God Hears

The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.  Psalm 6:9

Whatsoever Things

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.  Philippians 4:8

You Choose

You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere. Why did you spill the coffee? "Well because someone bumped into me, of course!" Wrong answer. You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup. Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea. *Whatever is inside the cup, is what will spill out.*

Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled. *So we have to ask ourselves “what's in my cup?" When life gets tough, what spills over? Joy, gratefulness, peace and humility? Or anger, bitterness, harsh words and reactions? You choose! Today let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation; and kindness, gentleness and love for others.

Be Holy

Be thou ever one of those whose manners are Christian, whose speech is like the Nazarene, whose conduct and conversation are so redolent of heaven, that all who see you may know that you are the Saviour's, recognizing in you His features of love and His countenance of holiness.

- Charles H. Spurgeon

No Temptation

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.  1 Corinthians 10:13

Blameless

Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;   Philippians 2:14-15

The Bible

Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.

― Ronald Reagan

A Vessel

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.  Proverbs 25:4

Psalm 90:12

So teach us to number our days. Instruct us to set store by time, mourning for that time past wherein we have wrought the will of the flesh, using diligently the time present, which is the accepted hour and the day of salvation, and reckoning the time which lieth in the future to be too uncertain to allow us safely to delay any gracious work or prayer. Numeration is a child's exercise in arithmetic, but in order to number their days aright the best of men need the Lord's teaching. We are more anxious to count the stars than our days, and yet the latter is by far more practical.

- The Treasury of David

Wings

The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.  Ruth 2:12 

In The Spirit

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.  Galatians 5:16

As One

And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.  1 John 5:8

No Other

That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.  Isaiah 45:6

Good News

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.  Proverbs 25:25

Wholly Followed

Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God.  Joshua 14:8

Seek Good

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.  Amos 5:14-15

Be Fruitful

That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;  Colossians 1:10

His Grace

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,  Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;  Titus 2:11-12

Gideon

And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,   Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.  Judges 6:36-37

Gideon [Hebrew] ~ Warrior, One Who Cuts Down💙

Becoming New

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.  2 Corinthians 5:17

Abide in Him

The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine; and at the right time, and in the right way, is the right fruit found on it. Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus.

- Hudson Taylor

Lebanah

The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,  Ezra 2:45

Lebanah [Hebrew] ~ Moon 💗

Resting

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Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Matthew 11:28

F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

F   fight for you.

R     respect you.

I     include you.

E   encourage you.

N        need you.

  D       deserve you.

  S      stand by you.

Isaiah 40:31

The waiting implies, of course, the expectant attitude of faith.  Better, shall lift up their wings, or, shall put forth wings’ feathers, implying the belief that the eagle renewed its plumage in extreme old age. For the faithful there is no failure, and faith knows no weariness.

- Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

A Fire

For our God is a consuming fire.  Hebrews 12:29

Bless The Lord

Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:  Psalm 103:1-2

The Track

Our prayers lay the track down which God’s power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.

- Watchman Nee

Psalm 89:9

Thou rulest the raging of the sea. The pride; the anger; the lifting up of the sea. That is, when the sea is raging and boisterous; when it seems as if everything would be swept away before it, thou hast absolute control over it. There is, perhaps, no more impressive exhibition of divine power than the control which God has over the raging waves of the ocean: and yet this was the power which Jesus exercised over the raging sea of Galilee, showing that he had the power of God.

- Barnes Notes on The Bible

Heard

Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.  2 Samuel 7:22

Glory in Christ

That no flesh should glory in his presence.  But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:  That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.  1 Corinthians 1:29-31