Monday, August 12, 2019
It is a FREE gift to be adopted into the family of GOD!!!!
Because Annie is accustomed to earning her keep at the orphanage, when she is asked what she would like to do first, the little orphan girl stops to think. When told she doesn't have to do any chores in her new home, Annie can't believe it. It sounds too good to be true.
Being adopted into the family of GOD is nothing we can earn. It is a FREE gift. Salvation and eternal life are bequeathed or passed on or GOD will leave them to us.
All the same, recognizing what has been given to us ( and can't be taken away), we are overwhelmed with love and want to serve the LORD as a way of saying thanks. What we do is a way of expressing our love.
1 Samuel 12:24
“Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.”
King James Version (KJV)
King James Version (KJV)
Prayer
Before you ask GOD to do something for you today, make yourself available to HIM and listen for ways that HE might want you to serve HIM.
Psalm 145:3 King James Version (KJV) Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
Our lives are filled with all kinds of special things--- favorite foods, heart trending music, breathtaking beauty, poignant moments with family, career milestones, birth, maturity, reconciliation and so much more. However, as incredibly moving as these experiences are, we do ourselves a disservice if we are quick to claim that they are great.
Only GOD is Great! Only HE is deserving of such a five-star rating. Only GOD is perfect! Consider this acronym: "GOD Rules Everything Always Terrifically." Now that's gr-r-r-eat!
As with the word "Love", when we overuse a word that (by definition) is to be used sparingly, it loses its punch. Nest time you catch yourself saying something is really great, rewind the tape and replace the adjective. Meanwhile, take time today to be conscious of all that is great about out Great GOD!
Psalm 145:3 King James Version (KJV)
3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.Prayer
Come up with your own acronym for GOD'S greatness using the five letters of the word "g-r-e-a-t".
Sunday, August 11, 2019
Where Does Our Help Come From? It Comes From The LORD Who Made Heaven and Earth!
The Ophel, as the City of David was called, was about a mile long and a half-mile wide. This rectangular-shaped strip of land gently sloped north across the Kidron Valley from the Mount of Olives. In this same section of land Solomon would later build the temple of the LORD.
The location of Israel's capital city was always a concern., It was perched among the Judean Hills. Because taller hills encircled the city, Jerusalem was vulnerable to sneak attacks by her enemies.
The King Jame Version of Pslams 121 is beautiful poetry, but it offers a misleading translation. "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help" gives the impression that the hills were a symbolic source of strength. They were not at all. They were a sourceof fear. Because the king lifts his eyes up to the mountains, naturally he wonders where his help will come from. Gratefully, he can answer for us based on his past experiences. His help will come from the LORD who made heaven and earth. When you need help, you need only to lift your eyes to heaven. From there, your help will come.
Psalm 121:1-2 King James Version (KJV)
121 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.I Lift My Eyes Up (Psalms 121) By Brian Doerksen
I lift my eyes up
Up to the mountains
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from You
Maker of Heaven
Creator of the earth
Oh, how I need You Lord
You are my only hope
You're my only prayer
So I will wait for You
To come and rescue me
Come and give me life
Nothing Shall Be Able To Separate Us From The Love Of GOD!!!
There is no way that we can comprehend the greatness of GOD'S Love. It goes beyond our ability to understand or communicate (let alone measure). To say it is higher than a mountain and wider than the heavens is only the beginning.
The love of GOD is the source of our Faith, the destination of our Hope, and the means by which we can Love GOD in return! Far more than some adolescent definition of infatuation, GOD'S love is the unfathomable, indescribable atmosphere that allows us to breathe spiritually. In HIS unconditional Love, acceptance, and forgiveness is the oxygen of life. Consciously breathe in HIS Love as you go about your day.
Romans 8:38-39 King James Version (KJV)
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Prayer
Thank GOD for HIS Love that is so high, wide deep, and long that it always surrounds you.
Master Pottery Maker in Peru, South America
A Master Pottery Maker in Peru, has distinct quality of work. People from all over the world would travel to his shop. It was uncovered, and a cluttered workplace exposed to the intense rays of the South American sun. As a result, of forty years of continuous labor, the Potter's sun-baked skin resembled the dark reddish- brown clay he shaped into beautiful pots and bowls.
What distinguished this Master Pottery Maker was a small indentation that every piece contained. The notch like feature at first glance might be considered as a flaw. However, it was not. It was the result of a claw like digit on the the Master Potter's right hand. He was born with it instead of a thumb. The shriveled stub and its permanent sharp fingernail imprinted the clay as it was fashioned in its final form. What had been a source of endless humiliation as a child had become the signature of success.
Although, our Creator's fashioning hands are not deformed, as HE shapes us into HIS image, the evidence of HIS fingerprints in our lives render us valuable and priceless in HIS eyes. Celebrate the worth HE see as HE looks at you today!
Isaiah 64:8 King James Version (KJV)
8 But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Prayer
Hold out your hands in front of you. Observe the tiny blotches, the wrinkles, the unique markings of your palm. Allow the mystery of your hands to remind you of the loving purpose with which the Potter shaped your life.
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