hide us and Set us Upon The SOLID Rock which "IS" Higher than us ALL! He "IS" The Lifter Of Our Head, WORTHY of ALL sacrifices and shoutings of Joy. Let us Sing Of The Mercies Of The Lord FOREVER and Sing Praises To The Lord, because He Re-News His Tender-Mercies EVERY Morning, Showers us with His Loving-Kindness, Pours Out His Grace, Favor Upon us and ANSWERS Our Prayers & Supplications.
Ask The Holy Spirit, The Third Person Of The God-Head To Lead & Guide Y-O-U Into ALL Truth and Spiritual Understanding, so that He Will Take us UP, Adopt us As His Own, His Children and Chosen Ones. What Will Become Of us if we do NOT Believe, Cling To, Trust In and Rely On His Holy & Precious Word? WE MUST LOOK (Upon The Author & Finisher, Completer Of Our Faith) To SEE The Lord's Goodness, Tender-Mercies & Loving-Kindness, Grace & Favor (Right Here & NOW) In The Land Of The Living! Wait, Hope, Expect, Let Your Heart Be Stout, Steadfast and Enduring, so that we WILL SEE The Glory Of The Lord, Rising Upon & Within The Church Of Jesus Christ In His Holy & Precious Name. AMEN.
God Bless & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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Developing Your Friendship With God / Psalm 63:3
The Word:
Because Your loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You.
- Psalm 63:3
Let us ask "The Jewish Question," WHY?
What is "The Cause" of David (while in the `Wilderness´ of Judah) "Be"-ing Wanting & Willing To Praise God´s Name? He "Experientially" KNEW ALL about God´s Loving-Kindness towards him and as "a shepherd of the flock," King David Understood God´s Grace, Favor and Tender-Mercies that were (AND ARE) Re-Newed Each and Every Morning-by-morning for The Sheep Of His Pasture, As The Shepherd & Bishop Of Our Very Soul. This "Man After God´s Own Heart" could Humble him"self" before His Maker (Knowing that he would Be Lifted Up, Exalted [Seated In Heavenly Places] and used as An Instrument For God´s Glory, To FULL-FILL His Ultimate Purposes) and lose his meek & lowly (Worldly) life, because he Knew that A Better Life, Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life was ahead of him. To THIS Thought & Spiritual REALITY, David, you and I can allow God to Anoint Our Lips and Loose Our Tongues To Worship Him In Spirit & Truth, Praising His Holy & Precious Name! He Is NOT ONLY Enthroned On The Praises Of Israel, His Chosen People, BUT He INHABITS, Indwells, Tabernacles With-IN The Praises Of His People, Body, Church & Bride.
How LOVELY Is The Dwelling Place Of The Lord God MOST High! Y-O-U, I, We "ARE" The Temple Of His Holy Spirit, Who Lives, Moves & Has His Being In, Through & Upon us. He "IS" Our God and we should Continually & Continuously Seek His Face, Hunger & Thirst After His Righteousness, Long, Faint For Jesus, Our Living Water In This Dry & Weary Land, This Present World Of Darkness, where there is NO water To Quench The Deepest Longings Of EVERY Human Mind, Heart & Spirit!
LOOK, Behold, Gaze Upon "The Beauty Of The Lord" In The Sanctuary Of God ALL-Mighty, To SEE His Power and Glory, Goodness, Mercy & Kindness.
BLESS Him while you live (here and NOW), Lifting Up Holy Hands In Jesus' Precious Name and YOU Shall Be Satisfied, JOY-FULL Beyond your Wildest Hopes, Dreams or Visions. Do you "Remember" Him upon your bed, and Meditate Upon Jesus in your "night watches?" You Do NOT have to wait until Sunday Services To "Commune & Fellowship" With "The Lover Of Your Heart & Soul," Who told us, "Do THIS As OFTEN As You Can In Remembrance Of Me." He "IS" Our (EVER-Present) Help where we can hide in the shadow of His Wings & Rejoice. FOLLOW Hard After Him As The Good Shepherd, Cling To, Trust In & Rely On Him, because His Right Hand Up-Holds us.
Again I say, REJOICE In God, Bind Your"self" By God's Authority (He "IS" The Author & Finisher, Completer Of Your Faith), Acknowledge His Supremacy, Devote Your"self" To His Glory & Service Alone and EVERY Such One Shall Glory In Jesus' Holy & Precious Name. Amen & Amen.
God Bless & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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Subject:
Worship That Pleases God / Psalm 7:17
The Word:
I will give to the Lord the thanks due to His rightness and justice, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
- Psalm 7:17
Jesus tells us, "Those who Worship The Father MUST Do So In Spirit And Truth."
God SOOOO Loved The World That He Gave, so should we not "give" back To Him The Glory, Honor, Praise & Thanks (Giving) That Is Due His Holy & Precious Name? It Is His Right-ness (His Integrity In us), The Righteousness Of Jesus Christ that makes and keeps us in a Right Standing, Personal, One-On-One Relationship with Our Father Who Art In Heaven, through The Ministry Of His Holy Spirit. He Is "The Light Of The World" that Makes us "The Light Of The World" and It Is His Justice That Makes and Keeps us Justified (Just As If I [we] Had NEVER Sinned), In A "Just" and Up-Right Relationship With (and In) The Most High God!
How Excellent, Majestic And Glorious Is His Holy & Precious Name in ALL The Earth! Jesus Is The Name Above ALL Names By Which We MUST Be Saved. He Has Set His Glory (Goodness, Tender-Mercies, Loving-Kindness & Grace, Favor) On & Above The Heavens AND Established, Ordained His Strength AND Crowned the sons & daughters of Earthborn man With His Honor, In His Honor & For His Honor. We "HAVE" Dominion Over The Works Of His Hands AND He Has Put ALL Things Under Our Feet In Jesus' Holy & Precious Name.
O Lord, Our Lord, How Excellent (Majestic And Glorious) Is Your Name In ALL The Earth!
- Psalm 8:9
Praise Him With Your WHOLE Heart, Mind, Soul, Spirit & In Your Weakness, Show Forth, Recount & Tell ALOUD Of ALL His Strength, Marvelous Works & Wonder-FULL Deeds. Be In High Spirits & Rejoice In The Lord Most High In ALL-Ways, For He Is Our God And We ARE "The Sheep Of His Pasture, The Work Of His Hands." Sing Praise Unto God, Sing Glorious Praises & Hallowed Be His Name!
These are "Just" 8 of The Old Covenant Compounded Names Of Jehovah God that we reap 5 benefits from In The New Covenant:
1) Jehovah-tsidkenu = "Jehovah Our Righteousness"
2) Jehovah-m'kaddesh = "Jehovah Who Sanctifies"
3) Jehovah-shalom = "Jehovah Is Peace"
4) Jehovah-shammah = "Jehovah Is There"
5) Jehovah-rophe = "Jehovah Heals"
6) Jehovah-jireh = "Jehovah My Provider"
7) Jehovah-nissi = "Jehovah My Banner"
8) Jehovah-rohi = "Jehovah My Shepherd"
What are the 5 benefits you might be asking?
1) The First & Second Names Of God deal with our SIN.
2) The Third & Fourth Names Of God deal with our SPIRIT.
3) The Fifth Name Of God deals with our SOUNDNESS.
4) The Sixth Name Of God deals with our SUCCESS.
5) The Seventh & Eighth Names Of God deal with our SECURITY.
These Eight Names Of God ONLY Scratch The Surface, Depth, Height, Length & Breadth Of "The MOST High," but Remember That It Is Jesus' Holy & Precious Name, The Name Above ALL Names, Who Is Our Righteousness, Sanctifier, Peace, Ever Present Help In Times Of Need, Healer, Provider, The Banner Over us (Which Is LOVE) AND Our Good (God Is GOOD ALL The Time) Shepherd That Leads & Guides us Into His Greener Pastures, Besides The Still Waters Of Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life, so let us ALL Look Unto Him As The Author & Finisher, Completer Of Our Faith, Which Is The SUBSTANCE Of Things Hoped For, The EVIDENCE Of Things Unseen.
During This VERY Special Holiday Season, Let us Give To The Lord MOST High ALL The Thanks, Glory & Honor That Is Due His Holy & Precious Name and Sing Praises Unto Him, Who ALONE Is Worthy, In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
God Bless & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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ps. PLEASE, feel FREE to pass "This Message" and information along to ALL that you Know & Love In Jesus' Holy & Precious Name. GBY!
Date: Wed, Jan 19, 2005
Subject:
Worship That Pleases God / Psalms Message - Psalm 149:3
The Word:
Let them praise His name in chorus and choir and with the [single or group] dance, let them sing praises to Him with the tambourine and lyre!
- Psalm 149:3
To quote The Cowardly Lion, "Who's Them? Who's Them?" The Word Of God tells us that God not only Is Enthroned On The Praises Of His (Chosen) People, but He Inhabits Their Praises. Do we not Believe In, Cling To, Trust In AND Rely On The TRUTH (Facts Change, BUT The Truth Remains The Same, Yesterday, Today & Forever) that "The Son Of God, Jesus Christ, Messiah, The Anointed One Has Come To Dwell, Tabernacle, Inhabit Our Hearts?
Praise The Lord, Oh My Soul & ALL That Is Within Me Praise His Holy & Precious Name!
As Children Of The Most High God, we are To Be Speaking (The Truth In Love) As Oracles Of God, Instruments Of His Glory (Goodness, Tender-Mercies, Loving-Kindness, Grace, Favor), For His Honor AND Praise.
HALLOWED Be Thy Name! Jesus "IS" The Name Above ALL Others, so EVERY Knee MUST Bow, Kneel Down, Humble our"self" In The Sit Of The Lord & He WILL Lift Y-O-U UP as you Come & Adore Him. He "IS" Wonder-FULL and B-E-A-UTIFUL, so why don't we acknowledge Him Before God AND ALL of Mankind? He Alone "IS" Worthy, because He "IS" The Lamb Of GOD that was slain for the sins of This Present World Of Darkness in which we live, move and have our being. Let EVERYTHING that has breath PRAISE The Lord!
Do your Church Members speak to One another in Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs? If The Spirit Of The Lord NOW Rests Upon, In AND "IS" Working Through us, do we Pray like David Prayed, Sing like David sang and Dance Like David Danced? Did Jesus Pray when He was here on Earth? He "IS" Still Continually Interceding On Our Behalf Before God's Throne Of Grace & Mercy In The Heavenlies! I Wonder of Jesus sang?
He "IS" The Greatest Of ALL Songs (according to The Song Of Solomon, The Song Of Songs) and SURELY He sang ALL "The Songs Of Ascension" (as recorded in The Book Of Psalms) EVERY Time He Made His Regular Pilgrimages To The Holy City, Jerusalem, BUT (Now That's A BIG "But") did Jesus EVER Dance? He "IS" The Son Of David, so as The Son Of The Father, I Am personally convinced that He did and does do "The Dance Of The Merry Makers." Was He not "The Life" of the party when He Attended The Wedding Feasts?
In 1985 I was taking classes at The Billy Graham School Of Evangelism in Connecticut, while The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association held their Crusade and it was the first time that I was on sight to watch people use sign language to Minister The Gospel Of Jesus Christ. To See The Good News Of God presented in such a Way was simply Beautiful and greatly impacted my heart.
In 1991 I was Assistant Pastor of a Messianic Congregation in New Jersey, where we had a Dance Team called "Living Waters Ministry" that Ministered To God & The Members Of Our Church / Temple Through Dance "In Worship."
There is NOTHING More Beautiful and satisfying than Seeing God's (Holy) People Offering themselves Up To Him As Living Sacrifices and Worshipping Him In Spirit & Truth! To Be REAL "IS" To Have The Son Of God As Your Lord & Savior. WHATEVER we do (or say) should "Be" As Unto The Lord Of Heaven & Earth!
My Dear, Sweet, Brothers & Sisters In The Lord Jesus, SING To The Lord A New Song and PRAISE Him In The Sacred Assembly Of His Saints! DANCE before Him (In The Spirit) with Beauty & Holiness, because He [The Lord] "IS" The Honor Of ALL His Saints, so Praise The Lord Our God! - Hallelujah! LOVE The Lord Thy God With ALL Of Your Heart, Mind, Soul, Spirit & Strength (in your weakness let Him Show, Manifest His ALL-Mighty, ALL-Power-FULL Strength), LOVE Your Neighbor As Your"self" AND LOVE One Another as Jesus Has (AND Does) LOVE Y-O-U, In His Holy & Precious Name. Amen & Amen.
God Bless & LOVE To ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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Date: Wed, Feb 2, 2005
Subject:
Psalms Message / Worship That Pleases God - Psalm 150:3
The Word:
Praise Him with trumpet sound; praise Him with lute and harp!
- Psalm 150:3
The Word Of God Exhorts us, "Let EVERYTHING that has breath and EVERY Breath Of Life Praise The Lord! Praise Y-O-U The Lord! Hallelujah!" So, why is it that so many confessing Christians are not speaking as Oracles Of God, Instruments Of God and Proclaiming His Power, Mighty Acts and Abundant Greatness? Could it be that we do not Truly Know The God, Who we say, we do? I Am deeply concerned about The Bride Of Christ Today, because She is not the spotless Lover that God intended Her To Be. We have ALL played the fool and gone our own Way, but still The Holy Spirit Calls us To Come And Draw Near To Our Beloved Bridegroom. He Has Paid The Purchase Price To Redeem us with His Precious Life's Blood, so is He not Worthy of ALL The Glory, Honor, Thanksgiving And Praise That Is Due His Holy Name?
Do you Praise The Lord God In His Sanctuary (Y-O-U "ARE" The Temple Of His Holy Spirit)?
Do you Praise Him In The Heavens Of His Power (We "ARE" Seated In Heavenly Places With Him)?
Do you Praise Him For His Mighty Acts (The Book Of Acts Has NOT Ended Yet, so why are we NOT displaying His [Holy Spirit] Acts In The Life Of [ALL] Believers Today)?
Do you Praise Him According To The Abundance Of His Greatness [Ps. 145:5, 6; Deut. 3:24] (Jesus Died On The Cross Of Calvary For Our Sins, so that we could Have The Eternal, Everlasting, Resurrection, ABUNDANT Life That God Promised us In Him)?
Do you Praise Him with The Trumpet Sound?
BLOW The Trumpet In Zion, SOUND It On The Mountain, For The Day Of The Lord "IS" Come!
There are OVER 70 references In The Word Of God regarding The Trumpet or Shofar, but TOO Many confessing Christians have No Clue as to what they're all about. Are we not ALL supposed to be waiting for The Last Trumpet Sound and Jesus' Second Coming? I Am thoroughly convinced that The Church Today is NOT bearing Good & Lasting Fruit For God's Kingdom, because we have not only left Our First Love, but we have cut ourselves off from our Spiritual Roots! Are we not Engrafted Into The Olive Tree, Citizens Of Israel (Destined For The New Jerusalem) and Children Of Abraham, Our Father Of Faith? READ The NEW Covenant Words Of God and WEEP as Priests Before His Altar Of Grace, Favor, Tender-Mercies And Loving-Kindness, because we have not accepted Our Destiny and have separated ourselves from Our Heritage And Spiritual Inheritance In Christ Jesus!
Do Y-O-U EVER Pray For The Peace Of Jerusalem To Rule And Reign In Your Heart & Mind?
PRAISE Him with lute, harp, tambourine, [single or group] dance, sounding, loud clashing cymbals, stringed and wind instruments or flute, but Do PRAISE Him, For He Alone "IS" Worthy and God Demands, Requires And Commands EVERYTHING & EVERY One That Has His Holy Spirit Breath Of Life To PRAISE The Lord - Hallelujah, Allelujah!
No matter what nation or people you go to on Planet Earth Today, you Will AlWays find some One who says, "Allelujah or Hallelujah!" In Every Language, Tribe & Tongue, these words mean, "Praise The Lord!" Why out of EVERY form of speech would these things be?
Because, ALL of Humankind was Created In The Image & Likeness Of God To Bring Glory, Honor, Thanksgiving & (YES) PRAISE To His Holy & Precious Name, The Name Above ALL Names, Jesus, so let us Come Together As One In Him and SHOUT To The Lord, ALL The Earth, Let us Sing, Power & Majesty, PRAISE To The King! Mountains Will Bow Down & The Seas Will Roar, Resound At The Sound Of His Holy & Precious Name. It Is GOOD To Sing PRAISES To Our God, For He "IS" Gracious And Loving; PRAISE "IS" Becoming And Appropriate, so let us ALL Worship Him In Unity, In Spirit & Truth, In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
God Bless & Love to ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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Date: Wed, Feb 16, 2005
Subject:
Worship That Pleases God - Psalm 50:3 / Psalms Message
The Word:
Our God comes, and does not keep silence; a fire devours before Him, and round about Him a mighty tempest rages.
- Psalm 50:3
You may be asking your"self," What does this portion of Holy Script have to do with "Worship That Pleases God?" First off, Let me say that we, as God's Chosen People, are Called Upon To Worship Him In His Holy Spirit & The Truth Of Christ Jesus. The Word Of God Declares To us Today, He Does NOT Keep Silence (notice: It Does NOT Say, Silent), but He DOES Keep (ALL) Those Whose Hearts "ARE" Set On Him To "Make A (Holy Spirit FILLED) JOY-FULL NOISE Unto The Lord God, ALL-Mighty! In regards to "The Fire"... (Much To Your Surprise :) I have Several Comments. BEHOLD, He Comes, Shining Like The Sun (Like The Son Of The MOST High God), Riding On The Clouds, At The Trumpet's Call, So Lift Your Voice, For It's The Year Of Jubilee "AND" Out Of Zion's Hill Salvation / Yeshua / Jesus Comes! God's Holy & Precious Word Comes Forth (as a Bride-Groom From His Chamber) & Shall "GO" Forth (Out Of) From Zion and Accomplish What He Wills. His Living Word "IS" A Flaming Fire! Why?
Because, It "IS" (Of The Holy) Spirit & (Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection) Life In Christ Jesus.
He & It "IS" The Perfection Of God's Beauty (In Holiness) and Shines Forth (Out Of Zion) From The Rising Of The Sun (The Rising Of His One & ONLY Begotten Son From The Dead) To Its Setting and you and I are Called Of God To Do Like-Wise, Shining EVER Brighter Until His FULL Light Of Day! During The Days Of Noah, God Brought A (Water) Baptism To ALL Of Planet Earth and His Prophetic Word Tells us That He Will (In The VERY Near Future) Bring Another Baptism To Our Beloved Planet, but This Time By FIRE! Without trying to get everyone confused, The Word Of God Tells us that His [Angels] Messengers (which you and I are Called Of God To Be) are As Flames Of Fire and His Final Command To us (ALL) was that we should Wait (Upon The Lord) For His Holy Spirit (FIRE) To Fall Upon us, so that we would "Be" His Witnesses To ALL Nations & Peoples, Tribes & Tongues.
He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that He may judge His people:
- Psalm 50:4
JUDGEMENT Begins At The House Of God! A Mighty Tempest Rages Round About Him (Remember The Disciples In The Boat With Jesus During The Storm On The Sea?), but He Has Promised To Take us Through To The Other Side. He "IS" Our Peace and Desires To Gather us (ALL Of His Saints) Together To Himself, The Ones Who Have Found Grace, Favor In His Sight and ALL Those Who Have Made A NEW Covenant With Him By The Sacrifice Of Jesus Upon The Cross Of Calvary.
Like John The Baptist, you and I are Called Of God To Go Before Him, Make Straight Paths For His Second Coming, but we can do NOTHING apart from Him and His Holy Spirit Moving Upon us, Living, Moving & Having His Being In us and Accomplishing His Works (Signs & Wonders) Through us. THIS "IS" The Baptism Of FIRE That Needs To Fall Upon The Church Of Jesus Christ TODAY! It should NOT Be "The Experience" That We Seek After, but The "Experientially" Knowing Of The Very Person Of Jesus, Messiah, The Anointed One.
One Thing Have I Desired Of The Lord, That Will I Seek After...
GIVE Me Jesus! He "IS" ALL That He Need, because, Christ In Y-O-U "IS" The Hope Of Glory. Seek after Him and you Shall Find Him, In ALL of His Glorious Majesty. He Has Given us EVERYTHING That We Need To Live Our Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life Unto Him In Jesus' Holy & Precious Name, so let us Ask Him (And Receive) to Send The Devouring FIRE and Consume His Saints.
STIR UP The Flame With-In Y-O-U, Keep The Holy Spirit FIRE Burning and Set ABLAZE The World around you With The Love Of God & The Good News Of Jesus, before He Comes With His Judgement FIRE, In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
God Bless & Love to ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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Title. Date: Wed, Mar 2, 2005
Subject:
Worship That Pleases God - Psalm 51:17 / Psalms Message
The Word:
My sacrifice [the sacrifice acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart [broken down with sorry for sin and humbly and thoroughly penitent] such, O God, You will not despise.
- Psalm 51:17
Important Notice: This Portion of Holy Script was in No Way Chosen by (this) man, but By The One TRUE God. It was next in line for my daily devotions of Rick Warren's, "The Purpose Driven Life, What On Earth Am I Here For?" Book, which I have been going consecutively through in this series of Psalms & Proverbs Messages. May God Use His Word To Bring About His Purpose In ALL Of Our Lives.
God ALL-Mighty does NOT Delight in Sacrifice and He Finds NO Pleasure in burnt offering. [1 Sam. 15:22; Psalm 51:16.] Why then did He institute The Law? He did This To Point us ALL to The Need of Salvation and That Saving Grace Is Found In None Other, There Is NO Other Name Under Heaven By Which We MUST Be Saved, Yeshua / Jesus! It Is NO Coincidence that This Word Comes To us Today, for Today Is The Day Of Salvation, There "IS" A Way (The Way) Out, but we must Choose (Wisely) and Take It. We look at the outer man, but God Looks At The Heart Of The Matter and that is what lies deepest within our very Soul. Deep Calls to Deep, sometimes churning up things we wish were better left unsaid or virtually unknown, but God Is Forever reaching down to our baser nature in a concerned effort to Resurrect Our Spiritual Man.
"HAVE Mercy Upon me, O God!" is what King David cried out, when he was rebuked by Nathan The Prophet, AFTER he had sinned with Bathsheba, but I say unto You Today, "God Have Mercy On us ALL," for ALL Have sinned and ARE Falling Short Of His Calling, Missing The Mark, The Glory Of God In Christ Jesus, Christ In us, which "IS" The ONLY Hope of ALL mankind. We ALL Need His Tender Mercies To Be Renewed EACH & EVERY Morning and He Thoroughly Knows THAT! His Loving-Kindness "IS" Better than ANYTHING This Present World Of Darkness has to offer us, It "IS" FAR Better than the lower life that TOO Many confessing Christians WILLINGLY Choose. SURE, sin "IS" Pleasurable, but ONLY for a season, short lived and CERTAINLY Not Worth The Eternal Consequences the sinner and The Saint have to deal with Here, NOW and in The Life To Come!
David repented, still remained King, eventually married "The Other Woman," was given Solomon as His Son and was even Called By God, "A Man After My Own Heart," but suffered many, MAny, MANY Losses. As Paul The Apostle asked, "Shall We Go On Sinning?" I think NOT, for ALL that we read about in the Old & New Covenant was written for examples, so that we would NOT make the same mistakes! Achan hid his sin (within the camp), but eventually paid the price, along with his entire family. Eli lost his two sons who went blatantly out of their Way to do the wrong thing, God's Glory Departed From The Whole Nation Of Israel and as if that wasn't enough, Eli lost his own life as well. What is YOUR Sin Worth?
To Do Justly, To LOVE Mercy & To Walk Humbly With Our God (and man) Is What "IS" WHOLELY (HOLY) Required Of us, as True Spiritual Believers Today! Are any of us Worthy or without ANY type of sin in our being and able to cast "the first stone" at those we deem or even Know To Be In Wrongful Disobedience To God's Word, Will & Way? When Jesus said, "Turn The Other Cheek," did He mean that we should look the other Way in such instances?
CERTAINLY NOT! Sin needs to be dealt with, but dealt with properly. Doing unto others as we would have them do unto us is Definitely NOT an easy task, but who said living The Christian Life would be an easy One? The Woman At The Well was told To Go and sin no more, just as The Woman Caught In Adultery and The Man At The Pool Of Bethesda. O, To Be A REAL Man or Woman, A Child Of God and Stand Before Others, Face To Face, as Nathan The Prophet and Speak The Truth In Love. ALL of us within The Church, The Body Of Christ MUST Be Ministers and NOT Manipulators, but on the other hand, we MUST Go, Do AND Be ALL That Christ Calls Us To. Mothers against daughters or fathers against sons is NOT a pretty picture, but we MUST Rightfully Divide The Word Of Truth NOW, because Jesus "IS" Coming Again SOON and when He Does, the sheep and the goats Will Be Separated and at that point, it will be too late!
The Wall Of Separation "IS" NOW Broken Down (Among Believers) In Christ Jesus, there is no Greek or Jew, male or female, because we are Called Of God To Be One In The Spirit & One In The Lord. Should ANY of us go astray, discipline is painful, but it Proves That We Are STILL Children Of The Most High God and God's ULTIMATE Purpose "IS" ALL-Ways to bring Complete & TOTAL Healing & Restoration to Each and Every Situation.
This "IS" The Will Of God, For ALL Things To Come Into Submission To His Holy & Precious Word. I Pray that No Offense is taken to This Word Today, for there is NOW, No Condemnation To Those Who "ARE" In Christ Jesus. For those who are struggling or willingly going out of their Way, for their own good pleasure (the sins of the flesh) and NOT Walking In The Fruits & Gifts Of God's Holy Spirit, Let THIS Be A Warning. The Trumpet Call has been sounded, so each and every One of us MUST answer To God and Do The Right Thing as He Reveals His Will To us In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
BEHOLD, You Desire TRUTH In The Inner Being; Make Me Therefore To Know Wisdom In My Inmost Heart.
- Psalm 51:6
May The Grace Of The Lord Be With Us ALL, <')))>< Mark
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Date: Wed, Mar 16, 2005
Subject: Psalm 54:6 - Worship That Pleases God / Psalms Message!
The Word:
With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to You; I will give thanks and praise Your name, O Lord, for it is good.
- Psalm 54:6
God "IS" Our Helper, Ally and Upholder.
He Will "Pay Back" (and you know what they say about pay backs :) evil to our enemies; In His Faith FULLness, The Lord Will put an END to ALL of them. The Word Of God Declares, "He HAS Delivered us out of EVERY trouble" and our (Spiritual & Natural) eyes CAN Look upon our enemies In Triumph! How? By taking hold of The Truths Of God's Holy & Precious Word, Will and Way. Jesus was slain (in our historical sense) 2,000 years ago, but The Bible says, "He Was Slain Before The Foundations Of The World Were Laid." So... If you're feeling like, "WHY Can't I Get OVER This Hump," let us take a look at our present situations through God's Eyes.
Praise The Lord, O My Soul and ALL That "IS" Within Me Bless His Holy Name!
Wherever you are or whatever you are going through, Jesus Promises To Take Y-O-U (and me) THROUGH It! Do you think that Joseph believed or knew that he was going to be The Prince Of Egypt at the time that he was in the pit? How about when he was in the dungeon of The King? Did The Disciples think that they were going over to the other side while they were in the midst of the storm?
Obviously NOT, but no matter how bad things may look at the time (This Time), we Have The VICTORY In Jesus When God "IS" On Our Side AND If God Be FOR us, Who Can Be Against us? The answer to that question (in case you didn't know or slightly doubted) is NO One, NOTHING, Zip, Zero, Nada, Zilch, because NOTHING can separate us from The Love Of God and God "IS" LOVE!
ALL Confessing Christians Are Called Of God To Offer Up Themselves As Living Sacrifices, Holy (Wholly / 100%) & Blameless (Righteous) In His Sight, As A FREE-WILL Offering Of Thanksgiving And Praise To His Holy & Precious Name.
THIS "IS" what The Psalmist is saying to us Today as The Body Of Christ! At this time, it was King Saul, who was in hot pursuit of David and The Ziphites went and told The King where The Man After God's Own Heart was hiding. Are you in a place of hiding, in despair? No matter what the situation or circumstance David was in, He Gave Thanks & Praise To God's Name, The Lord, For He (STILL) Knew That Is "IS" GOOD, because God "IS" Good ALL Of The Time. Even The Apostle Paul tells us To Give Thanks In ALL Things, Cause This "IS" The Will Of God. What EXACTLY "IS" The Will Of God For Y-O-U (and me)? The Book Of Ephesians lets us KNOW that It "IS" Bringing ALL Things Into Submission To Christ, Laying EVERYTHING Down at The Foot Of The Cross, At The Feet Of Jesus.
We're not just talking 10% of our financial gains here, but of giving Our ALL To Jesus! After ALL, He Gave His ALL, His Life For us. Are you REALLY, Completely and Totally Surrendered to His Word, Will & Way? THIS "IS" The Sacrifice that God Requires of EVERY Believer, THAT "IS" How We Can Give Thanks & Praise His Holy & Precious Name, The Name Above ALL Others, The Lord, Yeshua / Jesus / Salvation and It "IS" Good, for He "IS" GOOD (ALL The Time) In Jesus' Name.
Amen & Amen.
God's Richest Blessings & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Your Brother & Friend In Him, Mark
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Date: Wed, Mar 30, 2005
Subject: Psalms Message / Worship That Pleases God - Psalm 141:2
The Word:
Let my prayer be set forth as incense before You, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. [Rev. 8:3, 4; 1 Tim. 28.]
- Psalm 141:2
Have you "Called Upon The Lord; Hastened To Him; Given Ear To His Voice When He Cries To (For) You?" Set a guard before your mouth, keep watch at the door of your lips, incline your heart to submit, be content with Holy Things and Be Occupied (Until He Comes) In The Deeds Of Righteousness, Peace And Joy In The Holy Ghost That Jesus Has Prepared For us To Do Before The Foundations Of This World Were Laid. He Alone "Is" Our Refuge And Portion In The Land Of The Living! Jesus, Our Passover Lamb has been slain and "is" NOW Risen, as The Firstfruits From The Dead, a Wave Offering Unto Our Father Who Art In Heaven, so why are we not (as Confessing Christians, Believers) Lifting Up Holy Hands In Praise And Worship, In Spirit & Truth? THIS "Is' What The Father SEEKS, but Will He Find (True Spiritual) Faith On The Earth when He Comes Again In ALL Of His Glory?
Does not The Bride want to make her"self" ready for Her Beloved's Return?
Intimate Communion & Fellowship with The Lover Of Her Soul should certainly spur her on to bring forth The Essence Of Christ, Messiah, The Anointed One unto Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life In His Holy & Precious Name. Lift Up Your Hands In The Sanctuary & Bless, Bless Ye The Lord God Almighty, because "The Evening" is drawing closer and we MUST Offer Ourselves Up As A Living Sacrifice Of Praise & Thanksgiving! The Golden Altar "Is" Before God's Throne Of Grace & Mercy, His Presence Burns Like (Holy Spirit) Fire Within Our Hearts, The Revelation Of Jesus In ALL Of His Heavenly Glory Flashes Like Lightning and sends rumblings, like an earthquake through our very Being. Are you catching "The Vision," because without It, you perish.
Paul The Apostle Desired (SURELY, THIS "Is" God's Desire Too) that "IN EVERY PLACE" Men, Women and Children Of The Most High God would PRAY, without anger, quarrelling, resentment or doubt [in their minds], lifting up Holy Hands!
Are Y-O-U doing THIS? How about The Members Of Your Church, The Body Of Christ? For those of us who Profess Reverential Fear For And Devotion To God, I hear too much talk and see not enough Action (The Acts Of The Holy Spirit Upon, In And Through The Lives Of Confessing Believers), because The Word Of God DOES Declare, "Faith Without (True Spiritual) Works, Doing Good Deeds - that is, deeds in themselves Good, and for the Good and advantage of those contacted by them - "Is" DEAD!
Are we not Alive & Well with The Holy Spirit Of God Living, Moving & Having His Being In us? God "Is" Good ALL The Time and we MUST Be About "DOING Our Father's Business!" What exactly is it that Y-O-U "Are" DOING to Further The Kingdom Of God?
The Lord Actually "Inhabits" The Praises Of His (Chosen) People AND "Is" Enthroned On The Praises Of Israel!
Jesus (God SO Loved The World That He) Gave Himself WILLINGLY as a Ransom For ALL Peoples, Nations, Tribes & Tongues, so therefore... He Alone "Is' WORTHY Of ALL Glory, Honor, Thanksgiving, Power & (Above ALL) Praise. He "Is' The ONLY One True God and The ONLY Mediator between God And Man, (Behold) The Man Christ Jesus, Who Wishes ALL Men To Be Saved!
What kind of "Praying" is This Portion Of Holy Script Encouraging The People Of God to Commit Themselves to? What kind of Prayers are Good, Right, Pleasing And Acceptable To God Our Savior?
Those Offered Up To God On Behalf Of ALL Mankind, through Petitions, Askings, Intercessions And Thanksgivings, but if Done without Faith, It Is Completely and Totally IMPOSSIBLE To Please God. The Prayer Of The Righteous Person (In Christ Jesus) Is POWER-FULL & Avails Much With God, Through The Moving Of His Holy Spirit, so Ask and Receive, Seek and Find, Knock and The Door Shall Be Opened Unto Y-O-U, In Jesus' Name.
Amen & Amen.
God's Richest Blessings & Love To ALL Who Love The Lord And Seek (Earnestly) To FULL-FILL His GREAT Co-Mission, <')))>< Mark
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Date: Thu, Apr 14, 2005
Subject: When God Seems Distant - Psalm 10:1 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
WHY do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide Yourself, [veiling Your eyes] in times of trouble (distress and desperation)?
- Psalm 10:1
How many times have you asked the question, "WHY?" While attending grammar school, I was taught (when writing an article) to ask, "Who, What, Where, When and Why?" In Christian Counselling, we are told not to ask,"Why," but, "How?" How do we answer ALL TOO MANY Believers who ask, "WHY?" Because? NO, Meganoida, God Forbid! Jesus Is The Answer For ALL The World Today and we MUST Look Unto Him As The Author And Finisher Of Our Faith (no matter how blind it may seem at times). We are Called Upon By God To Walk (The Straight & Narrow Way) By Faith (The Substance Of Things Hoped For And The Evidence Of Things NOT Seen) and NOT By Natural Sight.
Open Our Spiritual Eyes Lord, so that we may Spiritually See WONDER-FULL Things (Daily) In Your Holy And Precious Word, Will And Way! We (MUST) Look To Your ALL-Mighty Hand To Lead And Guide us (As The Good Shepherd Of Our Souls) Into ALL Truth And Understanding Through The Ministry Of Your Holy Ghost. Lead On Lord!
Does God Really Stand Afar Off? He Is AlWays as close as your next breath, heartbeat, thought, word and deed. It is your sin, missing The Mark that separates you and I from Our Loving Father, Who Sent His One And Only Begotten Son To Die In Our Stead Upon The Cross Of Calvary. The Very First Question Posed In The Word Of God To Man Was, "Where Are Y-O-U?" Each and Every One Of us MUST ask our"self" this same question. If we simply turn around (repent of our wicked ways), God Will Bring Complete And Total Healing to us and our land.
Does Our God Play "Hide And Seek?"
The Word Of God Declares to us that He Longs To Hide us In The Shadow Of His Wings and when we Seek Him (with ALL of our heart, mind, soul, spirit and strength), we Shall SURELY Find Him.
King David wrote that if we descend to the deepest, darkest depths, He Is There, because Jesus "Is" EVERYWHERE. Open Our Eyes Lord, We Want (Long) To See Jesus, In ALL Of His Glorious Splendor!
Give us ALL Once Again Lord, The Vision, The True, Spiritual Revelation Of Your Son.
The Eyes Of The Lord Are EVER Seeing and ALL Knowing. It is we who are blinded by the enemies darkness and TOO MANY Confessing Christians are Asleep In The Light! The Veil which kept us out of The Holy Of Holies was rent in two when The Precious (Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection) Life Blood Of Jesus Was Shed On The Cross and He Cried Out, "It Is Finished!" We are No Longer Blinded by The Law of Moses, but Set FREE (Indeed) to Walk In The FULLness of God's Grace and Tender-Mercies Towards us. The Eyes Of The Lord Are CONSTANTLY Looking For Who He Can Bless, For Those Who Seek After Him And ALL He IS. Do Y-O-U Honestly Believe that He Is EVER Wanting, Willing To Bless and Do GOOD (ALL The Time) To Those Who Love Him And Are Called According To His Purposes?
In This World Y-O-U WILL Have Trials, Tribulations & Troubles, but Be Of GOOD Cheer For Jesus Has Overcome It ALL and Y-O-U can Be an Overcomer TOO! In times of distress... Diss The STRESS, Believe On, Cling To, Trust In And Rely On The Lord Jesus Christ And Y-O-U Shall Be Saved To The Uttermost. When desperation comes... remember that there is No Inspiration without perspiration.
You MUST ask to receive, seek to find and knock, so that The Doors and Windows Of Heaven's Blessings Are Opened Unto Y-O-U! After you have done ALL that you can to STAND, Stand Therefore, because The Lord Will Stand For And With You In Jesus' Holy & Precious Name. He Is NOT Afar Off, but Close To You, so close that He Actually Dwells, Tabernacles in your human flesh.
He Is NOT Hiding, but EVER wanting and willing to reveal The Vision Of His Son's Glory To Y-O-U, so that Y-O-U Will in turn DO The Same for ALL Others In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
God's Richest Blessings & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark
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Date: Wed, Apr 27, 2005
Subject: When God Seems Distant - Psalm 22:1 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
MY God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? [Matt. 27:46.]
- Psalm 22:1
And about the ninth hour [three o'clock] Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, My God, why have You abandoned Me - leaving Me helpless, forsaking and failing Me in My need? [Ps. 22:1.]
- Matthew 27:46
Feeling forsaken, helpless, abandoned, left alone or in need? God Is Faithful And Jesus NEVER Fails! Eli, Eli, My God, My God has Promised (and He Can NOT lie) to NEVER leave or forsake me. He is NOT far off, but an EVER Present Help in my times of Need. The Lord Hears the groanings of His (Chosen) People and Will Answer our cries. God's Holy Spirit Is Called Along Side to Help us and The Word Of God Declares, My God Shall Supply ALL Of Our Needs According To His Riches In Glory!
People, Children Of The MOST High God, we MUST Come To The Place Of Experientially Knowing Who We "ARE" In Christ! Jesus did not say these things from The Cross of Calvary for His Own Purposes, but for ours, so that The Truth would Be Made Known to ALL of His Creation. We "ARE" Forgiven, because He was forsaken, Accepted Of The Father, because He was condemned, Alive and Well, because His Holy Spirit Lives Within us and ALL This, because Jesus took upon Himself the sins of the WHOLE World and died in our stead, in our place, so that we could Have Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life In His Holy And Precious Name!
We MUST change our Way of thinking, make ourself a different set of rules, Walk By Faith and NOT by sight, but according to His Word, Will And Way. We have entered into The Walk of Faith and NOT the walk of feelings. Feelings become numb and die out, but Faith Pleases God and Endures FOREVER! Without Faith it is IMPOSSIBLE To Please God, but With Faith ALL Things Are Possible.
Did God leave us or did we leave Him?
Our sins have separated us from God, so why not turn from our wicked ways, humble our"self," Pray and Allow Him To Complete, Finish and Accomplish "The Perfect Work" that He Has Begun in us?
He Is NOT far from us, but as close as our next breath, heart-beat, thought, word and (Good) deed, which He Has Prepared for us To Do In Christ, before the very foundation of this Earth was laid. Let us pick our"self" up, dust our"self" off, stop groaning (unless it is In The Spirit), grumbling, complaining and Be About Our Father's Business, For His Sake, Glory, Honor, Thanksgiving and Praise.
May The Words of our mouth and The Meditations of our heart Be Pleasing To Him!
Cry ALOUD Unto The Lord Your God, Eli, Eli, MY God, MY God and let this present world of darkness SEE Your Light, His Light Shining Upon, In And Through You, EVER Brighter until The FULL Light Of His SOON Coming Day (Maranatha)! We are NOT abandoned, but MUST Go to those who are, the widows and orphans, the ones who are still left in the darkness and bring them into His Marvelous Kingdom Of Light. The helpless MUST Be Made The HOPE-FULL, because This Is Our Calling, The Great Co-Mission, It Is To ALL Nations, Peoples, Tribes and Tongues. So we do NOT forsake or fail them (or Him), we MUST find our need (to meet their needs) In Christ ALONE!
As Jesus Gave His Life for ALL, so too, you and I MUST take up our Cross DAILY, die to self and Be Obedient To "The Call." Lose your lower life and you Will Find "The Higher Calling Of God" which lies ahead of you, but you MUST Press On to Complete "The Task" that is set before ALL Who Call Themselves Christian. I Am asking each and EVERY One of you to Submit To The Lordship Of Jesus Christ, Go, Do and Be ALL that He Has Called Y-O-U To In Jesus' Name.
Amen & Amen.
God Bless and Love to ALL,
<')))>< Mark Tross
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Date: Wed, May 11, 2005
Subject: When God Seems Distant - Psalm 43:2 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
For You are the God of my strength [my stronghold - in Whom I take refuge]; why have You cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
- Psalm 43:2
It's NEVER easy, when "your Truth" is Deepest Darkness; there's not enough Light to find The Way through your Valleys of indecision, the shadows of death, despair, destruction; you are looking towards The Hill Of God's Dwelling Place To See where your Help Comes From and who was it that said, Silence Is Golden? I usually find my"self" to be a most positive, uplifting and encouraging person, but let's admit it, face The Truth, confess that Living isn't alWays easy and Life (Even In Christ Jesus) can be hard or often difficult.
Suppose we did lay it ALL down on God's Altar Of Love and Praise Him With ALL Of Our Heart, Mind, Soul, Spirit & Strength, would we THEN Be JOY-FULL (Have The Exceeding JOY Of The Holy Ghost)?
O God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?
We ALL Know and Understand that God's Holy & Precious Word Is AlWays Faithful & True, so how is it that we can go on "feeling" This Way when He Has Promised To NEVER Leave Or Forsake us, EVEN To The End Of The Ages? I know that there comes a time in EVER man and / or woman's Life when we ask "The Question," WHY? Why are you downcast (cast down), O My Soul (My Inner Self), why should you moan over me and be so disturbed, disquieted within me? Jesus Is Our Peace, Our Shalom, Wholeness, The FULLness and Blessing Of God! Has NOT The Son Come To Dwell (Tabernacle) Within Our Hearts? Cry Unto Him, "Abba, Father!"
Hear Our Cries Lord, Let Them Rise As Incense Before Your Throne Of Grace (Favor) And Mercy.
HOPE Is The Anchor That Holds, Keeps us Safe & Secure, Within The Veil. They that (Watch &) Wait Patiently, Expectantly Upon The Lord SHALL Re-NEW Their Strength. He Is Enthroned On The Praises Of Israel And He Inhabits The Praises Of His (Chosen) People, so why do we NOT Yet Praise & Thank Him For ALL That He Has Done Already On Our Behalf, In Our Stead And ALL That He Has Promised To Do For us In Christ Jesus? The Lord Is Our EVER-Present Helper (Our Help-Mate) In Each and EVER Time Of Need and He Has Promised To Provide For Each And Every One Of Those Needs According To His Riches In Glory! Jesus Is The Help Of Our [SAD] Countenance, And Our God. He Has (IS) The Word(s) Of [Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection] LIFE, where else can we go?
WE have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work You did in their days, in the days of old.
- Psalm 44:1
THIS Is Our Day! ENOUGH of relying on everybody elses commentary on The Word Of God!! What Has God For us TODAY? Let us awaken from our slumber, arouse our"self" and Rise UP To The Occasion, because Christ Has Come, He Lived, Died, IS Risen Again From The Grave And He Is Coming Again (REALLY) Soon, perhaps even in our Lifetime! This is Our Time, Our Turn, Our Watch, To Hope In Him & Be Obedient To The Call, so let us take FULL Advantage Of Each & EVERY Opportunity That He Has Given us To Reach ALL Nations & Peoples, Tribes & Tongues! He Is The Light, Our Light, The Truth, Our Truth, The Good Shepherd, Our Good Shepherd, so let Him Bring us To His Holy Mountain, Where God Is Still On The Throne, In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
God Bless & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark Tross
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Date: Wed, May 25, 2005
Subject: When God Seems Distant - Psalm 44:23 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
Awake! Why do you sleep, O Lord?
Arouse Yourself, cast us not off forever!
- Psalm 44:23
This "Reflective Poem" by The Sons Of Korah, brings to mind the story of Elijah and The Prophets Of Baal. Is Our God EVER Asleep, needing to be Awakened or Aroused? The Word Of God Declares, "His Thoughts Towards us Are MORE Than The Grains Of Sand Along The Shores!" It seems to me that when Jesus says, "I Will NEVER Leave Or Forsake Y-O-U," that includes throughout ALL of Eternity, so that doesn't leave much time for slacking off. For the most part, I would have to say that we, The Church are the ones who MUST Be Awakened, because we are Asleep In The Light and NOT Paying Much Attention To The Commandments Of Our Lord. We MUST Arouse Our"self" and Stir Up The Gifts, Talents And Abilities Within us, placed there, given to us By God To FULL-FILL His Word, Will, Way, Plan & Purposes, In Christ Jesus! We MUST "Cast Off" those THINGS that SO Easily Beset us, Press On and Into The Higher Calling Of God.
WE have heard about the works our fathers have told us that God Did in their days and in the days of old, but what about TODAY? The Bible Declares that Jesus Christ, Messiah, The Anointed One "IS" THE SAME, Yesterday, TODAY And FOREVER, so if we are not experiencing Him In The Same WAY that those in The Word Of God Did, the Spiritual Problem lies with you and me and NOT Our Father Who Art In Heaven, Still Seated On The Throne In Heaven.
Who, What are we believing in, clinging to, trusting in, relying or leaning on? If It "IS" The EVERLASTING Arms, then I don't think we Really have much to worry about, because God's Word Says, "He SAVES To The UTTERMOST," and that's a LOT. No matter how things may look, feel or appear to be, we have to make our boast and Give Thanks To His Name FOREVER! He Knows "the secrets of the heart" and the ONLY time He hides His Face, forgets our affliction or our oppression is when we choose to hide our sin from Him.
HUMBLE Your"self" In His Sight, Bow Down, Cleave To The Lover, The Good Shepherd Of Your Very Soul and He Will Lift Y-O-U Up, so Rise (And Wise) Up!
Come To The One Who Can And Will Help Y-O-U, Deliver Y-O-U and Show His Tender-Mercies To Y-O-U, For His Name's Sake and because of His Steadfast Love, which NEVER Ceases or comes to an end! Let YOUR Heart OVERFLOW with a Goodly Theme; Address your Prayer, Praise, Promises, Prophesies, Psalms, Hymns And Spiritual Songs To The King Of Glory. Use your tongue as the pen of a ready writer and Prepare Your"self" for The Royal Wedding Of The Bride (The Church) And The Bride Groom (Christ)!
Make His Name To Be Remembered (PROPERLY & POSITIVELY) In ALL Generations For EVER And EVER In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
God Bless & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark Tross
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Title. Date: Wed, Jun 8, 2005
Subject: Trinity (3-In-1 / Old Covenant, New & Psalms) Message!
The Word:
Then He said, Let Me go, for day is breaking.
But Jacob said, I will not let You go unless You declare a blessing upon me.
- Genesis 32:26
For all [these] things are [taking place] for your sake, so that the more the grace (divine favor and spiritual blessing) extends to more and more people and multiplies through the many, the more the thanksgiving may increase [and redound] to the glory of God.
- 2 Corinthians 4:15
Why do You hold back Your hand, even Your right hand? Draw it out of Your bosom and consume them - make an end!
- Psalm 74:11
Jacob is facing his brother Esau ahead, so he stands at the river's edge and wrestles with God for "The Blessing" that was already obtained by him many years before. He left his home with NOTHING, but is now returning with two wives, MANY children, a multitude of servants and Much livestock. ALL the temptations, trials and tribulations that he endured were going to be worked together for his Good and God's Ultimate Glory, Honor, Thanksgiving and Praise! Would The Angel Of The Lord (Jesus) Hold Back His Right Hand (Where He Is Seated On The Throne In Heaven)? Oh, but that God would Go Before us In ALL Things, consume our enemies and make an end. Maranatha, Come Lord Jesus!
The Day Is Breaking, for we are Living In The Last Hours, perhaps just minutes or seconds until The End Of The Ages. Do NOT let go of The Hem Of HIs Garment unless He Declares, Proclaims His Blessing Upon Y-O-U, For Your Sake and The Sake Of His Holy & Precious Word!
We can ONLY extend, multiply and increase The Kingdom Of God, which is His Righteousness, Peace & Joy In The Holy Ghost, by the level of His Divine Favor and Spiritual Blessing that His Holy Spirit, The Spirit Of Grace Bestowes Upon, In and Flows Through us. Thanks Be To God, Who Takes us From Glory to Glory, Vessel to Vessel and Grace to Grace!
Jesus Promised To Give us EVERYTHING that we need to Live our Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection Life Unto Him, so why do we doubt that He is EVER Looking out for Our GOOD? He has Promised NEVER to leave or forsake us, that He would Go Before us In ALL Things, He Keeps us In His PERFECT & Acceptable Will and His Goodness, Loving-Kindness and Tender-Mercies (which are Re-Newed Each & EVERY Morning) are going to follow us ALL The Days Of Our Life In Christ Jesus! It's a VERY Good Things that The Bible, The Word Of God says, "God CAN NOT lie," but will we Choose To Walk (DAILY) In It's Truth?
God Is Going To Make "An End" and It Is Written In The Back Of "THE BOOK," so know and understand, like Jacob (who became Israel), that Y-O-U and I are on The Winning Side! Note that I did NOT say, The Whining Side and unfortunately Today, there are TOO MANY Confessing Christians who o and awful LOT of whining and crying. Relax, cause God WILL Wipe aWay EVERY tear from your eyes, but that doesn't mean we have the right to exasperate each situation that comes our Way.
God wants to Cut Y-O-U Loose and NOT Hold Y-O-U Back, but we Certainly MUST Go About Things According To His Word, Will & Way. If we take Him at His Word (and we SHOULD), it's us who are Called Upon (By Him) To Break The Chains That Bind and Declare His Blessings Upon Others, ALL Nations, Peoples, Tribes & Tongues! Jesus is seated at the right hand of God, He has extended His Right Hand to us, Shown us The VERY Heart Of God and THIS IS The Consuming Fire, His Passion and Zeal, The ONLY Means To The End, so let us Go Forward To Accomplish His Work In Jesus' Name.
Amen & Amen.
God's Richest Blessings & Love To ALL,
<')))><
Your Brother & Friend In Him,
Mark Tross
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Date: Wed, Jun 22, 2005
Subject: When God Seems Distant - Psalm 88:14 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
Lord, why do You cast me off? Why do You hide Your face from me? [Matt. 27:46.]
- Psalm 88:14
It isn't so much that The Lord has cast us off, but generally, it is us who hide our faces from Him. All the ask, believe and receive, knock and The Door shall be opened unto you, seek and you shall find stuff works just fine when we apply ourselves to it, but all too often, that is usually not the case. Why is it that we as Believers, Christians, Followers of The Lord are not as consistent in our walk and relationship with Him as we should be? Are we too heavenly minded to be of any earthly good or is it that we are led by our carnal, sinful, baser nature, rather than filled with The Holy Spirit Of God and Spiritually driven by His Word, Will and Way.
LORD, Why do we cast You off? Why do we hide our faces from You? Could it be that we have some deep internal darkness in us and don't want Your Holy Spirit Light to chase it aWay, because after all, sin is pleasurable (for a season).
Cast off your old self and put on The Lord Jesus Christ! Draw close to Him and He will draw close to you. Where can the sinner go to run and hide?
Any One or any body who experientially knows Jesus as Lord, Savior, Master, Rabbi, Messiah, The One And Only Begotten Son and King would not forget that He has Promised NEVER to leave or forsake us. If He Lives, Moves, has His Being Upon, In and Working Through us; If He Is Enthroned and has taken up residency in your heart, mind, soul, Spirit and strength, how far aWay can He go? It is your sin that separates you from God!
Have you any unforgiveness towards others or even your very self? Just one lie will keep you from ever seeing The Kingdom Of God, which is His Righteousness, Peace and Joy In The Holy Ghost, unless you repent, turn, think differently and receive The Grace, Favor, Loving-Kindness and Tender-Mercies Of The Lord.
King David asked, Cast me not aWay from Your Presence and take not Your Holy Spirit from me, so I guess it's fine for us (every once in a while) to question where we are (regarding our Belief and Faith) In Christ, but let us not be forlorn, down-trodden or depressed forever, because we have His GREAT & Precious Promises, that to us ARE Yes & Amen In Christ Jesus! Yes, He Will Shine HIs Face Upon us, so that we can bask In His Holy Presence. Ask and He Will Restore Unto us "The Joy Of His Salvation / Yeshua / Jesus," which is The Joy Of Our Salvation In Him! When we are not faithful, He Remains Faithful Still (To us), from Generation to Generation, because what He Establishes In The Very Heavens Is UNCHANGEABLE, PERPETUAL And FOREVER In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
God's Richest Blessings & Love To ALL,
<'))>< Your Brother & Friend In Him, Mark Tross
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Date: Wed, Jul 6, 2005
Subject: When God Seems Distant - Psalm 89:49 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
Lord, where are Your former loving-kindnesses [shown in the reigns of David and Solomon], which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
- Psalm 89:49
God swore? WOW! Actually, He Gave His Holy & Precious Word, The Truth and God alWays Keeps His Word, because It Is Faithful & True and God can NOT lie.
He says, His Word Will Go Forth, Accomplish What He Wills and NEVER return void. The writer of this reflective poem, skillful song and Psalm is speaking of God's Tender-Mercies and Loving-Kindnesses being made (Experientially) known from generation to generation, but yet he remembers that his time here on Earth is a fleeting life, filled with emptiness (what a contrast and play on words that is), falsity, futility and frailty, so he questions why The Almighty remains silent in his day.
How many times have you sung worship songs in Church about the days of King David, Solomon (Peace), Moses, Ezekiel, Elijah or others? Are you part of a New Testament Congregation? Is your Christian Fellowship ALIVE For Today?
Jesus Christ "IS" The Same, Yesterday, Today and Forever! Perhaps the reason we do not see His Mighty Hand at work among us (as often as we should) Today is because we are NOT applying the basic principles and practices of The Faith. Is He your Dwelling Place, Refuge and God?
Our iniquities, our secret heart and its sins [which we would so like to conceal even from ourselves] You have set in the [revealing] light of Your countenance.
- Psalm 90:8
David and Solomon were men who followed after The Heart, Wisdom, Knowledge, Vision and Power Of Their (Personal) God. Sure, they messed up (as we ALL do), but they also repented of their sin (before God and man) and came to realize that everything apart from Him is Vanity (empty, void and without purpose). If we (The Church & Body Of Christ) would come to (Experientially) Know The Joy and Understanding of who we "ARE" (NOW) In Christ Jesus, we would appreciate the Spiritual Blessings of Walking With The Lord (DAILY) In The Light and Favor (Grace) Of His Countenance, His Face Shining Upon us.
How Blessed - happy, fortunate [to be envied] are His Chosen Ones!
"If his children forsake My law, and walk not in My ordinances; If they break of profane My statutes and keep not My commandments, Then will I punish their transgression with the rod [of chastisement], and their iniquity with stripes. [2 Sam. 7:14.]
Nevertheless My loving-kindness will I not break off from him, nor allow My faithfulness to fail [to lie or be false to him].
My covenant will I not break or profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of My lips."
- Psalm 89:30-34
God has sworn (Once and for ALL) by His Holiness that can NOT be violated! ALL of His Promises are Faithful & True, Yes and Amen, so let us wait upon The Lord, Renew our strength In Him, Take Our Father Who Art In Heaven At His Word and (whether we see it or not at this present time) Believe In Jesus' Name.
Amen & Amen.
God's Richest Blessings & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark Tross
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Date: Wed, Jul 20, 2005
Subject: When God Seems Distant - Psalm 37:28 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
For the Lord delights in justice and forsakes not His saints; they are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked [in time] shall be cut off.
- Psalm 37:28
Not only do we "delight ourselves in the Lord and get the desires of our heart," but God also delights in us when we do justly, Love (His Tender) Mercy and walk humbly with Him. It was Jesus Who said, 'I Will NEVER Leave Or Forsake Y-O-U," so notice the ONE-ness with The Father and Listen to God's Holy Spirit speaking to The Saints (That "Is" Us) through His Holy And Precious Word. Yes, once again The Word Of God reveals our Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection LIFE and how ALL God's Promises "ARE" Preserving us Forever! Unfortunately for the ungodly the story is NOT The Same.
Maybe (like King David) you have seen and found out in your lifetime that the wicked do prosper and succeed in This World Of Present Darkness, but this will NOT alWays be the case, because God Is JUST and His Judgements Will prevail!
Darkness is alWays chased aWay by The Light, but the sinner will NOT escape the Righteous Hand Of Our ALL-Mighty God (read: Jonathan Edward's "Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God"). If the Wayward, Prodigal Child departs from evil and does Good (God Is Good ALL The Time), they Will Dwell Forever [Securely], Leaning On The Everlasting Arms and Resting In The Shadow Of The Almighty!
[Then] the [consistently] righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell upon is forever.
- Psalm 38:29
THIS "IS" Our Heritage as Christians, Fellow Believers from ALL around the World shall Dwell Together FOREVER With God In The Promised Land, The New Jerusalem, His City Of Eternal Peace. NO More sorrow, pain, tears or injustices, because He Has Overcome the darkness and brought us COMPLETELY Into His Marvelous Kingdom Of Light! We "ARE" The Saints Of God, His Chosen Ones and Beloved Bride that He Has Promised In His Holy Word To Keep (Preserve) Together With Him Forever, so Rejoice And Be Glad!
Those who choose (everything in this Daily Life has a choice with eternal consequences for the next) to go against God's Word, be "Anti-Christ" (Against Jesus), reject His Salvation or continue to do evil, wicked things shall be cut off from The Tree Of Life (The Cross Of Christ) and be cast into the lake of fire, separated from God FOREVER, which is eternal hell with their spiritual father of lies, the devil himself and all of his fallen angels. THIS is EVERYONE's Choice, to live or die, here and now, into ALL Eternity, but there are still those who do not know or understand what their choices entail, so it is up to us to take The Love Of God and The Good News Of Jesus to ALL who Will Listen, take heed and Choose Life In Jesus' Name. Amen and Amen.
God's Richest Blessings & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark Tross
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Date: Fri, Aug 5, 2005
Subject: When God Seems Distant - Psalm 51 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had sinned with Bathsheba.
HAVE mercy upon me, O God, according to Your steadfast love; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies and loving-kindnesses blot out my transgressions.
- Psalm 51:1
Does not the whole wide world know of King David's (ALL Too) Personal indiscretions with his "close" neighbor Bathsheba? Do ANY of us think that God does not know about the intimate details of ours? This Psalm, (more than every other) speaks of the one who (experientially) knew that The Lord Jesus Christ was his Shepherd, but NOW he knew what it was that he really wanted and needed, God's Tender-Mercies, His Loving-Kindness (which is far better than this baser nature human life) and for the Precious Blood of his Savior to blot out ALL of his transgressions.
Oh, to be "washed thoroughly" [and repeatedly] from our iniquities, guilt, to be cleansed and made WHOLLY PURE (white as snow) from our deadly sins that left a crimson stain on our very souls!
Are you still made conscious of your transgressions and sins? Is The Holy Spirit asking you t desire Truth in your inner being? Oh, how He wants you to know the Wisdom and Knowledge of Our God! Just the though of being clean before His Holiness should bring you Joy, Gladness and Satisfaction. Rejoice, because your guilt and iniquities have been blotted out. Jesus has created a clean, renewed, right, persevering, steadfast Spirit and heart within Y-O-U!
He shall NOT cast you aWay from His Holy Presence or EVER take His Spirit from you.
Thank God for His Complete, TOTAL Restoration and Deliverance for ALL who Come To Jesus! Break our hearts O God, make us ALL Humble and thoroughly penitent, In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
His Blessings To ALL,
<')))>< Mark Tross
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Restoring Broken Fellowship - Psalm 73:21, 22 / Psalms Message!
The Word:
For my heart was grieved, embittered and in a state of ferment, and I was pricked in my heart [as with the sharp fang of an adder].
So foolish, stupid and brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before You.
- Psalm 73:21, 22
Here is your Biblical "Beauty And The Beast" story for Today. How Lovely Are The Feet Of Him Who Brings Good News. God is Beautiful and we are steeped in sin, but The Good News is that we have been redeemed by The Precious Blood Of The Lamb! Sure we have ALL acted quite ugly at one point or another in our former life, but even as Christians we fall short when we compare ourselves to others, we play the fool, act stupid, get brutish and even prove to come up short and ignorant when it comes to Spiritual Things. Paul did NOT want us to be ignorant of the Spiritual Gifts that God has bestowed upon us, but even in Old Testament times The Psalmist wrote of such "fleshly" attitudes, so let us take a Good look at Today's Word and allow The Holy Spirit to reveal to us His Practical Truths.
Too Many Believers Today are asleep In The Light and desparately need to arouse themselves from their Spiritual Slumber! I can NOT emphasize enough how important it is for us to Experientially Know and Understand who we ARE In Christ Jesus. It was He Who Said, "NO Man Is Good, But God." Yes, we ALL fall short of His Glory, but we are Still The Righteousness Of God In Christ Jesus! Grieve NOT over your past sins that have been forgiven and cast into the sea of forgetfulness, but live in the moment that God Himself Calls Today. When you are embittered, Taste And See That The Lord Is Good, His Holy And Precious Word Is As Honey. Billy Joel sang about being in A New York State Of Mind, but here we read of our hearts being in a state of ferment. Our enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy, but Jesus Came, So That We May Have LIFE And That Life (The Eternal, Everlasting, Abundant, Resurrection One) MORE Abundantly!
The Word Of God Speaks of being pricked and pierced in the heart [as with the sharp fang of an adder]. Again, it was Paul who shook off the deadly serpent in Acts and NOTHING happened to him, because He Believed By Faith In His Loving Father. The sting of sin is death, but when we look unto Jesus as The Author And Finisher Of Our Faith, we obtain LIFE! So, if you have played the fool, been stupid, done brutish things, acted ignorantly or was as a beast towards God and your fellow man, listen to what The Spirit Is Saying To The Church Of Jesus Christ Today,
"Nevertheless I Am Continually With You; You Do Hold My Right Hand."
- Psalm 73:23
Jesus Promises to NEVER leave or forsake us, He Will Guide us with His Counsel and Receive us to His Honor And Glory! Make Him your Delight and Desire on Earth and even when you falter, fall or fail, remember that He Is The Rock, The Firm Foundation, The Strength Of Our Heart and Our Portion FOREVER, In Jesus' Name. Amen & Amen.
God's Richest Blessings & Love To ALL,
<')))>< Mark Tross
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